Winds of Change continues the story of Cantha and the Dragon Empire. The storyline follows the newly formed Ministry of Purity's attempts to eradicate the Afflicted. This is the third major installment in Guild Wars Beyond, which serves to bridge the storyline between Guild Wars and Guild Wars 2.
WARNING! Initiating the Winds of Change storyline by completing the first quest, Cleansing Bukdek Byway, will irreversibly change the enemy spawns in most explorable areas of Kaineng City, as well as a few areas on Shing Jea Island. See the Notes and warning below for details.
Requirements[ | ]
For a character to access the Winds of Change content (including dialogues, quests, and spawns), the player's account must include the Factions campaign, and the character must have finished the Factions storyline by completing the Imperial Sanctum mission, either NM or HM.
New allies[ | ]
The Ministry of Purity[ | ]
The Ministry was formed to protect the people of Kaineng City and finally destroy Shiro's Afflicted creations shortly after the end of the Factions campaign. The Ministry of Purity is attempting to clean up all the leftover Afflicted from Shiro Tagachi's brief return to power.
Quests[ | ]
The "(HM)" after each quest links to that quest's hard mode version, which becomes available after completing both the normal mode version of the quest and the hard mode version of the quest's prerequisite.
Primary[ | ]
- Initiate Zei Ri
- Initiate Tsuriai
- Initiate Zei Ri
- Xan Hei
- Herald of Purity
- A Chance Encounter (HM)
- Guardsman Qao Lin
- A Favor Returned (HM)
- Deadly Cargo (HM)
- Trading Blows (HM)
- Even Closer to the Edge (HM)
- Violence in the Streets (HM)
- Miku
- The Rescue Attempt (HM)
- Guardsman Qao Lin
- Warning the Angchu (HM)
- Soar Honorclaw
- Free Birds (HM)
- Honorable Combat (HM)
- A Treaty's a Treaty (HM)
- Miku
- Finding Jinnai (HM)
- Guardsman Qao Lin
- Calling All Thugs (HM)
- Raid on Kaineng Center (HM)
- There Goes the Neighborhood (HM)
- Ministry of Oppression (HM)
- Raid on Shing Jea Monastery (HM)
- Miku
- The Final Confrontation (HM)
Side quests[ | ]
New items[ | ]
Trophies[ | ]
- Ministerial Commendation: Awarded for completing quests for the Ministry of Purity. 15 can be traded for a Weapon of Purity from Iza Yoi.
Notes and warning[ | ]
- The progression through time causes drastic changes to Cantha. In particular, the Afflicted that formerly populated the "cleansed" areas (cf. the area-specific quests given by Inititate Zei Ri and Initiate Tsuriai) will no longer appear.
- The original version of Cantha can be accessed by taking the quest Memories of Purity from the Herald of Purity in Kaineng Center. While the quest is active, all Winds of Change alterations will be reversed, and the quest can be abandoned at any time to restore the Winds of Change modifications.
- On Shing Jea Island (in Minister Cho's Estate, Haiju Lagoon, and Zen Daijun) they are replaced by large groups of high-level Scavengers.
- In Kaineng City they are replaced by high-level Am Fah or Jade Brotherhood. The 8 Afflicted bosses are replaced with equivalent human bosses at or near the same location (see table below).
- In the Echovald Forest and the Jade Sea there are no replacements, the Afflicted are simply gone.
- WARNING! Many players find the new enemies to be significantly more difficult, with the Scavengers even more so due to the limited party size on Shing Jea. Characters working on the Vanquisher or Cartographer titles should avoid Winds of Change until they have completed these areas.
Boss replacements[ | ]
Boss non-replacements:
- Ritualist's Construct in Morostav Trail does not appear, and has no replacement. Soul Twisting can still be captured from Defiant Ancient Sseer in Raisu Palace (explorable).
- Assassin's Construct in Silent Surf still appears as normal. This is probably because the only other locations to capture Temple Strike are from random spawns during missions.
