Throughout your adventure in WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, you’ll likely run into various glowing blue interactable flames. These blue flames – coined Faces of the Past – will tell you to do something, be it to ‘look’ or ‘investigate’ to be reunited with faces of the past, but what does this mean?
At these glowing blue locations, the clues provided are actually telling you to perform a specific emote or gesture. If you’re having some trouble figuring out exactly which emote to use and when, here are all Faces of the Past emotes and solutions in WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, and what rewards you can obtain.
All Faces of the Past emotes in WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
There are multiple Faces of the Past clues to decipher and emote in front of in WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers. In the below guide, we’ve listed all of the clues we have found so far, and their associated emotes.
While this guide stops during the end of Chapter 2 (Cloudspire) to avoid any mid-to-late-game spoilers, here is your spoiler warning for some early-game areas.
Faces of the Past #1: Pay your respects
- Emote Required: Worship
- Reward: Divine Gift
The first Faces of the Past clue to interact with is found just outside of Shu Sanctum’s front entrance. It’s glowing blue to the right of the stairs, and the clue reads ‘pay your respects before the God of Shu’s statue to reunite with faces of the past.’ The emote you want to use here is Worship.
Faces of the Past #2: Look to the horizon
- Emote Required: Gaze
- Reward: Candied Haws
The next Faces of the Past clue is also found a short walk from Shu Sanctum. To reach it, go to Shu Sanctum’s second level and walk across the tree shortcut. From here, go up the hill on your right until you’re at the very top. The glowing blue statue you need to emote in front of is here.
The glowing blue statue, when interacted with, presents you with the following clue: ‘look to the horizon to be reunited with faces of the past’. The emote you then need to use here is Gaze.
Faces of the Past #3: Master Tai Chi
- Emote Required: Tai Chi
- Reward: Red Mercury Essence
After having defeated Commander Honglan in Tang Emperor Palace, you’ll find yourself back at the Reverent Temple, with the Reverent Temple Key in your pocket. When you’re ready, enter the courtyard and use the key on the western door and proceed ahead, and to your right, to enter a cave.
Inside the cave, go down the first ladder you come to. Cross the stone bridge and on your right, you’ll find a glowing blue pot which reads: ‘Master Tai Chi to grasp the Primordial Deity’s wisdom.’ The emote you want to use here is Tai Chi.
Faces of the Past #5: Investigate the loose mound
- Emote Required: Examine
- Reward: Shu Silk Scarf
The fourth Faces of the Past clue is found in the region of Cloudspire, specifically in the Hillswatch area. If you go up the hill from the Hillswatch Shrine and up the ladder, you’ll come to two mounds of dirt and the glowing blue clue, which reads ‘The Tomb of the Apothecary; it seems you can investigate the loose mound of dirt.’
The emote you should use here is Examine.
Faces of the Past #6: Pay your respects, again
- Emote Required: Worship
- Reward: Soulgrass
As you advance further into Cloudspire and reunite with merchant Wu Gang, at the Snowy Passage Shrine, your next Faces of the Past clue is just a short walk away. From the Shrine, go outside and keep right, being careful of the landmines in the ground (and eat some Spicy Soup to protect you from the cold climate here).
You’ll come to a small wooden bridge on your right. Cross it, and the glowing blue clue is on a ledge in front of you. It reads ‘pay your respects at the tomb to reunite with faces of the past.’ The emote you should use here is Worship.
Faces of the Past #7: Dance with grace
- Emote Required: Water Dance
- Reward: Red Mercury Essence
The next Faces of the Past clue is found by Cloudspire Outskirts, and is just beside the third and final spire in this area. This particular spire is a huge tower adorned with red flags and is the one closest to Liu Cheng’en’s boss arena, and if you’ve beaten Al Nengqi already, a fire will be blazing at the top of it.
This Faces of the Past clue reads ‘dance with grace to glimpse the Primordial Deity’s wisdom,’ and the emote you should use is Water Dance. Make sure to stand away from the cliff-edge when you use this!
These are all the Faces of the Past locations to be found throughout Chapter 1 and 2 of WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers. We’ll update this guide with more of them soon.
For more on WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers, take a look at our tips and tricks to help you with the game, our Madness mechanic explainer, and our guide to upgrading your weapons.