So, you’re interested to learn about the equipment system in Where Winds Meet? You’ve landed at the right place! A lot of new players often mistake this system as being taught about in the tutorial but the reality is far from different. While the developers have put special instructions to teach players about weapons and martial arts, the same cannot be said for the gear system. That’s where this guide can come to save the day for your account. Learn more about the gearing system below!

How does the Equipment work in Where Winds Meet?

The equipment system of Where Winds Meet is very well-defined yet mysterious. It feels a little off as the gear slots are not aptly named. So, there are 3 types of gear in Where Winds Meet:

• Weapons – These are offensive gear that have separate builds, martial arts, and paths.
• Armor – These are defensive gear that provide your character with resilience, HP, and more defense in general.
• Accessories – These are special offensive gear that provide your character with more attack, attack speed, and mobility.

Now, there are a total of 10 gear slots in Where Winds Meet that every player gets. Out of these 10 slots, some are fixed. Fixed slots mean these are occupied by a certain type of gear only. Here are all of the gear slots:

• Weapon Slot 1
  
• Weapon Slot 2
  
• Disc (Accessory)
• Pendant (Accessory)
• Ring (Accessory)
• Helm (Armor)
• Greaves (Armor)
• Armor (Armor)
• Bracer (Armor)
• Bow (Fixed slot)

Each piece of gear has a fixed type of primary stats, while the secondary stats can be randomized up to a certain point. By primary stats, we mean to say stats which are given from the start to the gear. They can also be called as “main stats”. Secondary stats are those which are sub-stats to any gear piece. While they are lesser than primary stats in terms of the amount, they are available in multitude. Depending on the rarity and upgrade of the specific gear slot, each gear piece can have up to 4 substats.

Armor in Where Winds Meet

Like we mentioned before, the armor type gear slots involve the Helm, Greaves, Armor, and Bracer slots. Each of these gear slots offer a good amount of physical defense, HP, and more defensive stats. Most of these stats are equally important like offensive stats, sometimes even more depending on the type of build you are going for. While the primary stats remain fixed, players can min-max their character builds with the sub-stats you see on these gear pieces.

Accessories in Where Winds Meet

Accessories​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ consist of three slots: Pendants, Discs, and Rings. Pendants increase your maximum Physical Attack and usually bring along offensive attributes like extra damage for certain paths. Together with weapons, they form offensive set bonuses. Discs increase your Physical Attack and similar offensive stats and can also be used for set bonuses. Rings were primarily designed for bow gameplay with attributes such as Bow Weakness Hit Damage and other bow-specific bonuses. Rings cannot be used for armor or weapon set bonuses but are frequently seen with unique ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌passives.

How to Obtain Gear in Where Winds Meet

Like we mentioned before, gear is a broader term in Where Winds Meet. You obtain different weapons of differing martial arts via the story mode. There is a total of 12 martial arts, and each of them can be found in different locations. Now, getting Armor and Accessories are a different thing. You can primarily get them from these venues:

• Gear chests from dungeons and challenges are a very dependable method to get particular set type. As in most of the chests you can choose the set while rarity and attributes are left to RNG.
• Weekly shop offers limited amounts of armors and accessories from different sets, good for filling the missing slots when the drops are not working for you.
• World drops and quest rewards: Normal enemies and bosses can drop random pieces, and some quests reward fixed gear. These are less targeted but still useful while ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌leveling.

How to Enhance Gear in Where Winds Meet

You can enhance your gear slots via several ways in Where Winds Meet. It’s actually a very methodical and wholesome process as there is no one fixed way to enhance your gear.

Global Slot Enhancements

The​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ essential thing to grasp is that that “Enhancements” are global. If you improve your weapon slot or armor slot, that improvement will be with your character no matter what particular item you are putting ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌on. As a rule of thumb, weapon enhancements increase your minimum and maximum attack damage. Armor enhancements give you more Max HP and Physical defense boosts.

Arsenal System

The Arsenal system unlocks when you reach Level 40 in Where Winds Meet. It offers you an alternate way to put your old gear to use instead of simply salvaging them for materials or selling them for profits. Firstly,​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ your best Gear Score items have to be put into the Arsenal slots. Afterwards, the game determines a bonus corresponding to the standard of these items and, hence, increases your Damage and Life ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌stats.

Thereafter, you​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌ need to select the element that is compatible with your current weapon. Let’s say if you are powering up the Twin Blades, then in the Arsenal menu, you are required to pick the Purple (Thunder) element. On the other hand, if you have a Sword or a Spear, then choosing the Blue element will be the right thing to ​‍​‌‍​‍‌​‍​‌‍​‍‌do.

Players can enjoy playing Where Winds Meet on a bigger screen of their PC or Laptop via BlueStacks along with your keyboard and mouse.