Blade Quest
Nim
Quest: “A Phonex Tale” — Starts in the Fonsett Residential Area, Fonsett Village, Leftherian Archipelago (Fandom lists Nim as the giver; Xeno Series Wiki credits the Phonex Mix). Objectives span Leftheria, Uraya and Temperantia.
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How to get Nim: Random pull from Core Crystals (Rare Blade, rarity 2, source listed as "Random Core Crystal"). No specific pull odds are published on the wiki.
Before you start
Story progress
Chapter 5 or later
Both wikis place it under Chapter 5 (Fonsett is visited during Chapter 5 en route to Indol; Fandom: after the group sets out for Temperantia). Xeno Series Wiki also lists Pyra among the required party — she is absent during Chapters 8–9.
How the quest unlocks
Unlock Nim's Key Affinity Reward Lv 3 (Trust 1,300) and have her Lv 1 "Phonex Linguistics" field skill (her exclusive skill, present from awakening). Then go to the Fonsett Residential Area in Leftheria with Nim — the quest triggers there when she meets the Phonex Mix, whose brother Pex has gone missing. Starting the quest itself unlocks Phonex Linguistics Lv 2.
Field skill checks
- Ichthyology (Nim has it, max Lv 3) — needed at all three fish Collection Points: Pinfins near Baldotas Isle, Cobalt Eels behind Tardy Gate, Trippy Catfish south of the Ardainian Garrison
- Phonex Linguistics Lv 1 (Nim-exclusive) — required to unlock the quest at all
Also required
- Fandom notes Dromarch must be equipped to Nia for the first Phonex Village visit at Ysheva Harbor
- Discrepancy: Xeno Series Wiki additionally requires Nia, Tora, Mòrag, Zeke, Pyra and Nim in the party; Fandom and Underbuffed list only the Nim requirements
Walkthrough
- With Nim's Key Affinity Lv 3 and Phonex Linguistics Lv 1, enter the Fonsett Residential Area in Leftheria to trigger the quest — Mix asks for help finding her brother Pex.
- Visit the Phonex Village at Ysheva Harbor, Leftheria (Fandom notes Dromarch must be equipped to Nia) and speak to the Phonex there.
- Report back to Mix in the Fonsett Residential Area.
- Collect 10 Pinfins at the fish Collection Point near Baldotas Isle, Leftheria (Ichthyology field skill), then bring them to Gox at Ysheva Harbor to win the village's trust.
- Find the Urayan Phonex village near Coralline Sanctum, then find the Phonex Jix in the Commercial District of Fonsa Myma.
- Collect 10 Cobalt Eels at the Collection Point just behind Tardy Gate, Uraya (Ichthyology), then speak with a Phonex at Crown of Sanctuary, Uraya.
- Find the Temperantia Phonex village inside the Aegishammer, then find the Phonex outside the village elsewhere in Temperantia.
- Collect 10 Trippy Catfish at the beach Collection Point south of the Ardainian Garrison, Temperantia (Ichthyology), then speak with the Phonexes in the Aegishammer — beware, a Lv 97 Gefillon Behemoth can be sitting on the objective marker.
- Go to the Ruined Chapel of Danafas, Temperantia, and defeat the Vacillus Antol (Lv 44 quest boss; Xeno Series Wiki notes 4 Demon Antols accompany it) that has taken Pex to be eaten.
- Defeat the Demon Mamongath (Lv 43 quest boss) at the Isle of Urchon, Leftheria — the "demon" plaguing the Phonex.
- Return to the Phonex Village at Ysheva Harbor, where Nim is celebrated as the Phonex's legendary hero.
Good to know
- The quest trigger is passive and easy to miss: nothing appears on the map beforehand — just walk into the Fonsett Residential Area with Nim in the party once her Key Affinity Lv 3 is unlocked.
- At the final Aegishammer village visit a Lv 97 Gefillon Behemoth may be parked on the objective. You do not need to fight it: aggro it, run up the nearby cliff until it disengages, then dash to the objective before it respawns.
- This is a long fetch-heavy tour (three regions, three 10-fish collections). Make sure a Blade with Ichthyology is on your active Drivers — Nim herself carries it, and the collection points are exactly where the wiki says: Baldotas Isle, behind Tardy Gate, and the garrison beach.