Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition ARD/ARH2 Extractor.
Download the latest version from Releases.
- Extract all files in the archive:
XbxDeTool.exe extract-all -i <path to .arh> [-o output dir] - Extract a known file in the archive:
XbxDeTool.exe extract-file -i <path to .arh> -f <game path> [-o output dir] - Extract a file by hash in the archive:
XbxDeTool.exe extract-hash -i <path to .arh> -h <16 character hash> [-o output dir] - List all known hashes in the archive:
XbxDeTool.exe hash-list -i <path to .arh> - Decompress file wrapped in Xbc1 layer:
XbxDeTool.exe extract-xbc -i <path to file>
Note
Arguments wrapped in <> are required and [] are optional.
When extracting files, files that are externally compressed with a Xbc1 header are also automatically decompressed to keep all assets in a consistent state. Use the --no-extract-xbc to override this behavior. (Technically the game supports loading raw files aswell, it just checks if the Xbc1 magic exists).
Unlike previous Xenoblade games, Monolith has transitioned to a hashed file system - no paths are present. Paths have to be found manually.
Currently, 104382 out of 104824 hashes are known (99.58%) for 1.0.1. Please contribute!
Additionally, the file system has been dumbed down compared to XB3. The header is essentially a list of:
struct
{
uint64 PathHash; // XXHash64 - example: XXHash64("/bdat/common.bdat".ToLower())
uint32 DiskSize; // Size in the archive
uint32 ExpandedSize; // Size when decompressed, if compressed. Note that even if this isn't set, the file may still be wrapped in a 'Xbc1' header.
} FileInfo;File offsets are calculated during file system initialization by accumulating disk sizes and aligning them using an alignment value in the main header.
.NET 9.0 SDK, Visual Studio 2022.
- roccodev - Research, hashes
- ScanMountGoat - hashes
- phkotte - Many remaining hashes
MIT License.
