Xenovader

Type Effectiveness

Deals bonus damage to

Neutral

Takes bonus damage from

Dragon

Innate Passives

Otherworldly CellsAttack goes up 10%, while Fire and Lightning damage each land 15% weaker.

Base Stats

Work Suitabilities

Lumberingbest

Transporting

Xenovader Food & Hunger

4/10

Higher food need means Xenovader eats more often while working at your base.

Xenovader Movement Speed

Behavior & Traits

Active at Night (nocturnal)

Trust Bonuses (Partner Level)

How strongly Xenovader's stats scale as its Trust level rises.

Xenovader Stats by Level

What Xenovader actually reads at each level, from a worst-case individual (IV 0) to a perfect one (IV 100). Condensing, souls and Trust stack on top of these.

Work out any level and IV combination →

How to Get Xenovader

Xenovader is not in the wild spawn tables or any dungeon, so it cannot be found by exploring — it arrives through a fixed encounter or by breeding rather than a hunt.

Xenovader is Dark, so a Dragon attacker takes it down fastest — and a Pal it resists will drag the fight long enough for it to heal or flee.

Its capture rate is 1.0, which makes it dead average, which makes the back-strike bonus worth lining up before you throw.

There is no nest or biome to camp for this one — it turns up at meteor crash sites, which fall at random spots and only stay active for a while before the debris despawns. That makes it an opportunistic catch: keep spheres on you and detour the moment a meteor lands, because the site is gone long before the next one is announced.

Meteor fall frequency is a world setting, so on your own world or a private server you can turn it up and stop waiting on the default timer. Bring your best spheres to the site rather than saving them — a failed throw here costs a whole meteor cycle, not a walk back across the map.

Dragon

Run the capture odds for your sphere and health →

Playing Xenovader Well

Its Dark typing is the whole fight: Dragon damage cuts through it, so lead with a Dragon partner such as Jetragon, Quivern or Chillet and pair that with a Dragon-element weapon or ammo. Chip it down with Dragon hits, then throw — 90 HP and 85 Defense means it folds fast if you overcommit and lose the catch.

It is an aggressive nocturnal pal that opens fire on sight, and its 125 Ranged beats its 100 Melee, so the damage comes at you from distance the instant you enter the crash site. Armor and healing items are worth topping up before you fly out, since you are landing in the middle of the aggro radius rather than approaching on your own terms.

Xenovader Tier List Rankings

Xenovader in Base Raids

Xenovader shows up in 3 raid groups that attack your base, at level 23–26 around the Snowfields. Worth knowing before you settle there — build your defences around what actually turns up.

Best Xenovader Build

Xenovader shines as a frontline attacker. The passives below push that strength as hard as possible — hunt them through catches, breeding or implants.

Partner skill: Unknown Invader.

Best Xenovader Moveset — Highest DPS

1ElectricSpark Blast25DPS · 50 pow

2NeutralHoly Burst23.3DPS · 700 pow

3DarkDark LaserSTAB22.5DPS · 450 pow

Ranked by sustained damage per second. STAB moves share Xenovader's element for extra damage.

Active Skills (8)

Lv	Move	Element	Power	Cooldown	DPS	Type	Range
1	Power Shot	Neutral	80	4s	20	Shot	3000
7	Poison Blast	Dark	30	2s	15	Shot	5000
15	Umbral Surge	Dark	60	4s	15	Shot	5000
22	Dark Arrow	Dark	120	8s	15	Shot	5000
30	Nightmare Ball	Dark	300	16s	18.8	Shot	5000
40	Evil SlashSignature	Dark	350	16s	21.9	Shot	3000
50	Dark Laser	Dark	450	20s	22.5	Shot	1800
70	Dark Whisp	Dark	600	30s	20	Shot	1500

Drops

Item	Qty	Rate
Meteorite Fragment	3-10	100%

Alpha & Boss Xenovader Drops

Boss encounters with Xenovader drop these instead — including Ancient Civilization Parts.

100%0%100%

Egg Moves (32)

Move	Element	Power	DPS
Air Blade	Neutral	160	20
Apocalypse	Dark	400	20
Aqua Burst	Water	200	16.7
Beam Slicer	Dragon	350	21.9
Circle Vine	Grass	300	18.8
Comet Strike	Dragon	180	22.5
Curtain Splash	Water	300	18.8
Diamond Rain	Ice	600	20
Dragon Breath	Dragon	160	20
Dragon Cannon	Dragon	40	20
Dragon Meteor	Dragon	600	20
Flame Funnel	Fire	300	18.8
Flame Wall	Fire	250	20.8
Holy Burst	Neutral	700	23.3
Hydro Laser	Water	450	22.5
Iceberg	Ice	120	15
Ignis Breath	Fire	160	20
Ignis Rage	Fire	500	20.8
Lightning Bolt	Electric	450	22.5
Lock-on Laser	Electric	140	17.5
Pal Blast	Neutral	450	22.5
Power Bomb	Neutral	120	15
Rockburst	Ground	300	18.8
Sand Twister	Ground	500	20.8
Solar Blast	Grass	450	22.5
Spark Blast	Electric	50	25
Splash	Water	160	20
Thunder Rain	Electric	400	20
Thunderstorm	Electric	600	20
Tri-Lightning	Electric	200	16.7
TriSpark	Electric	250	20.8
Volcanic Rain	Fire	450	22.5

What Xenovader Can Breed Into (135)

Put Xenovader in a Breeding Farm with the right partner and these are the 135 Pals that can come out. The pairings needing the fewest specific partners are listed first — those are the ones worth planning a chain around.

Child	Partners that work
Blazehowl	Fenglope Lux
Cawgnito	Nox
Dumud	Cattiva
Finsider	Chikipi
Icelyn	Whalaska
Lunaris	Dazemu
Nitemary Botan	Petallia Ignis
Quivern	Reptyro Cryst
Reptyro	Eidrolon
Smokie Cryst	Dynamoff
Surfent Terra	Croajiro Noct
Xenovader	Xenovader
Yakumo	Leezpunk Ignis
Arsox	Tanzee Ignis, Woolipop
Bakemi	Blazehowl Noct, Icelyn
Beakon	Bushi, Felbat
Beegarde	Cremis, Rushoar
Blazehowl Noct	Gildane, Ghangler Ignis
Bulldosu	Celesdir, Silvegis
Bushi	Incineram Noct, Quivern Botan
Caprity Noct	Mossanda, Penking
Carnibora	Needoll Noct, Skutlass Ignis
Chillet	Jolthog Cryst, Swee
Chillet Ignis	Lovander, Wixen
Croajiro Noct	Valentail, Dazzi Noct
Cryolinx	Knocklem, Celesdir Noct
Dazzi	Foxparks, Fuack
Dazzi Noct	Lunaris, Souffline
Digtoise	Warsect, Loupmoon Cryst
Dinossom	Celaray Lux, Snugloo
Dinossom Lux	Fenglope, Foxcicle
Dogen	Polapup Terra, Pierdon
Dynamoff	Sootseer, Xenogard
Elgrove	Kingpaca, Yakumo
Elizabee	Smokie, Hoodle
Elphidran	Celaray, Mau Cryst
Elphidran Aqua	Dogen, Incineram
Felbat	Turtacle Terra, Nitemary Botan
Fenglope	Dinossom, Loupmoon
Foxcicle	Grintale, Munchill

+95 more — work out any pairing in the breeding calculator →

How to Breed Xenovader (1 parent combos)

Full guide: How to breed Xenovader →

Xenovader+Xenovader