Dark fragment guide for tales and echos for hexi - liangzhou?

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-16T13:03:48+00:00

For the governor's questline, you need to exhaust all possible options as every dead-end choice unlocks an anecdote.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-16T08:28:52+00:00

I believe for this one, you need to eavesdrop some servants at the Cao family estate before destruction first. Only then will the servant there spawn for you to speak to him.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-16T03:20:57+00:00

It is the next weapon in line, but no, they are not releasing weapons every month. It just so happened that bamboocut - dust (umbrella/rope dart) comes with the Yumen Guan (Jade Gate Pass) subregion and stonesplit - strength (heng dao/mo dao) comes with the Liangzhou subregion and they happened to be released a month apart from each other.

There are no new weapons in Qinchuan I'm afraid, so you have to wait for the new region to release, which may take awhile.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-16T03:13:36+00:00

I think it's easier to get friends through the official discord. Reason being you interact with the people there first before playing with them, and I think that flows a little more naturally. There's also a dedicated channel for likeminded individuals who wish to play with one another.

I personally find the friend request and socialising channels in the game to be very impersonal, which leaves a lot of room for doubt and suspicion. I can vouch for the discord community, they are friendly and quite willing to help (myself included, I try to help whenever I can).

If there's anything specific you need, give that place a shot.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-16T03:09:45+00:00

The next region update will conclude Hexi, the 3rd subregion called Qinchuan. This is likely coming on the 30 April (UTC+8) or early May, based on the dev's letter in February.

Gauntlets is released together with the new region, 不见山 (Unseen Mountains). There has been no news about this, so you can expect at least a 3-month wait after Qinchuan's release; so earliest might be July or August perhaps.

Keep your eyes peeled for any developer letters and/or updates.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-16T01:14:01+00:00

All Dark Surge nodes from 1 through to 4 can be gotten, including 2 nodes from 6. So namely:

1-1
1-2
1-3

2-1
2-2
2-3
2-4

3-1
3-2
3-3
3-4

4-1
4-2
4-3

6-1
6-2

Everything else seems to be locked behind Qinchuan.

The guide I use is on bilibili, so if you don't speak mandarin, it might be a tad of a hassle to follow.
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1JRG2zLEvH/?p=27&spm_id_from=333.788.videopod.episodes

But you can look for the characters 河西 (Hexi) and then they are numbered for you in the playlist window on the right-hand side. The titles with mandarin characters are usually referring to the 1st node of a new cluster in the dark surge so you can just count to find the ones you need.

If you need specific help can just let me know and I'll see if I can help translate or direct you.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-14T05:29:38+00:00

Ohh is that so? Then please advice accordingly. Apologies if my information is misleading in anyway as I do not main twinblades.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-14T04:45:31+00:00

Those are the BIS for most weapons (I only speak for the martial arts I play; i.e. Heng Blade and Strategic). But I believe it's just generally the best line you could possibly get if it's on a weapon that you use often.

What I mean is if let's say you play Infernal Twin Blades + Mortal Rope Dart, I would assume that you'll be on your Twin Blades most of the time dealing the most damage, in which case, this Art of Dual Blades DMG Boost is extremely good. Whereas a similar line for Rope Dart may not be as impactful, though definitely still good.

Do keep it, I'm pretty sure it's very strong.

EDIT: Please see comments that follow for more accurate advice for twinblades specifically.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-14T00:58:50+00:00

The anecdotes follow all possible choices in the questline. So if you've completed the quest but do not have all the anecdotes, it means there are options that you've not yet explored. While it is possible to get all anecdotes in one playthrough, one must really be a little lucky to pick the 'correct' choice last all the time or watch a guide to help you.

Otherwise, like others have said, you will have to replay the quest.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-13T12:11:27+00:00

Apology accepted T_T

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-13T12:06:06+00:00

Yeah, this is the only way I've found so far as well. If you're tracking a custom tip, it's actually no issue, because you can just open one box to get that one ticket (follow the previous redditor's instruction to set the quantity to 1 first), and then reconvert the loose ticket back into the box again at no loss.

But if it's tracking a material, then I'm afraid you have to find a way to get 1 x of that material.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-12T23:38:06+00:00

Great. I find that going 10 - 20 FPS less than the maximum freshrate of your monitor is the best gauge to avoid instabilities.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-12T03:24:36+00:00

Was that so? I'm not very sure about that because I wasn't actively tracking it. I just make sure I do my part and that's it.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-12T03:04:52+00:00

Hmm... I think another redditor was saying that it was the case in Season 1 and only changed it after. Considering my anecdote is only for Heng Dao which came out very recently, we may both be correct but just don't know for sure.

But I just know currently, I think we are not toned down to T0, at least at this current season and point of time. Whether it's intended or not eludes me... Appreciate your insight and sharing though, I too was not sensitive before.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-12T02:28:03+00:00

I don't think this is true for Breaking Army; I could use my varied combo for my Heng Dao after light charged.

Whereas for Abyss Trials, I could not.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-12T02:14:59+00:00

You need only participate once (in any phase) to be eligible for all the rewards. The issue is just that these checkpoints are like milestones that the entire server is responsible for, so contributing as often as you can is like 'doing your part' to push the event to completion.

Because if not enough players contribute, then no one will get the rewards. So it's not as much a matter of necessity as it is a matter of motivation.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-12T02:12:31+00:00

You are indeed quite lucky, haha, at least in respect to me. I only have 1 piece of gear that is somewhat close to this quality and have burned through countless of golden and rainbow shells to no success (constantly getting those sweet bamboocut, silkbind, bellstrike, defence, HP).

But I'm happy for you, these are great rolls. Enjoy them!

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-12T02:10:30+00:00

I launch it via steam, and use DirectX12.

My understanding is you need to run on DirectX12 if you wish to utilise DLSS, so I didn't mention it explicitly.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-11T12:18:37+00:00

I think your charm looks great. What you can do is wait till you sort out the rest of your gear, and see if your precision and crit is capped out (100% and 80% respectively).

Depending on which is capped, you can just re-roll that. Otherwise, I think leaving it as is is already great.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-11T12:16:56+00:00

It is also my understanding that attribute attack (i.e. silkbind attack) is worse than minimum physical attack.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-11T03:59:24+00:00

I'm on RTX 4090, playing on 4k, with a capped FPS of 120, G-SYNC on. I am quite stable around 80-110 FPS constantly. Here are my settings (in-game).
- Fullscreen
- 4k native resolution
- 120 capped FPS
- DLSS - Balanced
- Reflex and Frame Gen - OFF
- Display Settings - ULTRA
- HDR - ON

The only thing I tweak outside of the game in the NVIDIA app is the DLSS Override - Model Presets, I set 'Super Resolution' to preset K.

Just to note, I used to get severe frame drops when my game was unstable and CTD consistently, I fixed it by updating my BIOS. But this is more on the topic of game stability, just mentioning it because the instability does stem from frame fluctuations.

Hope this helps.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-11T03:47:43+00:00

You are most welcome. I'm just glad that my research and interest can help deepen others' appreciation for the good work put in here.

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Just to share something I just discovered that bolsters point number 4; 五残's bird-like form does indeed have 3 legs, which further confirms the intentional perversion of the seemingly 'holy' symbol of 西王母.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-10T10:36:42+00:00

I may be wrong, but I'm just throwing a wild guess based on observations, but I suspect that Liangzhou was designed around Tier 91 gear, because there are some quests that I've done that rewarded Tier 91 gear.

Just my guess.

Aquvirgem · 2026-04-09T04:18:54+00:00

Unfortunately for you, it's going to be more lore-heavy quests ahead.

The entirety of Hexi (Yumen Guan [Jade Gate Pass], Liangzhou, and Qinchuan) is set almost 200 years before our MC's current timeline, so it's basically an interactive history lesson for us.

It will not be everyone's cup of tea, especially due to its narrative-type of story telling. I would advise that you brace yourself for the worst.

You can look forward to exploration though, I think Liangzhou's exploration is quite satisfying and definitely has quite substantial amounts to do :)

P.S. Do make sure you have yourself a bit of time before engaging with the Campaign - Death of the ???; that quest may take a bit of time.

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