Monolith Delicate has added a brand new Merc Assault mode in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Swap 2 Version, however, as with the sport’s different content material, you’ll need to unlock this dynamic battle mode in which you’ll be able to instantly management Blades.
You’ll first have to quick journey (or Skip Journey) to the Mercenary HQ in Garfont Village, which is within the Kingdom of Uraya. Yew will strategy Rex and ask whether or not he’s gotten the grasp of the entire merc life malarkey, earlier than introducing him to Merc Assault.
Whereas the corporate continues to dispatch Blades on Merc Missions, Yew explains that the souped-up Nintendo Swap 2 Version now enables you to take lively, hands-on management over these Blades as they do the soiled work. Your Blades nonetheless get expertise, and also you obtain the identical rewards as regular.

After Yew’s rationalization is over, you’ll obtain the hunt Vandham’s Different Ask, unlock Merc Assault, and are free to sort out Merc Assault Missions. The search merely duties you with finishing a Merc Assault Mission and reporting again to Yew at Mercenary HQ.
When you full a single Merc Assault Mission, additionally, you will obtain the brand new costumes for Pyra and Mythra as a particular reward.
Importantly, as soon as Merc Assault is unlocked, you possibly can entry it by means of the in-game menu (+ Button), deciding on Merc Group to then have the choice to decide on Merc Assault. This implies which you could entry the brand new mode from wherever you might be in-game.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Nintendo Swap 2 Version is now obtainable digitally on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Swap 2 worldwide, with a bodily model to be made obtainable by means of retailers from 1 October 2026.






