Pongmei Valley (Winds of Change)

This article is about an explorable area during Winds of Change. This name is also used for an explorable area before Winds of Change and a Zaishen vanquish quest.

Pongmei Valley
Storyline	Beyond: Winds of Change
Region	Factions: Kaineng City
Type	Explorable area
Exit(s)	Boreas Seabed Maatu Keep Sunjiang District Tanglewood Copse
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Interactive map

Pongmei Valley, a small hilly area adjacent to the Echovald Forest and the Jade Sea, is the only part of Kaineng City which hasn't been covered by urban sprawl.

Getting there

Exit from Boreas Seabed, Maatu Keep or Tanglewood Copse, or travel through Sunjiang District.

Exits

• Boreas Seabed (east)
• Maatu Keep (northwest)
• Sunjiang District (northeast)
• Tanglewood Copse (southwest)

Shrines

Resurrection shrines with bounties

• Kurzick Priest → Blessing of the Kurzicks
  • At the exit into Tanglewood Copse (if controlled by the Kurzicks).
• Luxon Priest → Blessing of the Luxons
  • At the exit into Boreas Seabed
  • At the exit into Tanglewood Copse (if controlled by the Luxons).

Resurrection shrines with a statue

• Avatar of Dwayna
  • East, at the exit into Boreas Seabed.
• Champion of Balthazar
  • Northwest, at the exit into Maatu Keep.
• Lyssa's Muse
  • Northeast, at the exit into Sunjiang District.
• Melandru's Watcher
  • Southwest, at the exit into Tanglewood Copse.
• Voice of Grenth
  • Center, south of the ruins, near Gong Mei and Zingyao.

NPCs

Allies

Services

• 10 (20) Luci (collector for 2 Guardian Moss)
• 20 (20) Gong Mei (merchant)
• 20 (20) Zingyao (weaponsmith)

Faction allies

• 20 (20) Kurzick Guards or 20 (20) Luxon Guards
• 20 (20) Kurzick Merchants or 20 (20) Luxon Merchants
• 20 (20) Kurzick Priests or 20 (20) Luxon Priests

Other allies

• 20 (20) Seaguard Lykaios
• 20 (20) Canthan Guards
• 20 (20) Giant Turtle
• 10 (20) Kurzick Travelers
• 10 (20) Luxon Travelers

Charmable animals

Animals

• 3 Crane
• 15 Elder Crane
• 5 Lurker
• 15 Tiger

Foes

Humans (Am Fah)

• 24 (26) Am Fah Warrior
• 24 (26) Am Fah Ranger
• 24 (26) Am Fah Monk
• 24 (26) Am Fah Healer
• 24 (26) Am Fah Necromancer
• 24 (26) Am Fah Mesmer
• 24 (26) Am Fah Elementalist
• 24 (26) Am Fah Assassin
• 24 (26) Am Fah Ritualist

Humans (Jade Brotherhood)

• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Knight
• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Mesmer
• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Mage
• 20 (26) Jade Brotherhood Ritualist

Kirin

• 23 (26) Stone Scale Kirin

Plants

• 23 (26) Undergrowth
• 28 (30) Island Guardian
• 24 (26) Dragon Moss

Wallows

• 24 (26) Rot Wallow

Wardens

• 19 (25) Warden of the Leaf

Yeti

• 24 (26) Yeti
• 24 (26) Yeti
• 24 (26) Yeti

Bosses

Humans (Am Fah)

• 24 (30) Meynsang the Sadistic → Spike Trap (Meynsang's Longbow)
• 24 (30) Xuekao, the Deceptive → Assassin's Promise (Daggers of Xuekao)
• 26 (30) Uris Tong of Ash → Weapon of Quickening

Yeti

• 28 (30) Arrahhsh Mountainclub → Battle Rage (Arrahhsh's Aegis)

Notes

• The yetis in this area charm the elder pets when you get into compass range. If you stay out of compass range and let heroes and henchmen kill the yeti, you can tame an elder crane or tiger.
• As there are many different creatures spread over this area, chests may produce many different weapon skins, which are usually only found in the Jade Sea and the Echovald Forest.
• As you approach Xuekao, the Deceptive, Am Fah mobs and Jade Brotherhood mobs will spawn and charge towards each other to fight; you can either let them fight each other first or join them in the fight.
• Vanquisher runs of this area without active quests require defeating around 124 foes. Including quest influences, it has been reported to range from 120 to 127 foes.
  • Since it is considered part of Kaineng City, you will not gain a faction bonus for vanquishing this area. However, you can acquire blessings to gain points while killing foes. There's a Kurzick Priest at the portal next to Tanglewood Copse (if under Kurzick control) and a Luxon Priest at the portal next to Boreas Seabed.
  • Even though the spawns near Xuekao are spread out and spawn in small numbers, be careful of getting attacked by both sides.
• Complete exploration of this area contributes approximately 2.6% to the Canthan Cartographer title.
• After completion of Cleansing Pongmei Valley the number of foes will be reduced to around 120 because the player has purged the afflicted from the valley.

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