The objective “Clear out the Troublemakers in the area” is the opening step of the Trouble at Every Turn side story in Where Winds Meet. It is an Exploration Quest tagged under the Injustice category and takes place in Kaifeng.
In this quest, thugs are intimidating locals and forcing people into hiding. Your first task is to locate their hangout, confront them, and choose the dialogue option that starts a fight. Only after you defeat them and help the injured with your Healer career skill will the quest fully resolve and award its rewards.
Where to find the Troublemakers (exact area in Kaifeng)
The Troublemakers are not in the middle of a busy street, which is why they are easy to lose track of if you wander off mid-quest. They are set up in a contained open space near one of Kaifeng’s fast travel points.
The area to look for is:
- Region: Kaifeng
- Reference point: Hopewell Academy Boundary Stone (fast travel point)
- Direction from that stone: east
- Terrain: An open yard or plaza that is surrounded by walls
Walk or ride east from the Hopewell Academy Boundary Stone and look for a walled-off open space rather than a street or bridge. The Troublemakers are gathered there, typically standing in a small group that clearly looks out of place compared with ordinary townsfolk.
Using interactive maps to pinpoint the quest area
If you still cannot see the group after sweeping east of Hopewell Academy, an interactive map helps narrow things down. On community maps that support filters, this quest appears under the Injustice category in Kaifeng.
Switch the map view to Kaifeng, hide all categories, then enable only Injustice quests. Look for a pin near Hopewell Academy’s marker and set a personal waypoint. In-game, track that waypoint and ride there; the marked location aligns with the walled yard where the Troublemakers are standing.
How to trigger the fight with the Troublemakers
Once you find the group, the objective does not auto-complete just by entering the area; you must engage them through dialogue and then in combat.
Step 1: Approach the group of thugs in the walled open area east of Hopewell Academy until an interaction prompt appears on one of them. Talk to the leader or the thug that offers a dialogue option.
Step 2: In the dialogue, choose the option that escalates the situation. The key line is “Use force to teach a lesson”. Selecting this option immediately shifts you into combat against the group.
Step 3: Defeat all the hostile NPCs in that encounter. Do not leave the area until the combat victory prompt appears and the quest log updates to the next objective.
After the fight, the “Clear out the Troublemakers in the area” step is considered complete, and the quest transitions to the healing phase.
Fixing the objective when tracking is bugged or missing
Some players report that the quest marker for this step can fail to appear or remain stuck on a vague “in the area” instruction, especially if they leave Kaifeng or pursue other activities before finishing the encounter.
There is no special in-game fix required; the workaround is simply to ignore the missing marker and walk east from the Hopewell Academy Boundary Stone until you manually locate the walled yard and the group of thugs. Once you talk to them and choose “Use force to teach a lesson,” the quest resumes its normal flow even if the map never showed a circle.
How to complete the healer section with Fu Wenshu
After the thugs are defeated, the quest shifts from combat to support work. You are asked to help the injured using Healer skills, which is why this quest is filed under Exploration and Injustice, but also touches the Healer career.
Step 1: Look for the NPC named Fu Wenshu in the same general area where the fight took place. He represents the injured or is the one coordinating the aftermath.
Step 2: Talk to Fu Wenshu. During or after the conversation, the quest will instruct you to use your Healer abilities. At this point, activate Wind Sense to enter the dedicated healing interaction.
Step 3: Completing the Wind Sense healing sequence drops you into the Healing minigame. Follow the prompts for that minigame with your current Healer skill set until the game confirms success.
Step 4: When the healing event ends, the Trouble at Every Turn side story wraps up. The game grants character progression and currency rewards and adds Kaifeng exploration progress.
Rewards for finishing Trouble at Every Turn
Clearing out the Troublemakers and treating the wounded yields a modest but useful bundle of resources that support both your build and exploration goals.
| Reward | Quantity | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Oscillating Jade | 2 | High-value jade used for progression and upgrades. |
| Echo Jade | 8 | Common jade resource for various character or item enhancements. |
| Kaifeng Exploration Points | 5 | Contributes to your Kaifeng exploration rank and region rewards. |
| Character EXP | 1000 | Direct experience toward your character level. |
| Zhou Coins | 1000 | General currency for merchants, supplies, and services. |
Finishing this quest is also a small but consistent way to practice the Healer gameplay loop in live combat scenarios, rather than only in career-specific tasks.
How this objective connects to “One Leaf, One Life” and Kaifeng’s tone
Players often encounter “Clear out the Troublemakers in the area” around the same time as the One Leaf, One Life questline in Kaifeng, which has become known for its emotional storytelling around Zheng Ran and her family. The Troublemaker quest itself is brief, but it contributes to the same theme: Kaifeng is a city defined as much by its everyday struggles and small acts of care as by its martial heroics.
Stopping street thugs, then immediately tending to the injured with a Healer skill, mirrors the emotional beats elsewhere in the city, where cooks, parents, and children are all trying to protect each other in their own ways. Treat this objective as more than a throwaway fight; it is part of the broader tapestry of Kaifeng’s stories that reward you for paying attention and returning to characters after the quest log says you are done.
Once you know to head east from the Hopewell Academy Boundary Stone and look for the walled open space, the “Clear out the Troublemakers in the area” step becomes straightforward. Talk, choose “Use force to teach a lesson,” win the fight, then lean on Wind Sense and Healer skills with Fu Wenshu to close out one of Kaifeng’s smaller but thematically consistent side stories.
