What to do with "new born" materias?

[[42] Naity]

Hi,

After I master a materia, a copy of itsemf appears. What should I do with it? Is there any use keeping them or can they sumply be resold?

I eventualy aim at the Materia Overlord achievement. Should I keep the copies for blending the master materia or is there another way to get them which is less costly in playtime?

Thanks :)

[Jaccob]

If you can buy the materia then selling the new copy might save you some space.
Otherwise the new copies are the only way to get more of the materia.

Master as many as you need for your characters. For the achievement you need a copy of every masterd materia plus the three Master ones.
Beating Emerald gives you an item which you can exchange for one set of Master materias.

Blending only takes away magic, command and summon ones so feel free to sell other new born types if you do not need them.

[Venoix]

Basically, you can either sell the born Materia, or level them up to produce another Materia of the same type.

If you have Mastered a Materia, AP gain from battles is non-existant on that particular Materia anymore, so I generally swap out the Mastered for the new one, when grinding. :D

[Arg81]

level up "All" to master and they sell for 1.4m GIL. If the Materia has no AP associated, it sells for 1 GIL. Basically the Materia is worth how much AP it has. Depending on what you want to do, some are worth keeping. For example if you level up ALL greens, you get "Master Magic" but you lose all Mastered green materia. if you want 2 people to do certain magic spells, you need to either keep (or buy) the materia again.

[[42] Naity]

Hi. Thanks all for the great help.

Just one final question: Does the master materias count toward the materia overlord achievement?

Thanks, and cheers

[Venoix]

I didn't realise that you lost all the mastered Materia when you wanted to get the Master Materia for a category. Is that the same for the Master Summon? That's pretty lame, if so.

[jonc2006]

Originally posted by Eltaire:

I didn't realise that you lost all the mastered Materia when you wanted to get the Master Materia for a category. Is that the same for the Master Summon? That's pretty lame, if so.

Yeah it is the same. That's why it's best to keep those new copies you get once you master them IMO.

[LadGaga]

Originally posted by 42 Naity:

Hi. Thanks all for the great help.

Just one final question: Does the master materias count toward the materia overlord achievement?

Thanks, and cheers

It only counts if you have a mastered copy of it still.
I found out the hard way that you needed to own all the mastered materias for that achievement after blending my master summon.
Didn't matter *that* much because I only lost 30 mins or so backing up and reloading a previous save before I blended.
But I could see it annoying someone who saves on 1 slot every time lol.