Crossette (Japanese: ヒバナ, Hibana) is a Rare Blade in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. She can grant tremendous power to her Drivers, Rex, Nia, Zeke or Mòrag, and their allies. Crossette uses the Fire element, wields a Bitball, and acts as a Healer in battle. She can be awakened from the Ebullient Core Crystal after getting the A Firecracker of a Gal Key Item upon installation of the Patch (Ver.1.5.1) and the New Rare Blade Pack 2 from the Expansion Pass.
Crossette was designed by Atto (Japanese: あっと).
Personality
Crossette is an emotional girl who always strives to better herself. She greatly idolizes Pyra for her kindness and cooking skills, although is very often at odds with Mythra, who Crossette dislikes.
Appearance
Crossette is a young woman with pale skin, orange eyes, and black and white striped hair. She wears a white lined crop top, a black and white skirt, and white thigh high socks with brown stripes and dots. A belt of firework balls sits around her waist. Her hands and feet appear to be mechanical. She has two curved red horns, one capped with a gold ring, which emit fire when she is excited. Her core crystal is circular with four chambers and mounted like a necklace.
Blade Quest
Crossette during her Blade Quest
Crossette's Blade Quest, Bright Spark, can be activated after Chapter 10 is in progress. In the Leftherian Archipelago, a number of children are upset that their parents are not present to make them food, so Pyra and Crossette help out, with predictably mixed results. After a while some of the adults still have not returned, so the party sets out to search for them, finding them on the Isle of Urchon being attacked by Ignas. The Ignas have stolen children, and the party chase them up to Lud Cloudway: Fonsett at Crossette's behest. Here they find an Igna boss, who appears very strong and the party vote it a danger to attempt to rescue the children as they may get hurt in the battle. Crossette, however, cannot contain herself, and bursts forward to attack the Ignas alone. The party follow and the Ignas are successfully routed without any harm to the children. Pyra congratulates Crossette on her good work and they return the children to Fonsett Village.
As with all DLC Blades, Crossette does not have a Heart-to-Heart.
Abilities
Blade Specials
- Lv. 1 - Go! Great Star! - Cram the Bitball full of ether, then spin it and make it blow up.
- Lv. 2 - Go! Shooting Star! - Set off a series of ether explosions, capped with one last big one.
- Lv. 3 - Go! Lucky Star! - Set up the Bitball, then spike it for a truly giant boom.
- Lv. 4 - Go! Miracle Star! - Barrage the enemy with a series of ether explosions sent forward.
Blade Arts
- Critical Up - Increases critical hit rate.
- Arts Plus - Boosts power of next Driver Art.
Battle Skills
- Pyrotechnics - Increases damage dealt by party by 200%-300% when a Launched enemy is hit.
- Gathering Sparks - Increases damage dealt by 60%-100% per HP Potion picked up (max: 500%).
- Alchemy Adept - Boosts Fusion Combo effect by 30%-60%.
Field Skills
- Ardent Cooking - Lv. 5
- Agronomy - Lv. 3
- Fortitude - Lv. 5
Favorite Items
- Pouch item types: Staple Foods, Desserts
- Pouch items: Sunshine Pie (Meats), Spicy Stralu (Meats)
Affinity Chart
| Type | Name | Skill Level | Affinity Level | Effect | Prerequisite | Count | Flavor Text | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key Affinity Reward | 1 | 1 | Unlocks level 1 of the Affinity Chart. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Unlocks level 2 of the Affinity Chart. | Increase Trust | 100 | "As soon as I make up my mind to do something, I just forge ahead and do it. I hope I don't cause too much trouble..." | |||
| 3 | 3 | Unlocks level 3 of the Affinity Chart. Affinity bond will be easier to sustain. | Increase Trust | 700 | "If I grow closer to everyone, that means I'll grow closer to Pyra!" | |||
| 4 | 4 | Unlocks level 4 of the Affinity Chart. | Increase Trust | 2000 | "I feel like I've really gotten to know everyone. Is the feeling mutual?" | |||
| 5 | 5 | Unlocks level 5 of the Affinity Chart. | Increase Trust | 4000 | "I respect you almost as much as I respect Pyra!" | |||
| Blade Special | Go! Great Star! | 1 | 1 | Spawns a small HP Potion on hit, with a 60% chance to spawn 2. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Spawns a small HP Potion on hit, with a 70% chance to spawn 2. | Use Go! Great Star. | 5 | "Attack is the best form of defense! Isn't that right?" | |||
| 3 | 3 | Spawns a small HP Potion on hit, with a 80% chance to spawn 2. | Use Go! Great Star. | 10 | "I'll try and brighten things up even more!" | |||
| 4 | 4 | Spawns a small HP Potion on hit, with a 90% chance to spawn 2. | Use Go! Great Star. | 20 | "I'm really getting the hang of things!" | |||
| 5 | 5 | Spawns a small HP Potion on hit, with a 100% chance to spawn 2. | Use Go! Great Star. | 30 | "I might not measure up to Pyra, but I'm not doing too badly if I say so myself!" | |||
| Go! Shooting Star! | 1 | 1 | When landing a hit, restores 30% of damage dealt to the whole party. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | When landing a hit, restores 35% of damage dealt to the whole party. | Use Go! Shooting Star. | 2 | "Practice makes perfect! Right?" | |||
| 3 | 3 | When landing a hit, restores 40% of damage dealt to the whole party. | Use Go! Shooting Star. | 5 | "Intensive training is hard work... Pyra, tell me your secrets!" | |||
| 4 | 4 | When landing a hit, restores 45% of damage dealt to the whole party. | Use Go! Shooting Star. | 10 | "I think slow and steady is more my style than some kind of intensive all-in-one-go approach." | |||
| 5 | 5 | When landing a hit, restores 50% of damage dealt to the whole party. | Use Go! Shooting Star. | 15 | "Huh. Well, I guess even slow and steady improvement isn't going to do much for this anymore." | |||
| Go! Lucky Star! | 1 | 1 | Adds a 60% chance of dealing a guard-annulling attack. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Adds a 70% chance of dealing a guard-annulling attack. | Use Go! Lucky Star. | 2 | "You mess with fire, you get burned!" | |||
| 3 | 3 | Adds a 80% chance of dealing a guard-annulling attack. | Use Go! Lucky Star. | 3 | "Practice, practice, practice! That's the only route to success!" | |||
| 4 | 4 | Adds a 90% chance of dealing a guard-annulling attack. | Use Go! Lucky Star. | 6 | "Actually, I'm trying to work on hiding my flames so I don't set fire to quite as many things." | |||
| 5 | 5 | Adds a 100% chance of dealing a guard-annulling attack. | Use Go! Lucky Star. | 10 | "Ah, forget it. There's no hiding this fire!" | |||
| Battle Skill | Pyrotechnics | 1 | 1 | Increases damage dealt by party by 200% when a Launched enemy is hit. | ||||
| 2 | 2 | Increases damage dealt by party by 225% when a Launched enemy is hit. | Finish an enemy. | 5 | "I think I'm better at attacking than healing, to be honest!" | |||
| 3 | 3 | Increases damage dealt by party by 250% when a Launched enemy is hit. | Finish an enemy. | 10 | "You don't need to heal if the enemy is already dead before they hit you!" | |||
| 4 | 4 | Increases damage dealt by party by 275% when a Launched enemy is hit. | Finish an enemy. | 15 | "Finishing off an enemy really gets the blood pumping. Or should that be "boiling"?" | |||
| 5 | 5 | Increases damage dealt by party by 300% when a Launched enemy is hit. | Finish an enemy. | 20 | "One day I want to hold a big fireworks festival and invite Pyra. Imagine if she came! I think I'd explode with joy!" | |||
| Gathering Sparks | 1 | 1 | Increases damage dealt by 60% per HP Potion picked up (max: 500%). | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Increases damage dealt by 70% per HP Potion picked up (max: 500%). | Engage in combat. | 5 | "I wish I could fight alongside Pyra forever..." | |||
| 3 | 3 | Increases damage dealt by 80% per HP Potion picked up (max: 500%). | Engage in combat alongside Pyra or Mythra. | 10 | "Pyra is my hero. I admire her so much! Mythra? Who's that...?
...Oh, *her*..." | |||
| 4 | 4 | Increases damage dealt by 90% per HP Potion picked up (max: 500%). | Engage in combat alongside Pyra or Mythra. | 15 | "When I'm around Pyra, I worry about disappointing her. When I'm around Mythra, I worry about making her mad." | |||
| 5 | 5 | Increases damage dealt by 100% per HP Potion picked up (max: 500%). | Engage in combat alongside Pyra or Mythra. | 20 | "Mythra is pretty sharp around the edges, but actually I think she might be quite kind at heart... Maybe?" | |||
| Alchemy Adept | 1 | 1 | Boosts Fusion Combo effect by 30%. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Boosts Fusion Combo effect by 36%. | Receive a certain amount of total damage. | 10,000 | "Even though I've got this ball thing, I'm so bad at healing... Maybe I'm just a dumb stupid weirdo..." | |||
| 3 | 3 | Boosts Fusion Combo effect by 42%. | Raise Affinity in combat. | 10 | "I wonder what my Affinity is with Pyra..." | |||
| 4 | 4 | Boosts Fusion Combo effect by 48%. | Get hit by a critical attack. | 30 | "If you're stubborn enough, you can take any hit. You just say "I don't wanna die today!"" | |||
| 5 | 5 | Boosts Fusion Combo effect by 60% | Use Specials to participate in a chain attack. | 10 | "When everyone combines their power, we're like an unstoppable rocket! I'm giving it all I've got!" | |||
| Field Skill | Ardent Cooking | 1 | 1 | The power to prepare food like Pyra's. Skill exclusive to Crossette. | Speak to Lenka in Galad Residential Zone, Gormott. (Requires Nia and Pyra.) | "Pyra is my idea of the perfect Blade. I want to be just like her!" | ||
| 2 | 2 | Speak to Rami in Admar Storage Zone, Mor Ardain. (Requires Mòrag and Pyra.) | "I may have messed up before, but I want to keep trying to become as strong and as kind as my hero Pyra!" | |||||
| 3 | 3 | Speak to Nascion in Fonsett Village's residential area, Leftheria. (Requires Mythra.) | "Mythra is...well, she's mean, That's all there is to it. I don't respect her at all!" | |||||
| 4 | 4 | Speak to Elvira in Theosoir's Residential Area, Tantal. (Requires Zeke and Pyra.) | "I'm sorry for always acting on impulse. It's just that when my emotions start to burn, there's nothing I can do!" | |||||
| 5 | 5 | Go to Fonsett Village in Leftheria and complete the quest "Bright Spark". | "I'm still growing, but I'm hot on Pyra's tail, believe me!" | |||||
| Agronomy | 1 | 1 | Knowledge related to vegetables. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Acquire Vegetable items from the Collectibles list. | 10 | "Having someone around to look up to really helps your personal growth!" | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Acquire Vegetable items from the Collectibles list. | 30 | "Yes, yes, I get it. Don't set off fireworks where veggies and fruit could be hurt... I won't, I promise!" | ||||
| Fortitude | 1 | 1 | The power to endure hardships. It even helps cope with boring jobs. | |||||
| 2 | 2 | Use Meatball Pot-au-Feu. | 2 | "Eating Pyra's cooking makes me feel like I can take on the world!" | ||||
| 3 | 3 | Use an Acqua Pearl Pazza. | 2 | "Pyra's cooking really energizes me!" | ||||
| 4 | 4 | Use Addam's Supercakes. | 2 | "So these are Addam's Supercakes... Eating them makes me feel like I've gone up in the world somehow!" | ||||
| 5 | 5 | Use a Sunshine Pie. | 2 | "Now this is a true Pyra masterpiece! So sweet and tasty! Her greatest creation! ...Oh, it's from a recipe?" | ||||
Etymology
Crossette's Japanese name, Hibana, literally translates to "spark" (kanji: 火花). Switching the kanji around, however, makes the word for "firework" (花火, hanabi), which is featured in her Awakening cutscene. Similarly, her English name is also a type of firework.
