Where Winds Meet bosses come in four kinds. Campaign Bosses come from story and region quests and can be fought again for rewards. World Bosses wait at fixed spots in the open world. Quest Bosses appear once inside a story. Trials replay bosses you have beaten, with extra tasks. Game8's list, updated September 18, 2026, counts 23 Campaign Bosses and 26 World Bosses. Version 2.3 adds a new World Boss, the Shuttlecock Champion, on October 15.
We compared Game8's boss list and its boss pages with the Fextralife wiki and Skycoach, and checked them against the official patch notes. Several bosses have been renamed since launch; where a guide uses an older name, we give it too.
Last checked: October 11, 2026 (Version 2.2).
At a glance
| Boss type | Where you meet it | Can you fight it again? |
|---|---|---|
| Campaign Boss | At the end of a story or region quest | Yes, as a Campaign Challenge for 20 Energy |
| World Boss | At a fixed spot in the open world | As a Trial |
| Quest Boss | Inside one story quest | No |
| Trial | Wandering Paths, Trials | Yes, with a task list and a leaderboard |
| Mini-boss (Moderate Talent) | As the last enemy of an outpost | — |
How to find and fight bosses
- World Bosses sit at fixed spots in the open world, and you start the fight by walking up to them. Since the official changes of January 12, 2026, the World Boss page of the Journal shows each one on the map. Some newer World Bosses only appear at set times, and the official Version 2.0 notes mention first-clear rewards.
- Campaign Bosses are met in a quest first. After that they show up on your map as a Campaign Challenge, and each run costs 20 Energy to claim the rewards. Rewards get better as your level rises, and the gear sets they drop have changed between versions, so check the challenge screen in your game.
- Trials replay bosses you have already beaten, with a list of tasks. The Fextralife wiki says they sit in the main menu under Wandering Paths, with a leaderboard, and that each World Boss can be beaten only once in your own world.
- Mini-bosses, called Moderate Talents, guard outposts as the final enemy.
- Help for hard fights: the Fextralife wiki notes Companion Assist and Assist signposts before many boss arenas, which bring in an NPC companion or other players.
Campaign Bosses
Each one unlocks when you finish the quest in the second column. The area comes from Game8's page for that boss.
| Boss | Quest that unlocks it | Where | Also called |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heartseeker | Still Shore | Moonveil Mountain, Qinghe | |
| Qianye | Blissful Retreat | Moonveil Mountain, Qinghe | |
| Ye Wanshan | Bodhi Sea | Sundara Land, Qinghe | |
| The Void King | Gleaming Abyss | Moonveil Mountain, Qinghe | |
| Lucky Seventeen | Palace of Annals | Moonveil Mountain, Qinghe | |
| Tian Ying | The Promised Light | Sundara Land, Qinghe | Fextralife and Skycoach list the campaign as Halo Peak |
| Dao Lord | Unbound Cavern | Kaifeng City | |
| Zheng the Frostwing | Ever-Normal Granary | Granary of Plenty, Kaifeng | Zheng E |
| Murong Yuan | Jinming Pool: Petalfall Banquet | Jadewood Court, Kaifeng | |
| God of Avarice | Furnace of Righteousness | Kaifeng City | Black God of Wealth |
| River Master | Heavenfall | Roaring Sands, Kaifeng | |
| Guo Xin | Whitecrown City | Jade Gate Pass, Hexi | |
| Wucan | Death of the Governor | Fextralife lists this fight as the Five Remnants | |
| Sentinel Howlion | Dasan Pass | Dasan Pass | Town Gate Roar |
| Moonlight Master | Sunken City | Sunken City Lake | |
| Lord Crimson Carp | A Ripple in Reality | Dream-bearing Pillow | |
| Veiled Woman | Gone with the Wind | Veiled Lady | |
| The Blackclad | Sealed Treasury | Kaifeng Imperial Palace | |
| The Lone Tyrant | Confinement Tower | Inner Chambers, Imperial Palace | |
| Zhang Wanshi | Changeless Heart | Deepwater Works, Mohist City, Hidden Mountain | |
| Bell Toller | Mirkvale | Heaven's Threshold, Hidden Mountain | |
| Peng | Answers from Above (end of the Hidden Mountain story) | Heaven's Threshold, Hidden Mountain | |
| Halcyon | Skyward City Ruins (Version 2.2) | Heaven's Threshold, Hidden Mountain |
Most of the first 17 also appear in the Fextralife wiki of April 2026, some under the older names above. The last six came with the Imperial Palace and the Hidden Mountain, and only Game8 lists them so far.
World Bosses by region
| Region | World Bosses (area) |
|---|---|
| Qinghe | Puppeteer - Sheng Wu (Verdant Wilds), Sleeping Daoist (Sundara Land), Puppeteer - Curtaincall (Sundara Land), Earth Fiend Deity (Moonveil Mountain), Snake Doctor (Moonveil Mountain), Yi Dao (Moonveil Mountain), Coffin Master (Mercyheart Monastery) |
| Kaifeng | Wolf Maiden, Twin Lions and Ghost Master (Granary of Plenty), Nameless General (Jadewood Court), Feng Ruzhi (Roaring Sands), Drunk Martial Artist (Southwatch Height in the official Version 1.3 overview; Game8 lists the Grand Canal and Jadewood Court) |
| Hexi | Wandering Ark (Shifting Sands), Moongazing Maiden (Jade-Mirrored Spring), Pocketrupt Circus (Clear-Dew Terrace), Everdeer (Steed's Pass), Snowplum Requiem (Marsh Plain) |
| Kaifeng Imperial Palace | Cat Emperor (Rear Garden), Gilded Lament (Kunning Hall) |
| Hidden Mountain | Ci and Cuo, Ironheart Centipede, Inkpincer Scorpion and Cloudclutch Serpent (Suixiang), Golden Colossus Taicu and Goshawk (Heaven's Threshold) |
| Qingzhou (from October 15) | Shuttlecock Champion |
Areas follow Game8's list of September 18, 2026. The Fextralife wiki gives older names for a few Qinghe and Kaifeng World Bosses. The official Version 2.0 notes name Inkpincer Scorpion and Cloudclutch Serpent, and the Version 2.2 overview adds Golden Colossus Taicu and Goshawk.
Quest Bosses and Challenge Fights
- Quest Bosses are part of one quest and do not come back. Game8 lists Dalang in Chapter 1, A Horse Neighs in the Forest, and He Yuezhi and Shen Yiren in the Jianghu Legacy Twelve Years of Feuds.
- Challenge Fights are optional hard fights that unlock achievements and have nothing to do with the story. Game8 lists Elder Gongsun and Gongsun Deng in the General's Shrine in Verdant Wilds, and the Demon Goose by the bridge near West Heaven's Pier.
Bosses by update
- Launch (November 2025): Qinghe and Kaifeng and their bosses.
- Version 1.3 (February 2026): two World Bosses, the Drunk Martial Artist at Southwatch Height in Kaifeng and the Coffin Master at Mercyheart Monastery in Qinghe.
- Version 1.4 and 1.5 (March and April 2026): the Hexi region, with Jade Gate Pass and then Liangzhou, and its bosses.
- Version 1.7 (May 2026): the Imperial Palace story. Its bosses include The Blackclad, The Lone Tyrant, Cat Emperor and Gilded Lament.
- Version 2.0 to 2.2 (July to September 2026): the Hidden Mountain. Version 2.2 added the Campaign Skyward City Ruins, whose boss is Halcyon, and two World Bosses, Golden Colossus Taicu and Goshawk. See our 2026 update timeline for each version.
- Version 2.3 (October 15, 2026): the Qingzhou region and the World Boss Shuttlecock Champion. More in our Qingzhou guide.
The official website picks out eight bosses: Lucky Seventeen, Tian Ying, Heartseeker, Ye Wanshan, Dao Lord, The Void King, Murong Yuan and Qianye.
Preparing for a boss
A boss fight tests the same basics as any fight: when to deflect, when to dodge, and how to break an enemy's Qi for an execution. Our combat guide explains them. For your weapons, start from your path's guide on the builds page.
Official changes since launch
- January 12, 2026: the Journal's World Boss page now shows World Bosses on the map.
- Version 2.0 patch notes (first posted July 22, 2026, with sections added until August 14): fixed the times when the World Bosses Inkpincer Scorpion and Cloudclutch Serpent appear.
Where this information comes from
- Official Where Winds Meet announcements on Steam, linked above, and the official website, which features eight bosses.
- Game8, List of All Bosses, updated September 18, 2026, and its pages for each Campaign Boss, updated January to October 2026.
- Fextralife wiki, Bosses, April 28, 2026.
- Skycoach, All Bosses in Where Winds Meet, February 26, 2026.
Version history
- October 11, 2026: first published, checked against the official patch notes through Version 2.2. Same day: added the Version 1.3 World Bosses and the official location of the Drunk Martial Artist, and the full dates of the Version 2.0 patch notes.
