Editing Materia Smuggling (section)

=== PC only ===
Due to the PC port not clearing memory after a game over, this glitch is even more powerful on PC, allowing the player to transfer materia between save files. Doing so requires three save files:

# A save file the player wishes to transfer materia to
# A save file with more characters available in the global party than save 1
# A save file with fewer characters than save 2, with the materia the player wishes to transfer

To begin the transfer, the player must first open save 2, scroll to the bottom of the materia exchange menu. Leave the cursor there, and close out of the menu. Then, the player must intentionally trigger a game over, and load save 3. Here, the player can open the materia exchange menu to find the cursor pointing to a blank character slot. The player can then store the materia they wish to transfer in this blank slot, as long as they do not scroll too far up that the blank slot is pushed off-screen. Once the materia is in place, the player must again trigger an intentional game over. Finally, the player can load save 1, and open the materia exchange menu to claim the smuggled materia from the blank slot.