Ardainian Soldier (type)

For the boss and normal variants, see Ardainian Soldier (boss) and Ardainian Soldier (normal).

Ardainian Rider

In the early parts of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country, the player will encounter various Ardainian soldiers as enemies. These are members of the Ardainian military. They are found primarily in the Titan Battleship and Torigoth Relay Base in Gormott Province in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and on or near the Ardainian Flagship moored to Lascham Cove in Gormott in Torna ~ The Golden Country. After Mòrag joins the party in Chapter 4, most of these soldiers become nonhostile, turning into generic unnamed NPCs, while the members of the Ardainian insurgent groups Brionac or Lindwurm will still attack the party.

Appearance-wise, there are four categories of Ardainian soldiers.

• Soldiers and Sergeants are foot units. They are fought on land and use steam rifles as their primary weapons.
• Rotts are canid creatures. They are fought on land and are usually found next to Soldiers.
• Fighters are aerial units, Cetus Titans flown by human pilots.
• Defense mechanism units. These are large terrestrial Archelon Titans. They are often immune to Break inflicted by the player, although they themselves have an Art that temporarily gives them the status.

List of Ardainian Soldier enemies

Story Exclusive Enemies

• Ardainian Fighter
• Ardainian Keeper
• Ardainian Locks
• Ardainian Rider
• Ardainian Rott
• Ardainian Sergeant
• Ardainian Soldier
• Haaken Scout
• Masque Scout
• Rez Driver (Driver with Blade)

Quest Exclusive Enemies

• Ambush Hassic (Driver, during Marvelous Mercenaries)
• Ardainian Cetus (with Titan, during Newt Recruits)
• Ardainian Citadel (Titan) (during Newt Recruits)
• Ardainian Major (during Newt Recruits)
• Ardainian Nipper (during Newt Recruits)
• Ardainian Private (during Newt Recruits)
• Ardainian Skatt (during Marvelous Mercenaries)
• Ardainian Snide (during Newt Recruits)
• Irving the Watchman (DLC) (during The Lone Watchman)

Unique Monster

• Remorseful Vaclav

Bosses

• Aeshma's Core (defense mechanism)
• Ardainian Soldier
• Ardainian Sergeant
• Captain Padraig
• Dughall (Driver with Blade)
• Mòrag (Driver with Blade, Brighid)
• Power Lines (defense mechanism)

Quest Exclusive Bosses

• Loyal Celdros (during Marvelous Mercenaries)
• Veteran Saffran (during Marvelous Mercenaries)

Challenge Battle Mode Enemies

• Ardainian Citadel (Titan)
• Ardainian Drage (with Titan)
• Ardainian Falz (with Titan)
• Ardainian Kurodil (Titan)
• Ardainian Major
• Ardainian Muss (with Titan)
• Ardainian Nipper
• Ardainian Private
• Ardainian Rainier
• Ardainian Sharper

Torna ~ The Golden Country

Story Exclusive Enemies

• Ardainian Scout

Quest Exclusive Enemies

• Conspirator MacNeth (during Duplicity)
• Whistling Bathein (during The Ardainian Gunman)

Boss

• Brighid

Notes

• Although it was not officially indicated, the Patch (Ver.1.2.0) update modifies the voice lines of the Ardainian Soldiers:

"Think you can take me?" becomes "Take this!"

"Don't forget me!" becomes "Don't forget!"

"You're done!" keeps as such.

Gallery

General Types

Example of a Sergeant (Captain Padraig)

Example of a Rott (Ardainian Nipper)

Example of a Fighter (Ardainian Cetus)

Example of a Defense Mechanism Unit (Ardainian Citadel)

Special Soldiers

Mòrag and Brighid

Dughall and Dolmes

Ardainian Kurodil

Aeshma's Core