This guide details how to acquire Machine Arms in NieR: Automata, a rare crafting material useful for weapon and pod upgrades. Early acquisition can significantly boost your character's strength.
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Obtaining Machine Arms early can be challenging. While they drop from defeated small machines, the drop rate increases with enemy level, making early-game farming difficult.
Farming Machine Arms
The most efficient early-game farming location is the pit where you first fight Adam after Chapter 4. Access this area via the Desert: Housing Complex fast travel point and proceed into the ruins. This pit continuously respawns small machines, providing a consistent, albeit low-yield, source of Machine Arms. The constant respawns outweigh the low drop rate. This location is also beneficial for Titanium Alloy farming. While a Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve yields, the effect is minimal.
Buying Machine Arms
Spoiler Warning: The following information pertains to the final playthrough and A2's storyline.
During the final playthrough, after eliminating the robots in Pascal's village and choosing to erase Pascal's memories, Pascal becomes a merchant. He offers Machine Arms for purchase, along with other valuable crafting components. His complete inventory includes:
- Machine Heads - 15,000 G
- Machine Arm - 1,125 G
- Machine Leg - 1,125 G
- Machine Torso - 1,125 G
- Machine Head - 1,125 G (Note: This is a duplicate entry)
- Children's Cores - 30,000 G
This provides a reliable, albeit late-game, method for acquiring Machine Arms.
