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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

Water Woes Walkthrough

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Water Woes is a Normal Mission in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Check out a full walkthrough of Water Woes, how to unlock it, its bosses and enemies, all rewards, and if you should clear the site or secure the items here!

Water Woes Mission Overview

Mission Details

Client Ajoa
Location Residential District, Water Purification Plant
Areas of Interest Primordia, Oblivia
Summary Ever since the Ma-non arrived, water has been in short supply. Help construct a new water-purification plant at the nearby lake.

Note: Areas of interest are the place(s) you will visit as you progress Water Woes

Mission Objectives

・Defeat five Stagnant Grexes on the path to Primordia’s Grieving Plains.
・Talk to Keith at Primordia’s Biahno Lake.
・Use FrontierNav to locate five dawnstones.
・Gather five ultra filters in Oblivia.
・Talk to Keith at the Biahno Water-Purification Plant
・Talk to Ajoa at the Water-Purification Plant in the Residential District.
・You can choose to defeat enemies instead of collecting items when talking to Keith, resulting in the objective Defeat five stagnant terebras at Primordia’s Biahno Lake. instead of the two collection objectives.

How to Unlock Water Woes

Unlock Requirements

How to Unlock
• Clear Ma-non Maneuvers

The table above contains all the requirements needed to unlock the mission, Water Woes.

Boot Camp Walkthrough

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

# Walkthrough
1 To statr the quest, you will be asked to defeat 5 Stagnant Grexes around Primordia. Defeat them to continue the quest.
▶ Primordia Region Map Guide
2 Head to Biahno Lake and talk to Keith. He will ask you whether you prefer to defeat the indigens or to collect building supplies.
▶ Clear the Site or Secure the Items?

Clear the Site (Defeat the Indigens)

# Walkthrough
1 You will be asked to defeat 5 Stagnant Terebras around Primordia's Biahno Lake
2 After completing the objectives, talk to Keith and head back to Ajoa to complete the quest.
▶ New Los Angeles (NLA) Map Guide

Secure the Items (Collect Building Materials)

# Walkthrough
1 You will be asked to bring 5 Dawnstones and 5 Ultra Filters back to Keith.
2 After completing the objectives, talk to Keith and head back to Ajoa to complete the quest.
▶ New Los Angeles (NLA) Map Guide

Should You Clear the Site or Secure the Items?

Clear the Site to Complete the Quest Faster

Choice Consequence
Clear the Site ・Defeat 5 Stagnant Terebras at Primordia's Biahno Lake
Secure the Items ・Bring 5 Dawnstones
・Bring 5 Ultra Filters in Oblivia

Keith gives you a choice to pick what you want to do between collecting building materials or clearing the site for the project.

Choosing to clear the site instead of collecting the items will allow you to complete the quest faster since you will only need to defeat 5 monsters to finish the objective.

Water Woes Bosses, Tyrants, and Enemies

All Enemies
Stagnant Grexes x 5
Stagnant Terebras x 5

Water Woes Rewards

All Water Woes Mission Rewards
210 EXP
12000 Credits

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Comment

1 CGSasuke CGSasuke 7 months

With this mission it let me complete both of the options. I already had the items with me for a long time when I was having fun farming early in the game before accepting the mission. So the mission led me to the indigens before talking to Keith. Then I was able to talk to him after the fight & picked clear the site. Since I already did clear it before talking to him & having the materials on me it still let me give him the items even tho he stated he will go look for them lol, strange.

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