Yumsmith Class Guide: Best Arts and Skills

Yumsmith is a type of Attacker class in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and is the default class of Riku & Manana. Read on to learn more about the class, including its best arts, skills, characters, accessories, and gems, as well as find out how to unlock the class.

Yumsmith Class Overview

Yumsmith Basic Information

Class		Role	Default Character
Yumsmith		Attacker	Riku & Manana
Attack	Defense	Health	Support
A	C	C	S
Description
Protean Attacker class that exploits enemy weak points and uses debuffs to alter the tide of battle.

Character Class Rating

Noah	Mio	Eunie
A	B	C
Taion	Lanz	Sena
B	D	S

Class Rating is the speed at which each character ranks up an individual class, so the lower their Class Rating, the slower it takes for them to rank up the class.

How to Unlock Yumsmith

Recruit Riku ＆ Manana by Completing Their Hero Quest

Yumsmith is the default class of Riku & Manana, a hero in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. To unlock this class and equip it to your main characters, you must first complete their Hero Quest: A Nopon's Counsel.

A Nopon's Counsel Walkthrough

Complete Culinary Repertoire to Unlock Rank 20

After you unlock this class, it will have a rank cap of 10, so you are unable to upgrade its Arts and skills further than that rank. To break the rank cap and extend the limit up to Rank 20, you must first complete the quest Culinary Repertoire.

Culinary Repertoire Walkthrough

Best Yumsmith Characters

Recommended Characters
Noah	Sena

Yumsmith is primarily an Attacker class that acts as support for the team by using buffs, debuffs, and other Art effects to incapacitate and hinder opponents. Characters high in Attacking stats like Noah and Sena are best for this class.

Best Yumsmith Arts

Recommended Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Extended Slash	Physical Attack	One Target	Boost damage dealt when attacking from the front by 50%.
Flashback	Physical Attack	One Target	Inflicts Break on enemy when attacking from one side.
Energy Grenade	Ether Attack	AOE on target	Field range of effect - small

Yumsmith's skills make it an excellent party member to inflict different debuffs on your opponent, including field effects. Though Recharge would also be a useful Art, it cannot be equipped alongside Energy Grenade, which is the more recommended Art.

Recommended Master Arts

Rank 1 and 10 Master Arts

Art	Base Effect	Class Rank
Overfall	Ether Def. Down	Tactician Rank 10
Spearpoint Thrust	Bind	Thaumaturge Rank 10
No Love Lost	Physical Def. down	Strategos Rank 1

Since Yumsmiths excel at inflicting debuffs, it is best to use Master Arts that inflict useful debuffs on your opponents. Field Arts are also a good option if you decide to focus your character more on setting up field effects.

Rank 20 Master Arts

Art	Base Effect	Class Rank
Viral Vector	AOE / 2 random debuffs	Machine Assassin Rank 20

Instead of equipping Sword of Valor, which inflicts Damage Link on enemies, you can also equip Viral Vector as an alternative Talent Art for the Yumsmith class. Though the debuffs inflicted are random, there is a good chance that it is a debuff that will help you out in combat.

Best Master Skills for Yumsmith Builds

Rank 5 Master Skills

Skill	Effect	Class Rank
Ethereal Ability	Boosts damage dealt by ether Arts by 30%.	Tactician Rank 5
Fighting Prowess	Boosts damage dealt by physical Arts by 30%.	Ogre Rank 5
Cursed Edge	Boosts damage dealt by 50% when attacking a debuffed enemy.	Machine Assassin Rank 5

Cursed Edge is the best Master Skill for Yumsmiths since most of the enemies they attack will likely have debuffs. Since the Yumsmith class can make full use of both Ether and Physical Attacks, increasing the damage of both Art types with Master Skills is also best.

Rank 15 Master Skills

Skill	Effect	Class Rank
Eternal Formation	Increases field effect duration by 30%.	Medic Gunner Rank 15

Once you have Rank 15 Master Skills unlocked for Medic Gunner, you can also equip Eternal Formation to extend the duration of Blaze caused by Energy Grenade, one of the best Arts in the class, or other field effects you may have equipped.

Best Accessories for Yumsmith Builds

Increased Attack	Increased Dexterity	Boosted Blaze Damage
Silver Belt	Rainbow Gloves	Hellfire Amulet

The Steam Belt is an amazing accessory for any Attacker class, since it increases overall attack damage. In addition, the Yumsmith class also benefits from having high Dexterity so that they could reliably hit opponents and inflict the necessary debuffs.

As previously mentioned, Energy Grenade is one of the best Arts in the class due to its continuous Blaze damage. The Hellfire Amulet can be used to boost its damage further.

List of Accessories

Best Gems for Yumsmith Builds

Boosted Debuff Power	Extended Debuff Duration	Increased Attack
Swelling Scourge	Refined Incantation	Steelcleaver

Because the Yumsmith Class supports its team by reliably inflicting debuffs on the opponent, extending and boosting the power of these debuffs is ideal to increase the effectiveness of the class. Increasing their overall attack is also recommended once you unlock the third Gem slot.

All Gems and Their Effects

List of Yumsmith Arts

Talent Arts

Base Art Information
Sword of Valor	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	750%
	Buff/ Debuff	Damage Link	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	4
	Effect	None

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Extended Slash	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	270%
	Buff/ Debuff	Shackle Blocking	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	Boost damage dealt when attacking from the front by 50%.
Flashback	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	120%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Break
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	11s
	Effect	Inflicts Break on enemy when attacking from one side.
Energy Grenade	Area of Effect	AOE on target	Power Multiplier	120%
	Buff/ Debuff	Blaze	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	16s
	Effect	Field range of effect - small
Recharge	Area of Effect	AOE around user	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	Critical Rate Up	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	16s
	Effect	Field range of effect - small
Determination	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	50s
	Effect	Deal 150% more and take 25% less damage while within a field effect.

Master Arts

Art	Rank Mastered
Energy Grenade	1
Flashback	10
Sword of Valor	20

Hero-Exclusive Arts

Base Art Information
Wok-a-Block	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	140%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Break
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	11s
	Effect	Inflicts Break on enemy when attacking from one side.
Final Say	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	325%
	Buff/ Debuff	Shackle Blocking	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	23s
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from the front by 70%.
Roasty-Toasty	Area of Effect	AOE on target	Power Multiplier	140%
	Buff/ Debuff	Blaze	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	14s
	Effect	Field range of effect - medium
Ready-Steady	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	44s
	Effect	Deal 150% more and take 25% less damage while within a field effect.
Hot Cuisine	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	260%
	Buff/ Debuff	Accuracy Down	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	17s
	Effect	None
Sharpest Tool	Area of Effect	One target	Power Multiplier	870%
	Buff/ Debuff	Damage Link	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	4
	Effect	None

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

List of Yumsmith Skills

Class Skills

Skill	Base Effect
Bangsplosion	Boosts field dissolution damage by 100%.
Sappy-Sappy Drain!	Increase success rate of debuff effects by 15 percentage points.
Slicey-Dicey!	Boosts field damage dealt by 100%.
Preppy-Preppy Link!	Fills Chain Attack gauge slightly on Art execution

Master Skills

Skill	Rank Mastered
Sappy-Sappy Drain!	5
Slicey-Dicey!	15

List of All Skills

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All Classes and Roles

All Attacker Classes

List of Attacker Classes
Swordfighter	Ogre	Flash Fencer
Yumsmith	Full Metal Jaguar	Stalker
Incursor	Soulhacker	Martial Artist
Seraph	Machine Assassin	Royal Summoner

All Defender Classes

List of Defender Classes
Zephyr	Heavy Guard	Guardian Commander
Lone Exile	Lost Vanguard	Noponic Champion

All Healer Classes

List of Healer Classes
Medic Gunner	Tactician	War Medic
Thaumaturge	Strategos	Signifer
Troubadour	Lifesage	-