Chapter 1 · Weeping Creek Valley

Follow the path to checkpoint The Beginning. Go to the end of the path and climb the ladder.

Look right. Slide down the ladder and ring the checkpoint (easy to miss). Next to it is a crack in a golden statue, with a hidden boss inside. Skip it for now and come back later (see the last card).

Climb back up the stairs. Pick up the item on the main path, then swing across with the chain.

• Traversal Talisman

Kill the enemy on the other side.

• Hunter's Insight (accessory)

Talk to the girl (Yu'er). Then turn around and climb the wall behind you.

• Quest: Fresh Lily

Go forward. Dual blades lie on the ground.

• Sanguine Twin (weapon)

Climb the ladder and ring the checkpoint. Clear the enemies ahead.

• Battle Wraps (accessory)

Head to the red threads. Ring Broken Puppet Valley. A small enemy guards a chest in the red threads. Kill it and the threads vanish. Open the chest.

• Sha-Chi Amber Shard 1/4

Right after the chest, the player picks this up near the big boulder.

• Solvent

Fast travel back to the red thread barrier. Go forward and beat him. The weapon is strong early and makes enemies bleed. Ring the bell Rest Blade Pavilion.

• Jagged Steel (weapon)

Go up the stairs past the pavilion. Climb the wall. Kill all the enemies on top.

• Sha-Chi Amber Shard 2/4

Ring Outpost Courtyard. Jump down, clear the enemies, and go into the outpost. Talk to the female blacksmith. The spear is right beside her.

• Blacksmith unlocked
• Sanguine Reach (weapon)

Chains across the way need an axe (later). Ring the Outpost checkpoint, turn around, and look left: an old man sits on a rooftop. Talk to him.

• Quest: Purge the Sect (reward: Feather Bow)

Go up the stone steps. The axe boss is on the left; don't go yet. Turn right into the house and climb through the window.

• Cell Key

Fast travel to Outpost Courtyard. Jump down and turn left. Open the locked door with the Cell Key.

• Blackstone Shard 1/4

Go through the outpost's main gate. The axe breaks chained blockers. Ring the bell to unlock Axe Master's Fall.

• Dread Axe (Phantom Edge)

Fast travel to the Outpost. Break the chained wall with the axe. Kill the enemy on the stone steps to the left.

• Sha-Chi Amber Shard 3/4

Go outside and talk to the girl. (The video calls it "Gather Herbs".) She wants 3 herbs.

• Quest: Apprentice Healer

At the outpost entrance, talk to the Swordsman Captain.

• Quest: Festering Secret

Go into the small house beside the old man's rooftop. Talk to the disciple. Now that Axe Master is dead, he reveals a hidden place.

Fast travel to Axe Master's Fall. Axe the blocker and go to Axe Master's Holding Cell. Turn left through the small door. Inspect the grave.

• Boulderguard (accessory)

In the small house in front of the checkpoint, it's on the table. It resets a weapon's level.

• Weapon Reforge Talisman

Leave the gate. Don't cross the bridge. Turn left and axe the blocker. Follow the path to the cliff edge and open the chest.

• Focus Pill (medicine)

Go back through the opening. Take the path down to the river on your left.

• Blood-Stopper Vine (herb 1/3)

Climb up and cross the bridge. Axe the next blocker. Ring Creek Valley Plains Entrance and talk to the Mandate disciple at the gate. The gate is locked for now.

Follow the small path to a long ladder. Climb it and clear the enemies. Up the slope, kill the chest guard. Then open the large chest nearby.

• Blackstone Shard 2/4
• Broken-String Bow (quest item)
• Token of Pursuit (accessory)

Keep climbing to checkpoint Ruthless Archer Camp. In the small house, talk to the archer lying on the ground.

Fast travel to the Outpost. Finish the old man's quest. The bow shoots down hanging items.

• Feather Bow (Phantom Edge)
• Purge the Sect ✔

Fast travel to Ruthless Archer Camp. Cross the narrow wooden bridge. The door under the tower is locked from this side (later). Ring Sha-Chi Tower First Floor.

Don't climb yet. Take the slide nearby, then the left path. She is tough. Ring the checkpoint, then pick up the flower on the ground.

• Scarlet Wraithblade (weapon)
• Twin Flesh Lily

Fast travel to the Outpost and give the flower to the girl.

• Fresh Lily ✔

Go back to the tower and climb to the top. Ring Sha-Chi Tower Summit. Talk to the Shadow Warden. (The top needs a grapple; come back later.)

• Quest: A Severed Mindseal

Go the other way, down the stairs, and kill the enemy. Ring Waterfall Bridge. Don't cross. Turn around and lower the ladder.

• Sha-Chi Furnace Inspection Crank

Go back to the first floor, to the furnace. Put the crank in the round socket. Take the crank back, because you need it later. Grab the stone from the furnace and give it to the Warden at the top.

• Primal Stone
• A Severed Mindseal ✔

Cross Waterfall Bridge. This is the first major boss. The sickle lets you grapple to new places.

• Hunter's Chain Sickle (grapple)

Fast travel to The Beginning. Walk the old path to the grapple symbol. Swing across and open the gold chest.

• Lingran's Pendant (accessory)

Fast travel to Sha-Chi Tower Summit. Grapple up and take the key.

• Sha-Chi Tower Base Camp Gate Key

Fast travel to Creek Valley Plains Entrance and open the gate. Go into the tower on your left. A big red creature drops on your right (it respawns). Lure it to the wall so it blows up and opens a passage. Take the lift down and grab the item. Ring Crimson Manor.

• Ancient Armor Fragment (accessory)

Take the lift up, turn left, and climb the stairs. Go in and up, and kill the group of enemies.

• Blackstone Shard 3/4

The player reads a glowing note right there. It counts toward the Four Fierce Axes quest (5/7 in the video).

• Four Fierce Axes evidence

Ring Shattered Tower Base. Put the crank into the locked mechanism next to it. Open the furnace.

• Reflex Device (accessory)

Go straight up to the top of the tower. (The video only says "a valuable item".)

• Darkfire Charcoal

Go back, climb the ladder, and go to the opposite side. Open the chest. Then open the door nearby (the one that was locked before).

• Vessel Restorative (medicine)

Fast travel to Creek Valley Plains Entrance and go right. Ring the checkpoint and watch the memory. Open the chest.

• Rusted Loong Key

Go outside and turn left. Climb onto the steel pipe and talk to the swordsman.

• Gu Lingran's secret letter (quest item)

Go back and cross the wooden bridge. Go straight. It is on the path.

• Congealeaf (herb 2/3)

Keep going and jump down. Clear the enemies. Grapple up to the high platform and open the chest.

• Blackstone Shard 4/4
• All 4 combine into a Blackstone

Fast travel to Loong Pillar Overlook. Open the locked door with the Rusted Loong Key. Kill the lone enemy inside.

• Sha-Chi Amber Shard 4/4

Axe the blocker and ring Loong Pillar. Before going in, follow the side path to the herb.

• Blemish Goldweed (herb 3/3)

Go into Loong Pillar and beat the boss.

• Counterstrike Bracers (accessory)

Go back to the Outpost and give the girl all 3 herbs.

• Medicine Case (accessory)

Go back to the Swordsman Captain and finish it. Chapter 1 should now be at 92%.

• Festering Secret ✔

When you are stronger, go back to the checkpoint by the golden statue (card 2). Enter the crack and beat the Aberrant Three-Faced Puppet.

• Three-Headed Doll (quest item)