Chapter 4 (XCX)

Chapter 4 is a Story Mission in Xenoblade Chronicles X. This mission is the first mission that requires some field work before it can be accepted.

At the start of this mission and every mission after this, Lin will start by preparing some food of the player's choice.
 * Fried Chicken
 * Beef Braised in Wine
 * Pot Pie
 * Tandoori Chicken
 * Chicken Sauté
 * Foie Gras

While Lin makes the food, Tatsu watches, and then gets taken aback when Lin suggests putting him into the dish.

After the meal, Vandham comes in to enjoy the meal and give Team Elma their assignment. He states that FrontierNav has found a possible piece of the Lifehold in Noctilum. Their objective is to rendezvous with Lao's team and investigate the Lifehold segment.

Objectives

 * 1) Meet with Lao near Primordia's Green Threshold.
 * 2) Lao can be recruited here during this chapter, optionally.
 * 3) Head to the Lifehold unit in Noctilum's Sunlit Spring.
 * 4) Around the Goblin's Narrow and FN Site 219, L is introduced and can be recruited.
 * 5) Achieve all objectives:
 * 6) Defeat the Prone Destroyer (left).
 * 7) Defeat the Prone Destroyer (middle).
 * 8) Defeat the Prone Destroyer (right).
 * 9) Achieve all objectives:
 * 10) Defeat the Marnuck Rook (left).
 * 11) Defeat the Marnuck Rook (right).
 * 12) Defeat Goetia.
 * 13) Report back to Commander Vandham at New LA's BLADE Tower.

Rewards

 * Storage Probe
 * Lao and L can be recruited.

Results
''The Noctilum signal wasn't the Core, but rather an Archive unit. You also learned of the existence of a hostile alien organization known as the Ganglion.''