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Skill Theft Guide: How to Steal Martial Arts

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Where Winds Meet Skill Theft Guide: How to Steal Martial Arts |

Steal Martial Arts using Skill Theft in Where Winds Meet. Find out how you can steal Martial Arts, how to unlock Skill Theft, and more in this guide.

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How to Steal Martial Arts

Play the Skill Theft Minigame

Skill Theft Minigame

You can steal Martial Arts by looking for the Master who practices that Martial Art, and performing a Skill Theft. Performing a skill theft is fairly simple; just press the
button that appears when the indicator glows yellow.

Complete the Skill Theft minigame successfully and you will receive a Martial Art.

How to Unlock Skill Theft

Complete the Skill Theft: Unearned Lesson Quest

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Skill Theft Exploration Quest

In order to obtain the Skill Theft skill, you must complete the Skill Theft: Unearned Lesson exploration quest. Begin the quest by teleporting to the Moonveil Peak Boundary Stone and talking to Qiu Yuhai, who is found behind a rock.
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Skill Theft Explained

Unlocks Martial Arts

Unlocks Martial Arts

Skill Theft is an exploration skill that allows you to steal Martial Arts from masters found throughout the Jianghu. By infiltrating sect sanctuaries and other locations, you can find a master and perform a skill theft to obtain a Martial Art.

This allows you to learn martial arts without joining the associated sect. In most cases, sects require you to join in order to learn their affiliated Martial Art.

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