Like the Xenoblade Chronicles trilogy, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is split into chapters with some being longer than others. However, unlocking chapters/progressing Xenoblade Chronicles X‘s story isn’t as simple as going to an objective marker. Some chapters are locked behind non-story related missions. In Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, a new chapter was created exclusively for the 2025 remaster.
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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Release Time
Here’s when you can jump into Xenoblade Chronicles X on the Switch.
Chapter List in Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Total Chapters
There are 12 chapters including the prologue, epilogue, and the newly-added Chapter 13 in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. They are:
- Prologue: Awakening
- Chapter 1: New Los Angeles
- Chapter 2: The New Frontier
- Chapter 3: Builders of a Legacy
- Chapter 4: The Ganglion Menace
- Chapter 5: Ma-non Maneuvers
- Chapter 6: Dark Matters
- Chapter 7: Treachery
- Chapter 8: The Gathering Storm
- Chapter 9: Warriors of Wroth
- Chapter 10: The Zu Pharg Menace
- Chapter 11: Consequences
- Chapter 12: Into the Core
- Epilogue
- Chapter 13 (Act 1): Cause and Effect
- Chapter 13 (Act 2): The Second Project Exodus
- Chapter 13 (Act 3): Hero
To start a new chapter, you need to accept the Story Mission, indicated by the red objective marker. In some cases, you may not be able to accept the Story Mission. This might be because you have an active Affinity Mission.
How to Unlock All Chapters
All Story Mission Prerequisites
You can start Story Missions by accepting the “New Orders” quest on the job board (under basic missions). This will be posted by Vandham, and you’ll have to return to BLADE Barracks to speak with him. Each Story Mission has a recommended level, but it may also have a list of quests you’ll need to complete before you can start the next chapter.
Here’s how to unlock each Story Mission:
|
Chapter Name |
Level Requirement |
Recommended Level |
Required Quests |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Prologue: Awakening |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Chapter 1: New Los Angeles |
N/A |
N/A |
|
|
Chapter 2: The New Frontier |
N/A |
4 |
|
|
Chapter 3: Builders of a Legacy |
N/A |
9 |
|
|
Chapter 4: The Ganglion Menace |
N/A |
15 |
|
|
Chapter 5: Ma-non Maneuvers |
N/A |
19 |
|
|
Chapter 6: Dark Matters |
N/A |
23 |
|
|
Chapter 7: Treachery |
N/A |
27 |
|
|
Chapter 8: The Gathering Storm |
30 |
30 |
|
|
Chapter 9: Warriors of Wroth |
N/A |
34 |
|
|
Chapter 10: The Zu Pharg Menace |
N/A |
38 |
|
|
Chapter 11: Consequences |
N/A |
44 |
|
|
Chapter 12: Into the Core |
N/A |
49 |
|
|
Chapter 13 (Act 1): Cause and Effect |
N/A |
50 |
|
|
Chapter 13 (Act 2): The Second Project Exodus |
N/A |
54 |
|
|
Chapter 13 (Act 3): Hero |
55 |
59 |
|
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