Chapter 7 Walkthrough

This is a walkthrough for the Chapter 7 section of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Read on for a complete walkthrough of the chapter, as well as boss strategy and other tips and tricks!

Chapter 7 Walkthrough

Chapter 7 Objectives

	Objectives
1	Join Nia
2	Head to the Cloudkeep's entrance
3	Talk to Samon
4	Head to the Sentridge Harbor
5	Complete the Standard Quest, The Ultimate Vessel This quest will send you to a lv.70 area so be prepared. Noah's Ascencion quest, Side Story: Noah, will also be unlocked halfway through this quest. Completing it is required to progress the Standard Quest and the main story.
6	Head to Fairview Cape in the Erythia Sea
7	Reach the nucleus of Origin You can use the Bravery as a Rest Point.

5. Swordfighter Rank Cap Increased to 20

Just as you're about to get the last material for The Ultimate Vessel quest, the Side Story for Noah will trigger. Completing this quest will increase Noah's Swordfighter Class rank cap as well as progress both the Standard Quest and Main Quest.

How to Raise Rank: CP Farming Guide

6. Move Faster with Bravery

After clearing the Standard Quest The Ultimate Vessel, you can toggle its speed boost by pushing the L stick, making it much easier to roam the seas.

Ship Controls and How to Move

7. Use the Bravery as a Rest Point

Upon arriving at Origin, you can turn around to the Bravery and unlock it as a Rest Point. Make sure you're well prepared as you'll run into a lot of powerful enemies inside!

You can also find other Rest Points along the way but they are hidden behind doors. Be sure to check each room especially if you need to take a break or add checkpoints that you can use for Skip Travel.

7. Z Boss Fight

First phase

The final boss fight will start with your whole team unable to Interlink or use Chain Attacks. At certain HP thresholds, Z will also place an effect on the entire stage such as freeze (slowed movement) and burn (damage over time).

During this phase, all you can do is to attack and survive using your Arts. Make sure you have enough Defenders and Healers in your team with the right Arts before facing Z.

Keep reducing his HP and a scene will start where each of the Interlinked pairs will start using Ouroboros Orders one by one. Although the base damage multiplier for each Order is at 1000%, these attacks will barely deal damage to Z as he has a Counter Heal buff active, which heals a portion of the damage taken.

Complete all three Ouroboros Orders and Z will become vulnerable. Unleash your best attacks and combos to end this phase and move to the next.

Second phase

Z will switch to his true form, but will still be quite vulnerable. Continue using your attacks and combos as normal until he uses another trick.

After losing about 15% of his HP, Z will separate the Keves team from the Agnus team, which means you won't be able to use Interlinks. Z will also unleash an unavoidable attack that can down your entire team. Don't worry about losing on this part as the battle will still proceed to the next after the cutscene.

As shown in the said cutscene, Nia and Melia call for the other Heroes (characters you get from Hero Quests) that you already unlocked. The backup team will be distributed evenly among the two halves of your party to help you defeat Z.

With the two heads defeated, the battle will enter its final phase with your whole team back against Z. Deplete his health bar to beat the final boss and complete the game's story!

Side Quests

The following Standard Quests and Hero Quests are available from this chapter.

Chapter 7 Standard Quests

List of All Standard Quests

Chapter 7 Hero Quests

List of All Hero Quests

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Related Guides

Story Walkthrough

Main Quests

Chapter Walkthroughs
Chapter 1	Chapter 2
Chapter 3	Chapter 4
Chapter 5	Chapter 6
Chapter 7	Post Game