Efficiently Acquiring Machine Arms in NieR: Automata
NieR: Automata presents players with a substantial crafting system, requiring various 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 efficient methods for obtaining them.
Farming Machine Arms: Early Game Strategies
Machine Arms have a chance to drop from defeated small machines, regardless of type. However, the drop rate increases 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 effective farming location becomes available. After your first encounter with Adam, the arena where the fight takes place continuously respawns 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 most efficient early-game farming method. This location is also beneficial for farming Titanium Alloy. Using a Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve your yield.
Spoiler Warning: The following section contains minor spoilers for the final playthrough.
Acquiring Machine Arms: Late Game Strategies
During the final playthrough, while playing as A2, you can choose to erase Pascal's memories after the village robots are eliminated. This action transforms Pascal into a merchant, accessible until the game's conclusion. He sells Machine Arms, along with other crafting materials, at the following prices:
- 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: Duplicate entry in original text)
- Children's Cores - 30,000 G
