Great Hero's Trial is a Wandering Tale in the Qinghe region, set in the Bamboo Abode area early in Where Winds Meet. A child named Rongrong asks you to prove yourself by completing three simple but deliberately vague feats:
| Trial clue | Real objective | Reward object |
|---|---|---|
| Fell the thickest tree | Find and cut down a single large non‑bamboo tree near the shrine | First wooden tablet (goes straight to inventory) |
| Hunt the highest bird | Climb to the highest cliff around Bamboo Abode and shoot a circling white bird | Second wooden tablet (loot from the bird) |
| Climb the ladderless tower | Reach the top of a wooden lookout tower on the coast north of the shrine | Final wooden tablet (on the tower platform) |
There are no UI markers for any of these steps. You navigate entirely by landmarks and your movement toolkit, which is why so many players miss either the correct tree or the bird.
How to start Great Hero's Trial at Bamboo Abode
Great Hero's Trial sits on the eastern shore of Bamboo Abode, a short detour from the main early story path that runs through this region. To start it:
- Teleport to the Bamboo Abode Boundary Stone (unlocked during the Chapter 1 main quest “Another New Wing”).
- Head east until you reach a waterfall pouring off the cliffs toward the sea.
- Drop down to the lower ground near the waterfall. Using a lightness skill like Mighty Drop helps avoid fall damage.
- Face the waterfall; then look to your left. In the shade of the cliffs is a small, weathered shrine.
Inside the shrine, you’ll find a young girl, Rongrong. Talk to her and accept her “Great Hero's Trial” to unlock the Wandering Tale. She describes the three challenges only in riddle form. Once the conversation ends, all three tasks are immediately active; you can complete them in any order.
Great Hero's Trial: How to cut down the thickest tree
The “thickest tree” is not one of the slender bamboo stalks filling the valley. It’s a single, broad‑trunked tree just off the shrine’s little shoreline.
| Reference point | Direction | What to look for |
|---|---|---|
| Standing in Rongrong’s shrine, facing the waterfall | Left, down toward the water and small pond | One large leafy tree near the water, surrounded by bamboo |
To complete the trial:
- Walk up to this single large non‑bamboo tree.
- Attack it with basic melee strikes several times until the tree collapses.
- When it falls, you automatically receive a wooden tablet tied to the trial. There is no pickup prompt; it goes directly into your inventory.
Players often chop the wrong tree near the waterfall and see “nothing happen.” The key is that there is only one broad tree in the immediate shrine area. If you don’t see the usual item pop‑up, you still likely earned the tablet; it simply stored silently. You can verify progress by completing the other two trials and returning to Rongrong—she will accept the proof even if you never manually looted anything by the felled trunk.
Great Hero's Trial: where to find and hunt the highest bird
Rongrong’s “highest bird” lives at the highest accessible point in the local Bamboo Abode landscape, not merely above the shrine. The path is wrapped around the waterfall cliffs.
| Step | Action | Visual cue |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb up beside or behind the waterfall from the shrine level | Reach the upper lip of the falls |
| 2 | From the top, turn right and move through the trees | A tall, freestanding boulder or cliff peak ahead |
| 3 | Climb to the very top of the tallest rock in sight | Open sky and a wide view over Bamboo Abode |
| 4 | Look around the sky for a circling white bird | Bird flying loops near the peak, slightly off the cliff edge |
Once you spot the bird:
- Equip your bow and enter Still Waters mode, the archery Mystic Art taught by Feng Jisheng during “Another New Wing.” It slows time and enemy movement while consuming Endurance.
- Line up a shot while the bird passes close and loose an arrow. With Still Waters active, its slow arc is easy to track.
- Loot the fallen bird to receive the second wooden tablet.
Great Hero's Trial: how to climb the ladderless tower
The final challenge is about movement rather than combat. The “ladderless tower” is a small wooden watchtower not far from Rongrong’s shrine, perched along the coastline.
| Reference point | Direction to tower | Landmarks |
|---|---|---|
| Rongrong’s shrine, facing out toward the sea | Go right and follow the shoreline north | Run‑down house near a wooden lookout tower with no ladder |
Reaching the top is the actual objective; there’s no ladder, but your lightness skills carry you most of the way:
- Approach the tower and look for any jutting plank or piece of wood sticking slightly out from the platform.
- Use your aerial mobility—typically a triple jump (Threefold Skywalk) combined with dashes—to land on that protruding edge or directly on the rim of the platform.
- From there, use one or two more jumps to pull yourself fully onto the top platform.
The collision around the upper rim is forgiving. It’s possible to skip the plank entirely and simply chain jumps up the side until the game snaps you onto the edge.
On the platform floor, you’ll find the last wooden tablet. Interact with it if prompted, or walk over it to collect. Some players reach the tower late and already have two tablets; for them, this final piece is often the one that makes Rongrong’s dialogue advance.
Handing in Great Hero's Trial and rewards
With all three tasks done, return to the shrine in Bamboo Abode:
- Speak to Rongrong again.
- Choose the “Give” option when it appears to hand over the tablets as proof.
The Wandering Tale then completes and can be claimed from the Wandering Tales section of your Journal. The reward bundle is straightforward early‑game progression currency rather than the mysterious “Secret Tome” Rongrong hints at:
| Reward | Amount | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Echo Jade | 40 | Premium currency used for purchases and unlocks |
| Qinghe Exploration points | 10 | Contributes to regional exploration level and its milestone rewards |
| Character EXP | 5000 | Pushes early‑game level progression |
| Five Dynasties Coins (Zhou Coins) | 5000 | Standard in‑game currency for vendors and services |
There is no immediate Secret Tome payout, hidden second phase, or alternate ending attached to Great Hero's Trial. The “tome” is framed more as a legend than a guaranteed prize, and the quest functions primarily as a compact introduction to lightness movement, archery, and environmental observation in Qinghe. Given how early it appears in the Bamboo Abode loop, completing it is still worthwhile for the currency, the exploration boost, and the practice in reading Where Winds Meet’s quieter environmental puzzles.
