This guide is designed for Expert mode gameplay. Contains: Light spoilers, entries for important side quests, artisan guide, and how to obtain outfits for the gang. Use at your own discretion.
Starting Up
DO NOT launch the game from the shortcut! The game should be launched from the Library where you can select which server to play on. The bottom one is the American server.
Important Tips
- Check around the map for side quest indicators before proceeding with the main questline
- Make frequent visits to Lotuscape to craft items
- Do all quest board tasks ASAP
- Make a save for the achievements with different outcomes
Prologue
Focus on getting enough hits in to gain Morale and spam attacks on the Mutated Demons core.
After confronting Tao Kuan you’ll soon fight him along with his henchmen. All you need to do is quickly take them out so it’s only Tao Kuan and take his hits. Make sure you’re around full health to make it easier.
During the battle, focus on deflecting Yulin’s yellow attacks and spam attacks on him. Be sure to save enough stamina for his red attacks.
Act 1
Make your way down the Ancient Cloister with Yulin. Be careful you don’t fall off the map when jumping on those floating rocks.
There are plenty of pots scattered around the map.
Get the Heluo fishes to shoot yellow lightning balls into a Darklurker then kill it while it has the lightning around it.
Halfway down, jump out to the side and step onto the moving rock. When you get on the platform with the Wyrm you will get the achievement.
When you reach the Marsh, you’ll fight the Mirage. You can play it safe by dodging his attacks and keeping a long distance from his scream move and red attacks.
You just need to clear out all the demons where the blue circles are on the map.
You’ll go through three phases fighting the Inner Demon. Dodge his red attacks and keep your stamina up. Somewhere along the middle phase he will hide under the ground then knock you down. Don’t worry, this is supposed to happen and won’t count towards the achievement. You’ll be in the final phase where you can finish him off.
Buying Flowers
After playing Lost Tales three times, head on over to the markets to trigger the quest. This counts as partial completion towards ‘Do You Like Flowers’.
– Do this a couple of times in case it doesn’t show
Saving before you reach the destination is recommended since this achievement will be a bit challenging and you can reload if you mess up fighting the boss.
Long Awaited Reunion (Part 1)
At Farnight Bay in the evening, talk to Cen Ying sitting on a rock to activate the quest to find her missing uncle.
At the portal, using the skill to knock down demons will help.
After waking from the hallucination:
– Lost Tales NPCs in Yanling
Search Yangping and Yangling questboards for artisians
– Wei Conghua from ‘Senior Peer’ Yanling questboard
Act 2
– Lotuscape expeditions: North of Yanling, South of Yanling, Outside of Yanling
– Lost Tales NPCs in Yanling
– Head to Skylek with Cen Ying and start ‘Wild Soul’ quest
Recruitment:
– Luo Chuhong (Yanping)
– Wake the pig (Dream Yangping)
– Wake Xia Chuhong (Dream Yangping)
– A Cat? (Dream Yangping, Dragonfish at Amber Reach)
Inspect the water and say ‘Yes’ (See Chapter 17)
– Giorgio from ‘Able Hands’ (Yanping questboard)
Save your progress when you get to the platform with the three swinging cages. You can replay this chapter for either achievement.
– Get hit by the first cage knocking you right, then unseal the bell
After talking to the swallows, go to Yangping in the Dream Realm and investigate all of the items. Go back to regular Yangping. Before you proceed, make a save here since there will be two options to choose from. Your first achievement should be ‘Love Remains’ then reload your save for ‘Dream Faded’.
Love Remains
Investigate all items at Yangping in the Dream Realm then choose ‘Wedding decorations’.
Dream Faded
Choose ‘Corpses and a prescription’. (Obtainable around the end of the game.)
Outfit: Onyx Plume Dress (Yun’wuyue)
Pick up the box besides Yu Mengzhi to get the recipe before investigating the strange twig.
Demon Devoured
When you find Beiluo in the dreamscape, choose not to give him the shards. Find the Shadowchase Cub on the map and give it the shards. This will get you the achievement later on in the game.
Outfit: Lotus Bloom (Cen Ying)
After recieving the letter from the swallows, go to the Yanling questboard for ‘Fabric Delivery’. Complete this to recieve the outfit.
My Homeland (Part 1)
Travel to Skylek and go to the right where the Hospice is to initiate My Homeland. Dawn will ask you to bring back 5 Fireshield stones located at Amber Reach. Investigate the greater demon afterwards. Return to Skylek afterwards to get a food recipe from him and see Dawn. The rest of this quest will be complete in Act 3 after the invasion.
Shu Ge
At the Undersea Palace you just need to interact with 7 books.
Recruitment:
– Swallow at Farnight Bay then return to Onyx Kingdom
Blackie
At Detong you’ll come across some kids who are concerned about their dog. Go to the cave and use Sense to investigate the items in the cave. The green disc on the floor should be the last item you should check, otherwise you won’t be able to get the achievement.
Explore the Swordforge and make your way to the bottom. Make frequent saves unless you want to start over.
You should be on the lower level and have to walk across a sword to get to the platform. Don’t make your way onto the platform yet. Make a save before this boss fight since there will be two options afterward that will grant different achievements. I fought the boss for Last Breath then loaded my save for Blood Slave.
– Just properly execute the QTE in the fight
– Choose ‘Don’t save’. Triggers after chasing down Xiao Zan
– Choose ‘Save him’. You will fight him around Act 4
Green Tung
You need to open up your items inventory and find Green Tung to trigger the quest.
Recruitment:
– Xia Chuhong (Yanping)
This is the final chapter in this act. Do anything you need to do in Yanling since it will be destroyed!
Thornheart
As you wait out the storm, investigate the side quest markers before leaving the area. You’ll get a recipe for Thornheart afterwards and also complete ‘Do You Like Flowers’
Shadow of a Giant Beast (Part 1)
Once you’re at Farnight Bay, go to Qixia and ask about Beiluo’s past. After talking to the villagers and exploring the dungeon, proceed playing through Act 3. You’ll be able to finish the rest once it’s time to go to Lake Ding.
Recruitment:
Complete ‘Legendary Crafter’ (Yangping questboard)
– Fatty Chuan (Pig in dream)
– Miaoran (Shi Sancai at clinic)
– Chaoyin (Qixia)
Check into Lotuscape
Act 3
Young Wolf
After fighting the Inner Demon proceed forward to the next boss. This is where you’ll find the group of illusion children. The first batch is to the right in the dyeing center, the next on the right to the side of the dying vats, and the last is to the left beside the pavilion.
– Must have Morale Skill to Flamesurge
– Must have Morale Skill to Flamesurge
Recruitment
– Guzhao (Skylek near fountain, ‘Ciyans Wish’)
My Homeland (Part 2)
Go to the Zephyr Altar and investigate the gravestone. The quest will be complete and you can go to the top for a cutscene afterwards.
Lotus Chart
Investigate the Nameless Depths to complete Lotus Chart
Recruitment
– Xue Baolan (Yanling, Explorers Society)
Stay out of range from the red circles as you go up the mountain.
Don’t destroy the cores the demons leave behind. Just wait for new demons to spawn then kill them as they absorb the core.
Shadow of a Giant Beast (Part 2)
Now should be a good time to head back to Skylek to finish off Shadow of a Giant Beast when it’s time to head to Lake Ding. Find Nissa and complete the objectives. You’ll also receive the coronation outfit.
Wild Soul
Check the quest board in Yangling for ‘Homesick’. You should get the Softscents upon completion.
Weapon Skin: White Feather (Cen Ying)
Go to the viewpoint in Skylek with Cen Ying to obtain her weapon skin. There should be a building to the right that has stairs that will lead to the bridge. The weapon skin should show up in the section later
– Do this a couple of times in case it doesn’t show
Long Awaited Reunion (Part 2)
Demonbones should be available on the Spirit Realm map. Go there to complete the quest.
Act 4
At Lotuscape, choose to follow the incense.
– Follow the supplement video to get the achievement:
After dealing with Ye’changeng, go back to Wuzan.
– Visit Yangping and check on Liu
These should be complete if you make frequent visits around the map and Lotuscape.
You’ll have to load a save for either ‘Borrowed Light’ or ‘Spirit Nemesis’.
Other Achievements
Common Realm: Qixia (1), Yanling (2), Onyx Kingdom (2)
Dream World: Farnight Bay (1), Celestial Wheel (1), Stag Creek (1), Xuanyuan Hill (1), Wuzan (1), Abyss of Guilt (1), Kongtong Mountains (1), Altar of Gods (1), Xiling (1)
Spirit Realm: Skyelk (1), Lake Ding (1), Weishui Swordforge (1), Demonbones (1)
– FIll the bar all the way showing orange
– Must be caught three times to get a fingerling
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