Where Winds Meet has a lot of content to explore and find in the game. Side quests are one of the biggest ways to find some content in the game, with players encouraged to do them for huge rewards, XP, money and even unlocking new abilities. Volume 1 taught us that with the assassinate skill, and now Volume 2 is the same. Here’s a closer look at the Volume 2 side quest in General’s Shrine, featuring how to start it, complete it, and more.
Perform a jumping crash down attack on these loose stones to start Volume II in Where Winds Meet. Image via Gamer Guides / NetEase.
Volume 2 Walkthrough¶
To start the quest, you will need to discover the secret entrance to the vault under the shrine. To do so, check for the cracked and loose stones to the left side of the temple entrance. From here, jump into the air, and then crash down on the stones to create an opening to enter the vault.
When you descend, you’ll get a bit of a tutorial on how fire arrows work. You’ve got some experience on this already burning the bee hives. But you can also learn more about using fire arrows to blow up gunpowder barrels and burn through some root blockages too. You will also learn you can light extinguished torches on walls using fire arrows too.
From here, simply follow the pathways around. You’ll come across a few simple bandit enemies, some more root blockages that lead to treasure and other chambers in the temple.
At one stage, you’ll come across a chasm with a spike trap floor. Simply burn the roots holding the drawbridge up with your fire arrows to continue onwards. This should lead to a Northern Vow soldier dead on the floor, holding a book. It will unlock the Cloudy Step martial skill. This is a combat skill that allows you to jump into the air and dive onto the focus target for damage. It can also be used as a movement skill in the open world, with some parts of the map having markers you can Cloudy Step towards to make navigation slightly easier.
Bea tthe boss in the large chamber to unlock the rewards for the Volume II Dungeon in Where Winds Meet. Image via Gamer Guides / NetEase.
This should bring you to a large chamber with a mini boss inside. Defeat the guards in the room, using the explosive barrels as a means to easily kill them if you’d like. There are a few archers at the side of the room too if you’re not careful that might hit you. Deal with them as necessary. When all of the enemies are dead, a mini boss will spawn in.
If you did Volume 1, the boss is fairly simple. It’s one of the large rebel dudes with twin axes, which do the uppercuts. Simply parrying will make the boss easy enough, and use the combat moves you already have from the main story mission in this area to do charged attacks, other combat moves, and whatever else you already have. The boss should go down fairly easily. You can also combo your Tai Chi skill with the Cloudy Step to throw him into explosive barrels, blow them up with fire arrows, then Cloudy Step over to him while he gets up. It’s a combo I tell you.
The Statue & Rewards¶
Bow at the shrine to lock the escape and other hidden chest, then escape.
Escaping via the ladder to the big statue in the temple complete the Volume II Abandoned Shrine side quest. Image via Gamer Guides / NetEase.
Now that the mini boss is defeated, you can earn some rewards. But first, you need to solve the puzzle. At the bottom of the steps facing the statue is a mat. Pray at the mat three times. Simply interact with it to start praying. You don’t need to use emoticons, unlike Volume 1.
There will also be a golden chest to the side you can now loot. You’ll get:
- United Sect feature - like a guild your character can join with its own rules and rewards
- Discipleship feature - Like a player mentoring system
- Hero Bond Feature - Sort of like a companion system, but multiplayer related. Has a lovers theme to it
- Enlightenment and Ambition Points
- Echo Jade
- Zhou Coins
- Ebon Iron
- Oscillating Jade
- 1200 XP
- More exploration points
- Combat mastery points
Then, when you pray at the statue, you’ll unlock another small chest at the back. You’ll get some more currencies, Oscillating Jade, and a new pot for your cosmetics. There’s also a Steadfast Stance Tome, you’ll need this for later.
Now, you need to escape the hidden vault. To do so, go up the stairs to your left, and then open the door. There are a few more exploration chest rewards down this tunnel so grab them. You will then reach a ladder to enter back into the shrine. From there, open the door and pray to the statue to complete the quest. You’ll get some more rewards like item crafting, currencies, XP etc. However, you’ll now unlock the Internal Art feature.
The Internal Art feature is a section of passives you can acquire. These unlock through various activities. For example, we will have the Steadfast Stance tome, which will unlock Steadfast Stance. When you get the required item(s), you can unlock the skill, and then use it as a passive boost for your playstyle.
This then concludes everything you need to know about the Volume II - The Abandoned Shrine in Where Winds Meet.
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