Where Winds Meet – Game Modes Guide

Where Winds Meet is a game that is hard to classify. Not only is it a massive, open-world RPG, but it also has gacha mechanics for cosmetics. It is a solo experience similar to Ghost of Tsushima, but it is also an MMO mode where you can raid and battle against a large group of other people. Since there are going to be so many game modes available to players, you might be looking for more information on what each of them are.

1. Single-Player Solo Mode in Where Winds Meet

The solo mode in Where Winds Meet is a insulated world where you can play completely alone. You will be able to do just about everything you want to in the world; you can take down world bosses, interact with NPCs, complete side quests, and progress the story. There are a few things that you will not be able to to in this game mode, however.

The map where you can switch to Solo mode.

1.1 Things You Can Do in Solo Play

• Progress the story.
• Complete side quests.
• Heal NPCs, play mini games with NPCs, etc.
• Battle against mobs out in the world.
• Change the time of day.
• Teleport instantly.
• Fight mobs out in the world.
• Fight World Bosses alone or with an NPC companion.
• Join a guild.
• Do solo guild events.
• Add friends.
• Send friends gifts.
• Cross-progression across platforms is available.

1.2 Things You Can’t Do in Solo Play

• Cannot join other players in the same instanced world.
• Cannot access group guild events.
• No multiplayer raids, Team events, or mass events.
• No mini games or Leisure against other players.
• No bonds or marriage.

2. Co-Op Attack Mode

Co-op attack mode in Where Winds Meet is almost identical to the summoning in Dark Souls and Elden Ring. You find a golden icon on the ground near a boss, and you summon help. There are NPCs that can come to your aid, or you can ask another player to join your world for the fight. This co-op mode is a temporary alliance, and you only allow another player into the world briefly for the battle before sending them home.

How to summon others into co-op mode.

2.1 Things You Can Do in Co-Op Play

• Get help from other players for World Bosses.
• Get help from other players for multiplayer events like Outposts.
• Cross-platform play.

2.2 Things You Can’t Do in Co-Op Play

• Helpers cannot progress their own quests in your world.
• Not a full world join; you can only use this near boss fights or specific sections.
• Temporary join only for the battle, event, or other.
• Fellowship features (guilds, social hubs) often disabled.
• Slowed parry mechanics may not work.

3. Team Mode

Teams Mode, on the other hand, is co-op for a specific event, but you summon from your friends list. It is similar to co-op mode in that you are just grouping up for an event, but you don’t have to rely on gold flags on the ground.

3.1 Things You Can Do in Team Mode

• Challenge each other to PvP battles.
• Group up to attack Strongholds or World Bosses.
• Progress the story, but only in host’s world.
• Play mini games, called Leisure in the Teams menu, against one another like Pitch Pot.
• Cross-platform play available.
• No Target mode, where you just hang out with other players for a brief time.
• Group Dungeons like Dream Jimming Pool or Guild Dungeons like Blood on Sands.
• Path of the Hero like the Blazing Gale Dance.
• Sword Trials, Challenges, Joint Strikes, Arenas, Adventures, Outpost Challenges, and Bounties.
• Depending on the trial, you can invite from one to four other players into your world.
• Rewards are better in Team Mode over Solo Mode.

3.2 Things You Can’t Do in Team Mode

• Cannot access group guild events.
• No multiplayer raids or mass events.
• Visitors cannot make progress in quests in their own world while in yours.
• Slowed parry mechanics may not work.

4. Multiplayer Worlds in Where Winds Meet

The next type of world is multiplayer. How it works is you can invite up to four other players to join you in your world. You will only progress in your world; friends returning to their solo worlds will have to repeat quests only completed in yours. Also, if your friends are in a different server location, they will be put into a server in your location. 

Multiplayer is still a “solo” world, you have just invited a few friends to come and play with you. Here, you can do all sorts of social activities, like mini games.

The social menu in Where Winds Meet.

4.1 Things You Can Do in Multiplayer Mode

• Challenge each other to PvP battles.
• Group up to attack Strongholds or World Bosses.
• Progress the story, but only in host’s world.
• Play mini games, called Leisure in the Teams menu, against one another like Pitch Pot.
• Cross-platform play available.
• No Target mode, where you just hang out with other players for a brief time.
• Group Dungeons like Dream Jimming Pool or Guild Dungeons like Blood on Sands.
• Path of the Hero like the Blazing Gale Dance.
• Sword Trials, Challenges, Joint Strikes, Arenas, Adventures, Outpost Challenges, and Bounties.
• Depending on the trial, you can invite from one to four other players into your world.

4.2 Things You Can’t Do in Multiplayer Mode

• Cannot access group guild events.
• No multiplayer raids or mass events.
• Visitors cannot make progress in quests in their own world while in yours.
• Slowed parry mechanics may not work.
• Play game modes without expending energy; this applies to everyone in the party.
• Bloodbath progress cannot be made in another player’s world.

5. MMORPG Mode

And the final mode in this massive game is the MMO mode. In order to go into this massive, shared world, you can head to the map and select multiplayer. It’s a social hub where mobs are removed, and you will come across others humans out in the wild. It sacrifices the feeling of a real, full open world for being able to play with lots of other people like an MMORPG.

The map where you can switch to MMO mode.

In this mode, you will be able to do a lot more with guilds and randoms, but a lot less with the story and side quests. Thankfully, you can switch between modes quickly and seamlessly, making it easy to get back to the story when you are done with your guild duties.

5.1 Things You Can Do in MMO Mode in WWM

• Guild activities.
• Raiding and Dungeons.
• Large-scale PvP.
• Small-scale PvP, like Wrestling matches.
• If you commit a crime, you can have a bounty put on your head, and other players can come after you.
• A battle royale-type, last-one-standing mode.
• Multiplayer events like group healing and training.
• Begging for money and items.
• Form Hero Bonds, unions, and marriages with other players at The Wishing Tree.
• Rumor events.
• Sworn Cohorts.
• Cross-platform play available.

5.2 Things You Can’t Do in MMO Mode

• Progress the story.
• Progress side quests.
• Fight mobs in the world.
• Interact with some NPCs.
• Slowed parry mechanics do not work.

6. How to Switch Between Modes in Where Winds Meet

Switching modes is seamless in Where Winds Meet. It’s easy and quick to move between modes with no cooldowns, and this means always playing however you want to. You will begin in Solo mode on load by default.

Multiplayer mode in Where Winds Meet.

6.1 How to Switch to MMO Mode

Switching to MMO Mode is the easiest one to do. Just head into the map by pressing M on the keyboard or the Start button on controller. In the upper left will be a Solo tab and a Multiplayer tab. 

1. Press the Multiplayer tab in the upper left.
2. The map will switch over to the Multiplayer map.
3. Select a location on the Multiplayer map to teleport to.
4. You will now be in MMO mode.

6.2 How to Switch to Solo Mode

While you do start in Solo Mode each time you load into the game, you may want to switch between co-op, multiplayer, or MMO mode into Solo mode. In order to do so, you will need to head to the map again.

1. If in MMO Mode, head to the map, select the Solo tab, and select a place in the map to teleport to.
2. If in Co-Op Mode, you just need to leave the instance to remove summoned players from your world.
3. If in Multiplayer Mode, you must boot your friends in the Social Menu.

6.3 How to Switch to Co-Op

In order to switch to co-op mode, you just need to head to the location you wish to take on a World Boss or Joint Strike, and interact with the golden flag or sword. This will open a menu to summon other players.

6.4 How to Switch to Teams Mode

Teams Mode is like co-op, but you choose a selection of friends to help with a specific events. Switching to this mode requires you head into the Social Menu.

The Teams menu in Where Winds Meet.

1. Head into the Social Menu. Select Team.
2. You can create a quick team of randoms, create a team, or join a team by entering the Party Code in this menu.
3. Select the type of event you want to do.
4. Select Start Matchmaking.

6.5 How to Switch to Multiplayer Mode

Multiplayer mode is just a group gathering in the host’s world to play together. It’s like playing in Solo Mode but with friends to help out all the time.

How to invite friends into your world.

1. In the Social Menu, select co-op.
2. Search for up to four friends with their names or user IDs.
3. Select Invite Visitors to invite your friends into your Solo world.

7. Summary of All Game Modes in Where Winds Meet (Table)

While this is a huge pile of information, the short version is this: there are basically four online modes you can play in. Solo will let you play alone, multiplayer, teams, and co-op will let you play with friends, and MMO will let you play with everyone.

The table below provides a complete side-by-side comparison of all activities across Solo, Co-Op, Multiplayer, and MMO modes.

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