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Stats and Attributes Explained

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In Where Winds Meet, stats are attributes and development that index the performance of your character, as well as your progress in various aspects of the game. See the definition and how to obtain the stats in-game.

What Are Attributes

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Combat Attributes Exploration Attributes Career Attributes

Combat Attributes

Attribute Effect How to Increase
Body • Affects Max HP • Level up in Solo Mode
• Tuning
Power • Affects Physical Attack • Level up in Solo Mode
• Tuning
Defense • Affects Physical Defense and Max HP • Level up in Solo Mode
• Tuning
Agility • Affects Critical Rate and Min Physical Attack • Level up in Solo Mode
• Tuning
Momentum • Affects Affinity Rate and Max Physical Attack • Level up in Solo Mode
• Tuning
Max HP • Depleting this would kill your character • Character Upgrade
•Gear Development
• Melodies of Peace
• Body/Defense Conversion
Max Qi • Depleting this will exhaust your character -
Physical Attack • Fixed damage dealt • Character Upgrade
• Gear Development
• Melodies of Peace
• Power/Agility/Momentum Conversion
Physical Defense • Reduces the physical damage you take • Character Upgrade
• Gear Development
• Melodies of Peace
• Defense Conversion
Precision Rate • Increases chance to hit Critical in attacking • Level up in Solo Mode
• Tuning
• Inner Way Breakthrough
Critical Rate • Chance-based increase in damage dealt and healing done • Agility Conversion
• Tuning
• Inner Way Breakthrough
Affinity Rate • Chance to hit increase damage based on Max Attack • Momentum Conversion
Tuning
• Inner Way Breakthrough
Abrasion Conversion Rate • Chance to convert the damage into normal damage -
Direct Critical Rate • Further increases Critical Rate • Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Attack • Deal additional damage based on all attribute attacks • Martial Arts Talents
• Gear Arsenal
• Tuning
Attribute Healing • Causes additional healing based on Silkbind Attack • Martial Arts Talents
• Gear Arsenal
• Tuning
Critical DMG Bonus • Damage increase triggered by Critical Hit • Inner Way Breakthrough
Affinity DMG Bonus • Damage increase triggered by Affinity • Inner Way Breakthrough
Critical Healing Bonus • Healing increase triggered by Critical Hit • Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Penetration • Increases ability to deal damage and heal with physical attacks • Gear Attunig
• Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Resistance • Reduces physical damage taken without affecting physical healing • Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Attack Penetration • Increases ability to deal damage and heal with attribute attacks • Gear Attuning
Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical DMG Bonus • Increases physical damage dealt effects • Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical DMG Reduction • Reduces physical damage taken effects • Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Healing Bonus • Increases physical healing effects • Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Attack DMG Bonus • Increases the attribute damage caused • Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Attack Healing Bonus • Increases attribute healing effects • Inner Way Breakthrough

Combat attributes signify your damage and resistance by yourself without casting abilities or taking items into account.

Exploration Attributes

Attribute How to Obtain
Resolve Pitch Pot
Madiao Cards
Elegance • Gourmet Mode
Kitten Hunt
Perception Oddity Collection
Archery Competition
Coordination Oddity Collection
• Cultivate Abilities
Intelligence Gift of Gab Mode
Riddle
Musicality Graceful Melody
Oddity Collection
Constitution Outpost 1st Clearance Reward
• Wrestling
Erudition • Universal Harmony
Meow Meow
Memory • Healer Mode
Disguise
Mindset Fishing Contest
Oddity Collection
• Cure Spellbound
Ambition Level Up

Exploration attributes tallies your achievements in terms of map exploration. These attributes are also the points used to upgrade and learn your exploration skills.

Career Attributes

Career Attributes

Healer

Scholar

Career attributes tell how effective you are in healing illness as a healer or resolving false accusations as a scholar. You can upgrade this attribute by practicing your profession and by studying career notebooks.

List of All Professions

What Are Development

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Character Gear Mystic Skills
Inner Ways Martial Arts

Character Development

Character Development How to Obtain
Character Level Farm Character EXP
Campaign, Sword Trial, Exploration
Talents Farm Enlightenment Points
Melodies of Peace Submit Oddities

Character development is an index of your character's progress regardless of your gears and abilities. You can upgrade them by balancing leveling up and exploring the map for side quests and oddity submissions.

How to Level Up Fast

Gear Development

Gear development attests to the level of each of your equipped items. You can increase these stats by tuning, attuning, and obtaining better gear.

Best Gear Sets

Mystic Skills Development

Mystic Skills stats are based on your ability level and unlocked slots. You can upgrade this development by upgrading your skills through the use of breakthrough materials and ebon iron.

List of All Mystic Skills

Inner Ways Development

Inner Ways development is composed of your current unlocked slots and the levels of your passive buffs. You can upgrade your slots through leveling up in Solo Mode and learn more Inner Ways with tomes.

List of All Inner Ways

Martial Arts

Martial Arts development is the level of your weapon-tied abilities. You can upgrade this by learning more Martial Arts through Skill Theft on masters or by joining a Sect.

How to Unlock All Martial Arts

How to View Your Attributes

Attributes

Step Instruction
1
On your function wheel, select Develop.
2
Select Details, which is found on the upper right side of the screen.

Career Attributes

Step Instruction
1
On your menu, select Profession.
2
Select which profession. Then slide to the Healers Upgrade or Scholars Upgrade menu.

Development Attributes

Step Instruction
1
On your function wheel, select Develop.
2
Select Improvement Guide, which is found on the right side of the screen under Details. Then, slide to the Development Guide menu.

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WWM - Weapons Martial Arts Tier ListWeapons Martial Arts Tier List Best Mystic Arts No Title BannerBest Mystic Arts to Unlock Early Best Sect to JoinBest Sect to Join
Best SetsBest Sets Best Starting WeaponBest Starting Weapon Best Companion Partial.pngBest Companions to Summon
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Dailies and Weeklies GuideDailies and Weeklies Guide Stamima System ExplainedStamina System Explained WWM - All Redeem CodesAll Redeem Codes
WWM - All Missables and Points of No ReturnAll Missables and Points of No Return WWM - Puzzle SolutionsAll Puzzle Solutions WWM - Multiplayer Guide How to Play Co-Op and Online ModeHow to Play Co-Op and Online Mode
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How to Use Stored EXP PartialHow to Use Stored EXP Battle PassBattle Pass Guide How to Use WInd SenseHow To Use Wind Sense
Exploration PointsHow To Farm Exploration Points Enlightenment PointsHow To Farm Enlightenment Points How to Increase World LevelHow to Increase World Level
WWM - Difficulty Settings and Level Differences GuideDifficulty Settings Guide List of AchievementsList of Achievements Endgame GuideEndgame Guide

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How to Get Mount EarlyHow to Get Mount Early Bell of Demoncalm RepairHow to Repair Bell of Demoncalm Ghostlight MarketHow to Get to Ghostlight Market
How to FlyHow to Fly How to Expose the ScammerHow to Expose the Scammer Jumping ExplainedJumping Explained
Where Winds Meet How to Negate Fall DamageHow to Negate Fall Damage How to Talk to AnimalsHow to Talk to Animals How to Unlock BeastheartHow to Unlock Beastheart
Lock Picking GuideLock Picking Guide - -

Combat Guides

Combat Guides
How to Parry Attacks and Best Parrying Tips BannerHow to Parry Attacks and Parrying Tips 1v1 Arena No TextPvP Guide How to Upgrade Healing PotionsHow to Upgrade Healing Potions
How to RestHow to Rest Where to Spend EnergyWhere to Spend Energy WWM - Server ExplainedServer Explained
How to Unlock Mystic Skill SlotsHow to Unlock Mystic Skill Slots How to Level UpHow to Level Up Fast Stats ExplainedStats Explained
What is Affinity DamageWhat is Affinity Damage? Gear Durability ExplainedGear Durability Explained Gear Rarity ExplainedGear Rarity Explained
How to Upgrade WeaponsHow to Upgrade Weapons How to Unlock ArsenalHow to Unlock Arsenal Gear Tuning Guide PartialGear Tuning Guide
How to Increase VitalityHow to Increase Vitality Advanced Combat GuideAdvanced Combat Guide Skill Theft Guide PartialSkill Theft Guide
Animation Canceling GuideAnimation Canceling Guide Where Winds Meet Taiping Mausoleum GuideTaiping Mausoleum Guide -

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Character Creation Guides
WWM -  Character Creation GuideCharacter Creation Guide WWM - How to Delete CharacterHow to Delete Characters Best Starting Choices partialBest Starting Choices
Can You Change Gender?Can You Change Gender How to change hair colorHow to Change Hair Color Can You Have Multiple CharactersCan You Have Multiple Characters?

Common Questions and Technical Guides

Common Questions and Technical Guides
DirectX12 bannerShould You Use DirectX 12? Should You Choose Legends Difficulty BannerShould You Choose Legends Difficulty? What is the Max Level?What is the Max Level?
What To Do With Old Gear What To Do With Old Gear? What are Pardon Parades BannerWhat are Pardon Parades? Is There RomanceIs There Romance?
Death Penalty ExplainedWhat Happens When You Die? False Accusation bannerFalse Accusation Explained Where Winds Meet How to Change NameHow to Change Name
How to Top UpHow to Top Up How to Change LanguageHow to Change Language How to Get UnstuckHow to Get Unstuck
WWM - How Long is Where Winds Meet No BannerHow Long is Where Winds Meet? WWM - List of All ControlsList of All Controls How to Hide Bow and WeaponsHow to Hide Bow and Weapons
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