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Xenoblade 1 Data
Definitive Edition Data
Xenoblade 1 PKH file contents
Xenoblade DE Audio Mapping data
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Xenoblade 3 1.2.1 + DLC2 Data
Xenoblade 3 1.3.0 Data*
Xenoblade 3 DLC3 Data*
Xenoblade 3 2.0.0 + DLC 1-3 + Future Redeemed Data
Xenoblade 3 Audio Mapping data
(π¬π§ English / π―π΅ ζ₯ζ¬θͺ)
Xenoblade 3 BDAT hashes
* for 1.3.0 the base game data is separate from DLC3 data because of various debug data being left on accident in those.
** contains most known hashes, might be missing small subset of hashes compared to xb3tool
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General purpose file manipulation tools
XbTool
π§° Standalone tool
Tools to read, process and export data from Xenoblade games.
XenoLib/XenobladeToolset
π§° Standalone toolπ¨βπ» Developer resource
XenoLib is independent serialize library for various formats used by Xenoblade Engine. Xenoblade Toolset is a collection of conversion tools under XenoLib.
QuickBMS
π§° Standalone tool
Universal file extractor. Mostly recommended for Xenoblade 1 file formats and wwise audio packages in XC3 and XCDE.
SimpleDimple
π§° Standalone tool
Extractor for SAR1 archives.
SAR.bms
β Plugin
QuickBMS plugin for SAR1 archive extraction.
Nenkai's XenoTools
π§° Standalone tool
Set of libraries and tools for various Xenoblade Chronicles games.
Recordkeeper
π Online tool
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 save editor
XbxDeTool
π§° Standalone tool
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition ARD/ARH2 Extractor.
Data table tools
bdat-rs
π§° Standalone toolπ¨βπ» Developer resource
A library to (de)serialize Monolithsoft's proprietary BDAT format, used for data tables in all Xenoblade games.
Includes command-line toolset and documentation explaining BDAT file format structure.
xb3tool
π§° Standalone tool
This repository contains tool used to generate html tables from BDAT as well as several other tools.
xc3_data_sheet
π§° Standalone tool
Readers for Xenoblade 3 data sheet files
Model tools
Xenoblade Importer For Noesis
β Plugin
Xenoblade file format plugin for Noesis.
β οΈAs of 2025 considered legacy, consider using xenoblade_blender instead.
Xenoblade Shape Key Tool
β Plugin
Helper blender addon for Turk645's Noesis Xenoblade Model Importer.
This addon automatically loads morph names from wimdo file and sets proper shape key names.
Monado Forge
β Plugin
An addon for Blender (written with 3.3.1) for working with Xenoblade files
XenoMax
β Plugin
XenoMax is an importer for 3ds max for formats used by Xenoblade Engine.
β οΈAs of 2023 should mainly be used if you want to extract animations and X models.οΈ
"Temp" texture viewer
π Online tool
Online tool to view different color channels of "temp" (channel packed) textures.
xenoblade_blender
β Plugin
A Blender addon for importing models, maps, and animations.
Mods
Xenomods
πΉοΈ Mod
Modding framework for Xenoblade games on Switch.
xc3-file-loader
πΉοΈ Mod
This mod allows you to load custom files, replacing the game's defaults.
xc3-difficulty-unlocker
πΉοΈ Mod
This mod acts as a replacement for custom difficulty settings in Xenoblade 3, until we get an official solution.
Additionally, it also allows you to select the hidden "Very Hard" difficulty that's left in the game's files.
Developer resources
xc3_lib
π¨βπ» Developer resource
Xenoblade Chronicles file format and rendering libraries.
imgui-xeno
π¨βπ» Developer resource
A Dear ImGui backend for Xenoblade games.
Audio tools
vgmstream
π§° Standalone toolπ¨βπ» Developer resourceβ Plugin
Library, standalone application and plugins for playback of various audio file formats
WWISER
π§° Standalone tool
WWISER can be used for exploring .bnk files and doing some other things with Xenoblade DE and Xenoblade 3 audio.
xeno3_PCK.bms
β Plugin
QuickBMS plugin for wwise .pck extraction
Legacy game tools
Brresviewer
π§° Standalone tool
Tool to view & convert xenoblade 1 formats
Useful links
Discord servers
World Tree Research Discord
Discord server dedicated to reverse engineering and other research related to Xenoblade series.
Knowledge bases/wikis
The Cutting Room Floor's Xeno series category
The Cutting Room Floor is a site dedicated to unearthing and researching unused and cut content from video games.
Xeno Series Wiki
Independent wiki for the "Xeno" game series.
xc2f - Xenoblade 2 file formats
GitHub wiki describing various Xenoblade 2 file formats
RoccoDev's personal blog
Personal blog of RoccoDev with information about inner workings of various Xenoblade Chronicles 3 systems.
Nenkai's Xeno Docs
Documentation for internals of Xenoblade games. At the time of writing contains technical documentation for Xenoblade 1: Definitive Edition's bdat tables.
Databases/data lists
Xenoblade 3 Model Database
This document contains database of all models and maps in Xenoblade 3
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 voice lines list
This document contains detailed information about all voice lines and cutscenes in Xenoblade Chronicles 3
XC3 Enemy Compendium
Database of all information related to enemies in Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Xenoblade 3 devxml spreadsheet
Spreadsheet containing information about valeus stored in devxml files of Xenoblade Chronicles 3