Tainted

Tainted
Species	Tainted
Category	Theroids
Location	Noctilum
Level range	21 - 30

Tainted are variants of enemies in Xenoblade Chronicles X under the Theroid and Piscinoid classifications.

These variants exist in northeastern Noctilum in the Dead Man's Gulch, a part of the continent devoid of all other life. During the events of Chapter 6, the Ganglion try to fight through them in order to get access to the Vita.

Description

The tainted are abnormal variants of common creatures found only in certain parts of Noctilum. They attack and devour anything they encounter, save for other tainted creatures.

Specimens include varieties of sphinx, caro, and scintimure that have been infected by a virus that induces madness. As this virus is unable to survive outside of Noctilum, the rest of Mira remains safely unaffected.

Additional Notes

The Tainted are known to be merciless to organic life. However, as humans are in mimeosome bodies, the Tainted are less hostile to them. That being said, even one potato among a group of humans will set them off.

During the events of Dead Men Tell No Tales, the Zaruboggan were sent to Dead Man's Gulch to survey the dangerous terrain. One of the Zaruboggan is attacked by a group of Compulsive Tainted caro. After Cross's team fights them off, the race agrees to desert the Ganglion and join the humans in New LA.

In combat

Tainted enemies are actually very similar to their non-tainted counterparts. However, they are immune to both Control and most are immune to Sleep (except for the Tainted Sphinx for unknown reasons).

Tainted Caro

Attribute resistances

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

Tainted Scintimure

Attribute resistances

Attribute	Resistance
Physical	​0%
Beam	​-50%
Ether	​-25%
Thermal	​0%
Electric	​10%
Gravity	​-25%

Tainted Sphinx

Attribute resistances

Attribute	Resistance
Physical	​10%
Beam	​10%
Ether	​-15%
Thermal	​0%
Electric	​10%
Gravity	​0%

Variations

Each tainted enemy drops the same materials as their normal counterpart. There are tainted versions of these enemies:

• Tainted Caro are tainted versions of the Caro.
• Tainted Scintimures are tainted versions of the Scintimure.
• Tainted Sphinxes are tainted versions of the Sphinx.

Enemy List

Normal Enemies

Name	Location	Min. Level	Max. Level
Tainted Caro (normal)	Noctilum	21	30

Tyrants

Name	Location	Min. Level	Max. Level

Mission-specific enemies

Name	Location	Min. Level	Max. Level
Compulsive Tainted	Noctilum	24	27

Bosses

Name	Location	Min. Level	Max. Level
Tainted Sphinx	Noctilum	24	24

Other Enemies

Name	Location	Min. Level	Max. Level
Tainted Caro (story)	Noctilum	20	20

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Tainted
Japanese	プラエド	Praedo, Latin for robber
French	Infecté/Infectée
German	Korruptor
Spanish	Corrupto/Corrupta
Italian	Infetto/Infetta