Yaksha Rush is a Mystic Skill in Where Winds Meet focused on bursting down a single target and breaking their defenses. It is designed for players who want aggressive, close-quarters engagements, especially in duels and arena-style PvP.
Unlocking it is not a quick detour. The game gates Yaksha Rush behind late-campaign progress, a high exploration score in Qinghe, and a long Jianghu Legacy chapter that ends in a demanding boss fight.
Yaksha Rush basic stats and combat role
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill type | Mystic Skill (Offensive, Single-Target Control) |
| Primary role | Gap-closer, guard break, juggle starter |
| Location | Qinghe (The Promised Light / A Luz Prometida) |
| Vitality cost | 15 |
| Cooldown | 2 seconds |
| Recommended use | PvP duels, arena, priority target deletion |
In combat, the skill gathers Qi and launches you straight at a target. On hit, it breaks their defense, deals a large burst of physical damage, and knocks them upward. That airborne state opens room for follow-up attacks or full juggle strings.
Requirements before you can start unlocking Yaksha Rush
The game will not offer the Yaksha Rush quest chain until three conditions in Qinghe are met:
| Requirement | What you must do | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Qinghe Exploration Points | Reach 6,000 Qinghe Exploration Points (Level 5 region progress) | Unlocks the Jianghu Legacy quest “The Promised Light” (also referred to as A Luz Prometida) |
| Campaign quest: Palace of Annals | Clear the Palace of Annals main chapter | Drops one half of the Light Jade (Buddha’s Light Jade) |
| Campaign quest: Bodhi Sea | Clear the Bodhi Sea main chapter | Drops the other half of the Light Jade |
Exploration XP in Qinghe is earned by:
- Opening chests and unlocking fast travel points
- Finishing campaign quests and side stories in the region
- Clearing optional events and environmental interactions
Once the region bar hits 6,000 points, claim the reward on the region screen; this is what actually makes the final Jianghu Legacy appear on the map.
How to start The Promised Light Jianghu Legacy
With 6,000 Qinghe Exploration Points and the two halves of the Light Jade in your inventory, the final Jianghu Legacy becomes available.
- Open the region progress panel for Qinghe and set a marker on the new Jianghu Legacy, “The Promised Light”.
- Travel to Sundara Land and speak with the Wayfarer/Viajante NPC to formally accept it.
From here, the quest will lead you to a tall tower in Qinghe. This structure is the entry point to the hidden dungeon that ultimately unlocks Yaksha Rush.
Solving the tower puzzle and entering the underground area
The tower sequence has several moving pieces: climbing, time-of-day alignment, and a light-routing puzzle. The broad flow is:
- Use double jumps and mobility tools to climb to the top of the tower.
- At the summit, there is a device where you must place the fused Light Jade (Buddha’s Light Jade).
- The device only accepts the jade at a specific in-game hour: “Wu”, which corresponds to midday.
Set the time:
- Open the in-game time adjustment screen.
- Advance time until it reaches noon (Wu hour).
- Interact with the device again to insert the Light Jade.
Placing the jade opens a sealed door at the base of the tower. Inside, a lever on the right wall allows direct sunlight to shine into the structure and exposes a trap door that leads into the underground complex.
Light puzzles, parry trials, and platforming challenges
The dungeon below the tower is long, but it follows a clear pattern of discrete challenges. In order:
Light routing with Meridian Touch
- The first chamber contains statues and mirrors that reflect a beam of sunlight through the darkness.
- Use Meridian Touch on each statue to rotate it until the beam continues forward and opens the way.
- A later room escalates this with more statues and angles; the same principle applies—ensure the beam traces a path to the far wall or device.
Parry-based combat rooms
- After falling through a weakened floor, you reach a room with golden spinning enemies shaped like statues.
- A tutorial explains that they can only be damaged efficiently by deflecting/parrying their attacks.
- Defeat three of these enemies through consistent parries, then move into the next room and repeat against another group.
The design here doubles as a training ground for the timing-heavy combat that works well with Yaksha Rush and Free Morph in PvP.
Multi-stage platforming and collapsing floors
- Further along, a long vertical section requires dropping down via ledges, tightropes, and platforms rather than jumping straight to the bottom.
- Later platforms begin to crumble once you step on them, forcing you to keep moving and plan your jumps quickly.
- At the end of this sequence, use Meridian Touch once more to rotate a statue and unlock the final passage.
Boss fight with Miaoshan and first Yaksha Rush unlock
The underground path eventually leads to a sealed door that opens when a final light beam is aligned. Beyond it waits Miaoshan, sometimes also referred to by players as Munan or the Sand Man boss in the context of this chapter.
- This encounter has multiple phases and is tuned for late-game characters, so bring a solid build and healing stock.
- Fight Miaoshan as you would other major bosses: learning patterns, watching for unblockables, and punctuating openings with high-damage skills.
Defeating Miaoshan during The Promised Light Jianghu Legacy completes the chapter and grants Yaksha Rush as a Mystic Skill reward. After the fight concludes and you exit back to the tower area, the game automatically adds the skill to your Mystic Skills list.
From this point onward, you can slot Yaksha Rush into your loadout and begin investing in its ranks and tiers.
Yaksha Rush ranks, tiers, and upgrade materials
Like other Mystic Skills in Where Winds Meet, Yaksha Rush uses a layered upgrade system built around Ranks and Tiers.
| Upgrade layer | Structure | Effect on Yaksha Rush |
|---|---|---|
| Ranks | 9 Ranks per Tier | Gradually boosts baseline performance, typically damage values |
| Tiers | 4 Tiers total | Adds new secondary effects and improves PvP pressure |
Breaking through from one Tier to the next consumes materials:
- Ebon Iron
- Buddha’s Tear Root
Higher Tiers require higher-quality materials or larger quantities, so fully maxing Yaksha Rush is a medium- to long-term investment rather than a quick upgrade.
Yaksha Rush Tier effects
| Tier | Additional effect | Practical impact |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Base functionality: dash, guard break, launch, heavy damage on breaking defense | Core gap-closer and combo starter, already strong in PvP and PvE |
| Tier 2 | Deals 10% additional damage to players | Directly increases dueling pressure and TTK in arena fights |
| Tier 3 | Applies Silence for 3 seconds when breaking defense | Prevents the target from using skills after you crack their guard, locking them into your offensive sequence |
| Tier 4 | Increases dash distance by 2 meters | Makes Yaksha Rush a longer-range engage tool and improves chase potential |
Tier 3 is a notable breakpoint. The Silence effect synergizes with the launch to give you a clean three-second window where the enemy cannot respond with Mystic Skills or other abilities, letting you commit harder to follow-ups without being interrupted.
Where Yaksha Rush fits in PvP and general play
Yaksha Rush is built around three ideas: entry, disruption, and conversion.
- Entry: The dash closes space quickly. Once Tier 4 is unlocked, its extra 2 meters make it significantly easier to catch opponents who hover at mid-range.
- Disruption: The defense break staggers even heavily armored targets, and from Tier 3 onward, Silence prevents counter-skills that could reset the neutral.
- Conversion: The upward knock sets up guaranteed hits from your main weapon arts or other Mystic Skills while the target is airborne.
This profile makes Yaksha Rush especially appealing for:
- Players who like to force engagements rather than kite
- Builds focused on quickly deleting healers or fragile backline targets
- Duels where forcing a single opening can decide the match
In PvE, the same kit works well for breaking elite enemies and bosses out of guarded states and immediately punishing them with launch combos, though the Tier 2 bonus is specifically tuned around damage to players.
Yaksha Rush demands a substantial amount of story progress and regional exploration before it ever shows up, and the Jianghu Legacy that unlocks it is one of the more elaborate sequences in Qinghe. For players willing to tackle the tower puzzle, the parry-focused trials, and the Miaoshan fight, the result is a low-cooldown engage tool that defines how aggressive melee builds play both in open-world combat and in structured PvP.
