Do Perfect World Cultivation Quests make your head swim?

One of the most intriguing aspects of Level Up! Games’ Perfect World is the fact that you need to level up an attribute called “Esteem” (Cultivation in Closed Beta) to access more skills for your character. Some players, however, will readily contests the use of the word “intriguing,” as the trials they go through to level up cultivation is no walk in the park.

Esteem/Cultivation reflects your avatar’s growth, his or her understanding of the world and how the actions of one being affects others, on the path to enlightenment. Hence, your character’s cultivation will frequently be put to the test in the game as immortals pit you against both physical and mental obstacles.

For simplicity’s sake, Level Up! translated or changed the names of the cultivation levels. Closed-beta test players are familiar with words like Harmonious Union and Primordial Infant but are growing accustomed to calling them by simpler, one-word names like Starting, Cunning, Attuned, Lucid, Enigmatic, Forbidding, and Sinister.

The first cultivation quest, the one that brings up your cultivation level from Starting to Cunning, is fairly easy. All your avatar has to do is kill a few monsters, report back to the Immortal who issued the quest and, voila, the next step to enlightenment. The second quest, however, is proving to be the stumbling block of most players since it involves a little more than killing.

Your friendly neighborhood Taoist Immortal will ask you to find and rescue a man called Rou Zhi from Snow Wolves if your avatar is Human, from Lion Goblins if you’re Beast, and from Hardback Tapirs if you’re of Wingkind. After going through the usual routine of finding the appropriate monsters, sending them back to their maker, and finding the pathetic Rou Zhi, he bolts in search of his horse.

Here are the three coordinates for Rou Zhi’s missing horse: Human’s will find it at 574,905 or 544,901; Beastkin will find it at 374,648 or 368,685; and Wingkin will find it at 292,446. To help you with the quest, GAME! has produced screenshots of what the errant horse looks like. Check out the screenies below:

Turns out Rou Zhi’s horse has been turned into a turnip, or rather a herb. For more information on Perfect World quests, stay tuned to the GAME! blog or grab a copy of the latest issue of GAME! Magazine.