Qiongqi in Nodusfall: The Winged Tiger Boss Explained

Last updated: September 10, 2026 — based on Gamescom 2026 hands-on reports (4Gamer, GameRant, CGMagazine)

Qiongqi(穷奇) was one of the bosses media fought in Nodusfall's press demo — a corrupted winged tiger from Shan Hai Jing mythology.

The myth

In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Qiongqi is one of the four fiends — a winged tiger-like creature known for eating people and favoring the wicked. It's often paired with Taotie, Taowu and Hundun as ancient symbols of chaos. In some accounts it's an ox-tiger hybrid with hedgehog-like quills; in others, a winged tiger.

The in-game encounter (from the press demo)

• The fight: Players battle Qiongqi as an early contract, fought in an underground cavern (GameRant). It rushes specific players and summons tornadoes as an extra mechanic to dodge while damaging the boss (CGMagazine).
• Difficulty: GameRant found it the hardest of the three demo bosses, with heavy AoE attacks — and notes it heavily favours ranged players, to melee's frustration.
• The twist: In some sessions the beast flees — and you mount up and give chase, ending when Qiongqi is devoured by Maldrake, a colossal dragon that then becomes the next boss (4Gamer). Scripted monster-ecology: predators eating predators.
• Order varies: Other previewers fought a different opener (Cleaver Fellstone) before Qiongqi and Maldrake, so the demo shuffled contracts between sessions — see the hands-on roundup.
• Mechanics: Like other demo monsters, Qiongqi has breakable body parts and stagger states — no MMO red-circle telegraphs.

What it tells us about Nodusfall's world

The Qiongqi→Maldrake chain is the clearest example yet of HoYoverse's "mythology with ecology" direction: the Nodus corrupts legendary beasts, but the beasts also interact with each other. Expect more multi-act hunts where one contract leads into another.

Details like official boss names in English and loot tables are unannounced — this page updates when they drop.

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