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Rare Blade \#1
Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Rare Blade \#1

Learn how to unlock Pyra, Xenoblade Chronicles 2's first Rare Blade. Details on Affinity, Specials, Battle Skills, and Field Skills.

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Learn how to unlock Pyra, Xenoblade Chronicles 2's first Rare Blade. Details on Affinity, Specials, Battle Skills, and Field Skills.

Pyra is obtained automatically through the story at the end of Chapter 1.

Key Affinity:

  • Level 1: Automatically Unlocked
  • Level 2: Increase Trust to 100
  • Level 3: Increase Trust to 1,600
  • Level 4: Increase Trust to 4,600
  • Level 5: Increase Trust to 10,600

Specials:

  • Flame Nova (Level 2): Defeat 6 Feris enemies in Gormott
  • Flame Nova (Level 3): Use Flame Nova 11 times
  • Flame Nova (Level 4): Perform 10 Blade Combos
  • Flame Nova (Level 5): Defeat 4 Vay Taos at the World Tree
  • Prominence Revolt (Level 2): Use Prominence Revolt 7 times
  • Prominence Revolt (Level 3): Defeat 5 Bafoo Crustips in Mor Ardain
  • Prominence Revolt (Level 4): Use Prominence Revolt 9 times
  • Prominence Revolt (Level 5): Use Prominence Revolt 10 times
  • Blazing End (Level 2): Perform 5 Blade Combos
  • Blazing End (Level 3): Use Blazing End 6 times
  • Blazing End (Level 4): Defeat 4 Skad Taos in Leftheria
  • Blazing End (Level 5): Use Blazing End 8 times

Battle Skills:

  • Purifying Flames (Level 1): Use 3 Blade Arts
  • Purifying Flames (Level 2): Help 10 incapacitated allies
  • Purifying Flames (Level 3): View the Heart-to-Heart 'By the Graveside'
  • Purifying Flames (Level 4): Use 7 Blade Arts
  • Purifying Flames (Level 5): Swap Blades 4,000 times during battle
  • Resplendence (Level 1): Perform 2 Blade Combos
  • Resplendence (Level 2): Perform 5 Driver Combos
  • Resplendence (Level 3): View the Heart-to-Heart 'Mórag the Chef'
  • Resplendence (Level 4): Deal 7 critical hits
  • Resplendence (Level 5): Evade 9 Attacks
  • Flaming Edge (Level 1): Automatically Unlocked
  • Flaming Edge (Level 2): Deal 5 critical hits
  • Flaming Edge (Level 3): Walk 80,000 steps
  • Flaming Edge (Level 4): Perform 12 Blade Combos
  • Flaming Edge (Level 5): Perform 12 Driver Combos

Field Skills:

  • Fire Mastery (Level 1): Automatically Unlocked
  • Fire Mastery (Level 2): Discover 12 areas
  • Fire Mastery (Level 3):
  • Fire Mastery (Level 4): Collect 25 things
  • Focus (Level 1): Automatically Unlocked
  • Focus (Level 2):
  • Focus (Level 3): Put Jenerossi Tea in the pouch 4 times
  • Focus (Level 4):
  • Focus (Level 5): Succeed in a button challenge 100 times in battle
  • Cooking (Level 1): Automatically Unlocked
  • Cooking (Level 2):
  • Cooking (Level 3): Make food 10 times
  • Cooking (Level 4):
  • Cooking (Level 5): Make food 50 times

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