Tephra Cave

Tephra Cave
A cave located in the shin of the Bionis. Famous as a historical site containing ancient artefacts.
Location	Bionis
Weather	Clear Rain (5%) Thunderstorm (3%)
Affinity group	Colony 9
Connects to	Colony 9 Bionis' Leg
Music	Tephra Cave

Tephra Cave is an area in Xenoblade Chronicles located in the right leg of the Bionis. It connects Colony 9 to the Bionis' Leg. Much of Tephra Cave remains unreachable until the Mechonis Core events.

Geography

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Story

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Locations

Ground Floor

• Caterpile Nest
• Escape Pod Bay
• Forgotten Cave
• Hidden Warehouse
• Tephra Cavern
• Warehouse 2

First Floor

• Bone Corridor
• Emergency Warehouse
• Prayer Room
• Soothsayer's Crypt

Second Floor

• Arachno Feeding Lair
• Arachno Queen's Nest
• Kneecap Hill
• Path of Absolution
• Trader's Stopover

Landmarks

Ground Floor

• Mag Mell Ruins
• Rear Entrance
• Spring of Grief
• Tephra Path

First Floor

• Vilia Lake

Third Floor

• Leg Pass

Secret Areas

• Bafalgar Tomb
• Heavenly Window

NPCs

• Shura (Post-Mechonis Core)

Enemies

Name	Type	Level		Time				Weather
		Min	Max	Mrn.	Day	Eve.	Ngt.	Clear	Rain	Thunderstorm
Air Vang	Normal enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Arachno Pod	Normal enemy	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Arm Bunnit	Normal enemy	11	11	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Brabilam Vang	Normal enemy	88	91	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Cave Skeeter	Normal enemy	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Clap Bunniv	Normal enemy	3	4	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Cute Caterpile	Normal enemy	4	4	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Desert Krabble	Normal enemy	8	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Director Arachno	Normal enemy	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Dorsiar Lizard	Normal enemy	91	92	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Eater Caterpile	Normal enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Falsel Bunniv	Normal enemy	91	93	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Fascia Bunniv	Normal enemy	92	94	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Femuny Wisp	Normal enemy	90	90	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Hanz Pod	Normal enemy	90	90	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Iron Bunniv	Normal enemy	7	7	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Jada Arachno	Normal enemy	87	87	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Jadals Arachno	Normal enemy	89	95	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Jewel Krabble	Normal enemy	11	11	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Medium Skeeter	Normal enemy	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mell Lizard	Normal enemy	5	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Night Wisp	Normal enemy	10	10	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	╳	╳
Noble Brog	Normal enemy	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Officer Arachno	Normal enemy	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Panasowa Arachno	Normal enemy	91	96	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Plane Bunnit	Normal enemy	12	12	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Prom Skeeter	Normal enemy	3	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Rhoen Quadwing	Normal enemy	91	92	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Singing Brog	Normal enemy	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Sonicia Gogol	Normal enemy	96	96	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Tephra Lizard	Normal enemy	8	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Vilae Arachno	Normal enemy	93	96	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Weather Flier	Normal enemy	10	10	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	╳	╳
Willow Bunniv	Normal enemy	4	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Wind Vang	Normal enemy	6	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Worker Arachno	Normal enemy	5	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Young Brog	Normal enemy	95	95	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Devoted Arachno	Quest-exclusive enemy	9	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Dim Wisp	Quest-exclusive enemy	24	24	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Greedy Arachno	Quest-exclusive enemy	9	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Lurker Brog	Quest-exclusive enemy	11	11	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Lurker Krabble	Quest-exclusive enemy	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Resolute Arachno	Quest-exclusive enemy	7	7	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Satisfied Gogol	Quest-exclusive enemy	96	96	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Arachno Pod	Story-exclusive enemy	7	7	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Captain Arachno	Story-exclusive enemy	9	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Director Arachno	Story-exclusive enemy	9	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Soldier Arachno	Story-exclusive enemy	7	7	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Worker Arachno	Story-exclusive enemy	7	7	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Zealous Arachno	Story-exclusive enemy			╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳	╳
Cellar Bugworm	Unique monster	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Erratic Goliante	Unique monster	97	97	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Gluttonous Eugen	Unique monster	11	11	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Judicious Bunnitzol	Unique monster	94	94	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mining Patrichev	Unique monster	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Musical Vanflare	Unique monster	93	93	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Plump Sprahda	Unique monster	92	92	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Protective Torquidon	Unique monster	96	96	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Reckless Galdon	Unique monster	95	95	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Solid Konev	Unique monster	10	10	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Wallslide Gwynry	Unique monster	9	9	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Dazzling Tolosnia	Quest-exclusive  Unique monster	97	97	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Firework Geldesia	Quest-exclusive  Unique monster	98	98	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Reckless Zanden	Quest-exclusive  Unique monster	98	98	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Arachno Queen	Boss	12	12	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯

Collectables

Fruit	Clear Almond Clear Almond	Bright Fig Bright Fig	Dark Grape Dark Grape			Lightning Attack II (60)
Flower	Insanity Mint Insanity Mint	Night Tulip Night Tulip				Poison Defence III (10%)
Animal	Shin Newt Shin Newt	Cave Rat Cave Rat	Shin Gecko Shin Gecko	Happy Rabbit Happy Rabbit		HP Up II (10%)
Bug	Brown Butterfly Brown Butterfly	Gold Caterpillar Gold Caterpillar	Rumble Stonefly Rumble Stonefly			Slow Resist II (15%)
Nature	Kneecap Rock Kneecap Rock	Confusion Ivy Confusion Ivy	Clarity Moss Clarity Moss			Attack Plus II (12%)
Strange	Leaf Mystery Leaf Mystery	Steel Silk Steel Silk				Attack Stability II (12%)
Complete						Warrior Cuisses Warrior Cuisses

Heart-to-Hearts

• A Scene Revisited
• Glowing in the Night
• The Legend of the Spider

Quests

Main article: Quest (XC1)#Tephra Cave

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Tephra Cave	—
Japanese	テフラ洞窟 (どうくつ)	Tephra Cave
French	Grotte de Tephra
German	Tephra-Höhle	Tephra Cave
Spanish	Cueva de Tephra
Italian	Grotte di Tephra
Chinese (simplified)	灰烬洞窟	Ashes Cave
Chinese (traditional)	灰燼洞窟	Ashes Cave
Korean	테프라 동굴

Gallery

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  Menu image in Definitive Edition

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  Area preview of Tephra Cave in Definitive Edition