Inner Ways in Where Winds Meet are the passive abilities that you equip on your character to boost Martial Arts Weapons. Their effects only apply during combat, but they don’t do anything when you’re outside of fights. You can equip up to four Inner Ways at the same time, so choosing them carefully is crucial.
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Types of Inner Ways
Adaptive Steel Inner Way
There are two types of Inner Ways. Weapon-Specific Inner Ways and Universal Inner Ways. While the Weapon-Specific Inner Ways provide full benefits if you use certain Martial Arts, the Universal Inner Ways work no matter what weapon you’re using. As you progress through the world, you will unlock new Inner Ways, and some Inner Ways are unlocked via Torn Pages that you can buy from NPC merchants, or via puzzle clues.
How To Upgrade Inner Ways
Seasonal Edge Note
Inner Ways Breakthrough system in Where Winds Meet is unlocked after reaching Solo Mode Level 4. You can easily reach level 4 by completing the very first quest in the game.
Methods to unlock Inner Ways
- Torn Pages / Inner Way Tomes sold by NPC merchants.
- Legacy clues/quests: Complete missions, explore zones, or solve puzzles to unlock certain Inner Ways.
- Sanctums / Martial Arts Theft: Unlock weapon-path specific Inner Ways by completing sanctum challenges or stealing teachings.
Once unlocked, each Inner Way starts at Tier 1, and you can upgrade to Tier 2, Tier 3, and so on. Some Inner Ways are unlocked or advanced by buying their Torn Page / Tip Tomes from merchants; others require following world clues or completing sanctums. Use the Bag → Develop shortcuts to jump straight to the correct shop entry.
1. Buy Torn Pages (merchant method)
- Open Main Menu → Develop → Inner Ways.
- Select the specific Inner Way you want to unlock.
- If it can be purchased, click ‘Read More / Buy Torn Page’ (button shown on the Inner Way entry).
- The game marks the selling Merchant on the map automatically — go to that merchant and buy the Torn Page / Tome.
Merchant for Tips
2. Unlock by following clues (clue/quest method)
- Open Main Menu → Develop → Inner Ways.
- Select the Inner Way you want and click Comprehend Inner Way (lower-right).
- Click Comprehend the Clue → then Explore.
- If you have gathered enough clues, the game highlights the map area you must visit.
- Go to that location and complete the interaction (NPC, puzzle, quest). The reward will include the Inner Way Tome or unlock the Inner Way.
3. Unlock via Martial Arts Sanctums (skill theft/sanctum method)
- Enter the Martial Art Sanctum for the weapon path (e.g., Heavenquaker Spear Sanctum).
- Perform Skill Theft/complete the sanctum’s objectives and collect treasure chests.
- Stealing or unlocking the Martial Art may grant a weapon-specific Inner Way.
4. Buy Tip Tomes from the shop (fast upgrade method)
- Open Bag → Develop → Inner Ways.
- Select an Inner Way you want to upgrade.
- Click Inner Way Breakthrough → Material requirement → More → Inner Way Tips – Tome.
- This opens the shop UI for Tip Tomes.
- Buy 20 Tip Tomes weekly. Tomes yield random Tips — either wait for desired drops or use the Tips Exchange to reroll.
Tips Exchange
Tips Exchange
Tips Exchange is a feature that allows you to exchange Inner Ways that you no longer need for Vintage Bookplates. You can then use Vintage Bookplates to purchase Recommendation Tomes that drop Tips for the Martial Art you actually use.
Step to Use Tips Exchange
- Open Bag → Develop → Inner Ways → Tips Exchange.
- Click Obtain Book Tokens to enter the recycling station.
- Select the Inner Way Tips/manuals you don’t need (for unused weapons/paths).
- Click Recycle → you receive a Vintage Bookplate (amount depends on tip rarity).
- In the same menu or merchant UI, spend Vintage Bookplate on Recommendation Tomes.
- When buying, choose the Recommendation Tome that matches the Martial Art/weapon path you use (or choose Universal).
- Open the Recommendation Tome → you receive a random Tip from the selected Martial Art pool or Universal pool.
- Repeat recycling and buying until you have the Tips needed for your Breakthrough upgrades.
Notes
- Recycle unwanted Tips first — higher rarity manuals yield more Vintage Bookplates.
- Recommendation Tomes give random Tips only from the pool tied to the chosen path, so select the correct Martial Art when purchasing.
Inner Way Conversion
Inner Way Conversion
Exchange the tips of specific Inner Ways for the tips of Inner Ways you want to upgrade by using the Inner Way Conversion method. Only Purple and Gold-ranked Inner Ways can be converted with this method.
Steps to Use Inner Way Conversion
- Open Bag → Develop → Inner Ways → Inner Way Conversion.
- Confirm both Inner Ways you intend to convert are Purple or Gold (conversion blocked for lower ranks).
- You’ll see two empty slots in the Conversion tab.
- Place the Inner Way you want to receive more Tips into Slot A.
- Place the Inner Way you want to donate Tips from into Slot B.
- Verify the tip counts displayed for each Inner Way (these numbers will be swapped).
- Click Convert Inner Way to perform the swap.
Add Inner Way in Slot
Keep these things in mind while using Inner Way Conversion.
- After conversion, both Inner Ways enter a 7-day cooldown and cannot be converted again during that cooldown.
- You get 4 free conversions per season. After that, each conversion costs Vintage Bookplates.
List of all Inner Ways
| Internal Art | Type | Tags | Martial Art | Effects |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echoes of Oblivion | Bamboocut – Wind | Pursuit, Martial Arts, Debuff | Infernal Twinblades / Mortal Rope Dart | Infernal Twinblades’ normal Light Attacks apply Sin to enemies, while Light Attacks under Flamelash apply Karma. When attacking targets affected by Sin and Karma with Infernal Twinblades’ Light Attacks, ignore their 10% Physical Defense and 10% Bamboocut Resistance, respectively. |
| Riptide Reflex | Bamboocut – Wind | Control, Buff | Infernal Twinblades / Mortal Rope Dart | Hitting an Enemy with a Control Skill reduces the Cooldown of the current Martial Arts Skill by 1s. This effect can only trigger once every 10 seconds. Affected Control Skills include: Bladebound Thread, Coiled Dragon, Qiankun’s Lock, Spring Sorrow, Moon Shatter Spring, Wayfarer’s Drift, Peak’s Springless Silence. |
| Breaking Point | Bamboocut – Wind | Pursuit, Buff, Stacking | Infernal Twinblades / Mortal Rope Dart | Hitting Exhausted enemies with a Critical Hit applies a stack of Disintegration for 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. Each stack grants 10 Physical Penetration and increases Critical DMG Bonus by 5%. |
| Vendetta | Bamboocut – Wind | Martial Arts, Buff, Recover | Infernal Twinblades / Mortal Rope Dart | Guided Blade’s Vendetta Token lasts 5 seconds longer and restores 20 Tokens of Gratitudes. |
| Sword Morph | Bellstrike – Splendor | Attack, Martial Arts, Damage Boost | Nameless Sword / Nameless Spear | When Noname Sword’s Charged Skill, Vagrant Sword, is charged while the Qi shield is present, it unleashes multiple additional sword energy attacks at the 2nd charging stage. You can consume bonus Endurance to increase the sword energy’s damage; each Endurance increases damage by 1%, up to 20%. |
| Battle Anthem | Bellstrike – Splendor | Attack, Damage Boost | Nameless Sword / Nameless Spear | Increases Charged Skills’ damage against all bosses by 10%. |
| Wildfire Spark | Bellstrike – Splendor | Support, Recover | Strategic Sword / Heavenquaker Spear | Refunds 3.5% of the Endurance consumed. |
| Mountain’s Might | Bellstrike – Splendor | Support, Martial Arts, Cost Reduction | Nameless Sword / Nameless Spear | Noname Spear Martial Arts Skill Qiankun’s Lock grants Endless Gale effect, increasing the Endurance cost reduction to 20% for 5 seconds. |
| Sword Horizon | Bellstrike – Umbra | Attack, Martial Arts, Pursuit | Strategic Sword / Heavenquaker Spear | After casting Strategic Sword’s Martial Arts Skill, Special Skill, or Charged Skill, press the skill button at the perfect timing during the ending phase to cast Crisscrossing Swords and unleash follow-up attacks. If the target has 5 stacks of Bleed, remove all Bleed stacks and deal high Bleed damage once. |
| Insightful Strike | Bellstrike – Umbra | Attack, Damage Boost, Dmg Reduction | Strategic Sword / Heavenquaker Spear | Dealing Affinity DMG generates Focus. When Focus is full, enter the Concentration state for 10 seconds. Concentration: Increases Affinity DMG by 10%. Upon hit, there is a 5% chance to reduce damage taken by 40%. |
| Adaptive Steel | Bellstrike – Umbra | Attack, Support, Buff | Strategic Sword / Heavenquaker Spear | Gain a Martial Skill effect based on the blade weapon you are using. The Martial Skill of Sword has a 10-second cooldown, while Dual Blades’ Martial Skill has a cooldown of 25 seconds. |
| Wolfchaser’s Art | Bellstrike – Umbra | Martial Arts, Buff | Strategic Sword / Heavenquaker Spear | Reduces the required combo number to gain Heavenquaker Spear’s Martial Arts Skill, Sorrow Without Wine buff from 5/10 to 4/8. Each time Sorrow Without Wine hits a boss with the Bleed effect from you, there is a 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% / 100% chance to increase the combo count by 1 based on the number of Bleed stacks. |
| Seasonal Edge | General | Attack, Buff, Damage Boost | Universal | After casting a Dual-Weapon Skill, gain one of four offensive bonuses. |
| Morale Chant | General | Attack, Buff, Stacking | Universal | 80% chance to gain one stack of Yi River when attacking or healing. Yi River: Increases Physical Damage and healing by 1% for 8 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. The chance to gain Yi River is only calculated once every 2 seconds. |
| Divine Roulette | General | Counter, Buff, Damage Boost | Universal | Upon a successful deflection, gain one of three buffs that enhance the next skill you use. The effect lasts 10 seconds and can only trigger once every 30 seconds. This applies to Martial Arts Skills, Perception Skills, Special Skills, Charged Skills, and Varied Combos. |
| Fury Harvest | General | Support, Mystic Arts, Recover | Universal | Vitality is required to cast Mystic Arts. Certain recovery actions have a 50% chance to grant 1 bonus Vitality. No bonus Vitality is rewarded when you gain Vitality by attacking, taking a hit, or successfully deflecting an attack. |
| Vital Leech | General | Pursuit, Recover | Universal | Casting an Exhaustion Execution Skill restores HP equal to 8% of the damage dealt. |
| Bitter Seasons | General | Attack, Debuff, Stacking | Universal | When dealing damage, there is a 10% chance to apply a Poison effect for 5 seconds, dealing damage once per second. The Poison reduces the target’s Physical Defense by 0.6% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times (duration refreshed upon stacking). |
| Envigorated Warrior | General | Attack, Buff, Damage Boost | Universal | Increases all damage and healing done by 5%. This effect is disabled for 5 seconds after being hit. Taking a hit also grants a Cage effect, increasing all damage taken by 5%. |
| Evasive Charge | General | Cost Reduction, Recovery | Nameless Sword / Nameless Spear | After a Perfect Dodge, there is a 50% chance to refund 100% of the Endurance consumed. |
| Fivefold Bleed | General | Attack, Damage, Stacking | Universal | Dealing damage has a 10% chance to apply one stack of Weeping Blood for 5 seconds, damaging the target once per second (up to 5 stacks, duration refreshed upon stacking). At 5 stacks, Weeping Blood will be removed from the target and deal piercing damage once. |
| Shadow Assault | General | Attack, Mystic Arts, Damage Boost | Universal | Increases the max range of Assassin Mystic Art Touch of Death’s ambush by 1.5 |
| Steadfast Stance | General | Defense, Control Resistance | Universal | Less likely to suffer stagger effect when attacked. Invalid when the attack comes from a boss or player. |
| Evening Snow | General | Support, Recover | Universal | Within 12 seconds upon entering combat, if HP falls below 60%, gain Snow Vision for 4 seconds, restoring 2% HP +600 HP per second. This effect can trigger once every 300 seconds. |
| Wind Beneath Wings | General | Support, Mystic Arts, Recover | Universal | Reduces the Endurance cost of Movement Mystic Arts Skywalk Dash’s dash while jumping by 10%. After landing, increases Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds. Restores bonus HP (1% Max HP +1,000) after defeating any enemy. |
| Royal Remedy | Silkbind – Deluge | Support, Martial Arts, Recovery | Panacea Fan / Soulshade Umbrella | Increases the healing effect of the water clone created by Panacea Fan’s Martial Arts Skill, Cloudburst Healing, by 10%. If you are within its range, gain 1 Dewdrop each time when receive healing over time. |
| Mending Loom | Silkbind – Deluge | Support, Buff, Recover | Panacea Fan / Soulshade Umbrella | Casting Soulshade Umrella’s Special Skill, Echoing Grow, restores 5 Dewdrops and additionally heals 10% of your Max HP for every 100 Dewdrops consumed. |
| Esoteric Revival | Silkbind – Deluge | Support, Buff, Recover | Panacea Fan / Soulshade Umbrella | Increases the healing of Panacea Fan’s Perception Skill, Resurrection, by 50% on the revived target. |
| Restoring Blossom | Silkbind – Deluge | Support, Buff, Stacking | Panacea Fan / Soulshade Umbrella | Dealing Critical healing applies one stack of Nurturing for 3 seconds, increasing healing received by 2%, stacking up to 3 times. |
| Blossom Barrage | Silkbind – Jade | Attack, Martial Arts, Damage Boost | Inkwell Fan / Ninefold Umbrella | Vernal Umbrella’s Martial Arts Skill Spring Sorrow can hold up to 2 stacks. Hitting a target applies the Combo effect: Increases Damage taken from the caster’s Ballistic Skills by 10% for 8s. Affected Ballistic Skills include: Martial Arts Skill Let Spring Go, Special Skill Everbloom. |
| Star Reacher | Silkbind – Jade | Attack, Pursuit, Buff | Inkwell Fan / Ninefold Umbrella | Gain 10% Physical Attack Bonus for 8 seconds after knocking an enemy airborne. |
| Thunderous Bloom | Silkbind – Jade | Damage Boost, Buff | Inkwell Fan / Ninefold Umbrella | When you move more than 15m within 3 seconds, gain Spring Thunder: The next 3 Heavy Attacks or Airborne Heavy Attacks within 12 seconds gain 15% DMG Bonus. This effect may trigger once per 15 seconds. |
| Flying Gourds | Silkbind – Jade | Martial Arts, Support | Inkwell Fan / Ninefold Umbrella | Grants 2 charges to Inkwell Fan’s Peak’s Springless Silence, but increases its cooldown by 3 seconds. |
| Exquisite Scenery | Stonesplit – Might | Defense, Martial Arts, Counter | Thundercry Blade / Stormbreaker Spear | Successfully defending with Thundercry Blade activates its special counterattack. Press Perception Skill or Heavy Attack to unleash a first-stage Charged Heavy Attack without charging. This effect can only trigger once every 10 seconds. Hitting a target with a Varied Combo restores 1 bar of Battle Will (no more than 1 bar restored per cast). |
| Trapped Beast | Stonesplit – Might | Defense, Buff, Recover | Thundercry Blade / Stormbreaker Spear | Taking damage while HP is below 30% triggers Cornered Beast, generating a shield that absorbs up to 30% of Max HP. This effect lasts 4 seconds and can trigger once every 300 seconds. |
| Art of Resistance | Stonesplit – Might | Defense, Buff | Thundercry Blade / Stormbreaker Spear | Increases the duration of your own HP shield and the bonus effects of its source skill by 4 seconds. |
| Rock Solid | Stonesplit – Might | Defense, Martial Arts, DMG Reduction | Thundercry Blade / Stormbreaker Spear | Increases the DMG Reduction of Stormbreaker Spear’s Roar of Storm by 20% after taunting a boss unit, and by 5% after taunting a non-boss unit, up to 20% in total. While the DMG Reduction is active, it reduces all damage dealt by 10%. |
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