How to Unlock Nia and Ascension Quest Conditions

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

How to Unlock Nia

Meet Nia after Completing the Main Story

After completing the main story of the game, enter the Hall of the Serene in Aetia Region, Upper. When looking at your map, you will find a ? mark nearby. Head towards the question mark to start a cutscene. When the cutscene ends, Nia is unlocked.

Post Game Content Guide

Nia Profile and Characteristics

Nia	Class	Role
	Lifesage	Healer
	Tier Rank	Nation
		Agnus
Voice Actors
ENG: Catrin-Mai Huw	JP: Hitomi Ōwada
Description
Nia is the queen of Agnus and she was also a playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Nia Hero Rating

Nia Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Nia is by far the best healer in the game, able to keep your party members healthy with little effort. Nia also has Talent Arts and skills that allow her to ignore enemy defenses, making her capable on offense as well.

Weaknesses

While her chain attack ability allows her to revive allies, this bears little to no significance if all of your characters are still able to fight. This, along with the low amount of TP that she offers, gives Nia limited usability when using Chain Attacks.

Nia Ascension Quest Unlock Conditions

Grasping my Future

After recruiting Nia, 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: Grasping my Future.

Grasping My Future Walkthrough

Nia Best Arts

Best Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Redeeming Bloom	Set Field	AOE around User	Field range of effect - medium
Saber Slash	Ether Attack	One Target	Heals nearby allies when Art hits, to max of 100% of Healing Power.
Hydro Blast	Ether Attack	One Target	30% chance to ignore defense.

Saber Slash and Hydro Blast will be the Arts that you use the most, as they allow you to stay on the offensive. Redeeming Bloom allows your allies to stay healthy without having to stay near Nia.

Nia Arts And Skills

Arts List

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Merciful Heart	Area of Effect	Frontward AOE	Power Multiplier	285%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Knockback
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	7
	Effect	None
Last Hope	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	325%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Blowdown
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	6
	Effect	40% chance to ignore defense.
Redeeming Bloom	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	Regeneration	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	4
	Effect	Field range of effect - medium
Redemption	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	165%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	5
	Effect	None
Saber Slash	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	180%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	5
	Effect	Heals nearby allies when Art hits, to max of 100% of Healing Power.

Talent Art

Base Art Information
Divine Sword	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	750%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	5
	Effect	Ignores enemy defense. Also heals all allies to a maximum of 150% of Healing Power.

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

Skills List

Skill	Base Effect
Abundant Oceans	Reduces damage to allies by 10%, increases Healing by 10%. (The effect does not stack.)
Enhanced Cellular Stimulus	30% percent chance on hit to deal 100% of Healing Power as defense-bypassing damage.
Instant Regen+	25% chance to heal using 60% of Healing Power upon taking damage
Steadfast Feelings	Restore nearby allies' HP when Art hits, equal to 30% of user's Healing

List of All Skills

Nia Default Equipment

Default Gems

Slot	Gem	Effect
1	Doublestrike	Adds a chance to strike twice per auto-attack by a certain percentage.
2	Steelcleaver	Increases Attack.
3	Lifebearer	Increases Healing.

All Gems and Their Effects

Nia 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