Your Guide to Unlocking the Glow of the Fireflies Skill in Where Winds Meet and How to Use It

Glow of the Fireflies is a non-combat environmental skill in Where Winds Meet that creates a soft circle of firefly light around the player.

It makes dark areas easier to navigate and enhances visibility in forests, caves, ruins, and other dim locations. While it provides no damage or combat bonuses, it’s a valuable exploration tool that improves clarity during puzzle, cave, or night sequences.

This guide explains its effects, exact unlock steps, and best usage tips.

How to get Glow of the Fireflies

To unlock Glow of the Fireflies, you must find the Firefly Tree located west of Willow’s Respite, then interact with a firefly cluster at its base. Completing the short interaction unlocks the skill automatically.

How to use Glow of the Fireflies

• Equip the skill
  Open the Skill menu → Exploration Skills → assign Glow of the Fireflies to any Utility Wheel slot.
• Activate from the Utility Wheel
  Hold the Utility Wheel button and select the firefly icon to turn it on.
• Illuminate dark areas
  Once active, fireflies surround your character, brightening caves, ruins, forests, or nighttime paths.
• Use during puzzles or hidden-object areas
  The glow helps highlight subtle environmental clues and hidden interactables.

Glow of the Fireflies tips

• Use it during night exploration to avoid missing hidden objects or paths.
• Essential for cave runs—greatly improves visibility.
• Helps highlight environmental details in puzzle areas.
• No cooldown or resource cost—activate as often as needed.
• Works well when paired with scouting or detection abilities for treasure hunts.

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