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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
Tips and Tricks: Beginner's Guide to Xenoblade Chronicles X
★ Missions: Normal | Basic | Affinity
☆ Tier List: Characters, Classes, Skells
★ Best Divisions | How to Change Divisions
☆ Character Customization and Fashion Gear
★ 104 FN Site Locations | 99 Lobster Locations
☆ All Heart to Heart Locations
A tips and tricks beginner guide that teaches players how to get the most out of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. Check out some beginner tips for combat mechanics, early game tips, and more!
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Beginner's Guide to Xenoblade Chronicles X
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Exploration Tips
Take Time to Explore
Xenoblade Chronicles X is best played at an exploratory pace. Most of the game's content revolves around exploring Mira and its regions.
Side missions like Basic Missions and Affinity Missions can give you useful rewards like data probes, materials, and even new party members.
Later Story Missions will be locked by how much of the planet you have explored via Survey Rate. So it is best to do side content as you progress.
Check Mission Details
Some of the missions have very specific objectives like an item that can only be gathered in the FrontierNav or beating enemies with a specific weapon.
Open the Missions screen, select your priority mission, and press ZR to check Details. This will show you what exactly the mission needs.
Use the Follow Ball
In Chapter 3, you will unlock the Follow Ball. It will create a path that leads you to your mission objective, if it is a location on the map. Press R and X to activate it when you tracking a mission.
However, it will sometimes lead you to take longer routes. Check your map as sometimes you can drop to a lower ground to get to your destination faster.
Do Affinity Missions
Affinity Missions are character-focused quests that unlocks new Arts, deepens character relationships, and, in some quests, unlock new party members.
Do them when they are available to strengthen your party and givem them new Arts. They also offer a decent amount of experience.
Resource Tips
Check FrontierNav Often
By Chapter 2, you can unlock the FrontierNav through the The Probe-fessional Walkthrough Side Mission.
This will let you passively earn credits and miranium through data probes in FrontierNav Sites or FN Sites. These are critical resources that you need for creating, developing, and upgrading your gear. It is also used for refueling and insuring your Skells.
You should change your data probe layout when you recieve new ones or when you find new FN Sites.
Spend Extra Miranium
Miranium is a resource that is limited by how much you can carry it. Any extra miranium you produce will be wasted.
Use any extra miranium in the AM Terminal in Armory Alley. You can unlock new items in the shop by investing in Arms Manufacturers, create augments, and develop new gear.
Combat Tips
Learn the Pacing of Combat
The game's combat system is similar to a MMORPG where you must sequence your Arts and other actions in realtime. With additional mechanics like Soul Challenges, Quick Cooldown, and Overdrive, learning combat can be difficult.
To master it, learn every step one by one. By adding each step, you will eventually find the rhythm you want to play at.
Target Appendages
Most enemies have an appendage—a part of their body—you can target by pressing A or Y while holding R. Some of them may take more damage than others.
Additionally, some of them have another HP bar that is also affected by damage.
When that HP bar is empty, the enemy will be stunned momentarily. For some, it may even disable one of their Arts. You may also recieve additional drops from them.
Update Gear Often
Your combat output is dependent on the stats of your gear. If you feel like you are not doing enough damage, consider changing your gear, upgrading its battle traits, or adding augments.
Experiment with Builds and Party Members
Another aspect of Xenoblade Chronicles X's combat is the customizability of how you want approach each fight such as your current party, Battle Commands, and even Soul Voice responses.
Since you can freely change classes and party members in between battles, you can experiment with character builds and party compositions.
Taking Advantage of Weather
| Weather | Description |
|---|---|
| Clear | Standard weather with no significant effects |
| Cloudy | Overcast skies, common in multiple areas. |
| Dense Fog | Reduces visibility |
| Rain | Moderate rainfall |
| Lightning | Characterized by lightning strikes, specific regions experience this. |
| Heavy Rain | Intense rainfall |
| Heat Wave | Elevated temperatures |
| Sandstorm | Reduces visibility and affects ranged weapon accuracy |
| Thunderstorm | Combines heavy rain with lightning, specific to certain regions. |
| Electromagnetic Storm | Features electrical disturbances |
| Rising Energy Mist | Unique mist effect |
| Energy Mist | Standard mist |
| Brimstone Rain | Distinctive weather pattern, specific to certain areas. |
| Aurora | Displays colorful lights in the sky, seen in multiple regions. |
| Crimson Aurora | A red-hued aurora |
| Spores | Airborne particles reduce visibility |
| Meteor Shower | Features falling meteors |
| Rainbow | Appears after rain, can be seen in various areas. |
Weather conditions don’t just change the atmosphere, they can also affect gameplay in various ways. Some weather effects boost attack power for certain elements, while others reduce accuracy, critical hit chance, or other combat stats.
Both players and enemies are affected by these buffs and debuffs, so adapting strategies based on the current weather is essential.
Run Away From Bad Fights
While exploring, you may accidentally encounter an enemy that has a much higher level than you. If it does not kill you in one attack, you can run away from them by sprinting away from them.
Otherwise, you can use Withdraw from the Battle Commands page. However, this will take 15 seconds to use.
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