Synthesis

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Synthesis is a process allowing you to combine lower quality items and older equipment into better weapons, armor, and accessories. Starting in Lindblum in Disc 1 you will have access to your first synthesis shop.

A good rule of thumb for synthesis is to always keep at least one spare of every type of equipment. Even older equipment, you will find, is used in the highest level synthesis shops (including Daguerreo and Hades). When you progress to Disc 4 you will loose the ability to acquire some of the older equipment that you may need for higher level synthesis.

If you want to know exactly what to have on-hand then check out the rest of this page. We've listed shops by disc and location so you will be able to see when a shop upgrades as the game progresses. If you don't feel the need to synthesize every equipment in the game then check out our Armor - Add-Ons and Weapons pages to see what you can learn from any given equipment.

To gain access to Hades synthesis workshop you must first defeat him. For information about where to find Hades and how to defeat him please see our Hades Guide. You must also complete the Stellazio Sidequest to obtain the Hammer. Without this item you will be unable to synthesize more than one item on Hades' list.

There are some things to be aware of about certain synthesis items on this list. They are marked with asterisks in the table - refference the appropriate information below:

* The Tin Armor requires you to use the Hammer in making it. Note that the Hammer needs to be in your inventory to get all the ending scenes. Also, if you do not have the Hammer in your inventory you won't be able to synthesize any more items from the list. Make sure that if you use it for the Tin Armor that you synthesize it last.

** The complete Pumice allows Dagger to learn Ark, her most powerful summons. You will get one pumice piece from defeating Ark in Oeilvert and you can steal the second from Ozma.

*** You will receive a Pumice for defeating Ozma as well as being able to steal a piece from it. With this mix it's possible to end up with one Pumice and one Pumice Piece for those of you going for a complete inventory.