If the Nopon annoyed you in Xenoblade Chronicles, then do I have bad news for you: The Nopon are back to annoy you in even greater lengths. This time, those furry soccer balls could be the reason you lose your entire save file!
As those of you who have read my review on Monolith Soft’s Xenoblade Chronicles X know, I ran across an issue during a certain affinity quest, named BFF’s, in which I could no longer progress through the game, which resulted in me losing 40 hours of progress. I have since beaten the game, and gone back to replay that mission. As it turns out, I did encounter a scenario in which the BFF’s affinity quest did not properly progress, and there was nothing I could do. Since this issue occurs pretty deep into the game, I thought I would save everyone some trouble, and let you know what you need to do to avoid this grim fate.
The issue occurs when deal with the Dorian Caravan in Oblivia before solving the issue with the Dodonga Caravan in Noctilum. If you do the mission in this order, the objective to find Tatsu’s mother will not activate and you will be trapped in that affinity quest.
Here is what you need to do in order to progress through the mission without issue.
- Travel to Dodonga Caravan in Noctilum. After viewing the cut-scene, the quest marker should activate. Complete the quest and earn that signature.
- Travel to the Dorian Caravan in Oblivia. Pay up the 30,000 bones, and you will be all set.
- Talk to Vandham, and you’re done.
It’s that simple. As a failsafe, I also suggest saving right before beginning the mission, and then never save at any point during the mission. Remember, while you are in an affinity quest, you cannot accept any other affinity or story quests until the mission is complete. It could be quite a slog for some of you, especially if you haven’t been exploring Oblivia. Of course, you could skip the mission altogether, but that might not sit well with the completionists out there. Have fun!
December 14, 2015
nopons ain’t jerks
December 14, 2015
@Nyleak Tatsu is my favorite 🤓
December 14, 2015
@Nyleak Tatsu is my favorite 🤓
December 14, 2015
@Nyleak Tatsu is my favorite 🤓
December 14, 2015
@Nyleak Tatsu is my favorite 🤓
December 14, 2015
@Nyleak Tatsu is my favorite 🤓
December 18, 2015
If you click on your missions list and set the Dodonga Caravan it will fix the issue.
January 2, 2016
This absolutely works; you DO NOT need to restart!
January 4, 2016
Yeah it also did that with me. And going to missions and re selecting it worked out just fine. I was confused as heck for a few minutes though ha.
December 19, 2015
This is not true i also did it backwards and the Quest activated normally after choosing it you must have done something wrong
December 21, 2015
It’s not just this mission. This can apparently happen on ANY Affinity Mission, blocking your progress with the game. I just had it happen on “Blitzkrieg”(Phog and Frye’s joint mission), and I’ve also seen it reported on “What the Skell?” (Alexa mission). I have nearly 200 hours playtime so this is pretty rough.
Basically, the game may forget to further the quest you’re on for whatever reason. And you can’t cancel Affinity Missions or continue the story while they’re active. This is frankly inexcusable. I’ve sent mail to Nintendo, I’m sure the word will spread on this bug pretty fast and I hope it can be fixed with a patch.
December 21, 2015
I personally didn’t have an issue with this. I did Dorian Caravan first, then Dodonga Caravan, but didn’t run into any problems. Either it is a problem with certain physical copies, the digital copy, , your system, or something else you may have done.
December 21, 2015
You actually can’t skip this quest as it is a requirement for a story chapter.
December 26, 2015
This is not true. You’re given three missions with that affinity quest. You just have to select the Dodonga caravan one and Tatsu’s mom place will show. Please edit this so others don’t just restart their game without thinking.
January 22, 2016
You’re an idiot lol. Can’t even use the missions listing, i guess ?
“Pure Nintendo”, my arse. More like Pure stupid, yeah.