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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

What the Skell?! Walkthrough

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What the Skell?! is an Affinity Mission that involves Alexa in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Check out a full walkthrough of What the Skell?!, how to unlock it, its bosses and enemies, rewards, and where to find the criminal here!

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What the Skell?! Mission Overview

Mission Details

Location Industrial District, Outfitters Test Hangar
Quest Giver Alexa
Areas of Interest Cauldros
Level Requirement 36
Recommended Level 36
Character Focus
• Alexa Alexa

Note: Areas of interest are the place(s) you will visit as you progress What the Skell⁈

Member Restrictions

Required Members No member requirements
Restricted Members No member restrictions

You can add a maximum of 4 characters for the mission, What the Skell⁈.

Mission Objectives

・Talk to Camber at the Hangar in the Administrative District.
・Achieve all objectives:
┗ Get five standard BLADE modules from Fleet Shrads or other in Cauldros.
┗ Gather six Pan-Analysis Chips in Cauldros.
・Talk to Chamber at the Hangar in the Administrative District.
・Talk to Tika at the Outfitters Test Hangar in the Industrial District.
・Achieve all objectives:
┗ Defeat three Canyon Cantors in Sylvanum with the Sparkjet Rifle at night.
┗ Defeat Rodriguez, the Twin-Tusked, in Cauldros with the Sparkjet Rifle.
・Talk to Tika at the Outfitters Test Hangar in the Industrial District.
・Look for eyewitness accounts along the road from the Industrial District, then find the criminal.

How to Unlock What the Skell?!

Unlock Requirements

How to Unlock
• Clear Warriors of Wroth
• Clear Weaponized
• Affinity: Alexa (2 hearts)

The table above contains all the requirements needed to unlock the mission, What the Skell⁈.

What the Skell?! Walkthrough

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

# Walkthrough
1
What the Skell Location
After completing Chapter 9, Weaponized, and have reached Alexa's Affinity requirement (2 hearts), go to the location shown above in the Industrial District (NLA) to start What the Skell?!.
▶ New Los Angeles (NLA) Map Guide
2
Sunset Falls Location
After accepting What the Skell?!, fast travel to Cauldros using the Sunset Falls Landmark. Then, obtain five standard BLADE modules by defeating the marked Shrads there.

After collecting the modules, gather 6 pan-analysis chips in Cauldros as well.
▶ Cauldros Region Map Guide
3 After gathering all the items needed to progress What the Skell?!, go talk to Chamber at the Hanger in the Administrative District. Then, talk to Tika at the Outfitters Test Hangar in the Industrial District.
4
Sparkjet Rifle
After obtaining the Sparkjet Rifle, equip it right away since you need to use it for the next two objectives of What the Skell?!.
5
FN Site 406
Fast travel to FN Site 406 and then Change Time to Nighttime. Then, defeat three Canyon Cantors who are located in the marked location shown on the in-game map.

We recommend defeating only one of them and then teleporting back to FN Site 406 if you do not want to wake up the Shadow Falsaxum. The Canyon Cantor you defeated will respawn.
▶ FN Site 406 Location
6
Kill the Tyrant
Next, head to the marked location in-game to fight Rodriguez, the Twin-Tusked. Do note that you still need the Sparkjet Rifle equipped to clear this objective.

After defeating the Tyrant, unequip the Sparkjet Rifle and then head back to the Outfitters Test Hangar and return the Sparkjet rifle to Tika.
7 Finally, head to the Criminal's location under the bridge, south of the Commercial District. Do note that you do not need to locate all the eyewitnesses for Mika to spawn.
▶ Criminal Location

Where to Find the Criminal

Mika Is Below the Bridge

Mika Location

The criminal, Mika is located under the bridge (south of the Commercial District) as shown in the image above. Talking to her concludes What the Skell?!.

What the Skell?! Bosses, Tyrants, and Enemies

Tyrants

We will update this section soon!

List of Tyrants

Enemies

Name Qty
Canyon Cantor
x3

List of Enemies

What the Skell?! Rewards

All Mission Rewards

All What the Skell⁈ Mission Rewards
360 EXP
26000 Credits
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