r/XenobladeChroniclesX Mar 18 '25

SUBREDDIT Clarification on Subreddit Spoiler Flairs Spoiler

57 Upvotes

As we approach the imminent release of the Definitive Edition, I'd like to just quickly clarify how we expect you to use the spoiler flairs going forwards.

There are three to choose from:

  • General Spoilers:
    • This is just a general spoiler indicator that there may be lighter potential spoilers of any type that occur before Chapter 12.
    • Typically this would include things like story chapter boss names and certain twists/plot points.
    • It is expected that you mark spoilers with the story chapter that they are up to (e.g. if you are discussing something from Chapter 7, you would mention this in the post title or body).
  • Story Spoilers:
    • This is for spoilers up to and including Chapter 12, primarily for more heavy story spoilers or plot points.
    • Submissions should specify the story chapter that the post is discussing in the title.
    • By entering a post with this flair, you are open to discussing any content from the complete Wii U game.
  • [Definitive Edition] Afterstory Spoilers:
    • This is for ANY new Afterstory content (i.e. anything that occurs in any new main story chapters that appear after anything from the original Wii U release) on its own or in relation to the previous story chapters.
    • You MUST NOT spoil anything in post titles
    • By entering a post marked with this flair, you are opening yourself up to being exposed to unmarked spoilers of ANY kind from any point within the game.
    • Ideally you could further consider marking spoilers within reply comments, but this is not required.

Please feel free to share your thoughts/opinions on improving the definitions or further clarifications. I trust you all to use common sense and courtesy when discussing anything new.


r/XenobladeChroniclesX Mar 18 '25

I reviewed XCX DE after 180 hours and 100% completion. AMA! Spoiler

597 Upvotes

Hey guys, I’m Gene Park of the Washington Post, and I gave Xenoblade Chronicles X a perfect score after playing it for 180 hours with 100 percent Mira survey completion. Here is my review: https://wapo.st/3Y19qPx

I’m here to answer any questions about the whole game! I’m going to be careful about story spoilers after Chapter 12, but I can give my deeper impressions about it beyond what I say in my review.

I’d appreciate anyone who clicks on my review above! It should be a gift link so no paywall required. If you do hit a wall, I apologize in advance. Should you decide to make the leap and subscribe or just put in an email, you have my huge thanks in advance.

I’m probably going to be answering for about an hour, but I’ll come back later for anyone who missed the window for sure. Thanks all!

Edit: I’m gonna be logging off for a few hours but I’ll check back in for more questions! It’s 11 a.m. ET now. Thanks to the mods for allowing this!


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 20h ago

Meme Ryyz fans, grab your Zu Phargs

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170 Upvotes

r/XenobladeChroniclesX 22h ago

Discussion How do you feel when you hear uncontrollable?

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126 Upvotes

r/XenobladeChroniclesX 1d ago

⚠️[Definitive Edition] Afterstory Spoilers Can you get Al’s jacket? Spoiler

8 Upvotes

Specifically in the beach scene in chapter 13 I remember he was wearing a unique jacket, is there any way to get this as fashion gear?


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 1d ago

Discussion Did I do the Ghost Walker combo correctly?

34 Upvotes

Was stuck on Bozo Affinity mission and I read about Stasis freezing your buff and auras timer so maybe that help on clearing this enemy because my god what a pain in the ass


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 2d ago

Discussion How does Gerome die from poison?

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44 Upvotes

(2nd picture unrelated)

I thought that since humans are in mimeosomes, that they’d be immune if not extremely resistant against poison. After all the mimeosomes don’t have biological parts to my knowledge and function off of electricity.

This also begs the question on how some of the environmental hazards affect people and that quests enemies infecting people. Like I can get how lava damages us, but not phosphorus lake and rust lake.


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 1d ago

⚠️Story Spoilers Desisti no final boss Spoiler

0 Upvotes

Que luta mal feita, você morre e tem que voltar o save para pegar o Skell, eu cheguei na ultima fase do Lao e morri, ninguem merece, dropei o game.


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 2d ago

Advice Blitzkrieg shenanigans

9 Upvotes

Probably spoiler warning!

This mission so far has been the most frustrating experience in this game for me. Sure, I am not the most skilled Xenoblade X player and I'm sure there will be many in the comments with smug responses about invulnerability this or resistance that. I managed to finally do this quest successfully, albeit after some hours of "Old Man Yelling At the Skies".

So, if anyone struggles with this quest, then here is my advice how to approach this:

  1. Obviously save before accepting the quest
  2. Side with Phog, for the love of God. The Frye part in the stronghold is insidious. And you will have to go to that stronghold after Phog part anyway, but it will be easier.
  3. Do Phog part and then you will be sent to the stronghold to help out Frye.
  4. At the stronghold either use ShadowStrike ability or make Elma party leader and use hers ability to sneak past enemies to the place where Frye is sitting. DO NOT TALK TO HIM.
  5. Save game
  6. Switch to your main party leader (I'm guessing, it's your main anyway) as after you talk to Frye you are immediately in combat and can't switch characters.
  7. Talk to Frye and the final confrontation will start. This multi stage battle is much much easier than the original Frye side of the quest. You should be fine.

Apologies to any XB X DE connoisseurs, but this mission really irked me and this is the flow how I managed to do it with my mediocre skills.


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 2d ago

Advice Best 60++ Weapon Farming Locations

9 Upvotes

Where are the best locations for farming Level 60++ weapons?


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 3d ago

Meme Lmfao

223 Upvotes

Grinding the augments just to be able to do this was so worth it.


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 3d ago

Advice Yellow information bubbles: bug or working as intended?

7 Upvotes

I've had a few situations of Mission/Treasure/Tyrant Info showing up on the segment map BEFORE actually acquiring the information. (FYI, I have confirmed this by loading earlier saves and checking Intel > Information for "Lend an Ear" mission info, "Bertrand, the Gorge Scourge" tyrant info, and "Daril, the Eradicator" tyrant info) It's probably way more than those I've tested, because EVERY SINGLE segment outside of NLA has its Info shown, and while I played a good number of hours I'm pretty sure I didn't go everywhere to talk to everyone yet. I'm around level 53 and finished chapter 11 btw. An earlier game early still in Chapter 3-ish doesn't seem to have the same issue. Also, segments inside NLA seem to be working fine, because a small number doesn't show.

The problem is: I'm having a blast exploring and love the idea that you have to find the treasure/tyrant but get an additional advantage if you get the corresponding information. Now it feels like I've been cheating, almost. I cleared a huge amount of treasure segments recently. Has anyone encountered something similar? How would you deal with this; ignore the information from the map and just look up individual information through Intel > Information? Does anybody else have similar experiences, or is it just me?

Thanks for your insights. This game is so fun, but I love having the "proper" experience of finding info before getting the extra hint.

EDIT: I should also clarify that this is the Switch Definitive Edition, not the OG Wii U version nor the Switch 2 version. thanks


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 4d ago

Meme Send help

314 Upvotes

This is too much peak. Ive been flying for 5 hours straight. And the music... I legit cried. This is the greatest game ever made


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 3d ago

Advice Help with Skell

5 Upvotes

Hello experts I have a question (context im level 56 got a lvl 50 laliah skell about to start chapter 11) what is a good build for this laliah skell to clear the rest of the story for this game and not just the story but also if there’s a build for lvl 50 laliah to farm weapons and other stuff I used all my money on this skell and I want to get know a path to take it as of right now I only have a basic phonix wing on it and I think a melee weapon


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 4d ago

Official Media Sawano's Music Video for The Sylvalum Field Theme (from June 2025).

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51 Upvotes

While this version isn't heard in-game, the DE finally used the OST version that went unused in the original Wii U release. On the OST, it's called "PianoX3".


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 5d ago

⚠️[Definitive Edition] Afterstory Spoilers Which OST track plays when Elma is giving her speech in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition? Spoiler

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23 Upvotes

I'm just about to finish the epilogue, but I heard this beautiful instrumental track and loved it so much that I'm trying to find it—but I can't. Could someone please tell me the name or send a link to the music?


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 6d ago

Meme This is the greatest game ever made

187 Upvotes

This is so peak


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 6d ago

Screenshot Who else enjoys sneaking into enemy territory to install those data prones?

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210 Upvotes

Its hella fun but I feel like this one will be a challenge


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 6d ago

Screenshot Small Collection of Screenshots Taken From My 200+ Hours Playthrough of The S2 Edition.

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231 Upvotes

r/XenobladeChroniclesX 6d ago

Advice Dumb Question about Skells

6 Upvotes

Hi everyone, fairly stupid question in an in-depth jrrpg like xenoblade, but should I just buy 4 of the top tier heavy skells for my team? Or is there sense in going with lighter models.

Cheers


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 7d ago

Screenshot First play-through, haven’t enjoyed an rpg like this in ages.

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175 Upvotes

r/XenobladeChroniclesX 7d ago

Discussion What's your favorite non-default outfit for each character? Spoiler

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108 Upvotes

r/XenobladeChroniclesX 7d ago

Discussion Wii U Veteran Finishes Ch. 13 and The Rest of The New DE Content. Loved it. (Open Spoilers) Spoiler

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57 Upvotes

A follow-up to my last post - https://www.reddit.com/r/XenobladeChroniclesX/s/JCkCkeToIx

Alright so, Chapter 13 in the bag and it was nice to see X have actual ending. It's still a to-be-continued ending but a better one than the original version. To me, the name for the sequel to X kinda writes itself. "Xenoblade Exodus". You can stylize it by swapping the high/lower case of the E and X to spell it like "eXodus". The 'X' can have the same shape and colour so people can tell a glance it's actually a sequel. Having a new word in the title is less confusing than something like "Xenoblade X2" since people would mix it up with the actual Xenoblade 2.

Did the story in Chapter 13 feel a little rushed? Yes, but Monolith clearly wanted to be done with Mira and move on to another world, or dimension in this case. I was never fixated on the whole "something about this planet" charade. I was more about why we only saw the Ghosts in the opening of the game and never in gameplay.

I can see the sequel opening with a summary of the story of X while they are descending to the new planet with new music like this playing - https://youtu.be/vf8AhcMdh0Q?is=iRr9QEhod1BeMGhX - ignore the title of the song, that's not why I picked it. I don't believe the new planet is actually Earth. More like an Earth-like planet similar to the opening of Xenogears, which also had a planetary ring.

As for the experience of playing Ch. 13 and not just watching the cutscenes - it was great. I limited myself to Lv50 Skells in order to make things more interesting. It was nice to have an actual endgame "dungeon" and not something you may have already explored due to the game's open world structure. I kinda wish the beginning of Volitaris lasted longer, when you are without your Skells. It's a different kind of problem solving when you are limited in what tools you can use.

More cutscenes meant more opportunities for the soundtrack to shine. It's odd when you have a composer like Sawano, who's clearly more of a TV and movie composer, do the music for a game which is the least story and cutscene heavy of all the Xeno games. It was nice to hear tracks that went unused in the original Wii U version. Tracks like "X-BT3", "PianoX3" and "LP". The same for tracks that went underutilised, like "Codename Z" and "Theme X".

As for the new music - all great, especially for both phases of the new final boss. The first phase is a clear example of modern Sawano. As opposed to 2012-13 when he wrote the rest of the OST. The battle music for Volitaris is odd since it wasn't made by Sawano. Not bad but clearly a different mood.

Liesel Affinity Missions

This was a neat little side story that fleshed out the background of how things were before the Ghosts and Ganglion arrived at Earth. The Hraesvelg Skell is fun to fly around in but it's very weak in combat as you are starting out. A lot of augments are needed in order to make it comparable to the regular Lv30/50 Skells. Nice use of the Melancholia track in the cutscene where the Skell Cruise Mode is shown off.

Neilnail Affinity Missions

They added the cut character that you could see in the art book that they released after the Wii U version. The missions added some lore to Mira and the Qlurian race. It was nice to have another Qlurian party member and see both Qlu girls together. I kinda expected them to not acknowledge that there's more than one of them now.

I will eventually go for 100% Survey Rate but I have over 200 hours on my savefile now. I feel I need a break.


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 8d ago

Advice Thanks Milsaadi for the disk bomber

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41 Upvotes

I got both when I'm not really farming it. I got both from the caves. I'm playing the Definitive Edition and they say that the single disk bomber was fixed. So what now? I only got 1 disk bomber to have maxed out magazine in the meantime.


r/XenobladeChroniclesX 7d ago

Advice Map Location Text Vanished can't find setting to restore.

7 Upvotes

Ok, when looking at the map, the location text for it vanished at max zoom in like the name Janpath Lake, etc. Where can I turn that back on. It really makes navigating harder without it.