Soulhacker Class Guide: Arts, Skills, and How to Use

Soulhacker is a type of Attacker class in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and is the default class of Triton. Read on to learn more about the class, including its arts, skills, and characters as well as find out how to unlock and use the class.

Soulhacker Class Overview

Soulhacker Basic Information

Class		Role	Default Character
Soulhacker		Attacker	Triton
Attack	Defense	Health	Support
B	B	B	B
Description
A special class, enabling a variety of fighting styles using skills and Arts stolen from enemies.

Character Class Rating

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 Soulhacker

Recruit Triton by Completing Their Hero Quest

Soulhacker is the default class of Triton, a hero in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. To unlock this class and equip it to your main characters, you must first complete their Hero Quest: Doing It My Way.

Doing It My Way Walkthrough

Complete My Memories 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 My Memories.

My Memories Walkthrough

Best Soulhacker Characters

Recommended for All Characters

The Soulhacker class is not locked to a single role, so any character is applicable to take on the class. However, characters with high class rating like Lanz and Mio are great to rank up first so you can obtain the Soul Hack Master Skill quickly.

By gaining the Soul Hack Master Skill, you no longer need to use the Soulhacker class to steal enemy Arts.

List of Main Characters and Protagonists

How to Use the Soulhacker Class

Steal Enemy Arts and Skills

In order to unlock more Arts and Skills for the class, you will need to go out and steal them from Unique Monsters. To gain an Art from a Monster, you'll simply need to defeat it in battle. If you have previously battled this unique monster before obtaining the class, you'll need to defeat it again in a rematch.

To see a list of all enemy Arts and Skills you can steal, press the Y Button while Triton is selected in the Hero Selection screen.

All Unique Monster Locations

Select a Role Skill

The class has a total of six class roles, each one is catered to a different type of playstyle, many of which are similar to other classes in the game. Your class role will determine which Arts and Skills work best with your current build.

Choose Your Arts and Skills

After selecting your Class Role, you'll need to choose the appropriate Skills and Arts for that role from the Enemy Arts and Skills you've gained. You are allowed to choose up to three Skills and six Arts.

Three Keves and Three Agnus Art Slots

Though the monsters you fight are not affiliated with any faction, their Arts are still classified as either Keves or Agnus. You can only choose three of each, Keves on the right slots and Agnus on the left slots.

You can check the faction of each Art by looking at the icon shape or Recharge Type. Arts with circle icons and Time Recharge are Keves while Arts with diamond icons and Auto-Attack Recharge are Agnus.

No Master Arts or Skills

You cannot equip the Soulhacker class with any Master Arts or Skills from other classes. You are only limited to the Arts and Skills that are default to the class or that you have gained from enemies.

List of Soulhacker Arts

Enemy Arts

Check out our Enemy Arts Guide to see a full list of all Enemy Arts available for the Soulhacker class to steal and use, including which Target Monsters are needed to unlock them.

All Enemy Arts and How to Unlock

Talent Arts

Base Art Information
Final Countdown	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	500%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	3
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt for each Soulhacker Art or Skill learned.

Hero-Exclusive Arts

Base Art Information
Captain Strike	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	260%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Blowdown
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	30s
	Effect	40% chance to ignore defense.
Ultra Boost	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	44s
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt by 50% and damage taken by 25%.
Pirate Lariat	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	260%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Topple
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	None
Peril Punch	Area of Effect	Frontward AOE	Power Multiplier	140%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	23s
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt when attacking from the side by 120%.
Magnificent Fist	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	235%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Time Recharge	Recharge Gauge	26s
	Effect	Other arts recover 25% recharge when Art hits.

Master Arts

Art	Rank Mastered
Final Countdown	20

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

List of Soulhacker Skills

Enemy Skills

Class Skills

Skill	Base Effect
Soul Hack	When defeating a unique monster, gain a Skill or Art.

Role Skills

Skill	Base Effect
Power Soul	Changes role to Attacker, giving high attack, but low accuracy.
Strike Soul	Changes role to Attacker, giving an excellent balance of accuracy and evasion.
Tough Soul	Changes role to Defender, granting high HP value to take enemy attacks.
Dodge Soul	Changes role to Defender, giving specialization in evading attacks.
Heal Soul	Changes role to Healer, giving high Healing Power to support allies.
Balanced Soul	Changes role to Healer, giving a balanced set of abilities.

Master Skills

Skill	Rank Mastered
Soul Hack	10

List of All Skills

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List of Attacker Classes
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Yumsmith	Full Metal Jaguar	Stalker
Incursor	Soulhacker	Martial Artist
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All Defender Classes

List of Defender Classes
Zephyr	Heavy Guard	Guardian Commander
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All Healer Classes

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