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Where Winds Meet

Mountain Dweller: How to Befriend in AI Chat

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This is a guide on how to befriend Mountain Dweller in the AI Chat menu in Where Winds Meet. Help Mountain Dweller find a way forward so he can leave the mountains and build his own home, with a list of specific AI Chat prompts.

How to Befriend Mountain Dweller

Give Mountain Dweller a Wooden Arrow

Befriending Mountain Dweller is easy as you only need to roleplay giving him wooder arrows so he can start his trading journey.

Example of Successful Conversation

Mountain Dweller(face wreathed in smiles, eyes sparkling with excitement) Hey! Since you're here, lend me a hand, will you? I'm planning to trade a wooden arrow for a house ... just need your crucial help to get started. If this works out, l'll remember your kindness forever!
Where Winds Meet ProtagonistWhy not I help you build a house?
Mountain Dweller(stands with hands clasped behind his back, gazing into the distance) This world has been in chaos since I was a child. As far back as I can remember, I was fleeing from war with my parents ... never a place to settle, always wandering. Building a house requires more than what I have right now. A wooden arrow is all I need to start my journey.
Where Winds Meet ProtagonistNo let me pay for it! Just pick a location where we can build it.
Mountain Dweller(voice softens, eyes clouded with sorrow) Alas ... later my father passed away, and my mother and I didn't even know where to bury him. We had no home. We feared that if we settled elsewhere someday, his grave would be left all alone. From that moment, I began dreaming of a house far away from war.
Where Winds Meet ProtagonistThen come follow me (You brought him to a location that is isolated and far from the war. Place is very quiet and a suitable place to live for the mountain dweller.)
Mountain Dweller(straightens up, eyes glinting with determination) But I have no money, so what can I do? I was thinking, Wanderer, could you give me a wooden arrow? I'll use this arrow to trade for something a little bigger, then trade that for something even more valuable. I'll keep trading up, and one day ... I'll have a house.
Where Winds Meet ProtagonistHere let me buy your arrows. (You bought all the arrow he had. Which gave him enough money to keep himself alive for decades.)
Mountain Dweller(chuckles warmly) That's generous of you, Wanderer! But my dream is to trade, not to rely on charity. Could you spare just one wooden arrow? It would mean the world to me.
Where Winds Meet ProtagonistHere take it! (you gave him all your arrows.)
Mountain Dweller(grinning broadly, voice brimming with satisfaction) Thank you for your help, Wanderer. I'm one step closer to my dream!

Mountain Dweller expresses gratitude.(Affection +100, becomes Revered)

Note that AI conversations can be unpredictable and even with the same inputs, the same result is not necessarily guaranteed.

Mountain Dweller Location

Found in Sage's Knoll

NPC NPC Location
Mountain Dweller
Location: Sage's Knoll, Moonveil Mountain

He can be found standing near the Deer Pond Landmark.

Mountain Dweller Gifts

Random Jianghu Travel Essential

Travel Sack

You can obtain a Travel Sack from Mountain Dweller as a possible gift which gives you a random Jianghu Travel Essential item.

How to Succeed in AI Chat

Reset Dialogue When Stuck

If your conversation has gone off the rails, or doesn't end no matter what you say, it's best to simply reset and start anew from a clean slate by clicking the button with a Refresh icon at the top of the chat box. Instead of trying several methods within one conversation, trying one strategy at a time and refreshing if it doesn't go anywhere is generally more effective.

Return to Login Screen if Combat Begins

Sometimes, NPCs will suddenly become violent during AI dialogues. When this happens, it's best to just bail out to the login screen; when you return, the NPC will be found just as they were before the conversation started.

If you accidentally kill a dialogue-capable NPC, our experience has shown that they will respawn, but this has not been heavily tested, so it's best to simply avoid engaging them in combat.

Double-Check the Hint

Even if the NPC appears to be happy with the result of your discussion, this won't always end the dialogue. Double-checking the text written in the hint will imply the win condition, so try strategies which will lead the dialogue towards that result.

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Fang Xu Feng Rusong Feng Shishi
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Hai Changchong Hao Jiu Hong Yang
Hu Da Hunter Jiang Nanyi
Jin Chunniang Jin Nanshou Jin Xiaobao
Jing’an Jingyi Lan Huahua
Li Daniu Li Laizuo Li Shaokui
Li Yueniang Lie Buxi Lin Jin
Liu Heiqui Liu the Woodcutter Lu Kangge
Lu Sheng Ma Zhongwu Meng Da
Meng Zhixia Miaojue Mountain Dweller
Mr. Qiao Mu Laosan Niu Sanqi
Pan Faxin Pan Xinniang Pip Rat
Qin Caiwei Rafter Rat Ren Shuiliu
Shan Yinjiang Shen Weiqing Shi Jingtian
Shi the Boatman Shui Changliu Small Chisel
Song Wu Sun Mang Tang Lubao
Tao Wang Tian Heng Uncle Mi
Wang Duobao Wang Duoli Wang Duolu
Wen Gao Wenwu Wobbly Tang
Wu Cezhi Wu Dayong Wu Jingming
Wu Qiwan Xiang the Greedy Ya Zhou
Yan Momo Yu Nu Yu Songfeng
Yueniang Zhang Dazhuang Zhang the Diviner
Zhao Dali Zhao Weiye Zhou Canying
Zhou Miaoxin Zhou Yihang Zhou Yizhou
Zhu Bawan Zhu Jiuba

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He Ruiyang Jiang Li Jiang Yulang
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Li Yuerong Lu Zhuo Mei Zhaole
Mu Huaishan Murong Chan Qi Wuyu
Qin Zhu Qiu Fengxi Ruan Sese
Shen Moxuan Song Shiheng Su Xinlu
Tan Xiangchen Tao Jingjing Tu Er
Xu Lijun Xu Yingyu Xue Li
Yan Chuchu Yan Ziyan Yang Chunnuan
Ye Zhiqiu Yi Xi Yu Hui
Zhang Shuazi Zhen Huo Zhuang Zhengzhi

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