Pause Buff Timer

Pause Buff Timer
Freezes timer on other active buffs.
Base duration	20s
Max duration	40s
Random sources	No
Clearable	Yes

Pause Buff Timer is a buff in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. For the duration, the timer on the affected character's other active buffs will not decrease.

At base, Pause Buff Timer lasts 20 seconds; this can be increased to 40 seconds with buff-duration-increasing effects. Effects that increase buff strength, such as Swelling Blessing, do not affect this buff. Using Pause Buff Timer on a character with Pause Buff Timer will not result in the first Pause Buff Timer being paused; instead, the usual rules for buff-overwriting will occur (the buff will be overwritten only if the new buff's duration is longer than the total duration remaining on the current instance). However, Unceasing Blessing does pause the timer on Pause Buff Timer.

Pause Buff Timer is without doubt extremely useful. Most buffs last only approximately half a minute before expiring, and many of the best ones — Awakening and Invincible in particular — come from sources that cannot be easily refreshed. Pause Buff Timer allows for these to last entire fights, and since Resonant Flag carries over buff expiry, it is typically necessary for flagging setups to be as effective as possible.

List of arts that can grant Pause Buff Timer

By party members

• Glittering Melody (hero) and Glittering Melody (inherited)

By enemies

• Ancestral War Cry at level 200 and below 80% HP
• Profound Strength
• Glittering Melody
• Full Charge

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In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Pause Buff Timer	—
Japanese	バフ時間停止 (じかんていし)	Buff Time Stop
French	Soutiens prolongés
German	Stärkungen verlängert
Spanish	Refuerzo dilatado
Italian	Pausa timer bonus
Chinese (simplified)	增益效果时间停止	Buff Effect Timer Stop
Chinese (traditional)	增益效果時間停止	Buff Effect Timer Stop
Korean	버프 시간 정지