XBX weather faq

XBX Weather faq

Information taken from
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xenoblade_Chronicles/comments/3ytgdw/psa_all_you_ever_needed_to_know_about_weather/

- Rainbow weather occurs at the end of rain, heavy rain, thunderstorm, or _brimstone rain_.
- Weather cycles whenever you fast travel or "Return to skell," unless you have activated the weather glitch.
- Some weather only occurs at different times of day
- All weather (except for clear) gives certain buffs and debuffs. See [WEATHER EFFECTS] section.
-- The energy mist weathers are useful since they refuel your skell.
- Some tyrants only appear in certain weathers, see [WEATHER SPECIFIC TYRANTS] section

[PRIMORDIA]
Clear, Rain, Heavy rain, Thunderstorms | ALL
Meteor shower, Aurora | 19-5

[NOCTILUM]
Clear, Rain, Thunderstorms | ALL
Dense fog | 5-17
Energy mist | 19-5

[OBLIVIA]
Clear, Electromagnetic storms, Sandstorms | ALL
Rain, Heat wave | 5-19
Aurora, Meteor showers | 19-5

[SYLVALUM]
Clear, Cloudy | ALL
Spores (aka I can't see shit) | 12-19
Crimson aurora, Rising energy mist | 19-5

[CAULDROS]
Clear, Cloudy | ALL
Electromagnetic storms | 5-7
Brimstone rain | 7-5

[WEATHER GLITCH]
Find a weather you like, then while in that weather save and return to title. When you reload, as long as you fast-travel to the same hex or Return to Skell, the weather will not cycle. The weather will still cycle if it becomes nighttime or daytime, etc. This is useful for farming weather-specific tyrants, but they are still annoying since some weather is pretty rare.

Sometimes, you may accidentally trigger the weather glitch and trap yourself in some weather. Fast-travel to a different continent a few times and change the time a few times and you should get weather cycles again.

[WEATHER EFFECTS]
Clear | None
Cloudy | None
Rain, foot | Beam atk down I, Crit chance down I
Rain, Skell | None
Heavy rain, foot | Beam atk down III, Crit chance down II, Rng acc down III
Heavy rain, Skell | Beam atk down I, Crit chance down I, Rng acc down I
Thunderstorms, foot | Beam atk down I, Electric atk up III, Rng acc down II
Thunderstorms, Skell | Electric atk up I
Rainbow, foot | Crit chance up V, Potential up III
Rainbow, Skell | Crit chance up III, Potential up I
Aurora, foot | Crit chance up III, Ether atk up III, Potential up III
Aurora, Skell | Crit chance up I, Ether atk up I, Potential up I
Crimson aurora, foot | Crit chance up IV, Ether atk up V, Gravity atk up III, Potential up IV
Crimson aurora, Skell | Crit chance up II, Ether atk up III, Gravity atk up I, Potential up I
Meteor showers, foot | Crit chance up III, Gravity atk up III
Meteor showers, Skell | Crit chance up I, Gravity atk up II
Brimstone rain, foot | Melee atk down III, Rng acc down II, Thermal atk up V, Thermal weather dmg III
Brimstone rain, Skell | Thermal atk up III
Heat wave, foot | Melee atk down V, Rng acc down II, Thermal atk up III
Heat wave, Skell | Thermal atk up I
Sandstorm, foot | Beam atk down IV, Melee acc down III, Rng acc down IV, Rng atk down V
Sandstorm, Skell | Beam atk down II, Melee acc down I, Rng acc&atk down II
Electromagnetic storm, foot | Elec atk up V, Elec weather dmg I, Rng acc down IV, Rng atk down V
Electromagnetic storm, Skell | Elec atk up III, Elec weather dmg I, Rng acc&atk down II
Dense fog, foot | Crit chance down III, Melee acc down III, Rng acc down IV
Dense fog, Skell | Crit chance down I, Melee acc down I, Rng acc down I
Energy mist, foot | Ether atk up V, Potential down IV
Energy mist, Skell | Ether atk up IV, Potential down III, Skell fuel recovery II
Spores, foot | Melee atk down IV, Potential down IV, Rng atk down IV, can't see five feet in front of your face
Spores, Skell | Melee atk down II, Potential down III, Rng atk down II, like seriously 0% visibility
Rising energy mist, foot | Ether atk up III, Potential down III
Rising energy mist, Skell | Ether atk up I, Potential down I, Skell fuel recovery I

[WEATHER SPECIFIC TYRANTS]

[PRIMORDIA]
Archibolt the Revolutionary: Lake Biaho, Rain

[NOCTILUM]
Elena, the Infernal: Weeping Whitewood, Dense Fog
Shuravas the Enraged: FN-211, Thunderstorm

[OBLIVIA]
Sviatoslav, the Reproachful: FN-317, Rain
Valeriano, the Rolling Thunder: FN-313, EM Storm

[SYLVALUM]
Ignit, the Ultimate Chaos: FN-411, Crimson Aurora (Level 88 Coronid)
Stola, the Champion: FN-403, Crimson Aurora (Level 57 Liceor)
Stola, the Unchained: FN-419, Energy Mist (Level 57 Liceor)
Zohan, the Thunderbolt: FN-416, Spores (Level 64 Scintimure)

[CAULDROS]
Alithios, the Indignant, M'Gando Summit, Brimstone Rain (Level 81 Gularth)
Coil, the Never-Ending: FN-504, EM Storm (Level 55 Scintimure)
Vortice, the Deific Blast: M'Gando Summit, Brimstone Rain (Level 94 Colubrim)
Zorn, the Wanderer: Old Ceremonial Hollow, Rainbow (Level 56 Saltat)