Mystic Arts are special abilities in Where Winds Meet that sit apart from the weapon-based Martial Arts you use in everyday fights. They cover a wide mix of jobs. Some hit hard or hold enemies in place, some help you sneak or cross the map quickly, and others help with puzzles or with spotting things nearby. You equip the ones you want and use them when the moment calls for it.
Category
Combat and Utility
Dragon's Breath
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Drink to become Intoxicated, then breathe fire in two hits that inflict Combustion. Gain 15% damage reduction and Tenacity while casting; for 30 seconds, Dragon's Breath and Drunken Poet can be used without drinking again.
- How to Get It
- Start the Dragon’s Breath Wandering Tale with Luo Jiu at Beast Reverie; recover Travelogue: Toehari from Liang Yuan and return it to Luo Jiu.
Drunken Poet
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Drink to become Intoxicated, then chain up to five strikes, spending 6 Vitality per strike. At Tier V, the final hit refunds 4 Vitality; Dragon's Breath and Drunken Poet can be used without drinking again for 30 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Keep drinking wine from the Honest Merchant at Blissful Retreat until the skill is learned.
Ghost Bind
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Flash before enemies to immobilize up to 6 targets for 5 seconds and break their Vital Spots. It does not affect powerful enemies or players.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Unwanted Hospitality quest in Kaifeng’s Forsaken Quarter.
Guardian Palm
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Strike forward twice, then leap and slam the ground to knock back nearby enemies. When cast 1 to 5 meters above the ground, it becomes Guardian's Beacon, a ground slam that knocks down nearby enemies and has a 12-second cooldown.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Where a Thousand Buddhas Wept side story in Sundara Land.
Tai Chi
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Out of combat, gather leaves, make ripples that send fish leaping, or reverse resonating objects in Hexi. In combat, pull and spin a target before throwing it; the throw grows stronger the longer the target is lifted, up to 300%, and removes shields from shield-bearing enemies.
- How to Get It
- Complete A Bear of a Task in Verdant Wilds and learn the bear’s technique through Skill Theft.
Meridian Touch
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Out of combat, select acupoints for a chance at special effects; in combat, it can immobilize an enemy and destroy its Vital Spots. The immobilize does not affect powerful enemies, and breaking Vital Spots disables their Qi regeneration.
- How to Get It
- Find Yan Qiren, frozen near the Stonewash Strand teleporter, and complete his interaction to learn the technique.
Celestial Seize
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Out of combat, steal an item from a target's Bag at a distance; in combat, disarm an enemy and counter with its weapon. In Co-op only the host can pull, and it cannot disarm in Co-op or Online modes.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Foul Play exploration quest at Heaven’s Pier.
Cloud Steps
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Out of combat, leap to marked locations or hold your breath to jump to them; in combat, stomp an enemy's shoulders, with extra impact against cavalry and units with Unstable Poise. Jumping interrupts the shoulder stomp, and the landing is faster while its interrupt points stay the same.
- How to Get It
- During Echoes in the Shrine, inspect the corpse under General’s Shrine in Qinghe.
Lion's Roar
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Slam a bell, then unleash a 14-hit roar across a large area while gaining 15% damage reduction and Tenacity. Hitting a target with Toad Venom detonates and spreads the venom, increasing the roar's damage.
- How to Get It
- Strike all four giant copper bells scattered around Qinghe.
Leaping Toad
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Pounce up to three times, spending 15 Vitality per repeat and inflicting Toad Venom, which lasts 5 seconds. The third pounce becomes Golden Toad Crash and knocks down nearby enemies; Lion's Roar can detonate the venom early.
- How to Get It
- Observe and learn from the Golden Toad at General’s Shrine using Skill Theft.
Flaming Meteor
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Charge and stomp, hurl a blazing blade that explodes around the target, then crash down like a meteor. Gain 15% damage reduction and Super Armor during the skill, and you cannot be Exhausted.
- How to Get It
- In the Bodhi Sea Challenge rematch, deflect Ye Wanshan to fill the study meter, then win the fight.
Flute of the Tides
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Call down a starfall of notes, then summon a flute that follows you for 12.5 seconds and releases up to five sequences of sound ripples. Each sequence strikes up to five distinct targets.
- How to Get It
- Reach level 14 and start By Lamplight; perform the flute challenge for the monk at Peaceward Camp in Hexi and earn Lingering Echoes.
Talon Strike
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Swipe a target and follow with three more strikes; all four can break the enemy's defense. Breaking defense grants Super Armor for the rest of the animation, and Defense Break Mystic Skills share a cooldown.
- How to Get It
- Complete Skill Theft at the bird nest below the Palace of Annals in Qinghe.
Yaksha Rush
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Lunge forward and kick to launch the target; both attacks can break its defense. A defense break deals extra damage and grants Super Armor during the animation, and Break Defense Mystic Skills share a cooldown.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Jianghu Legacy quest The Promised Light.
Free Morph
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Leap into a string of kicks that launches one target and keeps it airborne, then slam down to hit nearby enemies.
- How to Get It
- After The Promised Light, deflect Tian Ying’s phase-two spinning kicks in the Halo Peak Challenge rematch until the study meter fills, then win.
Wolflike Frenzy
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Knock an enemy down with your staff, follow with rapid strikes, then finish with an upward swing that leaves it unable to fight back. The skill has extra effects against cavalry and units with Unstable Poise.
- How to Get It
- Open the reward chest in Unbound Cavern above the Ghostlight Market entrance.
Soaring Spin
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Thrust forward, then spin through enemies caught in the attack. Targets hit recover 60% less healing for 5 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Open the reward chest above the large statue in Kaifeng’s Martial Temple.
Dragon Head
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Shape leaves and dust into a dragon's head that strikes and knocks back nearby enemies; gain 15% damage reduction and Super Armor while casting. If it hits no target, restore 60 Vitality and reduce its cooldown to 30 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Learn 35 other Mystic Arts to receive Dragon Head.
Blinding Mist
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Release poisonous mist that blinds enemies and leaves them unable to fight for 5 seconds, allowing a Touch of Death follow-up; it is ineffective against mighty enemies. Its base cooldown is 30 seconds, its Vitality cost is reduced by 30, and Tier III raises Touch of Death's damage bonus to 30%.
- How to Get It
- Complete Blind to the World (Jianghu Legacy 04) at Moonveil Mountain and learn the skill from Unfated Tian.
Serene Breeze
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Clear your afflictions, even while Staggered, Controlled, or Silenced; enemies hit recover Endurance 50% more slowly for 8 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Spend 12 points along the connected Basic Talent path, then unlock its Mystic Arts node.
Golden Body
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Enter Golden Body for 8 seconds, gaining a shield and restoring 10 Qi. While the shield lasts, gain Tenacity and 15% damage reduction; in Arena, Tenacity lasts up to 4 seconds.
- How to Get It
- During Chen-Wu hours, use Celestial Seize on Shi Yi in the Grand Imperial Temple and use the scroll he drops.
Ghostly Steps
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Gain Mirage for 20 seconds, reducing the Endurance cost of ground dodges by 40% and slightly extending untargetable time.
- How to Get It
- Open the final reward chest in the hidden Ghostlight Market cave.
Honking Havoc
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Make a Goose Thug honk twice in a wide area, inflicting Breath-hold for 6 seconds, then kick nearby enemies as it breaks free. Breath-hold is disabled in Co-op and Multiplayer modes.
- How to Get It
- Complete Skill Theft on the goose bullying a bear between Blissful Retreat and Heaven’s Pier.
Nightborne Glow
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Summon fireflies that cast light around you for 30 seconds in the dark.
- How to Get It
- Collect five fireflies beside the Meow Meow at Crimson Cliffs Lake.
Veil of Stillness
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Steady your breath to gain Stealth for a short time. The effect ends if you face an enemy head-on.
- How to Get It
- Complete Unearned Lesson near Moonveil Peak, then use Skill Theft on the nearby martial arts practitioner.
Bursting Nine
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Fire a shower of Bronze Arrows that damages an area and prevents the target from jumping for 5 seconds. If all arrows hit one target, the damage multiplier is 270% and the minimum damage decay threshold is 20%.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Evershift Labyrinth Jianghu Legacy at Hidden Mountain.
World to Sword
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Summon an ancient sword to follow you for 9 seconds; it absorbs stray inner energy and stores excess healing as Qi Blades. The blades can hit targets within 30 meters, trigger no more than once every 0.3 seconds, and fire up to 15 times during the effect.
- How to Get It
- Complete The Lost Bronze Sword in Raven’s Testament: heal the Ancient Bronze Sword beside Wu Zhi and return it.
Inkwash Splendor
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Dash through targets with brush strikes; after the first hit, press again within 3 seconds to spend 20 Vitality on a grounded follow-up. Hits inflict Cripple for 7 seconds, preventing jumps and increasing dodge Endurance cost by 40%; away from enemies, it becomes a no-damage Ink Splash.
- How to Get It
- Find the secret manual in a chest at Qingzhou’s Essence Retreat, near the “Go to the table and take a seat” step.
Dear Sword
- Type
- Combat and Utility
- What It Does
- Chain four stages of sword-and-fan strikes, pressing again after the first three stages; the third costs 30 extra Vitality and knocks the enemy down. Outside the Arena on open, level ground, a party member with Earthbound Sword can join for a Rapport Combo.
- How to Get It
- Follow the inscription clues left by two friends at Qingzhou’s Essence Retreat and collect the Rapport Sword Manual nearby.
Category
General and Contextual
Divine Counter
- Type
- General and Contextual
- What It Does
- Defend against an enemy technique, then counter with precise timing to reduce the target's Endurance recovery by 50% for 8 seconds.
- How to Get It
- Unlock the Divine Counter node in the Basic Talent tree.
Star Shift
- Type
- General and Contextual
- What It Does
- Spend an Insight Point just before an attack lands to deflect and neutralize it; you start with 2 Insight Points. Deflection Assist is disabled in Trial, Breakthrough, and Taiping Mausoleum.
- How to Get It
- Available from the start of the game; enable its deflection assist in settings if needed.
Still Waters
- Type
- General and Contextual
- What It Does
- Hold your breath to slow nearby targets by 75%; the skill drains Endurance every 0.1 seconds. It is disabled in Co-op and Online modes.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Archery tutorial near Northern Bamboo Grove to receive the manual.
Touch of Death
- Type
- General and Contextual
- What It Does
- Strike an enemy's vital point from behind to deal damage and instantly defeat weaker enemies.
- How to Get It
- Complete Echoes of Old Battles at Battlecrest Slope; solve the waterwheel puzzle and open the final underground chest.
Wind Sense
- Type
- General and Contextual
- What It Does
- Sense approaching entities through wind currents and highlight nearby people or items of interest.
- How to Get It
- Unlock the Wind Sense node in the Basic Talent tree.
Category
Movement and Exploration
Contortion
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Shrink to 0.3 times your normal size, but you cannot attack with weapons, climb, ride, or swim while shrunk. Combat ends the effect, and hitting an obstacle while returning to normal causes serious injury.
- How to Get It
- Reach level 10, take the Tiny Adventure daily quest in Qinghe, then complete Skill Theft with Elder Zhan at Riverside Station.
Thousand-Mile Flight
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Soar through the sky like a dragon. Major factions restrict Lightness Skills; increase Exploration to earn faction keepsakes and move freely.
- How to Get It
- Claim the day-four sign-in reward from A Warrior’s Journey.
Meteor Flight
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Use a spear and the wind to travel through the air like a shooting star. Major factions restrict Lightness Skills; increase Exploration to earn faction keepsakes and move freely.
- How to Get It
- Complete the Afterglow Jianghu Legacy.
Fan Glider
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Glide across mountains and valleys with a fan. Major factions restrict Lightness Skills; increase Exploration to earn faction keepsakes and move freely.
- How to Get It
- Reach Qinghe Exploration Level 5 by earning 6,000 Exploration Points.
Wind Rider
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Ride the wind to travel across open areas. Major factions restrict Lightness Skills; increase Exploration to earn faction keepsakes and move freely.
- How to Get It
- Reach Qinghe Exploration Level 6 by earning 9,000 Exploration Points.
Wallstride - Swiftstride
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Run quickly along walls and across eaves. Major factions restrict Wallstride skills; increase Exploration to earn faction keepsakes and move freely.
- How to Get It
- Unlock Music of Lingzhang V from the Melodies of Peace NPC in Qinghe.
Wallstride - Shadowdash
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Dash along walls and across long gaps. Major factions restrict Wallstride skills; increase Exploration to earn faction keepsakes and move freely.
- How to Get It
- Unlock Music of Laiyi II from the Melodies of Peace NPC in Qinghe.
Threefold Skywalk
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Jump up to three times in succession.
- How to Get It
- Available from the start as an open-world exploration skill.
Skywalk Dash
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- After a Threefold Skywalk jump, dash forward in your current direction.
- How to Get It
- Available from the start as an open-world exploration skill.
Mighty Drop
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- After a Threefold Skywalk jump, end your aerial movement with a rapid landing.
- How to Get It
- Available from the start as an open-world exploration skill.
Safe Mighty Drop
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- After mastering Silent Fall, Mighty Drop grants immunity to disease and fall damage when you land.
- How to Get It
- Clear the Mysterious Outpost west of Moonveil Mountain.
Moonleap Morph
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Transform into a brocade carp that glides over sand in Hexi and ignores the terrain.
- How to Get It
- During the Hexi main quest In the Quiet of Night, enter the golden sand whirlwind at Jade Gate Pass.
Idle Wind
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Transform into a gentle breeze and travel freely throughout Qinchuan.
- How to Get It
- Reach Qinchuan during the main story.
Abyss Dive
- Type
- Movement and Exploration
- What It Does
- Dive underwater for a limited time in designated waters such as Crimson Cliff. Resurface before the dive timer runs out.
- How to Get It
- Available by default; it enables diving in designated waters.
Goosy Slide
- Type
- Social and Special
- What It Does
- During an eligible Campaign Challenge, has a 25% chance to clear the current stage instantly. It has two effective uses per day and is unavailable in some campaigns.
- How to Get It
- Complete any one Campaign in Bodhi Sea, Gleaming Abyss, the Palace of Annals, or Halo Peak.
Paired Radiance
- Type
- Social and Special
- What It Does
- When teamed with a partner, use the skill to teleport together to a random ally and perform a shared sequence of three poses. It grants up to 50 Partnership Points per week and works in Hero's Realm, Sword Trial, and Co-op Rooms.
- How to Get It
- Reach Partnership level 3; the skill is granted from the Bond menu.
Cyclone Spin
- Type
- Social and Special
- What It Does
- When a Master is teamed with Disciples, up to five Disciples can leap onto the Master and sweep through enemies together. It grants up to 50 Discipleship Points per week and works in Hero's Realm, Sword Trial, and Co-op Rooms.
- How to Get It
- Reach Discipleship level 4 as a Master; the skill is granted from the Mentor menu.
Snow Lion Form
- Type
- Social and Special
- What It Does
- Transform into a Snow Lion with a separate moveset, including a pounce, a belly-flop, and a rolling snowball attack. This skill can only be used in Liangzhou.
- How to Get It
- Complete Real or Fake Snow Lion northeast of Snowblossom Ridge in Liangzhou; the unlock remains available after its event.
What Mystic Arts Are and How They Work
Mystic Arts are separate from your Martial Arts, the weapon-based moves tied to what you're holding. That separation is what makes them flexible. You can switch weapons and still bring the same arts along, so they stay useful across different weapons and fights.
You equip them from the Mystic Arts display on the right side of the screen, next to your Martial Arts, and more slots open up as you progress. Using an art costs Vitality, shown as a white circle in that display, and stronger arts cost more of it. Vitality refills when you hit enemies with your weapon, so you can't just spam arts nonstop.
A few movement and passive arts don't use the wheel at all. Instead, they work from their own controls or come from talent choices, so you won't always be pressing a button to use them.
How to Get Mystic Arts in Where Winds Meet
There isn't one single path to them, and there's no tree you work down in order. You pick them up by exploring, talking to characters, finishing quests, solving puzzles and taking part in challenge fights. That's why new arts keep turning up as you play.
Skill Theft is one of the recurring ways to learn an art. It lets you learn a technique by watching or stealing it from a nearby person or animal. Some arts come from challenge rematches, where you fill a study meter by deflecting the enemy's attacks and then win the fight.
Progress unlocks others too. Some come from nodes in the Basic Talent tree, including Divine Counter and Wind Sense, and exploration and sign-in rewards add more. Partnership and Discipleship progression unlock the social arts. Threefold Skywalk, Skywalk Dash, Mighty Drop, Star Shift and Abyss Dive are available from the start. Others take several steps, and Contortion is a good example, since it needs a level requirement, a daily quest and a round of Skill Theft.
Combat and Utility Mystic Arts
This group is built for fights, but it also helps you out of combat. Some arts deal heavy damage, some hit a whole crowd, and others control the battlefield by pulling, knocking down, immobilizing or blinding enemies. Still others protect you with shields, damage reduction or recovery, or clear status effects from you. Ghost Bind can hold a whole group still, but it won't touch powerful enemies or players.
Two ideas come up often. Defense break arts break an enemy's defense, and they share a cooldown, so you can't use them back to back. Super Armor, which some arts grant while they play out, keeps hits from interrupting your move.
Plenty of this group also works outside fights. Tai Chi can gather leaves, stir up fish and work certain objects, and Nightborne Glow lights dark areas for a short time. Meridian Touch can help with puzzles, and Veil of Stillness gives you a brief window of stealth that ends if you turn to face an enemy head-on.
Movement and Exploration Mystic Arts
These arts are about getting around the map. The flying and gliding ones, Thousand-Mile Flight, Meteor Flight, Fan Glider and Wind Rider, let you cross open land, mountains and valleys from the air. The Wallstride arts run along walls and across eaves, and one of them also dashes over long gaps.
They don't work everywhere, though. Major factions restrict the flying and gliding arts, and they also restrict Wallstride. Raise your Exploration with a faction and you earn its keepsakes, which let you move freely.
The Threefold Skywalk group changes how you handle jumps. Threefold Skywalk lets you jump up to three times in a row, Skywalk Dash sends you forward in midair after one of those jumps, and Mighty Drop ends the move with a rapid landing. Safe Mighty Drop adds protection from disease and fall damage when Mighty Drop lands, once you've mastered Silent Fall.
Some arts change your form. Contortion shrinks you to squeeze through tight spaces, but while you're small you can't attack with weapons or climb, ride or swim, and combat ends the effect. Hitting an obstacle as you return to normal size can cause serious injury. Moonleap Morph turns you into a carp that glides over Hexi's sand, Idle Wind turns you into a breeze for crossing Qinchuan, and Abyss Dive lets you dive underwater in designated waters such as Crimson Cliff. Dives have a time limit, and you're forced back to the surface when it runs out.
General and Contextual Mystic Arts
These arts are less about one big move and more about timing, awareness and quiet help in the background. Star Shift is a good example. It spends an Insight Point just before an attack lands to deflect it, and you start with a couple of Insight Points. If the timing feels hard, turn on the deflection assist in settings.
Divine Counter works from the other side. After a well-timed defense against an enemy's technique, you counter, and that slows the enemy's Endurance recovery for a while.
Touch of Death is a finisher. It strikes an enemy's vital point from behind, and it can defeat weaker enemies outright. Still Waters slows nearby enemies while you hold your breath, though it drains your Endurance as long as you do. Wind Sense picks up approaching enemies through wind currents and highlights people or items of interest nearby, which helps when you're exploring.
Social and Special Mystic Arts
These arts are tied to playing with others and to a few special situations. Paired Radiance comes from Partnership progression. Reach Partnership level 3 and you get it from the Bond menu. With a partner, it teleports you both to a random ally and runs a shared sequence of three poses, earning up to 50 Partnership Points a week.
Cyclone Spin is the Discipleship version. A Master who reaches Discipleship level 4 gets it from the Mentor menu. When the Master is teamed with Disciples, up to five of them can leap on and sweep through enemies together, which earns up to 50 Discipleship Points a week. Both arts work in Hero's Realm, Sword Trial and Co-op Rooms.
Snow Lion Form turns you into a Snow Lion with its own moveset, including a pounce, a belly-flop and a rolling snowball attack. It only works in Liangzhou. You get it by completing Real or Fake Snow Lion northeast of Snowblossom Ridge, and that quest stays available after its event.
Goosy Slide is the lighter pick. During an eligible Campaign Challenge, it has a 25% chance to clear the current stage instantly, with two uses a day, and some campaigns don't allow it. You earn it by completing any one campaign in Bodhi Sea, Gleaming Abyss, the Palace of Annals or Halo Peak.
Best Mystic Arts in Where Winds Meet
The developers don't publish rankings, and the best pick depends on what you're doing. Still, a few show up again and again in popular builds. Dragon's Breath and Drunken Poet are a strong pair because both use the Intoxicated state, which comes from drinking. Cast Dragon's Breath first to apply its burn, then spend the Intoxicated state on Drunken Poet.
Flute of the Tides turns up in most PvE builds, and its sound ripples can hit several targets in each sequence. Serene Breeze shows up across PvP builds, and it clears your afflictions even while you're staggered, controlled or silenced.
Treat these as trends rather than rankings. Which arts suit you depends on the mode you play and the weapon path you've chosen, and builds shift with every balance patch.
Two more are worth knowing. Get Contortion early, since you'll need it for some of Hidden Mountain's world bosses. Blinding Mist sets up Touch of Death, because it leaves enemies unable to fight for 5 seconds, which gives you time to land that follow-up. It doesn't work on mighty enemies, though.
FAQ
How do I equip and switch Mystic Arts?
Open the Develop menu by pressing the Options button and choosing it from the wheel, then pick the arts you want to equip there. In play, press R2 or RT to open the Mystic Arts wheel, then press a face button to use the art in that slot. On PlayStation those are Square, Triangle, Circle or X, and on Xbox they're X, Y, B or A. Once you've unlocked a second wheel, press up or down on the left-side directional buttons to switch between them.
How do I find where to unlock a Mystic Art?
Open a locked art and choose How to Learn. The game points you to the exact spot on the map where you can unlock it, and that could be a side quest, an NPC or a puzzle at that location.
Do Mystic Arts work the same in co-op and multiplayer?
Not always. Still Waters doesn't work in Co-op or Online modes, and Honking Havoc's breath-hold effect is turned off in Co-op and Multiplayer. Celestial Seize can't disarm in Co-op or Online modes, and in Co-op only the host can use its pull. Star Shift's deflection assist is also disabled in Trial, Breakthrough and Taiping Mausoleum, and Perception Forest has its own rules, so an art that feels strong elsewhere may read differently there.
How do Mystic Arts get stronger?
Each art grows through breakthrough, which moves it up through tiers and stages. Ranking up takes progress as well as the resources each tier requires. Breakthrough materials come mostly from gathering, and the game guarantees you'll get some after enough gathering attempts.
