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Where Winds Meet Mystic Skills List: 45 Names & Categories

Mystic Skills, also called Mystic Arts in English guides, are weapon-independent combat, utility, contextual, and movement abilities. Browse 45 current names, then open a verified route or slot fix when you need one.

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Use the list for identity, the route index for acquisition, and the slot guide for equipment.

Checked · 2026-07-19

Search names, Chinese titles, quests, NPCs, or landmarks

Start with the exact name visible in your Global client. The catalog answers what the skill is called and how it is grouped; detailed route pages answer where it comes from and what to try when the reward does not appear.

Try Dragon Head, 葉龍驤首, 35 Mystic Skills, Yan Qiren, or skill slots. Search keeps older translated names so old bookmarks still lead somewhere useful.

I only know the skill name

Search Global names, Chinese names, old translations, quests, or locations

Open answer

Meridian Touch vanished after I used it

Treat Yan Qiren, choose Immobilized, then finish the conversation

Open answer

I learned it but cannot equip it

Skill ownership and Basic Talent slot unlocks are separate

Open answer

An old guide uses another name

Use the Chinese alias to resolve literal translations and name collisions

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Route chains

Eleven connections save the most backtracking.

Chain 01

Get Celestial Seize before the Kaifeng chains

Golden Body uses Celestial Seize on Shi Yi, and Dragon's Breath uses it to recover the quest item from Kongkong.

Start with Celestial Seize

Chain 02

Qiu Yuehai starts two different Mystic Skill routes

Use Heaven's Pier for Foul Play and Celestial Seize. Use the level-8 encounter southeast of Moonveil Peak for Unearned Lesson and Veil of Stillness.

Open the stealth lesson

Chain 03

General's Shrine holds three different route types

Leaping Toad is an animal observation, Cloud Steps is an underground corpse pickup, and Lion's Roar begins with a bell interaction.

Open shrine routes

Chain 04

The Crimson Cliff cat marks the fireflies, not the reward

Collect five fireflies beside the Meow Meow to learn Glow of Fireflies, then equip and cast the light for the local objective and dark caves.

Get the cave light

Chain 05

Ghost Bind and Touch of Death are not the same skill

Ghost Bind comes from Unwanted Hospitality in Kaifeng. Touch of Death comes from Echoes of Old Battles at Battlecrest Slope.

Resolve the name collision

Chain 06

Blinding Mist can open an assassination window

Blind to the World awards Blinding Mist. Its blind can help create the unaware-target state used by Touch of Death, but mighty enemies can ignore the control effect.

Complete Jianghu Legacy 04

Chain 07

Flaming Meteor needs the Challenge fight

Defeating Ye Wanshan once only opens the route. Fill the eye-shaped comprehension meter in Challenge mode before winning.

Open boss-study route

Chain 08

Tian Ying has two different Mystic Skill rewards

The Promised Light story clear awards Yaksha Rush. The later Challenge fight teaches Free Morph only after the phase-two spinning-kick proficiency meter is filled.

Separate the Tian Ying rewards

Chain 09

Serene Breeze is a Talent node, not a world route

Invest 12 points along the connected Basic Talent path, keep one point available, then buy the skill node and equip it from Mystic Skills.

Open the 12-point route

Chain 10

Dragon Head is a roster milestone, not a hidden boss

Learn 35 other Mystic Skills, then check the roster for the automatic reward. Old 32-skill beta guides and Dragon's Breath routes answer different versions or skills.

Audit the 35-skill gate

Chain 11

Wolflike Frenzy is above the Ghostlight Market entrance

Turn back toward Mask Cave, climb into the lit upper passage, and open its large chest. The old Dao Lord route approaches the same reward from the other direction.

Find the upper-cave chest

Detailed routes

22 unlock guides with Chinese and legacy-name lookup.

Route 01

Tai Chi

太極 / 太极 · Taiji

Verdant Wilds

A Bear of a Task Skill Theft

Route 02

Meridian Touch

金玉手 · Jinyushou / Gold Jade Hand

Stonewash Strand

Jianghu Legacy 03 · Yan Qiren

Route 03

Leaping Toad

金蟾騰躍 · Golden Toad Leap

General's Shrine

Toad observation

Route 04

Celestial Seize

攝星拿月 · Shexing Nanyue

Heaven's Pier

Foul Play quest

Route 05

Lion's Roar

獅吼正聲 · Shihou Zhengsheng

Qinghe

Four copper bells

Route 06

Ghost Bind

百鬼打穴手 · Often mislabeled Touch of Death

Forsaken Quarter

Unwanted Hospitality

Route 07

Golden Body

無相金身 · Formless Golden Body

Grand Imperial Temple

Celestial Seize on Shi Yi

Route 08

Drunken Poet

太白醉月 · Taibai Zuiyue

Blissful Retreat

Honest Merchant wine

Route 09

Flaming Meteor

流星墜火 · Meteor Fall

Bodhi Sea

Ye Wanshan Challenge

Route 10

Yaksha Rush

藥叉破魔 · Yaocha Pomo

Halo Peak

The Promised Light story reward

Route 11

Serene Breeze

清風霽月 · Qingfeng Jiyue

Basic Talent tree

12-point Talent threshold

Route 12

Dragon Head

葉龍驤首 · Ye Long Xiang Shou

Mystic Skill roster

Learn 35 other Mystic Skills

Route 13

Free Morph

自在無礙 · Zizai Wuai

Challenge Tian Ying

Phase-two boss study

Route 14

Wolflike Frenzy

狗嘴奪食 · Gouzui Duoshi / Dog-Beating Staff

Ghostlight Market entrance

Upper-cave chest

Route 15

Glow of Fireflies

螢光暉夜 · Yingguang Huiye

Crimson Cliffs Lake

Collect five fireflies

Route 16

Veil of Stillness

杳無形 · Yao Wuxing

Moonveil Peak

Unearned Lesson Skill Theft

Route 17

Blinding Mist

紅塵障目 / 红尘障目 · Hongchen Zhangmu

Moonveil Mountain

Blind to the World · Jianghu Legacy 04

Route 18

Dragon's Breath

神龍吐火 · Shenlong Tuhuo

Beast Reverie

Wandering Tale item return

Route 19

Talon Strike

鷹爪連鑿 · Eagle Claw Lianzao

Palace of Annals cliffs

Bird observation

Route 20

Guardian Palm

韋陀正法 · Weituo Zhengfa

Sundara Land

Where a Thousand Buddhas Wept

Route 21

Cloud Steps

淩雲踏 · Lingyun Step

Under General's Shrine

Echoes in the Shrine corpse

Route 22

Touch of Death

淩虛一指 · Lingxu One Finger

Battlecrest Slope

Echoes of Old Battles

Current Global catalog

45 names grouped by how the game uses them.

This is a name index, not a tier list. Later patches can add skills or move categories. The linked Global list remains the update check when a name is missing here.

Combat and utility

25 names

Active attacks, control, defense, puzzles, stealth, light, and combat utility.

General and contextual

5 names

Assist, slow-time, detection, counter, and contextual assassination skills.

Divine Counter Star Shift Still Waters Touch of Death Wind Sense

Movement and exploration

13 names

Flight, gliding, wall movement, aerial movement, diving, shrinking, and region traversal.

Thousand-Mile Flight Meteor Flight Fan Glider Wind Rider Wallstride - Swiftstride Wallstride - Shadowdash Threefold Skywalk Skywalk Dash Mighty Drop Safe Mighty Drop Abyss Dive Contortion Moonleap Morph

Special additions

2 names

Skills added through later Global updates or special progression conditions.

Goosy Slide Idle Wind

Check the latest Global catalog entry

Unlock logic

First identify the method, then check whether you have a slot.

Observation

Tai Chi, Leaping Toad, Talon Strike, Veil of Stillness

Stand at the correct creature or object and finish the Skill Theft timing sequence.

Quest reward

Celestial Seize, Ghost Bind, Guardian Palm, Yaksha Rush, Blinding Mist

Track and finish the named Exploration, Side Story, or Jianghu Legacy route.

World sweep

Lion's Roar

Interact with every required world object; one nearby object often looks like the entire route but is only the first step.

Hidden chest

Cloud Steps, Wolflike Frenzy

Reach the correct cave branch and open the skill chest. A nearby boss, landmark, or market entrance only gets you into position.

Collection or roster threshold

Glow of Fireflies, Dragon Head

Collect the required world objects or learn enough distinct Mystic Skills. A nearby quest, rank upgrade, or equipped slot is not always the milestone being counted.

Boss comprehension

Flaming Meteor, Free Morph

Use Challenge mode, read the required move, fill its meter, and still finish the fight.

NPC or merchant condition

Golden Body, Drunken Poet

Time of day, story relocation, a prerequisite skill, or a chance-based state may control the result.

Talent or progression

Wind Sense, Serene Breeze, Dragon Head

Some skills come from Basic Talents, total skills learned, tutorials, exploration levels, or update progression.

Slot rule

A learned scroll does not open another hotbar position.

Additional slots come from prerequisite nodes in Basic Talents. The first slot is automatic; the eighth needs a minimum straight-line total of 19 Talent Points.

Open the full slot and upgrade guide

Context rule

Not every Mystic Skill behaves like a normal hotbar attack.

Touch of Death is contextual, Wind Sense is utility, and movement skills can depend on region exploration access. Check the skill type before treating a missing button as a failed unlock.

Open current slot reference

Sources and common questions

Names come from Global references; route detail comes from the original archive.

Current Global Mystic Skill list

English names, categories, effects, and broad acquisition summaries.

Official Global balance terminology

Official usage of names such as Cloud Steps, Golden Body, Guardian Palm, Drunken Poet, Talon Strike, Dragon's Breath, and Leaping Toad.

Mystic Skill slot reference

Basic Talent prerequisites and the minimum Talent Point totals for slots one through eight.

Original Chinese guide archive

The Chinese aliases and 21 original acquisition routes used by this guide cluster; Tai Chi is documented from the current Global route instead.

Frequently asked

Are Mystic Skills and Mystic Arts the same thing?

Yes. English guides use both terms for the weapon-independent active, passive, utility, and movement abilities shown in the Mystic Skill system.

Does this site have every Mystic Skill unlock route?

Not yet. The site has 22 detailed routes: 21 matched to the original Chinese guide archive plus the current Global Tai Chi bear tutorial. The broader 45-name catalog remains visible without pretending every name already has a verified route.

Why does a Chinese guide use a different English name?

Many early pages used literal translations before Global localization existed. Search the Chinese name as the stable identity bridge; for example, 金蟾騰躍 is Leaping Toad and 神龍吐火 is Dragon's Breath.

Why can I own a skill but have no place to equip it?

Additional Mystic Skill slots are separate Basic Talent nodes. The first slot is automatic; later slots require buying prerequisite nodes with Talent Points.

Which Mystic Skill should I unlock first?

For route access, Celestial Seize is the most useful key because Golden Body and Dragon's Breath require it. Combat priority still depends on your mode, weapon pair, and current patch.

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