The Balance of Power

What to prepare

What you need to craft the Offering to the Wind Spirit with the farmer profession, level 1 or higher, and a run through the Wind Dojo dungeon.

• 8 × Citronanafor the Offering to the Wind Spirit
• 3 × Strawberryfor the Offering to the Wind spirit
• 3 × Scaraleaf Entrailsfor the Offering to the Wind Spirit

Quest Resources, obtained along the way

• 1 × Travel Permitgiven by Hanshi at the end of the Wind Dojo

The 19 quest steps

1. 1Talk to Daimya Hikomi

   Dialogue[22,-29] · Daimya Hikomi

   The quest starts right after the previous one, when you tell Daimya Hikomi that you have recovered the Fire Claw. She tells you about the Wind Spirit, embodiment of calm and serenity, a loner she hasn't heard from in a while. She advises you to make an offering of fruit at the Aerdala Summit so that it shows itself.

   

2. 2Craft the Offering to the Wind Spirit

   Crafting

   Craft 1 Offering to the Wind Spirit with the Farmer profession, level 1 or higher, in the “grind” workshop: 8 Citronana, 3 Strawberry and 3 Scaraleaf Entrails.

   Cooperative crafting is impossible: you must have the farmer profession yourself.

   • 8 × Citronanato give
   • 3 × Strawberryto give
   • 3 × Scaraleaf Entrailsto hand over
   • Offering to the Wind Spiritreceived

3. 3Leave the offering at the Aerdala Summit

   Items[21,-39]

   At the Aerdala Summit, click the fruit basket at the top of the rock to leave the offering. You are transformed into a Moon and receive the Clever Look blessing.

   In Moon form, you can see the Clever spirit from the Mind Your Spirits quest, placed at random on an Aerdala map. Look for it during this quest: you'll avoid crafting a second offering.

   • 1 × Offering to the Wind Spiritto give

   

4. 4Talk to the Wind Spirit

   Dialogue[21,-39] · Wind Spirit

   Tell the Wind Spirit that the Daimya is worried about no longer seeing it. It rejects the violence that is everywhere in Pandala, among the Kozarus as well as the Pandissidans. It will only listen to your request if you prove to it that the inhabitants of Aerdala deserve its attention, by solving two problems without resorting to force, except as a last resort.

5. 5Talk to Yokaikido

   Dialogue[21,-39] · Yokaikido

   Yokaikido misses the time when the Wind Spirit used to play with him. He agrees to take you to two people who refuse violence: Yung Pandawane at the Pandissident Camp, and Ten Rowa at the Watchtower. The order doesn't matter.

6. 6Meet Yung Pandawane

   Dialogue[22,-37] · Yung Pandawane

   At the Pandissident Camp, Yung Pandawane, the son of a high-ranking officer, doesn't share his father's ideas and secretly sabotages his plans to limit casualties. He reveals to you that the Pandissidents want to plant bombs among the Pandawas and the Kozarus, to start a war in which they would ally with the Kozarus.

   

7. 7Intercept the bomb planters

   Combat

   Step in at both villages and talk to each Pandissident Bomber to stop them from blowing everything up. Each time, a fight starts against 2 Bombers, to be done solo.

   • [19,-32] talk to the Pandissident Bomber, near the Pandawa houses
   • [19,-33] talk to the other Pandissident Bomber

   • Bomberfight · level 140 · 3,100 HP · 10 AP · 4 MP

   

   

8. 8Go back to see Yung Pandawane

   Dialogue[22,-37] · Yung Pandawane

   Tell Yung Pandawane that the work is done: many lives are spared. He will keep sabotaging his father's plans from the inside, and agrees to join you at the Aerdala Summit to prove to the Wind Spirit that peaceful Pandissidents exist.

9. 9Defend Ten Rowa

   Combat[21,-35] · Captain of the Kozaru Guard

   At the Watchtower, the Captain of the Kozaru Guard has arrested the Pandawa merchant Ten Rowa, who owned statuettes of the Grand Puddah: the guards want to throw her off the mountain. Step in: a fight starts, which can be done with several players.

   Dialogue

   1. “Step between the guard and the merchant”

   • Kozaru Guardfight · level 140 · 3,100 HP · 10 AP · 4 MP

   

10. 10Talk to Ten Rowa

    Dialogue[21,-35] · Ten Rowa

    Ten Rowa didn't know that statuettes of the Great Puddah were forbidden in this area. She asks you to convince the Kozarus to let her speak instead of killing her.

11. 11Listen to Yokaikido

    Dialogue[21,-35] · Yokaikido

    Yokaikido signals to you. The statuettes remind the Kozarus of the sacrilege of the Pandawas who carve their mountain in the likeness of the Great Puddah. But the Kozarus' code of honor gives the accused the right to fight their masters, or to name someone to do so, and to plead her case if she wins.

12. 12Invoke the code of honor

    [21,-35] · Captain of the Kozaru Guard

    Talk to the Captain of the Kozaru Guard again and offer to fight the Masters in the name of Ten Rowa. He agrees to apply the code of honor, convinced that you won't come back alive.

13. 13Defeat Hanshi at the Wind Dojo

    Combat[20,-37]

    Enter the Wind Dojo dungeon, at [20,-37], and defeat the boss Hanshi in a single fight.

    • Hanshifight · level 140 · 5,800 to 8,000 HP · 10 AP · 5 MP

    

14. 14Talk to Hanshi

    Dialogue · Hanshi

    Once the dungeon is complete, don't leave right away: talk to Hanshi. Explain to him what the Pandawa is accused of. He leans toward the guards, but agrees to let her speak and to seek Shihan's opinion.

    Dialogue

    1. “Say that you fought in Ten Rowa's name and that she wishes to exercise her right to speak”

15. 15Follow the exchange with the Masters

    Movement

    Listen to Ten Rowa, Shihan, Ten Rowa, Shihan, then Hanshi, in that order. The merchant and her son Net Rowa found, in the chest of a stranded ship, a scroll from the time of Pandalousie about the Wukin, the Wukang and martial techniques, marked with the symbols of the Shun Gokong temple. Obsessed by its teachings, her son died of it; since no Pandawa can master both sources, she came to entrust it to the masters. Shihan accepts the scroll and offers to spare the merchant; Hanshi agrees and gives you a Travel Permit for the territory of the Kozarus.

    • Travel Permitreceived

16. 16Show the verdict to the Captain

    Items[21,-35] · Captain of the Kozaru Guard

    Go back to the Watchtower and show the Wind Dojo Masters' verdict to Captain of the Kozaru Guard. Faced with this written decision, he leaves the merchant alone.

    • 1 × Travel Permitto hand over

17. 17Find Yokaikido again at the Aerdala Summit

    [21,-39] · Yokaikido

    With the two peaceful Aerdalans brought together, go back to the Aerdala Summit and talk to Yokaikido first: tell him that Yung Pandawane and Ten Rowa are ready to take up the challenge. The little monkey spirit goes off to fetch the Wind Spirit.

    

18. 18Convince the Wind Spirit

    Dialogue[21,-39] · Wind Spirit

    Introduce Yung Pandawane and Ten Rowa to the Wind Spirit: the balance still holds in Aerdala. With the challenge met, it offers you the Wind Claw and intends to watch over Pandala again.

    • Wind Clawreceived

19. 19Go back to see Daimya Hikomi

    Dialogue[22,-29] · Daimya Hikomi

    Tell Daimya Hikomi that you have the Wind Claw and that the spirit will show itself more. She congratulates you: you have gathered all five claws, but an important step remains. The quest ends; keep talking to get the next one.

    

The fights

The rewards

• XP4,311,804 experience points
• 44,760 kamas
• 3 × Aerodynamic Pelt
• 3 × Uchiwang Ribbon

Related quests

The quest follows Lantern Festival and unlocks Bleeding Ink, which Daimya Hikomi entrusts to you by continuing the conversation. It is part of the achievements When Mind and Spirit Meet and Eliocalypse: Resilience.

Achievements · Pandala Island

When Mind and Spirit Meet

Quest 7 of 8 · 10 achievement points

Complete the following quests:

Gives the Domakuro

1. Pandala AwakensLvl. 30
2. Under the Northern LightsLvl. 100
3. Caught in a Thicket of WrathLvl. 110
4. In the Name of ArtLvl. 130
5. The Jetty of Lost ChildrenLvl. 130
6. Lantern FestivalLvl. 140
7. The Balance of PowerLvl. 140
8. Bleeding InkLvl. 140

← Lantern FestivalNext quest: Bleeding Ink →

Achievements · Eliocalypse

Eliocalypse: Resilience

Quest 7 of 18 · 10 achievement points

Complete the following quests:

1. Pandala AwakensLvl. 30
2. Under the Northern LightsLvl. 100
3. Caught in a Thicket of WrathLvl. 110
4. In the Name of ArtLvl. 130
5. The Jetty of Lost ChildrenLvl. 130
6. Lantern FestivalLvl. 140
7. The Balance of PowerLvl. 140
8. Bleeding InkLvl. 140
9. Cursed DisappearanceLvl. 160
10. To the Last SighLvl. 170
11. Requiem for a YokaiLvl. 170
12. Hand in HandLvl. 200
13. Two Breaths, One InhalationLvl. 200
14. In this Garden that Unites UsLvl. 200
15. When Waking Is Just a DreamLvl. 200
16. The Last RampartLvl. 200
17. By This Oath the World Is WrittenLvl. 200
18. A Very Strange ProphecyLvl. 200

← Lantern FestivalNext quest: Bleeding Ink →

Where does the quest The Balance of Power start?

With Daimya Hikomi, in Pandala Village at [22,-29]. It starts right after the Lantern Festival, when you tell her you have recovered the Fire Claw.

How do I craft the Offering to the Wind Spirit?

With the farmer profession, level 1 or higher, in the “grind” workshop. Recipe: 8 Citronana, 3 Strawberry and 3 Scaraleaf Entrails. Cooperative crafting is impossible.

Where do I leave the offering?

In the fruit basket at the top of the rock, at the Aerdala Summit at [21,-39]. You are then transformed into a Moon and the Wind Spirit appears.

Where are the bombers?

In [19,-32] and at [19,-33]. Talk to the Pandissident Bomber: each fight pits you against 2 Bombers and is fought solo.

Do I need to do the Wind Dojo?

Yes, all the way to the boss Hanshi, entrance at [20,-37]. Talk to him before leaving the dungeon to get the Travel Permit.

Can I take the opportunity to find the Malin spirit?

Yes. Transformed into a Moon, you can look for the Clever spirit from the Mind Your Spirits quest on the Aerdala maps, without crafting another offering.

Which quest follows The Balance of Power?

Bleeding Ink, which Daimya Hikomi gives you as the conversation continues, at [22,-29].