While melee attacks and abilities are the core of the combat in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth‚ you won’t be able to succeed without equipping your party members with the best Materia for each encounter. Magic can make quick work of most enemies‚ and upgrading Materia will unlock stronger spells. You can purchase base-level Materia from most vendors in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and you’ll receive many different kinds of Materia from quest rewards and Chadley’s research‚ but unlocking the true potential of these Materia requires you to put in a little bit of work. If you want to upgrade your Fire spell to Fira and then Firaga‚ for example‚ there’s some grinding in your future. How to Raise Materia Levels in FF7 Rebirth To upgrade Materia in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth‚ all you have to do is have it equipped during combat. When you finish a fight‚ all of your equipped Materia earns AP‚ which are Materia-specific experience points. After reaching certain AP milestones‚...