Best tip I've ever gotten: When you close the map, use x instead of pressing b twice. Don't make the same mistake I did and get used to that before your muscle memory kicks in

For all those overwhelmed by the mechanics, keep exploring, keep watching guides like these and keep practicing, this game is DEEP so you aren't the only ones overwhelmed at first! It's worth the effort!

thank you so much for this guide! I started the game 5 minutes ago and I was already overwhelmed 😂 these tips really helped

One crucial tip I have regards monster drops. If you chain together multiple enemies and defeat them all in the same battle, you have a higher chance of getting silver and gold chests, which contain better loot. Also, one exploit I found was that you can save before opening a dropped chest and reload if you didn't get the item you want. This is a great way to get fantastic items and equipment early on. You can also do overtrading to get good rare items. Basically, NPC's have a secret item that they will gift you if you trade an item of significantly higher value than the item you request in the trade. This is easier later on once you've increased area affinity to have access to more trading options. Plus it's good to have the wikia open to see which items NPC's have.

For begginers: Some quests are only aviable in some parts of the history, and they are your best friend when it comes to grinding experience

Looking forward to the battle guide. The game is overwhelming even for someone who played XC2. One thing that's for sure - the game will be extremely rewarding for players who are willing to invest time in learning the mechanics, questing and exploring.

Awesome, thanks for the tips and for not spoiling anything! Thankfully I spoke with everyone I could and picked up as many quests as possible right away.

Must have done about 35 quests before I even got away from Colony 9 hahah. Loads of fun so far though!

By far the best guide I've watched for this game so far. Fantastic job!

THIS WAS A MAJOR HELP! I restarted my game at level 17 due to missing out on pretty much EVERYTHING!! Genuinely one of the most helpful videos I’ve come across and that’s to say the between you and ‘Enel’ I truly believe I’m going to enjoy this game. Thank you 🙏 for your time and being so understanding that ‘beginners’ need slow and simple instructions to get the benefits of what this game has to offer.

This video was so helpful, thank you so much! I got this game for Christmas and it’s my first JRPG and before watching this I was slightly overwhelmed 😅

"Oh man, Xenoblade Chronicles has so many gameplay mechanics, it's really overwhelming for a begginer player" Xenoblade Chronicles 2: "Here, hold my blade combo"

About to start my first play through today. Thank you for making this video! I’m so excited

I started playing Xenoblade like 2 days ago and it's been a blast so far. Love the tips

This is the video I was looking for Thank you so much for the effort and work that you've put on it

Excellent video! Very organized, informative, well spoken and well paced.

Jrpgs can be so daunting. So much going on at once you need to understand. Videos like this help so much. I have little time to play games as it’s. This boils down the mechanics in an easy to understand manner. Your work in mastering these games is appreciated.

Thank you so much for this, I was super overwhelmed like 5 minutes into the game lol

Dang that was very useful, thank you for the video and thanks to the people commenting even more tips in the comments!

Excellent video, thanks a lot for the tips, I was feeling pretty overwhelmed to begin with.

Very thorough, thanks for the tips from a first time Xenoblade player!

Just started playing a few days ago and loving it so far. 2 quality life hacks for Cambat I think are good to have are: you can map the controls so that instead of using the dpad to scroll through the arts, you can use the shoulder buttons. And 2nd, is make sure you put the arts that are the same next to each other. So for example, I have my side arts next to each other, my back arts next to, and so on. This helps alot so when you are positioned next to or behind the enemy, you can do the arts before the enemy moves and avoids unessesy scrolling..... great video, man!!

Very well done tutorial. Thank you. Looking forward to your upcoming videos!

Great video. Super helpful. Looking forward to the rest of the guides.

Very good guide, thank you for the work! It's clear and explain every key mechanics, it helps me a lot!

Just started the game, so this is a very welcome video. Sub earned, looking forward to seeing more. Cheers

Just got the game last weekend and got through the prologue and felt so overwhelmed....this guide is soooo helpful!! Thank you!!

I managed to absorb most mechanics under 2 days, so heres something that i really wanna emphasize: Some quests and casual conversations can end in 2 ways, so make sure you save before that or get screwed over when you make the choice you did not want to make.

I am totally new to the xenoblade games. Just bought Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition today and this is very helpfull! Thanks

This is actually a really helpful video, thanks! 😃

Thanks!! Just bought it today and this was super helpful!

Played XBC2 and absolutely loved it once I got about 30 hrs in and things started to click - Playing XBC right now - about 10 hrs in & have been enjoying it- informative vid - will check out your others - Thanks!!

Well explained looking forward to more videos

Everyone here that plays the game for the first time. In the beginning it will be hard like how to upgrade your combat skills and al those stuff so be sure how to use all those skills, gear, gems, and that kind of stuff. So if you all get it and know how it works than its pretty easy and you wont regret it, you WILL enjoy the game😂

Thanks dude. This is very helpful!

Thank you! Looking forward to the combat

Thank you for posting. I’m about to start my first play through.

Thanks for the tips, very helpful!

Thanks for the reassurance, I just bought the game after months of debating and being turned off by the combat that I saw. Im a newcomer and I like the first 20 mins of the game, but everything being thrown at me feels so daunting, I’ll keep this in mind. Still figuring out the purpose / value for some of these items and the trading system, but thanks again

I’ve heard SOOOO much amazing stuff about Xenoblade 3 but I knew I had to start here. I bought this for my switch like over a year ago and never opened it. I had played it for a bit on my 3ds but I sold my “new” model one when I was going through a rough patch. Now I’m starting from square 1 again in hopes to get all the way to 3, hoping to enjoy it and get the same emotional reactions I’ve seen so many others get from it. It’s tough but all their reactions to the 3rd one and the storylines at the end after 3 games is keeping me going!

I’ve played for about 30 minutes this video is very helpful.👍🏾

I find the hardest part for me to master is combat, especially memorizing attacks that break then topple then daze...had some trouble with faced ones where I had to repeat...super annoying. Appreciate the guide, didn't know about getting things from collectopedia, gonna use that tomorrow. First time player and I'm really impressed with the depth of the game, the setting, the magnitude. Insane.

Also another tip is TRY NEW THINGS it’s real easy to get use to playing as shulk doing the same moves no matter the enemy with the same battle party of shulk Reyn sharla but PLEASE try new things constantly, it’ll greatly help you

One tip I have is to buy the carbon driver straight away because it is the best weapon for reyn for quite a few chapters

I know I'm a bit late to this game but just wanted to say that you can save and buy all the armor from shops for any appearances you might be missing and just load back in after buying everything and the appearances stay and you don't lose any gold

Thank you for the guide. English is not my first language so I really appreciated the speed you spoke. I was able to understand every word you said. I got the game this morning but yet to play it yet. At 1:45, do you mean that I don’t have to talk all those without a name at all? Also, if I have missed some NPCs due to time/location or plainly an area I haven’t searched thorough enough, I assume I could see the empty slot in the chart. I am wondering if there’s any hints I could find out who I missed and where I could find this NPC? Basically hints about a missing link? At 4:15, you showed quests from generic NPCs, so this contradicted what you said earlier? Quests could be from EVERYONE? Thanks.

Omg thanks for making this video

AMAZING VIDEO!!!

Here’s a quick tip for fasionistas! You know how you can unlock outfits to customize your appearence without having it affect your stats? But you don’t want to waste your money on equipment you’re not likely to use? Have no fear because you can save scum, you know?! Ah but how is that useful other than getting back your money? Turns out the game saves unlocked outfits even after you load a save where you don’t own the outfit! Now I’m rocking a progenitor bottom for shulk and reyn while not spending a penny~ P.S. This doesn’t apply to achievements.

One thing I would like to say is that for some people who are coming from XC2, this game's gameplay mechanics are not as simplistic as they look. The gameplay is XC1 is insanely fun! Just give it enough time and try to understand it thoroughly; especially buff, debuffs, and how chain attacks really work.

excellent video :)

My 2nd day playing this... I’ve already learned, that if I’ve only learned one or two small things about this game... that’s a win for the day. Lol. I have a feeling it’s going to be worth it. It’s giving me happy vibes like I got playing FfX back in the day.

The "Hold to keep selling" button is useful when selling. What I do is go through my characters, update my gear and then just hold my "keep selling" button :)

I just bought the game today and gotten into the series. Im enjoying so far. And i didnt even consider just gathering the quests first before completing them. The funny thing is though i always played rpgs that way. Im going to try it this way now lol

A great help btw!

You are a lifesaver. I'm 2 hours in, and can't beat a bag worm XD

Almost quit trying to play the game! Thanks for the guide. May I ask though how trading works with named NPCs and is it worth it? Subscribed!

Xenoblade Guides forth coming! Let me know what types of content you guys want to see me cover in this game. Combat Guide = kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7B0d6Wep5vIqmw.html Colony 9 Quest Guide = kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kKiGrZOWyZ7Qfas.html Gem Crafting = kzfaq.info/get/bejne/obmKjK2r05iwlYU.html

Thanks!

Boy I wish I had watched this a couple days ago 😅

Thanks for this guide! I played XBC2 as my first entry and have been a little overwhelmed with everything in DE. It really helps! I'm looking forward to your other guides (esp combat since the game keeps asking if I want to play casual mode, ouch, my ego). Subscribed, liked, and commented! Looking forward to seeing your channel grow!

"complete quests when you want to" wow what a gold nugget of advice

Thank you for this guide that was very helpful I do have a question about Quest real quick what about these timequest are these Quest on an actual timer or do they only expire after you progressed the story to a certain point that's my one main concern about quests

I want to say this to the new players welcome to the Xenoblade Chronicles community

I have spent 10 hours in the game and i wasted my money buying gears instead of art books rippppp

Can you make a video on Arts (leveling guide, combo guide)? Much appreciated

What happens to the refugee camp quests after you relocate to Colony 6? Do they disappear? Can you not get full affinity if that happens?

Very good tips! In my first Wii playthrough, I found that there were too many sidequests and they're quite boring. I can see why people like them because there are MMO elements to it, but it was just too much for me.

that rr type 4 music👌👌

One thing I always wanted to know is that in some areas there’s enemy’s that are extremely high level, like level 86 or 87 and you’re at like level 22. Like what’s the point of that, are we gonna come back to that area later after we leveled up ?

I usually do 10 or 12 side quests, which gives decent exp and it's fairly quick if you know what your doing

My tip grind and collect you never know when you come across a quest and you instantly completed because you collected that certain item what happened to me a couple times while I was playing for 2 hours another tip yeah you can use the clock to change but it would be better grind and waited out until that certain time because you get this fast travel and be there on time to any NPC

To hell with the tips. I'm giving this video a thumbs up purely for the use of music from Ridge Racer Type 4.

Started to play two days ago, played like 4 hours. Its true that there a lot of mechanics, but as a MMO player and with those simple and helpful tutorials its easy to understand. Stats, building, gems, etc... I think im gonna enjoy this game a lot! Does XBC 2 and 3 goes with same mechanics?

This was extremely helpful. Also, you should do ASMR videos with that voice, lol.

Ridge racer type 4 in the background 😊😊

So you say do quests when you want but there are timed quests. The game even tells you to do these ASAP. Im guessing it means if you go too far in the story they expire? You can't sleep on those for too long, right?

Hi, thank you for the guide. I'm really confused by the affinity chart. You said you only need to speak to them once to get them on the chart which is true. I found though some guys when I talk to them multiple times It'll fill out a relationship on the chart? it felt completely random bc I talked to some guy like 3 times and got nothing new... did some quests came back and talked to him again then he ended up giving me a new relationship on the chart?!? What's going on here? Also, are we supposed to gain the stars really slowly? I'm at the very start but I spent a good 3 hours doing every side quest I can and I'm only at 2 stars.

Since I've played monster hunter i think ill be able to do the gems well

Bikini Top and Bikini Bottoms Definitely buy those items from the vender..

Where was this when I needed it back in may?

The fact that I played XC2 first makes the avalanche of systems in this one a little more bearable but still, woah. This guide is very helpful!

Are there time sensitive quests to be aware of? You say “typically” you’d don’t want to go after each quest immediately, and that suggests there are some atypical instances of that not being the case, but you don’t any anything about it.

Tip that has nothing to do with the actual content: please get a pop filter or sit away from the mic just a bit. You have a VERY informative but also friendly and easily digestible way of communicating this information and I really want you to succeed in every possible way. I started the series with X and then XC2 blew me away and I am so hyped that this game is ALSO blowing me away. I love it to pieces so far and want to make the most of my idle time killing monsters so i checked out this guide. Keep it up, brother!

Can I just throw it in casual mode, ignore the side quests and gems and play for the story?

I'm gonna focus on the story I got the game on Friday..i thought I'd do all the quest on my new game+

Just do some sidequests and you’re good to go. Sometimes you’ re gonna be Even overpowered

In 3 days I managed to get to level 19

never played this game series before and just started playing yesterday but im stuck in fighting mechon 71 bc my level isnt high enough. Looks like its time to do some grinding

Please do give me the history OF xenoblade chronicles definitive edition Did it come to wii Before it came to the switch I think about buying the Wii If it is available or is it available for wiiU

All I want to learn is how to change weather like do you have to just wait or change time or do you just leave the are and come back kinda like in 2

Im starting the og version on dolphin emulator, do all of these carry over to the original wii version?

For new players finding they are becoming overleveled, you can use expert mode to adjust your character levels downwards or upwards to your liking without accidentally out leveling the content

What jazz song is that?

Ok am I the only one here who struggle with Attack System of the game ?? Like I’m still in early game and those Mechons are like time consuming fight for me. I kept on dealing only 1 dmg to them until one of my teammates can flip them up and break their shield or something so I can deal more dmg. How do I manually activate it, what do i need to pay attention on to save time in those fights ?

Is this overkill in xenoblade Chronicles definitive edition get a million coins then sell more stuffto get more coins then repeat until I have a sustainable 2 million coins then I add it to my 8 million coin that have is this overkill in total this takes 6 hours

This game is tempting me to play on casual mode because it makes no sense how enemies my level will give me the business no matter what I do

One thing I highly suggest for newer players that wasn't mentioned, is to complete your collectopaedia. The rewards you get for doing so is well worth it (most of the time) especially if you complete a page.

I just got xenoblade chronicles definitive edition in 2022

Where’s the pinned comment man