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How to Get Dark Matter
If you want to craft some of the best gear in FF7 Rebirth using your Item Transmuter, you will need all the rarest crafting materials. One of the most elusive of all, with an 8-star rarity rating, is Dark Matter. More specifically, it's a key component in crafting some of the best accessories in the game like the Enhanced Expeditionary Medal that maxes out a character's Limit Level at the start of battle. Here's a guide detailing every source for tracking down Dark Matter and what recipes it's used for.
Dark Matter Crafting Recipes
Each of the following six recipes requires four Dark Matter, and you can only earn the exact amount of Dark Matter you need to craft everything. In other words, you can only get a total of 24 pieces in the entire game. They're each an enhanced version of a craftable accessory, so the accessory itself is a necessary component. Each recipe also requires one Pirate Jetsam and a single other rare ingredient.
Enhanced Camaraderie Earrings | Increases damage dealt by synergy abilities and commands by 20% |
Enhanced Psychic's Charm | Increases max MP and magic power by 8%. Grants immunity to Silence |
Enhanced Karmic Cowl | Increases vitality and spirit by 50. Grants immunity to Slow and Instant Death. |
Enhanced Malboro Orb | Increases max MP by 5%. Extends duration of detrimental status effects applied to foes. Reduces duration of detrimental status effects inflicted on wearer. |
Enhanced Draconic Ring | Increases max HP by 5%. Increases the limit gauge charge rate upon successfully blocking. |
Enhanced Expeditionary Medal | Increases limit level to maximum at the start of battle. |
Even just at a glance, it's easy to see why these are so coveted. Synergy Abilities already do huge amounts of damage, and most characters get Skill Nodes in their Folios that boost them further. Adding an additional 20% to that with Enhanced Camaraderie Earrings? Wow. Starting a battle with maximum Limit Level hardly matters in your average fight, but in a major boss battle, Enhanced Expeditionary Medal is absolutely overpowered.
Enhanced Draconic Ring is also tailor-made for Red XIII since his entire toolkit is about blocking and taking damage to charge his Vengeance Gauge. Similarly, Enhanced Karmic Cowl is perfect for a tank like Barret, and Enhanced Psychic Charm benefits Aerith's kit immensely. You'd be hard-pressed to find better accessories for these three.
How to Unlock the Ultimate Accessories Crafting Recipes
The only way to unlock the recipes for these is to earn the Ultimate Accessories Transmuter Chip, which is the reward for the Harmony of Discord Six-Person Bout in the Musclehead Colosseum.
Where to Get Dark Matter
In the back-half of FF7 Rebirth, Dark Matter is the reward for getting a high score in several mini-games.
- Achieve Rank III in Under Junon's Dolphin Show mini-game.
- Win the Kujata Stampede Chocobo race challenge in the Gold Saucer's Chocobo Square.
- Achieve Rank II (Expert) in Galactic Saviors in the Gold Saucer's Speed Square.
- Achieve Rank II (Expert) in the G-Bike mini-game in the Gold Saucer's Wonderment Square.
- Defeat Shiva in the 3D Brawler mini-game in the Gold Saucer's Wonderment Square.
- Achieve Rank III in Cactuar Crush III in the Corel Desert.
- Achieve Rank IV in Cactuar Crush IV in the Corel Desert.
- Achieve Rank II (Challenging) in Gold Rush in the Dustbowl.