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 in the game presents a challenge due to their low drop rate. The drop chance increases with enemy level, making early farming crucial.
Farming Machine Arms
Machine Arms have a small chance of dropping from defeated small machines. To maximize your chances early on, focus on quickly eliminating as many small machines as possible.
After completing Chapter 4, a highly effective farming location becomes available. Use fast travel to reach the Desert: Housing Complex access point. Proceed deeper into the ruins to find the pit where you first fought Adam. This area continuously respawns small machines, providing a consistent source, though the drop rate remains low. This method also yields Titanium Alloy.
While a Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve your yield, it won't dramatically increase the drop rate.
Buying Machine Arms
Spoiler Warning: The following information pertains to the final playthrough and may reveal story elements.
During the final playthrough, 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 various machine parts, including Machine Arms, 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)
- Children's Cores - 30,000 G
