To turn items into materia, players must equip said item and do activities like battling or crafting, which in turn will increase their spiritbond with it.
What all agree, however, is that at some point, a fraternity of goblin scholars called the Illuminati acquired the secrets of materia, governed by a code of secrecy until Mutamix betrayed the order and, believing that materia should be allowed to benefit all folk rather than a select few, spread the word over Eorzea. Some say that such advanced military technology could only have been developed by the Garlean Empire, while others believe it was born of Near Eastern wisdom that had long slumbered within the ancient tomes of the Great Library. There are plenty of rumors about how Mutamix himself learned about materia. Merchants in town divided amongst those who welcome this new method, while others are vehemently against the presence of Mutamix near the city walls. Quickly, word about the new technology spread all over Ul'dah thanks to several adventurers who met the goblin. Artwork of Mutamix Bubblypots and his crew.Ī strange goblin geomancer named Mutamix Bubblypots and his apprentices set up shop near the walls of Ul'dah, calling themselves the Carriers of the Cauldron, promoting a weird matter called 'materia', said to augment gear.