Where Winds Meet: All Sects List

Sects are factions bound by specific rules that you must follow to gain various benefits in Where Winds Meet. Read on to learn about the different Sects, their rules, the advantages of joining them, and more.

Well of Heaven
Martial Arts:
・Thundercry Blade Rules:
Heroic Righteousness – Weekly Chivalrous Deeds require enough Adventure Slips as proof of valor!
Unrestrained Spirit – Sect may deduct 1,000 Precept Value.
Generous and Righteous – Weekly earnings should not be excessive, otherwise precept value -100.
Brotherhood – Disciples of the same sect must not harm one another. Description:
This Sect is for players who value order and brotherhood. Members are committed to supporting one another and are prohibited from attacking fellow members. In return, they are required to pay a mandatory tax.

Silver Needle
Martial Arts:
・Panacea Fan
・Inkwell Fan Rules:
One Life, One Price – Whether diagnosing ailments or emergency rescue, all Silver Needle disciples must demand payment for healing.
Shared Healing – Participate in Multiplayer healing and succeed: precept value +10.
Healing Bodies and Minds – Weekly requirement: At least 15 likes, otherwise precept value -10. Description:
This Sect is focused on helping others and providing healing services to earn likes from other players. Join the Silver Needle Sect if your playstyle revolves around supporting others.

Midnight Blades
Martial Arts:
・Infernal Twinblades Rules:
Midnight Judgement – In Midnight Judgement, defeat Sufferers to steal their identities/karma and ascend the Asura Path.
Kill to Sieze Karma – Defeat wanderers to gain Karma Points; being defeat deducts Karma Points.
Ultimate Bliss for All Beings – Head to Perception Forest to obtain large amounts of Karma Value.
Meditative Samadhi – In the Open World combat, hesitate not, spare no lives. Description:
This Sect is designed for players who enjoy the PvP aspect of the game, requiring constant engagement in combat with other players and maintaining a negative karma. Join the Midnight Guard Sect only if your primary playstyle revolves around PvP.

Nine Mortal Ways
Martial Arts:
・Mortal Rope Dart Rules:
Jianghu Fun – Earn Weekly Fun Points by teasing/tricking others.
A Thousand Faces – Participate in Disguise, blend into the Nine Mortal Ways to experience diverse lives.
Deceiving Heaven – Failed tricks or jail time deduct Virtue -10. Description:
If you enjoy tricking and pranking others, and have the street smarts to take advantage of situations, the Nine Mortal Ways Sect is for you. Join this Sect if your main goal is to earn money by any means necessary.

Hollow Vale
Martial Arts:
・Soulshade Umbrella Rules:
No Living Puppets – Life and death have boundaries; playing with sleeping puppets is forbidden. Though Hollow Vale disciples bear poisoned bodies, their hearts are kind. Transforming the living into sleeping puppets is an ironclad sect rule. Those who experiment on themselves are exempt.
Balance of Life and Death – Where there is life, there must be death; where there is death, there must be life. Hollow Vale’s dual sources of healing and poison must remain balanced. For every life healed, poison must be used once. Failure invites self-inflicted suffering.

Martial Arts: TBD
Rules:Writing and Scholarship – Sages’ words become the law for all under heaven.

Mohist Hill
Martial Arts: TBD
Rules:Universal Love – Love universally, benefit mutually; those who benefit others will in turn be benefited. Self-benefit and benefiting others—this is the way of goodness.

Raging Tides
Martial Arts: TBD
Rules: TBD

Velvet Shade
Martial Arts:TBD
Rules: TBD

The Masked Troupe
Martial Arts: TBD
Rules: TBD

Lone Cloud
Martial Arts: TBD
Rules: TBD

Factions with Rules to Follow
Sects are factions in the game, each with its own set of rules that can either benefit your character or limit your actions as you explore the world of Jianghu. Following these rules can grant various rewards and progression benefits, but breaking them leads to negative effects. Because of this, it’s important to consider and choose a Sect that matches your playstyle to make the most of its benefits.

Collect Clues During Exploration
To join a Sect, you must gather clues while exploring the world of Jianghu. These clues are encountered randomly during your adventures. Once you have collected the necessary clue, a quest will be unlocked that you must complete to join the Sect.

You Can Only Join One Sect at a Time
You cannot join multiple sects at the same time, as you must leave one sect before joining another. However, you are free to leave a sect at any time and join another if you wish.

Joining a Sect and increasing your reputation and rank within it will unlock various rewards, including exclusive cosmetics from the Sect shop. Keep in mind that each Sect’s shop offers unique items that are not available to members of other Sects.

ach Sect specializes in specific Martial Arts and joining one grants you a discount when learning its associated Martial Art. This is especially useful if you are aiming to learn a particular Martial Art early in the game.

Because of how each Sect’s rules are structured, you can gain significant benefits if your playstyle aligns with those rules and take advantage of its effects.

Complete Commands Throughout Jianghu
Commands are errands that grant various item rewards and reputation points. Completing these will increase your rank within your Sect, unlocking more items in the Sect shop.

However, note that there is a weekly cap to the reputation you can earn from Commands. Once you reach 1,200 reputation currency, you won’t gain any more until the weekly reset. Other rewards however, are not affected by this limit.
Faster Reputation Gain

By joining a Sect, you can increase your Sect Merit to boost the amount of reputation gained from completing Errands. Additionally, you will earn an extra 30 reputation for each Errand completed during the weekend.