NieR: Automata's Machine Arms | Optimal Farming Tactics

Efficiently Acquiring Machine Arms in NieR: Automata

NieR: Automata presents players with a substantial list of crafting materials needed to upgrade weapons and pods. While many materials become readily available later, acquiring them early can significantly boost your character's strength. Machine Arms are a particularly rare crafting component. This guide outlines the best strategies for obtaining them.

Farming Machine Arms: Early Game Strategy

Machine Arms have a chance to drop from defeated small machines. However, the drop rate increases with enemy level, making them scarce early on. To maximize your chances early in the game, focus on quickly eliminating large numbers of machines.

Post-Chapter 4, a highly effective farming location becomes available. After your first encounter with Adam, the arena where the battle takes place continuously respawns enemies, including numerous small machines. 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 rapid respawn 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 yield.

Minor Spoilers for the Final Playthrough Follow

Purchasing Machine Arms: Late Game Option

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 end. He sells various machine parts, including Machine Arms. Pascal's 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