In Where Winds Meet, passive skills, also known as Inner Ways, are a crucial part of strengthening your character. These permanent buffs significantly enhance your combat performance, making them important choices as you progress through the game.
Inner Ways are passive abilities that give you various bonuses in combat. Once you equip them, they’re always working for you. Some give you straight-up stat boosts, while others trigger special effects when you do certain actions like dodging or landing critical hits.
If you match your Inner Way with weapons from the same Path, you’ll get even better results. There’s also a General Path that works with any build, which is great if you’re still figuring out your playstyle.
All Inner Ways in Where Winds Meet
Here is the complete list of all Inner Ways in Where Winds Meet:
General
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Seasonal Edge | After casting a Dual-Weapon Skill, gain one of four offensive bonuses. |
| Morale Chant | 80% chance to gain 1 Yi River when attacking or healing, increasing Physical Damage and healing by 1% for 8s (up to 5 stacks). Checked every 2s. |
| Divine Roulette | Successful deflection grants one of three buffs for your next skill. Lasts 10s; triggers once every 30s. |
| Fury Harvest | Certain recovery actions have 50% chance to grant 1 extra Vitality. Doesn’t work when gaining Vitality from hits or attacking. |
| Vital Leech | Casting an Exhaustion Execution Skill restores HP equal to 8% of damage dealt. |
| Bitter Seasons | 10% chance to apply Poison for 5s and reduce target’s Physical Defense by 0.6% for 10s (up to 5 stacks). |
| Envigorated Warrior | Increases all damage/healing by 5%. Disabled 5s after being hit. Taking a hit also increases damage taken by 5%. |
| Evasive Charge | After a Perfect Dodge, 50% chance to refund 100% Endurance consumed. |
| Fivefold Bleed | 10% chance to apply Weeping Blood for 5s (up to 5 stacks). At 5 stacks, removes effect and deals piercing damage. |
| Shadow Assault | Increases max ambush range of Assassin Mystic Art Touch of Death by 1.5. |
| Steadfast Stance | Less likely to suffer stagger when attacked. Ineffective against bosses and players. |
| Evening Snow | Within 12s of entering combat, if HP <60%, gain Snow Vision for 4s (regen 2% HP + 600 HP/s). Triggers once every 300s. |
| Wind Beneath Wings | Reduces Endurance cost of Skywalk Dash jump by 10%. After landing, +30% Movement Speed for 3s. Restores HP when defeating enemies. |
Bamboocut – Wind
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Echoes of Oblivion | Infernal Twinblades’ normal Light Attacks apply Sin, while Light Attacks under Flamelash apply Karma. When attacking targets with both effects, ignore 10% Physical Defense and 10% Bamboocut Resistance. |
| Riptide Reflex | Hitting an enemy with a Control Skill reduces current Martial Arts Skill cooldown by 1s. Triggers once every 10s. |
| Breaking Point | Hitting Exhausted enemies with a Critical Hit applies Disintegration for 3s (up to 3 stacks). Each stack grants 10 Physical Penetration and +5% Critical DMG Bonus. |
| Vendetta | Guided Blade’s Vendetta Token lasts 5s longer and restores 20 Token of Gratitudes. |
Bellstrike – Splendor
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Sword Morph | When Noname Sword’s Vagrant Sword is charged with Qi shield active, unleashes multiple sword energy attacks at stage 2. Extra Endurance can be consumed for +1% damage each (up to 20%). |
| Battle Anthem | Increases Charged Skills’ damage against all bosses by 10%. |
| Wildfire Spark | Refunds 3.5% of Endurance consumed. |
| Mountain’s Might | Noname Spear’s Qiankun’s Lock grants Endless Gale, increasing Endurance cost reduction to 20% for 5s. |
Bellstrike – Umbra
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Sword Horizon | After casting Strategic Sword’s Martial Arts, Special, or Charged Skill, press at perfect timing to cast Crisscrossing Swords. If target has 5 Bleed stacks, removes them and deals high Bleed damage. |
| Insightful Strike | Dealing Affinity DMG generates Focus. When full, enter Concentration for 10s (+10% Affinity DMG, 5% chance to reduce damage taken by 40%). |
| Adaptive Steel | Gain a Martial Skill effect based on blade weapon. Sword has 10s cooldown; Dual Blades has 25s cooldown. |
| Wolfchaser’s Art | Reduces Heavenquaker Spear’s Sorrow Without Wine combo requirement from 5/10 to 4/8. Hitting bosses with Bleed may increase combo by 1 based on Bleed stacks. |
Silkbind – Deluge
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Royal Remedy | Increases Panacea Fan’s Cloudburst Healing clone healing by 10%. Gain 1 Dewdrop whenever receiving HoT within range. |
| Mending Loom | Casting Soulshade Umbrella’s Echoing Grow restores 5 Dewdrops and heals 10% Max HP for every 100 Dewdrops consumed. |
| Esoteric Revival | Increases Panacea Fan’s Resurrection healing on revived target by 50%. |
| Restoring Blossom | Critical healing applies Nurturing for 3s, increasing healing received by 2% (up to 3 stacks). |
Silkbind – Jade
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Blossom Barrage | Vernal Umbrella’s Spring Sorrow can hold 2 stacks. Applies Combo effect, increasing Ballistic Skill damage taken by 10% for 8s. |
| Star Reacher | Gain 10% Physical Attack Bonus for 8s after knocking an enemy airborne. |
| Thunderous Bloom | Moving 15m in 3s grants Spring Thunder: next 3 Heavy or Airborne Heavy Attacks gain +15% DMG within 12s. Triggers once every 15s. |
| Flying Gourds | Grants 2 charges to Inkwell Fan’s Peak’s Springless Silence but increases cooldown by 3s. |
Stonesplit – Might
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Exquisite Scenery | Successfully defending with Thundercry Blade activates counterattack. Press Perception or Heavy Attack for instant stage 1 Charged Heavy Attack. Triggers every 10s. Combo hits restore 1 Battle Will bar. |
| Trapped Beast | Taking damage below 30% HP triggers Cornered Beast (shield up to 30% Max HP) for 4s. Triggers once every 300s. |
| Art of Resistance | Increases HP shield durations and their bonus effects by 4s. |
| Rock Solid | Increases Roar of Storm’s DMG Reduction by 20% (bosses) or 5% per enemy (up to 20%). While active, reduces all damage dealt by 10%. |
How to Unlock and Upgrade Inner Ways
You can’t access Inner Ways right away. You need to reach Solo Mode Level 4 first. Just keep playing through your solo save file and complete the challenges that pop up.
To upgrade your Inner Ways, you’ll need specific materials called Notes or Inner Way Advance Items. Each Inner Way has its own upgrade materials.
Inner Ways add a lot of depth to your character builds in Where Winds Meet. The key is matching them with your weapon’s Path and playstyle. Don’t be afraid to experiment with different combinations, and use that Inner Way Conversion feature when you want to try something new.