Windstop Strategy: 100% Achievements Guide

Considering the game’s Chinese, most of the players are Chinese, and some of the in-game text sometimes is Chinese, I’ve come to the conclusion that any non-Chinese person that wants to play this game will need this guide. So, as the only English-speaking Windstop Strategy player with a site at his disposal, here’s a 100% achievement guide for the game, where I show you exactly how to get each and everyone of them and get the maximum amount of Souls for the character creation to be overpowered from the start.

If you know something I missed or still need some help, make sure to hit me up on Discord so I can make the guide better or help you in more detail!

Disclaimer: I’m still working on some things, but you should be able to get at least 99% of them with this guide.

Strategy Map / Story Achievements

These are all the achievements that relate to actions taken on the world map and some of the simpler achievements that you’ll get automatically by playing the game.

I’ll chronologically order these ones based on how early you can get them.

Tiger Flame! Annihilation

• Complete the opening storyline and survive

Blood Ancestor’s Favor

• Attract the attention of the Blood Ancestor for the first time

An automatic event you get on Round 2 to meet him. I’m not sure why only 40% of players got this achievement…

Blood Ancestor’s Surprise

• Defeat the Blood Ancestor when encountering him for the first time

During the first event when you meet him, be rude / protect Tang Caidie to get into a fight with him. On Expert difficulty, I managed to beat him with the base EXT martial art and Liu Ming’s blade equipped, with the Whale’s trait. I also replayed the tutorial for an easy Lvl. 2 start and fought the Antelope for another quick level up.

That’s basically the only buff I had, but I had to save scum to make sure I didn’t get defeated on turn 1. This fight is probably extremely easy if you get any decent EXT martial art during character creation.

Tiger Falls, Wind Rests

• Play as the protagonist, have your sect annihilated by any sect

Just press to end the Round as quickly as you can after the tutorial and wait for the Boar Ridge faction to conquer you.

Slaughter the Boar

• Defeat [Boar Ridge]

Kill He Meng

• Kill He Meng, the leader of the Boar Ridge Gang

I didn’t know you could not do this, but here’s what I did to get this one:

1. Conquer Concubine Bridge first.
2. Attack Boar Fort with Tang Bainiu in your party.
3. Follow the chain of events to decipher the message and choose to attack between 11 PM and 1 AM.
4. Complete the event at Boar Cave.

You don’t actually need to conquer or even win the first battle at Boar Fort to defeat Boar Ridge, just win this battle from this chain of events and you’ll immediately gain both Boar Fort and Boar Cave.

Infrastructure Maniac

• Own 6 locations with Development over 60

Develop Prosperity in 6 locations. You can do this immediately after taking over Boar Ridge.

Breakthrough: Whale

• Defeat Whale

I don’t remember the exact Round but there’s an event where he comes and attacks you. A pretty easy fight, he has a huge HP pool and has a few attacks that deal a lot of AOE damage, but you can put debuffs over debuffs on him to get thousands of HP down per turn. Bring a full team to the fight and it should be easy if all of the other battles haven’t been hard for you.

I only played the game on Expert and beat him on my 2nd playthrough. Gives you probably one of the most overpowered traits for the MC.

Slay the Dragon

• Defeat [Dragon Bay]

Eradicate the Sparrows

• Defeat [Sparrow Valley]

Warden

• Capture enemies 20 times

You can make this achievement easier by getting the Spread Rumors Tiger Flame buff, with increases capture rate to 35%. You can release prisoners in exchange for Favor jewelry, so capturing enemies can be amazing for not wasting Action Points on gaining Favor with companions.

Hundred Battles, Hundred Victories

• Achieve 100 battle victories in a single playthrough

Might in Numbers

• Sect reaches 30 members

If you’re like me and you only recruit uniques, then you can’t get this achievement, since there’s only 18 uniques. Save and recruit as many randos until you get the achievement, and then you can get back to your normal save file.

Humble and Courteous to Worthy Men

• Perform the [Recruit Talents] action 30 times

You can try to do this hand in hand with the Might in Numbers achievement, since you won’t really have a chance to do both unless you really want to get them.

Subdue the Crane

• Defeat [Crane Hill]

Fell the Bamboo

• Defeat [Immortal Bamboo]

Wealthy as a Kingdom

• Possess 100000 taels of silver

At this point you should have most of the map at 75 Prosperity, making over 10k silver per Round with almost nothing to spend it on.

Disperse the Mist

• Defeat [Misty Manor]

Falling Star

• Defeat [Star Peak]

Catch the Hedgehog

• Defeat [Spirit Hedgehog]

Break the Sword

• Unify or Defeat [Supreme Sword]

Burn the Books

• Defeat [Bridge Academy]

Landing on the Island

• Fully explore [Boat Peninsula]

Sect Elite

• Train 6 characters to max LV

Invincible Under Heaven

• Maximize protagonist’s LV and favor

I’m still working on this one, getting all satisfaction for the MC seems to be a bit hard…

Endgame

• Defeat [Night Crow]

Slaughter the Night

• Defeat all Night Crow leaders in a single battle

If you don’t defeat any of the Night Crow leaders before the endgame, you can fight and beat all of them in the final battle.

The Best Player

• Defeat all Night Crow Bosses in a single battle with [LOCKED Expert ] Difficulty

Dungeon Achievements

For all of these achievements you will need to go into the dungeons, also known in the achievement texts as “instances,” and either just complete them or do something specific in them.

I’ll chronologically order these ones based on how early you can get them.

Maiden Village

• Clear instance [Maiden Village]

After recovering RedReed Field, you’ll get an event to talk to Su Yanyan after which you’ll unlock the Maiden Village dungeon. Just complete it to get this achievement.

Descendant of the Chen Family

• Uncover [Liaokong]’s origins in the [Maiden Village] instance

Pick Liaokong up at the Lake Pavilion after the Crossroads and interact with every event that has the little red bubble above it.

Getting this achievement once will allow you to recruit Liaokong in your party in the next playthroughs is you get the Abbot’s Prayer Beads item during character creation.

The Truth Revealed

• Successfully rescue [White Flower] in the [Maiden Village] instance

This one’s a bit weird. When you talk to Su Yanyan, before unlocking the Maiden Village dungeon, you’ll get a choice to either say “Help find Ruby’s whereabouts?” or “Are there any clues?”

To get this achievement you’ll need to select the lower choice, the “clues” one, to learn about White Flower. Just follow the dungeon normally and make sure to interact with the Bulletin Board to see the kidnapping notices. Talk to the chief about it and you’ll get a new ending for the dungeon.

Saving White Flower will remove the possibility to fight Fox before the endgame, so don’t do this unless you’re planning to do the “Slaughter the Night” achievement.

Flame Trace

• Clear instance [Flame Trace]

Dungeon in FireGod’s Forest unlocks after automatically recruiting Lu Zhui. There will be an event where she’ll tell you about her village.

StormFlame

• Obtain the secret manual

Just complete the Flame Trace dungeon.

Boar Fort

• Clear instance [Boar Fort]

Unlocks after defeating the Boar Ridge faction.

Dragon Ferry

• Clear instance [Dragon Ferry]

Unlocks after defeating the Dragon Bay faction.

Gambling Forest Master

• Win the gamble against the [Gambling House Master] in the [Dragon Ferry] instance

Participate in the gambling den and win with the largest bet (50 / 5000 silver) or win twice with smaller bets. You’ll get to face the Gambling House Master and you’ll need to beat a 1200 INT check if you choose Big or Small.

Now, if you’d like the maximum amount of money possible, first bet 20 on triples, then 50 on triples, and then triples again against the House Master. You’ll need to beat a 2300 INT check but you’ll get in total 45k silver.

You can save and load before starting the gambling event, just make sure to bring both Caidie and Sanniang, and to get Dongfang Li into the party, to get the most INT possible. Even with something like 1200 INT you can still beat this check, but it will be a 50% chance, so you might have to reload.

Blood Array

• Clear instance [Blood Array]

If you’re not an extremely aggressive player that conquers all factions in 2 Rounds, Sparrow Valley will start stealing Prosperity from Flame Hall. After a few Rounds, you’ll get an event to fight alongside Zhu Huaner against them. You’ll then get an event to recruit her, which will unlock the Blood Array dungeon in Sparrows Spring.

Ruins I

• Clear instance [Ruins I]

Unlocks after defeating the Sparrow Valley faction.

Ruins II

• Clear instance [Ruins II]

Grave Robbing

• Fully Explore [Compass Palace]

This achievement is pointless, it basically means you completed Ruins II.

Cloud Peak

• Clear instance [Cloud Peak]

Unlocks after defeating the Crane Hill faction.

Breakthrough: Mastiff

• Defeat Mastiff

Fight at the end of the Cloud Peak dungeon. I managed to beat him in one turn on Expert by getting Ximen Xiang’s final favor trait which made MC and her attack him so many times he didn’t even get a chance to counter.

Bamboo Sea

• Clear instance [Bamboo Sea]

Unlocks after defeating the Immortal Bamboo faction.

Misty Manor

• Clear instance [Misty Manor]

Unlocks after the conflict between Lu Zhui and Misty Manor turns into a declaration of war.

Mystery of Monkey Isle

• Clear instance [Monkey Isle]

Unlocks after ending the Immortal Bamboo clan.

Breakthrough: Python

• Defeat Python

Fight at the end of Monkey Isle dungeon. The fights pretty easy at this point in the game. Her undead spawn can’t act for a turn so you can instantly defeat them. Just leave a tank on the middle line and powerful damage dealers on the sides.

Dark Prison

• Clear instance [Dark Prison]

Bridge Academy

• Clear instance [Bridge Academy]

Sword Peak

• Clear instance [Sword Peak]

Favor Achievements

To get most of these achievements, you will need to raise the favor of each of the unique companions to 21, raise their level to 15, and then complete the “Ultimate Battle” against their overpowered counterpart. This battle will usually involve fighting an upgraded version of the character you befriended and other important NPCs that are part of their personal story.

I made sure to mention how to win these fights if there’s anything unique or weird about them.

Chatty Delicate Flower

• Raise [Mudan] to Lv.15, and complete the story [Thousand Tongues, Flower’s Shadow] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Fierce Fire, Heroic Passion

• Raise [Liu Ming] to Lv.15 and complete the awakening battle for the storyline [Fierce Fire, Heroic Passion] (requires Normal difficulty or above)

Full of Charm

• Raise [Long Wanying] to Lv.15, and complete the story [Full of Charm] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Generation’s Blind Swordsman

• Raise [Yi Lidan] to Lv.15, and complete the Awakening Battle for the story [Whispers in the Wind] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Glamorous Cook

• Raise [Zhu Sanniang] to Lv.15, and complete the Awakening Battle for the story [Glamorous Cook] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Love Lock, Python’s Beauty

• Raise [Duan Xiaonian] to Lv.15, and complete their final affinity story (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Luan Feng He Ming

• Raise [Lu Zhui] to Lv.15 and complete the awakening battle for [Luan Feng He Ming] (requires Normal difficulty or above)

It’s just her by herself in the battle. This makes it very easy as you can just leave a tank on the middle line and stack the sides with damage dealers.

Mountain Hermit’s Little Badger

• Raise [Xia Si] to Lv.15, and complete their final affinity story (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Simple-minded Younger Brother

• Raise [Tang Bainiu] to Lv.15, and complete the Awakening Battle for the story [Simple-minded Younger Brother] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

There’s two of him in this fight and he gets shield based on how much damage you deal. Get Qi Liuge on the squad with his coin-stealing attack that immediately destroys all shield in one hit at level 10.

Social Butterfly

• Fully romance 10 characters

For this one you just need to raise the favor to 21 for 10 characters.

Teacher-Student Bond

• Raise [Liaokong] to Lv.15, and complete the story [Teacher-Student Bond] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

To actually recruit Liaokong into the sect you’ll need to get the Abbot’s Prayer Beads item during character creation for 10 Souls. You can only get this item after completing the “Descendant of the Chen Family” achievement.

Tiger and Crane Formless

• Raise [Ximen Xiang] to Lv.15, and complete the Awakening Battle for the story [Childhood Friends] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Very hard battle (on Expert). Not only is she overpowered, she gets the help of her very powerful and annoying sect. If you don’t manage to remove her father and the assassin mentor quickly, they’ll deal as much damage as her and end most of your party in the 1st round.

Ximen Xiang, MC, and Zhu Huaner can get a billion combos together with the right build which can counter her really annoying family and leave the boss alone for the rest of the battle’s turns.

Tiger Flame Steward

• Raise [Qi Liuge] to Lv.15, and complete the Awakening Battle for the story [Tiger Flame Steward] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Tsundere Girl

• Raise [Zhu Huaner] to Lv.15, and complete the Awakening Battle for the story [Legacy] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Extremely easy battle. You’ll get two Zhu Huaner’s with a bunch of barricades in front of her. The barricades should be destroyed in one hit by almost any EXT ability and she doesn’t really do enough damage to make her a threat. If you’re scared of arrows, but the tanks in the back.

Turning Foes into Friends

• Raise [Dongfang Li] to Lv.15, and complete the story [Peak’s Promise] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Valley’s Miracle Doctor

• Raise [Tang Caidie] to Lv.15, and complete the Awakening Battle for the story [Graceful Miracle Doctor] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Relatively easy fight, her brother is actually more of a threat than her, since, on Expert, he can end up getting a full 25k shield every turn based on the damage you do to him. But since it’s just her and him, you can easily win with a powerful, damage-dealing party.

White Peony’s Intention

• Raise [Shaoyao] to Lv.15, and complete the story [A Doctor’s Perseverance] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Wild Vines and Grass

• Raise [Ji Yeman] to Lv.15, and complete the story [Heart Already Given] (must be Normal difficulty or above)

Wolf Child’s Body

• Raise [Qiu] to Lv.15 and complete the awakening battle for the storyline [Wolf Child’s Body] (requires Normal difficulty or above)

Endings Achievements

I haven’t actually gotten any endings yet, so this is still a work in progress. When I’ll learn how to get them I’ll create a separate guide just for the endings.

Empress Ascends the Throne

• Achieve the Empress Route ending [Empress Ascends the Throne]

Overlord

• Achieve the Empress Route ending [Overlord]

Making a Pact with a Tiger

• Achieve the Empress Route ending [Conspiring with the Tiger]

Leader of the Martial Alliance

• Achieve the Righteous Route ending [Alliance Leader of the Martial World]

Retiring from the Jianghu

• Achieve the Righteous Route ending [Retiring from the Jianghu]

Blessing of Two Wives

• Achieve the Righteous Route ending [Blessing of Many Wives]

Puppet

• Achieve the Righteous Route ending [Puppet]

Golden Age

• Achieve the Evil Route ending [Golden Age]

Mad Demon

• Achieve the Evil Route ending [Mad Demon]

Together to the End

• Achieve the Evil Route ending [Together to the End]

Evil Heir

• Achieve the Evil Route ending [Evil Heir]