Version 1.6 Flows of Dreams reshaped the weekly loop in Where Winds Meet. Several new features added their own caps and quests, and a few existing systems quietly reset on a different schedule. Running through the items below each week locks in every recurring reward without leaving anything on the table.
Quick answer: The weekly cycle in 1.6 resets every Monday at 05:00 (UTC+8). Before that reset, finish your Arena Group Strategy weeklies, claim up to 5 Fang Chests and 5 Serpent Chests from Serpent's Fang, restock Howling Ore: Vanguard in the Season Shop, buy your two Lingering Melodies for 200 Echo Jade each, and collect any pending NPC friendship rewards.
Weekly reset time and what rolls over
The core reset that drives almost every recurring reward in 1.6 lands every Monday at 05:00:00 (UTC+8). Arena - Group Strategy explicitly uses this reset for its weekly quests, and the Howling Ore: Vanguard restock in the Season Shop matches the same window. Login-style events such as Goose Greeting use a separate Saturday-based week instead.
Because the game runs on Battlegroup time for some PvP features, your local clock may show the reset later than 05:00. If your daily quests roll over at a specific time on your account, your weeklies will follow the same Monday instance of that time.
Weekly checklist for Version 1.6
The table below covers every recurring reward source that resets on a weekly cadence in the current patch. Items tied to a limited event window are noted separately further down.
| Task | Cap or Limit | Main Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Serpent's Fang (Sword Trial, Lv. 91) | Up to 5 Fang Chests + 5 Serpent Chests per week | Chance at Accessory Dreadbone, Hair Ornament Golden Serpent, Echo Jade |
| Bloodstained Sands: Supreme (Hero's Realm, Lv. 91) | Weekly clear | Tier 9 gear materials, Inner Way Notes |
| Snowplum Requiem (World Boss) | First clear of the week is the rewarding one | Plum Parting, Memoir Gear Luce: Cinnabar Tassel, 5 Inner Way Custom Chests, 3 Medicinal Tales, 20 Echo Jade (first defeat) |
| Arena - Group Strategy weekly quests | Reset Monday 05:00 (UTC+8) | Arena Talent EXP, Arena Attunement Stone: Vanguard, Bonus Talisman |
| Howling Ore: Vanguard (Season Shop) | Restocks every Monday 05:00 (UTC+8), no inventory reset | Required material for Gear Enhancement Lv. 46-50 |
| Lingering Melody (Echo Jade exchange) | 2 per week at 200 Echo Jade each | Pity progress for the Solemn Echo prize pool |
| Re-challenge Sunken City Lake / Fish Among the Algae / Azure Glow | Once for each accessory unlock; Season Shop fallback | Tranquility Pendant, Frosty Scales, Wayward Bloom |
| NPC friendship weekly rewards | Per high-friendship NPC (Ya Zhou, Hai Changchong, Hunter, etc.) | Echo Jade, materials, decorations |
| Meow Meow Temple visits | Per region, weekly Lingering Melody stock | Lingering Melody and small materials |
Note: Re-challenging the three Qinchuan campaigns is the most reliable way to obtain Tranquility Pendant, Frosty Scales, and Wayward Bloom directly, but each piece is also redeemable in the Season Shop if the drop is unlucky.
Multiplayer chests: how the 5 + 5 cap works
Serpent's Fang is the new 5-player Sword Trial added in 1.6. Each defeat awards a Fang Chest and a Serpent Chest with a chance to drop the Accessory Dreadbone and the Hair Ornament Golden Serpent. The cap is 5 of each chest type per week, and these clears do not consume Energy. That makes the trial a pure time investment rather than a stamina drain, so it is worth running to the cap before the Monday reset.
You unlock both Serpent's Fang and Bloodstained Sands: Supreme at character Level 91. Open Wandering Paths and pick Smart Teaming or Friend Teaming to queue.
Arena Group Strategy weekly quests
Group Strategy is a new Arena format running from April 30, 2026 to May 28, 2026 (UTC+8). It is open daily from 12:00 to 02:00 next-day local Battlegroup time, in 3, 4, or 5-player modes. Matches use Best-of-3 with a Special 2v2, a team battle, and a 1v1 duel.
Mystic Skills are normalized to Tier 6 Stage 9 and Inner Ways to Tier 6, while gear stats, sets, tuning, and attuning effects stay live. Daily and weekly quests during this season hand out Arena Talent EXP, Arena Attunement Stone: Vanguard, and Bonus Talisman. Weekly quests reset every Monday at 05:00:00 (UTC+8), so finish them before the rollover.
Snowplum Requiem and the Sword Forge talents
Snowplum Requiem is the new Qinchuan World Boss. The first defeat is the big payout, awarding Decoration Plum Parting, Memoir Gear Luce: Cinnabar Tassel, 5 Inner Way Custom Chests, 3 Medicinal Tales, 20 Echo Jade, and more. After the first kill, repeat clears feed into the Sword Forge Challenges in the Trial interface, which grant Avatar Snowplum Requiem, Badge Trial - Ode of Plum, and additional Echo Jade. Treat the Sword Forge talent conditions as part of the weekly run, since several of them only progress through repeated boss clears.
Currency restocks worth doing every week
Two purchases pay off consistently in the new patch. The first is Howling Ore: Vanguard in the Season Shop, which restocks every Monday at 05:00:00 (UTC+8) for a small Jade Fish cost. Inventory does not reset, so missing a week does not erase past stock, but the per-week refresh is the only way to keep up with Lv. 46-50 Gear Enhancement on the curve.
The second is the pair of Lingering Melodies offered for 200 Echo Jade each. Buying both costs 400 Echo Jade per week and feeds the Solemn Echo prize pool, which in turn unlocks the Rhythmic Echo Season Prize Pool after 200 draw attempts. The Rhythmic Echo pool runs through October 15, 2026, 04:59:59, so weekly Echo Jade conversion compounds across the entire season.
Easy Catch-up: Trace Jade conversions
Version 1.6 added a Trace Jade pipeline. Completing quests or dismantling low-level Attunement Stones and Tuning Stones produces Trace Jade, which is then spent in the Season Shop for Howling Ore, Oscillating Jade - Trace, Coin, low-level Ebon Iron, Custom Martial Note Chest, and Gear Catch-up Chest. Previous-season gear can also be enhanced using Oscillating Jade or Oscillating Jade - Trace from the Season Catch-up Shop, with no collectible cost. Treat Trace Jade dismantling as a weekly cleanup pass before the Monday reset.
NPC friendship and "secret" weekly rewards
Several NPCs in Hexi grant weekly rewards once friendship is high enough. Ya Zhou, Hai Changchong, and Hunter all have dedicated chat quests that unlock recurring weekly drops, and the friendship resets on the same weekly cycle as other systems. Meow Meow (Miaomiao) Temples in each region also stock a small weekly supply of Lingering Melody, so a quick sweep across regions is worth doing alongside the friendship check-ins.
Tip: Map a route that touches every Meow Meow Temple plus your high-friendship NPCs in one session each Sunday. It compresses the "hidden" weekly stops into a single trip before the Monday reset.
Time-limited events that overlap the weekly loop
Several 1.6 events are not strictly weekly but expire during the patch and reward bundles that look like weekly drops. Folding them into the same checklist avoids missed claims.
| Event | Window (UTC+8) | Key Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Verdant Chant | Apr 30 - May 12, 2026, 04:59 | Inscription Welcoming Guests, Resonating Melody (log in any 7 of 12 days) |
| Let It Snow (A Lion Problem / Lion Burst) | Apr 30 - May 27, 2026, 04:59 | Accessory Ceremonial Slam, Random Inner Way Note: Chest, Echo Jade, Mystic Skill Stone Pier |
| Lumina Guide - Qinchuan | Apr 30 - May 28, 2026, 04:59 | Headpiece Painting Spring, Resonating Melody, Echo Jade, Inner Way Note: Chest |
| Dawn to Dusk | Apr 30 - May 28, 2026, 04:59 | Resonance Voucher x1 (Day 9), Cloud-Wreathed Floral Screen x1 (Day 25), Inner Way Note: Chest, Softweave Dye Powder |
| Cloud Sea Echoes | Apr 30 - May 26, 2026, 04:59 | Empyrean Regalia, Lustborne Radiance, Wind-Shaken Fan exchanges |
| Half-Year Companionship | Apr 30 - Jun 24, 2026, 04:59 | Aroma Tokens, Back to November set (from May 15), 15 Draws, Commemorative Outfit |
| Goose Greeting | May 15 - Jun 20, 2026, 04:59 | Energy, Inner Way Note, Legendary Gear (3-day Saturday login each week); Serenity Powder and Eight Treasure Powder from Mon-Fri overflow |
| Pottery in Vogue | May 14 - May 28, 2026, 04:59 | Accessory Ceramic Bliss, pottery components, Resonating Melody, Echo Jade |
| Taiping Mausoleum - Path Trial season | Apr 30 - Jun 11, 2026, 04:59 | Tier 9 Legendary Gear Custom Chest, Vanguard Stones, Inner Way Note: Chest (60-star cap) |
The Goose Greeting login is the one that breaks the Monday rhythm. Its weekly login starts every Saturday and pays out after 3 consecutive Saturdays of activity. Energy and Stamina overflow conversion runs Monday through Friday, with the recovery items claimable inside the same week, so leaving Goose Greeting until Sunday means losing that week's overflow conversion entirely.
Battle Pass and Surething Shop weekly progression
The Cloudborne Missive Elite Battle Pass runs from April 30, 2026 to May 28, 2026 (UTC+8). Battle Pass EXP is the only path to Surething Feathers outside the Battle Pass Shop, and Surething Feathers are the currency for the new permanent Surething Shop under Shop, then Offers, then Exchange Shop. Logging in once after the update grants 5 Surething Feathers for free, and Appearance Set Mountain Pine is available there for a limited time. Pacing Battle Pass progression each week keeps Surething Feather income steady for vaulted cosmetics later in the season.
How to verify each weekly task is actually claimed
Confirmation is straightforward in 1.6. Arena weekly quests show a checkmark and reward animation in the Group Strategy quest panel. Serpent's Fang chest counters appear on the trial's reward summary and stop awarding new chests once the 5 + 5 cap is hit. The Season Shop displays a "Restocks Monday 05:00" tag on Howling Ore: Vanguard and on the Lingering Melody listings, with the buy button greying out after both purchases. Snowplum Requiem's first-clear bundle disappears from the boss reward preview after pickup.
If a reward looks missing, the most common cause is timing. Anything claimed after 05:00 on Monday counts toward the new week, and Group Strategy specifically locks claims outside the 12:00 to 02:00 daily window. Recheck the in-game clock in the Battlegroup time before assuming the reward is bugged.
Hitting every line in this checklist before each Monday reset keeps gear enhancement, Arena progression, Solemn Echo pity, and Qinchuan accessory drops on schedule for the rest of the Flows of Dreams season.