Item conversion to Materia data

[Reinheart]

After spiritbonding about ~200 pieces of gear, I think it's safe to say that all materia is 100% random.

It really doesn't matter which piece of gear it is or what slot it's in, the chance of obtaining any certain materia is the same for all gear across the board. The only difference is tiers, which seem to be related to the gear level.

Attribute materia is by far the most common, while Healer's Hand is likely the rarest of all (I've never made a single one).

Might not be for everything, I noticed Belts are random but looking at some data (still only few in there) like gatherer or crafters tools seems to be focused on materia that benefits those class. Still too early though

[MeowyWowie]

Somewhat, I've made tier 1s from level 40+ gear. I believe there is just a better chance that you'll get a higher grade materia from better gear. But, collecting this data is the only way to make an truly educated guess.

Not really what I meant, but yea, I only SB on lv41+ gear, and you can get any and every tier from them. However, I'm told that you can not obtain t4 materia from lv40- gear, or t3 materia from lv30- gear and so on. This is something I have not confirmed myself though, and I don't plan on it (have mats for 700~ pieces of lv41+ gear stockpiled).

Might not be for everything, I noticed Belts are random but looking at some data (still only few in there) like gatherer or crafters tools seems to be focused on materia that benefits those class. Still too early though

This is something else I have not tested myself, but apparently crafting materia can only be obtained from crafting tools. So this would be an exception to the rest. Personally, I have never seen any crafting materia come from armor or weapons, even if the armor suits/favors DoH/DoL classes only.