resistance weapon recollection + materia ?

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12-24-2020, 03:16 AM
dummystem

resistance weapon recollection + materia ?

Hi,
I have a question about adding materia to a resistance weapon.
I just got Augmented Akademos (SCH) yesterday and saw that you can upgrade to a recollection weapon (only cosmetic feature: the glowing effect)

If I add materias on the Augmented version and complete the quests to augment it to the recollection one, will I loose the materias attached to it ?

thanks
12-24-2020, 03:37 AM
Eclipse12187

You are technically turning in the item to receive a new one so yes the materia would be lost.
12-24-2020, 04:35 AM
dummystem

thanks !
I was actually about to make a huge mistake then.
12-24-2020, 05:13 AM
Canadane

Reminder that you can retrieve materia from gear with moderate amounts of success.
12-24-2020, 10:28 AM
dummystem

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Reminder that you can retrieve materia from gear with moderate amounts of success.

yeah that's what I found out (the hard way) unfortunately. Tried to retrieve a materia VIII but ended up with a V or VI ... ah ah
12-24-2020, 11:34 PM
Deceptus

Quote:

Originally Posted by dummystem

thanks !
I was actually about to make a huge mistake then.

We've all done it.
12-30-2020, 08:29 AM
Gemina

Quote:

Originally Posted by dummystem

yeah that's what I found out (the hard way) unfortunately. Tried to retrieve a materia VIII but ended up with a V or VI ... ah ah

That would be materia extraction. I believe Canadane was referring to materia 'retrieval' where you attempt to get back the materia you've melded to the item. With materia VIIIs, this is a 40% success rate. Success rate on extraction is always 100% with the RNG going to the type of materia a fully spirit bonded item will give you. While I have yet to fully spirit bond a resistance weapon, you shouldn't be getting anything lower than grade VIIs from them when you extract the materia.

So to elaborate on the answer given, you will only lose the melded materia attached to the resistance weapon if: it is still attached when you turn it in (you will be given a confirmation prompt for this), or the materia breaks during the retrieval process. It would be best to at least give yourself a chance at getting the materia back, and turn in the resistance weapon once all the materia is off of it.