Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct Summary: All Revealed Information So Far

Nintendo has revealed all the contents from the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 direct. Read on to learn the direct's every content that was revealed during the live stream!

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct Contents Summary

News and Updates

Story Lore

Characters

Party Features

Exploration Features

Combat Mechanics

News and Updates

Amiibo Accessories

The game is compatible with Amiibos! Bust out your Amiibo collections to gain bonuses in the game!

All Amiibos and Amiibo Unlocks

Use the Shulk Amiibo To Gain a Monado Weapon Form

One of the highlights of the Amiibo showcase is the monado weapon form for Noah's swordmaster class! Use the Shulk Amiibo to gain this weapon cosmetic!

Expansion Pass

While most of these contents will only be usable for 2023, the Expansion Pass has also been revealed in the Direct.

Expansion Pass Price and Contents

Story Lore

War Soldiers and Off-Seers

It is revealed in the trailer that the soldiers that participate in the war will only have a lifespan of 10 years. This will likely be a driving force for the main cast's story.

Off-Seers

Our main protagonists Noah and Mio are Off-Seers. They perform rituals to mourn the dead of the battlefield.

Characters

Main Characters

The main characters gain some highlight on the direct with their default classes and ally nation.

List of Main Characters and Protagonists

Recruitable Heroes

Aside from the 6 main party members, there are also 10 (9) recruitable heroes revealed in the direct! However, one of them is hidden and one's info wasn't shown in the actual direct.

While there are several heroes you can recruit, only one of them can be brought to battle. Take your current party composition into consideration as these heroes have classes of their own for you to use to fill the gaps in your current roster.
List of Recruitable Heroes and Their Classes

Party Features

Confirmed Main Character Classes

The Sword Fighter is the balanced attacker class among the main character classes while the Ogre is a fully-fledged attacker class that focuses on damage output

For the defender classes, the Zephyr is highly reminiscent of a dodge tank class. It focuses on evasion and counters rather than damage reduction to tank enemy attacks. The Heavy Guard, as the name implies, is a dedicated tank class that focuses on taking enemy attacks and surviving through them. They can also easily draw aggro from enemies.

Lastly, the healer class has the Medic Gunner which relies on positioning from afar to use heals and buffs. The Tactician, on the other hand, focuses on disruption and debuffs to weaken enemies while healing allies.

Main Characters Can Switch to Hero Classes

Noah switching to Zeon's Guardian Commander class.

All characters can switch to the classes of your recruited heroes! This greatly expands the possible party setup you can have during the game.

Arts Can Be Leveled Up

Aside from class switching, each character can also upgrade their arts by using them during battle. This makes switching classes increase your options as the game goes longer.

Master Arts

There also exists master arts that can be equipped regardless of the class you currently equip.

Fusion Arts

Lastly, there also exist compatible arts which allows you to combine two arts into one to apply both arts' effect into one.

Interlink to Use Ouroboros Form

Interlink is the process of combining two partner characters into Ouroboros. There are three pairs for your party which are as follows.

Ouroboros Form has a timer and will deactivate once the time is up.

Ouroboros Have Two Different Forms

The Ouroboros can take on two forms with differing arts. This can freely be changed during battle which essentially expands the art list of your temporary form!

Use Soul Points to Strengthen Ouroboros Forms

You can gain soul points from battles. These points can be used to strengthen your Ouroboros to make them even stronger!

Ouroboros Can Participate in Chain Attacks

You can also include Ouroboros Forms for chain attacks! This can allow for unique combos to be used during battles.

Exploration Features

Colonies

Colonies are safe havens where you can encounter various friendly NPCs, shop for equipment, eat food, and more!

Rest Points

Rest Points can be found in various areas, Rest Points allow you to use several features in the game!

Fast Travel

You can unlock checkpoints on the map! Use these to instantly travel from one spot to another using the fast travel feature!

Quest Routes

By enabling the navigation feature, you can follow quest guides to see the nearest path you can take for quest destinations.

Time Adjustments

You can change the game's time. This can enable certain NPCs to appear in colonies as well as reveal new enemies in the field!

Combat Mechanics

Break, Topple, Launch, Smash

Enemies can be put into weakened stat starting from Break to Topple, then Launching them and a finishing attack for Smash.

Chain Attacks

Link multiple arts in the battle to unleash strong combos to easily devastate enemies in battle!

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct Release Date and Time

June 22 at 7 am PT/10 AM ET

In a tweet from Nintendo of America, they officially announced that the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct presentation will be happening on June 22 at 7 am PT/10 AM ET.

Official Livestream

As stated in the tweet, the Direct will reveal roughly 20 minutes of information about the game which you can catch when it airs on their official live stream below.

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