Final Fantasy XIV: How to Pentameld

In Final Fantasy XIV, the Pentamelding procedure can be a very costly journey. This implies that instead of inserting the regular two Materia into your armor slots, you insert an additional two to three, depending on how far you want to push your luck. The downside with this method is that it has a high failure rate, so you're almost certain to lose Materia if you try it. This is everything you need to know about Pentamelding in Final Fantasy XIV.

To try Pentameld, you must first finish a task called Melding Materia Muchly, which unlocks the ability to do so. You can accomplish so by chatting with Mutamix Bubblypots at coordinates in Central Thanalan (X:23, Y:13). Starting with the quest Waking the Spirit, which you may get from F'hobhas in Central Thanalan at locations, you'll need to be at least level 19 with any Disciple of the Hand profession (X:23, Y:13). Muchly's a quest, Melding Materia, grants you access to Advanced Materia Melding.

You can wait until you reach the maximum level for your character's Job before grabbing the highest equipment you want to utilize after finishing the mission. After that, you'll be able to fuse the Materia onto your gear. You can add more Materia to an item if it doesn't state 'advanced melding forbidden'. You can try to add two or three Materia by putting in more, but you will most certainly lose a lot of Materia in the process.

We recommend contacting or hiring a high-level crafter to help you with this. They've probably done it before and know how to accomplish it, which is especially useful if you don't want to meld the Materia to your equipment yourself. You should be fine if you bring the Materia to potentially lose.