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This guide details how to obtain Machine Arms in NieR: Automata, a rare crafting material useful 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 lower at the game's start. Increasing the number of machines you eliminate is key.

Farming Machine Arms

After completing Chapter 4, a highly effective farming location unlocks. This is the pit where you first encounter Adam. This area continuously respawns enemies, including numerous small machines.

Location: Use 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 respawn makes it the most efficient early-game farming method. This location is also beneficial for Titanium Alloy farming. A Drop Rate Plug-In Chip can slightly improve your yield.

The following section contains minor spoilers for the final playthrough.

Buying Machine Arms

During the final playthrough, 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 conclusion. He sells various machine parts, including Machine Arms. His 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