Machine Arm Farming in NieR: Automata

This guide details how to obtain Machine Arms in NieR: Automata, a rare crafting material crucial for weapon and pod upgrades. Early acquisition can significantly boost your character's strength.

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Farming Machine Arms
Buying Machine Arms

Obtaining Machine Arms early can be challenging. While they drop from defeated small machines, the drop rate increases with enemy level, making early acquisition difficult.

Farming Machine Arms

The most efficient early-game farming location is the pit where you first fight Adam after Chapter 4. Access this area via the Desert: Housing Complex fast travel point and proceed deeper into the ruins. This pit continuously respawns small machines, providing a consistent, albeit low-drop-rate, source of Machine Arms. This location is also beneficial for farming Titanium Alloy. While a Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve yields, the sheer number of respawning enemies makes this the optimal early-game strategy.

The following section contains minor spoilers for the final playthrough

Buying Machine Arms

During the final playthrough, after eliminating the robots from Pascal's village and choosing to erase his memories, Pascal will become a merchant. He offers Machine Arms for purchase, along with other valuable crafting materials. His 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)
Children's Cores - 30,000 G