NieR: Automata - Where To Farm Machine Arms

This guide details how to acquire 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 presents a challenge. While they drop from defeated small machines, the drop rate is significantly higher for stronger enemies.

Farming Machine Arms

The most efficient early-game farming location is the pit where you first encounter Adam after Chapter 4. Access this area via the Desert: Housing Complex fast travel point and proceed into the ruins.

This pit continuously respawns small machines, providing a consistent, albeit low-yield, source of Machine Arms. The low enemy level translates to a low drop rate, but the constant respawning makes it the best early-game strategy. This location is also beneficial for Titanium Alloy farming. Using a Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve your chances.

The following section contains minor spoilers for the final playthrough

Buying Machine Arms

During the final playthrough, after A2 eliminates the robots in Pascal's village and chooses to erase Pascal's memories, Pascal becomes a merchant. He offers Machine Arms for purchase, along with other valuable materials:

• 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

This provides a reliable, albeit late-game, method for obtaining Machine Arms.