Efficiently Acquiring Machine Arms in NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata presents players with a substantial crafting system requiring numerous materials to upgrade weapons and pods. While many materials become readily available later, acquiring them early can significantly boost your character's strength. Machine Arms are a particularly rare crafting component. This guide details effective strategies for obtaining them.
Farming Machine Arms: Early Game Strategy
Machine Arms have a random drop chance from defeated small machines. The drop rate improves with enemy level, making them scarce early on. To maximize your chances early in the game, focus on quickly eliminating large numbers of machines.
Post-Chapter 4, a highly efficient farming location becomes accessible. After your first encounter with Adam, the arena where the battle took place will continuously respawn enemies, including numerous small machines. Access this area via the Desert: Housing Complex fast travel point and proceed deeper into the ruins.
While the machines here aren't high-level, resulting in a low Machine Arm drop rate, the rapid respawn makes it the optimal early-game farming spot. This location is also beneficial for farming Titanium Alloy. Using a Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve your yield.
Late Game Acquisition: Pascal's Shop
Minor Spoilers for the Final Playthrough Follow
During the final playthrough as A2, after the village robots are eliminated, you can choose to erase Pascal's memories. This action transforms Pascal into a merchant, accessible until the game's end. He sells Machine Arms, among other items. 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
- Children's Cores - 30,000 G
