Main Menu and Basic Functions

To survive on planet Mira, you’ll need the help of friends, businesses, and technology. Your own personal skills need to be up to the task as well. From surviving in the wilds to surviving the ranks of BLADE, read on to be prepared for any situation.

Title Menu

From the title screen, you can access these options.

New Game

Starts a new game from the beginning. You’ll configure your game settings to your liking from the outset, then create an avatar for your player character before starting the game.

Continue

Continue the previously saved game. (You only get one slot for saved games.)

Settings

Configure game settings. More on this can be found in the Main Menu section.

Nintendo eShop

Connect to the Nintendo eShop.

Main Menu

You can access the main menu by pressing (+) during gameplay. The main menu gives you a wealth of control and information regarding your status and progress.

Party

Status

View a rundown of character stats.

Ground Gear

View and change a party member’s ground gear, such as armor and equipment.

Skell Gear

View and change the gear/equipment belonging to the Skells of party members.

Arts

View, equip, and upgrade a character’s Arts.

Skills

View and upgrade a character’s equipped and available Skills.

Classes

View and modify the player character’s current and possible classes.

Soul Voices

View and customize the player character’s available Soul Voices. You can also view your party’s Soul Voices.

Active Members

Shift and remove members from your active party in this menu. The character in the top slot on the left is the character you play as.

Return to Skell

Once you have a Skell, you can use this option to warp back to where you parked your Skell and board it automatically.

Missions

Check mission descriptions and requirements, and set missions as navigation targets.

Affinity Chart

View the relationships between every character in the game, including how well they get along with one another.

Intel

Inventory

Check on your items here.

Info

The Info menu contains information learned from the people of Mira. Use this to uncover the planet’s secrets and increase your survey rate by acting upon this information.

Achievements

View the Achievements you’ve accomplished and have yet to accomplish during the game.

Enemy Index

Once you encounter an enemy, you’ll see it listed here. After you defeat an enemy, you can see its stats, strengths and weaknesses, and what items it’s capable of dropping (so long as they’ve been dropped for you at least once).

Collectopedia

A list of the collectible items you’ve added to the Collectopedia.

Social

This set of menus is all about the various online functions in the game. You can view information about players you’ve met, join or change your squad, see rankings, or edit your personal greetings. Refer to the Social chapter of this guide for more details.

Save

Saves the game. You can save your progress at any time except during a battle or an event. Only one game-save file can be created per user.

Settings

Here you can change game settings pertaining to the camera, system hardware, user interface, and online notifications.

Toggle GamePad Screen

Toggle the GamePad screen between showing the game screen and the map. This is most useful for people who want to play Xenoblade Chronicles X in off-TV mode. Once the GamePad shows the game screen, you can reset things using this menu option again.

Manual

View the in-game manual.