Strength Down

For the debuff, see Strength Down (debuff).

Strength Down
[Active] (rate)% chance that an attack will lower enemy strength by (value)%.
Element	Fire
Category	Attack
Equips on	Weapons
Max Combined	25% strength reduction
Sell Price	750 G (Rank I)

Strength Down (Japanese: 筋力ダウン, Kinryoku Daun) is a Gem in Xenoblade Chronicles that grants a chance that auto-attacks will lower an enemy's Strength, thereby reducing the amount of damage dealt by its physical attacks.

Gem stats

	Activation Rate	Strength Down
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 Strength Down gems, including completing Quests, trading with NPCs, and completing categories in the Collectopaedia.

Rank I	None
Rank II	Trade Berryjammy (Frontier Village, 2*) Rasha (Frontier Village, 2*)
Rank III	Quest How Do I Feel? Trade Berryjammy (Frontier Village, 3*) Rasha (Frontier Village, 4*) Cian (Alcamoth, 2*) Yusa (Frontier Village, 3*)
Rank IV	Trade Cian (Alcamoth, 4*) Yusa (Frontier Village, 4*) Kuriku (Frontier Village, 4*) Adidi (Frontier Village, 4*) (Only if Adidi was given the Enlarging Seaweed during the quest Who is Bigger?.)
Rank V	Collectopaedia Bionis' Interior - Strange category complete Quest Protect the Village
Rank VI	None

Crystal and cylinder sources

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

Rank I Rank I	Enemy Dark Murakmor
Rank II Rank II	Mining Ether Mine GF (map) - Second deposit ESE of Central Terminal
Rank III Rank III	Mining Ether Mine GF (map) - Second deposit ESE of Central Terminal (Requires Colony 6 Nature Level 3) Makna Forest (map) - Decayed Forest Sword Valley (map) - NNE of Dolgan Outpost and NNW of 5th Gate Enemies Lightning Ronove Glorious Jurom Affluent Beleth Lightspeed Sonid Breezy Zolos M82X Melee Unit M85 Sergeant M85 Meteor Artillery Prado Upa Makna Eks Stella Eks
Rank IV Rank IV	Mining Ether Mine GF (map) - Second deposit ESE of Central Terminal (Requires Colony 6 Nature Level 4) Agniratha 1F (map) - NNE of Helas Pillar
Rank V Rank V	Mining Ether Mine GF (map) - Second deposit ESE of Central Terminal (Requires Colony 6 Nature Level 5)

Unique armour and weapons

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

Rank I	None
Rank II	None
Rank III	None
Rank IV	None
Rank V	None
Rank VI	None