Struggling to survive in Where Winds Meet with just a single healing charge? The game’s challenging combat demands a reliable healing system, and you’re meant to upgrade it. Unlike many games, you don’t find more healing flasks in the world; you earn them through a specific progression system.
This guide will explain exactly how to get more healing charges by upgrading your Medicine Chest and how to manage your medicine supply to ensure you’re always ready for a fight.
The Key to More Healing: The Medicine Chest Upgrade
Your healing charges are governed by your Medicine Chest. By default, you start with only one charge. To increase this number, you must upgrade the chest by collecting and donating Medicinal Tales to Yaoyao at the Evercare Clinic.
How the System Works:
You find and use healing items (like Hemostatic Powder) from your inventory.
Your Medicine Chest holds a number of “charges,” which represent how many of these items you can use before needing to rest.
When you rest at a Boundary Stone, your charges are automatically refilled from the stock of healing items in your inventory, up to your current charge capacity.
A Step-by-Step Guide to Increasing Your Charges
To get more healing charges, follow this process:
1. Locate Yaoyao and the Evercare Clinic
Find the Evercare Clinic, which serves as the central hub for all medical upgrades. The NPC Yaoyao is the one who accepts Medicinal Tales.
2. Collect Medicinal Tales
Medicinal Tales are special collectibles used exclusively for upgrading your Medicine Chest. You can find them through these primary sources:
Main and Side Quests: Many quests reward you with Medicinal Tales.
Exploration Rewards: Opening chests and discovering hidden areas often yields them.
World Bosses and Dungeons: Defeating challenging enemies and completing dungeons is a reliable source.
3. Donate for Upgrades
Speak with Yaoyao and choose the option to donate your Medicinal Tales. Each upgrade rank requires a cumulative number of tales. For example, reaching Rank 13 requires a total of 90 Medicinal Tales.
Healing Charge Milestones and Upgrade Benefits
The upgrade ranks don’t give you a new charge every time. The key milestones for increasing your number of healing charges are:
Rank 5: Unlocks the third healing charge.
Rank 8: Unlocks the fourth healing charge.
Rank 11: Unlocks the fifth and final healing charge.
Other ranks provide powerful passive benefits that enhance your healing, such as:
Increased healing potency.
Damage reduction after using a healing item.
Heal-over-Time (HoT) effects.
How to Manage Your Medicine Supply
Having charges is useless if you don’t have healing items in your inventory to restock them. Here’s how to keep your supply topped up:
Crafting and Buying Medicine:
Craft Hemostatic Powder: This is your basic and most common healing item. Gather the required materials like Herbs.
Vendors: You can purchase healing items and materials from specific vendors.
Xiong Da in Heaven’s Pier sells Hemostatic Powder.
Qinghe General Goods Vendor in Harvestfall Village and other vendors in Kaifeng sell crafting materials like Herbs and Meat Scraps.
Note: Vendor stocks are often limited, typically refreshing up to 99 items per week.
Pro Tip: The Panacea Fan
Early in the game, you receive the Panacea Fan as a starting weapon. Its abilities can provide healing, allowing you to conserve your precious medicine charges during less intense combat encounters. It’s a smart tool for early-game sustainability.
FAQ: Getting More Healing Charges
Q1: Why do I still only have one healing charge?
A: You must actively collect Medicinal Tales and donate them to Yaoyao at the Evercare Clinic. The charges are not increased automatically through story progression.
Q2: What happens if I run out of healing items in my inventory?
A: When you rest at a Boundary Stone, your charges will not refill. You must always ensure you have a stock of craftable or purchasable healing items in your inventory.
Q3: Can I use different types of healing items?
A: Yes. If you have multiple types of healing items, the game will automatically switch to another type when one is depleted during combat.
Q4: Is there a maximum number of healing charges?
A: Yes, the current maximum, achieved at Rank 11 of the Medicine Chest, is five healing charges.
Conclusion
Surviving the martial world of Where Winds Meet hinges on a robust healing strategy. By focusing on upgrading your Medicine Chest with Medicinal Tales, you systematically increase your healing charges and unlock powerful survivability buffs. Combine this with efficient crafting and smart use of tools like the Panacea Fan, and you’ll be able to endure even the most punishing battles. Don’t leave your survival to chance—visit Yaoyao regularly and turn your tales into tangible power.