Awakening (XC3)

Awakening
Improves Atk, Def. and recharge rate.
Base duration	20s
Max duration	40s
Random sources	No
Clearable	Yes

For other articles titled "Awakening", see Awakening (disambiguation).

Awakening is a buff in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It increases the affected character's attack, defense, and recharge rate.

At base, this buff grants +75% Additive damage, 25% Damage reduction, and +50% recharge rate. The damage bonus can be increased with effects such as Swelling Blessing; the other effects cannot.

This is an extraordinarily strong buff, massively increasing both damage and survivability, and any situation which grants it is to be highly prioritised. Despite being additive, the damage bonus is strong enough to be very substantial in most cases, and the recharge rate bonus is a great boon to almost any setup. The damage reduction is strong on its own, but becomes particularly potent when combined with other sources of damage reduction; Awakening is rare among these sources for also increasing damage dealt, making it an especially useful survivability means for offense-focused setups.

Awakening lasts 20 seconds at base (30 seconds when sourced by Unity Combos in Future Redeemed or the Gentleman's Valor skill), up to 40 seconds with buff-duration-increasing equipment. As Awakening sources are relatively rare in the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 main game (in particular, it cannot be obtained by Feather Sanctuary, Aureole, or Cry of Faith), it is important to be able to keep Awakening once it is acquired; this is typically done via Pause Buff Timer from Glittering Melody. If a character with Resonant Flag has access to Awakening (typically via Deflector Field or Interlinking with a Seraph) they can grant it to the entire party; keeping the party under a permanently-paused Awakening buff is often an integral part of optimised postgame setups.

List of situations that can grant Awakening

By party members

• Deflector Field (hero) and Deflector Field (inherited)
• Beast Mode
• Battle Fever
• Gentleman's Valor
• Completing a Unity Combo on a Launched opponent in Future Redeemed

By enemies

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Trivia

• Awakening is the only buff in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 that can functionally be present more than once on the same character, made possible by Gentleman's Valor's trait of granting the alternate version of the buff that is otherwise exclusive to Future Redeemed.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Awakening	—
Japanese	覚醒 (かくせい)	Awakening
French	Stimulation
German	Erwachen
Spanish	Superación
Italian	Risveglio
Chinese (simplified)	觉醒	Awakened/Aware
Chinese (traditional)	覺醒	Awakened/Aware
Korean	각성	Awakening

Gallery

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  Two copies of Awakening on the same character