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How To Upgrade Your Stats In Where Winds Meet

On Dec 03, 2025 3:17 am, by NuclearCoffee

There’s a lot to do in Where Winds Meet, and having the right stats will make all the difference. However, with so many menus and stats to look at, it’s hard to know how to improve them all. Luckily, we’ve got you covered.

We’ll break down all the stats you can improve, as well as what you can do to improve them as you explore the jianghu. With a lot of information to cover, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Take a deep breath and get ready to learn everything you need to know about your stats in Where Winds Meet!

All Exploration Stats

As you make your way across the map, there are a lot of stats to take into consideration. More often than not, these skills will relate to minigames and collection activities. Below are all the skills you will need when traversing the open world:

The jade coin where you choose your name to begin Where Winds Meet during the attack at the start of the game.-1

Where Winds Meet: Achievement/Trophy Guide

Hope you’re nailing the combat in this game – you’ll need to be a swift swordsman with some of these achievements.

Stat Name	How To Upgrade
Resolve	Pitch Pot, Madiao Cards
Elegance	Gourmet Mode, Kitten Hunt
Perception	Oddity Collection, Archery Competition
Coordination	Oddity Collection, Cultivate Abilities
Intelligence	Gift of Gab
Musicality	Graceful Melody, Oddity Collection
Constitution	Outpost Clearing, Wrestling Matches
Erudition	Universal Harmony, Meow Meow puzzles
Memory	Healing, Disguises
Mindset	Fishing Contests, Oddity Collection, Cure Spellbound
Ambition	Level Up

All Combat Stats

Looting Tiger Bone Liquor in Where Winds Meet from the body of a Rogue Monk.

Combat is a priority when exploring the jianghu, as you won’t get far without an arsenal of skills and equipment to protect yourself. Below is a breakdown of all the stats you can increase, along with what they do and how you can improve them.

Stat Name	Description	How To Upgrade
Body	Increases your max HP.	Leveling up in solo mode or Tuning
Power	Increases your physical attack.	Leveling up in solo mode or Tuning
Defense	Increases your physical defense and max HP.	Leveling up in solo mode or Tuning
Agility	Increases your critical rate and min physical attack.	Leveling up in solo mode or Tuning
Momentum	Increases your affinity rate and max physical attack.	Leveling up in solo mode or Tuning
Max HP	Your total health.	Character upgrades, gear development, Body and Defense stats
Max Qi	How long it takes for you to become exhausted.	NA
Physical Attack	How much damage you deal to enemies.	Character upgrades, gear development, Power, Agility, and Momentum stats
Physical Defense	Reduces the damage taken from physical attacks.	Character upgrades, gear development, and Defense stat
Precision Rate	Increases the odds of striking with precision, which in turn increases the odds of a critical hit.	Level up in solo mode, tuning, and inner way breakthroughs
Critical Rate	Increases your chance to hit critically, which deals additional damage.	Agility conversion, tuning, inner way breakthrough
Affinity Rate	Increases your chance to strike a target with affinity, dealing additional damage unaffected by precision.	Momentum stat, tuning, and Inner Way breakthroughs
Abrasion Conversion Rate	Determines the chance to convert damage into normal damage when it would normally inflict Abrasion damage.	NA
Direct Critical Rate	Increases the chance of a critical hit up to 20 percent.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Direct Affinity Rate	Increases your affinity rate up to a max of 10 percent.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Attack	After unlocking the corresponding art talent, you’ll deal damage based on all attribute attacks.	Martial arts talents, your gear arsenal, tuning
Attribute Healing	After unlocking the corresponding Art Talent, you can heal more efficiently with your Silkbind attacks.	Martial arts talents, your gear arsenal, tuning
Critical Damage Bonus	Determines the damage dealt by Critical Hits.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Affinity Damage Bonus	Determines the damage dealt by Affinity Hits.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Critical Healing Bonus	Determines the healing done by Critical Hits.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Penetration	Increases your ability to deal damage and heal with physical attacks.	Gear tuning, Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Resistance	Counters physical penetration and reduces the damage you take.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Attack Penetration	Increases the ability to deal damage and heal allies from attribute attacks.	Gear tuning, Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Damage Bonus	Increases the damage dealt with physical attacks.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Damage Reduction	Reduces the amount of damage taken from physical attacks.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Physical Healing Bonus	Increases the healing done with physical attacks.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Attack Damage Bonus	Increases the damage dealt with attribute attacks.	Inner Way Breakthrough
Attribute Healing Bonus	Increases the healing done with attribute attacks.	Inner Way Breakthrough

All Career Stats

Where Winds Meet Professions menu with a lantern in a bamboo grove.

Finally, each career has a set of stats that determine how well you perform in your role. Currently, there are only two professions: Scholar and Healer. Below is everything you need to know about each:

You must be in good health before you can use Career Notebooks to upgrade these stats!

Healer Profession Stats

Where Winds Meet Healer cards for upgrade.

Stat Name	Description
Righteousness	Impacts Max Vital Energy, External Affliction Resistance, and Internal Affliction Resistance.
Pharmacology	Impacts Physiotherapy and External Affliction Resistance.
Vitality	Impacts Qi Therapy and Internal Affliction Resistance.
Max Vital Energy	Your max HP/Energy when playing the healing minigame.
Physiotherapy	Boosts the healing of external injuries.
Qi Therapy	Boosts the healing of internal injuries.
Enternal Affliction Resistance	Resistance to affliction damage from healing physical injuries.
Internal Affliction Resistance	Resistance to affliction damage from healing internal injuries.
Muscle Diagnosis	Used to diagnose muscle disorders.
Organ Diagnosis	Used to diagnose organ disorders.
Mind Diagnosis	Used to diagnose mental conditions.
Meridian Diagnosis	Used to diagnose meridian disorders.

Scholar Profession Stats

Where Winds Meet Scholar cards for upgrade.

Stat Name	Description
Willpower	Improves max endurance and defense.
Eloquence	Improves attack and defense.
Agility	Improves attack of all paths, as well as Dispute and Dispute Defense.
Momentum	Improves attack of all paths, as well as Intimidation and Intimidation Defense.
Maximum Fallacy Tolerance	In a rhetoric debate, the opponent’s verbal attacks deal damage to the max fallacy endurance.
Maximum Heartstab Tolerance	In a rhetoric debate, the opponent’s verbal attacks deal damage to the max heartstab endurance.
Maximum Arrogance Tolerance	In a rhetoric debate, the opponent’s verbal attacks deal damage to the max arrogance endurance.
Maximum Jibber-jabber Tolerance	In a rhetoric debate, the opponent’s verbal attacks deal damage to the max jibber-jabber endurance.
Fallacy Attack	Increases damage based on Fallacy.
Heartstab Attack	Increases damage based on Heartstab.
Arrogance Attack	Increases damage based on Arrogance.
Jibber-jabber Attack	Increases damage based on Jibber-jabber.
Fallacy Defense	Increases defense from Fallacy.
Heartstab Defense	Increases defense from Heartstab.
Arrogance Defense	Increases defense from Arrogance.
Jibber-jabber Defense	Increases defense from Jibber-jabber.
Rebuttal	Increases the chances of triggering a rebuttal.
Rebuttal Defense	Reduces the chance of getting struck by a rebuttal.
Rebuttal Damage Bonus	Increases the damage of a rebuttal.
Rebuttal Damage Reduction	Decreases the damage dealt to you by rebuttals.
Trash Talk	Increases the chance of triggering a trash talk encounter.
Trash Talk Defense	Reduces the chances of getting struck with a trash talk encounter.
Trash Talk Damage Bonus	Increases damage dealt from trash talk.
Trash Talk Damage Reduction	Decreases the damage you take from trash talk encounters.