Rare Blade

Rare Blades are a type of Blade in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. Like Legendary Blades, they are fully-realized characters with their own designs, skills, and personalities; like Common Blades, they are not part of the main plot and can only be obtained by resonating with Core Crystals. Uniquely, they also have special quests ("Blade Quests") dedicated to their character arc, which often play a part in unlocking their Affinity Chart.

Some Rare Blades are guaranteed to be found in specific Core Crystals earned by various means, but most are simply within the same random pool that Common Blades are drawn from. For the mechanics of these random resonations, including how to influence the likelihood of summoning a Rare Blade, see Core Crystal § Mechanics.

List of Rare Blades

Base game

Every Blade in this list can be acquired with a Core Crystal, whether it be from the random pool, or as a guarantee by completing some task.

	Name	Element	Weapon Class	Aux Core Slots
	Adenine	Wind	Knuckle Claws	2
	Agate	Earth	Greataxe	2
	Azami	Dark	Ether Cannon	2
	Boreas	Wind	Bitball	1
	Dagas	Fire	Greataxe	1
	Dahlia	Ice	Bitball	2
	Electra	Electric	Shield Hammer	1
	Finch	Wind	Shield Hammer	1
	Floren	Earth	Bitball	2
	Godfrey	Ice	Shield Hammer	2
	Gorg	Water	Greataxe	2
	Herald	Electric	Ether Cannon	3
	Kasandra	Dark	Shield Hammer	2
	Kora	Electric	Knuckle Claws	2
	KOS-MOS	Light	Ether Cannon	3
	Newt	Fire	Chroma Katana	2
	Nim	Earth	Knuckle Claws	2
	Perceval	Dark	Chroma Katana	1
	Perun	Ice	Megalance	1
	Praxis	Water	Megalance	1
	Sheba	Water	Ether Cannon	3
	T-elos	Dark	Greataxe	3
	Theory	Ice	Chroma Katana	2
	Ursula	Ice	Knuckle Claws	1
	Vale	Dark	Megalance	3
	Vess	Electric	Bitball	2
	Wulfric	Earth	Megalance	2
	Zenobia	Wind	Greataxe	3

Notes

• T-elos is unique in that she can only be acquired on a save file which has completed the main story at least once, indicated via a medal on the save screen.
• Although Poppi QTπ can only be obtained through a Blade Quest and is insignificant to the game's main plot, she is considered a Legendary Blade and not a Rare Blade.

DLC only

Blades in this list can only be acquired through specific means that involve interacting with the DLC in question.

	Name	Element	Weapon Class	Aux Core Slots
	Corvin	Light	Uchigatana	3
	Crossette	Fire	Bitball	3
	Elma	Dark	Dual Swords	3
	Fiora	Wind	Knives	3
	Poppibuster	Light	Shield Hammer	3
	Shulk	Light	Monado	3

New Game+

Blades in this list are only available during a New Game Plus run.

	Name	Element	Weapon Class	Aux Core Slots
	Akhos	Electric	Calamity Scythe	3
	Cressidus	Earth	Rockrending Gauntlets	2
	Mikhail	Dark	Infinity Fans	3
	Obrona	Electric	Brilliant Twinblades	2
	Patroka	Earth	Cobra Bardiche	3
	Perdido	Fire	Decimation Cannon	2
	Sever	Wind	Sword Tonfa	2