The massive world ofXenoblade Chronicles 3opens up for players early on in the game’s adventure. It does a good job of allowing and encouraging players to traverse and explore its huge maps without any unnecessary handholding. It’s a world that wants to be explored as it continually opens up throughout the game’s story.
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During the party’s travels, however, some areas can’t be accessed too early inXenoblade Chronicles 3. Most areas will unlock organically as the story progresses, but some locations will require special traversal skills likeXenoblade 3’s Sand Dune Skree Walking skill, Wall Climbing, andRope Sliding, which allows players to access the new areas on the map via connected ropes.
It won’t be long before players will notice the zipline ropes all over the map as they hide new treasures, unique monsters, and more. However, the Rope Sliding skill won’t become available untilChapter 4after completingJuniper’s Hero Quest.
The Hero Juniper
Ghostbow Juniper is one of the Heroes that players will by progressing through the main story.Juniper is the commander of Colony Tau, a mysterious location found in theMaktha Wildwood. Juniper’s class is the Stalker class, which is an archer-type that distracts enemies by putting the agro on to them. Juniper is a useful fighter in battle with goodcancel attacks inXenoblade 3and a solid class to experiment with, but the main purpose for unlocking Juniper here is theirRope Sliding Skill,and one needs to complete their quest if they want to unlock it.
Juniper’s Quest
The party will bump into Juniper if theyfollowXenoblade 3’s main story questtaking them into the Maktha Wildwoods. It isadvised to be around Level 29-35to obtain Juniper and the skill, so the party can make quick work of the bosses in this Hero Quest. The quickest and best way to find Juniper along the way is as follows:
It’s worth noting that completing Juniper’s Hero Quest will also give the party access to theFaster Joggingskill byraising affinity inXenoblade 3and completing quests for the residents.
Xenoblade Chronicles 3is available now for the Nintendo Switch
