How to Unlock Valdi and Ascension Quest Conditions

Valdi is a recruitable hero in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Read on to learn more about Valdi's stats, Arts, skills, and chain attack bonuses as well as how to unlock Valdi's Hero Quest and Ascension Quest!

How to Unlock Valdi

Complete The Kind Right Hand in Chapter 3

Valdi will join your party during the Hero Quest: The Kind Right Hand and becomes a recruitable hero upon completing the mission. This Hero Quest can be accepted in Chapter 3, and is required to complete the main story of the game.

The Kind Right Hand Walkthrough

Valdi Profile and Voice Actor

Valdi	Class	Role
	War Medic	Healer
	Tier Rank	Nation
		Keves
Voice Actors
ENG: Mack-Keith Roach	JP: Yū Kobayashi
Description
Valdi is a Healer and War Medic. He supports his allies through area healing and applying buffs to them.

Valdi Hero Rating

Valdi Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Valdi is a superb Healer to the point that he can often keep your party in great shape without needing support from other healing classes, making him very helpful during tough Boss battles.

Weaknesses

While his healing abilities are superb, Valdi offers little on the offensive end due to his mediocre attacking stats and lack of offensive Arts. His low defenses also mean that his HP needs to be constantly watched.

Bonus Rewards for Unlocking Valdi

Unlock Wall Climbing

Recruiting Valdi allows you to learn the Field Traversal Skill Wall Climbing, which allows you to climb up and down scalable walls and cliffs in the overworld of the game.

All Field Skills and How to Unlock

Valdi Ascension Quest Unlock Conditions

I'm a Mechanic

After recruiting Valdi, they and their class will be capped at Rank 10. To break the class limit and rank them up to Rank 20, you must first complete their Ascension Quest: I'm a Mechanic.

I'm a Mechanic Walkthrough

Valdi Best Arts

Best Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Heal Bullet	Healing	AOE around User	None
Trickshot	Ether Attack	One Target	Heals nearby allies when Art hits, to max of 100% of Healing Power
Surprise Beat	Physical Attack	One Target	Boosts damage dealt to Machines by 100%.

As a War Medic, Valdi excels at keeping his allies healthy, making Heal Bullet and Trickshot very useful techniques during battle. While not the best on offense, Valdi's Surprise Beat let him deal more damage to Machine enemies, who are often difficult to take down.

Valdi Arts And Skills

Arts List

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Heal Bullet	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	150%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	17s
	Effect	None
Trickshot	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	260%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	Heals nearby allies when Art hits, to max of 100% of Healing Power
Hyper Reload	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	Defense Up	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	14s
	Effect	Field range of effect - medium
Cure Bullet	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	Debuff Barrier	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	40s
	Effect	None
Surprise Beat	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	360%
	Buff/ Debuff	Attack Down	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt to Machines by 100%.

Talent Art

Base Art Information
Technical Heal	Area of Effect	All Allies	Power Multiplier	165%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	5
	Effect	None

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

Skills List

Skill	Base Effect
Recovery Engine	Removing debuffs boosts own Healing Power by 30% (up to a maximum of 150%).
Rescue License	Increases HP restored when reviving an ally by 20%.
Healing License	Boosts amount of HP healed from using healing Arts by 20%.
Antibody System	Shortens duration of debuffs on self by 30%.

List of All Skills

Valdi Default Equipment

Default Accessories

Slot	Accessory	Effect
1	Friendship Badge	Boosts recharge speed by 20% when non-Defenders are targeted.
2	Affection Ring	Reduces aggro generated from healing Arts by 30%.
3	Immaculate Necklace	Boosts amount of HP healed from using healing Arts by 20%

List of Accessories

Default Gems

Slot	Gem	Effect
1	Disperse Bloodlust	Reduces aggro generated when using Arts.
2	Lifebearer	Increases Healing.
3	Lifesaving Expertise	Boosts speed of ally revival and raises Healing.

All Gems and Their Effects

Valdi Chain Attack Effects

Chain Attack Guide

Xenoblade Chronicle 3 Related Guides

List of All Playable and Recruitable Characters

Main Characters

Main Characters
Noah	Lanz	Eunie
Mio	Taion	Sena

List of Main Characters

Recruitable Heroes

Heroes
Ethel	Valdi	Zeon
Teach	Riku and Manana	Gray
Isurd	Juniper	Ashera
Alexandria	Monica	Fiona
Triton	Ghondor	Miyabi
Cammuravi	Segiri	Nia
Melia	Ino	-

List of Recruitable Heroes