Class (XC3)

For other articles titled "Class", see Class (disambiguation).

Classes are a battle mechanic in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Future Redeemed. Each party member's role in battle, weapon and Arts are determined by their class. The six fixed party members each have an initial class, but can switch to any other class through game progression. Additionally, by recruiting Heroes as seventh party members, their class typically becomes available for the main six party members.

Classes from Future Redeemed are exclusive to each character and can't be learned by the main-game party members.

Most main-game classes have twenty different ranks which are tracked for each main-party character individually. Characters increase their rank in a class by earning Class Points when in that class, or by spending Silver Nopon Coins. Ranking up in a class results in higher stat modifiers, more effective Arts and skills, and for Arts and skills to be mastered for use with other classes.

Mechanics

Each class has the following:

• Class Arts which are performed using X, Y, and B, a Talent Art, and a Chain Art. Normally, some of the Class Arts and the Talent Art may be used as Master Arts on other classes.
• Passive skills, some of which may also be used as Master Skills.
• A weapon with which users perform auto-attacks, Class Arts and Fusion Arts, as well as that class's non-Fusion Master Arts when used on other classes.
• A recharge type for the non-Fusion Class Arts: time-based or auto-attack-based. Classes which originate from Kevesi characters typically use time recharge, and those from Agnian characters use auto-attack recharge. Classes from characters who are neither Kevesi nor Agnian may have either time recharge or auto-attack recharge Arts (typically not both at once, although some do).
• A role: Attacker, Defender, or Healer. This determines their Role Actions and has other effects (see below).
• Stat modifiers that multiply the character's HP, Attack, Healing Power, Dexterity, and Agility. They also set the character's physical and ether defense.

Classes also have "ranks" in attack, defense, healing, and difficulty of player control: each receives a ranking of S, A, B, C, or D. These are not objective and instead represent a general indicator of what each class's strengths and weaknesses are (according to what the developers believed).

Each playable character in the main game also has an "aptitude" for each class, also ranging from S to D. This affects the rate at which the character receives Class Points when in that class, and therefore affects how quickly they increase class rank, with S being the fastest to rank up and D being the slowest (see here for the exact modifiers). The inheritor of a class (see below) is always rank S, and the other party members are generally spread somewhat evenly across the other ranks.

Unlocking classes

When a class is first made available to the main party members in the main game, typically at the end of the relevant Hero's first Hero Quest, it is initially only available to one member called the "inheritor". Other characters may then unlock that class by defeating enemies while a character who uses that class (who may be the Hero, original inheritor, or other party member) is in the active party.

Each character (besides the originator and the inheritor) needs a certain number of "Class Succession Points" (distinct from Class Points) to unlock each class. The number of Class Succession Points obtained from each enemy is as follows:

earnt Class Succession Points = enemyCPmultiplier * overkillModifier * levelModifier * (100 * heroIndicator + 50 * classPCnumber)

where:

• enemyCPmultiplier is an enemy-specific value that indicates how many times more Class Points an enemy grants than the average enemy of its level (ignoring the elite monster bonus and any effects of cooking);
• overkillModifier is the multiplier from Overkill, if applicable;
• levelModifier is a multiplier based upon the difference in level between the party member and the enemy;
• heroIndicator is 1 if the active Hero is of the relevant class, and 0 otherwise;
• ClassPCnumber is equal to the number of playable characters (not counting the Hero) who are currently using the applicable class.

It is worth noting that levelModifier is 0 for enemies 6 or more levels below the party member. That is, enemies 6+ levels below do not contribute to unlocking classes.

Alternatively, classes can be unlocked at the Class Mastery Shop Red and Class Mastery Shop Blue in the Land of Challenge: spending 2000 Red Noponstone or Blue Noponstone respectively gives Class Succession Points equal to a quarter of the total required to unlock the Class, for each Class which is unlockable but not yet unlocked.

Additionally, between 100 and 1000 Class Succession Points can be obtained from scanning amiibos. For an explanation about the amiibo reward probabilities see amiibo § Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Roles

"Role (XC3)" redirects here. For the concept in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, see Role (XC2).

A class's role — Attacker, Defender, or Healer — has several gameplay effects. Besides providing a broad indicator of a class's strengths and weaknesses, the role determines what actions count as Role Actions: special actions that charge a character's Talent Art. For a full list of Role Actions available to each Role, see the pages for Attacker, Defender, and Healer respectively.

Other effects of roles include (but are not limited to):

• The role of each directly-controllable character determines their role effect in Chain Attacks.
• Certain aggro-related effects, such as the Burst aggro changes, target Defenders differently to Attackers and Healers.
• Only Healers can revive characters from incapacitation by default.
• When characters enter Ouroboros form at Interlink Level 1 or higher, an effect is activated that depends on the current role of the character whom the Ouroboros form belongs to: dealing damage to all enemies if an Attacker, increasing initial aggro if a Defender, and healing all allies if a Healer.
• Certain Emblems in the Archsage's Gauntlet are dependent upon the number of characters with a certain role in the party.

List of classes

Main classes

These classes can all be played as by all characters from the main party.

Name	Role	Nation	Attack	Defense	Healing	Difficulty	First Character
Swordfighter	Attacker	Keves					Noah
Zephyr	Defender	Agnus					Mio
Medic Gunner	Healer	Keves					Eunie
Tactician	Healer	Agnus					Taion
Heavy Guard	Defender	Keves					Lanz
Ogre	Attacker	Agnus					Sena
Flash Fencer	Attacker	Keves					Ethel
War Medic	Healer	Keves					Valdi
Guardian Commander	Defender	Keves					Zeon
Thaumaturge	Healer	Agnus					Teach
Yumsmith	Attacker	Keves					Riku & Manana
Full Metal Jaguar	Attacker	Keves					Gray
Strategos	Healer	Agnus					Isurd
Stalker	Attacker	Agnus					Juniper
Lone Exile	Defender	Keves					Ashera
Incursor	Attacker	Agnus					Alexandria
Lost Vanguard	Defender	Agnus					Monica
Signifer	Healer	Agnus					Fiona
Soulhacker	Attacker	Keves					Triton
Martial Artist	Attacker	Agnus					Ghondor
Troubadour	Healer	Agnus					Miyabi
Seraph	Attacker	Agnus					Cammuravi
Machine Assassin	Attacker	Keves					Segiri
Lifesage	Healer	Agnus					Nia
Royal Summoner	Attacker	Keves					Melia
Noponic Champion	Defender	Agnus					Ino
Lapidarist	Healer	Keves					Masha

Exclusive classes

These classes can only be played as by specific characters.

Name	Role	Nation	Attack	Defense	Healing	Difficulty	Character
Sharpshooter	Attacker	Keves					Mwamba
Lucky Seven (Attacker)	Attacker	Keves					Noah
Lucky Seven (Defender)	Defender	Keves					Noah
Lucky Seven (Healer)	Healer	Keves					Noah
Grand Marshal	Defender	Keves					Shulk
Master Driver	Attacker	Agnus					Rex

Future Redeemed classes

Name	Role	Nation	Attack	Defense	Healing	Difficulty	Character
Martial Artist	Attacker	Agnus					Matthew
Monado Fencer	Healer	Keves					A
Machinist	Defender	Keves					Nikol
Kitharode	Healer	Agnus					Glimmer
Grand Marshal	Defender	Keves					Shulk
Master Driver	Attacker	Agnus					Rex
War Mage	Attacker	Agnus					Na'el

Trivia

• "Class Succession Points" are so named on the amiibo reward screen. This is the only place their name is mentioned.

Gallery

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  A character's class ranks up