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 in the game proves challenging due to their low drop rate. The chance of obtaining them increases with enemy level.

Farming Machine Arms

Machine Arms have a small chance of dropping from defeated small machines. To maximize your chances early on, focus on quickly eliminating numerous machines.

After completing Chapter 4, a highly effective farming location becomes available. This is the pit where you initially fight Adam. This area continuously respawns enemies, including many small machines. Access this location via fast travel to the Desert: Housing Complex access point and proceed deeper into the ruins.

While the machines here are relatively low-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 beneficial 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.

Buying Machine Arms

During the final playthrough, while playing as A2, you can choose to erase Pascal's memories after the village robots are eliminated. This action allows Pascal to return to the village as a merchant, offering various items for purchase until the game's end. Machine Arms are among his wares. 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