Valley of the Four Winds storyline

The Valley of the Four Winds storyline takes place upon the conclusion of the Jade Forest storyline and runs in parallel to the Krasarang Wilds storyline. Players land just outside Pang's Stead, where has stopped for a rest. The main storyline follows Chen and his travelling companions, and , all over the valley to discover the Stormstout Brewery. Once the initial cleaning of the brewery is complete, players are sent to Stoneplow on the west side of the zone in the shadow of the great wall.
To advance the storyline from there, players should complete all of the The Search for the Hidden Master-started storylines to see what happens to Stoneplow. After saving Stoneplow (or as soon as adventurers reach level 87), s at Stoneplow, Halfhill and the Grassy Cline bring news from in the form of The Road to Kun-Lai, who requests the adventurer's presence atop the Kun-Lai Summit, starting the Kun-Lai Summit storyline.
The progression of the storyline in this zone is tracked in the achievement Rally the Valley.
==Thunderfoot Fields==
After flying in from the Jade Forest, players land at a small pagoda just on the Valley-side of the border. Out of nowhere, is waiting on the road along with his niece, . This first series of quests sends players all over the Thunderfoot Fields.
==Mudmug's Place==
After visiting all of the Thunderfoot Fields, Chen and Li Li head down to Mudmug's Place. Chen gets his first introduction to the Stormstout Brewery and Li Li enjoys her day off to do some exploring of the surrounding quest hubs.
The storyline continues with Chen's Resolution.
==Chen's Masterpiece==
After relating his story of being chased off from the Stormstout Brewery in Broken Dreams, Chen finds the resolve to make the best brew Azeroth has ever seen. After making the trek to Halfhill, the center of commerce in the valley, Chen sends his traveling companions out on a quest for ingredients. This three-pronged quest sends players up to the Gilded Fan for water, through the Heartland for oats, and down to the Imperial Granary for barley. Ingredients acquired, Chen takes a great deal of time to create "The Emperor", and immediately sets back off to the Stormstout Brewery.
==Stormstout Brewery==
At the Stormstout Brewery, the front door has been barred, and surprises everybody with an attack! The party recovers from the ambush and enters the brewery to start the cleanup process. Back outside, a message from Stoneplow has arrived...
This ends the main storyline of the valley. However, near the beginning of the zone, back at Pang's Stead, a series of side-quests opened up in search of the Hidden Master. That story continues with the trek to Stoneplow on quarter of the story in Stoneplow Thirsts and Lin Tenderpaw (quest).
==The Hidden Master==
Early in Chen's storyline, this quest chain opens up. After witnessing the conversation at Pang's Stead between and his traveling companions, the party heads in different directions and Xiao sends adventurers after them. Two of the four quest forks occur in the valley, but the other half comprise the Krasarang Wilds storyline.
===Clever Ashyo===
On Li Li's Day Off, which is offered shortly before Chen's party reaches Halfhill, asks to look at New Cifera and the Pools of Purity. has found himself at New Cifera as well, where a few other locals offer quests. The two drop-started quests in the valley occur in this area as well.
===Lin Tenderpaw===
After completing the main Stormstout Brewery story, a message from Stoneplow arrives. After reaching Stoneplow, adventurers run in to , alarmed at the sight of the mantid invading from the Dread Wastes. After fending off the initial invasion, the leader of the town watch lets Lin in on the secret that the Hidden Master, , is up at the Paoquan Hollow.
===Ken-Ken and Kang Bramblestaff===
Assuming players stayed in the valley and have not completed Krasarang Wilds yet, upon conclusion of Training and Discipline, the flight master offers to send adventurers to the location of or . Choose to go to Ken-Ken's location at Zhu's Watch in the northeast corner of Krasarang Wilds to complete the Krasarang Wilds storyline.
After shoring up the Zhu Province, players will cross paths with Kang at either faction's first camp (the Incursion or Thunder Cleft) on the way to the Temple of the Red Crane. When adventurers are directed to travel to their faction's second camp (Sentinel Basecamp or Dawnchaser Retreat), they will pass just north of the temple. Save some survivors and cleanse the sha invasion focused on . Grateful, Chi-Ji offers some rewards, but don't forget about the other half of the storyline.
At the second faction camp, help push back the mogu out of the west side of the zone. While rescuing prisoners of the mogu, pandaren from Stoneplow tell the story of a mantid attack on their convoy to the crane temple, and that more are on the way to attack Stoneplow itself! Once the leader of the mogu invasion force, , has been taken care of, players will be sent forward to Stoneplow during Warn Stoneplow at the conclusion of the story.
===Saving Stoneplow===
After finishing all of the valley and wilds storylines up to this point, a cutscene will play when the last Hidden Master quest is turned in to at Stoneplow. On the other side of the cutscene, the mantid have started pushing harder into Stoneplow as the blots out the sky just on the other side of the wall. Nearly all of the major players in the valley, along with from Zhu's Watch, have made it to Stoneplow to defend pandaren territory.
Complething this quest chain awards the achievement Savior of Stoneplow.
==Nesingwary's Safari==
In the southwest corner of the zone is Nesingwary's Safari, where a short-and-sweet side chain is available.
==Halfhill - Tillers==
A side-questline in the Valley involve the Tillers faction and 's inherited farm at Sunsong Ranch. Completing Daily quests associated with it allows the player to gain reputation with Tillers as a whole, along with growing friendship with each individual Tiller.
Dailies:
*One from Farmer Yoon:
*# A Pumpkin-y Perfume
*# It's Melon Time
*# Red Blossom Leeks, You Make the Croc-in' World Go Down
*# Squash Those Foul Odors
*# That Dangling Carrot
*# The Cabbage Test
*# The Pink Turnip Challenge
*# The White Turnip Treatment
*# Which Berries? Witchberries.
*# Why Not Scallions?
*Another one from Farmer Yoon
*# The Lesser of Two Evils
*# Stealing is Bad... Re-Stealing is OK
*# Stalling the Ravage
*# The Kunzen Hunter-Chief
*# Simian Sabotage
*One from Andi:
*# A Gift For Chee Chee
*# A Gift For Ella
*# A Gift For Fish
*# A Gift For Fung
*# A Gift For Gina
*# A Gift For Haohan
*# A Gift For Jogu
*# A Gift For Old Hillpaw
*# A Gift For Sho
*# A Gift For Tina
*Two from visiting Tillers:
*# Not in Chee-Chee's Backyard
*# You Have to Burn the Ropes
*# Water, Water Everywhere
*# The Kunzen Legend-Chief
*# Money Matters
*# Pest Problems
*# Weed War II
*# Chasing the Chicken
*# Where It Counts
*# They Don't Even Wear Them
Once the player raises friendship of every single Tiller to , one final questline unlocks that awards Ain't Lost No More achievement:
==Halfhill - Cooking==
There is a series of quests in Halfhill associated with Cooking profession.
# Everything I Know About Cooking (optional breadcrumb)
# So You Want to Be a Chef...
#* Fishing branch -> You Want Fish? (optional), No Fishing Pole Necessary!
# Ready for Greatness
# Complete all of:
#* Way of the Brew (quest) -> Have a Drink
#* Way of the Grill (quest) -> Strong as a Tiger
#* Way of the Oven (quest) -> Endurance (quest)
#* Way of the Pot (quest) -> The Soup of Contemplation
#* Way of the Steamer (quest) -> The Spirit of Cooking
#* Way of the Wok (quest) -> Agile as a Tiger
# Preserving Freshness
# To Be a Master - Requires leveling each way of Cooking to 75.
After completing To Be a Master, the player can purchase a Cooking School Bell, unlocking more dailies, in which the player trains an aspiring chef, Nomi. The progress of Nomi's training is represented by an invisible reputation:
Completing Nomi's training awards the achievement Now I Am the Master.
 
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