How to Unlock Melia and Ascension Quest Conditions

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

How to Unlock Melia

Meet Melia after Completing the Main Story

After completing the main story of the game, head to the 1st Floor of Keves Castle. When looking at your map, you will find a ? mark near the Main Castle Gate. Head towards the question mark to start a cutscene. When the cutscene ends, Melia is unlocked.

Post Game Content Guide

Melia Profile and Voice Actor

Melia	Class	Role
	Royal Summoner	Attacker
	Tier Rank	Nation
		Keves
Voice Actors
ENG: Jenna Coleman	JP: Shiroi Katsuta
Description
Melia is the queen of Keves and she was also a playable character in the original Xenoblade Chronicles game.

Melia Hero Rating

Melia Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Melia is without a doubt, one of the best Attackers in the game, and should be added to any party that has trouble dealing damage. Not only are her attacks very powerful, but many inflict powerful debuffs, such as Bind.

Weaknesses

Melia's strength relies on her constantly summoning and discharging Elements. While this increases her attack power to exceptionally high levels, this process requires time to be effective. As such, Melia is better suited to longer, more difficult battles.

Melia Ascension Quest Unlock Conditions

From Atop Her Throne

After recruiting Melia, 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: From Atop Her Throne.

From Atop Her Throne Walkthrough

Melia Best Arts

Best Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Starfall	Ether Attack	One Target	None
Elemental Discharge	Ether Attack	One Target	Boosts elemental damage by 50%.
Summon Element	Ether Attack	AOE around User	None

Using Summon Element and Elemental Discharge in turn is the signature Arts combo for Melia, increasing her overall attack as the battle progresses by summoning and discharging Elements. The high damage output from Starfall is further enhanced by its ability to Topple enemies.

Melia Arts And Skills

Arts List

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Power Effect	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	50s
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt by 80% and damage taken by 40%.
Shadow Stitch	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	200%
	Buff/ Debuff	Bind	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	35s
	Effect	Inflicts Bind when Art hits enemy rear.
Elemental Discharge	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	200%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	16s
	Effect	Boosts elemental damage by 50%.
Summon Element	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	120%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	30s
	Effect	None
Starlight Kick	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	360%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Topple
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	None

Talent Art

Base Art Information
Element Genesis	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	750%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	4
	Effect	Boosts damage by discharging all elementals on Art execution.

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

Skills List

Skill	Base Effect
Here Shall I Stand	Boosts Element Damage by 60% and Element buffs by 30%.
Fortified Ether Guard	Boosts Ether Defense by 10%.
Essence of Ether	Boosts allies attack by 20%, and lowers enemy Guard Rate by 5%. (The effect cannot be stacked)
Elemental Boost	Damage dealt when unleashing Elements is increased by 20%. (Maximum is 400%)

List of All Skills

Melia Default Equipment

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

Melia 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