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11 Overview
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44 Yunzhou (云舟, Yúnzhōu, 'Cloud Vessel') is the cloud-silk skyboat transit system in Honor of Kings: World. Rather than a fixed location, Yunzhou is a ridable vehicle operated by an NPC pilot, connecting the West Yunluo Highlands (西云落高地) exit point of the Tianzhu Ruins underground network to Jixia Academy on the main campus.
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66 Access
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88 Interlude walkthrough (article 2122122_4), after leaving the Tianzhu Ruins (天柱墟), players reach West Yunluo Highlands aboveground and meet the Yunzhou Pilot (引舟使). Speaking to the pilot boards the Yunzhou and triggers the transition cutscene to Jixia Academy. Dongfang Yao accompanies the player during this transit, and major dialogue and exposition cutscenes fire onboard.
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1010 Thematic Design
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1212 The Yunzhou is functionally a cloud-silk skyboat, thematically echoing the 云丝 (cloud-silk) material that constructs Jixia Academy's Tongtian Tower and other buildings. The boat itself is depicted as wind-borne, suspended on cloud-silk ribbons that wrap around its hull, and it moves between destinations along designated flight paths above the landscape.
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1414 Distinction From Flying Mounts
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1616 Unlike personal flying mounts that the player controls in real time, the Yunzhou is a scripted transit system. It follows fixed routes between predetermined destinations, with cutscenes and dialogue triggered during the journey. It is best understood as a world-transit event rather than a mount.
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1818 Narrative Role
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2020 Yunzhou's introduction during the Interlude chapter 'Supreme Academy' (最高学堂) is a scripted arrival beat: players who have just emerged from the underground Tianzhu Ruins transition from the murky cave network to the bright open skies over Jixia, with the Academy visible in the distance as the Yunzhou approaches. This is one of the most cinematic world-transitions in the launch build.
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2222 Riding the Yunzhou
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2424 Interaction is limited to talking to the Yunzhou Pilot and confirming the transit; the player does not steer or modify the route. During the journey, Dongfang Yao's dialogue plays automatically as the camera switches to scripted angles framing the academy approach. Skipping the cutscene jumps to the arrival point at Jixia but skips the dialogue beats.
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2626 Where It Fits in the Story
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2828 The Yunzhou ride punctuates the transition from the underground Tianzhu Ruins sequence into the brighter open-air Jixia Academy hub. The arrival cutscene is one of the most cinematic moments in the launch build, and it establishes Jixia as the central node for the rest of the launch story.
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3030 Why It Is Not a Mount
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3232 It is operated by an NPC pilot; the player does not control speed or heading.It runs on fixed scripted routes between specific destinations.It triggers narrative cutscenes, which mounts do not.It is not stored in the player's wardrobe and cannot be summoned outside scripted contexts.
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3434 See Also
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3636 MountsDongfang YaoJixia AcademyOpen World Map
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3838 Transit-System Geography
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4040 Yunzhou Cloud Vessel is the cross-region transit anchor used to connect long-distance points on the Open World Map. The system positions cloud-vessel docking nodes at the principal regional hubs: the Jixia main plaza, the Frostcloud trail hub, and (with the S1 launch) a third dock at the Caiyun Basin entrance. Players activate the vessel at any dock to fast-travel between unlocked nodes.
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4242 Fast-Travel Integration
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4444 The Cloud Vessel is the principal between-region travel option. Within a region, standard travel tools (grappling hooks, climbing, swimming, and mounts) cover short-and-medium distance moves. With the S1 expansion, the Yunzhou node at Caiyun Basin enables direct fast-travel from Jixia into the new region once the region is unlocked through the main story.