NieR: Automata Machine Arms Farming Guide

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 effective strategies for obtaining them.

Farming Machine Arms: Early Game Strategy

Machine Arms have a low drop chance from defeated small machines. The drop rate improves with enemy level, making early acquisition challenging. To maximize your chances early on, focus on quickly eliminating as many small machines as possible.

Post-Chapter 4, a highly effective farming location unlocks. After your first encounter with Adam, the arena where the fight takes place becomes a continuous respawn point for 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 Titanium Alloy farming. A Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly increase your yield.

Minor Spoilers for the Final Playthrough Follow

Purchasing Machine Arms: Late Game Option

During the final playthrough, while playing as A2, you have the option to erase Pascal's memories after the village robots are eliminated. This action allows Pascal to return as a merchant, accessible until the game's conclusion. He sells Machine Arms, among other items. Pascal's 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: Duplicate entry in original text)
• Children's Cores - 30,000 G