Material (XCX)

Materials are common items in Xenoblade Chronicles X. They are most often found by defeating enemies, though most can also be obtained via Reward Tickets.

While defeating enemies often gives materials, it's sometimes possible for an enemy to be defeated without giving anything. If the player and their allies are using the Treasure Sensor augment, items will tend to drop much easier since gold chests have a higher chance to show up.

Materials come in five rarities: common, rare, unique, prime, and intergalactic. Typically, this rarity is a quick visual way to determine how often the material drops from the enemy.

Certain materials can only be found once the enemy's appendages are destroyed. If the enemy loses that appendage during the fight, it will have a chance to drop the material associated with that appendage.

Many Missions are partially or fully completed by collecting an amount of certain materials. Once the condition is met (even if the materials were collected before the quest was received), the quest advances once the items are handed over.

Additionally, many Materials find their use by being used to upgrade a piece of equipment's built in Battle Traits, to engineer the Augments used to add traits to equipment with empty slots, and to complete Blueprints to develop new gear.

Materials can be sold via the inventory menu or the to gain Credits. If a player ends up with 99 of the material, it will automatically be sold for its sale price.