Ether Down

For the debuff, see Ether Down (debuff).

Ether Down
[Active] (rate)% chance of auto-attack reducing enemy ether by (value)%.
Element	Earth
Category	Attack
Equips on	Weapons
Max Combined	25% reduction
Sell Price	800 G (Rank I)

Ether Down (Japanese: エーテル減少, Ēteru Genshō) is a Gem in Xenoblade Chronicles that grants a chance that successful auto-attacks will lower the target's Ether, thereby reducing the damage dealt by its ether-based attacks.

Gem stats

	Activation Rate	Ether Decrease
Rank I	10%	2-4%
Rank II	12%	6-8%
Rank III	16%	10-12%
Rank IV	20%	14-16%
Rank V	25%	18-20%
Rank VI	30%	22-25%

Gem sources

Ways to obtain Ether Down gems, including completing Quests, trading with NPCs, and completing categories in the Collectopaedia.

Rank I	None
Rank II	Trade Atael (Frontier Village, 1*) Cherri (Frontier Village, 1*)
Rank III	Trade Atael (Frontier Village, 4*) Cherri (Frontier Village, 4*) Baroba (Frontier Village, 4*) Don Argentis (Frontier Village, 3*) Galdo (Alcamoth, 1*)
Rank IV	Trade Baroba (Frontier Village, 5*) Don Argentis (Frontier Village, 5*) Galdo (Alcamoth, 4*) Piko (Alcamoth, 5*)
Rank V	None
Rank VI	None

Crystal and cylinder sources

Places to mine for Ether Down crystals, and enemies which drop Ether Down Crystals and Cylinders.

Rank I Rank I	Enemy Dark Murakmor
Rank II Rank II	Mining Ether Mine B2F (map) - N-most crystal deposit Enemy Aggressive Cornelius Bono Nebula Emeraude Nebula Wind Nebula
Rank III Rank III	None
Rank IV Rank IV	Enemies Commander Oracion Sentimental Flamral Venerable Focalor M91/DOGMA M97/CYCLE M96/AWAKE Tempest Vang Kyel Lexos
Rank V Rank V	Enemies Veteran Yozel Green Feris

Unique armour and weapons

Unique Armour and Weapons with Ether Down gems permanently attached to them.

Rank I	None
Rank II	Weapon Queen Cluster
Rank III	None
Rank IV	None
Rank V	None
Rank VI	None