Yizhou Defensive Battle - Exploration

Basic information

This guide contains basic information about Yizhou Defensive Battle exploration system, quests, monsters, industry materials, cards and exploring log rewards that are available in game version [0.154].


Table of contents

1) Introduction and basic information
2) Exploration log, Biology exploration, Industry exploration, Culture exploration, Rewards

Introduction and basic information

Yizhou Defensive Battle exploration has been introduced first time in Yizhou Defensive Battle version.
Yizhou Defensive Battle is a high level exploration system designed for players level 160 and above. It features a new village, Yizhou as well as Yizhou Pathway instance. After a character reaches level 155, he automatically receives Yizhou Storyline (Questline) designed as an introduction to Yizhou, Yizhou Pathway instance and the new gear upgrading system.


Yizhou and Yizhou Pathway locations

Yizhou and Yizhou Pathway instance are located in Afro-Asian Area on Taiwan Island.


Recommended gear

Its recommended to have at least level 160 profession gear, maxed with superior level refines. Monsters in Yizhou have very high accuracy. 2000 dodge is not enough to make them miss. They all have incredibly high amount health points which makes battles last a long time. They are dealing quite a lot of damage and usually attack in groups. Because of this, lower level players should bring an AB with them. Please note that even with AB, these monsters are very hard to kill and it may take a long time to kill even one of them.


Yizhou Pathway instance

There is no guide about Yizhou Pathway instance available. Please help us by writing one!

Exploration log



Exploration Log is a new unique feature added in Atlantis patch. Exploration Log keeps track of points earned while exploring certain areas in game. Exploring log can be accessed by clicking magnifier icon on bottom of screen above F3 button. Exploring log is divided into 3 categories, Biology Exploration, Industry Exploration and Culture Exploration. Each category is different and uses different ways of obtaining points.

Biology Exploration. Points are obtained by killing creatures around Yizhou and Yizhou Pathway instance. Points are obtained automatically when a creature dies. If one player kills a creature, everyone in his team will receive same amount of points. Its best to team up with players while collecting points. This way you can obtain them much faster.
Industry Exploration. Points are obtained by submitting industry materials to Yizhou Industrial Exploration Collection Merchant in Yizhou. Industry materials are dropped from creatures in Yizhou and Yizhou Pathway instance.
Culture Exploration. Points are obtained by submitting quests from Cards at Yizhou Cultural Collection Merchant in Yizhou. Cards are dropped from creatures in Yizhou and quest items required to complete them are dropped in Yizhou Pathway instance.

Exploration system is also a reward system. Players will receive different rewards as their points grow up. More information about prizes can be found below.

Exploration log activates once the player reaches profession level 120, although not all the points can be gathered yet since a lot of them come from Yizhou Pathway instance and Yizhou Pathway instance cannot be entered until the player reaches profession level 160.


Biology exploration

Biology points are obtained automatically upon killing a certain creature. Killing a creature while being in team will count for everyone in it. This way it is possible collect points up to 5 times faster.

Creature	Location	Points	Amount to kill
High Mountain Sika Deer	Yizhou	5	2500
Dutch Cannoneer	Yizhou	5	2500
Triad Searcher	Yizhou	5	2500
Triad Fanatic	Yizhou [-44.0 / 46.5]	5	2500
High Mountain Yaru Bear	Yizhou	100	150
Dutch Army Salesman	Yizhou	100	150
Triad Shaman	Yizhou	100	150
Dutch Hired Sword	Yizhou [-44.0 / 46.5]	100	150
Triad Disciple	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	100	150
Dutch Soldier	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	30	500
Triad Guard	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	30	500
Triad Cadre	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	50	300
Advanced Dutch Cannoneer	Inner Pathway [Instance]	25	300
Camp Guard	Inner Pathway [Instance]	50	150
Boardwalk Guard	Inner Pathway [Instance]	50	150
Dutch Hound	Inner Pathway [Instance]	100	150
Shaman	Inner Pathway [Instance]	75	100
Dutch Firearms Captain	Inner Pathway [Instance]	100	150
Vice Admiral Guard	Inner Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Shaman Leader	Inner Pathway [Instance] [Miniboss]	100	100
Chen Sihua Vice-Imam	Yizhou Pathway [Instance] [Boss]	300	50
Torrence Inspector	Yizhou Pathway [Instance] [Boss]	300	50
Imam Chen Simiao	Yizhou Pathway [Instance] [Boss]	300	50
Colonel Williams	Inner Pathway [Instance] [Boss]	300	50
Vice Admiral Jesse	Inner Pathway [Instance] [Boss]	300	50

Culture exploration

Culture exploration points are gained by submitting certain quests which are taken from Cards. Cards are dropped from creatures in Yizhou. All quests require certain quest items to be gathered which are dropped from certain creatures in Yizhou Pathway instance. Quest items are only dropped if the quest is active. Once the quest becomes complete, they will stop dropping. To combat this, it is possible to put quest items in pet inventory. While there, they will not count towards quest completion. This way its possible to collect enough items for multiple quests without submitting them each time.
All quests can be submitted in Yizhou at Yizhou Cultural Collection Merchant [-128.6 / -56.6].

Quest name	Creature	Creature location	Item name	Rewards (per submit)	Amount of times to submit
Mazu Portrait	Triad Disciple	Yizhou Pathway (level 1)	Mazu Portrait × 1	Points × 600	30
Town God Portrait	Dutch Soldier	Yizhou Pathway (level 1)	Town God Portrait × 1	Points × 600	30
Pas-ta'ai Headwear	Triad Guard	Yizhou Pathway (level 1)	Pas-ta'ai Headwear × 1	Points × 600	30
Tsou People Hide Hat	Triad Cadre	Yizhou Pathway (level 1)	Tsou People Hide Hat × 1	Points × 600	30
Bunun Arrow	Altered bear Equilibrium Beastmaster	Yizhou Pathway (level 1)	Bunun Arrow × 1	Points × 600	30
Chamilia Beads	Dutch Hound Vice Admiral Guard	Yizhou Pathway (level 2)	Chamilia Beads × 1	Points × 600	30
Sika Deer Skin	Advanced Dutch Cannoneer	Yizhou Pathway (level 2)	Sika Deer Skin × 1	Points × 600	30
Eternal Flame	Camp Guard	Yizhou Pathway (level 2)	Eternal Flame × 1	Points × 600	30
Puppet	Boardwalk Guard	Yizhou Pathway (level 2)	Puppet × 1	Points × 600	30
Cherry Salmon	High Priest Shaman Leader	Yizhou Pathway (level 2)	Cherry Salmon × 1	Points × 600	30

Industry exploration

Industry items are dropped by creatures in Yizhou and Yizhou Pathway instance. They can be exchanged for Yizhou Defensive Battle industry exploration points in Yizhou at the NPC named Yizhou Industrial Exploration Collection Merchant [-126.7 / -63.5].

Item	Dropped from	Points rewarded (per item)	Amount to submit
Cedar Wood	Yizhou	50	100
Moth Orchid	Yizhou	50	100
Swallowtail Specimen	Yizhou	50	100
Marble	Yizhou	50	100
Opal	Yizhou	50	100
Special Jade	Yizhou	50	100
Bamboo	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Ying Ge Ceramics	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Kelp Carpet	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Yi Nan Gold Ore	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Cathaya Wood Carving Research	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Betel Nut Research	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Jade Jewelry Research	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Land Attack Plan	Yizhou Pathway [Instance]	150	100
Cannon Frame Research (Item is named Reverse Engineering of Weapons)	Inner Pathway [Instance]	1,000	50
Triad Totem	Inner Pathway [Instance] [Extremely rare]	10,000	20

Exploration log points & rewards

Accumulating exploration points will give players an opportunity to claim rewards upon reaching certain amount of points in total. Points in total are equal to the sum of Biological Exploration points, Industrial Exploration points and Cultural Exploration points. Pending rewards are displayed in green color and rewards that have been claimed are grayed out. It is possible to see only one reward ahead, others will be replaced with question marks. Claiming rewards will not consume exploration points. Full list of rewards can be found in table below.

Points	Rewards
1,000	Soldier Weapon Fragment × 4
5,000	Soldier Armor Fragment × 4
10,000	Royal Jewels × 4
30,000	Mazu's Tears × 20
50,000	Royal Jewels × 8
70,000	Soldier Armor Fragment × 4
100,000	Amber Bodhi × 20
120,000	Royal Jewels × 8
140,000	Officer Weapon Fragment × 4
160,000	Serpent Stone × 4
180,000	Officer Armor Fragment × 4
200,000	Mazu's Tears × 20
220,000	Terra Jewels × 4
240,000	Officer Armor Fragment × 4
260,000	Amber Body × 20
280,000	Terra Jewels × 8
300,000	Dragonscale Crystal × 20
320,000	Terra Jewels × 8
330,000	Sacred Pearl × 4
360,000	Serpent Stone × 10
380,000	Sacred Pearl × 8
400,000	Dragonscale Crystal × 20
420,000	General Armor Fragment × 4
440,000	Sacred Pearl × 8
460,000	Serpent Stone × 20
480,000	General Armor Fragment × 4
500,000	Sacred Pearl × 8
530,000	Gilded Meteor × 1
560,000	General Weapon Fragments × 2
590,000	Gilded Meteor × 1
620,000	General Weapon Fragments × 2

Additional information

Guide status: Completed
Last update: 2021-01-05

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2021-01-05 - Fully restored all the images that were lost after Tinypic was shut down.
2017-05-02 - Made from scratch.


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Ele - Updating and moderating the guide.
Spike69_nx - Providing the list of exploration rewards.

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