Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Pouch Items and Pouch Expansions, includes New Game Plus Blades, T-elos, Poppibuster, Shulk, Fiora, Crossette,

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is jam-packed with mechanics and systems to juggle and manage, and one of the major ones you have to worry about is the use of Pouch Items. How you use Pouch Items is one of the most versatile components in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and getting it right can make a big difference to your Xenoblade experience.

Not only can the use of proper Pouch Items significantly increase your chances at victory in even the most difficult fights, they can even be used to increase the Trust level between you and any Blade in your arsenal. Since Blade affinity levels are often locked behind gaining a significant amount of Trust, this can be a way to unlock the higher abilities of Blades that you receive later in the game, or Blades that you simply haven't used in combat as much.

NOTE: This list now includes the favorite pouch items for the seven blades unique to New Game Plus. You can jump to those blades here.

NOTE 2: This list now includes favorite pouch items for the two blades introduced in patch 1.4.0 - Poppibuster and T-elos. You can jump to those blades here.

NOTE 3: This list now includes favorite pouch items for the two blades introduced in patch 1.5.0 - Shulk and Fiora. You can jump to those blades here.

NOTE 4: This list now includes favorite pouch items for Crossette.

NOTE 5: This list now includes favorite pouch items for Corvin and Elma.

Keep in mind that like our list of rare blades, this page will contain spoilers as to blade identities for the entire game.

Need help with other parts of the game? We've got more Xenoblade Chronicles 2 guides to assist:

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Where to find the Pouch Expansions

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Every one of the five playable characters starts with a single Pouch slot but can be upgraded to two with the use of a rare Pouch Expansion item. This can make the use of pouch items incredibly versatile, such as using one item in Slot 1 to increase the rate at which you can use Driver Arts, and putting something in Slot 2 that auto recharges your Special attacks at a regular interval. The locations of some of the expansion items are pretty tricky though so here's a handy list for where to find them all:

Pouch Expansion 1: You'll receive this pouch expansion from the main story.

Pouch Expansion 2: You'll receive this pouch expansion from the main story.

Pouch Expansion 3: After the story event at Boulderbore Gate in Gormott, return to that area after the in-game scene moves the party away from it. In the back of the bandit cave, you'll find this in a chest.

Pouch Expansion 4: This one is tricky. What you'll want to do is Skip Travel to Godsford Isle in Leftheria. Once here, turn around and drop onto the nearby platform. It will begin moving. This platform will pass over a similar platform with a collection spot, but ignore it and stay until you reach further north, which will lead you to a second platform with a chest on it. Inside this chest is the Expansion item.

Pouch Expansion 5: Near the end of the Spirit Crucible dungeon area, head to Vault of Heroes and look underneath the staircase near the final altar. You can pass a moderate Field Skill check here to uncover the chest with the final Expansion item.

Pouch Expansion 6: On the right side of the upper level of Mor Ardain is a cliffside that you can only access by riding the moving cargo containers coming out of the factory at Beruf Industry Ward in the Northeast part of Alba Cavanich. Once you can access the building by using a key obtained during the 'We Meet Again' quest, you can ride the container to the isolated cliff, and find the Expansion item to the Northeast part of it. 

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Favorite Pouch Items

Every character and Blade has two favorite categories of Items, such as Instruments or Desserts, and then two favorite items in particular -- these favorite items aren't always from those favorite categories, so tracking them all down can be a bit of trial and error. Here we have a work-in-progress list of the favorite categories and items for all of the characters in the game. Start getting those Trust levels up!

Note that in our testing, oftentimes giving a blade an item from their favorite categories would give the same amount of trust points as giving them their favorite items, so it may be best just to find the cheapest item you can find from one of the two favorite categories. Equip a few blades with some overlapping categories and keep filling that pouch to level a few Blades' Trust all at once!

Note that to obtain some of the items from shops, you may have to increase your development level in that region in order to see their full offering of products.

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Rex - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Pan Fried Tartari (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Must be obtained through Cooking

Favorite Item 2: Coral Reversi (Games)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Nia - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Cream Orange Paratha (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Ardanian Bear Carving (Art)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cananich

Tora - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Juicy Samod (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Silken Stool (Textiles)

Item 2 Location: Fonsett

Vandham - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Armu T-Bone Steak

Item 1 Location: Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item 2: Alrestogony (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Morag - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Quotelettas (Meat)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Steamwork Organ (Instruments)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cavanich

Zeke - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meat

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Addam's Embercakes (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Snow-Crystal Vase (Art)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

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Pyra - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Jenorossi Tea (Drinks)

Item 1 Location: Garfont

Favorite Item 2: Woodgrain Alphorn (Instruments)

Item 2 Location: Torigoth

Mythra - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Cloud Sea Crab Sticks (Seafood)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Final Chorus (Art)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Dromarch - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meat

Category 2: Games

Favorite Item 1: Dried Sunfish (Seafood)

Item 1 Location: Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item 2: Cedarwood Koto (Instruments)

Item 2 Location: Torigoth

Poppi Alpha - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Fizz Juice (Drinks)

Item 1 Location: Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Roly-Poly Maracas (Instruments)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Poppi QT - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Sky-Jewel Tart (Desserts)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Genbu-Weave Cloth (Textiles)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Poppi QT Pi - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Melodious Melon Parfait (Desserts)

Item 1 Location: Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Flurrycomb (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Torigoth

Roc - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Wood-Dye Waistcloth (Textiles)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Abyssturgeon Medallion (Seafood)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Brighid - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Titan-Oil Hand Cream (Cosmetics)

Item 1 Location: Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item 2: Thawing Mille-Feuille (Desserts)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

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Pandoria - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meat

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Fried Octomayo (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Moonstar Lipstick (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Nia (Blade) - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Snowbaby Potato Salad (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Fonsett

Favorite Item 2: Sneak-Thief King (Board Games)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Aegaeon - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Fondant Rice Cake (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Montecoran Doll (Art)

Item 2 Location: Fonsett

Godfrey - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meat

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Estral Steak (Meat)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Adventures of Myram (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Wulfric - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Marine Stir-Fry (Seafood)

Item 1 Location: Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Smack-A-Nopon (Board Games)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Perceval - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Scarlet Shamisen (Instruments)

Item 1 Location: Garfont

Favorite Item 2: Vinaigrette Ice Cabbage (Veggies)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Vale - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Prickly Snowpickle (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Crinkly Wool (Textiles)

Item 2 Location:  Use Vale's Weaving Field Skill in Fonsett.

Agate - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Fish and Herb Broth (Seafood)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Les Awfuls (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cavanich

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Gorg - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Neon Grape Flan (Dessert)

Item 1 Location: Use Gorg's Patissier Field Skill in Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item2: Imperial Secret Escapes (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cavanich

Boreas - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Massive Mushroom Pie (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Frozen Odifa (Drinks)

Item 2 Location: Fonsett

Dagas - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Aromalocaris Saute (Seafood)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Black Flower Field (Art)

Item 2 Location: Torigoth

Kasandra - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Felmeric Fairy Statue (Art)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Astrology Made Simple (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Praxis - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Sno-bake Cheesecake (Desserts)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Curled Eyelashes (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Theory - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Steamed Veg Stralu (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Sparkly Snow Perfume (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Torigoth

Perun - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Black Roast Coffee (Drinks)

Item 1 Location: Garfont

Favorite Item 2: Fonsan Viola (Instruments)

Item 2 Location: Garfont

Kora - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Blossom Custard (Dessert)

Item 1 Location: Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item 2: Conch Hairpin (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Torigoth

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Azami - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Steamflake Tabbouleh (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Red Opal Lipstick (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Ursula - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Torigonda (Instruments)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Steamwork Organ (Instruments)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cavanich

Newt - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meat

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Army Field Manual (Board Games)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Zaproast Power Bowl (Meats)

Item 2 Location: Fonsett

Nim - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Tricolour Bowl (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Must be obtained through Cooking

Favorite Item 2: Don't Feed The Armu (Board Games)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Sheba - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Desserts

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Indoline Tea (Drinks)

Item 1 Location: Fonsett

Favorite Item 2: Copper Ephem Statue (Art)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cavanich

Vess - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Fruity Rice Ball (Desserts)

Item 1 Location: Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Torigoth Snowpouch (Textiles)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Adenine - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Torigoth Marinade (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Leftherian Life (Board Games)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Electra - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meat

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Honey au Lait (Drinks)

Item 1 Location:  Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Hammerplate Snare (Instruments)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cavanich

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Zenobia - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meat

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Char-Grilled Grumbird (Meats)

Item 1 Location: Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item 2: Portrait of Ger the Hero (Art)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Finch - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Stuffed Meaty Carrot (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Sparkly Snow Perfume (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Torigoth

Floren - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Leaf-Weave Cape (Textiles)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Snow Dumplings (Desserts)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

KOS-MOS - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Gladiator Wrestling (Board Games)

Item 1 Location: Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item 2: Master's Curry (Staple Foods)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Herald - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Lunana Smoothie (Drinks)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Jeweled Billiard Balls (Board Games)

Item 2 Location:  Theosoir

Dahlia - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Poached Fruit Samod (Staple Foods)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Tantal Icecube (Art)

Item 2 Location: Use Dahlia's IceCraft Field Skill

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: New Game + New Torna Blade Favorite Pouch Items

As of Patch 1.3, seven new blades are available in a second playthrough. 

Patroka - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Odifa Gelee Tart (Desserts)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Felt Cushioning (Textiles)

Item 2 Location: Craft in Fonsett using Vale's Weaving

Mikhail - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Vegetable Mille-Feuille (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Fonsett

Favorite Item 2: Tantalese Velvet (Textiles)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Obrona - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Masterpieces of Alrest (Literature)

Item 1 Location: Fonsa Myma

Favorite Item 2: Tantalese Porridge (Staple Foods)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Perdido - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Armu Milk Earl Grey

Item 1 Location: Fonsett

Favorite Item 2: Skywards by Titan (Art)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Cressidus - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meats

Category 2: Textiles

Favorite Item 1: Mustard Kordeth (Meats)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: The Blizzard Choir (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Sever - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meats

Category 2: Instruments

Favorite Item 1: Chooby Tubes

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Hot-Plate Fry (Meats)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Akhos - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Smoked-Braised Kilifish (Seafood)

Item 1 Location: Fonsett

Favorite Item 2: Witness the Crustip (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Theosoir

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Patch 1.4.0 T-elos and Poppibuster Favorite Pouch Items 

T-elos - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Instruments

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Army-Issue Violin (Instruments)

Item 1 Location: Alba Cavanich

Favorite Item 2: Salvaging Made Easy (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Poppibuster - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Meats

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Tasty Sausage (Meats)

Item 1 Location: Torigoth

Favorite Item 2: Nopopo Yard (Board Games)

Item 2 Location: Fonsa Myma

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Patch 1.5.0 Shulk and Fiora Favorite Pouch Items 

Shulk - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Veggies

Category 2: Literature

Favorite Item 1: Addam's Supercakes (Veggies)

Item 1 Location: Cooked by Pyra after purchasing A Tantalese Recipe from Theosoir's informant.

Favorite Item 2: Ardainian Arms Album (Literature)

Item 2 Location: Alba Cavanich 

Fiora - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Cosmetics

Favorite Item 1: Whitebait-Samod Hotpot (Seafood)

Item 1 Location: Theosoir

Favorite Item 2: Elastifying Tonic (Cosmetics)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Patch 1.5.1 Crossette Favorite Pouch Items 

Shulk - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Staple Foods

Category 2: Desserts

Favorite Item 1: Sunshine Pie (Meats)

Item 1 Location: Create with Pyra's Cooking at Tora's House

Favorite Item 2: Spicy Stralu (Meats)

Item 2 Location: Purchase from "Falala, Pop Star" near Lemour Inn in Argentum after completing the quest Fame and Family.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Patch 1.5.2 Corvin and Elma Favorite Pouch Items 

Corvin - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Drinks

Category 2: Board Games

Favorite Item 1: Twinklejuice (Drinks)

Item 1 Location: Argentum

Favorite Item 2: Nopon Chess Set (Board Games)

Item 2 Location: Argentum

Elma - Favorite Pouch Items

Category 1: Seafood

Category 2: Art

Favorite Item 1: Codweave Safety Blanket (Textiles)

Item 1 Location: Fonsett

Favorite Item 2: Pipestraw Smoothie (Drinks)

Item 2 Location: Fonsett