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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

City Saviors Walkthrough

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City Saviors is a Normal Mission in Xenoblade Chronicles X that heavily involves Suids. Check out a full walkthrough of City Saviors, how to unlock it, its bosses and enemies, rewards, and should you spare the Little Suids here!

City Saviors Walkthrough

  1. Talk to Carl
  2. Head to the Indigen Cave in Primordia
  3. Spare or Kill Squids

Talk to Carl

Talk to Carl in the Administrative District and listen for details about the Indigen Cave in Primordia.

New Los Angeles (NLA) Map Guide

Head to the Indigen Cave in Primordia

After accepting the quest, leave through the west gate and look for the cave. Run and hug the wall northeast until a cutscene plays.

Primordia Region Map Guide

Spare or Kill Squids

You can either spare the little Suids or kill them. Your choice will lead to different outcomes. Regardless of your choice, the last objective of the mission requires you to return to Carl in the Administrative District!

▼ Should You Spare the Little Suids ▼

Should You Spare the Little Suids?

Spare the Suids to Get A Painful Lesson

Choice Consequence
Kill the Little Suids ・You need to kill a Big Suid too
Locks you out of A Painful Lesson
・Carl lives since A Painful Lesson does not occur
Spare the Little Suids ・Big Suid doesn't appear
・Gain access to A Painful Lesson
Carl dies during A Painful Lesson

If you only care about unlocking most of the missions available in Xenoblade Chronicles X, we recommend sparing the Little Suids since it will unlock the mission called A Painful Lesson.

But, sparing the Little Suids will lead to Carl's death during A Painful Lesson. So, if you care about the lives of the NPCs in the game, then we suggest killing the Suids during City Saviors.

Missables and Points of No Return

How to Unlock City Saviors

Unlock Requirements

How to Unlock
• After Surveying 15% of Primordia

The table above contains all the requirements needed to unlock the mission, City Saviors.

City Saviors Bosses, Tyrants, and Enemies

Enemies

Name Qty
Little Suid
x5

List of Enemies

City Saviors Rewards

All City Saviors Mission Rewards
130 EXP
7000 Credits

City Saviors Mission Overview

Mission Details

Client Carl
Location Administrative District, Division Drive
Areas of Interest Primordia
Summary Indigens have built a nest in a cave near New LA. Go there and investigate.

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

Mission Objectives

・Head to the cave in Primordia’s West Gate Plain.
・Defeat five Little Suids in Primordia’s West Gate Plain.
・Defeat the Big Suid in Primordia’s West Gate Plain.
・Talk to Carl on Division Drive in the Administrative District.
・Choosing to return to Carl without killing the Suids unlocks “A Painful Lesson” in the West Gate Plain later in the game.

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