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Where Winds Meet Hero's Realm 2nd Iteration checklist (August 2026)
Updated on 2026-08-19: full talent map for Zheng E Ice Tower and Snowplum Requiem, plus the weekly claim rule.
Item | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Unlock | Lv.96 via Wandering Paths | Same gate as Carnival Voyage and Dragonscale Tamer |
Roster | 10 players | Mix of humans and AI is legal; red talents fail with AI |
Instance timer | 60 minutes | Pull starts the clock |
Shared revives | 5 | You share one pool of five, not five each |
Weekly loot | 1 claim across all Hero's Realm tiers | Clear this one first if you can hold it |
Global window | 3 September 2026 | Ships with Bamboocut – Draught and Jianghu Legacy: Ephemeral Glory |
Boss 1 | Zheng E (Ice Tower) | Frost field, ice pillar, lotus leaves, Cold Energy |
Boss 2 | Snowplum Requiem | Frozen lake, ensemble, Five Tones, Guqin Trio |
Hero's Realm talent table (Zheng E + Snowplum Requiem)
Green talent: AI teammates handle it.
Yellow talent: AI can hold, humans make it clean.
Orange talent: AI can luck into it; a human clock is safer.
Red talent: you need real players on the assigned jobs.
Boss / phase | Talent | Color | What the raid must do |
|---|---|---|---|
Zheng E P1 | 1-1 | Yellow | Stay out of Frost Poison unless you have Frost Poison Resistance |
Zheng E P1 | 1-2 | Green | Deflect 4 ice blades during Ice Blade Explosion |
Zheng E P1 | 1-3 | Red | The whole raid takes 0 damage from those ice blades |
Zheng E P2 | 2-1 | Green | Deflect one elite red attack during Cold Energy |
Zheng E P2 | 2-2 | Green | Burn 4 blue flowers with fire arrows |
Zheng E P2 | 2-3 | Red | No elite reaches the ice tower; break the shield in 18 seconds |
Snowplum | 1-1 | Green | Dodge the vertical sound strings in High Mountains and Flowing Water |
Snowplum | 1-3 | Red | Lion's Roar redirects every Call and Response hit |
Snowplum | 2-1 | Yellow | Feed two correct notes into the bell |
Snowplum | 2-2 | Orange | Close Five Notes Harmony inside 30 seconds |
Snowplum | 1-2 | Red | Lion's Roar protects a guqin player once |
Snowplum | 2-3 | Red | All three guqin seats score Perfect; the bell eats no wrong notes in Mechanic 4 |
Assign red rows before the pull. A public AI lobby can farm green and yellow. A guild night should chase the full set.
How to beat Zheng E in Hero's Realm
Zheng E opens on a night frost field under a dead ice tower. You share a lotus-leaf count as a raid. Stack leaves as a group; one player cannot bank the mechanic.
Phase 1: Ice Tower and Ice Blade Explosion
Hold the first pull at 17–25 m until the party locks Zheng E.
Treat the red ground ring and the red sword cue as a stop-DPS check. Sidestep, then resume.
Winter Vortex (寒冬旋涡) raises an ice pillar. Switch to ranged focus fire. Melee holds the tower base (塔下) unless a frost patch forces you out.
Skip Frost Poison floors if you lack Frost Poison Resistance. That is Talent 1-1.
Ice Blade Explosion (冰刃·爆发) throws a full-screen blade wave. Deflect. Four clean deflects lock Talent 1-2. Zero raid hits lock Talent 1-3.
Hundred Puppets (百傀苏生) drop adds mid-phase. Peel them off the lotus carriers before they stack.
Phase 2: Ice Vine, Cold Energy, fire arrows
Ice Vine Entanglement (冰藤缠绕) ties players with a white sword-qi line. Two bound players stretch the line across the vine; a third cuts it so the lotus leaves drop free.
Cold Energy (寒气) fills a bar at the top of the arena. Healers climb the ice tower. The tower buffs raid damage. Everyone else stacks for the burn.
One bow user loads fire arrows and pops four blue flowers. That is Talent 2-2.
One melee or tank deflects a single elite red swing for Talent 2-1.
Two peelers keep elites off the tower while the raid cracks the shield in 18 seconds. Miss either job and Talent 2-3 dies.
How to beat Snowplum Requiem in Hero's Realm
Snowplum Requiem (听梅点雪) waits on a frozen lake under a red plum tree. Zheng E still answers the first calls. After that, the music phases belong to Snowplum.
Call and Response, then the ensemble
Long Song Correspondence (长歌相应) asks you to slam Zheng E into the ice to cut a heavy swing. Fail the slam and the raid eats the cast.
High Mountains and Flowing Water (高山流水) starts an ensemble. Share the marked points, heal through the pulse, and step out of the orange cross on the ice. White vertical sound strings rise in a line. Walk the gaps. That is Talent 1-1.
Call and Response (长歌相应 again, on Snowplum) sends attacks that Lion's Roar (狮吼) must turn. One designated player eats every redirect. That is Talent 1-3.
Five Notes Harmony and the Guqin Trio
Five Notes Harmony (五音正律) spawns note spheres and a gold bell. Hit a sphere so it flies into the correct bell. Two correct notes lock Talent 2-1. A 30-second clear locks Talent 2-2.
The Guqin Trio puts three players on zithers. You play the rhythm row (S / D / F / J / K / L on keyboard) to break the flutist shield. A Perfect line is the goal.
Seat three humans on the guqins. AI drops notes.
The other seven cover adds that charge the players. Lion's Roar knocks those adds off a seated player once for Talent 1-2.
All three seats need a full Perfect for Talent 2-3.
During Mechanic 4, the bell must take only correct notes. A wrong note voids the red talent.
How to clear the raid in one sitting
Hit Lv.96 and open Wandering Paths. If you still need the Hidden Mountain story gate, follow the Where Winds Meet 2.0 Hidden Mountain Guide.
Form 10. Put a healer on tower duty, a bow on fire arrows, and one Lion's Roar specialist before you queue.
Equip Lion's Roar. Bring a bow with a fire-arrow option. Frost Poison Resistance belongs on whoever soaks the P1 puddles.
Clear Zheng E P1 (leaves, vortex, ice blades), then P2 (vines, flowers, 18-second shield).
On the lake, slam the Call and Response knock-down, walk the sound strings, then run Five Notes and the trio.
Claim loot on this tier. Lower Hero's Realm rooms share the same weekly lock. A second run that week is practice only.
How to get more Echo Beads and raid materials
Finish Hidden Mountain weeklies and world bosses before you burn the Hero's Realm claim.
Use the 2.0 patch checklist if your Path still sits on pre-August tuning.
Farm first-clear chests on this iteration for the appearance roll, then buy the Season Shop copies with Appearance Tickets if the drop misses.
Recharge Echo Beads on the Where Winds Meet goods page. UID steps live in the Where Winds Meet top up guide.
FAQ
When does the Zheng E and Snowplum Requiem Hero's Realm open?
Global servers get the 10-player room on 3 September 2026 with Hidden Mountain Chapter Two's second wave. Chapter Two itself starts 20 August. Use the three weeks to lock a roster and practice Lion's Roar plus fire arrows.
Can AI teammates clear this Hero's Realm?
Yes for a loot clear if you skip red talents. Green rows hold with AI. Yellow rows hold with sloppy timing. Orange Five Notes is a coin flip. Red rows (zero ice-blade damage, 18-second tower, full Call and Response redirects, Perfect trio) need humans.
How often can you claim Hero's Realm rewards?
Once per week, shared across every Hero's Realm tier. Claim on Zheng E & Snowplum Requiem if the group can finish it. A lower room that week burns the lock.
What should you bring for Snowplum Requiem?
Lion's Roar on at least one player. Three humans who can hit a rhythm row. A healer who reacts on the ensemble pulse. The rest of the raid learns the orange cross and the sound-string gaps.
Do you still run Carnival Voyage after this iteration?
Carnival Voyage stays in the archive for practice and appearances. Weekly loot should move to this Lv.96 room once it is live. Older tiers (Ravening Banes, Resounding Majesty) stay useful as gearing steps. New accounts should still start from the Where Winds Meet beginner guide.
Conclusion
The Where Winds Meet Hero's Realm Zheng E & Snowplum Requiem raid is a 60-minute, 5-revive, 10-player lock that punishes skipped jobs more than low parse. Hold the frost puddles, seat the healer on the tower, feed the bell, and put humans on Lion's Roar and the three guqins. Bookmark the talent table and check back after 3 September when live drops and Goose Mastery numbers land. For Battle Pass looks or Season Shop copies after the first-clear chest, recharge Echo Beads on BitTopup Where Winds Meet.
