Discussion

Discussions are a game mechanic in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 where the party will discuss various topics, leading to Bonus EXP being awarded, or new Quests being unlocked.

Mechanics

First, the player must collect info fragments from NPCs in the field. NPCs who have info to share will be marked with a yellow "i" above their heads. To collect the fragment, the player must either stand near them to eavesdrop on a conversation between multiple NPCs, or directly speak with them if they're alone. Some info fragments are divided into multiple parts, requiring all of them to be collected before a topic is unlocked. Some info fragments are collected by other means, such as completing a quest or progressing the story.

Once enough info fragments have been collected, a new topic will be unlocked. The party can discuss it at a Rest Spot. Most topics have no requirements, but some require specific Heroes to be in the party, or for the party to be at a specific rest spot. If so, the game will automatically add the required Hero to the party or give them the option to skip travel to the necessary rest spot. When discussed, a short dialog scene will be played, showing the party discussing the topic at hand and giving their thoughts. At the end, Bonus EXP will be awarded, or a new Quest will be unlocked. Certain discussions, usually those part of a Hero Quest, might play a cutscene instead of the usual camp dialogue setup.

List of discussions

Discussion	Required Hero
A "Novel" Book	None
A Mysterious Assailant	Gray
A Need for Names	Segiri
A Roundabout Journey	None
About Armus	None
Achievement	None
Aggy and Oggy	Ghondor
Aionios's Strongest	None
Alexandria's Birthday	Alexandria
Alexandria's Theory	Alexandria
All-Slayer Oleg	None
Annihilator	None
Auto-Lev Situation	None
Auto-Levs	None
Blades	None
Booty?	None
Bountiful Ether	None
Buddy Blaster Blunder	Valdi
Captain of the Guard	None
Castle Prisoners	None
Changes	None
Changes Afoot in Colony Mu	None
Chickadee's Location	Alexandria
City Children	None
City Clothing	None
City Discontent	None
Clad's Unit	None
Collectopaedia Abuse	Alexandria
Collectopaedia Cards	None
Collectopaedia v.2.0	Alexandria
Colony 0 Duties	Segiri
Colony 0's Future	Segiri
Colony 4 Nopon	None
Colony 4 Revitalized	None
Colony 4's Food Plight	Zeon
Colony 4's Problems	None
Colony 9 Food Issues	None
Colony 9 Lately	None
Colony 9 Shortages	Zeon
Colony 9's Off-Seer	None
Colony 9's Situation	None
Colony 11's Ferronis	None
Colony 11's Future	Ashera
Colony 15	None
Colony 30's Off-Seer	None
Colony Gamma Lately	None
Colony Iota Goods	Alexandria
Colony Lambda Defenses	None
Colony Lambda's Canteen	None
Colony Lambda's Excellence	None
Colony Mu Investigation	None
Colony Mu's Food Plight	Zeon
Colony Mu's Future	Fiona
Colony Mu's Salute	None
Colony Tau's Off-Seer	Juniper
Consuls	Triton
Cooking Contest	Miyabi
Crafting Gems	None
Crossing the Vortex	None
Curiosity About Origin	None
Curious About Training	None
Curious Picture	None
Delicious Cooking	None
Dorrick Complete	Valdi
Easel's Unit	None
Enduring the Days	None
Ether Cylinders	None
Ether Mine Check	None
Ether Shortage	Valdi
Everblight Plain	None
Evolving Usage	None
Expeditionary Mission	None
Eyepatches	None
Favorite Levnises	Valdi
Ferronis Hulks	None
Fog and Annihilation	None
Food for Tau	Juniper
Forest Living	None
Fortifying Food	None
Fourtune Clovers	Riku & Manana
Free Nopon	None
Ghondor's Grumblings	Ghondor
Glitter Radishes	None
Goods in Storage	Alexandria
Gratitude for Supplies	None
Gray's Autonomy	Gray
Gromrice	None
Guernica Vandham	None
Harvest Time	Juniper
Herbal Tea	None
Herding Monsters	None
Homecoming Preparations	None
Homecoming Rite	None
Huge Gratitude for Supplies	None
Imogen at Colony 4	Juniper
Indelible Marks	None
Information About Chelle	None
Information About Fili	None
Information About Rhyza	None
Information About Sequoia	None
Irritation	None
Isurd's Request	Riku & Manana
Jhodor's Situation	None
Joulietta's Attitude	None
Keeping Clean	None
Kite Gone Missing	Zeon
Korresia's Return	Juniper
Leaders-in-Training	None
Lenny and Eastman's Row	None
Li Garte Prison Information	None
Life in Li Garte Prison	Segiri
Lively Colony Mu	Fiona
Manana's Cooking	Triton
Missing Off-Seer	None
Monsters Around Colony 4	None
Moraine and Shijima	None
Mushroom Knowledge	None
Mystery Ferron	Segiri
Namuki	None
Natural Spas	Isurd
Nautical Navigation	None
New Gate	Fiona
News of Eilis	None
Nia's Memories	Nia
Nicknames	None
No. 7	None
No. 9's Flute	None
Nopon Cooking	None
Nopon Levnises	None
On High Alert	None
Ouroboros Research	None
Painting on Display	None
Parts Gone Missing	None
Peak Busyness	None
Portrait of a Consul	None
Potato Lovers	None
Prison Problems	Segiri
Raine	Juniper
Raine's Departure	Juniper
Ranch	None
Reading	None
Request from Teach	Teach
Role Models	None
Rope Slides	None
Rozana's Whereabouts	Gray
Rumblings at the Fort	None
Rumblings at the Mine	None
Scavenging	None
Seeker's Identity	None
Seeker's Rumors	None
Sena and No. 9	None
Seven Nopon	None
Situation in Colony Lambda	Isurd
Six Houses' Enmity	None
Snow	None
Someone's Sheet Music	None
Spongy Spud Eval	Zeon
Spongy Spud Woes	Zeon
Strength-Giving Water	Juniper
Supply Drops	None
Tactician's Plan	None
Tallow's Reputation	Fiona
Tau's Potatoes	None
Tension with the City	Ghondor
The Colony 15 Folk	Triton
The Colony 15 Folk	None
The Fields	Zeon
The Mondo	None
The Name "Segiri"	Segiri
The New Mu	Fiona
The Nopon are Here	Juniper
The Peaceful Life	None
The Poisoner	None
The Real Perpetrator	None
The Returned	None
The Sea	Riku & Manana
The Textbook	None
Tirkins and Gogols	None
Tohma's Situation	None
Trusting Teach	None
Tutor: Mio	None
Tutor: Off-Seer	None
Tutor: Taion	None
Tutors: Sena & Eunie	None
Unsent Husks	None
Urayan Mountains	None
Url's Whereabouts	None
What Washed Ashore	None
Where's Imogen?	Juniper
White Fog on Erythia Sea	None
Widespread Custom	None
Xera's Situation	None
Ysorra's Request	Teach
Yuzet's Reputation	Valdi
Yzana Plains Monsters	None
Zoren's Unit	None

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Discussion	—

Gallery

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  NPCs with an information fragment

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  A new topic being unlocked