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NieR: Automata - Where To Farm Machine Arms

Author: Harper Jan 07,2025

NieR: Automata - Farming and Acquiring Machine Arms: A Comprehensive Guide

NieR: Automata presents players with a lengthy list of crafting materials crucial for weapon and pod upgrades. While many become readily available later, acquiring them early can significantly boost your character's strength. Machine Arms, a particularly rare crafting material, pose a challenge early on. This guide outlines the best strategies for obtaining them.

Farming Machine Arms

Machine Arms have a chance of dropping from defeated small machines, regardless of type. However, the drop rate significantly improves with enemy level, making them scarce early in the game. To increase your yield early on, focus on quickly eliminating large numbers of machines.

After completing Chapter 4, and your first encounter with Adam, a highly effective farming location becomes available. The pit where you fought Adam will continuously respawn enemies, including numerous small machines, every few seconds. 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 constant respawning makes it 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 chances.

Spoiler Warning: 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 have the opportunity to erase Pascal's memories after the village robots are eliminated. This action allows Pascal to return to the village and operate as a merchant, available until the game's conclusion. He sells various items, including Machine Arms. Pascal's inventory includes: