Things You Didn't Know About Xenoblade 2

[@pyroburn235]

Since you're not supposed to have Pneuma in the overworld, you can't open any menus or interact with anything while she's out. (except for re-entering Jin + Malos) Because of that, it'll softlock your game if you save while equipping her to an active party member. If you're interested in other glitch capabilities in XC2, I've compiled them into a playlist.

[@Alex-ry1lu]

One detail about the lore that I find funny is that the nopon are no where to be found on the evolution tree that Klaus shows the party in Chapter 10. My head cannon is that the nopon are actually the saviorite rebels.

[@juanthehorse420]

Nopon aren't in Xenosaga though (Saviorite is supposed to be the Salvators from that series), I suspect the Archsage is a constant representation of the Zohar's power if anything

[@Movel0]

I don't know why I was afraid of being spoiled when clicking this video, I already cleared the game and the dlc lol

[@orangepotato2112]

Spoiler avoiding ptsd.

[@kevinzhang8770]

old habits die hard i guess

[@matthewwylie2735]

There's an apparently obscure mechanic that I run into every now and then involving Pyra and Mythra. After gaining the ability to swap between Pyra and Mythra, if you are using Pyra and Rex gets to low HP, there's a (slim?) chance that Mythra will force herself in and refuse to switch back to Pyra for a a bit.

[@ultimatedumbass4640]

That happened to me last night when I was fighting Gonzales lmao. She said smth like she couldn't watch this anymore I think.

[@dr.rodabthicc]

@@ultimatedumbass4640 i think if you keep trying mythra will say something like "no gonna happen" when you try to switch back to pyra.

[@ryans3199]

Crazy that she does that, I always thought of Mythra as a bit cowardly for swapping to Pyra when she got her ass handed to her by Jin. But I guess if it was _reliable_ instead of _obscure,_ then it truly would make no sense.

[@champansara]

This happened to me one time and I was like "WTF Mythra!" Especially after the snarky "I can't watch this anymore" comment

[@jeh8944]

Enel: kosmos has a 0.1 chance of being pulled from a common core everyone: cries me who pulled her from a common core: weakness disgusts me

[@joecelbetonio7110]

If i remember right i also pulled kosmos in a common core. Maybe ive been lucky those times. 😇

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

Yeah. With the best possible setup there's a 0.96% chance of pulling her out... Yikes. I painfully remember how hard it was for me to get her. I'm not joining if I say I got her after more than 400 legendary core crystals. I farmed so many times the Superboss in Gormot it was just ridiculous. In theory the common cores are about 5-10 times worse than legendary cores to get rare blades so congrats when that happened to you, there must be still players trying to get her after two years.

[@BlazingBoltAeris]

On my most recent playthrough I got her on a rare core in chapter 6 without trying (no luck boosting and no boosters)

[@1dollarlambo]

I got her on Rex and then released her a month later I got her on Nia

[@GuardianAngelEatos]

What was frustrating for me is that I spent maybe 20 hours grinding legendary cores, and then while I was using common core crystals to get common blades to turn into boosters and I was skipping the cutscene, I got Kos-Mos. Go figure!

[@emojifr...]

Enel: mentions gacha Thousands of people farming kos mos: no... please don’t... starts to sob

[@SirBanana1992]

KOS-MOS is the very first blade I got in the game that wasn't a forced blade.

[@richardsonrichly8456]

@@SirBanana1992 really i got her when i started the game for the first time

[@weebboi9457]

I got her on my second NG+ Play through. 😭

[@NotCumin]

Ricardo Guerreiro Cortes same

[@jonathancrowley7763]

I mean it only took me 46 rounds of 99 legendary cores 🥳

[@Yuuty]

If Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is so good, why isn't there a Xenoblade Chronicles 2 2?

[@EnelXC]

maybe one day

[@mr.twister6716]

I mean, there IS torna

[@bullshark1747]

Xenoblade 2 2 would be pretty epic

[@showmeyourmoves8551]

Xenoblade 3 probably have a mechanic closer to 2 than 1 as every game is an evolution.

[@tecanec9729]

Because the devs have long left Square Enix.

[@sinom]

13:50 WARNING: SAVE before attempting this glitch, as it can make your game crash. And you don't want to lose 4 hours+ of grinding to that (speaking from experience)

[@ryguy6577]

The more I hear about the technical inner workings of this franchise the more impressed I am by just how intricately designed it is. Thanks Enel

[@slobertooth1358]

I've played this game for 300 plus hours and never knew about the range mechanic.

[@goldmemberpb]

I played 600 hours of the game and did not realize I could look at how many blade special your Ai partners are at by looking at their icons until I had to do that for the BoC version of that swimsuit required boss.

[@dartyboard3798]

Enel's thumbnail game's really glowed up since the critical healing mythra video 😩🙏

[@r.3625]

Wdym nothing has beat that

[@dylanblue9201]

I don't think so, that video had a pretty _cool thumbnail_ if I do say so myself.

[@finnabus633]

Main thing a lot of people don’t know is that Xenoblade 2 is a great game and is way more than just “bad voice acting” and “anime boobs”. Give it a try👍

[@mr.mrowmusic8255]

tbh I never thought the game had bad va's

[@ValToadstool]

@@mr.mrowmusic8255 It doesn't for the most part, it's definitely not perfect but it has some great performances

[@ontos3444]

W

[@jeh8944]

the voice acting isnt bad, i LOVED malos's voice but rex makes me cringe with his " aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"

[@conorb.1901]

@@jeh8944 Rex gets better as the game goes on. I feel he really shines in character interaction such as post battle banter and heart to hearts. I think the voice acting is pretty good. Not the best I've heard, but definitely not the worst

[@tailesque]

Wow, those proverbs really are hauntingly relevant to each TP core. Ontos' (Alvis) especially in relation to his role in XBC1 with Shulk. Really cool stuff.

[@jamesslastname]

7:34 "And Tora's is the only one that's frustrating." Tora: *immediately dies from sick burn*

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Yeah... I had to change his Topple art to prevent him to not use the Launch one

[@missgrinch5940]

What's inside the box? Sweets or treats or sockssss? I love Tora 😂

[@ZdsZodyrus]

Xc2 has become one of my all time favorite games. I've put over a thousand hours in the game and maxed with S+ on all the rare blades. Literally cant stop playing this game

[@dbyo3856]

guide pls

[@snooPINGAS]

1) this is a sequel to Xenoblade Chronicles

[@MaxMonado]

2) Torna the golden country is the prequel to this game

[@snooPINGAS]

shhhh

[@pronounjow]

@Oh frick Dude A "paraquel"?

[@qwertyuiop1854]

not a sequel, it's a parallel universe that happens at the same time of Xenoblade 1. So in a sense, you're right, I guess

[@LoudWaffle]

Yeah right. If that were true then why is it not named “Xenoblade Chronicles 1: 2”?

[@xenofanchronicles9626]

I found Kos-mos super early, didn’t even know she was so highly sought after

[@MrLee64]

Same

[@yellowmorningstar5556]

Cool video Enel. I completed my first playthrough of XC2 this morning at 1:00 AM and had a lot of fun playing this game.

[@EnelXC]

Glad you enjoyed it! It's a great game.

[@pyranitar]

Reyn is not in the game!

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

@Mason Abney come on, that's not fair

[@patrickrose7028]

That was a really cool vid. My favorite fact was the lore one right at the end. My favorite part of almost every game I’ve played is easily the lore behind its world. Often when I play a new game, I spend some time to find out more about the lore as most of the time it’s incredibly interesting. Thanks for the vid and I hope you continue these little known facts vids about other Xenogames as that would be a pretty cool mini series, at least that’s what I think.

[@Zach984racer]

huh, 3 years and I'm still learning new stuff about my favorite game.

[@bigyoshii]

I guess this means xenoblade 2 videos are coming back. And just as I’m going back to the game.

[@thetoragod654]

Tora remember when he get Kos-Mos. One day Tora was spamming common core crystals on Rex-Rex to get forestry blade for Poppi qtpi quest and received her. Tora burned through at least 20...also Tora ai good yes? Much better than bird lady shulk talk about that time meh meh meh. Also also Tora and Poppi dancing at end was perfection.

[@jaysondobs5986]

YES,YES,YES I hated that quest.

[@TheTrains13]

I'm sure I'll learn something neat but not a lot from this- *sees you running a level 10 rex alone and facing down ophion.* I'm listening

[@im_really_feeling_it4971]

I was expecting more fun facts but instead I got insanely intricate mechanics my feeble mind can’t comprehend

[@tapudachi]

My friend who took 2 months to pull Kos-Mos is crying right now

[@whaatthejams1841]

Missed opportunity to call this video the Xenoblade 2 Iceberg lol

[@TheTrains13]

The icebergs can't exist in the cloud sea

[@FreshNewtype]

A small piece of background information I like is that the attack on the beanstalk just prior to Klaus' contact experiment with the Conduit (I don't think it's explicitly identified as a contact experiment anywhere but like ... it is lol) is being carried out by faction called the Salvators, which is the name of Yuriev's political party in Xenosaga.

[@juanthehorse420]

Add to this that the director has a strange amount of focus on him in that scene, and one of the only named guldos is "Malicious Dmitri"

[@Darkseid3r]

Thanks for being epic! This is my favorite JRPG series and I can't think of a better person to make these videos!

[@Confron7a7ion7]

I never played the previous Xeno games. I started with 2 and recently played DE. I have done some research into the lore of other games though. From my understanding the Conduit/Zohar is either A) A higher dimensional entity or object that is simultaneously existing throughout any number of timelines within the local multiverse. Allowing it to do seemingly impossible things by existing without time or being limited to 3, or even 4, dimensional space. Or B) Literally the God above all. Including the "Gods" seen in the games. I'm not sure theirs realistically a difference but I am sure that the only reason the 2 entities haven't been officially confirmed as being exactly the same is that it would cause legal issues.

[@EnelXC]

Zohar is basically multiversal source of omnipotent energy yes. Its power allows for a lot of crazy things in all the games it appears in but it always acts as a door or gate to other things like the higher domain or other universes.

[@TheTruestZero]

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Gacha system Me, an FGO player: Hey, that's hell you're walking into.

[@jackleveille9319]

I think Xenoblade 2 has the best gacha system I've seen. It's a lot more in favor of the player considering you can manipulate your chances for something good. Also it's really easy to rack up core crystals. Your gonna be hitting the max amount of commons a few times.

[@Pine2142]

Now make a video called "Things everyone knows about Xenoblade 2" and it's just 10 minutes of saying Mythra is best girl

[@emojifr...]

One word: t o r n a

[@EnelXC]

correct

[@guthetanuki256]

I concur

[@AndrewTheUltraBoss99]

who? the simpleton?

[@zero123alpha6]

@@EnelXC April fools video?

[@Reizyr]

Great video, the things about the battle system were pretty interesting (and helpful, since there wasn't much explained about damage bonuses in-game.) Bonus points for the Xenosaga music in the background!

[@wesnohathas1993]

Wow, that pity group mistake actually made getting all the rare blades a way harder task than it was supposed to be. I guess this also explains why I'd always have to wait forever for Zeke to contribute to a blade combo. It's just a shame Rex's AI is too slow to ever use his Launch arts in time, and Tora's AI is unreliable in general.

[@Novarcharesk]

It also seems weird they didn't patch it. I guess that it might have screwed up people's games or something?

[@Nekosuki01]

Been loving the all the Xenoblade content Enel! Keep up the great work and I'm sure you can hit 100k my dude 😎👍

[@Rod-sm1sk]

yo, that thumbnail is sick

[@ParisRR2011]

Yea

[@JJGamezMC]

What I really like about the conduit/zohar connection and the ontos/alvis connection is that monolith soft said “yeah we won’t say that the conduit is the zohar and that ontos is alvis but the conduit was found in africa and alvis does have a pretty cool new necklace in DE” (ok i know that they did call the conduit the zohar once but it’s more fun to think of it this way)

[@cassandramaccarthy3337]

I'd love to see like, a comprehensive Xeno series lore video covering all the canon stuff and some more speculation like the last bit in this video. I'm a big sucker for the more sci-fi aspects of the Xeno series personally

[@TheTokki_686]

The story and characters are excellent in this game. I recently gotten a switch and this was one of the first games I got with it. However the game stone walls me in quests unless if one of my blades got like forestry lv 4 keen eye 2 something like that and it's such a turn off to figure out how to get that.

[@zaxtonhong3958]

6:30 They'll swap to blades that can continue DRIVER* combos

[@EnelXC]

oops I can't read or speak or something lol. Yeah that's what I meant.

[@eriklagergren7124]

if watch mojo made this video: did you know Pyra is a fire blade?

[@GuardianAngelEatos]

16:52-17:34 I had no idea about this! I didn't catch that! That is so cool! There's a lot of interesting info that I didn't know about! Those glitch sounds and looks hillarious! Not the first one that you mentioned. Thank you for sharing this info! I didn't think that I could love this series even more!

[@_1More_]

Man I hope you never stop making Xenoblade 2 content 👍

[@moberlysquad67]

Did you know Xenoblade 2 is one of the greatest games of all time?

[@PirateCommando]

I have nothing to add other than, I love the content. Keep up the good work!!

[@TheCoops119]

Still annoyed how the time I got kosmos was an accident, the NG+ update had just came out and I was going for the torna blades and I got kos mos and was like, yay?

[@Wlightning25]

I knew some of these things from watching your speedruns but it was fun to learn even more stuff about one of my favorite games

[@odd0]

Now knowing the reason why tora would not do blade combos with all the poppis makes me really mad cause I had all 3 cause of chain attacks stopping from him and my failed challenge mode runs are thanks to him

[@truej3763]

I've literally put 100s of hours into this game and the only reason I've understood any of the combat was because of these videos that explain all the small things I am so glad I didn't drop this game at the ending because the postgame has been so entertaining for me

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Postgame...?

[@monadomaster7747]

This video was super interesting, I love learning about the lesser known things of my favorite games

[@JC101_Official]

Always love hearing random tidbits about games I love. Nice work, Enel!

[@qwaquq]

Your videos are getting better and better! I love to see content off my favourite game.

[@HowdyFolksGaming]

KOS-MOS was one of the first blades that I pulled in my first playthrough of XC2. Having no knowledge of Xenosaga at the time, I just thought that she was a cool looking blade 🙃

[@MiguelHernandez-lo5lg]

How...wha... How are there THAT many different damage multipliers hidden?

[@EnelXC]

Just how this game works lol

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

@@EnelXC _that's how Alrest works_

[@CityEscapist1220]

Thank you, Enel.

[@guthetanuki256]

This is incredibly interesting. Especially that first one with the gacha system in the game. It all makes sense why after Chapter 6 (excluding DLC) in my first playthrough, I never pulled a rare blade anymore. I had to have burned through around 50 common cores, 30 rare cores and about 10 legendary and still nothing.

[@julian646464]

Thats true doesnt matter how many times you replay the game, after chapter 6 forget the idea to get a legendary blade for the test of the game...

[@guthetanuki256]

@@julian646464 Unless you either have insane luck or you roll 99 cores each but that's too much button mashing lol

[@phantomlotus]

I already can see a future video of you explaining/showing how the saga and blade games connect m, it will be a cool video to watch

[@avibi]

I love being able to recognise the Xenosaga 1 U.M.N. background music.

[@black1blade74]

You should have put the no Corvin boc fight vs Elma in the vid when you were talking bout her lol. Good vid.

[@PeriviYohanesburgo]

The next game should focus on Klaus, Galea, the pre-experiment Earth and what happened to those dragged by the Conduit, especially the saviorites.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

Was Galea turned into Meyneth? I know that, but I don't remember from where I got it

[@Jahames2010]

I pulled COS-MOS from a rare crystal about half way through the game I don’t remember the boosters I used

[@Potato-pf2qs]

That torna glitch is crazy. Time to practice it and do stupid stuff with it

[@ArdanCallick]

Seeing how the blade draw system works, makes me feel happy as hell to know I got kosmos before I even met vandham lol

[@Moebius_E]

I was told to comment by Enel on Discord

[@Kenko_4]

This was such an awesome video. I didn't know most of the things in the video and make me curious to go back. Thank you for the cool and interesting facts! -Danny

[@molduga]

9:20 I've never seen that in the 300 hours i've played xc2

[@AShadowinthedark]

for each of these facts i know like 80% of it and then 20% is new mostly the specifics of the code

[@ClawlessnessScizor]

Man, this game is so great, I'm glad you can help keep it alive with these kind of videos!

[@jallercarlos]

Glad to see I knew most of this but thanks to this video I learnt about the 5 groups of blade gacha system (I knew there was only 3), the extra effect of the 2nd pouch, and the bible verse of each of the trinity core proccesor

[@ClubSandwiches]

Regarding affinity values, does the yellow tether equal the max affinity value in combat and the remaining amount is earned from from building S+ trust? Just having a bit of confusion reading the chart at 10:52

[@EnelXC]

Yellow tether is combat affinity which is the right side. Left side is affinity gains or losses in battle related to your trust.

[@cebolla1449]

3:42 wow I pulled kos-mos on my first legendary core in my first playthrough of XC2, guess I’m extremely lucky LOL

[@jaysondobs5986]

it's even harder getting her from a common core crystal. (Speaking from experience)

[@johnsmith-fe4ip]

Always enjoy your videos.

[@PersianGamer36]

Man I’m currently enjoying xenoblade 2 after finishing definitive edition and wow. Rough start but the mid point is such a banger I’m loving every second of it.

[@mikemitchell6265]

Glad to see Xenoblade 2 videos back.

[@viprthered]

13:50 damn I wish I would have know that when I almost soft lock the game 2 days ago

[@Shhadow023]

I must have been very lucky. Pulled kos mos very early on my first play through

[@samuraivader3814]

When KOS-MOS was your first rare blade.

[@sheldonsykes32]

I've gotten 400 hours into the game & still haven't pulled Kos-Mos, upsetting times 😭😩

[@Remenschneider]

Does that Torna glitch mean we could see it in a GDQ event soon?

[@MrByxiga]

Kos mos was like the third blade I summoned didn't even know how the game worked properly

[@baked7423]

Oh tora having a 50% chance to do a driver combo makes so much sense now. He would switch to poppi qt but never perform do smash sometimes and I always found it hella weird. Maybe cause the AI didn't think there was enough time but when there was it stil wouldn't.

[@Fermin-hw5pd]

He barely uses Dented Shield to finish DCs, that art overall is... not really good for that

[@TheBandoBandito]

Symbolism in Xenoblade and it's meaning would be cool. Or a nice big lore explained video to get the gears turning.

[@Vincent-up2vw]

Nice xenosaga music in the background

[@oro6399]

DON’T FORGET ME!

[@Maferty]

Learning all this about the gacha system really makes me question how KOS-MOS was my first blade pull in the game

[@xxmegagallade47]

Enel could you do a video explaining damage over time effects? Your old fusion combo video was kind of helpful, but I still don’t understand some things. Does the amount of damage you smash with increase the damage over time? Does overdrive increase the damage over time?

[@EnelXC]

I actually have a more recent video about damage over time, it talks about the best strategy for bringer of chaos difficulty.

[@Pesthuf]

Kos-Mos was like the 4th rare blade I pulled - and then I hardly used her because I didn’t like playing with ether cannons.

[@topatoman]

Enel in the outro: thanks for watching.... Poppi in the outro: LET'S BREAK IT DOWN!!!!

[@aTypicalGabriel]

When I started my first ever game I opened a legendary core on Rex and got kosmos right away, I knew she was good but I didn't like the class, only when I unlocked zeke did I really start using her on him

[@BabafiBafi]

The green rings around the world tree also have Bible verses depicted on them. Unfortunately, their glow makes it impossible to read in game and in fact was only discovered when the files were ripped and the models could be viewed without the glow.

[@warrencawicaan8449]

I am missing 4 blades including KOS MOS which is understandable but its odd how the other three's spawn rate isn't as low as I imagined but I can't seem to get them.

[@black_nyello7663]

Because of the first thing, I realized just how bad my luck was. I already had Boreas and Godfrey, and I was assure one. I had pulled 4 legendary cores with no rare blade at all. Apparently, once your pity meter fills, it does a random check between the pity blades. If you already have the one it chooses, you get a common blade anyway. WHY

[@rogermelian]

I'm watching the ads before the video but I already clicked the like button because I know the video will be good.

[@gmaster2647]

I always wondered what that flashing icon amidst the Arts meant. That's really weird that the game doesn't tell you about that damage booster at all.

[@TheBandoBandito]

I've had this game since launch and I never pulled Kos mos..

[@PaleVoyager]

Thank you for this video. Have you made a video where you talk about the best blade-setups for each characters? Like, which three blades you think are the best to have on each character?

[@EnelXC]

not specifically but you can check out my previous video and try some mixing and matching

[@PaleVoyager]

@@EnelXC I did. In fact, that video prompted the question. Would you be willing to share your thoughts or would you rather save something like that for a video?

[@CyberPunk38]

Tora is my favorite rapper, call em 50 (per)Cent

[@BowandSvent]

Xenosaga was originally meant to be 9 parts long, but due to an obvious lack of funding, we got a phenomenal first game, a lackluster second, and a decent third, all with a rushed story. Some ideas were scrapped and used for other xeno series games.

[@TripleSakaTrip]

I feel so lucky for getting KOS-MOS from my very first Legendary on my very first playthrough

[@RextintorZ]

KOS-MOS' pulling chance is crazy low. I was really lucky to get her as my 8th Rare Blade. Meanwhile, I'm on New Game Plus with over 400 used Core Crystals and still nothing about Vale.