Summary of "DON’T MISS IT! GET THIS INNER ARTS EARLY TO BECOME OP! - Where Winds Meet"

Where Winds Meet

Storyline / Context

The video focuses on an important gameplay mechanic called Inner Arts, which are passive abilities that significantly impact your character’s build and performance. The guide emphasizes the importance of acquiring and upgrading a specific Inner Art early in the game to become overpowered (OP).

What Are Inner Arts?

Passive abilities that define how your build works.
You can equip up to four Inner Arts.
Two slots are usually taken by weapon-specific Inner Arts.
Inner Arts are found in the development window under the Inner Arts tab.
They provide passive bonuses that can drastically alter gameplay.
Upgrading Inner Arts is resource-intensive later in the game, so early focus is crucial.

Highlighted Inner Art: Song of the Year River

Widely used in China due to its universal power and compatibility with any build or weapon, this Inner Art should occupy the third slot in your setup.

Effect: Each attack or heal grants 1 stack (max 5 stacks). Each stack provides: - +2 Penetration - +1% Damage - +1% Healing

At 5 stacks, you gain +10 Penetration, +5% Damage, and +5% Healing. This benefits both offensive and healing builds. Upgrades make it even stronger.

How to Obtain Song of the Year River

Open the Inner Arts menu and select the desired Inner Art.
The game shows locations/NPCs where it can be obtained.
For this Inner Art, you buy 10 pages (small books) from a merchant in the first region.
Each page costs 500 jades (green circular coins).
Total cost: 5,000 jades.
Jades are a valuable currency earned from quests, mini-games, treasure chests, achievements, etc.

Early game tip: Prioritize spending jades on Inner Arts and upgrades over cosmetics or gacha pools.

After buying all pages, unlock and equip the Inner Art.

Upgrading Inner Arts

Inner Arts have a skill tree with nodes that add buffs and enhancements. Unlocking nodes requires upgrade tickets, which increase in cost with each node (e.g., 10 tickets for the first node, then 120 for the next).

Sources of upgrade tickets: - Merchants (10 tickets for 2,000 jades) - Activity shop chests (cost green fish-shaped coins, a weekly limited currency) - Repeatable boss fights that consume energy and drop chests with random tickets

The weekly shop resets, so buy all available chests each week. Tickets upgrade existing Inner Arts, not unlock new ones. Unwanted tickets can be exchanged for desired ones (details to be covered in a future video).

Key Tips & Strategy

Equip your two weapon-specific Inner Arts first.
Prioritize unlocking Song of the Year River as your third Inner Art.
Save jades early on to buy all pages needed for this Inner Art.
Regularly collect upgrade tickets weekly to enhance Inner Arts.
Leave the fourth slot flexible for personal or situational Inner Arts.
Focus on Inner Arts early to save time and farming effort later.

Summary

Inner Arts are crucial for character customization and power.
Song of the Year River is a must-have for its universal benefits.
Early investment in this Inner Art and its upgrades leads to a near-perfect build setup.
Efficient resource management (jades and tickets) is key to progression.

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