FF7 Rebirth: How to level up weapons and materia

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has plenty of weapons, equipment, and materia to equip, with thousands of possible combinations for each and every playable party member, each changing the way you approach combat. Throughout the game, you might find weapons and materia that you want to keep on your characters in the long-term. If you want your materia to be useful in the late-game, or want to keep using weapon abilities after you switch away to a more powerful weapon, you’ll want to level them up. This guide will take you through how to level up weapons to gain their skills permanently and how to level up materia in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. Weapons in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth all have a unique ability that can be used in combat, and most of them are very useful. Cloud’s buster sword, for example, has an ability called Focused Thrust, which deals a huge amount of damage and significantly increases stagger on enemies it hits. Initially, you’ll only be able to use these unique abilities when that weapon is equipped, but