Pyrite Guide

Pyrite is a crafting material in Nier Automata. Crafting materials are used in upgrading your Pods and Weapons. They can be obtained as drops by defeating enemies, randomly on the map as a glowing point, or bought in stores in various locations.

Where to Find Pyrite

Pyrite can be obtained as a drop from Small Stubby enemies found in the Desert area.

It can also be obtained as a Quest Reward from completing the Resistance Disappearance Side Quest.

It is possible to collect Pyrite from collection points in the Flooded City and Forest area.

Pyrite can also be purchased from the Vendor in the Amusement Park after the events of Route C.

Upgrades Requiring Pyrite

The following weapons require Pyrite as an upgrade material, the number in brackets next to it notes the total number required:

• Beastbane (x5)
• Faith (x5)
• YoRHa-issue Blade (x5)
• Cypress Stick (x3)
• Iron Will (x5)
• Beastlord (x5)
• Beastcurse (x5)
• Dragoon Lance (x2)
• Spear of the Usurper (x3)
• Cruel Arrogance (x3)
• Angel’s Folly (x5)
• Cruel Lament (x2)

List of All Materials in Nier Automata

All Materials in Nier Automata
Amber	Beast Hide	Black Pearl	Boar Meat
Broken Battery	Broken Circuit	Broken Key	Children’s Cores
Clean Nut	Complex Gadget	Copper Ore	Crushed Nut
Crystal	Dented Plate	Dented Socket	Desert Rose
Drab Bracelet	Dye	Eagle Eggs	Filler Metal
Giant Egg	Gold Ore	Iron Ore	Large Battery
Large Gear	Lovely Choker	Machine Arm	Machine Core
Machine Head	Machine Leg	Machine Oil	Machine Torso
Memory Alloy	Meteorite	Metorite Shard	Moldavite
Moose Meat	Mushroom	Natural Rubber	New Bolt
Pearl	Plant Seed	Powerup Part L	Powerup Part M
Powerup Part S	Precious Earrings	Pristine Cable	Pristine Screw
Pure Water	Pyrite	Rusted Clump	Rusty Bolt
Severed Cable	Shattered Earring	Silver Ore	Simple Gadget
Small Gear	Stretched Coil	Stripped Screw	Sturdy Socket
Tanning Agent	Tech Manual	Thick Dictionary	Titanium Alloy
Torn Book	Tree Sap	Tree Seed	Viscous Oil
Warped Wire	White Boar Meat	White Moose Meat