Where Winds Meet Face Codes: How to Import and Share

Face codes in Where Winds Meet are short text strings, usually starting with ARTaR or ARTaT, or QR images that copy another player's facial sliders onto your own character. You paste them through Import Customization Data at the bottom left of character creation or the Appearance menu: importing during creation is free, while reshaping an existing face later uses a Water Lady Script, which costs 200 Echo Jade in the shop. The tricky parts are what a code leaves out and how to avoid paying twice, and both are covered below.

We checked this against Game8's character creation guide, AllThings.How's import and preset guides and NerdsChalk's face code list in November 2026.

What a Face Code Actually Contains

A face code is a snapshot of slider positions and shaping values. AllThings.How describes imports as copying "sliders and shaping values," which covers face structure, features and the makeup layers built into the design. It does not hand you anything you have to unlock separately.

• Hairstyles you do not own are skipped. If the creator used a shop hairstyle, your character keeps your current hair, which is the most common reason a preset looks "off."
• Clothing is never included. Codes carry appearance data only and do not grant outfits, mounts or currency.
• Outfits live in a separate system. Outfit Plans store clothing, weapon cosmetics and dyes, and you still need to own every item they reference. The Outfit Plan button is F on keyboard, Y on Xbox and Triangle on PlayStation.
• Body type is not changed by a code. Switching body type needs a Transformation Pill, so pick presets made for the body type you already have.

Keeping those limits in mind saves frustration. The screenshot that sold you on a preset often shows a premium hairstyle, a limited outfit and a carefully lit background, and none of those come along with the code.

How to Import a Face Code

The steps are the same during character creation and later in the game. AllThings.How lists them as follows:

1. Open character creation, or the Appearance sub-menu if your character already exists in the world.
2. Click Import Customization Data at the bottom left of the screen.
3. Paste the code into the Enter Customization Code field. If you have a QR image instead, upload it in the same window.
4. Press the apply button at the bottom right and check the preview.
5. Adjust any sliders you want to personalize, then confirm.

Text codes are faster than QR images, since the game takes longer to read an uploaded picture. NerdsChalk notes that codes are case-sensitive and must be entered exactly, so copy and paste rather than retyping from a screenshot. Many codes also include symbols like + or /, which are easy to drop when typing by hand.

Some designs let you apply only part of a look. AllThings.How notes you can overwrite the whole face or just elements such as makeup or pupils, depending on how the preset was built, which is handy if you like your current face but want someone else's eye makeup.

What It Costs to Change Your Face Later

Importing during the first character creation is free. After that, AllThings.How reports you get one free full re-customization, and every further face edit needs a Water Lady Script. The script costs 200 Echo Jade in the shop, and it also turns up from events and quests, with the first one around Level 10.

Other appearance changes use their own items. AllThings.How's preset guide lists them:

• Face structure: Water Lady Script.
• Body type or gender: Transformation Pill, a premium item priced at 1,280 Echo Beads, although developers have sometimes handed them out during events.
• Makeup layers: free to change.
• Hair color: Inkshade Hairdye or Timeless Hairdye.
• Clothing colors: Softweave or Rosycloud dye powders.
• Character name: Rename Certificate.

There is also a story option. A story NPC named Cheng Xin offers face changes after a story sequence in which you return his flute, and you can teleport back to him later. Game8 adds that you can change facial features as often as you like with Water Lady Scripts, as long as you have the Echo Jade to buy them.

If you are short on Echo Jade, check the current redeem codes first. Our list of working codes includes one worth 200 Echo Jade on its own, which is exactly one Water Lady Script.

Where to Find Good Presets

The best source is inside the game. AllThings.How describes the Gallery as a curated hub of player-made designs for both body types, and you can apply any public design directly from it without copying a code at all. Game8 also mentions a public gallery where you can post your own character.

The second built-in option is Smart Customization. After choosing a body type, it can generate a face from a voice recording or an uploaded photo. It is a quick way to get a starting point you then refine by hand.

Outside the game, guide sites keep lists of shared codes. These two female presets appear on both the AllThings.How and NerdsChalk lists from late 2025:

• ARTaRfKXmEGDqpfImlO: a balanced, soft-featured wuxia heroine.
• ARTaRfbLBC1e6gWHJdj: a refined, smooth-featured swordswoman look.

AllThings.How also lists two male presets, ARTaRfKOhzQtAd9YCa3 (a standard wuxia lead) and ARTaRe0oeFJ3iwcfjlJ (a scholar-swordsman). We could not test any of these in-game, and AllThings.How warns that a code stops working when its creator removes the preset. If one fails, that is the likely reason, and the Gallery is the better place to look.

Sharing Your Own Look

Once you are happy with your character, you can turn it into a code for friends. AllThings.How says the Share function in the Gallery generates both a QR code and a text code. They carry the same appearance data, and the QR version mainly exists to make posting on social platforms easier.

Game8 describes the same idea from the other side: you can send someone a photo with a QR code, and once they bring it into the game, it applies your character's appearance to theirs. Before you share, write down which hairstyle and makeup items you used. Anyone without those items will see the fallback version, and telling them what is missing saves a lot of back and forth.

If you play on more than one device, your saved appearance travels with your character only when your accounts are linked. Our crossplay and cross-progression guide explains why you should link before creating a character on a second platform.

Making Every Water Lady Script Count

Because each face edit after your free re-customization uses a script, it pays to plan changes rather than experiment one slider at a time. A few habits keep the cost down:

• Do the big import at creation. Importing during the first character creation costs nothing, so settle on a preset there and save scripts for small fixes later.
• Change everything in one session. Import the preset, then adjust the sliders, makeup and pupils before you confirm. Confirming and reopening the editor later means another script.
• Use the free tools first. Makeup layers cost nothing to change, and hair color only needs a dye, so try those before reworking the face structure.
• Save your current code before editing. Generate a code from your existing look through the Gallery's Share function. If the new preset disappoints, you can import your old face back instead of rebuilding it from memory.
• Watch event rewards. Water Lady Scripts and even Transformation Pills have appeared as event rewards, so a non-urgent change can wait for one.

Why an Imported Face Can Look Wrong

When a preset does not match the screenshot, it is almost always one of these:

• Missing hairstyle. Your existing hair stays in place when you do not own the creator's style.
• Different outfit. Clothing changes how the neck, shoulders and silhouette read, and it is never part of the code.
• Lighting and background. Character creation has Background and Try On tabs, and a face shot in warm studio light looks different in the open world.
• Hair color. Dyes are separate items, so a black-haired preset applied over brown hair stays brown.
• Expired code. A removed preset will not import at all.

The fix for most of these is a few minutes in the Hairstyle and Makeup tabs after importing. Treat a code as a starting sculpt, not a finished character.

New players should also know that character creation choices go beyond the face. Game8 points out the Aspiration Talent picked at creation affects minigames: Drunken Precision helps with Pitch Pot, and Rhetoric Edge helps with the Gift of the Gab card game. Our beginner guide covers the rest of the setup screen, from difficulty to control style.

Want a Character That Is Already Dressed?

A face code fixes the sculpt, but the outfits, hairstyles and weapon skins that make a character stand out still have to be unlocked one by one. The store's Where Winds Meet page collects account listings from independent sellers, and many of their titles mention the outfits and appearance items already on the account alongside level and gear score. Listings change daily.

Keep the publisher's rules in view: section 2.1 of the Where Winds Meet Terms of Use says players may not share, sell or transfer an account without prior consent, and that applies to any account you did not create yourself.

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