Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition has a relatively robust character creator for its series-unique custom protagonist, but it can do a somewhat poor job of demonstrating what your lad or lass will look like once they’re out roaming the mysterious planet of Mira, or even hanging out back at home.
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Should you find yourself dissatisfied with your hero’s eyes, hair, facial markings, or what-have-you, there is a way to redo the whole ordeal. Alas, it requires a fair degree of progress through the game’s core story. But once you achieve the prerequisites, you can tweak your looks to your heart’s content.
How To Change Appearance In Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
There are two primary prerequisites in place which will prevent you from editing your character’s appearance until they’ve both been met. As it happens, they’re both quests.
Yardley’s Scheme
The first of these two quests is entitled ‘Yardley’s Scheme’, and it’s only available upon completion of a main story quest, ‘Builders of a Legacy’, which is Chapter 3, so you’ll hit upon it by default as you progress through the early hours of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition’s tale.
Head to the Outfitters Test Hangar in (of course) New Los Angeles. Your destination is in the Industrial District. Chat with Yardley here. You’ll need to find these two items for him:
- California Sunset
- Four L-002 Space Analyzers
The Space Analyzers are easy to forage, as you’ll find them throughout Primordia at a rapid clip. The California Sunset is also in Primordia, within caverns here. Return to Yardley to complete this quest.
House Of Cards
‘House of Cards’ won’t be available until a fair bit further on. You’ll need to have completed ‘Ma-non Maneuvers’, which corresponds with Chapter 5.
At this point, you’ll probably want to be around level 20-23, for the record. Not that this is important within the context of ‘House of Cards’, mind you, but if you’re very early in Xenoblade Chronicles X, this should give you some idea of how long it’ll take before appearance change is unlocked.
Back to New Los Angeles, and venture forth to the mission control terminal. Yardley is here, and he’s missing a keycard. Naturally, it’s on you to solve this little mess of his.
Pull up your Follow Ball – bless Monolith Soft for this thing! – to snag the keycard, which will be given that orange-hued collectible colour which is often used in Xenoblade games to signify quest collectibles as opposed to blue-hued normal collectibles.
Head to the Commercial District, where Yardley awaits. It’ll need to be afternoon, and thankfully, Definitive Edition allows you to adjust the time accordingly. Give him the keycard.
Now, change the time again, to night, and you’ll find Yardley at the bottom-most level of the Administrative District. As ‘House of Cards’ concludes, you’ll gain access to a terminal which lets you alter your appearance! You’ll also gain a fast travel option for the thing. Nice.
Just make sure it’s late at night whenever you want to swap your protagonist’s look, as you can’t do this otherwise.
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