Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Favorite Pouch Items

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

Pouches (Japanese: ポーチ, Pōchi) are a mechanic in Xenoblade Chronicles ii and Torna ~ The Gilt Country. They are inventory elements carried by each character where consumable items, known as Pouch items (ポーチアイテム, Pōchiaitemu), are stored and conserved. These various items autumn into specific categories. When an item is put into a Pouch, it lasts for a certain amount of fourth dimension, during which information technology grants one or more benefits to the user. It likewise slightly increases the Trust of all Blades engaged to that Driver.

The timer for a Pouch item runs in real time and pauses when using menus. Subsequently it runs out, if another item of the same name exists in the inventory information technology will automatically refill the Pouch and extend its effects. Otherwise, the Pouch will become empty.

In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, in that location are half dozen Pouch Expansion Kits around Alrest, each one can exist used to permanently allow a Commuter to have two Pouch items in result at the same time. Since in that location are six of them in total, each character can have an extra pouch.

In Torna ~ The Golden Country, there are iii Pouch Expansion Kits. Pouch items role the aforementioned every bit they exercise in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, just they can no longer be purchased and are instead fabricated by crafting via the Camping ground system.

Types of Pouch Items

Xenoblade Chronicles ii


Art	Lath Games	Cosmetics

Desserts	Drinks	Literature

Instruments	Meats	Seafood

Staple Foods	Textiles	Veggies

Torna ~ The Golden Country


Charms	Desserts	Fragrances

Meats	Scripts	Seafood

Staple Foods	Talismans	Veggies

Pouch Detail Effects

At that place are 12 different passive furnishings that tin can exist gained from Pouch items, and each of the sixteen item categories specializes in one of them. Every item can grant multiple different furnishings, but almost are guaranteed to have the result that its category specializes in. These effects also accept a limit to how much they can benefit the user.

Fine art: Grants effects that heave Analogousness gained per action or effect. (Max: +50%)
Lath Games: Grants furnishings that boost the outcome power of Bract Arts. Does not touch on Nullify Reaction and Debuff Cancel. (Max: +100%)
Cosmetics and Fragrances: Grants furnishings that boost starting base of operations Affinity in battle. (Max: +300)
Drinks and Charms: Grants effects that boost Party Gauge gained per action or effect. (Max: +50%)
Desserts: Grants effects that passively recharge all Arts every 2d. (Max: +1 per second)
Instruments and Talismans: Grants effects that passively recharge the Special gauge every 2nd. (Max: +8 per second)
Literature and Scripts: Grants effects that boost impairment dealt by Specials. (Max: +100%)
Meats: Grants effects that boost Commuter concrete defense. (Max: +30%)
Seafood: Grants effects that boost Driver ether defense. (Max: +30%)
Staple Foods: Grants effects that protect the Commuter with a Harm Bulwark at the offset of battle, nullifying upward to a sure percentage of their maximum HP in damage. (Max: 50% Max HP)
Textiles: Grants effects that reduce Affinity losses per activity or effect. (Max: -50%)
Veggies: Grants effects that heave HP recovery effects. (Max: +50%)

Favorite Pouch Items

Each character has up to ii favorite pouch particular categories and ii unique favorite items. Rare Blades and Drivers have all four preferences, while Mutual Blades take one or 2 random categories they like, simply might non take any favorite items. Using favorites may be required to unlock nodes on certain Blades' Affinity Charts.

A Driver'south or Bract's favorites are initially unknown, existence revealed just when placed in the Driver's pouch. They can exist discovered through trial and error, or by finding hints in the game. For case, the unlock conditions on the Bract'due south Affinity Chart may identify either a favorite category or a favorite detail's category, and unlocking nodes on Boreas'south chart will provide clues regarding favorite nutrient items of other Blades or Drivers. Eye-to-Hearts can also allude to the favorite items of some characters.

Favorite Bonuses

The preference for an item affects the forcefulness of its furnishings on the graphic symbol.

Favorite category: Item liked by the character (♥). Its effects are increased by 20%.
Favorite particular: Item loved by the character (♥♥). Its furnishings are increased by l%.
If an item is in a liked category and also loved, its effects are only increased by the loved bonus.

The bonuses for Blades' preferences will only use when they are used in battle, while the Driver ones will always remain active. Additionally, the bonuses granted by the preferences of the Driver and the Bract multiply together when they focus on the same pouch slot.

Favorite Bonuses		Driver
Favorite Bonuses		Neutral	Category (♥)	Item (♥♥)
Blade	Neutral	×1.0	×1.2	×1.v
	Category (♥)	×ane.ii	×1.44	×1.eight
	Item (♥♥)	×1.5	×one.8	×two.25

Due to a bug, if two equipped pouch items share 1 or more than effects of the same blazon and the particular on the 2d pouch is liked or loved by a graphic symbol, its favorite bonus applies to both pouches simultaneously for those specific effects, boosting them more than normal. Equally such, information technology is recommended to place items with the strongest favorite bonus on the second pouch slot in order to maximize their potency.

Effect=((Pouch1Effect~\times ~Pouch1Bonus)+Pouch2Effect)~\times ~Pouch2Bonus