#Xenoblade reference

[sir-teatei-moonlight]

Xenoblade reference: Substances hidden in inventory descriptions

Been a while since I made one of these. Got inspired by noticing that hoverstone, thought to be a new invention for XC1DE, was actually mentioned in the description for a base XC1 piece of equipment. So I decided to go through and pick out more of these cases where an item says what fantastical material it's made of, as long as it's more interesting than e.g. "a glowing rock".

It is possible I missed something. There's a lot of this stuff after all.

Weapons

The core of the Acid Staff is a "highly acidic rock".

The Acrylic Driver is actually made from acrylic resin. This is interesting because it implies Homs have the ability to create plastic, which I would say is not expected.

The core of the Cloud Staff is a "cloud stone".

The core of the Comet Rod is a meteor (well, "a rock that fell from the sky"), as is the Cosmic Nibbler. Usually the game implies that meteors/shooting stars are purely etheral, and usually these are found in regions where there's nothing any higher for rocks to fall from, so this is odd.

The core of the Dragon Rod Alcar is said to be "the talon of a dragon king".

The core of the Mirage Staff is "a core of condensed illusions".

The core of the Sun Staff is a "sun stone".

The core of the Will-o'-Wisp Staff is a "ghostly flame".

Armour

Some pearls from the "ocean depths" are blue (Abyss Earrings).

The Amethyst set all say they're made of "nocturnal iron ore" from Valak Mountain.

The Beech Bangle is made of "shadow tree wood".

The Brandle set all say they're made from "a metal only malleable in icy regions".

The Brave set are all made from "a newly developed anti-ether fabric".

The Glory set are all made from "fate stone".

The Grace set are all supposedly made from an ether-based cloth as opposed to a matter-based cloth.

The Gravity Stone Band is, well, made of Gravity Stone, "the hardest substance in Eryth Sea".

The Hover Shoes contain Hover Stone, "from the core of a Hovering Reef".

The Mithril set are all, well, made of mithril. It comes from the Hovering Reefs.

Pine Headgear is made from "sunshine tree wood", which glows.

The Princess Dress is supposedly made of Machina "illusionary materials".

The Ruby Glasses are said to have lenses made of jewels.

Some of the Snow set are made from "fire-snow", which "releases heat on contact with snow".

The Snow Glasses have lenses of unmeltable ice.

Collectables

The Gypsum Branch is of "the ice tree". Since it's described as shooting light at night, probably related to all the glowng stuff in Valak Mountain, where it's found.

Materials

The Andos Alloy Plate says it's specifically nickel alloy.

Black Fog Deposits are supposedly made of "condensed lumps of [black] fog". No, this is not a DE addition.

[criticalspell]

how long has it been? How long can this go on?

[bummykins]

my level 20 shulk trying to fight the level 90 Territorial Robart

[calamitaswrath]

Arval Fireemblemwarriorsthreehopes and A Xenobladechronicles3futureredeemed were a targeted one-two strike against my gender identity, and I will never forgive them for it (affectionate).

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

Jesus deciding how long he’s gonna be dead for:

[applesjuice]

Will I ever finish this and add the third Melia? The world may never know

[tayopapayo]

insert same va joke here

[sntoot]

wanted to see how long it took to draw the outfits i have spent weeks designing, thankfully the answer was not long at all 😌 (also version without the swords bc the monado rex+ is so fucking bulky)

[flambo19]

Saw this tweet going around and realised it gave me the perfect opportunity to draw my favourite protags since i haven't in a while

[kooldewd123]

is there a term for this very specific trope because i absolutely love it

[four-birds-in-a-trenchcoat]

Over halfway through the list now, onward to the Tailor Life:

MADAM PURL

SPOOLIE (Shares model with common Plushling)

TAYLOR

ZIPPY (Shares model with Castele Female Shopkeep)

CHIC

LYRA DEL COUTURE LA PORTER (Shares model with Port Puerto Woman)

BOBBIN (Shares model with Starry Plushling)

[yuujin-art]

Wanted to share how I personally like to differentiate Pyra and Mythra and shift around their designs while staying true to their more important original design intentions

[superat626]

Wanted to draw something of an old crush.

[leeches-drawer]

more Sunny doodles, for any of his fans out there (its me)

made a weapon for him too !!!!! i really like how it turned out

[mewkwota]

It’s been a whole 7 years since I last drew Shulk and I still don’t know how to draw him (exactly as I’d like to). He and that ahoge change shape with each iteration. But now that XC3′s DLC shows his final form I can give another go along with a special lad.

[wall-maria-around-ba-sing-se]

Am I reading too far into it or are Zanza and Meyneth’s human names made out of the names of their respective mortals from Xenoblade 1?

Klaus: Shulk backwards (kluhS -> Klaus)

Galea: either a feminized version of an anagram of Egil (gilE + a -> Galea) or a remix of both Egil and Vanea’s names gil + ea -> Galea