Where Winds Meet: 10 Awesome Things The Game Doesn’t Tell You About

Describing Where Winds Meet as a large game doesn’t quite capture how much there is to do! It’s a massively multiplayer online game with a lighter focus on the traditional MMO aspects, set in a vibrant world packed with things to find – from quick minigames to hidden locations and unique events. Given its size, players are bound to miss some details while exploring. This guide highlights a variety of interactions, encounters, and interesting facts about Where Winds Meet that players might have overlooked during their adventures in this martial arts-filled world.

1. You Can Pet the Cats

Cute, but Also Practical

You’ll find cats all over the world of Where Winds Meet, and you can pet them as often as you like! It’s not just a cute interaction, though – petting cats actually raises your character’s Elegance stat. So, showing these Jianghu kitties some affection is a helpful way to improve your character’s abilities.

Plus, stroking a cat in Where Winds Meet will also help you unlock more of the area’s secrets. It’s not the fastest method, but it’s a nice little bonus.

2. Fishing With Tai Chi

Ditch the Fishing Rods

In Where Winds Meet, fish are used in many recipes. While typically players would need to fish with a rod, because everyone is a skilled martial artist, you can use the Tai Chi skill to quickly collect fish instead of playing a fishing minigame.

To easily catch fish, just stand in the shallow part of a river and use your Tai Chi ability. This will create a powerful blast of water that forces fish to jump out, giving you a quick and easy way to gather food.

3. Self-Healing Health and Injuries

No Medicine, No Problem

When it comes to food, players can regain health outside of battles by eating. Food is used up automatically when you’re not fighting, which helps conserve supplies. While different foods restore varying amounts of health, the most powerful options usually require more effort or resources to create.

You can recover from injuries in Where Winds Meet, but the game doesn’t offer instructions on how to get rid of negative status effects. Some injuries provide hints, or you can try to figure it out yourself. For instance, standing in water can heal sprains and mental breakdowns, and hangovers or alcohol poisoning will eventually resolve on their own with time.

4. Don’t Recycle Antiques

They’re Plenty Valuable

In the game Where Winds Meet, you might find items during side quests that don’t seem very useful at first. Don’t throw them away! Many of these are actually valuable Antiques. Once you reach Exploration Level 5 in an area, you’ll get a tool to help you identify these hidden treasures.

The game doesn’t fully explain what Antiques do, but the menus suggest they can make your character stronger. It’s currently unclear how to unlock that power, so it’s best not to sell or get rid of any Antiques you find while playing.

5. Ghostlight Market Secret Area

Shady, Spooky, and Literally Haunted

Ghostlight Market is a secret location in the game Where Winds Meet. Players can find it by exploring Kaifeng City, or—in a rather unusual way—by letting bandits capture them during a quest from Riverside Station village in southwestern Qianghe. It’s a black market where many suspicious characters hang out, and it becomes completely deserted—a true ghost town—in the early morning hours.

Okay, so Ghostlight Market is packed with loot – I’m talking chests everywhere, and you can even snag the Sword Horizon Inner Way for your Strategic Sword there. But here’s the weird thing: you have to wear a mask to buy stuff. Apparently, even the shady merchants have their own code of conduct, which is kinda funny when you think about it.

6. Unlockable Weapon Skills

Make Your Martial Arts Even Fancier

Inner Ways are special abilities in Where Winds Meet that significantly change how players approach combat. Some simply improve stats, but others add new moves and strong effects to weapons. As an example, the Sword Horizon Inner Way for the Strategic Sword allows players to perform extra attacks after using skills or fully charged heavy attacks.

As a player, I’ve found that even if a weapon’s Inner Way doesn’t teach you a brand new attack, it always makes that weapon way more powerful. Honestly, if you really want to maximize your favorite weapons, getting their Inner Ways should be your top priority. It’s a huge boost!

7. Make World Bosses Easier

Calm Those Demons Down

The Bell of Demoncalm is an item that can help make fighting world bosses easier. To get it, players need to finish a side quest in the zone called Where Winds Meet. After completing the quest, world bosses—at least in the Qinghe region—will be noticeably weaker.

If you’re already skilled at combat, you likely won’t need the Bell of Demoncalm. However, if you’re struggling with the boss fights, it’s definitely worth looking into.

8. Flying and Super Sprinting

Swift as a Coursing River

True to the Wuxia genre, Where Winds Meet features dynamic and exaggerated combat and movement. Players will eventually be able to fly and run at incredible speeds, but these abilities become available after several hours of play.

Okay, so as a player, here’s how movement works! You can unlock flying by finding a fisherman in Qinghe who teaches you Meteor Flight. And that super-fast sprinting – they call it Wallstride or Shadowdash – you get that by turning in enough Oddities to Qi Sheng near the General’s Shrine. But before either of those work, you need to get the Afterglow Pendant, which you earn by hitting Exploration Rank 4 in Qinghe. Just be aware that if you want to use these abilities in Kaifeng, you’ll need to level up your Exploration Progress there all over again!

9. Super Goose Companion

The Force of a Great Typhoon

The game lets players call on companions during tough boss battles, and one surprising ally is a very aggressive goose. You can find this goose on a small island just north of the Wayfarer near Heaven’s Pier. Be careful – it’s a powerful enemy that will quickly defeat anyone who gets too close! To win, players need to use Tai Chi to knock it into the water.

Defeating the goose will add Giant Goose to your team for boss battles. It quickly deals significant damage to the boss’s health and Qi, then leaves the fight. While not always dependable, this mischievous helper could give you the extra boost needed to succeed.

10. Movie References

Absolute Cinema

Where Winds Meet includes many nods to classic 90s Hong Kong martial arts films. For instance, the Leaping Toad and Guardian Palm skills are directly inspired by techniques from Kung Fu Hustle, and the game’s overall style and atmosphere strongly resemble Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

The impressive fight scenes in Where Winds Meet were created with the help of renowned Hong Kong action choreographer Stephen Tung Wai, who has won nine awards for his work. This collaboration is a major reason why the game’s cutscenes are so well-done.

2025-11-21 17:20