Heinous Forfex

Heinous Forfex
Subcategory	Forfex
Category	Insectoid
Location	Noctilum
Mission	The Mad Monk

The Heinous Forfexes are mission-exclusive enemies in Xenoblade Chronicles X. They only appear during The Mad Monk.

Stats

Stats

	Modifier	Min	Max
Level	—	17	19
HP	×0.8248	12,541	14,232
Melee Atk.	×1.20945	210	233
Ranged Atk.	×0.98955	171	190
Potential	×1.0995	191	211
Evasion	×0.9	42	45
Melee Acc.	×1.05	143	148
Ranged Acc.	×1.05	138	142
EXP	×0.9	75	86

Attribute resistances

Attribute	Resistance
Physical	​40%
Beam	​0%
Ether	​-25%
Thermal	​-25%
Electric	​0%
Gravity	​0%

Debuff resistances / immunities

Stagger	Vul.	Control	Res.	Physical Res Down	Vul.
Flinch	Vul.	Taunt	Vul.	Beam Res Down	Vul.
Topple	Res.	Virus	Vul.	Ether Res Down	Vul.
Launch	Vul.	Blackout	Vul.	Thermal Res Down	Vul.
Pull	Vul.	Fatigue	Vul.	Electric Res Down	Vul.
Knockback	Vul.	Slow Arts	Vul.	Gravity Res Down	Vul.
Stun	Vul.	Time Bomb	Vul.	Debuff Res Down	Vul.
Bind	Vul.	Blaze	Vul.	HP Recovery Down	Vul.
Sleep	Vul.	Shock	Vul.	Max TP Down	Vul.

Shape

Detection

Icon(s)
Sight	None
Sound	Sphere of radius 50m
Ground hostility	Hostile
Skell hostility	Hostile

Appendages

Description	Label	HP	Hardness	Skell-tgt.	Protected by	Break debuff	Enrage rate
Head shell	(Head)	15%	+2	Yes	—	Appendage Lost I	0%
Left claw	(Pincer)	25%	+2	No	—	Appendage Lost I	0%
Right claw	(Pincer)	50%	+2	No	—	Appendage Lost I	100%
Exposed head	(Head)	30%	±0	Yes	Head shell	Appendage Lost I	0%
Appendage diagram

Properties

Type	Normal enemy
Size	Medium
Model scale	35-45%
Music	Black tar
Internal level range	17-19
Time	Anytime
Weather	Any

Arts

Disclaimer: This is the list of arts the enemy can use. The enemy will not necessarily choose to use them.

	Art	Appendages	Cooldown	Type	Attribute	Power	Hits	Range	Debuff	Reaction		Effect
										Foot	Skell
※	Slash	Right claw	3.00s	Melee attack	Physical	150	1	Opponent, single target up to 8m away	—	—	—	—
※	Slash	Left claw	3.00s	Melee attack	Physical	150	1	Opponent, single target up to 8m away	—	—	—	—
※	Ether Bubble	—	12.00s	Ranged attack	Ether	255	6	Opponent, single target up to 150m away	Physical Res Down I	—	—	—
※	Guard	Left claw, Right claw	40.00s	Buff	None	0	1	Self, single target up to 300m away	Defending I	—	—	—

Auras

Enraged III

HP threshold	15%
Duration	60s
Effects	Reduces damage taken and grants mobility debuff immunity. (by 30%)

Spawnpoints

Position (DE map coordinates)			Range	Condition	Spawn delay	Level	Prob.	Count	Flags
X	Y	Height
-63.78	55.99	-85.67	Cylinder with 10m radius, 0m height	Quest objective in progress: The Mad Monk - Defend Noctilum's Vitriol Cesspool from attack for two more minutes.	None	17-19	100%	4	Truesight Hyperaggressive
-63.78	55.99	-86.3	Cylinder with 10m radius, 0m height	Quest objective in progress: The Mad Monk - Defend Noctilum's Vitriol Cesspool from attack for two more minutes.	None	17-19	100%	4	Truesight Hyperaggressive

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Heinous Forfex	—
Japanese	ヘイネス・パグルス
French	Forfex odieux
German	Scheußlicher Forfex
Spanish	Fórfex atroz
Italian	Forfex brutale