Rockrest Flat

Stone Vanguard石先锋

Mandatory

Defeated

What it inflicts: No status effect
Phases: 1 phase
Equipment: One set

Recommended gear

With what you can get before this boss, in your first cycle.

Editor's pick Ebongold set and Twin Serpents Staff, recommended against him, with the Wandering Wight spirit. The Wind Bear Staff (50 Attack against 40) does better if you could craft it.

Weapon attack: 40
Armor defense: 79
Resistance: Burn: +7

Base values, before upgrades, from the registry.

Weapon
Twin Serpents Staff Crafting: Jade Fang × 1, Stone Spirit × 8, 2,700 Will
Otherwise: Wind Bear Staff
Headgear
Bronze Monkey Mask Optional boss: Elder JinchiCrafting: Yarn × 4, Silk × 2, 1,800 Will
Otherwise: Grey Wolf Mask
Chest
Ebongold Silk Robe Crafting: Yarn × 5, Silk × 2, 1,800 Will
Otherwise: Bronze Brocade Battlerobe
Arms
Ebongold Armguard Crafting: Yarn × 1, Silk × 1, 810 Will
Otherwise: Bronze Armguard
Legs
Ebongold Gaiters Crafting: Yarn × 2, Silk × 1, 1,080 Will
Otherwise: Bronze Buskins
Spirit
Wandering Wight Optional boss: Wandering Wight
Otherwise: Guangmou
Transformation
Red Tides Optional boss: Guangzhi
Otherwise: Azure Dust
Spells
- Immobilize
- Cloud Step
Curios
- Agate Jar
- Cat Eye Beads Optional boss: Wandering Wight
Gourd
Medicine Gourd Optional: rescuing Shen Monkey (Marsh of White Mist)
Soaks
- Laurel Buds

The fight

A single phase, slow and predictable; he summons Pitstones that leap at you and explode.

One set: nothing changes during the fight, and the shrine is right before the arena.

Spells, transformation and soaks are set at a Keeper's Shrine, never mid-fight: what you bring into a fight stays until the end. One spell per category: Cloud Step and Rock Solid exclude each other, pick one before the fight.

What it inflicts

No status effect reported: fists, rocks and stone spikes.

Attacks to watch

Two-armed ground slam, then stone spikes: his body glows; back off at once, or hop over them in Pillar Stance.
A leap followed by a slam on your position: move away as soon as the jump starts.
Two quick punches on the ground: the Pitstones are coming; chain sideways dodges, then dodge his final rush.
Long-range rock throw: dodge sideways up close, backward from afar.

What works

Immobilize and the Wandering Wight's attack stun him: use them after one of his attacks. Immobilize, Wandering Wight
Cloud Step against the leap and slam. Cloud Step
Charged heavy attack with at least 3 Focus points: the reliable way to make him stagger.

Strategy

Dodge sideways and punish with light combos; don't get greedy despite his slowness.
Red Tides helps you take hits, but he is immune to its Burn.
After him, his armor can be crafted at any shrine: the Galeguard set, the sturdiest full set you can craft in Chapter 2.

Access

Rockrest Flat, Fright Cliff: from the shrine, take the left path to a large open area; he bursts out of the rocks as you approach. Mandatory: he holds one of the two keys to the Yellow Wind Sage's path. You can also reach him from Windrest Hamlet, through the cave past the Tiger's Acolyte.

What it gives

to obtainSternness of Stone
to obtainYaoguai Core × 2
to obtainMind Core

Will: 1,375

Unlocks

to obtainGaleguard Beast Mask
to obtainGaleguard Beastmaw Armor
to obtainGaleguard Bracers
to obtainGaleguard Greaves

The Sternness of Stone is one of the two keys, with the Keenness of Tiger, that open the Yellow Wind Sage's path.

Updates

No published update changes this boss.

In NG+

In NG+, you keep your gear, spells, transformations and spirits, and bosses are tougher. Key items don't carry over: the Vanguards' keys, the Loong Scales and quest items must be taken again.

Page checked on October 16, 2026.