Overview
Digging Wolf Lair (掘狼巢穴, Juéláng Cháoxué) is a monster-lair sub-location of the West Yunluo Highlands, paired with the Thorn Bear Cavern as the two named wildlife dens in Jixia Chapter 3, Shining Stars. The lair houses the Digging Wolves (掘狼), a burrowing wolf variant native to the Yunluo region whose aggression has spiked alongside the broader Cloud Fall disturbance investigated during the chapter.
Access
Players access the lair from Frostcloud Town after Fengyu, manor master of Crimson Falcon Hall, briefs them on the regional wildlife problem. The approach winds through rocky highlands and descends into a burrow network that functions as a short dungeon.
Combat Flow
Players fight their way through Digging Wolf packs to reach an elite or alpha encounter deeper inside. Treasure chests, 赋神令 Fate Tokens, and a few shrine interactions populate the path. Completion is a prerequisite for full Chapter 3 exploration credit but not for the main-story boss line.
Visual Design
The lair's visual identity is earthy and tight, emphasizing tunnels cut through rock, claw marks on stone, and the scattered bones of the wolves' previous prey. Compared to the Thorn Bear Cavern's bioluminescent moss and damp air, the Digging Wolf Lair leans drier and more claustrophobic, with the wolves themselves serving as moving light through pack-eye reflections. The design contrasts with Cangyun Valley's open cloudscape just uphill, keeping Chapter 3's pacing varied.
Narrative Theme
The lair reinforces the chapter's theme that the Cloud Fall disturbance affects not only humans and major fauna but the whole ecological web of the region. Fengyu's dialogue afterward expands on which species have been showing unusual behavior and prepares the player for the Cangyun Valley boss fights. Like the Thorn Bear Cavern, it remains accessible for post-chapter cleanup.
Sources
GamerSky Chapter 3 walkthrough (article 2122122_5).