How to quickly get Exploration Points in Where Winds Meet

If you want to fly around in Where Winds Meet, you need to have enough Exploration Points first. In order to use the various flight skills, you need the Afterglow Pendant in addition to unlocking something like Meteor Flight, which is a reward from Level 4 Area Exploration in both Qinghe and Kaifeng. That means you’ll have to do this twice, and again as further updates come to the game. Thankfully, getting Exploration Points is incredibly simple, and you’ll be farming them as you just take part in the world.

The long answer is “do all the content you come across”, as pretty much everything nets you Exploration Points in Where Winds Meet, but there are points of content that build up points faster (and easier) in the game. Here’s what we recommend.

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Tips to farm Exploration Points easily in Where Winds Meet

Simply playing in the world of Where Winds Meet often nets you Exploration Points, but there are a few things you can do that can help you build lots of these points pretty quickly. I’ve put them in about as close to a priority order as you can get, but ultimately it’s up to you what you are tackling.

It's easy to get Boundary Stones for quick, easy points (Image via NetEase)

Most efficient uses of time for Exploration Points (in priority order)

• Unlock all Boundary Stones in a region: 50 points each
• World Bosses (first kill): 50 points
• Campaign Bosses (first kill): 100 points
• Combat Outposts (first clear): ~20 points
• Complete Meow Meow Treasure Puzzles: ~30 points (Red Sword puzzles. Others give less)
• Complete quests in the area (Exploration, Worldly Affairs, Jianghu Legacies, Side Quests): 25-100 points, depending on various factors
• Complete entertainment/side activities in a region (Gift of Gab, Hotpot Fever, Healing, Archery): ~20-25 points

Boundary Stones in each region are the most important, since it’s an easy 50 Exploration Points each time in Where Winds Meet. This also allows you to fast travel around much easier, so I highly recommend getting all of them. Some Boundary Stones will be trapped behind story events and dungeons, so if you get to a location and can’t find them, that’s almost certainly why.

Your first clear of World Bosses and Campaign Bosses nets you Exploration Points for the first kill, so that’s another very easy way to get these done. You can do this in co-op if you aren’t feeling confident, and World Bosses should always be tackled in co-op/online mode. You’ll find Campaign bosses in the main story, as well as other dungeons in the world, like Gleaming Abyss and Palace of Annals. Going out of your way to do these nets you a nice assortment of rewards, in addition to useful Exploration Points in Where Winds Meet.

You can zoom in on your map and use the filter function to find events and activities worth doing (Image via NetEase)

Clearing Outposts for the first time is another fantastic way to farm some loot and also get Exploration Points. If you’ve done these, you can also complete Meow Meow Puzzles for quick Exploration Points that really only take about a minute or so to sort out. I always recommend doing side quests, not just for these Exploration Points.

Many of them also unlock powerful Mystic Arts and other useful skills. Others unlock upgrades for weapon types, like Shadows in Bloom granting the Blossom Barrage Damage Boost for the Vernal Umbrella.

Barring that, simply going around and competing in Archery Tournaments, healing others, and taking part in the various mini-games and activities that litter Qinghe and Kaifeng are a solid way to farm up a few extra points without using too much of your time.

It's not too hard to check on how close you are to the next level, either (Image via NetEase)

If you focus on these events, you’ll have enough ranks to start flying around in no time. If you ever want to know how many points you have, open your map and click below where you see the name of the region (EG: Qinghe Moonveil Mountain), and you'll see how you stack up, and how close you are to the next tier.

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