Materia Cave Locations

There are 4 materia caves on the World Map and hold some of the best materia in the game inside. Here are the locations and what’s inside each.

Cave 1

Far south of Wutai, right at the end of the island, hidden behind a mountain, use a black or gold chocobo to get there. Go inside and examine the glowing light to receive the Quadra Magic materia. This casts a magic spell or summoning 4 times.

Cave 2

North of Mideel, on long island nearby. Go inside and examine the glowing light to receive the Mime materia. This mimes the previous command in battle.

Cave 3

Cave is next to the mountain lying on a square of brown land in the North Corel area. Need a black or gold chocobo to get there. Go inside and examine the glowing light to receive the HP<>MP materia which switches your HP and MP values.

Cave 4

Go to Goblin Island (its the elongated island with a forest on it to the northwest of the Chocobo farm). Ride a gold chocobo northwest from here. You will eventually come to an island that isn’t on the map. It is surrounded by mountains and trees. There is a forest in the middle. Dismount in here and enter the cave. Examine the glowing light to receive the best summon materia in the game – the Knights of the Round.