Sound Trainee

Locate the trainee in the settlement

1. Finish the training objectives given by Sound Trainer Tengai and check that Sound Trainee is the active quest step.
2. Travel from the trainer's cliff toward Iceveil Settlement, using campfires and healing to manage the cold.
3. Search the snowy ground near the buildings for the NPC label Sound Trainee and the matching Mini Boss bar.
4. Approach only after checking the name. The Sound Hashira Tengai boss is another nearby encounter.

Finish the training encounter

Prepare with your current equipped weapon and learned skills. Sound moves are the route's reward, so do not assume they are available before finishing the trainee objective.

Keep room to recover and watch the trainee's attacks before committing to a long sequence. After the encounter, check the quest counter and open the Sound Breathing branch in the skill tree; finishing the encounter and purchasing individual forms are separate actions.

If the quest does not complete

Read the name above the enemy you defeated. Mini Boss Sound Trainee has a Common Chest encounter bar; The Sound Hashira Tengai has a World Events Chest bar. Those are separate targets.

If the trainee step is still locked, inspect the preceding Sound training objective instead of repeatedly farming the world boss. If the quest is complete but a move is locked, inspect that move's skill-tree requirements.

See both encounter labels