Where Winds Meet: All Mirkvale Wandering Tales (Full Walkthrough)

Mirkvale is the mining settlement carved into the gorge west of Heaven’s Threshold, in the Hidden Mountain region of Where Winds Meet. Once the Qiongqi Artificers have been pushed out and the Diversion Complex is running again, the miners, artisans and children living on its wooden walkways start handing out Wandering Tales — short clue-driven quests that turn on healing, disguises, deliveries and being in the right place at a very specific hour.

Quick answer: Every Mirkvale Wandering Tale pays 30 Echo Jade, 10 Hidden Mountain Exploration, 3,750 Coin and 3,750 Character EXP. Before you start, equip the Soulshade Umbrella with the Echoes of a Thousand Plants healing skill and be ready to shift the in-game clock to the Zi, Chen, Wu and Hai hours — without those two things, four of the tales cannot be finished.

All Mirkvale Wandering Tales and where they start

Nine tales are tied to Mirkvale and its surrounding village area. All of them are logged under Heaven’s Threshold, so they count toward that area’s exploration progress rather than any Qinghe or Kaifeng totals.

Wandering Tale	Starts with	Extra reward
Scarab’s Rebirth	Xiaofang, near the mechanical lift	Wooden Scarab: Little Flower
Raven’s Testament	Wu Zhi, in the cave west of Mirkvale	Mystic Skill: World to Sword
Miner’s Malady	Shi Erniang and Cai Xin, on the upper platform	—
Wash the Worries Away	Foreman Shi and the artisans	—
Behind the Bronzehead	Xiaoguan and Zha, at night	—
Prayers and Pine Nuts	Shi Cucu and Yan Xiaomei, near the shrine	—
Toxic Traditions	Cai Sanniang’s house	—
Bright Sparks	Senior Sister Bei, in the village	—
Of Hawks and Heroes	Zhu Jin, in the village square	—

World map with Hidden Mountain — Heaven's Threshold selected, showing region completion percentage — The world map with Heaven’s Threshold selected — every Mirkvale tale counts toward this region’s completion. Image: Everstone Studio

What to set up before you start

Three tools cover almost everything Mirkvale asks of you. The healing skill is the only hard gear requirement, and it is needed for a single puzzle rather than for the medical quests.

Soulshade Umbrella with Echoes of a Thousand Plants: required to solve Raven’s Testament in the cave.
Diagnosis and treatment: two tales ask you to pick the correct illness from the diagnosis menu, then apply Quick Treatment or inner energy therapy.
Time control: several NPCs only appear at set hours. You will need Zi and Hai for night scenes, Chen for early morning, and Wu for midday.

The Hangrock Hamlet and Rollstone Hollow teleport points bracket the settlement’s lower and upper levels. Activating both saves a lot of climbing, because most tales bounce you between the walkways below and the platforms above.

Solo world map open with the Current Path Trial route highlighted for fast travel — Opening the map to fast travel between Mirkvale’s upper platforms and lower walkways. Image: Everstone Studio

Raven’s Testament: How to unlock the World to Sword skill

This is the most valuable tale in the area and the one people most often get stuck on, because the solution is a healing skill rather than a fight.

Head to the cave west of Mirkvale and speak with Wu Zhi, who is standing beside a rusted bronze sword lodged in the ground.

Read the inscription etched into the cave wall behind him. The quest log then updates with a hint pointing toward a healing technique.

Open your loadout, equip the Soulshade Umbrella, and slot Echoes of a Thousand Plants. Nothing else will trigger the next step.

Cast the healing skill so it covers both the bronze sword and Wu Zhi. The blade responds, and you can pull the Ancient Bronze Sword free.

Hand the Ancient Bronze Sword to Wu Zhi and claim the rewards. World to Sword lands in your Mystic Skills, where you can start practicing it from the Develop tab of the Character menu.

Character menu on the Develop tab with the World to Sword Mystic Skill practice prompt open — World to Sword sitting in Mystic Skills under the Develop tab after Raven’s Testament wraps up. Image: Everstone Studio

The two medical tales: Miner’s Malady and Toxic Traditions

Both of these hinge on choosing the right illness in the diagnosis window. Pick the wrong one and the treatment simply fails, so the exact answers matter.

Miner’s Malady walkthrough

Talk to Shi Erniang and Cai Xin on the wooden platform overlooking the settlement. They raise the sick miners as a clue.

Drop to the lower walkways and find Shi Langlang slumped against a wall, coughing. Diagnose him with Cough and treat him.

Move further along the walkway to Wang Qian, who has the same problem. Diagnose Cough again and finish the treatment.

Climb the stairs into the dust-filled upper workshop and find Mo Chanchan on the floor. His illness is Hemoptysis, not Cough. A short scene about the thick ore dust plays afterward.

Grab the Worn Veil from the crates on that same workshop walkway, then return to Shi Erniang and submit it to close the case.

Toxic Traditions walkthrough

Enter the house in Mirkvale where Du Dazhuang, Gou’er and Cai Sanniang are all lying sick. Every one of them is suffering from Indigestion — treat all three.

Speak to Cai Sanniang once she recovers to hear what caused the poisoning and open the tale properly.

Dialogue scene with Cai Sanniang after treating the sick household in Mirkvale — Talking to Cai Sanniang after the indigestion treatments reveals the source of the sickness. Image: Everstone Studio

Travel to the tavern area and talk to Di Juan, who hands over the Apologetic Sweet Slumber wine.

Bring the wine back to Cai Sanniang. She swaps it for the Apologetic Roast Chicken.

Return to Di Juan at the tavern and give her the roast chicken to finish the exchange and claim the rewards.

The delivery tales: Scarab’s Rebirth and Wash the Worries Away

Both of these run through Xiaoba, the copper-headed craftsman at the centre of Mirkvale, who turns broken junk into something usable.

Scarab’s Rebirth walkthrough

Speak to Xiaofang near the mechanical lift to pick up the clue about the lost Wooden Scarab.

Follow the marker to the wreckage site and collect the Special Wooden Scarab from the debris.

Carry the Battered Wooden Scarab to Xiaoba at the centre of Mirkvale. He rebuilds it into Wooden Scarab: Little Flower.

Open your inventory and activate the Wooden Scarab disguise before you go anywhere. The final scene only fires while you are wearing it.

Return to Xiaofang in disguise and talk to her. That reaction is the second ending, and it is the one that lets you keep Wooden Scarab: Little Flower.

Wash the Worries Away walkthrough

On the artisans’ platform, talk to Foreman Shi, Cai Nan and Accountant Hu about the missing paperwork.

Pick up the Ledger lying on the floor beside the workers and hand it back to Foreman Shi. The clue you gain here also feeds into Behind the Bronzehead later.

Visit Granny Lu and hear her complaint. She gives you Granny Lu’s Hanky.

Take the hanky to Xiaoba at the centre of Mirkvale, who works it into a Custom Cushion.

Bring the Custom Cushion back to Granny Lu to close the tale. Xiaoba’s Meteor Link also shows up in your inventory around this point.

Time-gated tales: Behind the Bronzehead, Prayers and Pine Nuts, Of Hawks and Heroes

If an NPC is missing from the marked spot, the clock is almost always the reason. Each of these three tales makes you change the hour more than once.

Behind the Bronzehead walkthrough

Set the time to the Hai hour and find Xiaoguan and Zha. Their conversation lays out the plan they are cooking up for Xiaoba.

Go to Xiaoba’s food stall and invite him to a meal.

Move to the water wheel area and switch the clock to the Wu hour.

Jump into the water to find Xiaoba swimming, then talk to him and Xiaoguan at the water’s edge to finish the tale.

Prayers and Pine Nuts walkthrough

Drop from the platform to the lower level and eavesdrop on Shi Cucu and Yan Xiaomei by the shrine.

Set the clock to the Hai hour and speak with Boss Mo near the same shrine.

Return to the upper platform, change the time to the Chen hour, and climb the wooden scaffolding to eavesdrop on Shi Gandang and the children.

Collect the Blessed Pine Nut from the ground once the scene ends.

Go back to Boss Mo, switch to the Hai hour again, and hand over the pine nuts for the final reward.

Of Hawks and Heroes walkthrough

Talk to Zhu Jin in the village square to open the tale.

Change the time to the Zi hour, enter the nearby house, and give the Hawk Tail Bell to the Osprey Trainer.

Report back to Zhu Jin, then release the hawk from the stand beside him.

Speak to Zhu Jin one last time to watch the ending and claim the rewards.

Bright Sparks: All four students in order

Bright Sparks is the longest chain in the area, sending you across the village and out to Driftseed Moor to track down four wandering students.

Talk to Senior Sister Bei in the village, then to Senior Sister Fu in the kitchen for the first lead.

Set the time to the Zi hour and climb to the top of the watchtower, where He Liangliang is waiting.

Head out to Driftseed Moor and find Dai Diandian standing in the flower field.

Back in the village, speak to Liu Liuliu at the food stall.

Return to Senior Sister Bei in the village square to wrap up the chain and take the rewards.

Quest objective reading Wait for developments while standing next to Senior Sister Bei — Reporting back to Senior Sister Bei closes out the Bright Sparks chain. Image: Everstone Studio

How to confirm a tale is finished, and why one might not trigger

Completion is unmistakable. An ending card appears for the tale, followed by a reward screen listing 30 Echo Jade, 10 Hidden Mountain Exploration, 3,750 Coin and 3,750 Character EXP. The entry then moves out of your active Wandering Tales list in the journal. For Raven’s Testament, the extra confirmation is World to Sword showing up in your Mystic Skills.

When a step refuses to advance, it is usually one of four things.

Wrong hour. Xiaoguan, Zha, Boss Mo, Shi Gandang, He Liangliang and the Osprey Trainer only appear at the hours listed above.
Wrong diagnosis. Mo Chanchan is Hemoptysis, not Cough; everyone in Cai Sanniang’s house is Indigestion.
Healing skill not equipped. Raven’s Testament does not react to any other technique.
Disguise not active. Xiaofang gives the Scarab’s Rebirth ending only while you are wearing the Wooden Scarab.

Cleared end to end, the Mirkvale set is worth 270 Echo Jade and 90 Hidden Mountain Exploration on top of the coin and EXP, which is a meaningful chunk of the region’s completion bar. Raven’s Testament is the one to prioritize if you only have time for a single tale, since World to Sword is a permanent Mystic Skill rather than a one-off payout.