NieR: Automata - Farming and Purchasing Machine Arms: A Comprehensive Guide
NieR: Automata features a vast array of crafting materials needed to upgrade weapons and pods. While many become readily available later, acquiring them early can significantly boost your character's strength. Machine Arms are a prime example of a rare material, challenging to find early in the game. This guide details the best farming locations and a reliable late-game purchase option.
Farming Machine Arms
Machine Arms have a random drop chance from defeated small machines. The drop rate increases with enemy level, making early-game acquisition difficult. 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 accessible. The arena where you first fight Adam will continuously respawn enemies, including numerous small machines. Use fast travel to reach the Desert: Housing Complex access point and proceed into the ruins.
While the machines here aren't high-level, resulting in a low Machine Arm drop rate, the constant respawning makes this the most efficient early-game farming method. This location is also ideal 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 NieR: Automata.
Purchasing Machine Arms
During the final playthrough, while playing as A2, you can choose to erase Pascal's memories after the village robots are destroyed. This action transforms Pascal into a merchant accessible until the game's conclusion. He sells various machine parts, including Machine Arms. Pascal's complete 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: this is a duplicate entry in the original text)
- Children's Cores - 30,000 G
This provides a guaranteed, albeit late-game, method of obtaining Machine Arms.
