If you’ve spent hours wandering Liyue’s misty mountain ranges chasing crystalfly, looting hidden chests, or listening to obscure NPC stories, you’ve probably caught a passing mention of where winds meet sword tassel. It’s one of the game’s most well-hidden unmarked locations, tucked far away from main quest paths and even most secret exploration routes. I stumbled on it completely by accident last year when I fell off a glide path while trying to reach a geoculus, and I was shocked to find it held far more rewards than most of the marked side quests I’d completed that month. Even players with 90%+ Liyue exploration progress often miss this spot, so we’ve put together this full guide to help you find it, unlock all its rewards, and learn the lore behind its iconic name.
Where Winds Meet Sword Tassel: Exact Location and How to Reach It
This secret spot sits on a narrow, sheltered cliff ledge between the northern edge of Huaguang Stone Forest and the southwestern mountains of Qingce Village. It’s 372 meters above sea level, so you won’t see it if you’re traveling along the lower valley paths between the two zones. The easiest way to reach it is to fast travel to the highest waypoint on Huaguang Stone Forest’s central peak, face northwest, and glide straight for 20 seconds until you see a cluster of three red-crowned cranes perched on a flat rock ledge. You don’t need any special character abilities to access this spot; you don’t need geo constructs to climb, no anemo abilities to boost your glide, and no pyro abilities to clear obstacles, which makes it perfect for new players who haven’t unlocked many 5-star characters yet. If you don’t have the Huaguang Stone Forest waypoint unlocked yet, you can climb up from the Qingce Village side: head west from the village’s central waypoint until you hit the base of the mountain, then follow the narrow stone path that winds up the west face of the cliff. You’ll hit a small camp of hilichurls halfway up, but they’re only level 30, so even low-level players can take them out easily.
Hidden Rewards You Can Unlock at This Secret Spot
Most unmarked hidden locations in Liyue only have one common chest or a single crafting material spawn, but this spot has enough rewards to make the trip well worth your time. I was shocked at how much I walked away with on my first visit, and I still stop by every 48 hours to collect the respawning materials. All the rewards you can claim here include:
- 1 luxury chest that grants 10 primogems, three 3-star artifacts, 20,000 mora, and three hero’s wit when opened
- 2 common chests hidden behind loose rock piles that you can break with any melee or charged attack
- An unmarked hidden quest that gives 30 primogems, a 4-star sword refinement ore, and 10,000 mora when completed
- 5 qingxin flowers that respawn every 48 hours, perfect for ascending Xiao, Ganyu, or Shenhe
The hidden quest triggers as soon as you interact with the frayed red sword tassel tied to a weathered stone monument at the center of the ledge. You’ll get a short pop-up note asking you to find three lost jade charms hidden in small caves within 100 meters of the monument. You can complete the entire hidden quest in less than 10 minutes if you use elemental sight to track the glowing charm traces. Just make sure you don’t leave the area before you turn the charms back in, because the quest doesn’t appear in your quest log, so you’ll lose all progress if you teleport away mid-quest.
Common Mistakes Players Make When Searching for This Location
I’ve talked to dozens of players who spent hours looking for this spot and gave up before finding it, almost always because they fell for one of the common red herrings or missed a small clue that points to the right path. The most frequent mistake I see is players searching around Wuwang Hill, because a few NPCs in Qingce Village mention a “wind-swept sword spot” near the hill, but that’s a reference to a different small quest that has nothing to do with this location. Another common mistake is players trying to climb up the east face of the mountain, where there’s an invisible wall that blocks you from reaching the ledge. But if you circle around to the west face, you’ll find the narrow winding path that leads straight up to the spot with no obstacles. If you’re having trouble finding the path, turn on your elemental sight to highlight the faint glowing footprints that lead up the west side of the cliff. Those footprints are easy to miss if you’re just running around normally, but they show up clearly with elemental sight active. The last big mistake is players only looting the chests and leaving without interacting with the sword tassel, so they miss out on the 30 extra primogems from the hidden quest entirely.
Fun Lore Details You Might Miss at the Site
Most of Genshin’s hidden spots have small bits of lore attached to them that add depth to Liyue’s history, and this spot is no exception. The stone monument at the center of the ledge was a training marker for an ancient adeptus named Honglang, who was a master swordsman that served Morax during the Archon War. He used to come to this ledge every morning to meditate, and the wind would blow through the silk tassel on his sword as he practiced his forms, which is how the spot got its name. The jade charms you collect for the hidden quest are the broken remains of the decorative beads that hung from his sword tassel, which he lost during a battle with a sea monster that tried to invade Liyue Harbor 2,000 years ago. If you visit the spot during a clear, starry night, you can see a unique small constellation shaped like a sword that only appears above this specific ledge. It’s a tiny detail that most players never notice, even if they visit the spot multiple times. If you bring Zhongli to the ledge and stand next to the monument for 10 seconds, he’ll trigger a unique optional voiceline talking about Honglang and his contributions to protecting Liyue during the war, which is a fun easter egg for lore fans. You can also get a unique voiceline from Xiao if you bring him to the spot, since he trained with Honglang for a short time when he was younger.
Even after playing Genshin Impact for three years and completing every main and side quest in the game, I still get excited when I find hidden spots like where winds meet sword tassel. It’s a reminder of how much care the devs put into filling the map with secret content that you’ll never find if you only follow quest markers and fast travel between objectives. If you’re looking to 100% your Liyue exploration progress, or just want some easy extra primogems to save for your next limited banner pull, it’s well worth taking 10 minutes out of your play session to track this spot down. I still stop by every time I’m in the area to collect the qingxin flowers for my Xiao build, and I still get a little kick out of watching the old sword tassel blow in the wind on the ledge, just like it did for Honglang thousands of years ago.
