
Meet the bosses and legends of Jianghu.
This page gathers the major Where Winds Meet bosses and named foes in one place, focusing on encounter vibe, fight pacing, and which fights suit your current build. It is a spoiler-light boss list with links to each encounter overview so you can decide which legend to hunt next.
Use it alongside the weapons overview and build guides to pair each fight with a weapon and playstyle that matches its tone and your preferences.
All descriptions on this page are based on official Where Winds Meet material and general action RPG experience. They are written to set expectations about story tone and encounter feel, not to make hard claims about exact mechanics or balance. In game experience and patch notes always come first.
Boss gallery and quick themes.
Dao Lord
Shadow boss / underworld confrontationElusive leader of the black market and the Nine Mortal Ways.
Theme: Contracts, information, hidden power
Feng Ruzhi
World boss / objective-style duelA relentless world boss with a Silk Ball steal fail condition.
Theme: Pressure, footwork, Silk Ball recovery
God of Avarice
Trial of greed / larger-than-life duelA mortal obsessed with hoarding wealth into godhood.
Theme: Wealth, ambition, false loyalty
Heartseeker
Inner world / psychological trialA shape born from inner demons—familiar, yet unsettling.
Theme: Inner demons, memory, distorted reflections
Lucky Seventeen
Guardian duel / palace defensePure-hearted guardian of the Palace of Annals and master smith.
Theme: Duty, craftsmanship, keeper of knowledge
Murong Yuan
Mechanics boss / gadget-heavy encounterA vengeful mechanist who betrayed the Mohists.
Theme: Technology, betrayal, ideals as weapons
Qianye
Deception duel / shadow bladesRuthless, cunning, always hiding behind shifting masks.
Theme: Masquerade, manipulation, seeing through the facade
The Void King
High-intensity duel / test of strengthA warrior determined to break the limits of the body.
Theme: Limits, discipline, overwhelming strength
Tian Ying
Assassin encounter / shadow duelA legendary assassin with no known past or family.
Theme: Assassination, anonymity, life between missions
Ye Wanshan
Warlord encounter / large-scale battleOnce a defender of the north—now a relentless attacker of the central plains.
Theme: War, betrayal, fall of a hero
Zheng E
Story duel / tragic swordfightA weary swordsman—once a savior, now walking alone.
Theme: Idealism, disillusionment, solitary path
General boss survival tips from high-difficulty runs.
Community guides written in Traditional Chinese for the highest difficulty settings repeatedly highlight the same handful of tools that make brutal encounters more forgiving. Even if you never look up specific “cheese” routes, understanding these patterns can turn frustrating bosses into fair challenges.
- Do not solo out of pride: story and Bloodbath bosses in Where Winds Meet are tuned assuming you may bring help. Summoned companions that act as tanks, healers or posture breakers can dramatically lower execution requirements, especially on three-phase “memory test” fights.
- Lean on powerful qi arts: several offensive and defensive qi arts offer longer i-frames than a standard guard or dodge, or can instantly interrupt key skills. Consider assigning at least one panic button art (for unavoidable bursts) and one proactive tool that lets you safely punish long animations.
- Use weapon pairings that cover your weaknesses: a secondary fan can provide healing and stabilizing support, while heavy weapons like Mo Blade offer shields and super armor on charged swings. If you dislike parry timing, combine a sturdier weapon with supportive tools instead of forcing a pure glass cannon.
- Respect level scaling and invest sideways: bosses scale with your level, so blindly leveling can make fights feel worse. If you are stuck, pause leveling and funnel resources into gear, martial arts, and inner arts upgrades instead; a slightly lower level with stronger tools often feels easier than a higher level with weak equipment.
For players who want to go deeper, combine these principles with the builds section and weapon-specific pages like Mo Blade to design setups tuned for your reflexes and preferred difficulty rather than a single “correct” meta.
Boss quick answers
Which Where Winds Meet bosses should I start with?
Begin with story bosses tied to your current region, then try Bloodbath variants once you have a comfort weapon pair. Use builds with posture breaks (Mo Blade, Spear, Dual Blades) to shorten early fights.
Do bosses have notable weaknesses or rewards?
Exact weaknesses and rewards vary by boss and can shift with updates. This page stays spoiler-light, so for reliable rewards info, check the in-game reward preview (if available) and official patch notes. Use the encounter overviews here for story tone, pacing, and prep links to weapons/builds.
What is the difference between story, Bloodbath, and world bosses?
Story bosses gate quests and scale with level; Bloodbath bosses add extra mechanics and tighter timings; world bosses are large open-field fights with shared rewards. Prep differently: more survivability for Bloodbath, more mobility for open-world bosses.
