Upcoming outfits in Where Winds Meet (and how you’ll unlock them)

Fashion is already one of the main endgames in Where Winds Meet, and the pipeline of new outfits is long. The Chinese server is far ahead, which gives a clear picture of what is still coming to the global version: premium gacha costumes with elaborate cutscenes, mid‑priced armor sets in the shop, low‑cost “budget drip,” and a surprising number of free looks tied to events, trials, and reputation.

How new outfits are added to Where Winds Meet

New cosmetics land through a few repeatable channels.

• Direct shop outfits (Echo Beads / Pearls). These are straightforward premium purchases. CN pricing patterns show two common tiers: 1280 Pearls for midrange sets like White-Clad Asura and 2580 Pearls for marquee releases such as White Dragon, Iron Steed and Golden Lance, and Shu Opera in Spring.
• Battle Pass skins. Each season’s pass offers at least one full outfit, sometimes a choice of two. One becomes the BP reward, while the other can usually be bought later for 680 Pearls. Global does not follow CN’s BP order, but every BP skin shown so far in CN is on track to arrive.
• Standard outfit gacha (Solemn Echo / Celestial Echo). These banners use Echo Jades or premium Echo currency. Some outfits drop directly; others are redeemed using a token or “core” system (for example, 2 Harmonic Cores for Formless Disguise or the fox set Eternal Spirit of Qingqiu).
• Special premium gacha. A few headline costumes sit on limited, Pearl‑only banners with their own token currency and 120‑pull pity. Dragon‑themed festival sets and Wukong‑style armor live here.
• Low‑cost shop skins (60‑Pearl tier). These are stripped‑back outfits and weapon skins that cost a fraction of the big sets and can be dyed into all kinds of looks, including joke “beggar” fits.
• Free unlocks. Trials, exploration and reputation still feed new drip: floor‑based trials, sect shops, guild shops, partnership rank, Sin Leaf exchange, and seasonal events all award outfits on CN and global.

On top of this, seasonal events such as the winter festival introduce time‑limited cosmetics. The official Where Winds Meet site and the game’s Instagram announce these, including winter’s Scarlet Sparrow outfit bundled with the Verse of Winter premium track.

Upcoming premium shop outfits (CN roadmap)

Shop outfits are the easiest to forecast, since the game reuses the same price bands across regions.

Shop pricing on global has already matched CN for most sets, so these numbers are a useful guide for how many Echo Beads or vouchers you may want to save.

Limited gacha outfits with high-end visuals

The sharpest outfits, the ones with full victory cutscenes and heavy VFX, sit in a few distinct gacha buckets.

Celestial Echo / “core” outfits

Celestial Echo banners use premium pulls and a Harmonic Core pity. Two notable costumes on CN that have not yet cycled fully through global are:

• Formless Disguise (Tian Ying monk/warrior robe). A monk‑scholar outfit that shape‑shifts thematically between monk, warrior and scholar. It is unlocked by spending 2 Harmonic Cores in the Celestial Echo shop.
• Eternal Spirit of Qingqiu (青丘千岁). A fox‑spirit costume with nine‑tailed styling and elaborate hair. Male and female versions share the core theme. It also costs 2 Harmonic Cores when it appears.

These gacha outfits sit in the same tier as the currently available fox and Tian Ying sets on global, so players chasing that look should plan on banking at least two cores per costume.

Festival dragon and Wukong-style outfits

Lunar New Year on CN introduced the strongest showcase costume so far:

• Song of the Dragon (沧海龙吟). A dragon‑themed outfit with a full cinematic intro and weapon‑fusion animations. Rather than dropping directly, it uses a dedicated gacha pool that hands out special tokens. Roughly 4500 tokens are required for guaranteed redemption if the outfit does not drop before pity.

Later, another pool introduced a Sun Wukong‑inspired armor set often simply called the “Wukong skin.” It uses the same special‑token format but needs about 1018 tokens for direct exchange. Players on CN place its cost roughly around one Harmonic Core’s worth of premium pulls, which is expensive but far from the Mirage boat’s extremes.

Global already has the Mirage Dreamweaver cosmetic boat tied to its own blueprint and gacha flow. That sits in a separate reward structure from the Wukong and dragon outfits, even though both use “token” redemption.

Shop and banner weapons that pair with outfits

Skins are not only about clothing. CN’s updates around Lunar New Year and beyond added multiple waves of weapon cosmetics that match the big outfits.

• Premium weapon skins (Pearl shop). A bundle of weapon appearances released on CN on January 28, priced at 680 Pearls for the first skin, 540 for the second, 320 for the third, and so on. These cover multiple weapon types and provide flashy models without touching reforging.
• VFX-only weapon effects (core gacha). Sword, dual blade, and other elemental VFX show up as 1‑core items in the gacha pool. They layer on top of your current model and are generally cheaper than chasing color‑perfect reforges.
• 60‑Pearl weapon appearances. Around the time of Washing Creek Sand, CN added a low‑cost fan weapon skin for 60 Pearls. Similar budget options exist for bows, umbrellas, and other weapons.

For players who want coordinated looks, CN experience shows a pattern where big armor sets like White Dragon or Iron Steed eventually get a matching weapon appearance or VFX later in the roadmap.

Seasonal and event outfits, including Scarlet Sparrow

Beyond the permanent shop and gacha rotations, seasonal events plug in short‑run outfits.

• Verse of Winter – Scarlet Sparrow. The winter event arriving December 18, introduces the Scarlet Sparrow outfit. The base event is free, but unlocking the premium track grants Scarlet Sparrow as an exclusive reward, along with other extras. The event runs on mobile, PC, and PS5; the official announcement sits on the game’s Instagram and the main site.
• Future seasonal sets. CN’s later roadmap includes additional 60‑Pearl outfits players often dye into “beggar” or outlaw looks, as well as more festival robes and opera‑style costumes. These are expected to arrive faster on global than they did on CN, as the global schedule is already compressing gaps between patches.

Seasonal outfits tend not to return quickly, so if a design strongly appeals, it is safer to assume it is tied to a single patch window.

Battle Pass outfits on the horizon

Battle Pass cosmetics sit in a sweet spot: cheaper than full gacha chases, but better produced than most cheap shop skins.

On CN, the first five BP seasons introduced a mix of martial, sect‑themed and more flamboyant robes. One of the most discussed upcoming BP looks in the community is a sleek black‑and‑gold armor set sometimes nicknamed “Golden Scale” when dyed, which pairs well with black‑gold weapon skins and ink VFX. Players have confirmed this is a BP outfit in CN; it has not yet rotated into a global season.

Important detail: global’s BP order is shuffled. For example, the first global Battle Pass outfit is actually CN’s third BP skin. That means it is possible to see later CN passes appear earlier on global, but every BP cosmetic visible on CN still represents a future possibility for global players.

Free and low-cost outfits still to come

Not every new look demands real money.

• Trial and dungeon rewards. CN’s “Trial Floor 10” awards the Golden Wheel (金轮) outfit, a free martial set for clearing a tower‑style challenge. Other campaign bosses drop pieces like Enlightened Mind and Chasing Red, already present in global and likely to be joined by additional drops as new regions unlock.
• Sect, guild, and social shops. Outfits such as Ninefold Freedom (Nine Mortal Ways reputation), Orchid Dew (Guild Red Gold Boutique), Still Moonlight (Sworn Cohort shop,) and Yaksha (Sin Leaf exchange) give structured routes to free cosmetics by simply playing the game’s systems.
• Event and progression rewards. CN’s Golden Wheel, free seasonal robes like Blue Clouds from a season shop, and sect‑join rewards (the Nine Mortal Ways free outfit with visible abs is a favorite) are examples of zero‑cost looks that will continue to filter into global as events cycle.
• 60‑Pearl “budget” outfits. Later CN patches add outfits at the 60‑Pearl price point, which players frequently dye into themed looks such as street beggars, prisoners, or understated wanderers. Global already has at least one 60‑bead armor set, and more are expected.

For players unwilling to engage with gacha beyond free Echo Jades, these routes still support a surprisingly varied wardrobe.

Upcoming hairstyles and hair VFX

Hair is its own category in Where Winds Meet, and CN has already rolled out several high‑end styles that behave like outfits in terms of rarity.

• Mist-Clearing Silhouette (弄清影). A 2‑core gacha hairstyle for female characters. It ships with matching accessories, and both the hair and accessories can be equipped separately. It is widely regarded on CN as one of the most versatile gacha hairstyles because it pairs well with both armor and robe outfits.
• White hair variants. Multiple white‑hair styles have cycled through the gacha at the 1‑core tier, sometimes with 90‑day availability windows. Later, CN added a “Vast Desert & Thousand Peaks” white hair variant, also limited to 90 days and costing 1 core.
• Fox-style and braided male hair. The male version of Eternal Spirit of Qingqiu includes a distinctive style; another sought‑after male hairstyle is a one‑shoulder braid obtainable for 1 core in a dedicated hair banner.

These pieces can dramatically change the feel of existing outfits, and CN’s pattern suggests that new hair options will keep arriving alongside major patches rather than being locked to launch.

Planning your pulls and purchases

With CN roughly a year ahead and global accelerating to catch up, the wardrobe is going to get crowded quickly. For most players, the limiting factor will be currency, not options. A practical way to plan is to decide which tier of investment feels comfortable.

• If you want one or two “signature” looks. Focus on a single 2580‑Pearl shop outfit that matches your preferred fantasy (for example, White Dragon if you like generals, Iron Steed and Golden Lance if you want a frontline warrior) and pair it with a 60‑Pearl weapon skin or a single 1‑core VFX.
• If you’re willing to chase gacha once per season. Save Harmonic Cores for standout sets like Formless Disguise or Eternal Spirit of Qingqiu and avoid splitting cores across too many banners. One 2‑core costume plus a 1‑core weapon effect per season is a manageable ceiling for many paying players.
• If you prefer to stay free‑to‑play. Aim to unlock all sect and guild shop outfits, clear campaign regions for exploration rewards, and finish events like Verse of Winter, even if you skip the premium track. The combination already totals dozens of distinct appearances, especially with dye.

The CN roadmap makes one thing clear: the game will not run out of outfits. The harder part is choosing what to save for. Treat CN’s lineup as a preview, decide whether your heart is set on a dragon, a fox, a monk, or a battered “beggar” wanderer, and then align your Echo Beads, cores, and time‑limited pulls around that vision.