How to Unlock Ethel and Ascension Quest Conditions

Ethel is a recruitable hero in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Read on to learn more about Ethel’s stats, Arts, skills, chain attack bonuses, how to unlock Ethel with her Hero Quest, and how to make her rejoin the party with her Ascension Quest!

How to Unlock Ethel

Ethel Joins Your Party in Chapter 3

At the beginning of Chapter 3 Ethel will join your party during the Hero Quest: No Want of Courage, assisting you during battle.

No Want of Courage Walkthrough

Only Available During the Hero Mission

Although the Flash Fencer Class is available for other party member to change into once Ethel joins your party, you will no longer be able to use the hero once you complete No Want of Courage.

Eventually, you will be able make ethel rejoin the party, but you will first have to complete a few prerequisites during Chapter 6 of the game.

Ethel Profile and Voice Actor

Ethel	Class	Role
	Flash Fencer	Attacker
	Tier Rank	Nation
		Keves
Voice Actors
ENG: Lucy Doyle	JP: Atsumi Tanezaki
Description
There's a bit of history between Noah's team and Ethel. When they were all much younger, Ethel saved them from an Agnian attack. Since then, Noah and his friends have looked up to her, so why does she now see them as enemies?

Ethel Hero Rating

Attack	Defense	Healing	Support
S	D	D	A

Ethel Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Ethel specializes in Attacking enemies with devastating Arts, which makes her a great Hero for players who want to defeat enemies quickly. She is also the first class you unlock which excels at inflicting critical attacks, making her a formidable force against low-level enemies.

Weaknesses

Ethel will be absent from your party for majority of your playthrough since you cannot recruit her as a hero again until Chapter 6. Though she can be a significant asset for the final bosses, she cannot help you out with the other tough enemies in the game.

Due to her mediocre defenses, Ethel also often finds herself overwhelmed when facing tougher enemies and Bosses without proper defensive support.

Ascension Quest Unlock Conditions: How to Make Ethel Rejoin the Party

Rank Up Seraph and Flash Fencer to 10

Before you can make ethel rejoin the party, you first need unlock the Seraph class by completing Cammuravi's Hero Quest: A Twist of Fate.

Once completed, rank up both the Seraph and Flash Fencer classes all the way to 10. You can do this quickly using Nopon Coins.

Head to the Lab in Colony Omega

Once you've met the conditions above, head to Colony Omega and enter the lab. At the very back of the lab is a door. Interact with the door to trigger a cutscene.

At the end of the cutscene, the game will ask you if you'd like Ethel to “undergo the maturation process”. Select Yes to add Ethel back to your party.

Unlocks Rank 20 for Flash Fencer and Seraph

After getting Ethel back as a Hero, you also unlock Rank 20 for both the Flash Fencer and Seraph classes, so this also acts as Ethel and Cammuravi's Ascension Quest.

Ethel Best Arts

Best Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Swallowtail	Physical Attack	One Target	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from behind by 120%.
Acceleration	Stance	Self	Boosts auto-attack and Arts speed. Also raises damage taken by 25%.
Million Flash	Physical Attack	One Target	None

With proper Healing support and Defender, Ethel can make quick work of enemies with Accleration, since it give her more opportunities to attack during battle. While Swallowtail and Million Flash allows you to make use of Ethel's offensive capabilities in a much more reserved manner.

Ethel Arts And Skills

Arts List

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Cross Impact	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	120%
	Buff/ Debuff	Power Charge	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	20s
	Effect	Buffs self with Power Charge when Art hits.
Swallowtail	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	195%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from behind by 120%.
Silver Cyclone	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	210%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	11s
	Effect	Increases Critical Rate by 75% when attacking from side.
Acceleration	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	50s
	Effect	Boosts auto-attack and Arts speed. Also raises damage taken by 25%.
Million Flash	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	360%
	Buff/ Debuff	Bleed	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	32s
	Effect	None

Talent Art

Base Art Information
Saber Strike	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	375%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Smash
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	3
	Effect	None

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

Skills List

Skill	Base Effect
First Move Wins	Boosts damage dealt by 30% for the first 30 seconds of battle.
Fighting Instinct	Boosts damage dealt by 25% when using a Talent Art (up to a maximum of 200%).
Critical Strike	Increases critical hit damage bonus by 30 percentage points.
Capable Hands	Fills Talent Art recharge gauge by 60% at start of battle.

List of All Skills

Ethel Default Equipment

Default Accessories

Slot	Accessory	Effect
1	Spiked Pauldrons	Boosts Smash damage by 50%.
2	Detector Headgear	Increases Critical Rate by 10 percentage points.
3	Scale Mask	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from behind by 25%.

List of Accessories

Default Gems

Slot	Gem	Effect
1	Doublestrike	Adds a chance to strike twice per auto-attack by a certain percentage.
2	Empowered Combo	Boosts damage dealt when canceling.
3	Analyze Weakness	Increases critical hit damage bonus.

All Gems and Their Effects

Ethel Chain Attack Effects

Wintry End
Initial TP	25
Completion Bonus	Gives all allies a critical damage rate of 100%
Heroic Chain	TPx150 when starting the chain.

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