How to Unlock Juniper and Ascension Quest Conditions

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

How to Unlock Juniper

Complete Hero Quest Natural Selection

To unlock Juniper as a Hero, you first need to complete Juniper's Hero Quest: Natural Selection. This quest can be accepted a short while after starting of Chapter 4 of the game as you progress through Maktha Wildwood.

Juniper's Hero Quest: Natural Selection Walkthrough

Juniper Profile and Voice Actor

Juniper	Class	Role
	Stalker	Attacker
	Tier Rank	Nation
		Agnus
Voice Actors
ENG: Lilly Hart	JP: Rie Kugimiya
Description
Juniper is an Attacker and a Stalker who uses a bow to attack her enemies. They excel at hiding and striking foes from a distance using their bow.

Juniper Hero Rating

Juniper Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Juniper's high Attack and Critical Rate make them excellent at landing critical hits on enemies. Their high Agility also makes them a difficult target to hit, providing them with a decent defensive advantage that other Attacker heroes do not have.

Their attacks also have remarkably high range, allowing them to stay a safe distance away from combat.

Weaknesses

Though they has high Agility, their other defensive stats are similar to other Attackers, making them fragile if enemies manage to hit them.

Many of their attacks and skills also rely on certain conditions to unleash their full damage, such as HP or debuff requirements. Since you cannot control Heroes, setting up these conditions for them is a difficult task.

Bonus Rewards for Unlocking Juniper

Unlock Rope Sliding

Recruiting Juniper allows you to learn the Field Traversal Skill Rope Sliding, which allows you to slide down different ropes and cables found across the map.

All Field Skills and How to Unlock

Juniper Ascension Quest Unlock Conditions

Survivors

After recruiting Juniper, 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: Survivors.

Survivors Walkthrough

Juniper Best Arts

Best Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Downdraft	Ether Attack	One Target	Inflicts Bleed when Art hits enemy rear.
Force of Nature	Set Field	AOE around User	Field range of effect - medium
Liberation Arrow	Ether Attack	Frontward AOE	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from the side by 120%.

Downdraft is an important Art to have since one of Juniper's skills relies on the Bleed debuff. Force of Nature is also a useful effect to equip onto Juniper since it can provide the rest of your party with the Art Follow-Up effect.

Juniper Arts And Skills

Arts List

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Downdraft	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	160%
	Buff/ Debuff	Bleed	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	3
	Effect	Inflicts Bleed when Art hits enemy rear.
Force of Nature	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	Art Follow-Up	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	4
	Effect	Field range of effect - medium
Liberation Arrow	Area of Effect	Frontward AOE	Power Multiplier	490%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	7
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from the side by 120%.
Night Hunt	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	12
	Effect	Boosts back attack damage by 30% and reduces aggro drawn when attacking.
Landslide	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	225%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	7
	Effect	Boosts damage to launched enemies by 100%. Also evades attacks while Art is active.

Talent Art

Base Art Information
Refreshing Rain	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	500%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	3
	Effect	Deals 50% more damage against enemies who are at 30% HP or less.

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

Skills List

Skill	Base Effect
Swift Death	Deals 50% more damage against enemies who are at 30% HP or less.
In Cold Blood	Boosts damage dealt by 75% when attacking an enemy suffering from Bleed.
Evasion Expertise	30% chance to evade ranged attacks.
Serene Heart	Reduces aggro generated from attacks by 25%.

List of All Skills

Juniper Default Equipment

Default Accessories

Slot	Accessory	Effect
1	Beast Mask	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from behind by 15%.
2	Repulsor Cuffs	Boosts aggro reduction by 50% when targeted by an enemy.
3	Comet Choker	Boosts damage dealt outdoors by 30%.

List of Accessories

Default Gems

Slot	Gem	Effect
1	Disperse Bloodlust	Reduces aggro generated when using Arts.
2	Steelcleaver	Increases Attack.
3	Analyze Weakness	Increases critical hit damage bonus.

All Gems and Their Effects

Juniper 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