Winds of Change
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.
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Requirements[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
The Ministry of Purity[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Initiate Zei Ri
- Initiate Tsuriai
- Initiate Zei Ri
- Xan Hei
- Herald of Purity
- Guardsman Qao Lin
- Miku
- Guardsman Qao Lin
- Soar Honorclaw
- Miku
- Guardsman Qao Lin
- Miku
Side quests[edit | edit source]
New items[edit | edit source]
Trophies[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
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.