Mystic Arts are special skills your character can learn and use throughout Where Winds Meet. In combat, they grant powerful effects like damage, crowd control, and buffs. Out of combat, they help with exploration and puzzles. The Offensive Mystic Arts are designed for use in combat and sometimes in exploration and puzzles.
You can equip up to eight of these at a time, and switch between rows depending on whether you’re focusing on combat or exploration.
Many Mystic Arts are unlocked by exploring the world, completing side-quests, or uncovering secrets. You’ll want to pick Mystic Arts that fit your playstyle and upgrade them.
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1. How To Use Mystic Arts
Honking Havoc Mystic Art
Where Winds Meet lets you equip up to eight Mystic Arts at once. These cover several roles — puzzle-solving, debuffs, AoE damage, single-target control, burst, support, and mobility. Some Mystic Arts are passive and work automatically without equipping.
How to Equip Mystic Arts
- Open Menu → Develop → Mystic Arts
- Select any Art and assign it to one of the eight slots
How to Cast Mystic Arts
Keyboard: Press 1–4 or Alt + 1–4
Controller: Hold R2 / Right Trigger + corresponding face button
How to Swap Mystic Arts
Keyboard: Use Alt + Number
Controller: Hold R2 / Right Trigger + Up/Down
Passive Mystic Arts activate automatically — they don’t need to be assigned to your hotbar.
2. How To Upgrade Mystic Arts
Celestial Seize Mystic Art
Mystic Arts in Where Winds Meet are upgraded in Tiers and Ranks. To rank up, you need Ebon Iron of different levels. You also need Mystic Art Breakthrough Materials from one tier to the next. Mystic Skills of Tier 1 can be upgraded to Rank 9. Afterward, it will be promoted to Tier 2 Rank 0. You can further upgrade it to Tier 4 Rank 9. For example, Flaming Meteor uses Buddha’s Tear Root, and Blinding Mist uses Vicious Fruit.
Steps to Upgrade Mystic Arts
Follow these steps to access your Mystic Arts and start upgrading their power and ranks.
- Open the main menu and go to Develop → Mystic Arts.
- Browse the Mystic Arts you have unlocked and review their available upgrade paths.
- Spend Breakthrough Materials such as Ebon Iron to increase their Tiers and Ranks.
Upgrade Material Requirements
Each Tier and Rank of a Mystic Art needs a specific level and amount of Ebon Iron to upgrade.
- Tier 1 (Rank 0–9): Lv. 1 Ebon Iron × 2 per rank
- Tier 2 (Rank 1–9): Lv. 2 Ebon Iron × 4 per rank
- Tier 3 (Rank 1–9): Lv. 3 Ebon Iron × 10 per rank
To advance from Tier 1 to Tier 2, you must use 5 of the relevant Breakthrough Material plus additional Ebon Iron depending on the current rank.
How to Find the Needed Resources for the Upgrade
- Open the upgrade screen for the gear or item you want to improve.
- Click on the required material in the list of upgrade resources.
- Check the panel that shows every location and method where that material can be obtained.
- Click on any listed location to open the world map.
- Look at the highlighted spots on the map to see exactly where you can farm or loot that resource.
Ebon Iron Where Winds Meet
3. Complete Mystic Arts List with Locations, Acquisition Methods, and Effects
| Art | How To Get | Out of Combat Effect | In Combat Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tai Chi | Learn it from the Bear by providing the Qinghe Wayfarer Echo Jade at the start of the game. | Collects fallen leaves in certain areas. On water, it creates ripples that send fish leaping. | Pulls and whirls the target, allowing you to aim by rotating the camera before hurling them for damage. Especially potent against Shield-Bearing Enemies. |
| Meridian Touch | Move beside the Stonewash Strand teleporter in the beginning area to locate Yan Qiren. Multiple statues surround this NPC. Interact with the NPC and complete the quest to acquire this Mystic Art. | Select acupoints for a chance at special effects. | Change to Immobilize and break Vital Points. Immobilize is ineffective against mighty enemies. |
| Celestial Seize | Speak with the drunk men in Heaven’s Pier to start the Foul Play Exploration Quest. You gain Celestial Seize by completing this quest. | Pull distant objects, including those from chests/backpacks. | Disarm an enemy, counter with their own weapon, and deal damage. Damage scales with weapon weight. |
| Cloud Steps | Find the rocks on the left side shrine building. Complete the Tiger Fort dungeon under the General’s Shrine in Qinghe. | Leap high to slam down or hold breath to jump to marked spots. | Stomp on an enemy’s shoulders to deal damage. Effective against Cavalry and other units with Unstable Poise. |
| Lion’s Roar | Hit the four giant copper bells in Qinghe. The first two are located in the General’s Shrine. The other two are found in the northeast and southwest sections of Qinghe. | – | Hit a giant bell, dealing damage. Then unleash a deafening roar, dealing damage over 14 hits in a large area. Gain 15% Damage Reduction and Fortitude. |
| Leaping Toad | Speak with the jumping man near the southwest exit of General’s Shrine. Watch the Toads next to the temple. | – | Smite the ground, dealing AoE damage. |
| Ghost Bind | Trapped in the narrow Corner Gate, Ghostly Blink can upend the sky. | – | Flash before enemies, immobilizing up to 6 targets and dealing damage, and breaking their Vital Points. |
| Guardian Palm | Locate the Nightdream Monk on the north side of the Sundara Land to initiate the Where a Thousand Buddhas Wept Side Story. Complete this mission to gain Guardian Palm Mystic Art. | – | Smite the ground, dealing AoE damage. |
| Flaming Meteor | Fight against the Ye Wanshan after interacting with the drums found in the Boddhi Sea in Sundara Land. You will unlock its challenge version after defeating the boss. You need to perform deflects to fill the eye meter beside its life bar. Unlock the Flaming Meteor by filling the meter and defeating the boss. | – | Charge ahead, stomping the earth to leap into the air. Form a blazing spear and hurl it at your target, causing an AoE explosion. Then crashes down like a meteor for additional damage. |
| Talon Strike | Pass through the hanging bridge south of the Palace of Annals to reach the lone pillar rock formation. Go down the western cliff to another ledge with a bird nest. Make sure to interact with the nest to initiate the mini game. Press the button as the bird dives and ascends. | – | Hit the target to break their defense, then follow up with 3 hits to deal massive damage. |
| Yaksha Rush | Complete the final Jianghu Legacy quest to unlock Yaksha Rush. Gain access to this quest after earning 6,000 Qinghe Exploration Points. | – | Gather your Qi and lunge forward with the ferocity of Yaksha, breaking the enemy’s defense and knocking them upwards. |
| Free Morph | Complete the long quest chain, defeat the final boss, and fill the eye-shaped gauge. | – | Vault into the air and unleash a storm of kicks: the first blow launches the target upward, followed by relentless midair strikes to keep them aloft, then finish with a slam that deals AoE damage on impact. |
| Wolflike Frenzy | You get it by opening a chest in the ghost market. Then lie down in the coffin. This is one of the methods to enter the ghost market. Once you arrive, run out the door. When you get here, look to your left. You’re going to climb up to the cave. Once you’re here, just go straight. There’ll be a treasure chest, so open it and you’ll learn the Wolflike Frenzy manual. | – | Channel your strength into your staff to knock your enemy down, then rain down a rapid series of strikes, finishing with an upward swing. |
| Soaring Spin | Make sure to complete the quest in Caping City. You don’t need to finish the entire quest line. During the quest, when you arrive in front of this large statue, you just need to use two other basic mystery arts to get it. Stand in front of the large statue, use cloud steps to jump on top. Then use Heavenly Snatch to grab the small chest up. | – | Channel your Qi into a roaring thrust, then suddenly shift stance into a spiraling follow-up strike that catches enemies off-guard. Deal damage and inflict Healing Reduction. |
| Dragon’s Breath | Locate Liang Yuan standing at a corner at Small Shoes Camp to the south of the city. Use Heavenly Snatch to steal Travelogue: Toehari from him. After that, return to Beast Reverie at the Fairground. Provide this to Luo Jiu, and he will reward you with the Dragon’s Breath. | – | Breath fire with Qi, dealing damage over 2 hits plus Ignition. Gain 15% Damage Reduction and Fortitude. |
| Drunken Poet | Meet the NPC and buy 8 to 10 bottles of wine from him. Keep drinking them until you learn the skill. Note, you will get a drunk debuff. You’ll need to find an NPC or another player to cure you. | – | Cast repeatedly to unleash up to 5 strikes while inflicting Drunken Haze. |
| Dragon Head | Unlock 35 other Mystic Arts to unlock the Dragon Head Mystic Skill. | – | Channel your inner force to gather fallen leaves and dust, shaping them into a dragon’s head. Strike enemies within range, dealing damage and knocking them back. Grant 15% Damage reduction and Super Armor during the skill. |
| Blinding Mist | Complete the Blind to the World Side Story to earn Blinding Mist. Speak with the Unfated Tian near the deep lake on the east side of the Moonveil Mountain area to initiate the quest. | – | Release poisonous mist in front of you to block enemy vision and deal damage, making them blind and unable to fight for 5s. |
| Serene Breeze | Select the respective node in the Basic section of the Talent Tree to unlock this Mystic Art. | – | Channel Qi into your body to clear blockages in the veins. It can be used while under attack or control effects. |
| Golden Body | To get it, you just need to go to the Jianguo Temple in Cafing City. It’s a very large temple. Let’s go to the upper right corner of this temple. There will be a monk here. Simply use heavenly snatch to steal the skill book from this youth monk. | – | With relaxed shoulders and upright posture, gain an indestructible Golden Body for 8s, granting a Shield and Qi Recovery. |
| Ghostly Steps | Just go down to the ghost market. On the right side of the ghost market map, there will be a hidden cave. Explore that cave. Inside, there’s a small chest and a large chest. This mystery art is in the large reward chest at the end of the cave. | – | Mitigate the Endurance cost of ground dodge skills by 40%. |
| Honking Havoc | Make your way on the path between Blissful Retreat and Heaven’s Pier to locate a goose bullying a bear. Notice the bear to trigger the Skill Theft mini-game. Complete it to unlock Honking Havoc Mystic Skill. | – | Use a oose to deal damage in a wide area and inflict Breath-hold for 6s. |
| Glow of Fireflies | Pick flowers near a cat NPC. | – | Summons a swirl of fireflies around you, casting gentle light for 30 seconds in the darkness. |
| Veil of Stillness | Go to the teleport point on the map. You will trigger a quest. Talk to this NPC. You’ll see another NPC practicing martial arts. Use your special vision. Press V on PC to see the secret learning spot. Go there and start the secret learning mini-game. | – | Steady your breath and reduce your presence, making you less detectable by enemies for a short time. |
| Art | How To Get | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Divine Counter | Select the respective node in the Basic section of the Talent Tree. Allocate at least fourteen points within the tree to obtain it. | Channel inner energy and focus your mind. After defending against an enemy technique, counter-attack with precise timing, dealing damage and reducing the target’s Endurance recovery by 50% for 8s. |
| Star Shift | Unlocked by default at the start of the game. | Focus your mind on reading the enemy’s weakness. Just before their attack lands, consume Insight to trigger Deflection, neutralizing their attack. |
| Still Waters | Complete the main story quest. | While holding your breath, reduce the movement speed of surrounding targets by 75%. |
| Touch of Death | Complete the Echoes of Old Battles Side Story. Locate the ruined fortress near the Battlecrest Slope in the Verdant Wilds to initiate this side story. | Charge toward the target from behind and strike the vital point on your enemy’s back with your finger, dealing damage. |
| Wind Sense | Unlocked by selecting its respective node in the Basic section of the Talent Tree. | Perceive approaching entities through wind currents and distinguish their position by sensing surroundings. |
| Art | How To Get | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Thousand-Mile Flight | Day 4 Log In Reward in A Warrior’s Journey | Soaring like a dragon across the sky, leaving traces over a thousand miles. |
| Meteor Flight | Complete the Afterglow Jianghu Legacy. | Shooting like a meteor, riding the wind with a spear in hand. |
| Fan Glider | Rewards for achieving Qinghe Exploration Level 5 by obtaining 6000 Exploration Points. | Wandering with a fan, roaming free through mountain and glen. |
| Wind Rider | Reward for achieving Qinghe Exploration Level 6 by obtaining 9000 Exploration Points. | Riding the boundless wind, drifting beyond the mortal plane. |
| Wallstride – Swiftstride | Obtain this Mystic Skill by reaching the Music of Lingzhang V node from the Melodies of Peace NPC. | Gleaming along walls, dancing across eaves with grace. |
| Wallstride – Shadowdash | Obtain this Mystic Skill by reaching the “Music of Laiyi II” node from the Melodies of Peace NPC. You need to submit around twenty-one oddities. | Surging through peaks, racing over valleys in a flash. |
| Threefold Skywalk | Unlocked by default. | Use up to three times in succession. Jump repeatedly. |
| Skywalk Dash | Unlocked by default. | After leaping with the Threefold Skywalk, dash forward in your current direction. |
| Mighty Drop | Unlocked by default. | After leaping with the Threefold Skywalk, interrupt the current movement with a rapid landing. |
| Safe Mighty Drop | Clear the Mysterious Outpost in the western section of Moonveil Mountain. | After mastering Safe Might Drop, using Might Drop grants Immunity to Disease and Fall damage upon landing. |
| Abyss Dive | Unlocked by default. | Unlocks limited-time diving in certain waters such as Crimson Cliff. Glide gracefully underwater, free as a fish. |
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