Inner Ways are passive skills in Where Winds Meet that quietly change how your character fights. They shape how your Martial Arts behave, how hard you hit, how fast you recover and how you heal, and they trigger on their own once their condition is met. You can equip up to four at a time, so every slot counts. Unlocking Inner Ways, upgrading them with Inner Way Tips and picking the right ones for your build all take some planning, and some fit more builds than others.
Rarity
Legendary
Blossom Barrage
Gives Spring Sorrow a second charge and makes enemies take more Projectile Skill damage.
- Path
- Silkbind - Jade
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- Vernal Umbrella's Spring Sorrow can hold 2 charges. Hitting an enemy increases the damage they take from your Projectile Skills by 10% for 10 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Complete the quest Shadows in Bloom.
Echoes of Oblivion
Twinblade attacks apply Sin and Karma to pierce enemy defenses.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Wind
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- Infernal Twinblades' normal Light Attacks apply Sin to enemies, while Light Attacks under Flamelash apply Karma. When attacking targets affected by Sin and Karma, Infernal Twinblades' Light Attacks ignore their 10% Physical Defense and 10 Bamboocut Resistance respectively.
- How to Get It
- Complete Fleeting Youth near Emperor Chai Temple on Moonveil Mountain.
Eonpour
Improves Bamboocut - Draught skills while you are Inebriated.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Draught
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- In the Inebriate state, all Bamboocut - Draught skills deal 5% more base damage (10% to non-player units). In the Inebriate - Deepdaze state, Skystrike Gauntlets can trigger Dragonquench - Inebriate, unleashing up to four powerful follow-up strikes for massive damage and granting Tenacity during the attack.
- How to Get It
- After the Jiu Qiansui encounter near Gasping Cliff, talk to Jiu Qiansui and choose "Listen to the Story."
Exquisite Scenery
A defense with Thundercry Blade opens a special counterattack.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Might
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- After a successful defense with Thundercry Blade, activate a special Defensive Riposte. Press Perception Skill or Heavy Attack to perform a third-stage Charged Heavy Attack without charging; you can follow it with a Heavy Attack Varied Combo. This can trigger once every 10 seconds. Defending against an Online Mode Boss also grants Cadence for 20 seconds, stacking up to 2 times. When Defensive Riposte is off cooldown, consume a Cadence stack to trigger it immediately and restore 1 bar of Battle Will.
- How to Get It
- Defeat the Puppeteer in Qinghe.
Frost-Clad Night
Snowparting Blade can trigger a bonus attack after a deflection or charged move.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Strength
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- Successfully deflecting with Snowparting Blade, fully charging its Light Attack, or using Heng Blade's Dual-Weapon Skill can activate Snowbreak Spring. It slashes the enemy and grants Tenacity. The attack deals 36% extra HP damage to non-player targets. During Iron Guards, hitting an enemy with Snowbreak Spring summons an Anxi Soldier for a follow-up attack.
- How to Get It
- Complete To Scorn the Frost near Sparrow Sutra Hall.
Harmony Song
Museflow Waist Drum upgrades its team buffs and adds a short attack boost.
- Path
- Silkbind - Wings
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- While Rustling is active, casting Museflow Waist Drum Special Skill Rippling Dew grants you and nearby allies Radiant Drum for 4s. This increases all Attack types, including Physical Attack and all Attribute Attacks, by 6%, and Movement Speed by 10%. You gain Tenacity while casting Rippling Dew.
- How to Get It
- Complete Seaside Recitation near Cliffside Path: use Lin Xiaoyu's tale of the Eight Immortals to help the seaside scholar.
Morale Chant
Attacks and healing build stacks that raise Physical Damage and healing.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- 80% chance to gain one stack of Yi River when attacking or healing: 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.
- How to Get It
- Buy 10 learning pages from Tang Bao, the Weiyang Merchant at Blissful Retreat, for 500 Echo Jade each, then use Comprehend at Level 11.
Phantom Rally
Scarlet Spin can summon phantom umbrellas that trigger extra explosions.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Dust
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- The first returning umbrella thrown by Scarlet Spin summons a Phantom Umbrella, and every 3rd throw afterward will summon another. Perfect Catches and phantom umbrella summons trigger a resonance with all existing phantom umbrellas, dealing area damage.
- How to Get It
- Complete Whitecrown Fortress and defeat Guo Xin, the white-haired general.
Royal Remedy
Improves Panacea Fan water-clone healing and restores Dew over time.
- Path
- Silkbind - Deluge
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- Increases the healing effect of the water clone created by Panacea Fan's Martial Art Skill, Cloudburst Healing by 10%. If you are within its range, gain 1 Dew each time when receive healing over time.
- How to Get It
- Open the reward chest near Bamboo Retreat.
Seasonal Edge
Dual-Weapon Skills grant one of four random attack boosts.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- When a Dual-Weapon Skill is released, randomly gain one of the following Seasonal Edge effects: Spring: Restores 30 Endurance immediately and recovers 1% HP per second. Summer: Increases All Martial Arts Enhancement by 10%, and by an additional 10% when HP is above 75%. Autumn: Increases Mystic Skill damage by 10% and restores 2 Vitality per second. Winter: Reduces damage taken by 20% and increases the Endurance cost of sprinting, dodging, and jumping by 200%. This effect lasts up to 10 seconds, and triggers once every 30 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Buy ten learning pages from Cao Sheng's Studio of Calligraphy & Painting for 500 Echo Jade each.
Soaring High
At full Heaven’s Will, turns a heavy attack into an empowered Vile Condemned strike.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Kite
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- When Heaven's Will reaches 3 bars, Heavenwill Gauntlets' Heavy Attack Charged Skill evolves into Vile Condemned: End, consuming 3 bars of Heaven's Will to deal massive damage in a larger area and granting Invincibility while casting (Cooldown: 18 seconds). Hitting a non-player unit with Falcon's Pursuit and Vile Condemned series skills deals 20% bonus HP damage.
- How to Get It
- Follow the Jianghu Legacy Mountain Unveiled through Mirkvale near Hangrock Hamlet.
Sword Horizon
Strategic Sword skills unlock a timed follow-up that consumes Bleed for a burst.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Umbra
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- After casting Strategic Sword's Martial Art 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.
- How to Get It
- Buy Unknown Old Books for 12,500 Coins each at Ni Laoshan's The Buried Tomes shop in Ghostlight Market, then use them from your inventory.
Sword Morph
Nameless Sword can release extra sword waves while its Qi shield is active.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Splendor
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Effect
- When Nameless Sword's Charged Skill Vagrant Sword is charged while the Qi shield is active, it unleashes multiple sword energy attacks upon charging to the second stage. Charging beyond the second stage no longer consumes Endurance. When unleashed, the multiple sword energy attacks consume extra Endurance to increase damage by 1.5% per point consumed, up to 30%.
- How to Get It
- In A Warrior's Journey, claim the Day 3 log-in points, then claim the first progress reward. The days don't need to be in a row.
Rarity
Epic
Adaptive Steel
Changes its weapon bonus to match the blade you have equipped.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Umbra
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Gain a Weapon Mastery effect based on your current blade weapon. Sword: Affinity damage has a 10% chance to apply Bleed. Spear: attacks ignore 12.5% of the target's Physical Defense. Dual Blades: after a Perfect Dodge, your next Martial Arts Skill deals 25% more damage within 8 seconds. Mo Blade: Charged Skills and Parry Counter Skills deal 20% more Critical Damage. Heng Blade: a successful deflection increases Light and Heavy Attack Varied Combo damage by 5% for 5 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Unlock Melody of Virtue I at Qi Sheng's Oddity exchange in Qinghe (27 Oddities along the direct path, Level 21 needed).
Art of Resistance
Extends your HP shield and the bonus effects from the skill that made it.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Might
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Increases the duration of your own HP shield and the bonus effects of its source skill by 4 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Complete the quest Scammer Victims near Harvestfall Village: help Well of Heaven disciple Zhang Yihao, then ask him about the Inner Way.
Battle Anthem
Makes Charged Skills deal extra damage to bosses.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Splendor
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Increases Charged Skills' damage against all bosses by 10%.
- How to Get It
- Clear Buddha Fort for the first time.
Bitter Seasons
Can poison targets and reduce their Physical Defense.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- When dealing damage, there is a 10% chance to apply a Poison effect for 5 seconds, dealing damage once per second. The Poison reduces target's Physical Defense by 0.6% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times (duration refreshed upon stacking).
- How to Get It
- Open the tome chest in the hut at Gleaming Abyss.
Blade's Will
Builds a stacking effect when drum or combo attacks hit several enemies.
- Path
- Silkbind - Wings
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- When Light/Heavy Attack: Varied Combo and Museflow Waist Drum Drumbeat skills hit at least 3 enemies simultaneously, apply 1 stack of Blade of Grass to them for 5s: player units' Endurance Cost increases by 1% and their damage dealt decreases by 1%; non-player units take 2% more damage from Light/Heavy Attack: Varied Combo and Drumbeat skills. Blade of Grass stacks up to 5 times. Applicable skills include: Thundercry Blade: Light Attack Varied Combo, Thundercry Blade: Heavy Attack Varied Combo, Moon Shatter Spring, Colorful Phoenix, Bamboo Breeze, Stygian Freeze, Snowbreak Spring, Rhythm of Accord, and End of Gale.
- How to Get It
- Complete Return, O Soul near Sageplow Stead and reach the far end of the Han Mausoleum.
Breaking Point
Critical hits on Exhausted enemies build Physical Penetration and Critical Damage.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Wind
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Dealing Critical Damage to an enemy under the Spirit Depletion state grants you 1 stack of Collapse. Each stack of Collapse increases your Physical Penetration by 5 and Critical Damage by 5%. Stacks up to 3 times, lasting 3 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Defeat Yi Dao in the Dreamscape encounter near Source of Still Waters.
Celestial Vigor
Perfect Dodges build short damage, healing, and damage-reduction bonuses.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Kite
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- After triggering a Perfect Dodge, gains Unceasing for 5 seconds: Increases damage and healing dealt by 0.5%, deals 0.8% bonus damage to enemies within 5 meters, and grants 0.8% bonus healing to allies within 5 meters. Unceasing stacks up to 5 times.
- How to Get It
- Buy the tome from the Mohist Hill sect shop for 20,000 Coin (Sects > Shop > View Other Sects). You don't need to join the sect.
Divine Roulette
Deflections grant one of three boosts to your next skill.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Upon a successful deflection, gain one of the following effects: Immortal Guidance: Increases the next skill's damage by 10%. Immortal Heart: The next skill is guaranteed to be Critical. Immortal Spirit: The next skill is guaranteed to be an Affinity hit. The effect lasts 10 seconds and can only trigger once every 30 seconds. It applies to Martial Art Skills, Perception Skill s, Special Skills, Charged Skills, and Varied Combos.
- How to Get It
- Defeat The Void King in Gleaming Abyss, on underground Layer 2 of Gleaming Pond near Wraith Village.
Empirical Edge
Martial Art effects build penetration when they deal damage.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Kite
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- When Martial Art effects deal damage, gain Cognition for 5 seconds, stacking up to 3 times: Increases all types of Attribute Attack Penetration by 2 when calculating the damage of Martial Art effects, with an additional increase of 2 for Heavenwill Gauntlets' Martial Art - Falcon's Pursuit and Heavy Attack Charged Skill - Vile Condemned series skills. Up to 1 Cognition stack can be gained per second. Applicable Martial Art effects include: Heavenwill Gauntlets - Falcon's Pursuit /Heavy Attack Charged Skill - Vile Condemned series skills, Mortal Rope Dart - Rodent, Everspring Umbrella - Resonance, Phalanxbane Blade - Anxi Army Assist.
- How to Get It
- Buy the tome from the Mohist Hill sect shop for 20,000 Coin (Sects > Shop > View Other Sects). You don't need to join the sect.
Envigorated Warrior
Raises your damage and healing until you take a hit.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- 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%.
- How to Get It
- Complete the campaign at Still Shore.
Esoteric Revival
Strengthens the healing from Panacea Fan's revive skill.
- Path
- Silkbind - Deluge
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Increases the healing of Panacea Fan's Perception Skill, Resurrection, by 50% on the revived target.
- How to Get It
- Defeat the Sleeping Daoist.
Evasive Charge
A Perfect Dodge can return all the Endurance it used.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- After a Perfect Dodge, there is a 50% chance to refund 100% of the Endurance consumed.
- How to Get It
- Complete Streetwise Sage near East Cross Street and hear Xue Chou explain the full story.
Flying Gourds
Gives Inkwell Fan's Peak's Springless Silence extra charges, with a longer cooldown.
- Path
- Silkbind - Jade
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Grants 2 charges to Inkwell Fan's Peak's Springless Silence, but increases its cooldown by 3 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Open the reward chest near Halo Peak.
Fury Harvest
Some recovery actions can restore bonus Vitality for Mystic Skills.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Vitality is required to cast Mystic Skills. 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.
- How to Get It
- Complete the campaign at Bodhi Sea.
Heart of Fire
At low health, Vigilance restores health and reduces incoming damage.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Triggers Vigilance effect when own Health falls below 30%, restoring 20% Health and reducing damage taken by 20% for 10 seconds. Triggers once every 120 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Complete Death of the Governor near the Governor's Residence in Hehuang Old Town.
Ink and Strings
Improves attacks and healing while an attack buff is active.
- Path
- Silkbind - Wings
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- While an Attack Buff Effect is active, if your HP is above 50%, all types of Attribute Attack Penetration increase by 5 for damage and healing calculations. If your HP is below 50%, HP Drain is increased by 5%, up to a maximum of 2.5% of your max HP per second. Applicable Attack Buff Effects include: Museflow Waist Drum: Radiant, Willowbend Fan: Rustling, and Soulshade Umbrella: DMG Boost and DMG Boost: Deluge.
- How to Get It
- Complete Graceful Melody near Serenity Cottage.
Insightful Strike
Affinity damage fills Focus for a temporary Affinity damage boost.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Umbra
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- 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%.
- How to Get It
- Earn Grade A in Feng Jisheng's Archery Competition by finishing at least four hits ahead.
Light Anew
Hits on groups slow them and make them take more damage.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Dust
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- When hitting 3 or more enemies at once, inflict Candlelight on them for 3s. Each stack reduces Movement Speed by 4% and increases damage taken by 2%, stacking up to 5 times. Candlelight can be inflicted once per 0.5s on each enemy (from any source).
- How to Get It
- Complete A Wellspring of Hope near Horsehelm Village and learn the Karez well-diggers' story.
Light and Shadow Alike
Righteous Return increases direct damage against wounded targets.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- With a rallying cry, the banner of Righteous Return is raised. Gain Righteous Return: Increases direct damage dealt by 3%, with an additional increase based on target's missing HP percentage (0.5% increase per 20% HP lost, up to 2%).
- How to Get It
- Complete The Homeward Vow near Skybrim Market.
Mending Loom
Echoing Grow restores Dew and heals based on the amount spent.
- Path
- Silkbind - Deluge
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Casting Soulshade Umbrella's Special Skill Echoing Grow restores 5 Dew and heals 10% of your Max HP for every 100 Dew consumed.
- How to Get It
- Complete Beneath the Frost by defeating Zheng E at the Ever-Normal Granary.
Mistwing
Adds Physical Penetration against targets as their health drops.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Draught
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Physical Penetration increases based on the target's missing HP, gaining 1 for every 20% HP lost, up to 4.
- How to Get It
- Open the reward chest near the Hall of Seasons.
Mountain's Might
Extends the Endurance-saving effect from Nameless Spear's Qiankun's Lock.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Splendor
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Extends the duration of Endless Gale from Nameless Spear's Martial Art Skill Qiankun's Lock to 10s, and increases its Endurance cost reduction to 20% (with an extra 10% reduction for Sprint and Charged Skills).
- How to Get It
- Open the five Mountain's Might page chests around the Hall of Seasons and the villa tunnels beneath it. Each holds two pages; ten pages form the Inner Way.
Restoring Blossom
Critical healing builds stacks that increase the healing a target receives.
- Path
- Silkbind - Deluge
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Dealing Critical healing applies one stack of Nurturing for 6 seconds, increasing healing received by 2%, stacking up to 3 times.
- How to Get It
- Join the Healer's Union through Legacy: Healer's Calling near Mercyheart Town.
Riptide Reflex
Control hits shorten the cooldown of your current Martial Arts Skill.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Wind
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Hitting an enemy with a Control Skill reduces the current Martial Arts Skill's cooldown by 1 second. This can trigger once every 10 seconds. Qualifying Control Skills include Bladebound Thread, Coiled Dragon, Qiankun's Lock, Spring Sorrow, Moon Shatter Spring, Wayfarer's Drift and Peak's Springless Silence.
- How to Get It
- During Veiled Blades near Goldwater Street, solve the Contraption Tower and open the manual chest in the final underground chamber.
Rock Solid
Stormbreaker Spear gains damage reduction after taunting, at the cost of your damage.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Might
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Increases the DMG Reduction of Stormbreaker Spear's Storm Roar 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, reduces all damage dealt by 10%.
- How to Get It
- Complete Unbound Cavern by defeating the Dao Lord of Ghostlight Market.
Sky Gripped
Snaring Lash applies Heaven’s Might and supports Bamboocut - Kite attacks.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Kite
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- When Skygrasp Rope Dart's Snaring Lash damages an enemy, it applies Heaven's Might for up to 15 seconds. Falcon's Pursuit and Vile Condemned skills deal 10% more HP damage to targets affected by your Heaven's Might. If Heavenwill Gauntlets is equipped too, Snaring Lash also triggers Falcon's Pursuit and restores 0.1 bars of Heaven's Will (0.3 bars during Heaven's Unity).
- How to Get It
- Complete the Hidden Mountain campaign Changeless Heart.
Skyspeak
Builds Binge Points and strengthens Riven Twinblades while Inebriated.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Draught
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- In the Inebriate - Deepdaze state, Riven Twinblades can trigger Hero's Blood - Inebriate. Build momentum with drunken steps, then dash forward at extreme speed and launch enemies upward. While airborne, unleash multiple arcing Blade Energy slashes that deal heavy damage to surrounding enemies. Gain Tenacity during the skill and refresh Carouse.
- How to Get It
- After the Li Yangui encounter near Northern Vow Ruins, talk to Li Yangui and choose "Revisit."
Song of Tang
Martial Art attacks build stacks that change at high or low health.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Dust
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- When dealing damage with Martial Art skills, gain Tang Melody for 4s (max 5 stacks, limited to 1 stack per second). Each stack grants Martial Art Skill bonus: when above 50% HP, +2% Critical Damage; when below 50% HP, +2% HP Drain (capped at 2.5% of your Max HP per second).
- How to Get It
- Complete In the Quiet of Night by sailing toward the moon through the Tang Dynasty phantom.
Star Reacher
Lingering Bone and airborne hits grant Physical Attack bonuses.
- Path
- Silkbind - Jade
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Applying Lingering Bone grants 5% Physical Attack for up to 8 seconds. This can trigger once per second and refreshes its duration. Knocking a target airborne raises the bonus to 10%.
- How to Get It
- Defeat the Snake Doctor.
Steadfast Devotion
Adds a third charged stage to Phalanxbane Blade’s Heart Ablaze.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Strength
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Phalanxbane Blade Heavy Attack Charged Skill Heart Ablaze gains a third charge stage that deals massive damage. While Ironclad Soul is active, an Anxi Army Mo Blade soldier performs the third-stage leap slash at your target.
- How to Get It
- Complete A Gourd Never Returns at the top of Wuwei Mountain near the Sanctum of Austerity.
Throat-Piercing Art
Varied Combos build stacks that pierce resistance and raise Critical Damage.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Strength
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Light and Heavy Attack Varied Combos grant Throat-Pierced for 8 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. Each stack lets direct damage ignore 2 points of Physical Resistance and raises Critical Damage by 2%. Qualifying skills include Thundercry Blade's Light and Heavy Attack Varied Combos, Moon Shatter Spring, Colorful Phoenix, Bamboo Breeze, Frozen Under Spring and Finding Spring.
- How to Get It
- Find the skill scripture near Sparrow Sutra Hall and choose "Contemplate."
Thunderous Bloom
Completing a Martial Art Skill empowers several of your next attacks.
- Path
- Silkbind - Jade
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Upon completing a Martial Art Skill cast, gains 3 stacks of Spring Thunder: Each time Heavy Attack, Heavy Attack Pursuit Skill, Light Attack, and Ballistic Skill deals damage, consume 1 stack to increase the HP damage dealt by these skills by 15% for that hit and the next 1 second. The DMG Boost cannot stack. Spring Thunder can only trigger once every 15 seconds and be retained for up to 12 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Clear Mercyheart Monastery for the first time.
Towline Sweep
Soul Sweep and Piercing Dart build tokens and apply Soul Loss.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Dust
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Casting Soul Sweep grants 50 Tokens of Gratitude. Piercing Dart's sweeping combo applies one Soul Loss stack per hit (two while Soulbound); its first hit also pulls the enemy in.
- How to Get It
- Complete Desert Without Sails by reaching the end of Celestial Spring Station.
Trapped Beast
Taking a hit at low health creates a shield.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Might
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Taking damage while HP is below 30% triggers Cornered Beast, generating a shield that absorbs damage up to 30% of Max HP. This effect lasts 4 seconds and can trigger once every 300 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Open the reward chest in the Ghostlight Market underground near the Grand Canal.
Vendetta
Extends Mortal Rope Dart’s Vendetta effect and restores Gratitude tokens.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Wind
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Bladebound Thread's Vendetta Token, Rodent Rampage and the rodents summoned by Charging Stance last 15 seconds longer and restore 20 Tokens of Gratitude.
- How to Get It
- Complete Jinming Pool near Bian River Gate by defeating Murong Yuan and the wooden eagle.
Vital Leech
Exhaustion Executions restore health based on damage dealt.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Casting Exhaustion Execution skill restores HP equal to 8% of the damage dealt.
- How to Get It
- Complete the campaign at the Palace of Annals.
Volutefit
Reduces direct damage in Winebound states while increasing damage over time.
- Path
- Bamboocut - Draught
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- In the Winebound states, take 5% less direct damage but 10% more damage over time. Winebound states include Inebriate and Intoxicated, gained through Mystic Skills.
- How to Get It
- Open the reward chest underground at Buddha's Light Summit near Halo Peak.
Wildfire Spark
Returns a share of the Endurance you spend.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Splendor
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Refunds 3.5% of the Endurance consumed.
- How to Get It
- Complete Deerforage's Remedy with Shi Yimo, finishing with "Taste the mushroom soup."
Wildfire Surge
Tenacity increases damage and grants damage reduction and health drain near enemies.
- Path
- Stonesplit - Strength
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- While in Tenacity, damage dealt increases by 4%. Gain an extra 1% per enemy within 3 meters, up to an additional 3%.
- How to Get It
- Find the skill scripture near Sparrow Sutra Hall and choose "Contemplate."
Wolfchaser's Art
Reduces Heavenquaker Spear's Sober Sorrow combo requirements and builds combos against Bleeding bosses.
- Path
- Bellstrike - Umbra
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- Reduces the required combo number to gain the buff of Heavenquaker Spear's Martial Art Skill, Sober Sorrow from 5/10 to 4/8. When Sober Sorrow hits a unit with Bleed effect from you, there is a 60%/70%/80%/90%/100% chance to increase the combo count by 1 based on the number of Bleed stacks.
- How to Get It
- Open the tome chest in the Heavenquaker Spear Skill Theft cave near Wildmane Ranch.
Zephyr Whispers
Willowbend Fan attacks unlock End of Gale, a multi-target follow-up.
- Path
- Silkbind - Wings
- Rarity
- Epic
- Effect
- After Willowbend Fan Enhanced Martial Art Skill Boundless Bloom hits a target, you can perceive Heavy Attack Varied Combo End of Gale. You gain Tenacity while casting it, rushing between and striking up to 4 targets at extreme speed, dealing moderate damage and knocking them down.
- How to Get It
- Complete Riddled Echoes near Crownleek Terrace and reach the far end of the Han Mausoleum.
Rarity
Rare
Evening Snow
A low-health trigger early in combat gives you a brief heal.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Effect
- 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.
- How to Get It
- Collect five pages from each of two chests: one in Aunt Han's room and one in the underground area near Blissful Retreat.
Fivefold Bleed
Hits can build Weeping Blood, which bursts into piercing damage.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Effect
- 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.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Wandering Tale A Faltering Flame, which ends with Deng Santong's lamp.
Sandswirl Tail
Uses less Endurance while you travel as a brocade carp.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Effect
- While transformed into a brocade carp via Moonleap Morph, sprinting and jumping consume 50% less Endurance.
- How to Get It
- Pass the Divinecraft Corridor challenge near Poplar Bazaar.
Shadow Assault
Extends Touch of Death and returns health after a successful ambush.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Effect
- Enhances Touch of Death, increasing its range by 1.5m and damage by 10%. Upon a successful hit, restores HP equal to 5% of the damage dealt.
- How to Get It
- Unlock Melody of Merit I at Qi Sheng's Oddity exchange in Qinghe (9 Oddities along the direct path).
Steadfast Stance
Reduces stagger from attacks by non-boss and non-player enemies.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Effect
- Less likely to suffer stagger effect when attacked. Invalid when the attack comes from a boss or player.
- How to Get It
- Look behind the statue at General's Shrine and interact with what's there.
Wind Beneath Wings
Makes aerial Skywalk Dash cheaper and speeds you up after landing.
- Path
- Universal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Effect
- Reduces the Endurance cost by 10% when dashing forward with Movement Mystic Skill Skywalk Dash while airborne. Outside the Arena, increases Movement Speed by 30% for 3s after landing. Restores HP after defeating any enemy (1% Max HP + 1,000).
- How to Get It
- Take down the Tiger Fort near Northern Vow Ruins.
How Inner Ways Work in Where Winds Meet
Inner Ways are one of three main skill types, alongside Martial Arts and Mystic Arts. They're passive, so once you equip one, it triggers on its own when its condition is met. Almost all of them only do anything in combat.
You can equip up to four at once, and that limit never goes up. The game won't stop you from equipping an Inner Way that does nothing for your current weapons, so read each description and check the weapon it names. In the Inner Way menu, the label under each one shows where it fits. A weapon name means it's built for that weapon, and "Universal" in gray means it works with any build.
Path tags work a little differently. The Paths are Bellstrike, Stonesplit, Bamboocut and Silkbind, and each has its own variants, such as Bellstrike - Umbra or Silkbind - Wings. A Path tag is a hint, not a lock. A Path-tied Inner Way usually links to that Path's Martial Arts and damage types, so the tag tells you what it's built around.
How to Unlock Inner Ways
Most Inner Ways fall into one of three patterns: buying tome pages from merchants, following Jianghu legacy clues and quests, or stealing Martial Arts from sanctums. Some also come from chests and bosses. Your starting point is the Inner Way menu, found under Main Menu, then Develop, then Inner Way, and it shows what each one needs.
Many Inner Ways are sold as tomes split into pages, and you need every page in the set to put the full tome together. Buy the pages from the merchant the menu points you to, then use them from your inventory to learn the Inner Way. Pages cost Echo Jade, which makes Inner Ways one of the biggest long-term uses for that currency.
Some Inner Ways are tied to Jianghu legacy clues instead. Pick one that lists clues as its source, choose Comprehend Inner Way in the lower-right corner, then press Comprehend the Clue and Explore. Once your clue progress is high enough, the game highlights a search area on the map, and an interaction there, such as talking to a certain character or starting a quest, leads to the tome.
The last group is locked behind Martial Arts sanctums, which work like stealth dungeons. Find the sanctum tied to a weapon, loot its chests, and perform a Skill Theft on the Martial Art you want. Learning that Martial Art unlocks the Inner Way bonded to it, so stealing the Heavenquaker Spear Martial Art unlocks Wolfchaser's Art.
How to Upgrade Inner Ways With Tips
Unlocking an Inner Way gets you its Tier 1 version. From there, you raise it through Breakthrough, which uses Inner Way Tips or Notes made for that specific skill. Each tier adds small improvements along a branching path of nodes.
Breakthrough requires Solo Mode Level 4 first. Open the Inner Way menu, select the Inner Way, go to its Breakthrough view, and check the Tips needed for the next node. Costs climb with each node, which is why a fully maxed Inner Way is a long grind.
Tips come from a few places. Certain NPCs sell a limited number for a given Inner Way in exchange for Echo Jade. The in-game shop sells random Tip tomes with a weekly limit, and some energy-gated activities and bosses drop chests containing random Tips across different Paths and rarities. Because shop tomes and chest drops are random, you can't always get exactly the Tips you want.
Tips Exchange and Inner Way Conversion
Tips Exchange is how you recycle Tips you won't use. Open the Inner Way menu, select Tips Exchange, choose Obtain Book Tokens, and recycle the Tips you don't need. You'll get Vintage Bookmarks back, and the amount depends on each Tip's rarity.
Spend those Bookmarks on Recommendation Tomes for a specific weapon or Path. Opening one gives you a random Tip for an Inner Way tied to that weapon, or a Universal Tip for that Path. It doesn't remove the luck, but it narrows the pool a lot, which helps if you're changing your build.
Inner Way Conversion works differently. It swaps upgrade progress between two of your higher-rarity Inner Ways, so you can move on from an early choice without starting over. Put the Inner Way you're taking progress from in one slot, the one you want to boost in the other, and confirm. Some uses are free, and after that each one costs Echo Jade. Afterward, the Inner Way Notes lock so you can't recycle them by accident.
Best Inner Ways for Most Builds
Some Universal Inner Ways fit almost any build. Morale Chant, Envigorated Warrior, Divine Roulette, Evening Snow and Vital Leech are good examples. They respond to things you do in most fights rather than being locked to one weapon, which makes them a good fit when two of your slots already go to weapon-specific picks. Envigorated Warrior, for example, pauses its boost for five seconds after you take a hit.
Several Inner Ways tie into Mystic Arts. Fury Harvest can grant bonus Vitality, the resource Mystic Arts need, from certain recovery actions. Shadow Assault boosts Touch of Death, and Wind Beneath Wings makes aerial Skywalk Dash cheaper. A Touch of Death setup backed by Shadow Assault and Morale Chant can be a full assassin playstyle in both PvE and Arena.
Path-tied Inner Ways are where each weapon's style comes through. Sword Morph adds extra sword energy attacks to Nameless Sword's charged strike while its Qi shield is active. Rock Solid gives Stormbreaker Spear damage reduction after a taunt, at the cost of some of your own damage. A typical endgame setup pairs one Inner Way for each of your two weapons with one or two Universal picks in the remaining slots.
FAQ
Q.
Does Inner Way Conversion cost anything in Where Winds Meet?
Once your free uses run out, each Conversion costs Echo Jade. New Paths can also come with extra free Conversions, which makes switching cheaper for a while. Those extra free uses expire when the next season begins, so use them before then.
Q.
How do you level up Inner Ways faster?
Defeating a world boss for the first time pays out Inner Way Note: Custom Chests. The Season Shop also has an Inner Way Note chest worth checking.
Q.
Do you need to max out Inner Ways for Group Strategy?
No. Group Strategy standardizes every Inner Way at Tier 6, so a fully upgraded one isn't needed to compete there.
Q.
Can you get Inner Ways with Coin instead of Echo Jade?
Some can. Sword Horizon, for example, needs Unknown Old Books that cost 12,500 Coins each at a shop in Ghostlight Market. Many others come from quests, chests and bosses instead, so buying isn't the only route.
