Where Winds Meet – Map Icons Guide & Full Symbol List
Complete Where Winds Meet map icon guide with a full list of every symbol and its meaning. Covers all quest markers, merchants, mini-games, puzzles, landmarks, and other key icons across the entire open world.
Where Winds Meet features a massive, open-world map packed with quests, NPCs, mini-games, and quests. Each of these is represented by a unique icon that helps players navigate the world more efficiently.
Find the best tips, guides, and strategies for Where Winds Meet below:
The table below lists all the icons you will come across and what each symbolizes. Icons that are single-use and clearly explained in-game are not included for clarity.
Map Icon
Name
Information
Fast Travel Landmark – Inactive
Landmarks are the default fast travel rocks; once you interact with them, they will turn gold and can be traveled to in an instant.
Fast Travel Landmark – Active
Wayfarer
Wayfarers are important NPCs, and you can use them as fast travel spots. They allow you to unlock the map for that region.
Quest – Main Quest
The main story quest you are currently on.
Quest – Exploration/Encounter
Exploration or encounter quests are diamond-shaped and are green. These side quests are interaction quests, cooking quests, and similar.
Quest – Fragment
Fragment chapters are another type of side quests that involve searching locations.
Combat – Campaign
These are Campaign missions, which are similar to raids.
Combat – Outpost
Outposts are enemy strongholds that can be taken over.
Combat – World Boss
Challenging bosses out in the world.
Combat – Foundation Trials
A trial that is a timed with enemies that get progressively more challenging as the levels go up.
Crafting
Places to craft weapons, medicines, and more.
Mini Game – Healing
A deckbuilding mini game used to heal those who are ill.
Mini Game – Fishing
The fishing mini game against a fisherman.
Mini Game – Pitch Pot
A game where you need to throw arrows into a vase while drunk.
Mini Game – Card Game
Similar to the card game BS.
Mini Game – Mahjong
Mahjong tile game.
Mini Game – Meow Meow Puzzle
Several different types of timed puzzles, including collecting will-o-the-whisps or cutting bamboo.
Mini Game – Chess Game
A complex chess-like game.
Mini Game – Music
A rhythm game to learn new music.
Mini Game – Riddles
A riddle you can guess solo or in mulitplayer with help.
Wandering Seal
A place to take stunning photos. You get rewards for a couple of these a day.
Exploration Puzzle
A dungeon where you have to solve puzzles to get treasure chests.
Explore – Disguise
A location where you need a disguise to get an item.
Oddities
Oddities are the Ironwing Mantis, Enchanting Lotus, Redmist Beetle, Dagger Generals, or Whisper Hives in Qinghe and the Moonbeam Toad, Heartsoothe Twig, Midnight Nibbler, and Thunder Fluff in Kaifeng. These are used to upgrade Melodies of Peace. These only appear on the mini map and not the full map.
Challenge – Martial Arts
A friendly NPC that wants to fight against you to see who is stronger.
Challenge – Archery
A friendly NPC that wants to have an archery contest against you to see who is better.
Merchant
You can purchase items for coins.
Merchant – Meow Meow
You can purchase items for Meow Meow Bells, which you get from completing Meow Meow puzzles.
Merchant – Oddities
Where to level up your Melodies of Peace with Oddities.
Merchant – Horse Merchant
You can catch and sell a horse here.
Jails
You can get locked up here if you aren’t careful.
Bath House
A relaxing location where you can overfill your health bar.
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