Hero

This article is about the mechanic in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. For the chapter in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, see Chapter 13 (Act 3).

Heroes are non-playable party members in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. By either progressing the main story or completing quests, these characters can be recruited by the party and used as a seventh party member. Outside of the Archsage's Gauntlet, only one Hero may participate in battle at a time. Each Hero has a unique Class, which can be unlocked for use by the main party.

While recruiting Heroes is mostly optional, some Hero Quests are part of the main story, thus making those heroes mandatory.

Gameplay

Up to one Hero can be in the party at once under normal circumstances. Unlike the main party members, they cannot be player-controlled (except for choosing their Arts during Chain Attacks) and cannot Interlink. Each Hero has five regular Battle Arts which function the same as Class Arts, plus a Talent Art. These Arts are technically different to the Arts used by the main party members of the Hero's Class, although each often has a close main-party equivalent. Often, the hitframes of the Art will be different when used by the Hero; they may also have further differences, including but not limited to in cooldown, function, or even in name. On the other hand, a Class's skills will often be the same for the Hero and for main party members; there are a small number of exceptions, where one of a Class's skills will be restricted to the Hero and a different skill will be available to party members.

Heroes have their own progression through Class ranks which is not based upon the CP that main party members obtain. Rather, they start at rank 10, and jump to rank 20 once their "ascension condition" is met, typically by completing their Ascension Quest.

In Chain Attacks, Heroes have special properties. Rather than the usual role effects of First Blood/Back in Action/Point Limit, they have "Heroic Chains": effects unique to that Hero when they are chosen to use a Battle Art. In addition, when their Chain Order is chosen, the Chain Attack gauge does not decrease, meaning that they essentially grant a free extra round when chosen.

Heroes' accessories are fixed and cannot be changed until after the main story is completed. Their gems are also fixed, with rank increasing as the Hero increases in level.

In the Archsage's Gauntlet, the role of Heroes is substantially different: up to six can join the party rather than only one, although they still cannot be player-controlled outside of Chain Attacks. They also have access to all five of their regular Battle Arts, although only the three "equipped" ones will be available in Chain Attacks. Finally, Heroes deplete the Chain Attack gauge as do main party members in this mode.

Some discussions and quests, particularly Hero Quests and Ascension Quests, require a specific Hero to be in the party.

List of Heroes

	Name	Role	Affiliation	Class	Acquisition	Ascension	Class Inheritor
	Ethel	Attacker	Keves	Flash Fencer	No Want of Courage	Achieve Rank 10 with Flash Fencer and Seraph, go to Colony Omega, and have Ethel undergo the maturation process.	Noah
	Valdi	Healer	Keves	War Medic	The Kind Right Hand	I'm a Mechanic	Lanz
	Zeon	Defender	Keves	Guardian Commander	Where The Heart Is	Reasons to Evolve	Noah
	Teach	Healer	Agnus	Thaumaturge	Going Beyond Power	Shadow of Enmity	Mio
	Riku & Manana	Attacker	Keves & Agnus	Yumsmith	A Nopon's Counsel	Culinary Repertoire	Sena
	Gray	Attacker	City	Full Metal Jaguar	A Gray Matter	Payback for Treason	Eunie
	Isurd	Healer	Agnus	Strategos	Unwavering Resolve	Effervescent Heart	Taion
	Juniper	Attacker	Agnus	Stalker	Natural Selection	Survivors	Noah
	Ashera	Defender	Keves	Lone Exile	The Wrath of Ashera	A Deep-Seated Scar	Eunie
	Alexandria	Attacker	Agnus	Incursor	Her Reasons	Inescapable Past	Taion
	Monica	Defender	City	Lost Vanguard	Vandham's Heir	Promise to the Future	Eunie
	Fiona	Healer	Agnus	Signifer	Transparent Dreams	A Farewell Reset	Lanz
	Triton	Attacker	Moebius	Soulhacker	Doing It My Way	My Memories	Lanz
	Ghondor	Attacker	City	Martial Artist	Chapter 6	Knowing Your Family	Sena
	Miyabi	Healer	Agnus	Troubadour	Side Story: Mio	Happiness	Mio
	Cammuravi	Attacker	Agnus	Seraph	A Twist of Fate	Achieve Rank 10 with Flash Fencer and Seraph, go to Colony Omega, and have Ethel undergo the maturation process.	Taion
	Segiri	Attacker	Keves	Machine Assassin	Inhumanity	Invisible Bond	Sena
	Nia	Healer	Agnus	Lifesage	Go to the Hall of the Serene in the Cloudkeep after completing the main story.	Grasping My Future	Mio
	Melia	Attacker	Keves	Royal Summoner	Go to the Main Castle Gate of Keves Castle after completing the main story.	From Atop Her Throne	Noah
	Ino	Defender	Nopon Caravans	Noponic Champion	Champion of the Nopon	The Hope of Noponkind	Noah
	Masha	Healer	City	Lapidarist	Lapidarist Extraordinaire	For the Sake of Keepsakes	Mio
	Shulk	Defender	Keves	Grand Marshal	Beat the Challenge "The Two Saviours" in the Land of Challenge, after completing Future Redeemed	Automatically at acquisition	None
	Rex	Attacker	Agnus	Master Driver	Beat the Challenge "The Two Saviours" in the Land of Challenge, after completing Future Redeemed	Automatically at acquisition	None

Trivia

• Heroes have different voicelines when being chosen on the Hero selection menu once reaching the final point of the main story.
• While certain Heroes like Monica and Ghondor become temporarily unselectable during certain parts of the main story, Ethel is the only Hero who remains unselectable until meeting her ascension condition and it is entirely optional.
• Ethel and Cammuravi are the only two non-DLC Heroes that don't have ascension quests, as well as the only two that share the same ascension condition.
  • Both are also the only Heroes to be killed by Moebius in the main story.
  • Ethel is the only Hero where her ascension condition requires another Hero in the party to complete.
• Ghondor is the only Hero that neither needs a Hero Quest completed nor going to a certain location to acquire. Miyabi has a similar condition in that she is gained from somebody else's Side Story.
• DLC Heroes will not be summoned by Melia and Nia during the second phase of the final boss X∞ and Y∞.
• Riku & Manana, Nia, and Melia are the only non-DLC Heroes that can never be fought by the party, which includes DLC challenge battle.
  • Similarly, Monica and Fiona can only be fought in the DLC Challenge Battle, Heroes Frontline.
• All non-DLC Heroes with the exception of Triton appear as part of the ending cutscene, regardless of whether they have been recruited (or in Ethel's case re-recruited). This is due to the scene being pre-rendered.
• Shulk and Rex are the only Heroes to not have a class inheritor, as both classes are unusable by the main party.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Hero	—
Japanese	ヒーロー	Hero
Chinese (simplified)	英雄	Hero
Chinese (traditional)	英雄	Hero
Korean	히어로	Hero

Gallery

Artwork

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  Ethel

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  Valdi

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  Zeon

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  Teach

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  Riku & Manana

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  Gray

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  Isurd

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  Juniper

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  Ashera

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  Alexandria

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  Monica

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  Fiona

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  Triton

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  Ghondor

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  Miyabi

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  Cammuravi

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  Segiri

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  Nia

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  Melia

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  Ino

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  Masha

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  Shulk

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  Rex

Screenshots

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  Hero selection screen from the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct, notice Ethel's profile icon censored.

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  The Hero selection in endgame

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  Kevesi heroes and their allies in the ending

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  Agnian heroes and their allies in the ending

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  The Lost Numbers and their allies in the ending