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Weeping Creek Valley early walkthrough
Follow the opening route through Weeping Creek Valley: ring The Beginning, remove the Red Thread Barrier, defeat Jagged Steel and Peng Meng, then continue toward the Valley Sha-Chi Tower. Hua and Yu’er’s Flesh Lily are an optional detour once you reach the tower.
Find your next checkpoint
Community-reportedSchematic progression, not a geographic map. Pick the last encounter you finished. The optional Hua branch rejoins the broader valley route; it is not a requirement to reach The Hunt.
- The Beginning → Red Thread Barrier
Follow the upstream route and activate the bells. At the thread curtain, take the route toward its source.
Open How to remove the Red Thread Barrier → - Opened stairs → Jagged Steel
Follow the stream through the waterfall spray to the riverbed encounter.
Open Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute boss guide → - Rustblade Pavilion → Outpost → Peng Meng
Speak to Forge, activate the Outpost bell, and take the boss route. The Dread Axe opens the subsequent chain obstruction.
Open Peng Meng, the Axemaster boss guide → - Valley Sha-Chi Tower → choose your objective
For Yu’er’s flower, take the optional Hua detour below the tower. For the main route, continue toward the Great Waterfall.
Open Flesh Lily location and Yu’er’s Tale → - Great Waterfall → Crimson Forest
The later Hunt fight is here. After the valley route, the cave leads toward the chapter transition.
Open The Hunt at Great Waterfall: boss guide →
An unfinished Tale may point beyond this region
Editorial guidanceKeep the current main objective separate from optional Tales. Whence the Weeping continues into later regions, so hearing the voice does not mean its entire solution is beside the opening stream. Use the regional walkthrough to see that longer progression.
This route is not a missables guarantee. A Chinese Steam work-in-progress guide flags possible quest cutoffs, but we have not corroborated their English quest-name mappings and exact triggers. Complete available local hand-ins before moving on if you want a cautious route, and keep those unverified warnings separate from confirmed lockouts.
Start at The Beginning bell
Community-reportedAfter the opening cart encounter with The Hunt, the reported next objective is to follow the path upstream. Climb the marked rock face, clear the enemies above it and ring The Beginning bell in Weeping Creek Valley.
All Things How reports that touching a bell restores health and medicine, and the first touch reveals part of the map. At the first bell you can train abilities and save; Traverse appears at later bells. Ring new bells as you go so you have a nearby return point.
Remove the Red Thread Barrier
Community-reportedAt the curtain of threads by the waterfall, ring the Red Thread Barrier bell. Follow the route away from the blocked stairs and continue to Broken Puppet Valley. Past the stilt house, trace the red strands to a campfire guarded by a shield-bearing enemy.
Defeat the guard, then return to the barrier. The route opens after the game indicates the threads have vanished. Check the chest by the campfire before leaving; the reported reward is a Sha-Chi Amber Shard.
Cross the gorge and defeat Jagged Steel
Community-reportedGo up the newly opened stairs by the barrier bell, follow the gorge beside the stream and pass through the waterfall spray. Jagged Steel, the Frenzied Brute, waits in the riverbed below Rustblade Pavilion.
He is initially fighting other enemies. Watch his combinations and avoid getting caught by his bleed attacks; after defeating him, you can equip the Jagged Steel blade. Ring the Rustblade Pavilion bell above the riverbed and continue toward the Outpost Courtyard.
Reach the outpost and Peng Meng
Community-reportedFrom Rustblade Pavilion, climb the route toward the Outpost Courtyard, clear the courtyard and enter the settlement. Speak to Forge and ring the Outpost bell. A side path beyond the bell leads to a Cell Key; the locked cell near the entrance contains a Blackstone Fragment.
Take the other route from the fork to Peng Meng. Defeat the Axemaster to obtain the Dread Axe Phantom Edge, then ring the Axemaster’s Fall Crane bell and use the axe on the nearby chained barrier to continue. A separate chained entrance by Forge leads to the Festering Secret detour. Our separate boss guide covers his dark-aura attacks.
Optional: Hua and the Flesh Lily
Community-reportedContinue the story until you reach the Valley Sha-Chi Tower. From its first-floor bell, circle around the tower, drop through the opening and slide into the underground area. Follow the red-flower path to optional boss Hua, Deadly Betrothed.
After the fight, collect the lilies from the corpse by her pavilion and return to Yu’er at the outpost to advance this stage of her Tale. Use the checkpoint sequence above to continue to the Great Waterfall; this is not a complete region or missables checklist.
Sources and how this guide was made
Updated: 2026-10-30. Checked: 2026-10-30. This guide uses official information and attributed reporting; Kingy has not play-tested these instructions. Each section links to its evidence.
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