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NieR: Automata features a vast array of crafting materials needed to upgrade weapons and pods. While many become readily available later, acquiring them early significantly boosts your character's strength. Machine Arms are a particularly rare material. Despite the name, they aren't easily found and require dedicated farming, especially early in the game. Here's how to locate them.
Where To Farm Machine Arms In NieR: Automata
Machine Arms have a chance of dropping from defeated small machines, regardless of type. However, the drop rate increases with enemy level, making them scarce early on. To farm them effectively early in the game, focus on quickly eliminating numerous machines.
After completing Chapter 4, you'll encounter Adam for the first time. The arena where this fight takes place continuously respawns enemies, including many small machines, every few seconds. Access this area via the Desert: Housing Complex fast travel point and proceed deeper into the ruins.
Within the arena, enemies respawn rapidly, offering consistent farming opportunities. While the machines here are relatively low-level, resulting in a low Machine Arm drop rate, the high respawn rate makes it the most efficient early-game farming location. This area is also excellent for farming Titanium Alloy.
Using a Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve your yield.
***** The following section contains minor spoilers for the final playthrough of the game *****
Where To Buy Machine Arms In NieR: Automata
During the final playthrough, while playing as A2, you can choose to erase Pascal's memories after the village robots are destroyed. This causes Pascal to return to the village as a merchant, offering his wares until the game's end. Machine Arms are among his inventory. Pascal's full stock 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
