FF7/Materia data

KERNEL.BIN - Section 9: Materia data format

This section contains the Materia data. Each record is 20 bytes long.

Offset	Length	Description
0x00	8 bytes	Level-up AP limits	Multiples of 100 (4x WORD)
0x08	1 byte	Equip Effect	[See table below]
0x09	3 bytes	Status Effects (Only first 24)
0x0C	1 byte	Element
0x0D	1 byte	Materia Type
		Byte	Action in Battle	Action in Menu
		0x00	None	0x0E of 98 switches equipped character's HP & MP 0x0E of 12 removes Underwater timer from Emerald Battle
		0x20	Booster%: 0x0E is boosted by offset 0x0F to 0x13 depending on AP level	Unknown
		0x30	Make attack command "Long Range"	Unknown
		0x21	Add value from 0x0F-0x13 acording to number of stars to preemptive value. If materia has id 0x10 then clamp max preemptive value to 0x00-0x55. Do something in additional if this materia is mastered.	Unknown
		0x41	Pre-battle consideration 0x0E modified by (0x0F through 0x13) / 16 (Encounter rate, Chocobo chance, Gil Plus)	Unknown
		0x12	Replace "Attack" command with command at offset 0x0E-0x12 acording to current number of stars.	Unknown
		0xX3	Add W-commands at 0x0E (only 0x15:W-Magic, 0x16:W-Summon, 0x17:W-Item).	Unknown
		0xX4	Allows all compatible commands to target all targets in a row. ("Mega-All")	Unknown
		0xX5	Type 0x51 (All) paired with 0xX9 and 0xXa type materia. Add number of "all" use to paired magic. Type 0x54 (Counter) paired with 0xX6 and 0xX8 type materia. Add given command to counter (if materia has 2 command add both). Type 0x55 (Magic Counter) paired with 0xX9, 0xXa, 0xXb and 0xXc type materia. Add highest attack to counter. Type 0x56 (Sneak Attack) paired with 0xX6, 0xX8, 0xX9, 0xXa, 0xXb and 0xXc type materia. Add given command, magic or summon to first attack. Type 0x57 (Final Attack) paired with 0xX6, 0xX8, 0xX9, 0xXa, 0xXb and 0xXc type materia. Add given command, magic or summon to final attack. Note: counter first and final attacks are placed in one array. So there can be only 8 additional actions per unit.	Unknown
		0xX6	Add last command from 0x0E-0x12 acording to current number of stars.	Unknown
		0xX7	Add skills acording to active bits in AP part of materia description and enables "enemy skill" command.	Unknown
		0xX8	Add commands "steal", "sense", "coin", "morph", "deathblow", "manipulate", "mime".	Unknown
		0xX9	Add spells from 0x0E-0x12 acording to current number of stars and enable "magic" command.	Unknown
		0xXA	Add all spells and enable "magic" command.	Unknown
		0xXB	Add summon from 0x0E, which can be used 0x0F-0x13 times acording to number of stars and enable "summon" command. (The game bypasses the last 5 modifiers and just assigns Summon Count to the number of AP stars)	Unknown
		0xXC	Add all summons and enable "summon" command.	Unknown
0x0E	1 byte	Materia attributes	[See Above]
0x0F	1 byte	Materia attributes	[See Above]
0x10	1 byte	Materia attributes	[See Above]
0x11	1 byte	Materia attributes	[See Above]
0x12	1 byte	Materia attributes	[See Above]
0x13	1 byte	Materia attributes	[See Above]

Equip Effects

Byte	STR	VIT	MAG	MDEF	LUCK	DEX	MAXHP	MAXMP
0x00
0x01	-02	-01	+02	+01			-05%	+05%
0x02	-04	-02	+04	+02			-10%	+10%
0x03					+02	-02
0x04	-01	-01	+01	+01
0x05	+01	+01	-01	-01
0x06		+01
0x07						+01
0x08						-01
0x09					-02
0x0A					+02
0x0B	-01		+01				-02%	+02%
0x0C			+01				-02%	+02%
0x0D			+01	+01			-05%	+05%
0x0E			+02	+02			-10%	+10%
0x0F			+04	+04			-10%	+15%
0x10			+08	+08			-10%	+20%