Chasing Red in Where Winds Meet is a purely cosmetic fashion set: a striking red outfit plus a long hairstyle. It does not boost stats or unlock skills, but it has quickly become a prestige look because getting it is slow, gated, and heavily RNG‑weighted.
Everything about Chasing Red runs through one place: the Still Shore Campaign.
Where Chasing Red comes from
Chasing Red is bound to the Still Shore Campaign, a repeatable dungeon in Shingha.
- The set has two pieces: a red body outfit and a matching hairstyle.
- Both are cosmetics only; they sit in the appearance menu and do not behave like Inner Ways, skills, or gear.
- You cannot dye the Chasing Red hairstyle; it is locked to its default color.
How to unlock the Still Shore Campaign
Before you can farm Chasing Red, you need access to Still Shore.
Step 1: Travel to the Qinghe region and locate the Evercare Clinic. This landmark anchors the entrance you need.
Step 2: Go behind the Evercare Clinic and find the well in the courtyard or rear area.
Step 3: Climb down into the well. This drops you into the Still Shore area and unlocks the Still Shore Campaign as a dungeon.
Step 4: Complete the initial Still Shore run. Once you clear the campaign, it becomes repeatable from the world map and through its campaign node.
After this point, Still Shore functions as a loopable dungeon you can run daily in solo or co‑op.
All ways to get the Chasing Red set
There are only two practical paths to Chasing Red’s hairstyle and outfit:
| Method | Mechanic | What you can get | Key traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Random drops | Open Still Shore boss and campaign reward chests | Chasing Red hairstyle or outfit directly | Very low drop rate, highly luck‑dependent |
| Cosmetic currency | Save cosmetic chest currency from Still Shore and spend it in the Season / Campaign shop | Both pieces once you reach the required total | Guaranteed, long grind; ignores RNG once you have enough currency |
Both systems require running Still Shore repeatedly; the decision is how much you lean on pure RNG versus treating the shop cost as the real target.
Method 1: Farming Chasing Red as a random drop
Random drops are the fastest outcome if luck is on your side.
Step 1: Start a Still Shore Campaign run from the world map or campaign screen after you have it unlocked.
Step 2: Progress directly toward the campaign’s main boss. Many players also route through the side boss, often described as the “red chick with the scythe” or “Heartseeker”.
Step 3: Defeat the boss (or bosses). Each boss clear awards a cosmetic chest tied to Still Shore.
Step 4: Open the cosmetic chest. There is a small chance the Chasing Red hairstyle or outfit drops directly, instead of generic loot or cosmetic currency.
Player experiences around drop rates are consistent in one respect: Chasing Red is rare. Reports range from lucky drops within 20–30 chests to players opening more than 150 Still Shore cosmetic chests without a single Chasing Red piece. The practical takeaway is simple—treat any early drop as a windfall, not an expectation.
Method 2: Buying Chasing Red with cosmetic chest currency
Every Still Shore cosmetic chest that does not contain a rare item instead pays out cosmetic currency (often called cosmetic tickets). That currency is the backbone of the guaranteed route.
Chasing Red’s pieces have fixed prices:
| Item | Cosmetic chest cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chasing Red hairstyle | 160 cosmetic chests | Players farming the Heartseeker boss report around ~13–20 days of focused energy use for this. |
| Chasing Red outfit | 360 cosmetic chests | More than twice the hairstyle cost; often treated as a long‑term project. |
| Full Chasing Red set target | 520 cosmetic chests total | Hair + outfit; matches pricing patterns for other full sets such as Enlightened Mind. |
You spend this currency in the Season Shop/campaign cosmetic shop entry for Still Shore, accessed from the in‑game shop menu.
Step 1: Run Still Shore and any other content that awards the same cosmetic chests, spending energy on these activities whenever you log in.
Step 2: After each run, open your cosmetic chests. When they do not award a rare cosmetic, they credit your cosmetic ticket balance.
Step 3: Periodically open the shop interface, navigate to the Season or Campaign tab, and check the Still Shore cosmetic section. Track how close you are to 160 or 360 tickets, depending on whether you want the hair, the outfit, or both.
Step 4: Once you hit the target—160 for the hairstyle, 360 for the outfit—purchase the item directly. There is no chance involved at this point; the purchase is guaranteed.
Players who throw all of their regular and bonus energy into the Heartseeker boss typically reach 160 tickets in a little under two weeks, with more casual or spread‑out play taking closer to three. The outfit’s 360 ticket price is substantially heavier and often stretched out over many weeks as players farm gear and other rewards at the same time.
How Still Shore farming actually works
Still Shore is built as a repeatable dungeon with an energy (stamina) cost on each farming run. Every time you spend energy on its bosses or campaign node, you get:
- One or more cosmetic chests that can contain Chasing Red pieces or tickets.
- Standard loot such as gear and upgrade materials, so the run is never purely cosmetic.
Community patterns have converged on two main targets inside the dungeon:
- The final campaign boss, which has Chasing Red on its reward table.
- The Heartseeker‑style side boss (often a red‑themed scythe user), which also drops a Still Shore cosmetic chest, many players farm specifically for Chasing Red.
The key constraint is the energy system. You cannot endlessly chain runs in a single day unless you burn rare energy items. That is why players talk about Chasing Red in terms of “days of energy” rather than raw run counts.
Efficient Chasing Red farming strategies
Focus on boss‑rush routes
Step 1: When you enter Still Shore, plot the shortest path from the entrance to your chosen boss (final boss or Heartseeker). Skip side rooms and slow detours that do not directly lead to boss chests.
Step 2: Clear only the enemies necessary to move forward or unlock gates. The goal is more boss kills per unit of energy, not full exploration on each run.
Step 3: Once the boss is down and you have collected your chest, leave the dungeon and start the next run rather than backtracking for minor loot.
This approach maximizes the number of Still Shore cosmetic chests you open over time, which is what truly drives both the random drop odds and your ticket accumulation.
Lean on co‑op and multi‑boss activities
Step 1: Join co‑op modes such as Sword Trial or joint battles that include Still Shore bosses in their rotation. These fights can generate multiple cosmetic chests per session.
Step 2: Use your energy in activities that pay out several chests at once, rather than single‑boss runs, when you want to emphasize ticket gain over targeting one specific cosmetic.
Step 3: If you are aiming specifically for Chasing Red, keep at least some of your daily energy for Heartseeker or the main Still Shore boss, since those fights have Chasing Red listed in their unique drop pools.
The key math many players work with is simple: roughly 20 energy spent tends to equal one cosmetic ticket on average, regardless of activity. That means you can change which content you farm without wrecking your long‑term Chasing Red progress, as long as cosmetic chests are part of the rewards.
Tracking your progress and setting expectations
There is no built‑in counter specifically for “Chasing Red attempts”, but you can keep yourself sane with a few simple habits:
- Use your cosmetic ticket balance as a proxy for how deep into the grind you are. For example, 80 tickets is roughly halfway to the hairstyle.
- Mental benchmarks help: 160 tickets for hair, 360 for outfit, 520 for both.
- Assume you may never see a random drop. If it happens, treat it as a discount on the ticket cost, not the primary plan.
This mindset lines up with how the system is structured: Chasing Red behaves like a gacha‑style cosmetic with a “pity” track built from the cosmetic chest currency. The guaranteed track is slow, but it exists.
How to equip the Chasing Red outfit and hairstyle
Once you finally win or buy a piece, it goes into your appearance collection rather than your regular gear slots.
Step 1: Pause the game and open the main menu (for example, with ESC on PC).
Step 2: Open the appearance or fashion interface.
Step 3: Select the outfits tab to equip the Chasing Red body piece, or the hairstyle tab for the Chasing Red hair.
Step 4: Highlight the Chasing Red entry and confirm to apply it to your character.
Remember that the Chasing Red hairstyle is locked to its default color and does not support dye, even if you have hair dyes available. If flexible color customization is a priority, plan on pairing the outfit with a different, dyeable hairstyle.
How Chasing Red compares to other free cosmetics
Chasing Red sits in the same ecosystem as other free‑but‑grindy looks:
| Cosmetic | Type | Primary unlock method |
|---|---|---|
| Enlightened Mind | Full set | Purchased in the Season Shop for 520 cosmetic chests. |
| Blue Clouds | Outfit | Purchased in the Season Shop for 360 cosmetic chests. |
| Autumn Orchid | Outfit | Purchased in the Season Shop for 360 cosmetic chests. |
| Peaceful Life | Full set | Earned by completing seven chapters of A Warrior’s Journey. |
| Forgotten | Full set | Unlocked by serving a ~200‑hour jail sentence via Lifetime Lockup and Behind Bard Blues achievements. |
What makes Chasing Red stand out is the combination of very low RNG drop rates and a relatively high shop cost, all funnelled through a single, energy‑gated dungeon. It is entirely free in currency terms—no real money required—but it demands either patience with the ticket grind, a lot of luck, or both.
For most players, the healthiest approach is to fold Still Shore into regular play: run it when you log in, prioritize fast boss kills, let cosmetic tickets accumulate in the background, and treat any early Chasing Red drop as a bonus instead of a goal on a deadline.
