Where Winds Meet Drunken Fist: How to Unlock the Twin Blades and Gauntlets

The Drunken Fist martial art, known in game as Bamboo-cut: Draught, is arriving in Where Winds Meet far earlier than most players planned for. It brings two brand-new weapons, the Twin Blades and the Gauntlets, each with its own way of building and spending a drunkenness gauge. Both are earned through separate encounters rather than a single quest, so you need to know exactly where to go.

Quick answer: Bamboo-cut: Draught releases globally on September 3rd. Unlock the Twin Blades by finishing the Echoes of Old Battles quest in Qinghe and speaking to Li Yangui, then unlock the Gauntlets by defeating the drunken master Jiu Qiansui in Hidden Mountain.

Bamboo-cut: Draught global release date

The martial art goes live globally on September 3rd as part of the Hidden Mountain: Heaven’s Threshold roadmap. Nothing needs to be pre-purchased or reserved ahead of time. Once the update is applied, both weapon unlock chains become available in the world, and you can start them the moment you meet the requirements below.

How to unlock the Twin Blades in Qinghe

The Twin Blades unlock is tied to Qinghe and the region’s early Jianghu Legacy content. You cannot reach the correct NPC until the required quest is cleared, so start there.

Complete the first Jianghu Legacy quest, Echoes of Old Battles, in Qinghe. This is the prerequisite that opens up the weapon encounter.

Teleport to the Baicaoye boundary stone in the Northern Wild Ruins area of Qinghe. Use it as your starting point for the short trek on foot.

Walk north from the boundary stone until you find the NPC Li Yangui. Speak with him to claim the Twin Blades.

How to unlock the Gauntlets in Hidden Mountain

The Gauntlets are earned through a fight rather than a conversation. You need to track down a drunken master and beat him before he hands over the weapon.

Teleport to the Gasping Cliff boundary stone in Hidden Mountain. This is the closest fast-travel point to the encounter.

Travel southeast from the boundary stone to locate the drunken master NPC, Jiu Qiansui.

Defeat Jiu Qiansui in combat, then speak with him again after the fight to receive the Gauntlets.

You know both unlocks worked when the new weapon appears in your inventory and can be equipped in your loadout. If the Gauntlets do not register, confirm that you spoke to Jiu Qiansui a second time after the fight ended, since the reward triggers on that follow-up dialogue.

How the Twin Blades and Gauntlets work

Both weapons revolve around a drunkenness meter, but they build and spend it differently. The Twin Blades focus on charging a Frenzy Gauge to unlock a stronger aerial finisher, while the Gauntlets trade endurance for a drinking mechanic that fuels ground follow-ups.

Weapon	Core mechanic	Payoff
Twin Blades	Fill the Frenzy Gauge through combat; the special skill grants a burst of drunkenness and increases drunkenness gain.	A fully charged gauge upgrades the special skill into a high-damage aerial multi-hit attack.
Gauntlets	Use the heavy attack to drink from the gourd, spending endurance to restore the combat gauge.	Drinking unlocks ground-based special skill follow-ups, including a defense-breaking flurry useful in PvP.

As the meter climbs, your character visibly enters a drunken state, swaying and stumbling during idle animations. When both gourds are filled, you gain access to extra high-damage attacks, one for each weapon type. The Gauntlets can also summon a falcon companion to strike during the drinking sequence.

Note: If you find the combos hard to chain manually, the game includes an option under Combat Difficulty that lets you hold the light or heavy attack button to auto-perform combos, which pairs well with the Gauntlets’ longer punch strings.

With the release set for September 3rd, both unlock routes are worth mapping out in advance so you can equip the Twin Blades and Gauntlets as soon as the update goes live.