Winds of Change/Walkthrough

Background[edit]

Foe changes: As soon as you complete the first quest, spawns of some areas in Cantha will change to fit the new story:

These updated areas are more challenging than their Factions counterparts.
These new spawns will be present even if other characters in the party have not completed Factions yet.
To restore the default spawns, take Memories of Purity from the Herald of Purity in Kaineng Center (requires completion of Cleansing Morostav Trail).

To begin the story, speak with Initiate Zei Ri, who can be found on the lower level of Kaineng Center.
The first twelve quests in the storyline consist of the Ministry of Purity sending you to cleanse areas of the Afflicted.
The next five quests involve fighting Am Fah and Jade Brotherhood on behalf of the ministry.
The story jumps in a new direction, with seven quests that have you defending various unaligned groups across Cantha.
The next four quests involve defending the Angchu from various threats in Kaineng City and Shing Jea Island.
The next six quests involve defending Cantha from various threats in Kaineng City and Shing Jea Island.
You confront the end-storyline boss in the final quest.

Preparation[edit]

In order to progress through the full main storyline, you must have access to the following explorable areas:

All zones on Shing Jea Island (requires Minister Cho's Estate and Zen Daijun).
Rhea's Crater and Silent Surf (requires Gyala Hatchery or access to the Luxon outpost for Unwaking Waters).
Morostav Trail and Mourning Veil Falls (requires The Eternal Grove or access to the Kurzick outpost for Unwaking Waters).

General suggestions[edit]

See also: Soul Explosion

Martial professions will suffer if they choose to remain within melee range of Afflicted foes.
- Be prepared to deal with enchantment removal skills often deployed by foes (such as Dark Soul Explosion); non-Dervish party members should avoid using enchantments.
- Although there are plenty of corpses, many of the Necromancers carry minion stealing skills; bring anti-summon skills and use caution bringing minion masters.
- Exercise proper PvE tactics at all times. Be careful not to over-aggro: plenty of groups overlap with patrol paths.

Threat assessment

Target Afflicted Necromancers and Afflicted Monks early: they heal and dish out considerable area of effect (AoE) damage.
Target Afflicted Rangers and Afflicted Ritualists last: their deaths can destroy all of your summoned creatures.
Target Jade Brotherhood Warriors early: their area of effect (AoE) damage can decimate your party.
Target Sensali Mesmers early: their area of effect (AoE) interrupts can shutdown all of your allies.

Recommended skills

Winds of Change foes are easy to ball up: bring area of effect (AoE) skills, including Panic and Ray of Judgment.
Winds of Change allied NPCs frequently appear: bring area of effect (AoE) protection and healing skills (so that your allies benefit), including Shelter and Union.
Winds of Change objectives can require protection of allies: bringing Blood is Power or minions allows you to exploit NPC's AI, thereby allowing them to be lead to safety.
Winds of Change features numerous hostile spirits and minions: bring anti-summon skills to help take them down quickly, including Spiritual Pain and Consume Soul.

Order of quest chains[edit]

Winds of Change includes 35 quests in the main storyline and a group of 6 optional quests (the second and third are chained). Each of these quests has its own hard mode version, bringing the total to 82: