Converting and Melding Materia

[Mjollnir]

He gives you back one piece of random materia of the lowest tier that you gave to him (usually) or of one tier higher than that (rarely - you get an achievement). It should have appeared in your inventory, maybe added to an existing stack? There should be a line in the chat log letting you know what it was too.

It can be any type of materia - it's totally random. Good if you have a large amount of cheap materia that you want to gamble into making something worth a bit more.

As for melding, you won't need to do that until you reach the top tier of equipment at the level cap. Instead of eking out a couple of extra points of the crafting stats with materia before then, ensuring you have gear appropriate to your level (which you may well be able to craft yourself) and a solid crafting rotation will be more than enough to succeed at all the synths you need to do to level from 0-60 (same goes for Disciples of the Land).

[Seeker0fTruth]

My Dragoon is a level 32 so there is really no point in melding materia to my weapon or gear until i'm max level right? Since I will be upgrading it to higher levels as I progress