Wang Duobao is one of the AI-driven Jianghu Friends in Where Winds Meet, a fisherman who spends his time by the river near General's Shrine. While he is not required for story completion, befriending him contributes to your Jianghu Friends roster and can grant weekly gifts once his affection reaches Revered.
Who Wang Duobao is and where to find him
Wang Duobao is a Jianghu Friend tied to the Verdant Wilds region. Jianghu Friends are NPCs that you can befriend for world lore, side stories, and weekly rewards once their affection reaches higher ranks.
| NPC | Type | Region | Local Area | How to Find |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wang Duobao | Jianghu Friend (AI Chat) | Verdant Wilds | General's Shrine | Sitting and fishing by the river to the left of General's Shrine, north of the Stonewash Strand Boundary Stone |
When you approach him at the riverbank, an AI Chat prompt appears instead of a fixed dialogue tree. That chat is the only channel for raising his affection; there is no minigame or combat requirement for his friendship rank.
How Wang Duobao’s AI chat works
Wang Duobao is preoccupied with the memory of fallen soldiers. His chat "hint" points you toward that topic: he wants practical, respectful ways to honor those who died in war and worries that people have forgotten them.
The AI chat does not use fixed answer buttons. You type your own responses, and the system evaluates how well they match the NPC’s concerns. For Wang Duobao, the most consistent way to gain large affection boosts is to:
- Affirm that the fallen deserve remembrance and gratitude.
- Connect their sacrifice to the peace and future people enjoy.
- Describe concrete rituals and traditions that keep their memory alive.
He reacts well to ideas that feel long-term and sincere instead of casual or dismissive. You are guiding him toward a simple conclusion: the dead can be honored through food offerings, prayers, stories, and regular visits to their resting places.
Example of a successful conversation with Wang Duobao
The structure of a high‑affection exchange with Wang Duobao tends to follow the same beats, even if your exact wording changes.
1. Acknowledge his concern. He often opens by lamenting that people no longer remember the soldiers who died. Your first reply should clearly align with his worry and express a desire to pay respects. A direct opening like “I want to pay my respects to the fallen soldiers who gave their lives for peace” sets the tone.
2. Explain why remembrance matters. When he asks why the dead should be honored, lean on cause and effect. Point out that those soldiers gave up their lives so that later generations could live in safety and hope, and that forgetting them would be unjust to their sacrifice. A clear statement that their actions shaped today’s “bright future” resonates strongly with him.
3. Describe what you will do in practice. Once he accepts your reasoning, he typically asks how you plan to keep their memory alive. This is the point to bring in specific customs. Describing how you will tell stories of their deeds, visit graves, bring offerings of food, and say prayers creates a complete, believable picture of remembrance.
When the conversation hits this arc—shared concern, clear justification, and concrete memorial acts—Wang Duobao responds with solemn approval and gratitude. In that pattern, he can grant a large affection increase and jump straight to Revered status.
Prompts and themes that work well for Wang Duobao
You do not need to copy any particular sentence to succeed with Wang Duobao. What matters is the combination of themes and the seriousness of your tone. The following ideas consistently line up with his values:
- Food and prayers at graves. Emphasize visiting burial sites, bringing offerings, bowing, and praying for peace. This matches the in‑game hint directly.
- Storytelling and oral history. Promise to recount their bravery to children, friends, or future generations so their names are not lost.
- Memorial spaces. Suggest building or maintaining shrines, monuments, or memorial stones dedicated to their service.
- Regular rituals. Mention annual ceremonies or remembrance days, rather than a one‑off gesture.
- Connection to the present. Tie their sacrifice to the safety and prosperity people enjoy now, so honoring them feels like a duty rather than a favor.
Neutral or flippant lines about war, jokes, or purely political takes are more likely to derail the chat. Keeping the tone respectful and focused on ordinary people and their grief makes him more receptive.
How to steer the AI chat if it goes off track
AI-driven NPCs in Where Winds Meet can wander into unexpected topics, loop, or react badly if you contradict their core beliefs. For Wang Duobao, there are three tools that prevent a broken conversation from wasting your time.
Step 1: If the exchange drifts away from fallen soldiers or starts looping, use the Refresh icon at the top of the AI Chat interface to reset the conversation. This clears the current dialogue and lets you start over with a new opening line focused tightly on honoring the dead.
Step 2: If your replies upset him to the point he becomes hostile and starts combat, exit to the game’s login screen rather than fighting. When you log back in, he reappears in his original non‑hostile state, ready for a new attempt.
Step 3: Before trying again, read the NPC hint text in the AI Chat panel. That hint lays out his key concern in plain language, which should guide your next strategy. For Wang Duobao, the hint explicitly revolves around how to honor fallen soldiers.
Resetting early is usually more efficient than trying to recover a badly derailed discussion inside the same chat instance.
Gift and friendship rank considerations
Like other Jianghu Friends, Wang Duobao has friendship ranks that progress as you raise his affection. When he reaches Revered, he becomes one of your established old friends and can contribute to your weekly Jianghu rewards.
The exact item bundle he grants as a Friend gift is not clearly defined. What is clear is that the game encourages collecting as many Jianghu Friends as possible; each Revered friend adds to the overall pool of weekly gifts. Even if Wang Duobao’s individual reward turns out to be modest, completionists gain value simply by filling out their roster and pushing more NPCs to Revered.
Practical route for completionists
Wang Duobao sits close to several other AI NPCs around General's Shrine and Stonewash Strand. If you are aiming for a thorough Jianghu Friends list, it is efficient to sweep the entire area in one circuit.
- Start at General's Shrine and talk to AI‑enabled NPCs like Zhao Dali and Chai Bakun nearby.
- Walk down toward the river to find Wang Duobao fishing on the left side of the shrine.
- Continue toward the Stonewash Strand mudflats to meet others like Jin Chunniang, then circle around the lake to reach Wang Duolu on the opposite bank.
Handling Wang Duobao early in that loop is helpful: once you have a successful, high‑affection conversation locked in, you do not need to revisit his AI chat again, and you can focus on more finicky NPCs.
Wang Duobao’s AI chat is less about guessing specific lines and more about matching his worldview. Approach him as a wanderer who believes that peace is built on past sacrifices, show you understand why those sacrifices matter, and describe simple, concrete ways ordinary people can keep the dead in their thoughts. Do that, and he quickly shifts from a melancholy fisherman on the riverbank to a Revered friend in your Jianghu network.
