Core Chip

Core Chips are a type of item in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna ~ The Golden Country. They are used to strengthen a Blade's weapon and change its appearance.

Core Chips can alter a Blade's auto-attack stat, block rate, and critical rate. Certain Core Chips may also provide additional benefits such as improving Critical Damage, improving stats like Agility, or reducing the Aggro gained from Specials. Usually a Core Chip will have the same sort of effect on all weapon types, but some are more varied - for example, while a Gold Chip always gives the same drop rate boost, a Forest Chip provides a damage boost to different sorts of foes based on the weapon type, and an Amethyst Chip provides wildly differing stat boosts.

Each Core Chip has a "rank" ranging from 1 to 20, where a higher rank roughly corresponds to stronger stats. This is invisible to the player (aside from it being a sort option) and normally irrelevant; it is only relevant in Challenge Battle Mode, where certain Challenge Battles decrease the auto-attack stat of Core Chips above a certain rank for balance purposes.

Sources

Core Chips can be obtained through various methods.

• Purchasing them from shops
• Completing Quests
• Completing Merc Missions
• Defeating enemies
• Opening treasure troves
• Performing Driver Combos
• Completing Challenges in the Land of Challenge

List of Core Chips

Core Chip	Rarity	Rank	Price (XC2)	Price (TTGC)	Avg. Auto-Attack	Avg. Stability	Avg. Critical Rate	Avg. Block Rate	Has bonus effect
Amethyst Chip		4	2,600 G	7,800 G	140.26	12.74	15.70	11.78	Yes
Angrite Chip		19	12,600 G	N/A	771.13	22.70	27.48	3.30	Yes
Aquamarine Chip		10	7,000 G	21,000 G	415.83	8.22	8.83	17.52	No
Aubrite Chip		12	8,300 G	N/A	532.26	11.35	15.70	9.22	Yes
Axion Chip		13	8,200 G	N/A	571.35	14.22	19.13	5.13	No
Battery Chip		9	5,000 G	15,000 G	396.57	8.78	13.09	16.13	No
Booster Chip		18	11,700 G	35,100 G	742.87	8.78	8.83	22.70	Yes
Brachinite Chip		9	6,200 G	18,600 G	384.70	8.78	13.09	14.13	No
Bronze Chip		3	1,400 G	4,200 G	66.65	8.78	13.09	12.83	No
Chain Chip		6	2,700 G	8,100 G	248.48	6.83	12.26	12.83	No
Cobalt Chip		5	2,400 G	7,200 G	190.48	12.74	13.74	12.83	No
Coil Chip		6	2,700 G	8,100 G	216.09	8.78	8.83	23.52	No
Cube Chip		11	7,600 G	22,800 G	448.13	10.48	6.87	22.44	No
Dark Matter Chip		13	8,200 G	N/A	522.83	11.35	15.70	10.13	No
Dilaton Chip		20	13,500 G	40,500 G	807.91	2.87	17.17	29.74	No
Engine Chip		9	5,000 G	15,000 G	388.70	11.35	19.13	16.13	No
Fang Chip		2	1,000 G	3,000 G	35.65	14.22	21.57	9.91	No
Flower Chip		7	3,800 G	11,400 G	265.30	10.48	13.74	14.65	No
Fluorite Chip		17	10,800 G	N/A	741.09	13.61	19.13	9.91	No
Forest Chip		16	9,900 G	29,700 G	676.87	11.35	15.70	13.91	Yes
Garnet Chip		10	7,000 G	21,000 G	450.22	10.48	13.74	9.22	No
Glass Chip		7	3,400 G	10,200 G	284.78	17.30	26.00	4.09	No
Gold Chip		15	9,000 G	27,000 G	635.52	5.96	8.83	27.35	Yes
Hadron Chip		14	8,200 G	N/A	568.48	3.65	10.30	20.00	No
Hexagon Chip		19	12,600 G	N/A	778.83	17.30	13.09	11.78	No
Horn Chip		16	9,900 G	29,700 G	703.83	17.30	21.57	6.65	No
Howardite Chip		12	8,300 G	N/A	487.09	8.78	13.09	15.00	No
Iron Chip		5	2,400 G	7,200 G	175.48	8.78	18.13	10.26	No
Lead Chip		1	900 G	N/A	18.35	8.78	13.09	12.83	No
Lodranite Chip		9	5,800 G	17,400 G	396.57	14.22	27.48	4.09	No
Magnet Chip		6	3,300 G	9,900 G	224.70	13.61	20.61	10.26	Yes
Mirror Matter Chip		13	8,200 G	N/A	539.00	20.44	32.87	2.57	Yes
Moon Matter Chip		20	13,500 G	40,500 G	816.00	20.44	34.35	2.57	No
Motor Chip		9	5,300 G	15,900 G	372.65	5.96	6.87	20.26	No
Nakhlite Chip		12	7,600 G	N/A	502.17	15.57	28.44	4.09	No
Opal Chip		10	6,300 G	18,900 G	424.39	15.00	21.57	6.65	No
Pentagon Chip		8	4,800 G	14,400 G	367.96	18.17	10.30	10.26	Yes
Photon Chip		14	8,200 G	N/A	586.13	10.48	24.04	9.91	No
Polygon Chip		11	7,600 G	22,800 G	457.35	17.30	15.70	10.26	No
Positron Chip		14	8,200 G	N/A	621.39	5.96	15.70	12.83	No
Preon Chip		20	13,500 G	N/A	847.04	11.35	21.57	10.26	No
Rhombus Chip		8	4,200 G	12,600 G	328.61	9.09	6.87	22.44	No
Scale Chip		3	1,700 G	5,100 G	89.87	14.22	21.57	9.91	No
Shaft Chip		18	11,700 G	35,100 G	758.00	11.35	17.17	11.78	No
Shining Star Chip		20	13,500 G	40,500 G	799.83	11.35	17.17	27.48	No
Silver Chip		15	9,000 G	27,000 G	667.35	11.35	17.17	9.91	Yes
Sphere Chip		11	7,600 G	22,800 G	489.74	12.74	12.26	12.83	No
Spinel Chip		4	2,600 G	7,800 G	127.57	13.61	13.74	10.26	No
Spiral Chip		19	12,600 G	N/A	748.00	11.35	4.39	26.52	Yes
Steel Chip		5	2,400 G	7,200 G	167.26	6.83	6.87	19.13	No
Sunlight Chip		20	13,500 G	40,500 G	831.74	17.30	26.00	6.65	Yes
Tachyon Chip		20	13,500 G	N/A	839.39	2.26	23.39	19.48	Yes
Tin Chip		1	800 G	2,400 G	23.78	8.78	13.09	12.83	No
Tri-Chip		8	4,200 G	12,600 G	345.00	12.74	12.26	12.83	No
Turquoise Chip		4	2,200 G	6,600 G	116.00	11.35	17.17	12.83	No
Ureilite Chip		9	6,200 G	18,600 G	416.44	11.35	17.17	9.22	Yes
Wing Chip		2	1,300 G	3,900 G	46.30	14.22	21.57	9.91	No
Winonaite Chip		19	13,100 G	39,300 G	794.26	13.61	15.70	9.91	No
Wood Chip		7	3,800 G	11,400 G	312.87	12.74	18.13	7.35	No
Zircon Chip		17	10,800 G	N/A	712.52	10.48	13.74	24.91	Yes

In addition to the above, a minority of weapons do not have a matching Core Chip.

Trivia

• The New Game Plus exclusive Blades Akhos, Patroka, Mikhail, Obrona, Sever, Perdido, and Cressidus all possess weapon types which cannot equip Core Chips.
• In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Pyra and Mythra's Aegis Sword, Poppi QTπ's Variable Saber, Poppibuster's Shield Hammer, T-elos's Greataxe, Shulk's Monado, Fiora's Knives, and Elma's Dual Swords will not change their appearance, regardless of what Core Chip is equipped.
• In Torna ~ The Golden Country, all Blade weapons will not change their appearance, regardless of what Core Chip is equipped. This also applies to Brighid's Whipswords and Aegaeon's Chroma Katana, despite the fact that these weapons do change appearance in the base game.
• Some Core Chips follow naming trends:
  • The Lead, Tin, Bronze, Steel, Iron, Cobalt, Gold, and Silver chips are named after metals.
  • The Fang, Wing, Scale, and Horn chips are named after animal body parts.
  • The Turquoise, Spinel, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Opal, Garnet, Zircon, and Fluorite chips are named after gemstones.
  • The Brachinite, Lodranite, Ureilite, Howardite, Nakhlite, Aubrite, Angrite, and Winonaite chips are named after types of meteorite.
  • The Coil, Magnet, Chain, Motor, Engine, Battery, and Shaft chips are named after machine parts.
  • The Rhombus, Tri-, Pentagon, Cube, Polygon, Sphere, Spiral, and Hexagon chips are named after shapes.
  • The Hadron, Axion, Photon, Positron, Dilaton, Tachyon, and Preon chips are named after (possibly hypothetical) particles.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Core Chip	—
Japanese	武器 (ぶき)チップ	Weapon chip
French	Fragment de cristal	Crystal fragment
German	Kernsplitter
Spanish	Chip primordial
Italian	Frammento nucleico
Chinese (simplified)	核心晶片	Core chip
Chinese (traditional)	核心晶片	Core chip
Korean	코어 칩/무기 칩	Core Chip/Weapon Chip

Gallery

Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Tutorials

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  XC2 Core Chip Tutorial part 1

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  XC2 Core Chip Tutorial part 2

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  XC2 Core Chip Tutorial part 3

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  XC2 Core Chip Tutorial part 4

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  XC2 Core Chip Tutorial part 5

Screenshots

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  The Tachyon Chip adds an additional effect to the weapon

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  The Tachyon Chip reverts a weapon's appearance to its original state

Torna ~ The Golden Country

Tutorials

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  Core Chip tutorial

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  Core Chip tutorial

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  Tutorial tip mentioning Core Chips as a way to strenghthen Blades

Screenshots

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  The Whipswords' appearance is unchanged in Torna ~ The Golden Country