Where Winds Meet Whitecrown City quest walkthrough and boss trigger

Whitecrown City is a Campaign quest in Where Winds Meet set in Hexi’s Jade Gate Pass. The quest is tied to the ruined frontier city between Jade Gate Pass and Liangzhou, and it resolves after you enter the city, recover the scattered military flags, finish the memory sections, place the flags at the Hero’s Tomb, and defeat Guo Xin.

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Whitecrown City completes only after you speak to Guo Xin at the end of the second phase, after he changes back from the Iron-Blooded Prince.

Quick answer: Track Whitecrown City in your Journal, go to the white beam at the city gates southeast of Jade Gate Pass, collect five scattered military flags, finish the Wraithridge Pass and siege memories, place all seven flags, defeat Guo Xin, then speak to him to end the quest.

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Whitecrown City trigger

Requirement	Condition
Region	Jade Gate Pass, Hexi
Entry point	Whitecrown City gates southeast of Jade Gate Pass
Quest start	Interact with the white beam through the gate
Unlock requirement	Ask the Wayfarer of Jade Gate Pass
Completion check	Speak to Guo Xin after the boss fight and final cutscene

How Whitecrown City starts

Open your Journal and track Whitecrown City. The quest marker leads to the city entrance in the southeast part of Jade Gate Pass.

Interact with the white beam at the gate and insist on entering. You will be pulled into a past version of Whitecrown City and pushed toward the first arena sequence.

Move forward until the early Guo Xin encounter begins. That first fight is not the real finish line for the quest, so do not worry if the sequence ends and sends you back outside.

Five military flag locations for Whitecrown City

Flag	Location
1	Near the Whitecrown City gates by a dried-up well
2	Peaceward Camp, near a building and campfire
3	Top of the main building at Howling Sand Outpost
4	West of Lost Crossing, in a deserted area near a torn tree
5	Near the Squarewall Hold Ruins Boundary Stone, south of Jade Gate Pass

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The Howling Sand Outpost flag is the easiest one to miss. It is on the main building, not at ground level.

What to do after collecting the five flags

Return to the Whitecrown City entrance and speak to the guard through the beam. This reopens the quest’s past-state version of the city.

Touch the military flag inside the city to enter the first memory. That sequence moves to a grain tower in Wraithridge Pass.

Follow the soldier through the tower, write the family letter at the table, and hand it to the courier. This is the required interaction that advances the memory.

Go toward the second floor until the explosion blocks your path. Use Cloud Steps to climb the suspended debris and touch the next military flag.

Whitecrown City siege sequence

In the next memory, use Cosmic Reversal to rebuild the broken route across the rooftops. The quest does not move forward until the path is restored.

Use the ballista to shoot the flying siege monsters. Keep firing until the scripted destruction of the ballista happens.

Use Cosmic Reversal again to create more temporary platforms and continue descending through the ruined area. A second ballista section follows and must also be cleared.

Reach the fortified wall and help the soldiers defeat seven Utuk Raptors. Talk to the wounded soldier after the fight.

After the next explosion freezes the scene, use Cloud Steps again on the suspended objects and touch the next military flag. This is the last movement gate before the boss setup.

What triggers the Guo Xin boss fight

The real Guo Xin fight starts after you reach the dusty road near the Hero’s Tomb and place the military flags on the highlighted spots. If you have not placed the flags, the boss will not trigger.

Boss trigger step	What must happen
Reach the Hero’s Tomb	Advance through the memory sections and final flag touchpoint
Place the flags	Set the military flags on the marked positions in front of the tomb
Start fight	Guo Xin appears as the Grand Protector of Anxi
Phase change	He returns as the Iron-Blooded Prince after the first health bar ends
Quest completion	Talk to Guo Xin after the second phase and cutscene

How to know Whitecrown City is completed

The quest is not finished when Guo Xin falls in phase one, and it is not finished the moment phase two ends either. Whitecrown City only resolves after Guo Xin returns to normal, you speak to him, and the closing scene plays.

The practical confirmation is simple. If the conversation with Guo Xin has not happened, the quest is still active. If the cutscene ends and the Journal no longer keeps Whitecrown City as an active Campaign objective, the completion registered properly.

Why Whitecrown City may not progress

Blocker	What fixes it
Quest does not start at the gate	Track Whitecrown City in the Journal and interact with the white beam
Cannot move to the next phase after exploration	Make sure all five scattered military flags are collected
Memory sequence stalls	Complete the required interaction, such as writing the letter or touching the next military flag
Boss does not appear	Place the flags at the highlighted positions by the Hero’s Tomb
Quest still seems active after the fight	Speak to Guo Xin after he reverts from the Iron-Blooded Prince

Whitecrown City rewards

Reward type	Amount or item
Echo Jade	50
Hexi Exploration	100
Character EXP	37,500
Coin	37,500
Gear and items	Call of Camps – Tome, Veteran’s Gleaming Cuirass, Copper Coin Greaves, Medicinal Tales, Oscillating Jade x5

Whitecrown City also matters beyond its own reward list. It opens the story context around Guo Xin in Jade Gate Pass, and it is required for at least one follow-up side quest in the same region, including The Camel’s Call.