Where Winds Meet lets you change your character’s gender, but it treats that choice as a premium cosmetic reset rather than a casual toggle. Once you know where the option lives and what it costs, you can decide whether to pay for a swap or stick with appearance-only edits.
Where Winds Meet: How to change gender
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Can you change gender after character creation? | Yes. Gender can be changed later. |
| What item do you need? | Transformation Pill |
| Where do you get it? | Paid in-game shop |
| Cost | 1,280 Echo Beads (also described as ~1,280 pearls / about €20) |
| Is any part of gender change free? | No. Every gender change consumes a Transformation Pill. |
| Can you fully recustomize your look when swapping? | Yes. You regain access to the full character creation tools, including body type. |
That’s the core of the system: every gender swap is a one-time consumable from the cash shop, and each pill brings you back to the robust creator you saw at the start of the game.
How the Transformation Pill works
The Transformation Pill is the dedicated item for gender changes in Where Winds Meet. It does two things at once:
- Switches your character’s gender.
- Reopens the full character customization interface, including body type and facial structure.
Mechanically, it behaves like a complete remake of your existing character rather than a quick-flip toggle in a settings menu. When you use a pill, you are essentially rerunning character creation on the same account and progression.
The key constraints:
- The Transformation Pill is only sold in the paid shop.
- It costs 1,280 Echo Beads (the hard currency also described as pearls in some regions).
- Each gender swap consumes one pill; there is no unlimited or “permanent unlock” option.
There is mention of one-time free gender-change items being distributed in the Chinese version for early account holders, but that was tied to a specific window and does not function as a general, repeatable path. For current players, treating gender change as a paid feature is the safe assumption.
Change gender in Where Winds Meet
The exact button presses differ slightly by platform, but the flow is straightforward once you have a Transformation Pill:
- Open the main menu. Go to the in-game shop interface.
- Purchase a Transformation Pill. Use Echo Beads/pearls to buy one pill. The price is 1,280.
- Locate the pill in your inventory. It appears in your consumables or special items tab.
- Use the item. Confirm that you want to trigger a transformation.
- Enter the character creator. The game loads the same editor from the start of the game, but now you can change:
- Gender
- Body type and proportions
- Face structure (eyes, nose, jaw, etc.)
- Hair and makeup
- Finalize and save. When you confirm, your existing character is updated to the new gender and appearance, with all progress, items, and unlocks preserved.
What happens to outfits, hairstyles, and cosmetics when you swap
Gender change in Where Winds Meet sits on top of an appearance system that is designed to follow your character, not your original gender pick. That has a few important implications.
Outfits and skins
- Outfits are not lost when you change gender.
- Cosmetics are not gender-locked in the sense of becoming unusable.
- Most outfits effectively have two versions: a male model and a female model.
When you switch from male to female or the other way around, your unlocked costumes adapt to the new body type. You still own the same skins; you just see their variant for the new gender. In practice, that means a costume can look quite different, but it draws from the same unlock.
Players describe it as “getting two outfits” for each purchase, because buying a single costume gives you a male and a female presentation that flip with your gender.
Hairstyles and makeup
The character editor splits many appearance options into two broad buckets:
- Makeup-style changes – eye color, lashes, brows, lipstick, basic facial hair, foundation, and similar details.
- Structural customization – bone structure, detailed face sliders, and some aspects that are tied to body type.
Makeup-type elements are treated generously. Once unlocked, you can swap them freely and save configurations into makeup slots. These presets survive gender changes and continue to be usable, though certain details will map differently onto male and female facial models.
Hairstyles are unlocked per account and then presented through lists that are keyed to the current gender. When you change gender, you gain access to the hairstyle list appropriate for that gender. Unlocks remain tied to your account rather than being discarded.
How gender change interacts with appearance editing and Water Lady Script
Gender swaps are only one part of the customization economy. Where Winds Meet lets you revisit your look even without touching gender, and the rules differ there.
Free edits vs. paid structural changes
| Category | Examples | Cost | Item needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makeup | Eye color, lashes, brows, lipstick, facial hair, basic skin tone | Free, can be changed any time | None |
| Customization (face structure) | Jawline, nose shape, eye size and position, other hard features | Paid after first use | Water Lady Script / Waterwoman Scroll |
| Gender + full body type | Male/female switch, core body silhouette plus full recustomization | Paid every time | Transformation Pill |
Early in the game, you receive a Water Lady Script (also called a Waterwoman Scroll) for free. That first scroll lets you redo structural facial customization once without paying. Later structural edits require buying additional scrolls from the shop or the Jianghu Treasures vendor.
Gender change with a Transformation Pill effectively bundles a Water Lady–style full edit with the gender switch. You use the pill, flip gender, and rework your face and body in the same session.
How often you can change gender
There is no hard cap on the number of gender swaps for a character. The practical limit is price. Each Transformation Pill is a single-use item costing 1,280 Echo Beads or an equivalent pearl value in your region.
That means you can:
- Switch once and stay with the new gender indefinitely.
- Swap back and forth multiple times if you are willing to keep buying pills.
Some regions and versions have experimented with limited-time distributions of one free gender-change item to existing accounts, but that behavior is tied to specific events and does not change the underlying design: by default, gender changes are a premium purchase.
What gender changes do not affect
Gender swaps are purely cosmetic. Several systems stay untouched when you use a Transformation Pill:
- Progression: Character level, unlocked regions, and story progress remain exactly where they were.
- Gear and inventory: Weapons, armor, accessories, and items stay in your bags and remain usable.
- Cosmetic ownership: Costumes, hairstyles, and makeup presets stay unlocked and remap to the new gender’s models.
- Social systems: Friend lists, guild membership, and marriage ties do not reset. The marriage system does not enforce gender restrictions on couples, so changing from female to male (or the reverse) does not break an existing in-game marriage.
One detail stands out: main story voice lines do not currently adapt to gender selection. Lines sometimes default to masculine pronouns regardless of your character’s presentation. It does not affect mechanics, but it can be noticeable if you care about roleplay consistency.
Where Winds Meet treats gender as a high-cost, high-impact cosmetic edit rather than a casual option in the settings. If you are still early and unsure about your main character’s presentation, it makes sense to experiment with appearance-only changes first, lean on the free makeup edits and early Water Lady Script, and only commit to a Transformation Pill once you know you want a full gender swap and reroll of your look.
