Where Winds Meet is a open-world MMORPG with a lot of solo activities to do. In order to successfully complete quests, fight NPCs, win PvP matches, and even play some mini games, you will need to understand and raise your stats. There are two different types of these Attributes: Combat and Exploration.
1. How Combat Damage Works in Where Winds Meet
Combat Damage is calculated based on Power mostly as well as Agility and Momentum which are three of the Five Attributes, which are the five main stats on your character. These Attributes are raised by leveling your character in Solo Mode.
1.1 The Five Attributes and What They Do
- Body: Raises Max HP.
- Power: Raises your Physical Attack. This is how base damage is calculated.
- Defense: Raises Physical Defense and Max HP.
- Agility: Raises Critical Rate and Min Physical Attack.
- Momentum: Raises Affinity Rate and Max Physical Attack.
Combat Attributes include five base stats.
1.2 Physical Attack
Physical Attack is the amount of damage you can hit an enemy for. You can raise this by leveling and by Gear Tuning as well as some other attributes. This isn’t the only stat that will change the amount of damage you can do, but it is the main one.
1.2.1 How to Raise Physical Attack
- Character upgrade in both Online and Solo Mode.
- Gear Development and also raise your max HP.
- Melodies of Peace upgraded with Oddities.
- By raising the Power, Agility, and Momentum stats from the Five Attributes above.
1.2.2 Other Ways to Raise Attack Damage Dealt
- Damage is also effected by Weapons and Weapon Levels.
- There is also a Physical Damage Bonus, raised by Inner Ways Breakthroughs. This stat raises the damage you deal with physical attacks.
- Physical Penetration raises your ability to deal damage and heal with physical attacks. This stat can be raised with Inner Way Breakthrough and Gear Attuning.
1.3 Precision Rate and Critical Hits
When you attempt to hit an enemy, the game will run several calculations to see how much damage you will deal and whether or not it is a Precision Hit or not. The Precision Rate is a percentage that determines whether you attack with your Max Attack or Min Attack rates, based on a roll. Precision Hits can trigger Critical stats while Non-Precision Hits trigger Abrasion.
- When you connect with an enemy, you roll your Precision Rate.
- Precision Rate determines whether a hit is Precise or Non-Precise.
- Precise Hits then can roll to see if they are Critical Hits or Affinity Hits.
- Non-Precise Hits can be Affinity Hits or Abrasion Hits.
1.3.1 Damage Calculation Flow in Where Winds Meet
The Combat stat that adds Critical Damage.
Before the detailed breakdown in the table, here is a simple overview of how the game decides whether your hit is strong, average, or weak.
- Base Attack: The game starts from your Physical Attack range (Min, Median, Max) plus bonuses from Power, weapon stats, and other damage modifiers.
- Hit Type Roll: It then rolls your Precision, Critical, Affinity, and Abrasion stats to decide whether the hit becomes a Critical Hit, Affinity Hit, or Abrasion Hit.
- Final Damage: Depending on the result, it uses Max, Median, or Min Attack and applies the right bonus (Critical Damage Bonus, Affinity Damage Bonus, or no bonus) to produce the final damage number.
The table below shows the complete step-by-step process the game uses to calculate your final damage. It starts from your base Attack stats and then follows either the Precision or Non-Precision path to determine whether the hit becomes a Critical Hit, Affinity Hit, or Abrasion Hit.
| Attack |
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| Based on Physical Attack / Power / Weapon Bonuses / Physical Penetration / Physical Damage Bonus | |||
| Then rolls Precision Rate | |||
| Precision Roll |
Non-Precision Roll |
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| Rolls Critical Rate + Direct Critical Rate | Rolls Abrasion Rate – Abrasion Conversion Rate – Direct Affinity Rate | ||
| Critical Hit | Affinity Hit | Abrasion Hit | |
| Best possible hit. | Moderate hit. | Worst hit. | |
| Deals an additional 40% damage. | When a Precision roll fails Critical and Non-Precision fails Abrasion. | Abrasion Conversion Rate changes Abrasion hits to Affinity. | |
| Hit based on Maximum Attack. | Hit based on median attack stats + 25%. | Hit based on Minimum Attack. | |
| Add Critical Damage Bonus | Add Affinity Damage Bonus | Adds no bonuses. | |
Example Damage Roll With Simplified Stats
This example shows how one hit is calculated in Where Winds Meet using simplified, easy-to-read percentages. It uses realistic numbers similar to a mid-game character, so you can compare it directly to your own stats.
Your Combat Stats (Example)
These are the example stats used for the calculation below.
- Physical Attack: 309–573
- Precision Rate: 80%
- Critical Rate: 20%
- Affinity Rate: 10%
- Critical DMG Bonus: 50%
- Affinity DMG Bonus: 30%
Step-by-Step Damage Calculation
Follow these steps to see how the game turns your stats into a final damage number for a single hit.
- Base Attack Value
The game starts from your Physical Attack range.
- Min Attack: 309
- Max Attack: 573
- Median Attack: (309 + 573) ÷ 2 = 441
- Precision Roll (80%)
When you hit an enemy, the game first rolls your Precision Rate.
- Precision roll succeeds (80% chance).
- The hit becomes a Precise Hit.
- Critical vs Affinity Roll
Because the hit is Precise, the game now checks if it becomes a Critical Hit.
- Rolls Critical Rate (20%).
- In this example, Critical succeeds, so the hit becomes a Critical Hit.
- If Critical failed, the game would then check Affinity Rate instead.
- Final Damage for a Critical Hit
Critical Hits use your Max Attack and add bonus damage from Critical DMG Bonus.
- Base value from Max Attack: 573
- Critical adds +40% base crit bonus.
- Critical DMG Bonus adds another +50%.
- Total bonus: +90% damage.
- Final damage: 573 × 1.9 = 1,088 damage (before enemy defense and other modifiers).
Other Possible Hit Results With the Same Stats
The same swing can land as an Affinity Hit or Abrasion Hit instead, depending on the rolls. Here is how much damage each type deals with these stats.
- Affinity Hit (Precise, Critical fails, Affinity succeeds)
- Starts from Median Attack + 25%: 441 × 1.25 = 551
- Adds +30% Affinity DMG Bonus: 551 × 1.3 ≈ 716 damage
- Abrasion Hit (Precision fails and Affinity fails)
- Based on Min Attack only: 309 damage
- No extra damage bonuses are applied.
Damage Comparison at a Glance
This table summarizes the three possible outcomes for the same attack with the example stats above.
| Hit Type | Roll Result | Damage (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Critical Hit | Precise → Critical succeeds | ≈ 1,088 |
| Affinity Hit | Precise → Critical fails → Affinity succeeds | ≈ 716 |
| Abrasion Hit | Precision fails → Affinity fails | ≈ 309 |
With these stats, the same attack can land anywhere between roughly 300 and over 1,000 damage, depending on whether the roll results in an Abrasion Hit, Affinity Hit, or Critical Hit.
1.3.2 How to Raise Precision Rate
- Level Up in Solo Mode.
- Gear Tuning.
- Inner Way Breakthroughs.
1.3.3 How to Raise Critical Rate
- Raise your Agility by leveling.
- Gear Tuning.
- Inner Way Breakthroughs.
- Critical Damage Bonus is a percentage can only be raised with Inner Way Breakthroughs.
1.3.4 How to Raise Affinity Rate and Direct Affinity Rate
- By raising the Momentum stat from the Five Attributes.
- Gear tuning.
- Inner Way Breakthroughs.
- Direct Affinity Rate is a percentage added to your Affinity Rate percentage. It can only be raised by Inner Way Breakthroughs.
1.4 Attribute Effect
Attribute Effects are additional healing or damage based on specific Art Talents. There are currently four Arts with Attribute Attack and one with Attribute Healing.
The Bellstrike Attribute attack.
1.4.1 Attribute Attack
After unlocking the corresponding Art Talent, you can deal additional damage base on all attribute attacks. Each art mastered increases all the damage of the others.
- Bellstrike Attack
- Stonesplit Attack
- Silkbond Attack
- Bamboocut Attack
1.4.2 How to Raise Attribute Attack
- Martial Art Talents.
- Gear Arsenal which unlocks at character level 51.
- Gear Tuning which unlocks at character level 41.
1.4.3 Attribute Healing
Attribute Healing is similar to Attribute Attack in that you need to unlock the corresponding Art, and it will cause additional healing. Silkbind Attack is the only Art that has Attribute Healing currently in Where Winds Meet.
1.4.4 How to Raise Attribute Healing
- Martial Art Talents.
- Gear Arsenal.
- Gear Tuning.
2. Defense Stats
Enemy damage is based on their level, their attack damage, etc. This is then calculated along with your personal defense, defense from armor, and bonuses. Enemies have the same stats that you do, and can attack with Precise and Non-Precise attacks, Critical Hits, and their stats will alter how much you can defend against.
2.1 Physical Defense
Just like most of the other stats in this section, Physical Defense is raised by level, gear, Oddities, and one of the Five Attributes, Defense. Physical Defense lowers the amount you take from attacks, fall, etc.
2.1.1 How to Raise Physical Defense
- Character upgrade in both Online and Solo Mode.
- Gear Development and also raise your max HP.
- Melodies of Peace upgraded with Oddities.
- By raising the Defense stat from the Five Attributes above.
- Physical Damage Bonus adds to your defense, and it is raise with Inner Way Breakthroughs.
- Physical Damage Reduction also reduces Physical Damage. It is also raised with Inner Way Breakthroughs.
3. Other Combat Stats
Your total health and your poise is also altered with several of the Five Attributes and bonus stats. Your HP and Qi can also be raised, and not just by leveling your character in Solo Mode.
3.1 Your Max HP
Your Max HP is the total amount of health you have available to you. There are several ways to raise your total health points.
3.1.1 How to Raise Max HP
- Character upgrade in both Online and Solo Mode via exploration and activities like gathering, Joint Strikes, completing some side quests, etc.
- Gear Development and also raise your max HP; this requires Oscillating Jades, Coins, and items like Lethal Crystals and Raw Ore.
- Melodies of Peace which is the skill tree that you upgrade using Oddities.
- By raising the Body and Defense stats from the Five Attributes above.
3.2 Max Qi
Qi is similar to poise in Dark Souls or perhaps a toughness bar in other games. When you break an enemy’s Qi or an enemy breaks yours, it makes that character Exhausted, and more damage can be dealt and some special moves can be performed. Qi is raised exclusively by gear.
4. Exploration Attributes
Unlike the Combat ones, the Exploration Attributes are for social mini games, non-combat stamina, crime, and other social activities, especially with NPCs. These are raised mostly by playing mini games, taking on archery challenges, Melodies Oddities, and things like that.
Skills from Exploration Attributes can help you perform better in archery, catching horses, and more.
4.1 Total Aspiration Attributes
Your Total Aspiration Attribute is the total amount of points you have added up in all your Exploration Attributes. The total is important because each of Exploration Skills has a minimum total as well and minimums for specific ones.
4.2 Resolve
Resolve is the first of the specific Exploration Attribute; in order add more points to this stat, you will need to play some mini games with NPCs in Solo Mode or with friends in multiplayer mode.
4.2.1 How to Raise Resolve
- Playing Pitch Pot
- Madiao Card Game
4.2.2 Resolve Exploration Skills
- Drunken Precision: Makes Pitch Pot easier. Requires 30 Resolve and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Arrow of Precision: Increases arrow duration. Requires 75 Perception, 50 Resolve, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.3 Elegance
Elegance can help you to swim longer, reduce you chances of being charged with crimes, and even help you find chests. You will raise it mostly by petting animals.
Petting cats can raise an Exploration stat.
4.3.1 How to Raise Elegance
- Gourmet Mode.
- Kitten Hunt (petting random cats out in the world).
4.3.2 Elegance Exploration Skills
- Effortless Swim: Reduces swimming stamina. Requires 30 Elegance and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Strength of Conviction: Reduces chance of a crime by 50% when demanding items from NPCs. Requires 30 Elegance, 50 Erudition, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Shadow Theft: Celestial Seize theft is less likely to arouse suspicion. Requires 50 Mindset, 30 Elegance, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Treasure Seeker: Shows most Treasure Chests on the mini map. Requires 75 Elegance, 75 Perception, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.4 Perception
Perception is the biggest and most important Exploration stat you will need to unlock lots of different skills. It helps with gathering, shooting arrows, falling damage reduction, and more.
4.4.1 How to Raise Perception
- Participate in Archery Competitions.
- Turn Oddities in for Melodies upgrades.
4.4.2 Perception Exploration Skills
- Two for One: Small chance of obtaining an extra gathering reward in Solo Mode. Requires 30 Perception and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Quick Draw: Reduces bow draw speed by 10%. Requires 30 Perception and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Body of Diamond: Lowers chance of illness from falling. Requires 30 Perception, 50 Musicality, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Swift Arrow: Lowers arrow flight speed by 20%. Requires 30 Elegance, 50 Perception, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Treasure Seeker: Shows most Treasure Chests on the mini map. Requires 75 Elegance, 75 Perception, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Arrow of Precision: Increases arrow duration. Requires 75 Perception, 50 Resolve, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Thousand Hands: Celestial Seize works better. Requires 75 Coordination, 50 Perception, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
Exploration Attributes are stats to help with mini games and interacting with NPC.
4.5 Coordination
This stat is all about crafting, stealing, wrestling, and more. It’s also one of the easiest of the Exploration Attribute stats to raise, and it is attached to five skills that are all pretty important.
4.5.1 How to Raise Coordination
- Turn Oddities in for Melodies upgrades.
- Cultivate Activities through asking for or taking Manuals from NPCs.
4.5.2 Coordination Exploration Skills
- Body of Iron: Become immune to falling damage with a 10-minute cooldown. Excludes serious injuries. Requires 30 Coordination and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Divine Craftsman: Components and crafted items have a higher durability. Requires 75 Coordination, 50 Memory, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Swift and Agile: Increases Wrestling techniques. Requires 30 Coordination, 50 Constitution, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Lucky Break: Chance to prevent durability loss when defeated. Requires 75 Resolve, 50 Coordination, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Thousand Hands: Celestial Seize works better. Requires 75 Coordination, 50 Perception, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.6 Intelligence
Not only will raising your Intelligence stat make Gift of Gab easier, but it will eventually also allow you to understand some animals when they speak. You raise this stat by participating in activities that work out your brain.
4.6.1 How to Raise Intelligence
- Participate in Gift of Gab conversations.
- Solve Riddles.
4.6.2 Intelligence Exploration Skills
- Rhetoric Edge: +2 Inspiration in Gift of Gab. Requires 30 Intelligence and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Animal Whisperer: Gives you the ability to understand some animals. Requires 75 Mindset, 50 Intelligence, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.7 Musicality
Musicality is mostly upgraded by doing the rhythm game called Graceful Melodies with NPCs in the open world. This stat helps with your character’s health and makes you better at Graceful Melodies as well.
Musicality is one of the Exploration stats.
4.7.1 How to Raise Musicality
- Turn Oddities in for Melodies upgrades.
- Graceful Melodies with NPCs.
4.7.2 Musicality Exploration Skills
- Legendary Musician: Increase final score of Graceful Melody by 5%. Requires 30 Musicality and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Body of Diamond: Lowers chance of illness from falling. Requires 30 Perception, 50 Musicality, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Mystic Recovery: Increases the chance of Self Healing during illness evolutions. Requires 75 Musicality, 50 Constitution, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.8 Constitution
Constitution is another stat with a lot of skills that need it. It can help improve your Wrestling, staying healthy, and even getting new horses.
4.8.1 How to Raise Constitution
- Wrestling.
- Clearing an Outpost for the first time.
4.8.2 Constitution Exploration Skills
- Equine Friends: Makes horse captures easier. Requires 30 Constitution and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Brawn Boost: Increases pushing attack damage in Wrestling. Requires 30 Constitution and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Swift and Agile: Increases Wrestling techniques. Requires 30 Coordination, 50 Constitution, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Inner Peace: Chance to resist Spellbound disease. Requires 50 Mindset, 30 Constitution, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Mystic Recovery: Increases the chance of Self Healing during illness evolutions. Requires 75 Musicality, 50 Constitution, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.9 Erudition
The Exploration stat called Erudition is kind of an odd one; you will need to get upgrades from Meow Meow or by chasing Universal Harmony butterflies. It has two skills it is attached to.
4.9.1 How to Raise Erudition
- Universal Harmonies.
- Exchanging Bells at the Meow Meow store.
4.9.2 Erudition Exploration Skills
- Strength of Conviction: Reduces chance of a crime by 50% when demanding items from NPCs. Requires 30 Elegance, 50 Erudition, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Healer’s Edge: Reduces illness damage in the first round of Healer Mode in Solo play. Requires 75 Memory, 50 Erudition, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.10 Memory
Memory can be upgraded mostly with Healer Mode, at least until you get to Keifeng. It helps you to get better at crafting and Healer Mode too.
4.10.1 How to Raise Memory
- Using Healer Mode to heal NPCs and other players.
- Disguise mode side quests in Kaifeng.
4.10.2 Memory Exploration Skills
- Divine Craftsman: Components and crafted items have a higher durability. Requires 75 Coordination, 50 Memory, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Healer’s Edge: Reduces illness damage in the first round of Healer Mode in Solo play. Requires 75 Memory, 50 Erudition, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.11 Mindset
If you want to be able to fish better, Mindset is the stat to focus on. You can upgrade it by fishing with NPCs, curing Spellbound, and with Oddities.
4.11.1 How to Raise Mindset
- Challenge someone to a Fishing Contest.
- Turn Oddities in for Melodies upgrades.
- Go to a clinic to be cured of Spellbound.
4.11.2 Mindset Exploration Skills
- Fishing Expert: Shortens bite time while Fishing. Requires 30 Mindset and 200 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Inner Peace: Chance to resist Spellbound disease. Requires 50 Mindset, 30 Constitution, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Shadow Theft: Celestial Seize theft is less likely to arouse suspicion. Requires 50 Mindset, 30 Elegance, and 400 Total Aspiration Attributes.
- Animal Whisperer: Gives you the ability to understand some animals. Requires 75 Mindset, 50 Intelligence, and 600 Total Aspiration Attributes.
4.12 Ambition
Ambition seems to be a skill that will be used later on in future updates to Where Winds Meet. It doesn’t currently seem to have anything attached to it, but it will probably be important later on.
Ambition is an unused Exploration Stat.
4.12.1 How to Raise Ambition
- Level up your character.
4.12.2 Ambition Exploration Skills
- None.
