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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

Nopon Culture 101 Mission Guide

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Nopon Culture 101 is a Basic Mission in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Check out an overview of Nopon Culture 101, how to unlock it, and all rewards here!

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Nopon Culture 101 Mission Overview

Mission Details

Client Accept in the Mission Control Console
Recommended Level None
Areas of Interest Cauldros
Basic Mission Type Gathering
Summary With the recent improvements in Nopon-human relations, interest in their customs and culture has also increased. Find some dark lanterns for study.

Note: Areas of interest are the place(s) you will visit as you progress Nopon Culture 101

Mission Objectives

・Gather five Dark Lanterns in Cauldros.

How to Unlock Nopon Culture 101

Unlock Requirements

How to Unlock
• Clear Ma-non Maneuvers
• Clear BFFs

You can start Nopon Culture 101 by completing all the requirements listed above and then interacting with the Mission Control board in the Administrative District.

Do note that while you've completed all the unlock requirements for this Basic Mission, it is possible that it may not show up on the Mission Control board since the missions are random. You can reroll missions by hopping in and out of the Mission Control board.

Nopon Culture 101 Rewards

All Nopon Culture 101 Mission Rewards
100 EXP
5000 Credits
Mechanoid Slayer IV

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Sirene, the Lost Off the Record (Mechanical) Off the Record (Archaeological)
Off the Record (Biological) Desdemona, the Subterranean Arms Testers Wanted (Titanium Knife II)
Suid Sweep Archibolt, the Revolutionary Rabbit Research
House of Cards Marry Me! A Clandestine Operation
Partners in Pearls Acorn...Abacuses? Behold the Cranjelly
Suid Sirloin Miranium Request 1 Backup Request (Boze)
Backup Request (Phog) The Next Big Thing (Shimmering Silk) Miranium Request 2
The Next Big Thing (Black Petramand Silk) The Next Big Thing (Scirpo Silk) The Next Big Thing (Alluring Lophid Extract)
The Next Big Thing (Distilled Sap) New Orders (Chapter 4) Leafy Learning
New Orders (Chapter 5) Guinea Pigs Wanted! Find the Freighter
New Orders (Chapter 6) Securing Our Safety Calling All Testers!
Skell Maintenance Miranium Exchange (10K Credits) A Covert Rescue
The Rescue Request New Orders (Chapter 7) Skell License
Miranium for Fun and Profit Miranium Exchange (20K Credits) Miranium Exchange (50K Credits)
Miranium Exchange (75K Credits) Miranium Exchange (100K Credits) The Scars of War
Top-Secret Mission (Julius) New Orders (Chapter 8) A Concerned Citizen
Ambush A Practice Partner Departure's Eve
Rendezvous at the Lab! Scouting in Secret In Need of a Hand
Buddies on the Brink The Search for Kun'luarb Anomaly Analysis
Tech Supply New Orders (Chapter 9) Find My Doc!
New Orders (Chapter 10) Flight Module Escort Requested
Misery of Moimoi! Top-Secret Mission (Stella)
New Orders (Chapter 11) Weapons Cleanup Crew In Support of Science
A Miranium Problem A Question of Causes Settling the Score
Team Corwin in Crisis The Call to Counterattack Under the Weather
Wanted: Miranium Expert New Orders (Chapter 12) Partner Wanted!
The Final Faceoff Top-Secret Mission (Lara Mara) A President Not Present
Hailing the Chief! One Little Problem Search Support Request
Miranium Request (Male Ma-non) Miranium Request (Male Mechanic) Miranium Request (Meredith Worker)
Miranium Request (Miranium Researcher) Miranium Request (Nopon CG Buyer) Miranium Request (Orphean)
Miranium Request (Sakuraba Worker) Miranium Request (Waterworks Chief) Miranium Request (Xeno Anthropologist)
Acorn… Abacuses? A New Taste Sensation Adsecula Extermination (Shadow)
Clean and Green Elusive Orewood Hazmat Hunt
Offing Ovis (Docile) Roderick, the Fleet-Footed Skell Repair: Balancer
Tourteau, the Delectable A Repairman's Resolve An Ancient Mystery
Casper, the Unhealthy Eater Hephaestus, the Absconder Mesgen, the Fairweathered
Primordian Cavern Crawl The Fearsome Placid Duoguill Bloodsuckers
Papil Punisher (Lake) Squashing Scirpos (Jade) Xenotech Research
Dieter, the Epicure Plucking Auravises (Reaver) Ridill, the Arrogant
Talk of the Town The Jewelmonger (Lepyx Sunstones) A Moment of Brilliance
A Precious Legacy Aprica Assault Bogdan, the Dense
Can't Make an Omelet Ictus Infestation (Inferno) Indigen Investigation (Slimy Tongues)
Laying Lophids Low (Blazing) Mortifole Mulching (Pit) Sundering Saltats (Viridian)
Indigen Investigation (Muscled Simius Bulges) Mincing Milesaurs Hayreddin, the Territorial
Caesar, the Hundred-Eyed Squashing Scirpos (Native) Engrossed in Grosium
Search Request (Primordia) A New Audience A Novel Proposal
Ovah Overdrive In a Jam Partners in Prototyping (Thick Cinicula Horns)
Indigen Investigation (Golden Mortifole Feathers) Mortifole Mulching (Lake) Partners In Prototyping (Blue Forfex Shell)
Squashing Scirpos (Amrita) The Fail Parade Fending Off Forfexes (Cobalt)
Gaga for Guavas Indigen Investigation (Saltat Horn) Lilting Lilies
Reclaiming the Whale (Gesture Gloves) Schneider, the Cliffpercher A Look At Lichen
Arms Testers Wanted (Warrior Raygun) Arms Testers Wanted (Chrome Shield) Filter Testing
Oskar, the Summer Squall Xenotech Survey Alfombra, the Transcendent
Indigen Investigation (Moving Thallus Tails) Productivity Power-Up Skell Repair: Arm
Sundering Saltats (Jocular) Yessenia, the Husky-Voiced A Hard Pill to Swallow
Aria, the Zauberflöte Arms Testers Wanted (Ophidian Psylans) Emergency Stores
From Idea to Inventory (Fine Aprica Wood) From Idea to Inventory (Ornate Progen Horns) Ridding Insidias (Vermillion)
Scaling Up Shinhwa, the Sagacious Suid Sweep (Forest)
Germivores No More (Terrible) Research on a Budget Si-el, the Vacuous
Bananaleaf Bonanza Dilus Destroyer Arms Testers Wanted (Delta Machine)
Sarcosuchus, the Iron-Eater Partners In Prototyping (Insidia Mohawks) No Friends Like Nopon
Must-Have Blobs Extreme Fluffiness Clemente, the Iron Meteor
The Care Package Thinning the Thalluses (False) In Search of New Horizons
Lambert, the Divine Wind Search Request (Noctilum) Test Data Retrieval
Sumptous Sleeping Coolest of the Cool Partners In Prototyping (Ingrown Virago Claw)
Blatta Splatter (Zeppelin) Evello Eradication From Idea to Inventory (Opaque Mirrors)
Melanya, the Sound Sleeper Thinning the Thalluses (Recluse) A History Lesson
Celedonio, the Battle-Tested Edgardo, the Carefree From Idea to Inventory (Beryl Aetrygon Horn)
Offing Ovis (Prowler) Popular Peppers Eliane, the Unmoved
From Idea to Inventory (Aprica Back Moss) Lost Memento Taming Tectinsulas
The Scrubdown Lab Rat Run Mephite Mayhem
Axing Falsaxum Garlic 2.0 Ludvik, the Picky Eater
Octo-suka Leg Surprise Skell Repair: Frame An Angelic Accessory
Data Recovery Grex Wrecker Ridding Insidias (Javelin)
Sviatoslav, the Reproachful The Jewelmonger (Gremlin Stone) What's a Rocambole?
Arms Testers Wanted (Chromoly Parce) Fending Off Forfexes (Native) Straight from the Heart
Vittorio, the Battle-Scarred Arms Testers Wanted (Cermet Blades) Ernest, the Contemplative
Reclaiming the Whale (5th Gen Recyclers) Barnabas, the Despot Legacy of the White Whale
Silvestre, the Morning Light Petramand Patrol (Malium) Plucking Auravises (Tempest)
Standing Tall(er) A Little Protection Duoguill Duty
Ferdinand, the Fortuitous Partners In Prototyping (Adsecula Oil Drops) Purgovent Purge
Search Request (Oblivia) The Herbalist Vilem, the Gold-Scaled
Preparations for War The Stick Partners In Prototyping (Quality Vigent Claw)
Simius Smackdown The Carrot The Endless Ring
A Hero's Welcome The Ultimate Pursuit Offing Ovis (White)
Partners In Prototyping (Glowing Retinas) Germivores No More (Echo) Yune, the Ambusher
Reclaiming the Whale (Cordless Transformers) A Crickety Cure Glamor Girl
The Jewelmonger (Giant Blue Pearls) Papil Punisher (Sorcerer) Thick-Skinned
De-stressing Delicacy Adsecula Extermination (Sparrow) Asana, the Azure Star
Mikulas, the Keystone Rocky Research Pounding Puges (Knight)
Skell Repair: Plunger What's a Taoman? Star Sand Seeker
Skell Repair: Cylinder Lockhart, the Killer of Hope Sadar, the Unhinged
Dobromila, the Alluring Turba Tracker Andrei, the Cunning
Persimmons, Please! The Poshest Produce Skell Repair: Antenna
Stola, the Unchained Arms Testers Wanted (Carbide Saber) Tersqual Takedown
Extreme Pansies Covert Operations From Idea to Inventory (Lucky Cervus Sapling)
Juicy Analysis Laurencio the Fog Bow Gathering Grenades
Anselm, the Triumphant Candelario the Bronze
The Jewelmonger (Hidden Cantor Hoard) Ictus Infestation (Hermit) Partners In Prototyping (Vivohast Crescent Hooks)
Nixing Lepyxes Murra Master Nopon Chest
Inconprehensible Weapon Camille, the Immortal Fell Fashion
Aeviter Ace The Phantasmagoric Fan Bottomless Baggage
Ramus, the Supersonic Search Request (Sylvalum) Gathering Thunder
Blatta Splatter (Rust) Skell Repair: Optics A Spicy New Spark
Dirty Work The Skell Spectrum Arms Testers Wanted (Warrior Dual Guns)
Pounding Puges (Porter) Culling Caecuses Party Procurement
Vanquishing Visigels Recycled Octopi Laying Laphids Low (Ocean)
Marnuck Masher (Soldier) Megajolt Rattle and Roll Night Combat Puge
Rainbow Wingtips Shrad Shredder The Taste of Tersqual
A Probing Issue Dawid, the Destrier Eddy, the Electric Heat
Jacul Jaunt Sweet Maple Goodness Tents by the Ton
The Emerian Battlegrounds Arms Testers Wanted (Cermet Slair) Ictus Infestation (Warlord)
Izgnanie, the Smoldering Prinsipe, the Ravenous Pugilith Pounder
Skell Repair: Thruster A Spot of Gardening Arms Testers Wanted (Delta Retic)
Coil, the Never-Ending Eisen, the Ebon Rock Mount M'gando Mineralogy
A Community Service Beating the Heat Petramand Patrol (Terbium)
Skell Repair: Head Vainamo the Bellower Angelita, the Blade Bouquet
Nopon Culture 101 A Scanner Scheme And Stay Out!
Marnuck Masher (Aspirer) A Desert Deferred Lending a Hand
New Product! Search Request (Cauldros) Ya-rhat the Thundercloud
A New Flavor The Voltant Void A New Spark
Vortice, the Deific Blast A Revised Regimen Arms Tester Wanted (Soldier Avagar)

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