Final Fantasy VII Remake: AP-Up Materia (Where To Find It & What It Does)

Final Fantasy 7 Remake has a ton of Materia and one of the most important is the AP Up Materia. The game does a great job of hiding it tough by embedding it inside of another Materia and leaving until one of the last legs of the game. It’s not a worry though because when getting it, Materia abilities will be learned at a quick pace that it doesn’t seem like much of a grind.

It also helps to know that even if it’s gotten late in the story mode of the game, the true importance from it happens in Hard mode when AP grows exponentially with a 3x multiplier. Combine that with the AP Up Materia and any Materia ability desired can be learned in a few fights. We’ll go through how to get this rare Materia and some great ways to grind AP that will take no time flat to get all those Materia maxed out.

Where to Find the AP Plus Materia in Final Fantasy 7 Remake

To get the AP Plus Materia, we have to start the search in Chapter 14. During the story, the group will end up at Elmyra’s home and Marlene and Barett have a touching scene. After exiting the house step outside and a purple Materia will be seen before going up the stairs to head back to the slums. This Materia is the Pedometer Materia. Upon reading the directions of the Pedometer it will ask that the character that has the Materia equipped, walk 5000 steps. After walking the 5000 steps, the Materia turns into the AP Up Materia. The Materia will only work if it’s linked with another so be sure to put the Materia that needs upgrading and have the link to the AP Up or it won’t work.

The Quickest Way to Get AP Fast in Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Now that the AP Up Materia is firmly in hand, there are a few ways to use it to our advantage. One of the best and quickest methods to gain AP is in Chapter 17 where Chadley is located inside Hojo’s Laboratory. From the Chapter Select screen, pick Chapter 17 and follow the story until Barett and Red XIII have to clear some debris and then battle the Unknown Entities. Defeat them, go into the VR room that’s past Chadley on the right, recharge if needed on the bench, then wait about a minute or two, and head back out and battle some more when they reappear. Each enemy gives 9 AP on Normal Mode and there are four of them. Add the AP Up and if it’s on Hard Mode the character with the AP Up Materia just gained 54 AP per enemy for a total of 216 AP. For maybe one minute of “work”, it’s the best deal going for AP.  The best ability to use here will be Cloud’s Triple Slash as it will crush enemies very quickly and interrupt the lightning spell they cast.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake is available for PlayStation 4

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