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For those who have not completed games in the Xenoblade Chronicles series, this page contains spoilers regarding the plot. Discretion is advised.


"Find us, Monado. Sword of the Bionis. We will meet you on the battlefield."
— Yaldabaoth

Yaldabaoth (Japanese: ヤルダバオト, Yarudabaoto; English dub: /ˈjældəˌbaʊθ/), also known as Gold Face (Japanese: 黄金のフェイス, Ōgon no Feisu), is a Faced Mechon in Xenoblade Chronicles. It is a key antagonist of the game and serves as the true leader of the Faced Mechon. Yaldaboth can control any Mechon at will using this armour. It is the largest and strongest Faced Mechon ever built.

Story[]

Valak Mountain[]

Yaldabaoth first appears at Valak Mountain to stop the fight with Mumkhar and to pick up Face Nemesis. Here it reveals that his - the pilot's - name is Egil and if Shulk wants Face Nemesis, he must continue on to Galahad Fortress, and states that Shulk and his friends are "more than welcome on Mechonis".

Galahad Fortress[]

Yaldabaoth

When the party escapes from Face Nemesis' attack in Galahad Fortress, it falls. When it lands, Yaldabaoth, as Gold Face, appears alongside of Face Nemesis. There he generates the Apocrypha, which emits Ether waves opposite to the Monado's, which cause it to malfunction. After a short fight between him and Face Nemesis, she pushes Yaldabaoth down from the fortress. However, it flies away from Face Nemesis.

Agniratha[]

When the party confronts Egil at the Meyneth Shrine in Agniratha, he calls Yaldabaoth. When Yaldabaoth is defeated, Yaldabaoth takes control of Mechonis and destroys Agniratha with a massive energy blast.

Mechonis Core[]

Yal

The final sighting of Yaldabaoth

After the destruction of Agniratha, Shulk and his group return to the Central Factory in the Junks. Then the group reach the Apocrypha Generator. After the battle against it, the group must go into the Mechonis Core to stop Egil. Egil is inside Yaldabaoth and Shulk and the others must defeat him. During the battle, Shulk sees in a vision in which Yaldabaoth destroys Bionis with an infinitely powerful attack, Bionis Slash X. Shulk and the others must defeat three Energy Devices in two minutes in order to complete the story quest Save Bionis, or else Bionis will be destroyed and all the members in the party will be killed. When the group wins, Shulk, after violently slicing the Mechon's head off (despite Fiora begging him to not do it), spares Yaldabaoth and Egil, and they realize that they can live in peace. Unfortunately, when Zanza emerges from Shulk's body and takes over Bionis, it kills Mechonis and with it, Yaldabaoth and Egil, who fight to the very end.

Battles[]

Galahad Fortress[]

Stats[]


Arts[]

Art Attribute Multiplier Hits Range Effect Knockback Blowdown/Daze
Egil Tail Physical 1.8 - 2.0 1 Single - - Yes/No
Catastrophe Ether 1.8 - 2.0 1 Circle around caster Slow Yes -
King Breaker Ether 1.8 - 2.0 1 All Topple
Agility Down
King's Order Status - - All Craze - -

※1 Battle will end after 90 seconds and when Yaldabaoth uses Catastrophe.
※2 The topple duration is cut by half (1.5 seconds)

Resistances[]

Break 100% ‡ Lock-On 70% Physical Def. ▼ 70% Agility ▼ 70%
Topple 100% ※ Bind 70% Ether Def. ▼ 70% Aura Seal 0%
Daze 100% Paralysis 100% Strength ▼ 70% Arts Seal 100%
Sleep 100% Slow 100% Ether ▼ 70% Death 100%

※ Except under certain conditions
‡ No resistance during a chain attack


Drops[]

Note: This enemy drops no chests, and the items are also impossible to steal through Yoink! because the enemy displays 100% resistance to item stealing.

Chests[]
Wood 0%
Silver 0%
Gold 0%

Wood chests will contain 1 or 2 items from the "Wood" table.
Silver chests will contain 2 items from the "Silver" table and the rarer item from the "Wood" table.
Gold chests will contain 2 items from the "Gold" table, and 1 from both the "Silver" and "Wood" tables.

In Future Connected, the enemy drops system is slightly different from in the Main Game:
Wood chest will contain 1 or 2 different items from the "Wood" table.
Silver chest will contain 1 item from the "Silver" table and the rarer item from the "Wood" table.
Gold chest will contain 1 item from each of the "Gold", "Silver" and "Wood" tables.


Wood[]
Materials
Refined Part S 0%
Quality Crank 0%
Silver[]
Cylinders
Paralysis Resist IV Water 0%
Bind Resist IV Fire 0%
Weapons
Knuckle Driver 0 slots 0%
Cloud Cutlass 0 slots 0%
Clarity Staff 0 slots 0%
Armours
Orion Top 0 slots 0%
Stellar Leggings 0 slots 0%
Stellar Armour 1 slot 0%
Stellar Boots 1 slot 0%
Gold[]
Weapons
Snaer Striker 2 slots 0%
Wisdom Rod 2 slots 0%
Jumbo Guarder 3 slots 0%
Hurricane Shot 3 slots 0%
Unique Weapons
Strike Lance Sildra 0%
Silence 0%
Dividing Line 0%
Unique Armours
Inferno Armour 0%
Blade Gear 0%
Blade Gauntlets 0%
Blade Boots 0%

Agniratha[]

Stats[]


Arts[]

Art Attribute Multiplier Hits Range Effect Knockback Blowdown/Daze
Egil Tail Physical 2.75 - 3.00 1 Single - - Yes/Yes
Catastrophe Ether 2.25 - 2.50 1 Circle around caster - Yes -
Alchemist V Talent (Physical) 1.25 - 1.50 3 Circle around caster Bleed - Yes/No
Machinery Field Status - - Circle around caster Ether Defence Down
Arts Seal
Yes -

※3 The battle will end when Yaldabaoth's health is less than 80% of its total HP.

Resistances[]

Break 100% ‡ Lock-On 0% Physical Def. ▼ 70% Agility ▼ 70%
Topple 100% ※ Bind 100% Ether Def. ▼ 70% Aura Seal 70%
Daze 100% ※ Paralysis 100% Strength ▼ 70% Arts Seal 100%
Sleep 100% Slow 70% Ether ▼ 70% Death 100%

※ Except under certain conditions
‡ No resistance during a chain attack


Drops[]

Note: The only item Yaldabaoth carries in Agniratha are ether cylinders, but they are also impossible to steal through Yoink! because the enemy displays 100% resistance to item stealing.

Chests[]
Wood 0%
Silver 0%
Gold 0%

Wood chests will contain 1 or 2 items from the "Wood" table.
Silver chests will contain 2 items from the "Silver" table and the rarer item from the "Wood" table.
Gold chests will contain 2 items from the "Gold" table, and 1 from both the "Silver" and "Wood" tables.

In Future Connected, the enemy drops system is slightly different from in the Main Game:
Wood chest will contain 1 or 2 different items from the "Wood" table.
Silver chest will contain 1 item from the "Silver" table and the rarer item from the "Wood" table.
Gold chest will contain 1 item from each of the "Gold", "Silver" and "Wood" tables.


Silver[]
Cylinders
First Attack Plus IV Electric 0%
First Attack Plus IV Electric 0%

Mechonis Core[]

Stats[]


Arts[]

Art Attribute Multiplier Hits Range Effect Knockback Blowdown/Daze
Continual Model Physical 2.75 - 3.00 1 Frontal Arc Arts Seal Yes -
Strength Model Physical 3.25 - 3.50 1 Frontal Line - Yes -
Weakness Model Physical 2.25 - 2.50 1 Frontal Arc Topple Yes -
Chastise Status - - All Bind - -
Manufacture Drone ※4 Status - - - Summons Mechon - -
Energy Replenish ※5 Status - - Self Invincibility, summons Mechon - -
Bionis Slash X ※6 Talent (Physical) 1 - - - -


※4 Summons either two level 68 Offensive/MOTORs or two level 70 Exterminator/CLOCKs
※5 Summons three Energy Devices and triggers a vision of Yaldabaoth using Bionis Slash X that also triggers the Save Bionis Story Quest. If there are no other Mechon on the field, two level 68 Offensive/MOTORs and two level 70 Exterminator/CLOCKs will also be summoned.
※6 If the Energy Devices are not destroyed within two minutes, Yaldabaoth will use this attack and the party will lose. Despite being a level X Talent Art, Monado Shield has no effect regardless of level.
※7 Once the Energy Devices are destroyed, Yaldabaoth will be Dazed, removing his invincibility aura. The vision tags will break as well, thereby giving all the battle members very high tension.

Resistances[]

Break 100% Lock-On 100% Physical Def. ▼ 70% Agility ▼ 70%
Topple 100% Bind 100% Ether Def. ▼ 70% Aura Seal 100%
Daze 100% Paralysis 100% Strength ▼ 70% Arts Seal 100%
Sleep 100% Slow 100% Ether ▼ 70% Death 100%

In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U[]

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Trophy

Yaldabaoth appears as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Trivia[]

  • Yaldabaoth is a name of the Demiurge in Gnosticism, a lesser deity who is the creator of the physical world. This is in contrast to the Monad, the supreme deity in Gnosticism.
  • Yaldabaoth's sword (and presumably by extension the Mechonis's sword) resembles the Seven-Branched Sword of Japanese legend.

Quotes[]

  • "This is the strongest Mechon ever built, controlled by me, Egil."

Gallery[]

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