# XC2 Recomp: statically recompiling Xenoblade Chronicles 2

> XC2 Recomp statically translates the Nintendo Switch game Xenoblade Chronicles 2 into a native x86-64 application for Windows and Linux. Its setup extracts the user's game and update files, lifts ARM64 code, and builds a runtime with Vulkan rendering. The author reports that the early build reaches the title screen and runs through the opening battle into Goldmouth.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/AksharDP/xc2-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AksharDP/xc2-recomp/blob/17682a24364c21279be6c3b0f04cd30447b51f45/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/xc2-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/xc2-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/xc2-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-supplied Xenoblade Chronicles 2 base game, final update, and console prod.keys are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Windows 10 or newer, or Linux 6.7 or newer with glibc 2.34; an AVX2 CPU, Vulkan 1.3 GPU with VK_EXT_external_memory_host, and about 25 GiB of setup space are required.
- **Limits:** The project is in early development; custom aspect ratios and VRR are planned.
- **License:** MIT licence for the project's own code.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AksharDP/xc2-recomp/blob/17682a24364c21279be6c3b0f04cd30447b51f45/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/AksharDP/xc2-recomp/blob/17682a24364c21279be6c3b0f04cd30447b51f45/docs/installer.md>

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