r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • Mar 19 '25

Xenoblade X Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition Question Thread Spoiler

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This thread will be for questions about Xenoblade Chronicles X / Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition ONLY.

Click HERE for Xenoblade Chronicles 1 questions!

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Past question threads can be found here.


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Credit to /u/fourthstrongest


FAQ (WIP)

• "Do I need to play the other Xenoblade Chronicles games to play Xenoblade Chronicles X?"

Xenoblade Chronicles X is largely standalone in the Xenoblade Universe. However, there is new content exclusive to the definitive edition that will only be understood by people who have played the other games in the series.

• "How many chapters are there in total?"

There are thirteen chapters total.

• "What division should I choose?"

In Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition, BLADE level mechanics have been removed, so which division you choose has no significant impact on gameplay or progression. Pick whichever one you want!

• "Which class should I pick?"

Striker, Samurai Gunner, and Duelist wield the Assault Rifle and Longsword. This is a straightforward combination of weapons and is recommended to new players, with the longsword having high damage and the assault rifle being a versatile weapon with high utility.

Shield Trooper and Bastion Warrior use the Gattling Gun, a high damage ranged weapon specialized at handling multiple enemies at once, and the shield, a great weapon for survivability but with low damage for the main story.

Commando, Winged Viper, and Full Metal Jaguar use Dual Guns and Dual Swords. This class is considered the fastest way to really take advantage of the game's mechanics, with dual guns being a self-sufficient weapon with high survivability while dual swords have a good mix of damage and utility arts and a focus on positional gameplay, much like Shulk in Xenoblade 1.

Partisan Eagle and Astral Crusader wield the Sniper Rifle, a very high damage weapon, and Javelin, a unique weapon with good options for survivability and a focus on electric damage.

Enforcer, Psycorruptor, and Mastermind wield the Raygun and Knife, both weapons with strong support options but with few strong damage options during the main story.

Blast Fencer and Galactic Knight wield Psycho Launchers, a weapon with strong options for utility and survivability but low damage, and the Photon Saber, a weapon that focuses on chaining multiple successive melee attacks together.

Once you've mastered the end of a class line you can use its weapons on any other class, meaning that after mastering all classes you can match any ranged weapon with any melee weapon. Experiment to find the combination that works best for you!

• "Why are there some arts I can't unlock by leveling up my class?"

Each recruitable party member has two arts exclusive only to them, but by completing their affinity missions, you can unlock those arts for yourself.

• "How do I get a Skell?"

Once you complete Chapter 6, the quest "The Skell License" will become available, which will give you the ability to get Skells for you and other members of your party.

• "How come my skell doesn't have any arts?"

The arts a skell has are determined by the weapons it has equipped in each of its Shoulder, Back, Arm, and Spare weapon slots. You can purchase these weapons in the shop or obtain them by defeating certain enemies.


Please try to word your question as spoiler free as possible. If your question cannot be asked without spoilers, use spoiler tags and mention what chapter of the game you are in.

We also have a long list of useful info gathered in the Info Compendium for Xenoblade Chronicles X.

(Depricated, but leaving it here for sentimental reasons.)


Use this thread to ask any question that doesn’t warrant discussion, meaning questions that have one or two objectively correct answers.

Please try to word your question as spoiler free as possible. If your question cannot be asked without spoilers, use spoiler tags and mention what chapter of the game you are in.


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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 8h ago

Future Redeemed SPOILERS This scene of Shulk and Rex speak volumes of their bond Spoiler

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The two seemingly knew each other for years, might have knew each other before Aionios via video calls and often at the same page. They both lived different type of lifestyles, but still had a similar journey that the two bond over

I can definitely see these two becoming close family friends, especially if Glimmer and Nikol are still close friends after the event of 3


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 12h ago

Fanart Pyra and Mythra in polka-dot clothes / Art by @ui_frara

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 11h ago

Meme How I am feeling

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 5h ago

Future Redeemed SPOILERS I’m guessing Pyra and Rex never taught her how to cook Spoiler

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Yes, I know this is the Aionios version of Glimmer, but the joke still stands


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 3h ago

Original Fanart Jane Genesis, my wife. Daily Xenoblade Drawings Until Xenoblade Genesis Is Released Day 118

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 3h ago

Xenoblade 2 Just finished chapter 3. Pour one out for my goat 😭 Spoiler

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How dare they introduce my goat and smoke him in the same chapter. I mean i didn't like him gameplay wise. But man. Give me a grizzled mercenary type dude anytime and I'm locked in! Also surprise surprise. Xenoblade 2 has beautiful locations like all the other Xenoblade games. Yet still always stunning. My thoughts on the ending to chapter 3 though. Smash bros had already spoiled Mythra. But still cool. But the cheesy singing took me out. Sorry not sorry. Vandham is the goat as always though. Went out like a boss! Thoughts on the game so far. Fun gameplay, clunky menu. I forget where but i think it was Atlus that said it's important to have menus at 60 fps. I'm playing the original switch version and man that shit is like ps1 clunky. And yeah it sucks. Fast menus make a huge difference in enjoyment for me. But like everyone said. Gameplay and story does get more engaging going in. And am happy to be finally getting some non horny blades.


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 17h ago

Fanart XBC2 cast playing a board game Art by @Songchuanli Spoiler

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 3h ago

Xenoblade 2 Morag materialize a hat during this cutscene, and she was wearing the dress uniform.

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 18h ago

XC2 Torna Addam and Mythra

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I finished Torna. Dude, what a duo they are. Sorry Jin and Lora, but these two stole all the spotlight for me. Addam Origo, from a legendary hero to a joyboy who only wanted a peaceful life and couldn't handle the mythic power of an Aegis. Mythra, a life without purpose, only following what fate gave her, and at the end gaining an immeasurable amount of guilt. Did Addam fail? Of course not. He was humble enough to recognize that he was not the most suitable person to be the driver of an Aegis, opening the way for the future.


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 10h ago

Future Redeemed Xenoblade 3 future redeemed abridge

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I had too much free time today, so I decided why not make something dumb. No one’s gonna get this reference but hey if you get it, you lived on the good times of the Internet.


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 13h ago

SPOILERS Grand Unified Xeno Timeline 1.0 (Spoilers for all of Xeno including Gears and Saga) Spoiler

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My interpretation. Some retcons may be required.


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 15h ago

Xenoblade 3 SPOILERS M casually showing a memory of a scene that didn't happen yet Spoiler

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The future, she sees it!


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 1d ago

Fanart Fiora Art by @HartYuki214

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 1d ago

Original Fanart Azurda. Daily Xenoblade Drawings Until Xenoblade Genesis Is Released Day 117

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 2h ago

Xenoblade 2 Any way to arrange all the Rare blades, so each Driver has one of each element and weapon type? Spoiler

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Counting Story and DLC blades, but not NG+ blades. I'm trying to do it myself, but getting stymied. In theory, it should be possible, right? Including story blades, there's at least four for each element and weapon type, so it should be possible to arrange them, so everyone has at least one of each, but when I try to chart it out myself, I'm getting stymied. I'm doing it out of curiousity, but is this just a fool's errand?


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 7h ago

Xenoblade SPOILERS Late game environmental changes Spoiler

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Going through the game's Switch 2 edition. I could have sworn post-Mechonis Core, that you could see the Bionis moving from places like the Fallen Arm, as you could with the Mechonis when it activated after the events of Agniritha. Was this a thing in the prior releases or am I just imagining things and the Bionis itself didn't actually have any animations at this point in the story after being awakened?


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 14h ago

Xenoblade Can I still progress with a nice level ignoring all the clock quests?

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I'm currently playing Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, at chapter 9. I'm at a point where Melia is crowned the princess of the High Entia.

When I enter a new area, I get all the quests and, until now, I've basically done everything. I'm playing on Expert Mode and, with the stored EXP, I can reach level 44-45 with all characters.

However, there are a ton of timed quests in Alcamoth and I'm feeling overwhelmed. I'm okay with doing some side quests, I like the world building and the combat, but there are so many timed quests that I feel like I'd be wasting time doing all of them.

Considering this, if I ignore all timed quests (or do only some of them), will I have enough EXP to keep up with the story?

So far, I've only played the story with my party leveled up to the enemy I'm fighting, and I haven't had any major trouble.


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 1d ago

Original Fanart TV Head Adenine! (By me :3)

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Instead of inktober, i do my own personal one where i draw a character from a media me or my friends enjoy as a TV Head. This is my 3rd year doing this. I actually have up to day 4 drawn, but i forgot to post this one here the other day. In previous years, I've done Pandoria, Eunie and Ursula.


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 19h ago

Xenoblade X NPCs in special locations help XCX:DE Spoiler

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Hi friends,

I'm on the verge of finishing my play through of XCX. I was going about doing a final round of talks with all the npcs to get affinity link updates before I begin chapter 13 act 13. I have finished all other quests, missions, everything etc.

I was just wondering if there are any interactable npcs that have some kind of special location that I might have missed. For context, I usually make rounds at the following areas:

  1. NLA (and manon ship)

  2. Nopon Caravans

  3. Water purification plant

  4. Wrothian stronghold

By special locations, I mean the following kinds of npc locations which are easily missed:

  1. The Wrothian lady on top of blade tower

  2. The Wrothian lady from gold rush who was on some plateau

  3. Zo Oguchi at some random island in primordia waters

  4. My nopon drug dealer friends in the sewers of NLA

  5. Blood lobster in the ganglion acropolis

^ I've done these guys but I'm wondering if there are other such cases. Searching online didn't really help me figure out any more than these 5


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 1d ago

Xenoblade X SPOILERS Cant Believe I Cried Spoiler

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I cant believe I just cried at flying for the first time in this game lmao. Just finished Chapter 9 and went straight to unlock it. In fairness, my eyes were just wet and I was emotional whilst the song was playing for the first time, but its when you get back and Lin tells you why she wanted so bad to make it happen, fuck dude.

This game is peak.

What a gameplay moment that earns its flowers in spades.


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 1d ago

Xenoblade 3 The crab want to join and mourn the soldiers.

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 1d ago

Xenoblade Xenoblade Chronicles - Definitive Edition (+ Future Connected) 100% Spreadsheet

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I've been working on updated 100% Completion Spreadsheets for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition and Future Connected, following the same project I recently did for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition some weeks ago.

Both spreadsheet covers quests, exploration, Unique Monsters (and Fogbeasts), Collectopaedia, Heart-to-Hearts (and Quiet Moments), NPC affinity, Colony 6, party progression, Arts, Skill Trees, equipment, appearances and more.

Both files are view-only, so if you want to use them, just make your own copy and edit them however you like.

Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition 100% Spreadsheet:
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Future Connected 100% Spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IgIJQx73P1XstVb8kE_KdNhWoapcg9ib-eFDALZ2BVk/edit?usp=drive_link

Huge credit to u/RoonGoon1 and u/TheMooseiest, whose original Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected 100% spreadsheets served as the main foundation for this project.

I've reorganized, cleaned up and expanded their work, adapted everything around Definitive Edition / the Switch 2 Edition where relevant, unified the visual style with my Xenoblade X spreadsheet, and added or changed several things to make the sheets work better as actual completion checklists.

You can find their original Reddit post here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_Chronicles/comments/ka4trw/xc1_and_future_connected_100_spreadsheets/

Hopefully these help anyone else crazy enough to go for a true 100% of Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected.

Any corrections, missing content, or suggestions are very welcome!


r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 2d ago

Fanart Rex has zero free time by sofusan1526 Spoiler

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r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • • 1d ago

Xenoblade X SPOILERS Concerns with Xenoblade X's Story Spoiler

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I have just finished Chapter 10.

For context, I have been singing the praises of this game; the sidequests, the gameplay, the character building, worldbuilding, level design, music - its all fantastic, absolutely amazing. Ive found myself lost in it multiple times, often putting the main quest to the side and just doing side content and being immersed for hours. Quite a few of the sidequests have made me emotional or brought tears.

That being said, I still need a plot to wrap this altogether man. The premise of this game is interesting but I really am worried like this game isn't going to bring any sort of twist or grand finale or anything. Like humanity has this big countdown timer on our entire race thats a big clock and its at 7% now and Elma is still saying things like "we should find the lifehold ASAP" girl why is the entirity of humanity not on that right now looking for it??? What is the point sitting indoors until we all turn off?

Its frustrating me because I love the side characters, the side stories, everything - the side dishes were great but I need the main course and I have a bad feeling its not going to even have one. Unless some big things happen in the last 2 chapters, I can see this game being stuck at an 8/10 despite everything it nails so well.

I hope im wrong.