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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
Yelv Arts, Skills, and How to Recruit
★ Missions: Normal | Basic | Affinity
☆ Tier List: Characters, Classes, Skells
★ Best Divisions | How to Change Divisions
☆ Character Customization and Fashion Gear
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☆ All Heart to Heart Locations
Yelv is a Playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Read on to learn more about Yelv, including how to recruit Yelv, their Arts and Skills, Heart to Hearts, Questline of Affinity missions, and more!
| Yelv Guides | |
|---|---|
| Yelv Character Guide | Yelv Best Build |
Yelv Character Overview
Basic Information
 Yelv
|
Class | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Reclaimer | ||
| Age | 22 | ||
| Voice Actor |
Kaiji Tang (EN)
Wataru Hatano (JP) |
||
| Melee | Ranged | ||
Signature Arts
| Signature Arts | Description |
|---|---|
 Essence Exchange
|
Acquired Rank: 5 Effect Range: Self Swaps current HP and TP values |
 Master Gunner
|
Acquired Rank: 11 Effect Range: Self Boosts appendage damage, potential, ranged attack |
How to Recruit Yelv
Can Be Recruited After Meeting Yelv
Yelv can be recuited by interacting with him after completing the mission Meeting Yelv.
Yelv Arts
All Unlocked Arts and Effects
| Rank | Arts | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Beam Barrage
|
Deals weapon damage, With an aura: Boosts damage |
| 1 |
 Starfall Blade
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage in melee combos |
| 2 |
 Starfall Rondo
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage in melee combos |
| 3 |
 Gravity Cloak
|
Grants Gravity Res Up |
| 4 |
 Geolibrium
|
Requires TP, Boosts Beam Resistance, Continually restores HP, Nullifies Terrain Effects |
| 5 |
Essence Exchange
|
Swaps current HP and TP values |
| 6 |
 Ether Blast
|
Requires TP, Deals Ether Damage, With an Aura: Boosts Damage |
| 7 |
 Myopic Screen
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Blackout |
| 8 |
 Astrolibrium
|
Requires TP, Reflects Beam Attacks, Boosts Beam damage |
| 9 |
 Astral Heal
|
Requires TP, Restores HP, Restores Appendage HP when in Skell |
| 10 |
 Starfall Blossom
|
Deals Weapon Damage, Boosts TP from Front |
| 11 |
Master Gunner
|
Boosts appendage damage, potential, ranged attack |
| 12 |
 Subterfuge
|
Inflicts Debuff Res Down |
| 13 |
 Astral Purge
|
Removes Debuffs |
| 14 |
 Novalibrium
|
Requires TP, Grants Supercharge on taking damage, enable counter spike damage |
| 15 |
 Galactic Cataclysm
|
Requires TP, deals Beam Damage, With Aura: Boosts Damage |
Yelv Skills
All Unlocked Skills and Effects
| Rank | Skill | Effect & Class |
|---|---|---|
| 7 |
 Inner Search
|
Boosts potential |
| 9 |
 Beam Boost
|
Boosts beam damage |
| 11 |
 High Tension
|
Boosts maximum TP |
| 13 |
 Mechanoid Slayer
|
Boosts damage to Mechanoid enemies |
| 14 |
 Knight's Soul
|
Boosts maximum TP |
| 15 |
 Supreme Sword
|
Boosts damage when triggering melee combo |
| 16 |
 Secondary Accelerator
|
Reduces secondary cooldown |
| 17 |
 Synchrony
|
Boosts Skell melee, ranged attack and accuracy, potential, evasion |
Yelv Soul Voices
All Soul Voices and Effects
| Soul Voice | Voice Line | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Draw Melee | “Use melee attacks for double the hurt!” | +100% extra damage |
| Draw Ranged | “Blast away! Don't give 'em a chance to fight back!” | +50% extra damage |
| Opening Art | “Move in close and hit 'em where it hurts!” | +100% extra damage, or +200% if hitting from behind |
| HP Risk | “Ow, man! Somebody patch me up!” | +50% extra healing from soul voice |
| HP Peril | “'m in bad shape! Heal me!” | +25% extra healing from soul voice, and grants Invincibility I |
| Last Words | “Forget about me and keep shooting...” | +300 TP per hit |
| Heavy Hitter | “Now smash 'em with a melee attack!” | +50% extra damage |
| Dismemberer | “Bam! Now take it in close and REALLY punish 'em!” | +150% extra damage, or +400% if hitting from behind |
| Underdog | “The big guy's gettin' weak! Attack from a distance!” | +25% critical chance boost, and grants Critical Power II |
| Artful Execution | “Aw yeah! Finish 'em off at range!” | +50% extra damage, or 100% if hitting from the side |
| Aura Ready | “Use an aura and regroup!” | +50% extra healing from soul voice, and removes debuffs |
| Activate Overdrive | “Overdrive! Let's run 'em down!” | Removes debuffs and grants Invincibility II |
| Finishing Blow | “The next chump's getting a face full of bullets!” | Art cooldown duration is halved |
| Medicine Woman | “How 'bout an aura to REALLY make me blush?” | Aura's cooldown duration is halved, or by 75% on rare occasions |
| Daredevil | “It ain't over! Gun 'em down!” | +25% extra damage and +50 TP per hit |
| Skell Crush | “I think something's busted, but who cares? Open fire!” | +200% extra appendage damage |
Yelv Heart to Hearts
Heart to Hearts and Requirements
| Lv. | Event and Location | Map Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Off Duty | Commercial District, Barista Court |
|
Time: Late Night |
||
| 2 | Peacekeeping | Commercial District, East Melville Street |
|
Time: Late Night |
||
| 3 | The Ladies Man | Commercial District, East Melville Street |
|
Time: Anytime |
||
| 4 | Introspection | Administrative District, Division Drive |
|
Time: Evening Requirements: Complete Mission Yelv's Partner Unavailable until Chapter 11 |
||
| 5 | Halcyon Days | Residential District, Deliverance Park |
|
Time: Anytime |
||
Heart to Heart Guide and Locations
Yelv Questline
Affinity Missions and Requirements
| Mission | Unlock Details |
|---|---|
| Meeting Yelv |
Location: Commercial District Requirements: ・Builders of a Legacy |
| Arms and the Man |
Location: Administrative District Requirements: ・Dark Matters ・Meeting Yelv ・Affinity: Yelv (1 heart) |
| Yelv's Partner |
Location: Commercial District Requirements: ・Consequences ・Arms and the Man ・Affinity: Yelv (4 hearts), Survey 50% of Oblivia, Obtain the Mimeosome left & right legs (Found in red crystals in East Ibra Ravine and Lake Basil) |
Xenoblade Chronicles X Related Guides
List of All Characters
| List of Characters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Cross
|
 Elma
|
 Lin
|
 Nagi
|
 Irina
|
 Gwin
|
 Doug
|
 Lao
|
 L
|
 Frye
|
 Boze
|
 Celica
|
 Alexa
|
 H.B.
|
 Mia
|
 Murderess
|
 Phog
|
Yelv
|
 Hope
|
 Neilnail
|
 Liesel
|
 Ga Jiarg
|
 Al
| |
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