In Where Winds Meet, getting hurt is more than a red health bar. Falls, traps, and enemy attacks can leave your character with lasting conditions that cut into core stats like Endurance recovery. The game treats injuries and illnesses as part of your build, so you need to know how to clear them quickly and when it’s worth paying for treatment.
Where Winds Meet how to heal: every method
| Method | Who heals you | What it cures | Cost / requirements | When to use it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evercare Clinic (self-heal) | NPC doctor Yao Yaoyao | Most standard illnesses and injuries, including sprains | Zhou Coins (around 10,000 per visit) | Fast, reliable fix when you have money and access to Qinghe |
| Player Doctor (online) | Other players with the Doctor career | Standard and some major illnesses such as dislocations | No coins; you rely on another player accepting a request | Best if you are low on coins or dealing with major ailments |
| Natural recovery over time | Passive | Minor ailments only | Time | Viable early on if the debuff is small and not affecting a key fight |
| Healer mini‑game (you healing others) | You, as a Doctor career player | Ailments on NPCs and other players | Healing Career rank and prescriptions | Progressing the healing career and practicing before harder patients |
Heal illness and sprains at the Evercare Clinic
The most direct way to clear any condition on your character is the Evercare Clinic in Qinghe. It functions as the game’s main self-healing hub.
| Clinic detail | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Location | Qinghe region, around the middle of the map, north of Moonveil Mountain and south of Blissful Retreat |
| NPC doctor | Yao Yaoyao, a story character who runs the Evercare Clinic |
| Access | Fast travel after activating the nearby Boundary Stone |
| Cost | A flat fee in Zhou Coins (roughly 10,000) per healing session |
| Coverage | Standard injuries and illnesses, including sprains and fever‑type effects |
To heal at the clinic:
- Travel to Qinghe and head to the Evercare Clinic building.
- Talk to Yao Yaoyao and choose the dialogue option indicating you feel unwell.
- In the illness list, select the specific condition you want cured.
- Confirm payment when prompted.
Once the animation and dialogue finish, every ailment you picked in that menu will be removed. You can immediately see the change in your Constitution stats (more on that below).
Where to find the Evercare Clinic on the map
The clinic sits in the Qinghe region, roughly between two early‑game landmarks:
| Reference point | Direction from Evercare Clinic |
|---|---|
| Moonveil Mountain | South of the clinic |
| Blissful Retreat | North of the clinic |
Look for the clinic icon in mid‑western Qinghe. Once the Boundary Stone near it is active, select it from the world map to teleport there whenever an illness pops up.
Heal illness and sprains through other players
Where Winds Meet leans heavily into careers, and the Doctor career is how players treat each other’s ailments. In online mode you can ask another player to heal you instead of paying the clinic fee.
| Online healing aspect | What it means |
|---|---|
| Who can heal you | Any player who has progressed the Doctor career |
| How it starts | You request treatment; the Doctor‑player must accept |
| Mechanic | The Doctor plays a card‑based mini‑game to “fight” the illness |
| Coverage | Standard conditions and more serious injuries, including dislocations that clinic self‑healing does not cover |
| Cost | No fixed coin fee; any payment is social (tips, roleplay, or nothing) |
How the illnesses and sprains system actually works
Illnesses in Where Winds Meet are long‑lasting debuffs tied to body “slots” rather than generic status effects. They come from gameplay events like:
- Falling from high places, causing sprains or bone problems.
- Specific enemy attacks or traps that apply conditions like high temperature or internal damage.
Each condition targets one of four body areas in your Constitution sheet:
| Body category | Typical impact |
|---|---|
| Mind | Mental and focus‑related stats, potentially affecting skill usage |
| Organs | Core survivability, such as max health or resistances |
| Meridians | Qi and energy‑related properties |
| Muscles | Movement and stamina metrics like Endurance recovery |
A basic sprain is a Muscle‑type ailment. It usually cuts your Endurance recovery rate by a small but noticeable percentage. That sounds minor, but it directly slows down dodging and mobility in combat, which can snowball into more damage taken.
How to check illness effects in the Constitution menu
Because the UI is dense, it’s easy to miss where the game explains what an illness is doing to your character. Everything lives under the Develop menu.
To inspect your current conditions:
- Open the main menu and choose
Develop. - On the right side of the screen, under your current build, select
Details. - At the top of the details window, switch from
Attributesto theConstitutiontab.
This Constitution tab shows:
- Which body area (Mind, Organs, Meridians, Muscles) is affected.
- The name of the illness, such as “Sprain”.
- The exact numeric penalty, e.g. a percentage reduction to Endurance recovery.
Use this screen to decide whether you can live with the debuff or need to travel straight to Evercare or a Doctor‑player.
How to self-heal illness at Evercare
Self‑healing at Evercare gives more control than just “clear everything for a price”. You choose which specific conditions to remove.
| Self-heal step | What to do |
|---|---|
| 1. Reach Evercare | Fast travel to the Boundary Stone near the Evercare Clinic in Qinghe and enter the building. |
| 2. Speak to Yao Yaoyao | Start a conversation and select the option that indicates you’re not feeling well. |
| 3. Choose illnesses | In the illness list, mark each condition you want to remove. You can cure multiple at once. |
| 4. Pay the fee | Confirm the Zhou Coin cost. Expect roughly 10,000 coins for a full treatment. |
| 5. Confirm recovery | Open the Constitution tab again and verify that the conditions and their penalties are gone. |
Because the price is fixed and not tiny, many players save clinic visits for:
- Muscle or Organ debuffs that heavily impact combat.
- Preparation before raids, world bosses, or tough story fights.
How the Doctor healing mini-game works
When you play as a Doctor and treat others, healing is its own combat puzzle rather than a one‑button action. You choose an illness and then enter a small battle against it using cards.
| Mini-game element | Practical effect |
|---|---|
| Illness HP | Represents how “deep” the condition is; higher values mean longer fights |
| Player HP | If this hits zero before the illness, the treatment fails |
| Cards | Actions like attacks, shields, and buffs/debuffs you play each turn |
| Enemy next move indicator | A small icon above the illness showing whether it will attack or defend next |
| Session‑wide effects | Cards that apply permanent buffs or debuffs for the whole encounter |
Reliable strategy for the Doctor mini‑game:
- Watch the “next move” icon. If it shows an attack, prioritize playing shield cards; if it shows defense, play damage cards.
- Use session‑long buffs early. Cards that increase your defense or increase damage taken by the illness “per session” pay off more the sooner they are applied.
- Balance risk and time. Going all‑in on damage when the illness is about to hit can end a session prematurely.
Failing a treatment doesn’t hurt your character permanently, but it wastes time and, in some quests, can trigger combat with the patient instead.
Practice healing with “To Heal or Not to Heal” (the goose quest)
One of the earliest and most notorious tests of your healing career is the Exploration quest, often referred to as the diseased goose event in Qinghe.
| Quest detail | Description |
|---|---|
| Quest name | To Heal or Not to Heal |
| Type | Exploration side quest |
| Region | Qinghe |
| Objective | Find a diseased goose along a riverbank and successfully treat it |
| Recommended Healing Tier | Healing Career at least Initiate Tier 4 for a reliable clear |
| Failure outcome | The goose turns berserk, summons allies in some cases, and can defeat you in a few hits |
| Reset behavior | If not cured, the quest resets at 5:00 AM real‑world time the next day |
To increase your odds against the goose:
- Raise your Healing Career tier before attempting, using Career Notebooks from the Activity Shop.
- Improve your prescriptions with Healer Giftboxes so your treatment cards hit harder and defend better.
- Pay close attention to the illness’s next move indicator during the mini‑game; the goose’s ailment hits unusually hard.
In multiplayer, the berserk goose becomes tougher, so it is worth over‑preparing when you plan to tackle it with friends.
Level up the Healing Career for stronger treatments
The effectiveness of every treatment you perform is tied to your Healing Career progression. Higher tiers unlock better cards, stronger prescriptions, and a higher chance of clearing high‑value illnesses like the 3,000+ severity cases that appear in certain sect quests.
| Healing progression tool | Function |
|---|---|
| Career Notebooks | Items purchased from the Activity Shop that give Healing Career experience |
| Healer Giftboxes | Upgrades that increase the efficacy of prescriptions used in treatments |
| Practice quests | Events like the goose or Mu Ji’an’s quests in Mercyheart Town, which give hands‑on experience and rewards |
If you are stuck on a patient with a very high illness value in a healing sect quest, completing earlier storylines—such as working with Mu Ji’an in Mercyheart Town—can provide the experience needed to push through.
When you can ignore an illness vs. when you must heal
Not every condition justifies a clinic trip or hunting down a Doctor‑player. Use the Constitution tab and your current activity as a guide.
| Situation | Healing priority | Recommended action |
|---|---|---|
| Minor sprain, light exploration | Low | Accept the reduced Endurance recovery; heal later at Evercare when convenient. |
| Sprain before a boss or raid | High | Visit Evercare or find a Doctor‑player to restore full mobility. |
| Major injury like a dislocation | Very high | Seek a player Doctor who can handle conditions beyond basic clinic self‑healing. |
| Multiple overlapping illnesses | Very high | Pay the clinic fee and clear all major debuffs in one visit to avoid cascading penalties. |
The game treats ailments as part of your build, but they are rarely meant to be permanent. If you feel your damage, stamina, or survivability slipping without a clear reason, check Constitution, identify the condition, and decide whether to spend coins, time, or social effort to fix it.
Once you understand how Evercare, Constitution, and the Doctor career fit together, healing stops being a confusing penalty and becomes another system to plan around. Set a Boundary Stone near the Qinghe clinic, keep an eye on your body categories, and don’t hesitate to call in a human doctor when a bad fall or a berserk goose leaves your character in pieces.
