Where Winds Meet Is Wasting Your Time. Here’s How to Stop It.
This isn't a guide for "enjoying the scenery." This is a guide for players who respect their own time.
Look, Where Winds Meet is a long haul. It's designed to be a "forever game," which is corporate-speak for "an endless grind."
If you're just guessing at what to do, you're falling behind. If you're farming randomly, you're wasting Mental Energy. And if you're using the default settings, you're probably dying to input lag.
This is the efficiency guide. This is for people who want to optimize, not just wander around aimlessly.
Fix Your Goddamn Settings First
Before you do anything else, fix your game. The default settings are trash for a game this fast, and they're actively working against you.
Display: Run in Fullscreen mode. "Borderless" hitches and stutters. Turn V-Sync OFF. It adds input delay, and that will kill your parry timing. Turn Motion Blur OFF. You need to see enemy attack telegraphs clearly, not in a cinematic smear.
FPS: Uncap it. More frames mean smoother input and more responsive parries. If you're overheating, cap it at 120, not 60.
Controls: This is my setup, and it works. Put Parry on your Forward Mouse Button and Dodge on your Back Mouse Button. Keep Light Attack on Left Click. Put your main weapon skills (Martial Arts) on Q and E.
This separates your defense (mouse hand) from your offense (keyboard hand). You can parry, dodge, and attack simultaneously without your fingers tripping over each other. It's a game-changer.
The Real Daily Checklist
Your "Mental Energy" (the game's stamina system) is your most important daily resource. Never, ever let it cap. Even if you only have five minutes, log in and spend it on one stronghold or any small objective.
Do one casual activity. Pitch-Pot is the quickest and easiest.
Visit your house and use the "grooming" interaction. It's free, and it matters.
Go to the shop and buy all the daily-limited materials. Prioritize anything tied to skills, heart methods, or cultivation. Ignore cosmetics.
The Weekly Grind Is What Actually Matters
Here's the secret: weekly caps matter way more than your daily tasks. You can skip a day, but you can't skip a week.
Always, always do your Weekly Dungeon before the reset. Skipping it means you have permanently lost those exclusive materials. You can't get them back.
Buy out the weekly shop. This is non-negotiable. Skill fragments, tuning materials, heart-method items. Buy all 99 of the rough ore/coarse fur if you can. These compound over time.
Spend your weekly jade allocation. Again, spend it on internal arts, skill breakthroughs, and progression items. Do not buy cosmetics with it.
How to Farm (And Stop Wasting Gear)
Don't bother farming strongholds seriously before Level 40. The rewards scale with your level, and you're just wasting energy on low-tier crap. Just do enough to keep your Mental Energy from capping.
Once you're 40+, only target boss-type strongholds. They are the ones that drop the set gear and high-tier materials you actually need.
Finally, recycle your unused gear. Stop hoarding it. This isn't Skyrim. Every single piece of gear you replace should be dismantled immediately. Those materials are permanent progression.
This isn't a game about hoarding. It's about churning old junk into new power.