Inn

Inns, also called lodgings, are special s in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country that allow the player to raise and lower their level. When in areas affected by the tide of the Cloud Sea, resting at an inn can be done to change the tide's height.

Levelling
Levelling up and down at an inn uses a system called Bonus EXP. Bonus EXP is not added onto a character automatically like normal experience, and the only way to level up with it is at an inn.

The ability to level down is gained in, and so players can only use an inn to level up with bonus experience initially.

Levelling down a character gives the character reserve bonus experience that matches the amount of experience that those levels would have had, otherwise, meaning levelling down can be reversed without penalty. This is useful to help match characters' levels to, for example, enemies encountered during quests or unique monsters, allowing to gain more EXP, WPs and s when defeating them. Levelling down can also be used to quickly gain bonus experience to sell to Traveling bards, which usually require high amounts of it.

Tides
In areas affected by tides, choosing to rest for a long time at an inn will change the tide, between high and low. While the tide is high, areas that weren't accessible previously during low tide can be reached, usually by swimming in the Cloud Sea. Some other areas will, in turn, be covered by the Cloud Sea, such as Gormott's, making them only accessible during low tide.

Areas affected by tides

 * Mor Ardain
 * Gormott

Heart-to-Hearts
Resting at an inn can also trigger a small conversation between characters or engaged s in the party, usually pointing to a specific 's location, specific to which inn was rested at. These conversations can sometimes be mandatory for the Heart-to-Heart to be viewed. Moreover, a few Heart-to-Hearts are triggered directly after resting at an inn, namely, Vale's Weakness and Good Habits.

List of Heart-to-Hearts
A list of all Heart-to-Hearts featuring dialogue after resting at a specific inn.