Ether Mine

Ether Mine
A focal point of the Bionis' ether energy. It has long been exploited as a supply of minerals.
Location	Bionis
Weather	Clear
Affinity group	Colony 6
Connects to	Colony 6
Music	Colony 6 - Ether Mine

This article is about the area in Xenoblade Chronicles. For the location in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, see Ether Mine (XC3).

The Ether Mine is an entirely underground area in Xenoblade Chronicles located near Colony 6 on the Bionis. Much of the Ether Mine becomes unreachable once Xord is defeated.

Leveling up Nature during the Colony 6 reconstruction process will directly increase the quality of ether crystals in this mine.

Geography

The Ether Mine is accessed through the Drainage Tunnel in an area directly underneath Colony 6. By following the green glowmoss on the walls, the mine's Storage Depot can be found. Through there, another set of tunnels leads to the Observation Point that grants a view of the Central Pit.

The Central Pit is a massive rotating mechanical structure that generates ether and spans multiple floors. The walls of the cave contain large amounts of ether crystals, and many bridges lead to and from the centre. Rotating blades will push both player and enemy in this area, although it is possible to ride them as well.

At the bottom (B4F), an elevator leads to the floor of the mine. There is a lot of construction equipment in the area and an ether river underneath.

Story

The party reaches the Ether Mine in order to take back Juju and find that the Mechon have taken the mine, and a fight is ongoing. They find and help Otharon, a who says that Gadolt is gone and most of the others are dead. He also says that the Mechon don't eat Homs right away, so Juju can still be saved, and directs them to follow him. Shulk gets a vision of Otharon dying and tries to slow him down without telling the truth, but Otharon becomes upset at Shulk's attitude and goes off himself. Reyn chews out Shulk for keeping his visions to himself, and tries to convince him to tell the others so they can all help.

The party descends through the mine and eventually reach the bottom. The faced Mechon is there, calling himself Xord and taunting the group with showing off the captured Juju. The ensuing fight is a standstill until Otharon arrives in a mining mech to contest Xord. As Sharla saves Juju, Shulk and Reyn work together to save Otharon as Xord gets dunked in the ether river below. Otharon gives Gadolt's Rifle to Sharla and apologizes to Shulk for doubting him. The group uses a freight elevator to get out of the mine, but have to fight off Xord again, who survived the ether river but corroded badly enough for the Monado to damage him. Defeated, Xord commends Shulk for beating him without the Monado's true power, and flies off to explode at the bottom of the shaft. This explosion permanently blocks off the Central Pit for the rest of the game.

Locations

Ground Floor

• Central Pit - Level 1
• Central Terminal
• Observation Point
• Storage Depot
• Test Pit 1
• Test Pit 2
• Test Pit 3
• Test Pit 4

B1F

• Central Pit - Level 2

B2F

• Central Pit - Level 3

B3F

• Freight Elevator

Landmarks

Ground Floor

• Central Pit - Entrance
• Drainage Control Room
• Drainage Tunnel
• Freight Elevator
• Mining Base
• Personnel Lift 2

B1F

• Regulation Piston

B3F

• Personnel Lift 3

B4F

• Central Pit - Base Level

Secret Areas

• Glowmoss Lake

NPCs

• Ewan (During What is Courage?!)
• Kiroki (During A Selfish Girl's Mistake)

Shops

• Ether Mine Shop

Enemies

Name	Type	Level		Time				Weather
		Min	Max	Mrn.	Day	Eve.	Ngt.	Clear	Clear	Clear
Colony Lizard	Normal enemy	20	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Colony Upa	Normal enemy	19	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Drunk Vang	Normal enemy	19	20	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Junk Krabble	Normal enemy	20	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
M32 Transport Unit	Normal enemy	19	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
M42 Scout Unit	Normal enemy	16	19	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Materia Krabble	Normal enemy	22	24	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M32X	Normal enemy	18	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M53X	Normal enemy	19	20	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M55	Normal enemy	19	22	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M64X	Normal enemy	20	23	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M67	Normal enemy	20	23	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M82	Normal enemy	23	23	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M84	Normal enemy	23	24	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Rock Krabble	Normal enemy	18	19	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M32X	Story-exclusive enemy	20	20	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M42	Story-exclusive enemy	20	20	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M53X	Story-exclusive enemy	21	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M55	Story-exclusive enemy	21	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M67	Story-exclusive enemy	21	21	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Dark Kisling	Unique monster	20	20	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Elegant Marin	Unique monster	29	29	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Vengeful Daulton	Unique monster	22	22	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Xord (Central Pit)	Boss	25	25	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Xord (Freight Elevator)	Boss	25	25	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯

Collectables

Animal	Light Bat	Black Frog	Yellow Cat			Back Atk Plus II (15%)
Bug	Black Beetle	Rubber Mantis	Mystery Firefly			Bleed Defence III (10%)
Nature	Charcoal Leg	Ether Pebble	Rumble Coal			Recovery Up II (10%)
Parts	Black Chip	Ready Coil				Topple Up II (20%)
Strange	Love Crane	Fire Abron				Muscle Up II (15)
Complete						Rayon Pike

Heart-to-Hearts

• A Broken Watch
• A Wistful Glow

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Ether Mine	—
Japanese	中央採掘場 (ちゅうおうさいくつじょう)	Central mine
French	Mine principale	Main Mine
German	Äthermine	Ether mine
Spanish	Mina de éter
Italian	Pozzo centrale	Central well
Chinese (simplified)	中央采矿场	Central Mine
Chinese (traditional)	中央採礦場	Central Mine
Korean	중앙 채굴장

Gallery

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  Menu image in the Definitive Edition

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  Area preview of Ether Mine in Definitive Edition

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  Area preview of Ether Mine in Definitive Edition

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  Area preview of Ether Mine in Definitive Edition

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  Area preview of Ether Mine in Definitive Edition