How to unlock mounts in Where Winds Meet

You will need a mount to explore the massive open world of Where Winds Meet. Getting one early on in the game makes it easy while traversing through Jianghu’s dangerous spots, rough terrain, and roaming enemies. While you can travel by foot to almost any location or use the fast travel system, getting a horse adds to the explorative and adventurous nature of the game. You can get one from multiple sources in Where Winds Meet.

In this guide, we will break down every reliable way to acquire mounts in Where Winds Meet, whether it be stealing, taming, or buying from the store.

Where Winds Meet: Every method of acquiring a mount

There are a few ways to get a mount in Where Winds Meet; not all of them are clean, but they are efficient. Here are all three methods to acquire a mount:

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Risky: Steal from a random NPC
Safe: Tame a wild horse in the wilderness of Jianghu.
Premium: Purchase from the premium store

Stealing a horse from a random NPC

Stealing a horse is the fastest method of acquiring a mount in Where Winds Meet (Image via Everstone Studio)

The fastest method of getting a mount is by stealing from a random NPC. Right from the beginning, you will encounter NPC riders moving along the roads in Jianghu. When you approach them, a Snatch Horse option will appear. Once you trigger that, your character will throw them off the horse and take control of that mount.

Bounty system

Stealing a horse will make the NPC hostile, and they will start a fight. If you beat them up and steal the horse successfully, you will get the Horse Thief Achievement, and a bounty will be placed on you. Once you have a bounty, local warriors will immediately attack you. It is recommended to avoid them, as some of them can be super tanky and stun you pretty easily.

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Follow the story objective to get your first horse

You can get the first mount in the game at the General's Shrine (Image via Everstone Studio)

Early in the campaign, you will be asked to go to the General’s Shrine by Ruby. Once you make it past the Boundary Stone, a small cutscene will show two NPCs getting up on horses and escaping and confronting the protagonist.

Once you have talked to the thieves, you can steal the horses back from them (Image via Everstone Studio)

Once the dialogue ends, a Snatch Horse appears. Once you have snatched the horse, both NPCs will attack you. Defeat one successfully, and both will disappear; otherwise, you can head inside, and the confrontation will end. This is technically the first permanent horse you get by following the story of Where Winds Meet.

How to tame horses in Where Winds Meet

The best way to get a horse without stealing is by taming a wild one (Image via Everstone Studio)

If you want to avoid unnecessary aggression against NPCs, you can get a horse by taming it in the wilderness of Jianghu. This requires you to jump on a horse unnoticed and complete a minigame.

Catching a wild horse is difficult, so be discreet, as they will run off the moment you are noticed. Here are the steps to successfully taming a horse in Where Winds Meet:

Slowly move behind the horse. If you have the Veil of Stillness skill (makes you undetectable for a few seconds), use it to sneak up to the horse.
Once near the horse, jump on its back and trigger the taming minigame.
The taming minigame requires you to match incoming directional inputs.

This is the most difficult step while catching a horse in Where Winds Meet. However, it is a free option, and catching multiple horses is beneficial to you, as they can be sold to a horse merchant for coins. Look for wild horses in open fields and near ponds or lakes.

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Buy one from the Premium Shop

You can get unique horses from the in-game premium shop by spending real money to buy Echo Beads (Image via Everstone Studio)

If you want to get a unique-looking horse, you can always buy it from the in-game premium shop.

Press ESC to open the menu tab.
Select Shop.
Go to the Appearance tab.
Click on the Horse icon.

You can buy these premium mounts with Echo Beads, which include:

Spirited Courser: 1280 Echo Beads
Qin Horse: 1280 Echo Beads
Snow Oath: 60 Echo Beads
White-Browed Goose: 680 Echo Beads
Horskie: 680 Echo Beads

You can also get the Ghoststride from the Draw, which costs up to 160 Echo Beads per Draw.

How to equip and use horses in Where Winds Meet

Equipping horses

Press ESC to open the menu tab.
Go to Appearance.
Select Mounts.

How to use your mounts

Keyboard: Press 6 to call your mount.
Controller: Press Menu/Start + X .

Where to sell horses in Where Winds Meet

You can sell horses at the horse ranch in Finesteed Hamlet (Image via Everstone Studio)

If you have too many horses, you can sell them at any Horse Ranch; the first one you will find is the Finesteed Hamlet in Northern Qinghe or Sundara Land.

The merchant here will buy any extra mounts you have for in-game currency, making horse stealing an effective way of making money quickly; just beware of bounty hunters.

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Finding horses and taming them adds another layer of complexity to the game; even if you are stealing horses, you will end up facing off against bounty hunters. This makes the system more fun to play around with. So, whatever method you choose to acquire mounts in Where Winds Meet, you will end up enjoying the process.

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Edited by Adarsh J Kumar