Progression
Know what to do next.
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Choose a short-term goal before investing in upgrades. Use this hub to work through unlocks, compare development systems and separate a progression requirement from optional optimisation.
Look for the source and version notes before using a guide to make a costly decision.
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.
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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.
Martial Mastery explained
Understand what Martial Mastery measures, audit a low score and improve an active build without confusing score with combat performance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Weekly checklist: rewards worth planning around
Plan a manageable Where Winds Meet week around limited rewards, Energy, guild activities and useful shop purchases.