How to unlock and use Internal Arts in Where Winds Meet

Learning Internal Arts in Where Winds Meet is one of the biggest steps in shaping your build. These arts act like passive foundations that boost your stats, strengthen certain weapon paths, and open up synergies that make your combat style feel more complete.

But unlike Martial Arts, you can’t just equip an Internal Art the moment you find it. You need to track down its tome, unlock it, and choose wisely based on your preferred playstyle. That said, here is how to unlock and use Internal Arts in Where Winds Meet.

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Unlocking and using Internal Arts in Where Winds Meet

Internal Arts can’t be learned out of thin air, as you must comprehend them by reading the correct tomes, pages, and manuals tied to each art.

Inner Way on-screen menu (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || NetEase Games)

To do so, you must:

1) Follow Internal Art Clues

Internal Arts in Where Winds Meet has a clue associated with it. These clues guide you toward:

• An NPC who sells the tome
• A location where the tome is hidden
• A quest that rewards the manual

The clues look cryptic, but they’re easier than they appear. When viewing them:

• Press X/A to instantly jump to the map
• The game highlights the exact area where the solution is found

So the system may look mysterious, but it does most of the navigation work for you.

2) Find the correct tome or manual

Once the clue leads you to the right spot, obtain the book through:

• Purchasing it
• Completing a quest
• Picking it up from a location

You can track multiple clues at once, making it easy to hunt down several arts in one run.

3) Consume the tome

After you have the correct book, you can unlock the Internal Art by:

• Opening your inventory and using the tome directly, or
• Going into the Internal Art menu and consuming it from there

Once consumed, the art becomes permanently available in your list of Inner Ways.

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Tips for choosing the right Internal Arts in Where Winds Meet

If you want to avoid wasting slots, keep these simple rules in mind:

• Pick Universal Inner Ways if you’re still learning the game, as they’re safe and always active.
• Match weapon-specific Inner Ways to your main Martial Art. If you’re running Nameless Sword, focus on its Inner Ways first.
• If an Internal Art boosts buffs, combo generation, or energy recovery, make sure your weapon style uses those mechanics.
• Internal Arts aren’t permanent commitments. You can adjust your loadout as you unlock more weapons or change playstyles.

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Where Winds Meet is available on PC/PS5 as a free-to-play game.

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