How to fly in Where Winds Meet: All Lightness Skills unlock guide

Learning how to fly in Where Winds Meet is one of the most exciting milestones in the game, letting your character soar across mountains, cliffs, and rooftops in full Wuxia fashion. But flight isn’t unlocked by default, and it comes from Lightness Skills, and each flying technique has its own method of unlocking.

With that said, here is how to fly in Where Winds Meet.

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How can you fly in Where Winds Meet

To fly in Where Winds Meet, just hold the jump button while in the open world. Your character will launch into the air and maintain flight using the animation tied to the Lightness Skill you’ve equipped.

Flying in Where Winds Meet (Image via NetEase Games)

However, it is not that simple, as you must fulfil the prerequisites to fly:

• A Lightness Skill (Thousand-Mile, Meteor Flight, Fan Glider, or Wind Rider), and
• The Afterglow Pendant for the region you’re standing in, flight becomes straightforward.

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All flying Lightness Skills in Where Winds Meet

There are four Lightness Skills that allow you to fly in Where Winds Meet. They all function the same when it comes to traversal, but offer different animations depending on the style you prefer. Here is how you can unlock them:

1) Thousand-Mile Flight

A classic soaring technique that lets your character glide through the sky like a dragon. You can earn it as the Day 4 login reward in the A Warrior’s Journey track.

2) Meteor Flight

A fast, spear-driven dash through the air that makes you shoot upward like a meteor. It’s usually the first flight skill most players obtain. To unlock it, you must complete the Afterglow Jianghu Legacy.

3) Fan Glider

A graceful gliding style using a folding fan as your airborne tool. You must reach 6000 Qinghe Exploration Points to acquire it.

4) Wind Rider

A drifting, wind-dancing technique that fits the wuxia fantasy perfectly. You need to reach 7000 Qinghe Exploration Points.

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How to get Afterglow Pendant in Where Winds Meet

The region’s Lightness system is tied to a special item called the Afterglow Pendant. It unlocks Grand Lightness Skills, Wallstride and Region-specific traversal abilities.

Gameplay still from Where Winds Meet (Image via NetEase Games)

To get it, you must reach Qinghe Exploration Level 4, where it is awarded as part of the rewards.

Note: Every region in Where Winds Meet has its own Afterglow Pendant, and the permissions don’t carry over. If you unlock a Pendant in Qinghe, you can only use Lightness Skills freely within Qinghe. To fly elsewhere, you must level up that region’s Exploration Points and claim its Pendant.

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