How to increase solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet 

Raising the solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet is essential if you want to keep progressing through the story and strengthening your character. Solo and Online modes are deliberately separate in this game, and Solo mode uses its own level cap system.

Every few levels, you’ll hit a point where the game tells you to raise your Solo mode max level, and the only way forward is performing a Breakthrough. This guide explains how Breakthrough works, how you trigger it, and why increasing your solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet is important.

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How to Breakthrough and raise solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet

To start a Breakthrough, you must already be at your current Solo mode cap. The first time this happens is at level 15, and after that, you’ll hit a new cap every five to ten levels.

Gameplay still from Where Winds Meet (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || NetEase Games)

Here’s the process:

1) Open the Mode Switch menu

• Open the main menu.
• Press the Mode Switch icon at the top.
• If you’re in Solo mode, this icon looks like a person wearing a conical hat.
• If you’re in Online mode, it shows two people.

2) Select the Solo Mode Level panel

On the next screen, click the box labeled 'Solo Mode Level.' This page shows:

• Your current level
• Your maximum level
• A list of rewards you’ll get after the Breakthrough

3) Hit the Breakthrough button

In the bottom-right corner, select Breakthrough. You can only start this if you’ve hit the cap, and if you try to start early, the option will be locked.

4) Review your rewards

Before confirming, the game shows everything you’ll earn after the Breakthrough, including:

• Increased hit points
• Boosts to base attributes (such as Precision Rate)
• Currency
• New gear sets
• Difficulty scaling (enemies strengthen to match your new level range)

You can press T (or Start/Menu on controller) to preview rewards across future levels as well.

5) Begin the Breakthrough challenge

Press Space or A to start. You’ll be transported to a separate arena. The Breakthrough test includes:

• Multiple waves of enemies
• A final boss encounter
• A survival challenge where you must defeat everything to succeed

If you clear the arena, you officially Breakthrough and your new solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet is unlocked. Any stored XP immediately starts filling in the newly opened levels.

Also read: Where Winds Meet review: The best, most compelling Wuxia game in years

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What is Breakthrough in Where Winds Meet and how it works

Breakthrough is the mechanic that lets your character move beyond their current level cap. When you level up in Solo mode, you eventually reach a point where you can’t go any higher. At that stage, all your XP stops contributing to new levels…but it isn’t wasted.

Increasing your solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet is necessary (Image via Sportskeeda Gaming || NetEase Games)

Here’s how the system works:

• You continue earning XP, even when capped.
• Any XP earned during the cap is stored.
• Once you Breakthrough and unlock the next cap, the stored XP is refunded back into your new levels until it’s fully consumed.

This means you never lose progress, but you simply need to complete the Breakthrough challenge to convert your banked XP into actual levels.

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Why it’s worth increasing your solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet

Raising your solo mode max level in Where Winds Meet isn’t optional. Breakthroughs are tied directly to:

• Story progression
• Stat growth
• Better equipment
• Unlocking higher-level content
• Surviving tougher encounters

Every Breakthrough expands your character’s potential and ensures your attributes don’t fall behind enemy scaling. Skipping Breakthroughs will eventually lock you out of progression.

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Check out our other Where Winds Meet guides and features

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• How to unlock Rope Dart in Where Winds Meet

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Edited by Rishi Pallav