This guide breaks down every step you need to find all seven Antiques in the Blissful Retreat region of Where Winds Meet, released on November 14, 2025.
Antique #1: Old Bracers
The Old Bracers are easily the most straightforward antique to acquire in the Blissful Retreat region. You’ll obtain it naturally as part of the main storyline. Toward the end of the first region’s storyline, the game leads you into the underground chambers beneath the Wine Tower. Before you exit this area, you’ll automatically collect a handful of key items from the shelf, and Old Bracers is among them.
Antique #2: Artisan Bracers
This antique requires two separate chests, both located in different houses. You can collect them in any order.
Chest 1
The first chest is inside the small house on the left side of the area and north of the river, as shown on the map. Simply head inside, open the chest, and you’ll collect the first half of the item.
Chest 2
For the second chest, head over to Stonewash Strand and enter the house shown on the map. Loot the chest. Once both halves are collected, the Artisan Bracers unlock.
Antique #3: Cicada Wing
This antique requires collecting two separate pieces. Start by looting the chest inside the right-hand house shown on the map.
Once you have it, follow the path leading toward the river behind the house to reach a large tree with white leaves. Behind this tree, you’ll find a small hidden interactable. Interacting with it to unlock the Cicada Wing antique will activate.
Antique #4: Willowleaf Blade
This antique also has two story-based components.
Part 1: Automatic
During the storyline, where the house comes under attack from fire arrows, you’ll raise a shield to protect yourself and the villagers. In this cutscene, the game automatically awards you the Willowleaf Blade.
Part 2: Mysterious Account
After the Blissful Retreat main story ends, head to the camp shown on the map. On the ground beside the tents, you’ll find the Mysterious Account Letter. Pick it up to unlock the antique.
Antique #5: Colorful Longevity Thread
This antique is also tied directly to the story progression. Once you’ve completed all major Blissful Retreat events, return to the chest beneath the large tree shown in the gameplay. Looting this chest at the proper point in the story will unlock the antique.
Antique #6: Crescent Ring
This antique is found inside the well behind the clinic, though it only becomes accessible later in the Blissful Retreat storyline. Continue advancing the main quest until after the major fire event. Once you’ve reached that point, jump down into the well.
Follow the path inside the well to reach a large chamber, look to the right-hand side, and inspect the box there. Loot the box to get the Crescent Ring.
Antique #7: Lovesick Handkerchief
The final antique is the most complex, requiring a chest, an investigation sequence, and dialogue choices.
Step 1: Get the Lovesick Handkerchief
First, loot the chest inside the house as shown on the map to obtain the handkerchief.
Step 2: Go to the Peace Bell Tower
Head to the Peace Bell Tower in Moonville Peak. Inside the tower, you must interact with all investigation points while climbing up:
- First Investigation Point: Right of the broken stairway on the main pillar.
- Second Point: Left side wall after the next stairway.
- Third Point: Cloth hanging on the wall before exiting outside.
- Fourth Point: The large bell in the centre of the room.
- Fifth Point: On the top floor: Pick up the letter behind the stairs.
- Sixth Point: On the top floor, look for Investigation Point on the wooden wall near the letter behind the stairs.
Step 3: Trigger the Elder
Return to the base of the tower, where the Elder should now be waiting outside. Before speaking with him, head back inside the tower one more time. On the ground where the Elder was previously standing, you’ll find the final investigation point. Examine this spot to progress the sequence properly.
Step 4: Dialogue Check
Finally, talk to the Elder and choose the dialogue option “About the two heroes.” You’ll need to select this option twice or three times before backing out of the conversation. After repeating the dialogue, the antique will unlock.
