New Player

[Niwashi]

I'm curious as to exactly where I would find some materia.

If you've noticed the "Spiritbond" line in equipment tooltips, it indicates how much you've used the equipment and it relates to making materia. There's a level 19 quest called "Forging the Spirit" that unlocks the ability to convert items into materia once you've established a 100% spiritbond. (A main storyline quest called "Life, Materia, and Everything" will take you into the right area at about the right level, and it explains a bit about how materia works, but it's the sidequest you'll find there "Forging the Spirit" that actually unlocks it.) Be sure to pick up that sidequest when you're there.


Ah, Bixby beat me to it.