Shoal Balaena

Shoal Balaena
Species	Balaena
Category	Piscinoids
Location	Primordia Waters
Level range	41 - 50

Shoal Balaenas are enemies in Xenoblade Chronicles X.

Stats

Stats

	Min	Max
Level	41	50
HP	780,839	944,820
Melee Atk.	1,778	2,304
Ranged Atk.	1,926	2,496
Potential	1,482	1,920
Evasion	118	150
Melee Acc.	182	210
Ranged Acc.	203	235
EXP	937	1,293

Attribute resistances

Attribute	Resistance
Physical	​0%
Beam	​0%
Ether	​-25%
Thermal	​0%
Electric	​-50%
Gravity	​-25%

Debuff resistances / immunities

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

Shape

Detection

Type	Visual
Ground hostility	Tame
Skell hostility	Hostile
Distance	70m
Angle	90°

Appendages

Appendage	Hardness	Skell-tgt.	Exposure cond.
Main body	​0	Yes	—
Tail	​1	Yes	—
Left whisker	​2	No	—
Right whisker	​2	No	—
Left balloon	​0	Yes	—
Right balloon	​0	Yes	—
Head	​0	Yes	—
Appendage diagram

Properties

Type	Normal enemy
Size	XL
Passive skills	Increases buff/debuff tiers by 3.
Model scale	150%
Music	Black tar

Arts

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

	Art	Appendages	Cooldown	Attribute	Power	Hits	Range	Debuff	Reaction		Effect
									Foot	Skell
※	Inferno Mortar	—	30.00s	Thermal	240	1	Ranged, opponent, single target up to 200m away, homing	Blaze I	Launch V	Launch V	Grants a 100% chance of inflicting Topple III to flying targets.
※	Flame Missile	Head	15.00s	Thermal	200	4	Ranged, opponent, single target up to 100m away, homing	—	—	—	—
※	Flame Bomber	—	15.00s	Thermal	200	9	Ranged, opponent, circle around target of 130m radius, homing	—	—	—	—
※	Beam Gleam	Left balloon, Right balloon	60.00s	Beam	500	4	Ranged, opponent, circle around user of 100m radius	Thermal Res Down I	—	—	—
※	Tackle	—	3.00s	Physical	100	1	Melee, opponent, circle around user of 20m radius	—	Launch I	—	—

Auras

Enraged III

HP threshold	15%
Duration	60s
Effects	Reduces damage. (30)
	Boosts melee attack. (40)
	Boosts ranged attack. (40)

Drops

Chest drop rates

Rank	Main body	Appendages
Gold	25.00%	0.00%
Silver	37.50%	0.00%
Bronze	37.50%	50.00%
None	0.00%	50.00%

Material drops

	Main body	Tail	Left whisker	Right whisker	Left balloon	Right balloon	Head		Main body					Appendages
									Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Developed Balaena Fat	◯	◯	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳		25.00%	5.00%	5.00%	10.00%		100.00%	75.00%	50.00%	25.00%
Lucky Rainbow Whisker	◯	╳	◯	◯	╳	╳	╳		10.00%	5.00%	5.00%	6.25%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	50.00%
Big Balaena Water Bag	◯	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	╳		10.00%	5.00%	5.00%	6.25%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	50.00%
Giant Cavity	◯	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	◯		10.00%	5.00%	5.00%	6.25%		100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	50.00%
Tasty Fish Belly	◯	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳		50.00%	25.00%	25.00%	31.25%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Fatty Fish Belly	◯	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳		75.00%	100.00%	100.00%	93.75%		0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

Silver chest
(Main body)

Item	Rate
Random Skell weapon (pool 1)	25
Random ground armor (pool 13)	100

Gold chest
(Main body)

Item	Rate
Random Skell weapon (pool 1)	25
Random ground armor (pool 13)	100

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Shoal Balaena	—
Japanese	フォード・バラエナ
French	Balaena des brisants
German	Schwarm-Balaena
Spanish	Balaena cardumen
Italian	Balaenan del guado