Unique Monster (XC1)

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The Cellar Bugworm, a Unique Monster

Unique Monsters are enemies in Xenoblade Chronicles that have higher stats and potentially unique skills — similar to minibosses or superbosses in other games. Unique Monsters have unique names and there is only one of each of these monsters in the world.

There are 157 Unique Monsters, the only ones giving Affinity Coins when defeated. Five of them are superbosses, and eight of them are quest exclusive. When a Unique Monster is slain for the first time in a given playthrough, each character of the entire party will earn an Affinity Coin. Slaying the same monster again will not give additional Affinity Coins. However, in New Game +, the Affinity Coin is carried over, and one can slay the same Unique Monster in the New Game + playthrough for an additional Coin. The team can then earn a total of 157 Affinity Coins per playthrough by defeating every Unique Monster.

The special target window frame of a Unique Monster

All Unique Monsters have a special frame when looking at them. Story event bosses will also have their own special frame, but are not considered Unique Monsters since they do not drop Affinity Coins.

All Unique Monsters drop a gold Treasure Chest when slain, with the exception of the quest-exclusive Conflagrant Raxeal, which drops a silver chest.

If the party slays a Unique Monster that is not quest-exclusive, there is a chance for it to respawn upon revisiting the area. All normal enemies can be summoned on demand by saving the game in their vicinity and then reloading the game, or by skip traveling to any landmark (even if the party is already standing at a landmark and skip travels to that same one), but for Unique Monsters, it is not guaranteed that they will respawn every time. However, the actions of save+reload or skip travel can still cause a Unique Monster to respawn alongside all the others in the area when the party comes back, so persistence is key.

Unlike other quest objectives in the game, such as those that require items that spawn in Red Item Orbs, where you can complete the task first and then accept the quest afterwards (most commonly with the Search Quests), if the party defeats a Unique Monster before accepting a quest, that quest objective will not be considered complete and, as such, the party will have to search for the Unique Monster and defeat it again, likely using the actions noted above until it respawns.

Unique Monsters are usually sight enemies, although there are exceptions, particularly when the Unique Monster belongs to a sound-based species, such Vangs and Arachnos. If a Unique Monster has a detection type (such as sight, sound or ether), it will always attack the party when it sees, hears or detects an ether attack, no matter how much higher leveled the party leader is than the Unique Monster. Some only appear at certain times or during certain weather. For example, the Armoured Rockwell appears only in rain. Some Unique Monsters spawn only after accepting a certain quest (quest-exclusive Unique Monsters), and some Unique Monsters will only spawn after progressing to a certain point in the plot such as the superbosses. A few Unique Monsters, such as Indomitable Daulton and Veteran Yozel in Satorl Marsh, will spawn alongside other members of their species and appear to lead them in a group. These partner monsters will generally always be of the Kindred Enemy type, and will defend the Unique Monster in battle, even if one attempts to lure them away.

A specific track, "You Will Know Our Names" (also known as "Those Who Bear Their Names"), is associated with battles against a Unique Monster (except against Frenzied Bana), a track which references the Unique Monsters' tendency to literally 'bear their names' in their tag.

Some Unique Monsters are missable, particularly the eight quest exclusive ones. If an area becomes inaccessible at any point in the game, so too do all of the monsters that were there. Defeating a Unique monster gives more Experience Points and Art Points than minor enemies at the same level.

List of Unique Monsters

Name	Level	Area	Location	Spawntime
Abnormal Clone Barg	77	Prison Island	First Sanctum	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Active Impulso	72	Bionis' Interior	Middle part of the Second Lung	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Affluent Beleth	57	Fallen Arm	Bottom water area of 5th Pulse Zone	Any
Aged Leraje	56	Fallen Arm	Radiocarpea Coast	Nighttime
Aggressive Cornelius	28	Satorl Marsh	S parts of Igna Territory	Any
Ageless Moabit	75	Prison Island	Damaged Transporter	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Agile Albatro	33	Makna Forest	Beach below Bridge Three	Clear weather or heatwave
Agile Barbatos	47	Valak Mountain	NE of Ignia Hill	Nighttime
Amber Fischer	27	Satorl Marsh	Near the Altar of Fate	No fog
Amorous Arca	57	Mechonis Field	Near the 3rd floor Bulkhead Controls	Any, before the events at the Meyneth Shrine
Ancient Daedala	105	Fallen Arm	Near Wreckage Beach	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Armoured Rockwell	82	Bionis' Leg	Under Viliera Hill	Rain or thunderstorm
Avalanche Abaasy	120	Valak Mountain	Three Sage Summit	Nighttime and blizzard, after completing Mechonis Core
Balanced Palamedes	62	Central Factory	N of the Central Tower Roof (third floor)	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Banquet Vassago	48	Valak Mountain	Antol Den	The Balance of Power QE
Barbaric Sitri	47	Valak Mountain	Antol Den	Any
Beautiful Vagul	60	Central Factory	Storage Depot	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Benevolent Aim	51	Sword Valley	Monado Wound	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Bizarre Ragoel	88	Eryth Sea	Anu Shore (top of the lower cape)	Any
Blizzard Belgazas	114	Valak Mountain	Near the Great Glacier	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Breezy Zolos	37	Makna Forest	N of the Windmill Pavilion	Any
Brutal Gravar	46	Makna Forest	King Agni's Tomb	Any, during and after Mystery of Makna Ruins 2
Calm Anzabi	38	High Entia Tomb	Second Treasury	Any
Canyon Valencia	78	Bionis' Leg	Observation Platform	Clear weather
Cautious Balteid	26	Satorl Marsh	S of the Poison Swamp	Any
Cellar Bugworm	10	Tephra Cave	Caterpile Nest	Any
Clamorous Dablon	92	Eryth Sea	NW coast of Sleeping Dragon Isle	Thunderstorm
Clandestine Apety	74	Bionis' Interior	Second Lung	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Clifftop Bayern	32	Bionis' Leg	Summit of Daksha Shrine	Any
Cold Ageshu	77	Prison Island	S side of the Kitchen	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Commander Oracion	61	Mechonis Field	Spent Fuel Tank	Any, before the events at the Meyneth Shrine
Conflagrant Raxeal	45	Valak Mountain	Lava Cave	The Magma Rock QE
Cumulus Danaemos	41	Eryth Sea	Khatorl Seal Island	Any
Dark King Barbarus	77	Bionis' Interior	E of the Second Lung (on the platform)	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Dark Kisling	20	Ether Mine	E of the Central Terminal (fire crystal deposit)	Any
Dark Murakmor	18	Colony 9	On the slope of the Anti-Air Battery 3	Nighttime
Dazzling Tolosnia	97	Tephra Cave	SW of Heavenly Window	The Blood of Bafalgar QE, after completing Mechonis Core
Deadly Medorlo	93	Eryth Sea	Middle of Central Seal Island	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Defective Ipos	50	Sword Valley	W side of the Ether Storage Area	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Despotic Arsene	108	Satorl Marsh	North of the Glowing Obelisk	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Destroyer Salvacion	59	Mechonis Field	2F Observation Post	Any, before the events at the Meyneth Shrine
Destructive Bors	64	Agniratha	Near the Telethia Bridge	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Drifter Jutard	25	Colony 6	Pod Depot	Any
Elder Gragus	34	Makna Forest	E of the Nopon Arch (on high ground)	Clear weather or heatwave
Elegant Marin	29	Ether Mine	Near Glowmoss Lake	Any
Enchanting Grune	13	Colony 9	E and below Tephra Cave Entrance (lands on beach)	Dawn at 5:00
Erratic Goliante	97	Tephra Cave	Entrance of the Trader's Stopover	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Eternal Palsadia	91	Satorl Marsh	Top of the Exile Fortress	Any, after completing The Giants' Treasure
Evil Bathin	54	Fallen Arm	Inner area of the Ether Exhaust System	Any
Evil Rhangrot	6	Colony 9	Tephra Hill	Any
Experienced Tristan	65	Agniratha	SW of the 1st Control Platform	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Exposure Wolfol	97	Valak Mountain	Lava Cave	Any, after retrieving the Magma Rock
Faithful Lancelot	59	Central Factory	Control Tower	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Fate Labolas	51	Sword Valley	Port Maintenance Bay	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Field Altrich	76	Bionis' Leg	NW of Crevasse Waterfall	Any
Fiendish Auburn	78	Prison Island	Gravina Bridge	Any, after completing Mechonis Core, after killing the 3 Babel Deinos and 3 Babeli Bargs
Final Marcus	100	Valak Mountain	Three Sage Summit	Night and clear or snowy weather
Firework Geldesia	98	Tephra Cave	Arachno Queen's Nest	Battling Brutes QE, after completing Mechonis Core
Flabbergasted Jerome	38	Eryth Sea	Island below Hovering Reef 5	Clear weather or shooting stars
Flailing Bracken	73	Colony 9	Shore NW of Anti-Air Battery 2	Any
Frenzied Bana	78	Frontier Village	Apex Lake	Bana the Betrayer QE
Funeral Gozra	42	Eryth Sea	Hode Refuge	Any
Furious Jozan	96	High Entia Tomb	Telethia Laboratory	Any, once the High Entia Emblem is acquired, after completing Mechonis Core
Gentle Mother Armu	37	Colony 9	Near Agora Shore	Any
Gentle Rodriguez	40	Colony 9	Far N end of Agora Shore	Any
Ghostly Mahatos	76	Bionis' Interior	W of the Terminal Nerve Tower	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Glacier Acon	52	Galahad Fortress	1st Turbine Room, then Main Control Room	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Glorious Buer	45	Valak Mountain	S of Sealed Tower	Any
Glorious Jurom	55	Galahad Fortress	Ether Blast Furnace	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Gluttonous Eugen	11	Tephra Cave	Vilia Lake	Any
Graceful Holand	19	Colony 6	Splintered Path	Rain or thunderstorm
Hidden Gamigin	49	Valak Mountain	SE of Ignia Hill (on the natural bridge)	Nighttime
Illustrious Golteus	98	Makna Forest	Precipice Bridge	Clear weather or heatwave, after completing Mechonis Core
Immovable Gonzalez	90	Bionis' Leg	Spiral Valley	Any, after the battle against Xord
Impenetrable Redrob	38	Colony 9	S side of Hazzai Cape	Nighttime
Indomitable Daulton	85	Satorl Marsh	Soter Ruins	Any
Infernal Crocell	58	Mechonis Field	E of the 4F Main Power Switch (S side of the platform)	Any, before the events at the Meyneth Shrine
Inferno Heinrich	76	Prison Island	Back of the Kitchen	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Itinerant Dorothea	6	Colony 9	Cliff Lake	Daytime
Judicious Bunnitzol	94	Tephra Cave	Forgotten Cave	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Kamikaze Bune	53	Sword Valley	N of the Control Tower	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Lake Magdalena	6	Colony 9	Small inlet under Outlook Park	Nighttime
Lakebed Orthlus	40	Colony 9	Beach of Agora Shore	Preparing for Adventure 3 QE
Lazy Bluco	34	Makna Forest	Yellow Flower Grove	Nighttime
Lightning Ronove	55	Sword Valley	Near the Radio Tower	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Lightspeed Sonid	44	Eryth Sea	Anu Shore	Any
Magnificent Digalus	99	Makna Forest	Near the Decayed Forest	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Majestic Clone Barg	77	Prison Island	Second Sanctum	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Magestic Mordred	70	Central Factory	NE of the Face Maintenance Bay	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Masterful Gigapur	77	Prison Island	Travalga Bridge	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Meditative Varla	65	Agniratha	Near the Telethia Bridge	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Mild Florence	58	Central Factory	Up a ramp near Landing Strip 2	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Mining Patrichev	8	Tephra Cave	NE of Caterpile Nest	Any
Mischievous Naberius	57	Sword Valley	Behind 3rd Gate	Any, after completing 3rd Gate Front Line, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Moonlight Paimon	46	Valak Mountain	Lava Cave	Any
Musical Vanflare	93	Tephra Cave	Near Bone Corridor	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Mysterious Barnaby	75	Bionis' Leg	Windy Cave	Any
Mystical Klesida	72	Bionis' Interior	Third Lung	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Napping Volfen	17	Bionis' Leg	E part of Gaur Plain	Rain or thunderstorm
Night Cardamon	18	Bionis' Leg	Near Kasharpa Falls	Nighttime and clear weather
North Star Gusion	50	Valak Mountain	W edge of the Url Crevasse	Nighttime and snowy weather or blizzard
Obsessive Galgaron	35	Makna Forest	Hode Lair	Any
Officer Robusto	75	Bionis' Interior	Near the platform beneath Venous Plexus	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Peeling Kircheis	38	Eryth Sea	Middle of Hovering Reef 7	Any
Plump Sprahda	92	Tephra Cave	SW of the Bafalgar Tomb	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Powerful Eligos	80	Fallen Arm	S part of the Digit 1	Any
Precious Retrato	53	Galahad Fortress	3rd Fuel Supply Room	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Proper Bandaz	39	Eryth Sea	Secluded Island	Nighttime with shooting stars
Prosperous Zepar	56	Fallen Arm	Jifum Beach	Evening, at 18:00
Protective Torquidon	96	Tephra Cave	Heavenly Window	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Prudent Purson	49	Sword Valley	Dolgan Outpost	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Reckless Galdon	95	Tephra Cave	Hidden Warehouse	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Reckless Godwin	31	Satorl Marsh	Exile Fortress	Any
Reckless Zanden	98	Tephra Cave	Arachno Queen's Nest	Battling Brutes QE, after completing Mechonis Core
Revolutionary Bifrons	60	Mechonis Field	NE of 4F Main Power Switch	Any, before the events at the Meyneth Shrine
Roguish Frengel	39	Colony 9	Cave NW of Cliff Lake	Any
Sacred Zagamei	89	Eryth Sea	Lower region of Hovering Reef 9	Any
Shadeless Matrix	44	Colony 9	Tunnel NW of Cliff Lake	Nighttime
Sentimental Flamral	66	Agniratha	Judicial District	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Serene Imlaly	76	Prison Island	Banquet Hall	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Shimmering Forte	33	Makna Forest	E of Eks Watering Hole	Heatwave
Sinful Lamorak	63	Central Factory	Room SW of Tower Boarding Gate	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Sniper Paramecia	15	Bionis' Leg	SW part of Gaur Plain, S of Jabos Rock Rest Area	Any
Solid Konev	10	Tephra Cave	S side of Spring of Grief	Nighttime
Soothed Aglovale	65	Agniratha	Near the Legislative District	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Speedy Ramshyde	10	Colony 9	Cliff Lake	Any
Splendid Botis	58	Fallen Arm	Digit 5 Beach	Any
Stormy Belagon	87	Eryth Sea	Kromar Coast	Any
Stormy Widardun	25	Satorl Marsh	Ridge west of Zaldania Waterfall	Daytime
Subterranean Zomar	40	Eryth Sea	Soltnar Seal Island	Any
Sunlight Schvaik	30	Satorl Marsh	Barren Moor	Daytime
Swift Zektol	28	Satorl Marsh	E of Igna Territory	Daytime
Synchronised Gaheris	61	Central Factory	E of Central Tower Lift (between the stacks of containers)	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Tempestuous Edegia	39	Eryth Sea	Hovering Reef 10	Nighttime
Temporal Gawain	65	Central Factory	Inside the Control Tower	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Territorial Rotbart	81	Bionis' Leg	E part of Gaur Plain, E of Jabos Rock Rest Area	Any
Trainer Harmelon	15	Bionis' Leg	High hill E of Zax Guidepost	Any
Tranquil Morax	50	Sword Valley	Inside the Enalda Control Base	Any, before reaching the end of Mechonis Field
Tumultuous Felix	27	Satorl Marsh	Cliff SE of Silent Obelisk	Any
Turbulent Belmo	36	Eryth Sea	Hovering Reef 1	Clear weather or shooting stars
Unreliable Rezno	96	Makna Forest	Middle island of the Great Makna Falls	Final Challenge of the Sage QE, day, not heatwave, after completing Mechonis Core
Vagabond Allocer	63	Agniratha	N of the Helas Pillar	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Vagrant Alfead	16	Bionis' Leg	Tirkin Headquarters	Any
Vague Barbas	46	Valak Mountain	Near the Nagul Waterfall, SW of Bafalgar Pedestal	Any
Verdant Bluchal	5	Colony 9	Beach S of Anti-Air Battery 1, N of the Main Entrance.	Any
Venerable Focalor	64	Central Factory	Training Ground Roof	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Vengeful Daulton	22	Ether Mine	E of Test Pit 4	Any
Veteran Yozel	83	Satorl Marsh	NE of the Silent Obelisk	Nighttime and fog
Victorious Gross	73	Bionis' Interior	Pars Sympathica Tower	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Violent Andante	16	Bionis' Leg	Either N or S of Viliera Hill	Any
Vivid Anstan	75	Bionis' Interior	Near the middle of Third Lung	Any, after completing Mechonis Core
Wallslide Gwynry	9	Tephra Cave	Dead-end E of Escape Pod Bay in Mag Mell Ruins	Any
Wandering Amon	98	Valak Mountain	Bionis' Right Elbow (near the crystal deposit)	Nighttime
White Eduardo	17	Bionis' Leg	Island in the middle of Raguel Lake	Thunderstorm
Wicked Sallos	95	Fallen Arm	Distant Fingertip	Clear weather
Wise Gremory	68	Agniratha	Near the Meyneth Statue	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core
Wrathful Orobas	67	Agniratha	Near the Dios Pillar	Any, before reaching the Mechonis Core

Maps

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See also

• Colony 9 Unique Monsters
• Tephra Cave Unique Monsters
• Bionis' Leg Unique Monsters
• Colony 6 Unique Monsters
• Ether Mine Unique Monsters
• Satorl Marsh Unique Monsters
• Bionis' Interior Unique Monsters
• Makna Forest Unique Monsters
• Frontier Village Unique Monsters
• Eryth Sea Unique Monsters
• High Entia Tomb Unique Monsters
• Prison Island Unique Monsters
• Valak Mountain Unique Monsters
• Sword Valley Unique Monsters
• Galahad Fortress Unique Monsters
• Fallen Arm Unique Monsters
• Mechonis Field Unique Monsters
• Central Factory Unique Monsters
• Agniratha Unique Monsters

Notes

Advanced Books can be dropped by Unique Monsters with level 45 and more, except the 11 Unique Monsters in Sword Valley and Galahad Fortress as well as the 3 quest-exclusive enemies Conflagrant Raxael, Unreliable Rezno and Brutal Gravar.

External Links

• Maps of Unique Monsters' locations