Exploration
Follow your curiosity. Understand the obstacle.
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When something blocks a route, separate a navigation problem from a missing skill or quest requirement. Regional guides connect local mechanics with the systems used to solve them.
Look for the source and version notes before using a guide to make a costly decision.
Exploration attributes explained
Target exploration skill requirements by raising the right attributes and Total Aspiration through relevant world activities.
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Exploration attributes explained
Target exploration skill requirements by raising the right attributes and Total Aspiration through relevant world activities.
Exploration explained
Reveal the map, activate travel points and explore manageable routes while diagnosing blocked puzzles and missing progress.
Fast travel and map unlocks: Boundary Stones and Wayfarers
Activate fast travel, reveal dark map areas and solve common problems with hidden or unavailable destinations.
Fire Arrows: unlock the recipe, craft and select them
Get the Fire Arrow recipe from the Riverside Station archery contest, find an immediate supply and select the correct ammunition for puzzles.
How to fish: unlock the rod, choose bait and land a catch
Find Chu Shuiyang, equip a fishing rod through Quick Use and learn how casting, bait and the catch gauge work.
Meteor Flight: Afterglow, the wine jars and the flight pendant
Complete Master Qiu Yuehai’s Afterglow quest, clear the floating wine jars and claim Qinghe’s Rank 4 Afterglow Pendant to enable flight.
How to get a horse: capture, snatch and summon a mount
Use a mount’s How to Obtain route, capture a wild horse through its timing minigame and understand the difference between capture and snatching.
Music and instruments: rhythm challenges, scores and free play
Find Gu Le and Shu Zhou, play NPC rhythm challenges, collect scores and separate an unlocked song from an instrument you can use freely.
Outposts: first-clear rewards, repeat farming and Dragon Keys
Read outpost objectives, distinguish one-time rewards from Energy claims and choose a useful fortress to clear next.
Pitch Pot: steady the aim, use Drunken Precision and build a streak
Control Pitch Pot’s moving reticles, use its aiming skill, handle double targets and understand how Resolve affects the challenge.
Wind Sense: find nearby clues, hidden objects and interactions
Find Wind Sense in Basic Talents and use its highlights to investigate nearby objects, clues and suitable NPC interactions.