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Where Winds Meet beginner guide
A complete first-session route through the confusing menus, combat, upgrades and exploration, with beginner walkthroughs for every main system.
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A Drastic Cure: Phantom Lady, Cat Clues and Bells
Solve A Drastic Cure in Where Winds Meet: find Qian Feifei at night, investigate the Phantom Lady, catch both cats and deliver Yaoyao’s bells.
A Flower Wish: Maha Manjusaka Location and Yang Xin
Find the Maha Manjusaka for Yang Xin in Where Winds Meet. Follow the northern shoreline at Floral Expanse Beyond and finish A Flower Wish.
A Foolproof Plan: Parting Tears and where Shu Shu’er runs
Find Parting Tears, follow Shu Shu’er after the false map exchange and finish the roadside encounter.
Adaptive Steel: Oddity reward and weapon mastery effects
Find Adaptive Steel in Qi Sheng’s Oddity rewards and understand why changing weapons changes the passive you receive.
Adventure Slips: activities, weekly limits and shop rewards
Earn Adventure Slips from eligible Wandering Paths activities in Where Winds Meet and find the Fellowship shop, weekly counter and cosmetic requirements.
All Beauty Fades: Tang Ji’an and Explosive Device Plans
Open Tang Ji’an’s locked chest in All Beauty Fades. Check the Petalfall Banquet and Soaring Eagle prerequisites and locate the Explosive Device Plans.
An Unholy Prophecy: Martial Temple and both weapon wings
Reveal the Martial Temple mural, use the correct pose, recover the six weapons and finish the underground Arsenal route.
Animal Whisperer: unlock and use Beastheart dialogue
Meet Animal Whisperer’s three attribute requirements, find Beastheart in animal interactions and troubleshoot missing dialogue options.
Appearance beginner guide: outfits, hair dye and face editing
Navigate Appearance, distinguish owned items from previews, apply a first outfit change and check the costs of hair dye and face edits.
Archery contests: aiming, Grade A and Insightful Strike
Learn the bird-shooting contests, track the Qinghe challenges and finish Feng Jisheng’s Strings and Things match for Insightful Strike.
Arrowfire Tongming: both three-brazier doors and five chests
Light both sets of three braziers and find the five side chests through the waterfall and lift routes.
Arsenal: store old gear, choose a Path and understand the cap
Open the Arsenal, choose a matching attack Path, improve stored gear mastery and distinguish Current from Previous Arsenal bonuses.
Art of Resistance: Scammer Victims and shield duration
Finish Scammer Victims, collect Chengshi’s pouch and learn what Art of Resistance changes about your own HP shields.
Bag and inventory beginner guide: items, chests and crafting
Understand both rows of Bag tabs, open the right reward chest, equip supplies, craft an item and clear gear storage without losing useful equipment.
Bamboocut Wind: learn Infernal Twinblades and Mortal Rope Dart
Learn the rope-dart setup, Rodent Rampage and the Infernal Twinblades Flamelash window without confusing Wind with other Bamboocut Paths.
Battle Anthem: Buddha Fort unlock and charged attacks
Free the Buddha Fort prisoner, learn Battle Anthem and understand which attacks benefit before spending Inner Way Notes.
Where Winds Meet beginner guide
A complete first-session route through the confusing menus, combat, upgrades and exploration, with beginner walkthroughs for every main system.
Bellstrike Splendor: learn Nameless Sword and Nameless Spear
Learn the Nameless weapon pair, Sword Morph charge conditions, Endurance management and Qi Imbalance without copying an incompatible rotation.
Bellstrike Umbra: learn Strategic Sword and Heavenquaker Spear
Understand weapon Bleed, Soul-Shaken, Sword Horizon and the reasons to swap between Strategic Sword and Heavenquaker Spear.
Bitter Seasons: Gleaming Abyss secret-room reward
Find Bitter Seasons after Void King and understand its damage-over-time condition and application limits.
Blind to the World: lake plates, 3–4–1–2 bells and the offering
Solve the lake plates, bell targets and final offering in Blind to the World.
Blinding Mist: unlock, Touch of Death and target limits
Learn what Blinding Mist does in Where Winds Meet, how Blind to the World unlocks it and why the Touch of Death follow-up fails on powerful targets.
Blossom Barrage: Shadows in Bloom puzzles and the tome
Complete Shadows in Bloom with the drum order, seven clue locations and envoy deduction, then equip Blossom Barrage for Vernal Umbrella.
Breaking Point: Yi Dao reward and Exhausted damage windows
Unlock Breaking Point from Yi Dao and understand Critical-hit stacks, Exhaustion and later-tier changes.
Careers beginner guide: unlocks, menus and first activities
Find Healer and Scholar, finish their introductions and understand career levels, card upgrades, crafting and the difference from combat roles.
How to change time: the clock menu and all twelve hours
Use the Solo Mode clock to reach a quest’s required hour and distinguish world time from real reset timers.
Cloud Steps unlock: find the manual beneath General’s Shrine
Follow Echoes in the Shrine to the Cloud Steps corpse, get past the fire-arrow barriers and confirm the skill unlock.
Coffin Master: revival, sword rhythm and second-phase coffin attacks
Prepare for Coffin Master’s revival and the second phase’s sword, coffin and Qi-recovery mechanics.
Coins: reliable sources and fixing an upgrade shortage
Find ordinary Coins in Where Winds Meet, use String of Coins boxes correctly and calculate an upgrade budget without confusing Coins with Commerce Coins.
Combat beginner guide: controls, deflection, resources and healing
Learn the combat controls, read attack cues and resource bars, practise a reliable loop and recover safely before adding complex combos.
Commerce Coins: cat boxes, horses and Kaifeng trading
Get Commerce Coins in Where Winds Meet through Meow Meow rewards, horse sales and Kaifeng trading, with clear checks for stock, costs and profit.
Companions beginner guide: pet menus, assists and Retainers
Find the correct companion system, finish the pet introduction, use Bond and care interactions, and distinguish boss assists from Homestead workers.
Cooking: starter recipes, Stamina and food buffs
Cook your first dishes, learn where recipes come from and choose recovery, Vitality and Attack food without wasting crafting Stamina.
Coppergold Hollow: statue matching and all three side chests
Match Coppergold Hollow’s rotating statues and solve the side-door patterns for all three chests.
Eastern Herald: Unlock Wind Whispers and Submit an Article
Finish Correspondent: Eastern Herald in Where Winds Meet. Investigate Windpress: The Scoop, save the portrait and unlock Wind Whispers with Du Gantang.
Cries in the Distance: Yin Yang pillars and the bear’s rock piles
Free Brother Feng, solve the linked Yin Yang pillars and use the bear to break all three rock piles.
Cross-progression: link accounts without losing your character
Carry your Where Winds Meet save between platforms, avoid creating conflicting characters and check the correct server region.
Cuju: Ren Xiaoping’s timing challenge and Grade A
Find Ren Xiaoping at Kaifeng’s Cuju Field, time the shrinking-ring prompts and finish the Injustice quest involving Zheng Ran.
Currencies beginner guide: wallets, shops, limits and spending
Tell similar currencies apart, find the right shop and buy the exact item you need without confusing balances, earning caps or purchase limits.
Dao Lord boss guide: survive the split and airborne attacks
Fight Dao Lord in Unbound Cavern, recognise delayed attacks and manage the Hammer, Spear and Hook enemies after the split.
Deerforage’s Remedy: Shi Yimo, Healing and Mushrooms
Complete Deerforage’s Remedy in Where Winds Meet: follow Shi Yimo to Porcelain Kiln, treat her at Thousand Buddha Village and deliver Fuling’s mushrooms.
Deflection practice: read red attacks, dodge gold and break Qi
Learn the difference between holding block and timing a deflect, practise delayed attacks and turn enemy Qi breaks into safe opportunities.
Develop beginner guide: Abilities, Gear, Talents and upgrades
Navigate every main Develop branch, inspect your active setup, complete an upgrade and identify exactly why a button is locked.
How to change difficulty and what Legend locks
Choose the right solo difficulty, understand Legend’s one-way restriction and separate combat settings from controls and challenge-specific rules.
Disguise: unlock Veil of Love and apply an NPC portrait
Find Wuyan, finish Veil of Love, draw an eligible NPC portrait and apply the correct disguise for a quest.
Divine Roulette: Void King reward and the next-skill buff
Get Divine Roulette from Void King and understand deflection triggers, random benefits and skill consumption.
Divinecraft coatings: craft, equip and upgrade the right element
Choose Fire, Water or Poison Divinecraft, equip its consumable and match the active upgrade tree to the coating you use.
Dragon Head: the 35-skill unlock and collection checklist
Unlock Dragon Head by learning 35 Mystic Skills in Where Winds Meet. Check missing discoveries, quest rewards and movement skills before spending upgrades.
Dragon’s Breath: Luo Jiu, the Travelogue and the fire combo
Complete Luo Jiu’s Kaifeng request, take Travelogue: Toehari from Liang Yuan and claim Dragon’s Breath from the Journal.
Drunken Poet: unlock it with wine and choose the right fire combo
Find Hao Jiu, unlock Drunken Poet through intoxication, recover at Evercare Clinic and distinguish the base fire combo from Dark Scorch.
Earth Fiend Deity: Location and Whirlwind Interrupt
Beat Earth Fiend Deity in Qinghe’s Moonveil Mountain. Find the roadside boss, interrupt its whirlwind with Cloud Steps and read its leaps and burrow.
Echo Jade: where to earn it and what to save for
Find unclaimed Echo Jade through exploration, activity rewards and the Compendium, then budget between progression costs and optional draws.
Echoes in the Shrine: suspicious floor, barrels and three bows
Break the shrine floor, use the barrel mechanisms, learn Cloud Steps and open the three-bow statue passage.
Echoes of Oblivion: the Qinghe reward and Twinblades effects
Claim Echoes of Oblivion after For Whom Does He Return, equip it with Infernal Twinblades and understand Sin, Karma and later breakthroughs.
Eight Chaotic Formations: Life, Death and Scenery room solutions
Solve the Life, Death and Scenery branches, align the sound relays and collect the final treasure.
Elder Bell Ringer: six clues through Peace Bell Tower
Find all six Peace Bell Tower clues, including the stair pillar, incense burner and final ground note.
Encircling Lake’s Treasure: both Strange Keys and waterfall chest
Solve the lantern puzzle, collect both Strange Keys and open the upper-waterfall treasure chest.
Energy beginner guide: reward claims, recovery and refills
Find Claim Cost, budget useful activity rewards and understand why Energy, first-clear rewards and weekly allowances are separate limits.
The Ephemeral Blight: three cures and the hidden-lair deduction
Collect all three Mistveil cures, solve the hidden-lair deduction and remove the remaining blight.
Esoteric Revival: Sleeping Daoist reward and revive support
Get Esoteric Revival from the Sleeping Daoist and understand how it supports Panacea Fan’s revival skill in group play.
Evening Snow: both page chests and the opening heal
Collect the two sets of Evening Snow pages and learn why its conditional heal does not activate every time your health becomes low.
Ever-Normal Granary: flower puzzles and Zheng E’s follow-up
Enter Ever-Normal Granary, clear its regenerating flower barriers, rescue Shen Yilun and finish Zheng E’s two-day follow-up.
Unlock Everspring Umbrella and practise Perfect Catch
Reach the South Imperial Garden observation point, steal Everspring Umbrella and learn its returning-umbrella rhythm and Phantom Umbrella movement.
Exploration attributes beginner guide: requirements and skill unlocks
Find Exploration Skills, read individual and Total Aspiration requirements, choose useful activities and confirm the skill is ready to use.
Exploration beginner guide: maps, travel, clues and rewards
Reveal the map, activate travel points, follow a manageable exploration route and understand which rewards each discovery advances.
Exquisite Scenery: Puppeteer unlock and Thundercry counter
Defeat Puppeteer — Sheng Wu near Battlecrest Slope and learn the defensive counter that Exquisite Scenery adds to Thundercry Blade.
Fast travel and map unlocks: Boundary Stones and Wayfarers
Activate fast travel, reveal dark map areas and solve common problems with hidden or unavailable destinations.
Beat Feng Ruzhi: recover the silk ball before the timer ends
Unlock Feng Ruzhi’s world-boss fight after Heavenfall, avoid her golden grab and recover a stolen silk ball within the 15-second countdown.
Fire Arrows: unlock the recipe, craft and select them
Get the Fire Arrow recipe from the Riverside Station archery contest, find an immediate supply and select the correct ammunition for puzzles.
How to fish: unlock the rod, choose bait and land a catch
Find Chu Shuiyang, equip a fishing rod through Quick Use and learn how casting, bait and the catch gauge work.
Fivefold Bleed: A Faltering Flame and the three lanterns
Find the Lamp-lighting Monk, bring back his three visitors over successive in-game days and claim the Fivefold Bleed tome.
Flaming Meteor: learn Ye Wanshan’s skill by deflecting
Unlock Flaming Meteor in Bodhi Sea by building comprehension during Ye Wanshan’s fight, then understand its charge, spear and landing sequence.
Flute of the Tides: Monk Unknowing’s music quest
Trigger Monk Unknowing’s quest at Peaceward Camp, complete the two flute performances and claim Flute of the Tides in Hexi.
Flying Gourds: Inkwell Fan chest and extra skill charges
Find Flying Gourds before the Inkwell Fan Skill Theft encounter and understand the extra-charge tradeoff for Peak’s Springless Silence.
Fourfold Coins: complete bounties and unlock shop purchases
Accept and start a bounty, choose a task you can complete and understand why Fourfold Acclaim can block a purchase even with enough coins.
Free Morph and Yaksha Rush: the two Tian Ying skill unlocks
Separate Tian Ying’s story reward from the Challenge-mode spinning-kick deflects needed to fill the Free Morph eye meter.
Fury Harvest: Bodhi Sea reward and Mystic Skill Vitality
Get Fury Harvest from Ye Wanshan and distinguish qualifying Vitality recovery from ordinary combat actions.
Gambler’s Secret: clue maps, tree pouch and Bronze Key
Follow Gambler’s Secret from the Incomparable Tavern to the Cuju Field, teahouse and Withered Tree Coin Pouch, then use the Bronze Key.
Gear beginner guide: equip, enhance, compare and upgrade safely
Work through your first equipment change, understand slot enhancement and set bonuses, then learn when tuning and later gear systems matter.
Gear tuning and retuning: choose a piece and avoid the wrong reset
Unlock Tuning, inspect the affix library, distinguish Retuning from a full Tuning Reset and decide when a piece is worth more materials.
Ghost Bind: complete Unwanted Hospitality in Kaifeng
Find the blocked house near Forsaken Quarter, reach the rear window and use Ghost Bind to finish Unwanted Hospitality.
Ghost Master: umbrella barrages, spirits and delayed impacts
Track Ghost Master’s teleports, umbrella barrage, delayed finisher and spirit aftermath.
Ghostly Steps: Cloudwalk Spire unlock and Mirage
Reach Cloudwalk Spire from Ghostlight Market, collect Ghostly Steps from the final chest and learn how its dodge support differs from flight skills.
Gleaming Abyss: Mysterious Colossus and the deer puzzles
Open the Mysterious Colossus door, restore the three Deer Shadows, assemble the skull and finish the Gleaming Abyss story after the Void King.
God of Avarice: Phases and the Money Bar
Beat the God of Avarice in Where Winds Meet: unlock the Furnace fight, handle the Money Bar, and shoot the staff weak point in the final phase.
Golden Body: find Shi Yi and unlock the defensive skill
Find Shi Yi at the Grand Imperial Temple, steal the Golden Body scroll and understand its shield, upgrade conditions and common unlock problems.
Gongsun Deng: Teleport Parries and Ring-Out Defence
Find Gongsun Deng at General’s Shrine in Where Winds Meet. Learn the teleport parry, avoid the wind ring-out and finish this optional challenge duel.
Guardian Palm: finish the monk’s story and use aerial forms
Unlock Guardian Palm through Where a Thousand Buddhas Wept, then distinguish its ground attack, Lamp Light and Tier 3 aerial form.
Guild beginner guide: joining, menus and your first activity
Find a suitable guild, distinguish pending applications from membership, prepare for the first activity and understand rewards and leaving.
Healer beginner guide: career menus, decks and treatment
Unlock Healer, navigate its four screens and complete patient treatment while understanding Healing Mastery, card costs and failed attempts.
Heartseeker: Still Shore phases and the cover warning
Handle Heartseeker’s scythe strings, prompted counters and second-phase cover mechanic at Still Shore.
Heavenquaker Spear: Sober Sorrow, River Flow and Sweep All
Unlock Heavenquaker Spear and connect Sober Sorrow with Sweep All and the Bellstrike Umbra pairing.
Her Legacy: Ruby’s treasure maps and the final meditation
Follow Her Legacy’s fishing, shrine, rooftop and archery clues across Qinghe, then find Ruby’s letter and finish at Bamboo Grove Hut.
Hero’s Realm: prepare for a ten-player run and check weekly rewards
Find Hero’s Realm, prepare your group role and avoid confusing repeat clears with another eligible weekly reward claim.
Unlock Hexi and Jade Gate Pass: By Lamplight to the final drum
Start Hexi at level 14, complete the mural and cabin sequence, then repair all three Flickering Orbs to clear the Jade Gate Pass sandstorm.
Hidden Mountain guide: routes and mechanisms
Enter Hidden Mountain, navigate its vertical routes and Mohist mechanisms, and understand the later regional chapter additions.
Homestead beginner guide: unlocks, menus and first production
Unlock the Qinghe Homestead, navigate Chapter Goals, Warehouse and Dispatch, and build a working farm-to-kitchen production chain.
The Homeward Vow: flags, serpent bells and painting routes
Follow A’Hui through the paintings, collect military flags and use the bells to cross the giant serpent.
Honking Havoc: observe the goose in Who’s the Boss?
Find the goose and bear between Blissful Retreat and West Heaven’s Pier, complete the observation and use Honking Havoc’s area effect.
How to heal illnesses and injuries at Evercare Clinic
Distinguish missing HP from a lingering illness, find Yao Yaoyao and request player-Healer treatment when needed.
Infernal Twinblades: Karmic Flame and Wrathful Form
Build Karmic Flame, manage Wrathful Form’s health cost and time Calamity’s Greed.
Inkwell Fan: Jadewind Shield, Lingering Bone and aerial pursuit
Unlock Inkwell Fan and connect Lingering Bone, launch conditions and pursuit attacks.
Inner Way upgrades: Notes, Tips Exchange and Conversion
Choose the right Notes chest, protect materials before Tips Exchange and compare both sides of an Inner Way Conversion before paying.
Inner Ways beginner guide: learn, equip and upgrade passives
Find your passive slots, understand triggers and tiers, complete a breakthrough and fix Inner Ways that seem to do nothing.
Insightful Strike: archery reward and Affinity interaction
Complete the archery challenge chain for Insightful Strike and understand its Affinity-related effects.
Invigorated Warrior: Still Shore reward and the cost of taking hits
Unlock Invigorated Warrior from Heartseeker and weigh its damage and healing benefits against taking hits.
Jade Fish: earning limits and Season Shop priorities
Earn Jade Fish through activities in Where Winds Meet, check the weekly limit and choose Season Shop supplies without confusing unlock requirements with prices.
Jianghu Friends: NPC chat, hints and friendship rewards
Find eligible Jianghu Friends, read their conversation hints and check real friendship progress instead of relying on a copied chat script.
Journal, Compendium and rewards: a beginner’s guide
Know where to track a quest, check regional completion, find achievements and claim rewards, then understand where the reward actually went.
How to unlock Kaifeng: level, story and first arrival
Meet the level 32 and Chapter 1 requirements, start New Arrival in Kaifeng and troubleshoot a locked travel route.
Leaping Toad: learn the frog observation skill near General’s Shrine
Find the frog observation encounter near General’s Shrine, complete its timing prompts and understand how to practise Leaping Toad.
Level cap and Breakthrough: why you cannot level up
Find the Solo Mode Breakthrough requirement, distinguish time gates from trials and understand what happens to stored EXP.
Lion’s Roar unlock: where to find the four bells
Find the four Qinghe bell locations needed for Lion’s Roar, confirm proficiency and equip the Mystic Skill.
Lost Cause Prayers: Two Shrines and the Mythical Deer
Complete Lost Cause Prayers in Where Winds Meet: find two Longevity Fruits, make both Zi-hour offerings, plant the seed and revisit the mythical deer.
Lost Quotes: all three Miaoshan volumes and the Wu-hour shrine
Find all three Miaoshan volumes through the Wu-hour shrine, Wang Er and the guarded cave.
The Lu and Mo Debate: two jades, sound relays and the hidden laboratory
Find both quest jades, align the sound devices and clear all three rings in Lu Ban Shrine’s laboratory.
Lucky Seventeen: fists, scrap weapon and poison pressure
Beat Lucky Seventeen’s unarmed and weapon phases at the bottom of the Palace of Annals.
Madiao rules: called numbers, wildcards and challenges
Understand truthful plays, yellow wildcards, the challenge penalty and the One Coin lead in Where Winds Meet’s Madiao card game.
March of the Dead: all three relics, ghost armour and procession
Find the armour, helmet and spear, join the ghost procession and finish Liu Changsheng’s story.
Martial Arts beginner guide: equip, upgrade and learn your moves
Separate weapon items from fighting styles, equip two Martial Arts, read their skills and practise one useful combination before investing.
Martial Mastery explained
Understand what Martial Mastery measures, audit a low score and improve an active build without confusing score with combat performance.
Join the Masked Troupe: Han Yanluo and performance likes
Find Han Yanluo in Kaifeng, complete the performance-like initiation and understand why the Masked Troupe quest may not update.
Medicine beginner guide: equip, refill and upgrade healing
Find Quick Use medicine, separate carried charges from reserves, complete a refill and improve the Medicine Chest through Medicinal Tales.
Melodies of Peace beginner guide: collectors, nodes and rewards
Find the Oddity exchange, read its progression tree, budget a route to a useful reward and confirm the upgrade actually applied.
Mending Loom: Granary reward and Soulshade Dew spending
Unlock Mending Loom from Zheng the Frostwing and support Soulshade Umbrella’s Dew-spending loop.
Where Winds Meet menus explained: a beginner’s navigation guide
Find the right menu for every main system, understand similar names, and follow step-by-step beginner guides without getting lost in submenus.
Meow Meow puzzles: first solutions, Cat Bells and the temple
Recognise Meow Meow puzzle types, solve the General’s Shrine statue example and take your Cat Bells to the Qinghe temple shop.
Meridian Touch: unlock it from Yan Qiren and use acupoints
Find Yan Qiren at Stonewash Strand, choose Immobilized and learn the difference between puzzle acupoints and combat Vital Points.
Meteor Flight: Afterglow, the wine jars and the flight pendant
Complete Master Qiu Yuehai’s Afterglow quest, clear the floating wine jars and claim Qinghe’s Rank 4 Afterglow Pendant to enable flight.
Join Midnight Blades: White Decree and the correct token
Find Icchantika at Halo Peak, stain the White Decree and avoid the Rogue Decree branch when joining Midnight Blades.
Mist-Shrouded Prison: Escape the Loop and Find the Treasure
Navigate Mist-Shrouded Prison in Where Winds Meet: blue buds, changing loops, moving spike platforms, the hidden ledge and the separate final treasure.
Join Mohist Hill: Mountain Unveiled and Elder Stork
Follow the Mohist Hill clue into Hidden Mountain, reach Elder Stork at Equilibrium Hall and understand the sect’s research and crafting progression.
Morale Chant: pages, unlock cost and Yi River stacks
Find Tang Bao’s Morale Chant pages, understand the 5,000 Echo Jade unlock and separate pages from upgrade Notes.
Mortal Rope Dart: unlock, Vendetta and Rodent Rampage
Unlock Mortal Rope Dart and practise Bladebound Thread, Rodent Rampage and the Twinblades pairing.
Mountain’s Might: all five page chests and Nameless Spear use
Find all five Mountain’s Might page chests in Palace of Annals and use its Nameless Spear support.
How to get a horse: capture, snatch and summon a mount
Use a mount’s How to Obtain route, capture a wild horse through its timing minigame and understand the difference between capture and snatching.
Multiplayer beginner guide: modes, invitations and rewards
Choose the right session, invite friends and complete a group activity while checking personal prerequisites, shared progress and reward claims.
Beat Murong Yuan: campaign duel and Wooden Eagle phase
Handle Murong Yuan’s counter stance, golden follow-ups and Wooden Eagle in the Jinming Pool: Petalfall Banquet campaign fight.
Music and instruments: rhythm challenges, scores and free play
Find Gu Le and Shu Zhou, play NPC rhythm challenges, collect scores and separate an unlocked song from an instrument you can use freely.
Mystic Skills beginner guide: unlock, equip, cast and upgrade
Learn where Mystic Skills live, how to use the right technique, what Vitality does and why a learned skill may still fail to activate.
Nameless Spear: Qiankun’s Lock, Unrivaled and Storm Dance
Use Qiankun’s Lock, Legion Crusher and Storm Dance, with separate advice for bosses and ordinary enemies.
Nameless Sword: charged attacks, Qi shield and Sword Energy
Learn Nameless Sword’s follow-ups, charged attacks, Sword Energy and Sword Morph pairing.
Join Nine Mortal Ways: the fake elder and jewelry quest
Follow the Harvestfall fake elder route into Nine Mortal Ways, recover from the Midnight Blades invitation branch and understand Fun Points.
Oddities beginner guide: find, collect and exchange them
Complete your first Oddity interaction, recognise common collection patterns and turn the reward into useful Melodies of Peace progress.
What to do with old gear before you recycle it
Sort spare equipment between active builds, Arsenal, tuning and recycling without discarding a useful set piece.
Outfit dyes: Softweave, Rosycloud and the Appearance menu
Find dyeable outfits, recolor the right fabric section and check whether your chosen shade consumes Softweave or Rosycloud Dye Powder.
Outposts: first-clear rewards, repeat farming and Dragon Keys
Read outpost objectives, distinguish one-time rewards from Energy claims and choose a useful fortress to clear next.
Palace of Annals: floor gap, broken lift and Lucky Seventeen
Find the hidden Palace of Annals passage, restart the lift and finish the Lucky Seventeen encounter through the final Loong-head pickup.
Panacea Fan: healing targets, Dew recovery and revives
Generate Dew, place Cloudburst Healing and target Panacea Fan’s heals and revives in group combat.
Pardon Parade: Join, Earn Rewards and Reduce Jail Time
Join Pardon Parades in Where Winds Meet, land the ten required throws, check the weekly reward cap and understand prisoner and Joint Parade options.
Partnership: Intimacy, Shi Yimo and forming a player bond
Find the Partnership menu, check the Companions Intimacy requirement and form the bond with another player at Crimson Cliff.
Path of Water: bell timing, waterwheel order and five side chests
Solve Path of Water’s timed bells and connected waterwheels, with all five side-chest stops.
Paths beginner guide: choose a pair and understand your build
Use Path Guide, Combination and Tutorial to choose Martial Arts, connect their effects and build a simple setup you understand.
Permanent vs temporary upgrades
Learn which upgrades belong to gear slots, individual items and skills, and what to check before replacing gear or resetting a build.
Petalfall Banquet: Jinming Pool tallies, portraits and water cabin
Follow Jinming Pool’s infiltration, collect both boarding tallies, solve the portrait puzzle and navigate the flooded warship to Murong Yuan.
Pitch Pot: steady the aim, use Drunken Precision and build a streak
Control Pitch Pot’s moving reticles, use its aiming skill, handle double targets and understand how Resolve affects the challenge.
How to play co-op with friends
Set up a private co-op session, invite friends across platforms and check progress restrictions before choosing an activity.
Progression beginner guide: levels, breakthroughs and getting stronger
Understand each progression track, work through a level cap and turn a confusing upgrade screen into one clear next step.
Puppeteer Sheng Wu: gold thrust, puppet intermission and red rush
Survive Sheng Wu’s glaive strings and gold thrust, then clear both puppets during the intermission.
PvP beginner guide: Arena menus, practice and first matches
Find Arena Practice, inspect mode rules and talents, prepare a first match and learn from a specific mistake without confusing PvE and PvP setups.
Beat Qianye: Meridian Touch, red form and white form
Prepare for the Blissful Retreat campaign boss, interrupt Qianye’s aerial slam and adapt to the red and white forms in her second phase.
Quests beginner guide: categories, tracking and blocked objectives
Find the correct quest menu, understand story categories, track a clear objective and resolve missing triggers without wandering in circles.
Join Raging Tides: the nine wines and final drinking trial
Start the Northern Vow initiation, fill the nine-wine counter and find Xiang Dinghua at Heaven’s Pier to join Raging Tides.
Regions beginner guide: entry quests, maps and return trips
Understand Qinghe, Kaifeng, Hexi and Hidden Mountain, find each entry route and separate map discovery from access and completion.
Relaying and Modulating: keep useful attributes through a gear upgrade
Understand what Relaying preserves, how Relaid Gear uses Modulating and why conversion caps and Arsenal eligibility matter.
Restoring Blossom: Healer’s Calling reward and critical heals
Unlock Restoring Blossom through Healer’s Calling and maintain its critical-healing support.
Returning to Where Winds Meet: a short checklist
Find your next goal after a break from Where Winds Meet. Check your version, read relevant changes and review your loadout before spending.
Riddles: how to play and 20 useful clue answers
Start the riddle chat, use questions to narrow an answer and try 20 clue-and-answer pairs without confusing them with Scholar debates.
Riptide Reflex: Veiled Blades reward and control-skill cooldowns
Get Riptide Reflex during Veiled Blades and use qualifying control hits to reduce Martial Art Skill cooldown.
Beat River Master and Dragon King in the Heavenfall campaign
Jump the Dragon King’s waves, reflect its energy ball and handle River Master’s red attacks and golden charge in the Heavenfall campaign.
Rock Solid: Dao Lord reward and Storm Roar’s defensive trade-off
Learn Rock Solid from Dao Lord and weigh Stormbreaker Spear’s taunt defence against its damage penalty.
Royal Remedy: Panacea Fan Sanctum chest and healing use
Find Royal Remedy inside the Panacea Fan Sanctum and understand the water-clone healing and Dew recovery it supports.
Scholar beginner guide: Gift of Gab, decks and career menus
Separate Gift of Gab from the Scholar unlock, find card and career upgrades, understand debate resources and make your first useful talisman.
Seasonal Edge: Cao Sheng’s pages and weapon-switch buffs
Find Cao Sheng’s Seasonal Edge pages and use the passive with deliberate dual-weapon skill timing.
Sects beginner guide: menus, joining, rules and rewards
Read sect entry clues, finish admission, understand standing and task rewards, and decide whether membership fits the way you want to play.
Serene Breeze: unlock the talent and escape control
Find Serene Breeze in the Basic Talent Tree, equip the control-removal skill and learn when to save it during a fight.
Silkbind Deluge: learn Panacea Fan and Soulshade Umbrella healing
Understand Dew, persistent umbrella support, fan healing and resurrection before taking a group healer role.
Silkbind Jade: Inkwell Fan, Vernal Umbrella and Blossom
Learn the ranged fan-and-umbrella pair, manage Blossom, distinguish its boss conditions and recognise the newer projectile attunement wording.
Join Silver Needle: the Three Questions and patient fees
Unlock the Healer career, find Dr. Yuan and finish all three patients in Silver Needle’s initiation, including the Little Beggar handoff.
Skill Theft and Dragon Keys: learn Martial Arts from dojos
Complete Unearned Lesson, find Dragon Keys and learn the observation timing used to steal Martial Arts.
Sleeping Daoist boss guide: projectiles, donkey kicks and the dream
Find Sleeping Daoist on Jadebrook Mountain, read his projectile volleys, avoid the gold donkey kick and survive the dream arena.
Snake Doctor: cave approach, poison and safe punish windows
Find Snake Doctor’s cave, handle poison and snake attacks, and collect the Star Reacher reward.
Soaring Eagle: Zhenzhen, Diagrams and Time Gates
Unlock and finish Soaring Eagle in Where Winds Meet. Find Zhenzhen, separate real-day and in-game waits, and collect the Explosive Device Plans.
Soaring Spin: reach the hidden Martial Temple chest
Reach the statue chamber beneath Kaifeng’s Martial Temple, open the hidden Soaring Spin chest and understand its healing-reduction role.
Soulshade Umbrella: persistent healing and Floating Grace
Find Soulshade Umbrella’s training route and use its hovering support alongside Panacea Fan.
What should you spend first?
Plan currency spending around useful upgrades, compare random and selectable rewards, and build a focused shop routine.
Crafting Stamina beginner guide: costs, recovery and batch sizes
Find the Stamina cost on a recipe, calculate a sensible crafting batch and distinguish resource shortages from recipe and ingredient requirements.
Star Reacher: Snake Doctor reward and Lingering Bone trigger
Get Star Reacher from Snake Doctor and activate it through Inkwell Fan’s Lingering Bone condition.
Star Shift: Assist Deflection, Insight and Wine Jujube
Find Star Shift’s Assist Deflection setting in Where Winds Meet, understand Insight and check where Wine Jujube belongs before spending upgrades.
Stats beginner guide: read attributes and compare upgrades
Understand combat attributes, rates, damage and resources, then compare gear without relying on one score or a universal stat target.
Still Waters: bow slowdown, Endurance and mode limits
Unlock Still Waters during Feng Jisheng’s bow tutorial, use breath-holding for precise shots and understand its Solo Mode restriction in Where Winds Meet.
Stone Quake: barrel lifts, chain explosions and the final crossing
Use barrels as lift weights, trigger the chain explosion and stop the final platform for a safe transfer.
Stonesplit Might: learn Thundercry Blade and Stormbreaker Spear
Understand the Stonesplit Might weapon pair, Battle Will, shields and group-tanking responsibilities before building a loadout.
Stormbreaker Spear: taunt, Drumbeat and tank positioning
Use Storm Roar, Thunder Shock and Fury Spear’s Drumbeat to manage Stormbreaker Spear’s defensive loop.
Strategic Sword: unlock the art and learn the Bleed payoff
Unlock Strategic Sword, build Bleed and connect Inner Track Slash with its follow-up attack.
Streetwise Sage: Courier Station stealth and Evasive Charge
Reach the Courier Station attic, steal the three objects with Celestial Seize and finish the chase for the Evasive Charge Tome.
Swallowlight: all four chests and the moving-platform route
Find all four side chests and cross Swallowlight’s moving platforms, rope route and collapsing floors.
Sword Horizon: Ni Laoshan’s books and the Bleed follow-up
Find Ni Laoshan in Ghostlight Market, collect the Sword Horizon tomes and understand the timed Strategic Sword follow-up before spending Coins.
Sword Morph: claim the Tome and unlock extra sword waves
Claim Sword Morph from A Warrior’s Journey and learn the Qi shield, Vagrant Sword and Shadow Step conditions behind its extra waves.
Sword Trial: join a group, prepare your role and claim rewards
Find Sword Trial in Wandering Paths, check entry requirements and distinguish Energy-funded loot from separate first-clear or weekly rewards.
Sworn Cohort: prep team, Shrine Keeper and oath ceremony
Create the Sworn prep group, invite at least three players and fix the Shrine Keeper’s leader requirement before taking the oath.
Tai Chi: learn the skill and aim throws at rocks and enemies
Learn Tai Chi from the early bear encounter, aim its throw and troubleshoot failed casts or unbroken rock piles.
Taiping Mausoleum: entry, chapter boosts and clear objectives
Enter Taiping Mausoleum from Wandering Paths, distinguish clear requirements from bonus goals and adapt to the first six chapter modifiers.
Talents beginner guide: Basic, Arena and Boss trees
Find the Talents menu, understand the three branches, unlock useful basic actions and diagnose unavailable nodes or bonuses that do not apply.
Talon Strike: the Palace of Annals nest and bird trial
Find the bird’s nest near the Palace of Annals, complete the observation trial and use Talon Strike’s defense-breaking attack.
The Eagle’s Shadow: All Three Wooden Eagle Parts
Find the Wooden Eagle Head, Body and Wings for Li Shoujie in Where Winds Meet, finish The Eagle’s Shadow and prepare the Soaring Eagle follow-up.
The Gilded Chase: Officer Nan and Clue Solutions
Complete The Gilded Chase in Where Winds Meet: find Officer Nan, board the Mirage Boat, solve the clue combinations and finish the Phantom Thief pursuit.
The Promised Light: jade requirements, mirrors and the cavern descent
Meet the jade and exploration requirements, solve the mirrors and descend to Tian Ying’s grotto.
The River’s Fury: Water Puzzles and Fragment Route
Solve The River’s Fury in Where Winds Meet: Tai Chi water wheels, statue plates, Hetu and Luoshu fragments, A’Yu and the final burial chamber.
Thundercry Blade: shields, Fighting Spirit and charged follow-ups
Understand Thundercry Blade’s charged attacks, shields, Fighting Spirit and counter support.
Thunderous Bloom: Mercyheart unlock and updated activation
Get Thunderous Bloom from Mercyheart Monastery and use its updated Martial Art Skill completion trigger.
Tian Ying boss guide: staff, statue attacks and clones
Prepare for Tian Ying’s Halo Peak campaign fight, interrupt his shockwave and handle the statue and clone phases without confusing raid mechanics.
Touch of Death: Echoes of Old Battles unlock and wall puzzle
Reach the Northern Vow treasure, solve the Yanyun Oath wall puzzle and use Touch of Death on unaware enemies.
Transdust Ruins beginner guide: menus, loadouts and extraction
Read the Warehouse, Shop and Safety Case, prepare a first learning run and complete extraction before reviewing loot, losses and replacement costs.
Trapped Beast: March of the Dead reward and emergency shield
Obtain Trapped Beast during March of the Dead and understand its low-health shield and long cooldown.
Treasure Tokens: guild rewards, funds and shop spending
Use guild Treasure Tokens in Where Winds Meet, distinguish them from Guild Funds and Golden Treasure Tokens, and plan purchases around real activity rewards.
Twelve Years of Feuds: shrine key, memories and Toxic Arrows
Find the shrine key, finish the two memory encounters and collect the Toxic Arrow recipe.
Twin Lions: Location, Fireworks and Pillar Counters
Find the Twin Lions in Granary of Plenty and beat their world-boss encounter, with firework dodges, the second health bar and pillar kick prompts.
Under Another’s Roof: pillars, manuscript and the finished workshop
Repair Li Shun’s pillars, recover the manuscript and finish the workshop after the real-day waits.
Unlock Unfettered Rope Dart: the Secret Cellar route
Pay Tianyan at Ghostlight Market, navigate Li Zi Xing Yun Secret Cellar and learn the Soul Sweep and Burn and Bury opening for Unfettered Rope Dart.
What should you upgrade first?
Choose useful early upgrades for your active Martial Arts, gear slots, Inner Ways and Mystic Skills without spreading resources too thin.
Veil of Stillness: Unearned Lesson and stealth rules
Unlock Veil of Stillness with Qiu Yuehai, complete the Skill Theft tutorial and understand why enemies can still detect you in Where Winds Meet.
Veiled Blades: Zhao’s help, Throwing Stars and hairpin locks
Work with Zhao Chengzong, find the Throwing Stars and hairpins, and solve the hidden-room locks.
Join Velvet Shade: invitations, cosmetics and partnership route
Check the low-cost Velvet Shade invitation trigger, understand the partnership cooldown and avoid buying cosmetics for an unverified Elegance threshold.
Vendetta: Jinming Pool unlock and rope-dart synergy
Unlock Vendetta through Jinming Pool and understand its Mortal Rope Dart token and rodent interactions.
Vernal Umbrella: unlock, Blossom and projectile control
Solve the Temporal Pavilion keepsake investigation and learn Vernal Umbrella’s Blossom loop.
Version 2.2: where to start reading
Find official Where Winds Meet Version 2.2 information and the Handbook guides for Hidden Mountain, Transdust Ruins and returning players.
Vital Leech: Lucky Seventeen reward and execution healing
Unlock Vital Leech from Lucky Seventeen and distinguish Execution healing from later-tier effects.
Void King: Gleaming Abyss scythe combos and ice volleys
Read Void King’s scythe and ice attacks, adapt to phase two and find the post-fight reward room.
Wanted, jail and false accusations: what to do next
Identify your law status, respond to false accusations and find the relevant atonement, fine or prison options.
Weekly checklist: rewards worth planning around
Plan a manageable Where Winds Meet week around limited rewards, Energy, guild activities and useful shop purchases.
Join Well of Heaven: the real elder and Ill-gotten Wealth
Find Zhang Yihao, avoid the fake elder branch and collect the Ill-gotten Wealth and Adventurer Slips needed to join Well of Heaven.
Wildfire Spark: Deerforage’s Remedy from start to finish
Trigger Deerforage’s Remedy, treat Shi Yimo, deliver Fuling’s mushrooms and learn how Wildfire Spark refunds Endurance.
Wind Beneath Wings: both unlocks and Skywalk Dash support
Complete Echoes of Old Battles and Tiger Fort to learn Wind Beneath Wings, then understand its movement and on-kill recovery effects.
Wind Rider: Qinghe level 6, flight permits and controls
Unlock Wind Rider at Qinghe Exploration Level 6, claim your flight permit and distinguish it from Meteor Flight and other Lightness Skills.
Wind Sense: find nearby clues, hidden objects and interactions
Find Wind Sense in Basic Talents and use its highlights to investigate nearby objects, clues and suitable NPC interactions.
Wolf Maiden boss guide: Desperation Ridge and the changing rhythm
Find Wolf Maiden at night on the eastern edge of Desperation Ridge, defend the wolf attacks and recognise her delayed combo finishers.
Wolfchaser’s Art: the Heavenquaker Sanctum chest
Find the golden chest near the Heavenquaker Spear Skill Theft area, learn Wolfchaser’s Art and understand its Sober Sorrow role.
Wolflike Frenzy: Ghostlight Market chest and control uses
Find the Wolflike Frenzy chest above Ghostlight Market’s entrance in Where Winds Meet, then learn its target limits and breakthrough priorities.
Woven with Malice: scholar waits, dyes and the bamboo investigation
Complete the scholar waits, gather the dyes and follow the handkerchief investigation to the final rescue.
Wrestling and Sumo: Might, counters and co-op matches
Start a wrestling match, distinguish Might from Fighting Will and learn when to use Parry or Low Guard instead of repeating attacks.
Ye Wanshan boss guide: Bodhi Sea and delayed deflects
Enter Bodhi Sea, read Ye Wanshan’s delayed attacks, handle his flaming second phase and leave time to learn Flaming Meteor.
Yi Dao: Dream in Flames access and mixed gold-to-red attacks
Enter Yi Dao’s Dream in Flames duel and read delayed sword strings and the gold flurry’s red finisher.
Yingying’s Clever Escape: Both Storybook Solutions
Finish Yingying’s Clever Escape in Where Winds Meet: Qingshou Hall, both storybook routes, the ghost, powder kegs, cage switch and crossbow defence.
Zheng E the Frostwing: ice waves, counters and the second phase
Learn Zheng the Frostwing’s dangerous follow-ups, answer the gold-gold-red ice-wave sequence and create safer damage windows.
Find and beat Zhu Yousheng in March of the Dead
Open the Ghost Gate with the three spectral equipment items, reach Zhu Yousheng and answer his delayed spear sweeps and overhead attacks.