During the LTM, players can find Materia scattered around as random loot, or in Cacticks, which replace the regular loot ticks, spawn in higher frequency, and are marked on the map at the beginning of the game. Catcticks will always spawn in all five Materia types. Each weapon only takes one Materia hop-up, and players will be notified of which Materia they need upon equipping a new weapon.<\/p>
Materia take up the normal hop-up slot of every weapon, so players will have to choose when finding valuable hop-ups like Skullpiercer or Hammerpoints which ability would be more useful in their upcoming fights, as each weapon can only hold one hop-up at a time.<\/p>