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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

Cross Arts, Skills, and How to Recruit

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Cross Arts, Skills and How to Recruit

Cross is the protagonist in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Read on to learn more about Cross, including how to recruit Cross, and their Arts and Skills!

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Cross Character Guide Cross Best Build

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Cross Character Overview

Basic Information

Xenoblade Chronicles X- CrossCross Class Drifter
Division N/A
Age Unknown
Voice Actor VA for both JP and EN varies due to multiple voice choices during Character Customization.

Cross serves as the main character of Xenoblade Chronicles X and the Definitive Edition. They serve as the player's avatar in-game with their abilities and appearance being highly customizable.

Cross starts out with their own unique class, the Drifter. They will meet new characters, gain new classes, Skills, Arts, weapons and even their own Skells as the story progresses.

Note: Cross is the community-given name to the main character with their real name never being mentioned in-game.

What is the Protagonist's Canon Name?

Cross Can Equip All Weapons

Class Mastered Weapon Unlocks
Duelist IconDuelist
・LongswordLongsword
・Assault RiflesAssault Rifle
Bastion Warrior IconBastion Warrior
・ShieldsShield
・Gatling GunGatling Gun
Full Metal JaguarFull Metal Jaguar
・Dual SwordsDual Swords
・Dual GunsDual Guns
Astral CrusaderAstral Crusader
・JavelinsJavelin
・Sniper RifleSniper Rifle
Mastermind IconMastermind
・KnivesKnife
・RaygunsRaygun
Galactic Knight IconGalactic Knight
・Photon SaberPhoton Saber
・Psycho LaunchersPsycho Launchers

Cross will use the weapons that are included with the class he chooses, but upon mastering the final tier of every class, Cross can mix-and-match his weapons.

This allows Cross to use Dual Guns with Longswords or Photon Sabers with Rayguns should the player choose to, allowing for better customization and optimization options.

List of All Weapons

Signature Arts

Learning Arts

Cross doesn't have any signature arts. He can equip signature arts of other characters after learning them through Affinity missions.

Cross Tier Rating

Character Tier Rating
Cross Class Cross ▶ SExcellent

Cross is the most versatile character in the game as he/she can be customized in any way the players want that will suit their playstyles.
Best Characters Tier List

How to Recruit Cross

Available from the Start

Xenoblade Chronicles X Cross

Cross is the protagnist of the game, meaning that you'll play as Cross all throughout the game. Cross cannot leave your party when choosing party members to do missions.

During character customization, you can change Cross's gender, voices, and even the name if you don't like being called Cross. You'll have the ability to change Cross' gender and appearance later as you progress the game.

Character Creation Guide

Cross Arts and Skills

Has Access to Most Arts and Skills

Cross Classes

Cross can change their class, allowing access to most of the arts and skills available. Signature Arts of other characters can be obtained upon finishing a character's affinity mission.

Arts and Skills Overview per Class

Class Arts and Skills
Drifter Icon Drifter Offers a balanced variety of Art types. Only has one art that consumes TP, which boosts evasion and grants HP overtime.
Striker Icon Striker Majority of arts deal weapon damage with some having additional effects, such as Physical Res Down and Damage boosts. Has an ability to reduce damage taken and have HP overtime at the cost of a weakened melee damage.
Commando Icon.png Commando Focuses on damage buffs, including damage boosts, crits, as well as enhanced evasion. Skills grant boosts for both melee and ranged attacks.
Enforcer Icon Enforcer Arts and skills favor ranged attacks, with potential stat boosts to increase HP regen from Soul Voices and Arts, as well as deal more damage using Tension Arts (arts with a TP cost).
Samurai Gunner Samurai Gunner Retains the focuses of the Striker Class. Arts and skills favor melee gameplay, adding bonuses to melee damage and physical resistances.
Shield Trooper Icon Shield Trooper Grants a lot of resistances and focuses on toppling enemies, as well as bonuses to toppled foes.
Winged Viper Icon Winged Viper Improves damage-dealing abilities and adds HP recovery during combat.
Partisan Eagle Icon Partisan Eagle Has many ranged arts that inflict damage with a mix of buffs and debuffs as an added effect. First skill increases crit chance for ranged auto attacks, while half of the skills improve melee attacks and combos.
Psycorruptor Psycorruptor Skills focuses on inducing sleep effects and improves effectiveness of attacks against sleeping enemies. Can control an enemy, turning it into an ally to fight for you.
Blast Fencer Icon Blast Fencer Has a balanced offense and defence capabilities. Deals a wide array of damage, including electric, beam, and ether.
Duelist Icon Duelist An advanced Samurai Gunner class, which shifts the focus to a more offensive class. Has the ability to add AoE on melee auto attacks, damaging nearby enemies.
Bastion Warrior Icon Bastion Warrior An advanced Shield Trooper which increases resistances to various damage types, on top of an increase to defensive capabilities. Can reflect physical attacks, add HP regen, and grants a barrier.
Full Metal Jaguar Full Metal Jaguar An advanced Winged Viper class that implements a high risk, high reward type of arts. Has arts and skills that grants bonuses with a lower HP. Also adds a chance to life steal on melee auto-attacks.
Astral Crusader Astral Crusader An advanced Partisan Eagle class that continues being a ranged powerhouse. Has increased weapon range and is more effective against shocked enemies.
Mastermind Icon Mastermind An advanced Psycorruptor that adds buffs to allies on its arsenal. The Mastermind's kit focuses on debuffs and enemy control.
Galactic Knight Icon Galactic Knight Has an array of arts and skills that includes using Skells. Has HP recovery while in a Skell, as well as the ability to remove debuffs.

Best Classes Tier List

Xenoblade Chronicles X Related Guides

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List of All Characters

List of Characters
Cross Icon Cross Elma Icon Elma Lin Icon Lin Nagi Icon Nagi
Irina Icon Irina Gwin Icon Gwin Doug Icon Doug Lao Icon Lao
L Icon L Frye Icon Frye Boze Icon Boze Celica Icon Celica
Alexa Icon Alexa H.B. Icon H.B. Mia Icon Mia Murderess Icon Murderess
Phog Icon Phog Yelv Icon Yelv Hope Icon Hope Neilnail Icon Neilnail
Liesel Icon Liesel Ga Jiarg Icon Ga Jiarg Al Icon Al

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