Makna Forest

Makna Forest is an area in Xenoblade Chronicles located on the Bionis. It connects the Bionis' Interior to Frontier Village and Valak Mountain.
==Geography==
Makna Forest is located on a protrusion the back of the Bionis, directly below Eryth Sea. It houses Frontier Village, the main Nopon population center, while also connecting to Valak Mountain. Being on the upper Bionis, Giant ruins can be found scattered throughout the forest. Countless varieties of exotic flora and monsters live in Makna, both native creatures and larger variants of existing monsters. Around the Frontier Village area, the Nopon have built a network of bridges in the treetops, allowing travelers to safely cross the forest without being harmed by the creatures below.
The forest is very warm and humid with a rather high ambient ether level, making it a suitable climate for Telethia. While largely verdant, the Leone Telethia's ether absorption has caused parts of the forest to become barren and decayed. Although the climate of Makna Forest is mostly that of a sub-tropical jungle, it is quite varied in its features, including rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and cliffs. Of particular note is the Great Makna Falls, a massive group of waterfalls that feeds an equally large lake and river that flows down the bottom of a great chasm. Here, long bridges spanning the gap have been built to connect the main forest area to other regions of the Bionis.
In Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Makna Forest has been merged with ruined buildings from the Land of Morytha, creating the Maktha Wildwood. The climate remains largely the same, although with the buildings becoming overgrown with time, and with few landmarks and features from Makna surviving into Aionios.
==Story==
Makna Forest is first seen from the perspective of Melia and her guard retinue as they fight against a Telethia. The soldiers are slain, but Melia manages to injure the beast and drive it away away with a blast of ether.
The party arrives in Makna Forest after passing through the Bionis' Interior. As they search for the Nopon village in the region, they come across the unconscious Melia. As she is suffering from ether deficiency, Shulk heads to the nearby falls on his own to look for a deposit of pure water Ether Crystals. There, he comes across a mysterious yet familiar-looking man who introduces himself as Alvis. As Shulk tries to figure out who Alvis is, a group of Telethia arrive. As the Monado's visions prove ineffective against their telepathy, Alvis takes the Monado himself and demonstrates a new power to disable them. The two then defeat the monsters together, and Alvis tells Shulk both about the main Telethia in the forest and the Monado, but Reyn arrives and Alvis disappears before Shulk can question him further.
Having gathered the crystals, Shulk and Reyn return to the others, and Sharla uses the ether to awaken Melia, who is surprised by them at first but grateful for their aid, and offers to guide the party to the Nopon village and Eryth Sea above. At Frontier Village, the group, joined by the Nopon Riki, decide to aid Melia in her fight against the Telethia. Heading to a dead region of the forest with a high concentration of ether crystals, the party fights and destroys the Telethia, and they return to the village to head to Eryth Sea.
==Locations==
* Abyss Basin
* Bridge One
* Bridge Three
* Bridge Two
* Clear Waterfall
* Contaminated Area
* Decayed Forest
* Eks Watering Hole
* Great Makna Falls
* Hode Lair
* Precipice Bridge
* Repaired Bridge Four
* Sap Cave
* Yellow Flower Grove
==Landmarks==
* Agni Tablet
* Glowmoss Trihenge
* Lakeside
* Makna Path
* Nopon Arch
* Pod Landing Site
* Twisted Tree Gate
* Valak Pass
* Village Entrance
* Waypoint Beacon
* Windmill Pavilion
==Secret Areas==
* Divine Sanctuary
* Seahorse Islet
* Sparkling Pool
* King Agni's Tomb
==NPCs==
* Gadada (During Dangerous Ambition)
* 
==Shops==
* Makna Forest Shop
==Enemies==
==Collectables==
==Heart-to-Hearts==
* Fallen Brethren
* No Boys Allowed
* Riki's Crazy Crystal Plan
==Quests==
==In other languages==
==Gallery==
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Category:Areas (XC1)Category:Makna Forest
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