Where Winds Meet: How to Complete Ink Portraits in Hexi

In Where Winds Meet, the Hexi region contains Ink Portraits, puzzles solved by viewing scattered fragments from the correct perspective. Yellow strokes and incomplete symbols appear on different rocks, cliffs, and structures. Find the precise viewpoint and shift your camera until the pieces form one picture, which then fills itself with black ink.

Quick answer: Find the scattered yellow paint lines, walk to the vantage point where they visually overlap, then turn the camera until every piece forms one continuous picture. The lines turn black to confirm the solve.

Where to find Ink Portraits in Hexi

Ink Portraits do not appear as icons or markers on the world map. You have to spot them yourself while moving through the terrain on foot. Opening the map will not reveal their positions, so treat any glowing yellow paint you notice on a rock face or cliff as a live puzzle waiting to be solved.

They turn up across Hexi’s subregions, including areas around Liangzhou Town and Mount Wuwei. Because there is no tracker pin, exploring slowly and scanning the environment is the only reliable way to locate them.

Map Verification and Exploration Advice — The world map does not flag Ink Portraits, so you must discover them by exploring on foot. Shown at 00:38 in MistaWigglez’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

How to solve an Ink Portrait

Search the nearby rocks for yellow symbols and disconnected lines. Portraits commonly have multiple fragments placed on different boulders; from your current position, watch for a cloud-shaped mark or an illustration that looks unfinished.

Explaining the Puzzle Structure — The yellow paint fragments and cloud-like symbol are split across separate boulders before you align them. Shown at 00:22 in MistaWigglez’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

Walk to a vantage point where the fragments start to line up. Moving along the slope or shifting a few steps in either direction changes how the pieces overlap, so reposition until they look close to forming one shape.

Move the camera until the separate marks join as a complete image. Because the fit is exact, tweak your position and viewing angle in small increments. Once the portrait is aligned, an eye-shaped camera icon appears.

Aligning the Perspective — Once you find the correct angle, the fragments merge into one glowing illustration ready to ink. Shown at 00:25 in MistaWigglez’s video. Image: Everstone Studio

Keep the view fixed once the fragments line up. The yellow marks then change to black—effectively inking the image—and the completion animation begins. Finding the correct perspective is all the input required.

Rewards for completing an Ink Portrait

Inking a portrait grants a mix of currency, collectibles, and regional progress. A single solve near Liangzhou Town returns the following.

Reward	Amount
Echo Jade	x5
Coin	x1200
Jade Fish	Included
Trace Jade	Included
Exploration Mastery	Regional progress

The Exploration Mastery credit counts toward your Liangzhou Town completion, so working through Ink Portraits helps push regional exploration percentages higher alongside chests and other points of interest.

How to confirm the puzzle is done

You know an Ink Portrait is complete the moment the yellow strokes flip to solid black and the completion animation triggers. On-screen system messages then confirm the payout, showing lines such as Obtained Echo Jade x5 and Obtained Coin x1200, followed by the Liangzhou Town Exploration credit. Once those appear, the portrait is finished and you can move on to the next hidden one.