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Zhu Xian V0.0.2 Basic walkthrough (Until midgame)
By It's Over
This guide is for beginners who don't know what to do the first time playing Zhu Xian. There will be a lot of mistakes, so I do hope you take this lightly and correct my mistakes (if any)
   
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I. Character Select
Zhu Xian implements another stat system beside the default stat system (which consists of Strength, Agility and Intelligence). They are: Jing Mai ( The blood veins inside you), Nei Xi and Ling Li. There are 4 chars available for selection, each of which has its own strength. There are 3 types of weapon: Wand, Sword and Stick. You need to equip the right weapon to be able to use your ultimate.
1. Lin Jing Yu / Dragon Knight
- Main stat: Jing Mai
- Optional: NeiXi
- Weapon: Sword
- Game tactics: focus on stats and damage build, with an agility boost.
2. Lu Xue Qi / Crystal Maiden(to be given later)
- Weapon: Sword
3. Xiao Bai / Lina
- Main stat: Ling Li
- Optional stat: Nei Xi
- Weapon: Wand
- Game tactics: Basically this is a very strong nuker. So focus on mana/hp beside main and optional stats and increase outcome magic damage.
4. Zhang Xiao Fan / Phantom Lancer
- Main stat: Nei Xi
- Optional stat: Jing Mai
- Weapon: Stick
- Game tactics: This is a tank, and most of the time you will go lower than 50% HP of yourself. So prepare lots and lots of health/regen, you don't need to focus on attack damage. Just get your character as beefiest as possible.
II. Early game
1. Starting at Cao Miao village.
a. When you first enter the game, you'll find yourself at the bottom left of the map, in a small village called Cao Miao.
  • From there, head south to find konwall to receive a Healing Salve.
  • Choose your character, press R to call your courier.
  • Drop your healing salve to the ground (away from the NPC and your character) and use courier to pick it up. Repeat the process until the carrier is filled with 6 Healing Salve.
  • Go northward to meet Grandpa Wang, he will give you a gift for having delivered him the salve. Open the gift to get beginner items. (Remember to transfer all the salve to your character).

Remember: Same item of the same grade do not stack, so for example if you open the gifts and get 2 Hemp Shoe, feel free to sell one :D
b. Preparing for the first attack:
  • After getting your beginner items, get out of the village and look for Bane - the first small creeps. Go there and farm until you pick up 8 Transparent Powder, then deliver it to Shen Moru. He can be found in the upper right part of the village. He will give you a small gift, open it for a random chapter 1 item.
  • Look for a horde of Ursa right outside the village, then go there and farm for 5 Bear Tooth. You can also kill the King of Bear to get Brush of the Bear as well, just optional. Deliver the Bear Tooth to the man near Grandpa Wang, he will reward you with a Bear-Tooth Necklace.
  • Return to Nan-Yang Kou, look for the big horde of wolf (in the form of Lycan's ultimate), get there and farm for Wolf Blood. Pick up 15 of them. Pay attention to the bigger wolf, it's the king and will drop green item ( which is better than the beginner item you are wearing) and will drop Wolf Heart. Collect 3 of them and store it in the courier.
  • From Nan Yang Kou, head a bit further towards the path and you'll find another horde of wolf, with a large Dark Seer nearby. Kill Dark Seer for a better weapon.
  • After having upgraded all of your items and have an average HP amount of 5000, return to Cao Miao and head north outside the village, until you see a big Slardar. Kill him for Treasure of the Sea, then bring it back to Jin Pinger. She can be found to the left of the fountain. Deliver the treasure and she'll give you a broken shuriken. We can upgrade it later.

Now the first attack should be ongoing. Defend it and move to chapter 2.
2. Chapter 2: Open Qingyun and the area to the north of Qingyun.
  • Enter Qingyun, go around meeting the NPCs, they will give you small gifts which can be opened for consumable items.
  • Open the shop and buy TP to normal training room, use it and farm there until you get Lv25.
  • The first boss you need to kill is Phoenix. He's at the upper left of the map, a boss which has 100k HP. Kill it, and it will reward you with one or few of the following items: Mitian Hat/Robe/Shoe, The Wing, Soul of the God Bird, Seal of the God Bird. Keep Soul of the god bird in your stash for later use ( use to upgrade the broken shuriken). And if you're playing Xiao Bai, keep the Wing also.
  • Having upgraded your items, go back to the north of Qingyun and look for the second boss. It's in the form of Venomancer and can be found straight up north of Qingyun. Kill it for weapon drop and Tianshu 1. Use it to upgrade your passive to Lv2.
  • Teleport to Shi Wan Da Shan. From there you can see there are 2 hordes of Medusa. Kill the ones on the right to get Tian Gang and Tian Ren. Kill the ones on the right to get Tian Jiang and Tian Kui. Once you have all four in the inventory, click Craft ( the blue button on the left side of TP button). You will have the Rebirth Seal.
  • Then head right, pass the Medusa horde with rapid firing to find a boss in Vengeful Spirit model. Kill her to get Qixuan Seal. Click Craft once more to get Ying Yang Mirror.
  • Head back to where you start at Shi Wan Da Shan, then head left and go south to find a boss in Pugna model. Kill him for your weapon upgrade. Then continue the path to get to the boss in Furion model, kill him to get Chi Ling.Pick it up and click Craft, your weapon will now being enchanted for double damage.
Now you should be ready for the second attack. Defend it and move to chapter 3.



III. Midgame to end game.
3. Chapter 3:
At this point, you should have the following items:
- Broken shuriken + soul of god bird.
- Ring of Shui Yao
- Ying Yang Mirror
- Enchanted blue weapon (from Shi Wan Da Shan)
- Mitian item(from the phoenix)
  • Your next step is teleporting to Chang Sheng Tang, find the boss in Earthshaker model, kill him and get Soul of God Bull and Xuan Tian items. Having both Soul of God Bird and Soul of God Bull along with the broken shuriken, you can now click Combine. Your broken shuriken is now Shuriken- Repaired!
  • Teleport to Gui Wang Tong, you'll see there's a black statue on the top of the section. Kill it(it's actually a boss) and will drop you Tianshua 2. Use it to upgrade your passive.
  • Teleport back to Chang Sheng Tang. Now pay attention to the wooden passage, you'll see there's a lot of small mobs in Lone Druid model. Kill them for Tianshu Piece 1. Notice that they're pretty strong and require a decent amount of HP to tank and good stats to finish them quickly. Now move on the wooden passage and find the boss in Silencer model. Kill him for enchanting material(will be used later) and Tianshu Piece 2. Head south to find the boss in Storm Spirit model, kill him for Tianshu Piece 3. Click Combine to get Tianshu 3. Use it and now your passive is level 4.
  • From the boss, head south to find another boss in Treant model. Kill him for Shanhe Fan and a blue weapon with 3k damage. Equip the fan with the enchant material of your desire (JingMai for PL/DK, NeiXi/LingLi for Lina/CM. Actually it's a must have item for PL/DK and an optional item for Lina/CM, so you can store it in stash and use whenever your health is low), click Combine and your fan is enchanted.
  • Next, teleport to Bat Cave. Take a quick look over this section, you'll see there are 3 bosses in this area: one with Shadow Demon model, one with QoP model and the last one is a dragon in DK's ultimate form. Head to SD first, kill him until you get all 3 items: Ghost Bracelet, Ghost Necklace, Ghost Hat. Store it in your courier for later use. You can see that the SD boss also drop an item called "The key of Gui Wang Tong". Pick it up. Head for QoP boss, kill her and she'll drop a map. Pick it up, click Combine and you get the summon token for the King Gui boss, which can be summoned in Gui Wang Tong. You can farm QoP until she drop Ring of Yao Guang, a very good item and a must have for PL/DK. Level it up to lv4 by killing creeps. You now have 2 choices:
    - Head to Spider cave, use Blood jade to exchange for token to summon Mr.Gui boss.
    - Kill the dragon for Soul of Dragon, use it to enchant the shuriken.
  • I personally recommend the first option. Killing Mr.Gui can earn you purple items and weapons, which are vital for survivability. Especially for Lin Jing Yu/DK, you can bring the token to Qingyun to exchange for You Long Sword -only for Lin Jing Yu with reduced chance and increased damage for critical attacks. With the sword, the dragon should be less harmful now, as with the sword and your ultimate you can bring it down pretty quick.
  • I recommend that you should finish the competition in this chapter, as it will reward you with Fei Xian - an exclusive item which can only be obtained in chapter 4. You can store it for later use. As far as I experienced, you can use Fei Xian to upgrade: Ring of Yao Guang Lv4 to Max, Enchanted Dragon Shuriken to the golden shuriken, and the Zhou Long sword ( the you long sword of DK after you have killed enough monsters for it).
  • You can try killing King Gui in Gui Wang Tong if you have your teammates with you and having decent items. He's very strong, by far the strongest boss in the first 3 chapters. He will drop golden items once killed, quite worth the try.
  • If possible, take Test on the HIll 6 on Qingyun hill, as it has a chance to drop Tianshu 4. It's the only way to upgrade your passive to level 5.
Now the attack should be ongoing. Defend it and the game will end once u finish the Leshrac boss and all the monsters if you choose easy mode at the start.
IV. Boss Summon
You can summon bosses in this custom game. So far you can summon 3 bosses: Zhou Lang / The Wolf, Mr. Gui and King Gui.
1. Zhou Lang.
Remember you farmed for 15 Wolf Blood and 3 Wolf Heart? Buy a wine ( in the default shop) and bring all of them to Zhou Yi Xian. She can be found in front of the left stairs, near the big KotL. She will give you a note. Take the note with 5 Wine to outside the village, go north until you face a few wolves. Kill them and summon the boss. After it has been dealt with, get back to Zhou Yi Xian to earn her rewards.

Attention: This boss can only be summoned once, everyone will get the reward no matter who kill it.

2. Mr.Gui : Very good drops at mid game, if you're powerful enough.
Teleport to Spider Cave and farm there, you will notice there's a drop called Blood Jade level 1( or you can just buy it in the shop for 1000 gold each). Use it, it will consume 30% of your current HP in exchange for 20% chance to level the jade. This could be a tiring process: you might fail many times. Keep doing the same until you get the red jade. Teleport back to Cao Miao (the starting village) and find Xiao Huan (Lina model) in upper right part of the village, she will give you a book to summon Mr.Gui. Teleport to Spider Cave, head north to an empty section and use the book. Kill it for purple items and Mr.Gui token. If you're playing Lin Jing Yu, take the token to Qingyun and meet Wan Jian Yi in the upper left corner, deliver to him and you'll get the Zhou Long Sword, an exclusive sword to Lin Jing Yu.

3. King Gui: End game loots.
Teleport to Bat Cave, search for Shadow Demon boss, kill it for the key of Gui Wang Zong. Search for Queen of Pain boss, kill it for the map. Click Craft to combine it into the token. Teleport to Gui Wang Zong, get to the center and use the token to summon King Gui.

Attention: This is a very strong boss, you should have all teammates with you to kill him.
V. Competition (or Trial)
Sometimes in the game, you will see a big white notifier saying that there's some kind of competition. When you see that, click the button above the Craft button to teleport to competition zone. Kill the boss there and the whole team will get rewards.
VI. Testing on Qingyun Hill
You need to complete tests on qingyun hill to get better items and stats. There will be 6 tests available, each will be unlocked after you complete a chapter. Kill all the monsters within 2 minutes and the test is completed. The boss of the test can drop good items. The most important test is Test 6, when you enter chapter 3. The boss has a chance to drop Tianshu 4, and it's the only way to upgrade your passive from level 4 to level 5.
VII. Disclaimer
This guide is based on the Russian build which can be found here, by Damaged Coda.
This guide is not completed and will be updated later. If you have any suggestions, please comment below :D.

GLHF.

Edit:
  • April 14th 2016: Added Chapter 3.
11 Comments
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Blushh 19 Aug, 2016 @ 8:57am 
where is secret shop?
TWICE 14 Apr, 2016 @ 7:36pm 
Oh hello!
Appreciate your effort in helping out new players and also the community, I'm sure alot of us gonna find this guide useful :steamhappy:
A Big thumbs up for you, keep it up mate! :steammocking:
It's Over  [author] 13 Apr, 2016 @ 3:02am 
@Phixor: Lucky you. I couldn't barely find any good party which has a bit of commitment or teamworking.
Phil without the L 13 Apr, 2016 @ 2:23am 
Well i was able to get up to chapter 4 with 2 friends (3 man party) in normal mode, and i can assure you its like 100% teamwork. Getting past chapter 2 is the hardest part imho, I played the strength hero and out of all 4 heroes, the strength hero needs to upgrade his passive first.
It's Over  [author] 13 Apr, 2016 @ 1:31am 
@Phixor: Yes I did. But it was too hard and basically normal mode is the race against time and luck. If u don't have both with you, your failure is guaranteed.
Phil without the L 13 Apr, 2016 @ 12:26am 
Have you attempted this in normal mode?
Θώθ 10 Apr, 2016 @ 1:47am 
I agree, make a youtube video.
Arayala 8 Apr, 2016 @ 12:07pm 
it would be nice if you could do a video of this and put it on youtube in chapters
It's Over  [author] 7 Apr, 2016 @ 6:16pm 
@PK: You'll get another eye when you fight the dragon for the Soul of dragon to upgrade your shuriken. It will drop the Eye, and you can combine those to a new item. I forgot what the name was, I'll update this guide with pictures later.