Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Heart to Heart Guide: Locations, Choices, and Requirements
Uncover optional Heart-to-Heart story vignettes in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Nintendo Switch. Learn how to trigger them and earn Blade Trust.
Quick answer
- Heart-to-Hearts are optional story vignettes that develop character relationships and reward Blades with Trust.
- Many events require you to rest at a specific nearby inn before the icon will appear on the map.
- Specific Drivers and Blades must be active in your party to trigger and view each event.
- Some events are locked behind Field Skill checks, such as Wind Mastery, Fire Mastery, and Leaping.
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How Heart-to-Hearts Work in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
In Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on the Nintendo Switch, Heart-to-Hearts are optional story vignettes that offer a deeper look into the relationships between Drivers and their Blades. Beyond providing character development, completing these events rewards participating Blades with Trust points.
The amount of Trust you earn usually depends on the dialogue choices you make during the scene. Some choices yield substantial Trust boosts, while other choices might yield no change. Two unique late-game Heart-to-Hearts—Before the Storm (Chapter 10, located at the Aion Hangar Entrance) and Legendary Land (Chapter 8, located in the World Tree)—do not feature any dialogue choices at all, but they still grant automatic Trust points to your active Blades upon completion.
Viewing these scenes is not just for flavor; completing specific Heart-to-Hearts is a mandatory requirement to unlock key nodes on the Affinity Charts of several story Blades, including Pyra, Mythra, Dromarch, Poppi, Brighid, and Pandoria.
Note: This guide focuses on general mechanics, progression, and story Blade events. Heart-to-Hearts for optional Rare Blades are tied to their respective individual questlines and are not detailed in this general progression overview.
Unlocking Tricky Heart-to-Hearts
You cannot simply walk up to every Heart-to-Heart as soon as you enter a new region. Many of these events have strict prerequisites that must be met before they will appear on your map or trigger in the world.
The Inn Rest Requirement
One of the most common reasons a Heart-to-Heart icon fails to appear on your map is the lack of a prerequisite stay at a local establishment. To make certain events visible, you must first rest at a nearby inn.
- Tora's Angst (Uraya): Requires staying at the inn in Garfont Village.
- Good Habits (Argentum): Requires staying at the inn in the Argentum Trade Guild.
- By the Graveside (Leftheria): Requires staying at the inn in Fonsett Village.
- Hard Life (Gormott): Requires staying at the inn in Torigoth.
- Pandoria's Troubles (Uraya): Requires staying at the inn in Fonsa Myma.
- Tending to Turters (Tantal): Requires staying at the inn in Theosoir.
- Five Centuries of Memories (Leftheria): Requires staying at the inn in Fonsett Village.
Field Skill Obstacles
Several Heart-to-Hearts are placed in hard-to-reach locations that require your Blades to pass Field Skill checks to access the area. If you do not have the correct Blades engaged with the necessary skill levels, you will not be able to reach the event location.
Step-by-Step Guides for Key Heart-to-Hearts
Here is how to reach and trigger some of the most commonly missed or mechanically demanding Heart-to-Hearts in the game.
Burgeoning Curiosity (Chapter 3)
Located in Gormott, this event requires careful climbing and basic mobility field skills.
Tora's Angst (Chapter 3)
This event requires an inn rest and slightly higher field skills to reach the high branches in Uraya.
Little Rex (Chapter 5)
This event is hidden inside Rex's Secret Base in Fonsett Village and requires high-level elemental masteries to clear the entrance.
Hard Life (Chapter 6)
An easily missed event that requires both an inn rest and climbing to one of Torigoth's highest landmarks.