Wuthering Waves: What Are Echoes (& How to Get Them)?

Wuthering Waves

By Mohsen Baqery

Published May 26, 2024

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Wuthering Waves

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Wuthering Waves’ Echoes Explained

Attributes, Sub Attributes, and Sonata Effects of Echoes

How to Get Echoes in Wuthering Waves

How to Upgrade and Tune Echoes

All Echoes in Wuthering Waves

Wuthering Waves presents a distinctive gear system intertwined with the game’s lore: Echoes. These Echoes vary in form and size but share a unified purpose of enhancing the Resonator's combat power. The following guide explains everything about Echoes, starting with their definition and proceeding to recommend optimal methods for acquiring them.

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Wuthering Waves’ Echoes Explained

some of the echo variants in wuthering waves.

Echoes are Reverberations of Tacet Discords absorbed into the Data Bank of a Pangu Terminal. Put simply, Echoes are the souls of monsters in Wuthering Waves that the player captures. Once absorbed, these Reverberations can be equipped on a Resonator (player or a companion character) as a means of stat boost.

Each Resonator has five Echo slots in their Pangu Terminal, allowing them to carry up to five monsters with them. Of all the slots, only the first is “Active,” meaning it can be summoned on the battlefield for a brief period. The rest of the Echo team serves as pieces of gear or artifacts that enhance the player’s stats.

Echo Classes

Echoes are divided into four Classes: Common, Elite, Overlord, and Calamity. These titles determine the Echo’s Cost, with Common Class being the cheapest and Overlord and Calamity being the most expensive.

Echo Class	Cost
Common	1
Elite	3
Overlord	4
Calamity	4

Echo Costs

Cost is an Echo’s carry weight. In Wuthering Waves, each Resonator can carry five Echoes with a total Cost of 10 (or up to 12 when the Data Bank is leveled up). The player must create compositions of five Echoes that do not exceed this limit. Currently, the META comps are 4-3-1-1-1 for beginner players, and 4-4-3-1 for advanced players.

Echo Stars

Stars are an Echo’s rarity indicator, with 1-Star being a common variant and 5-Star the rarest. Wuthering Waves has four Star categories that have designated colors and level caps. (See the table below)

Star	Color	Level Cap	Sub Attribute Cap
2	Green	10	N/A
3	Blue	15	3
4	Purple	20	4
5	Gold (Yellow)	25	5

Echo Types

Echoes have two general types: Regular and Phantom. The second group, Phantoms, are shiny variations of six prominent Echoes: Rocksteady Guardian, Hoartoise, Impermanence Heron, Thundering Mephis, Feilian Beringal, and Mourning Aix. Players can catch a Phantom Echo in Wuthering Waves by repeating the battle with specific monsters or by purchasing them from the in-game shop.

Phantom (shiny) Echoes are not stronger than their Regular variants. The Phantom status is merely a cosmetic feature.

Players can get the Do You Believe In Light Too? Achievement in Wuthering Waves for obtaining a shiny Echo for the first time.

Attributes, Sub Attributes, and Sonata Effects of Echoes

the attributes of an echo in wuthering waves

Attributes and Sub Attributes are an Echo’s skills. Each monster starts with two Attributes, one primary and one secondary, and can obtain up to five Sub Attributes through Tuning. Attributes and Sub Attributes are generated randomly upon Absorption and level-up procedure, with each Class pulling from a limited skill pool, which is explained in the following table.

Class	Primary Attribute Pool (%)	Secondary Attribute Pool (Flat)
Common	HP, ATK, DEF	HP
Elite	Energy Regen, Elemental DMG, HP, ATK, DEF	ATK
Overlord & Calamity	Crit Rate, Crit DMG, Healing Bonus, HP, ATK, DEF, Energy Regen	ATK

A Flat buff for an attribute adds a specific number to a stat, while a Percentage buff adds a proportion of the base stat to the total.

Here is a list of all Sub Attributes an Echo can gain:

HP (Flat or Percentage)
ATK (Flat or Percentage)
DEF (Flat or Percentage)
Crit Rate (Percentage)
Crit Damage (Percentage)
Energy Regen (Percentage)
Heavy ATK DMG Bonus (Percentage)
Basic ATK DMG Bonus (Percentage)
Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus (Percentage)
Resonance Skill DMG Bonus (Percentage)

Sub Attributes cannot be re-rolled .

Sonata Effects are an Echo’s passive abilities that unlock when the player uses two or five of the same type in their team (the higher the number, the greater the buff). There are nine Sonata Effect types, each granting a specific elemental stat boost to the player.

Freezing Frost: Glacio DMG buff
Molten Rift: Fusion DMG buff
Void Thunder: Electro DMG buff
Sierra Gale: Aero DMG buff
Celestial Light: Spectro DMG buff
Sun-sinking Eclipse: Havoc DMG buff
Rejuvenating Glow: Healing Bonus
Moonlit Clouds: Energy Regen
Lingering Tunes: ATK buff

How to Get Echoes in Wuthering Waves

a resonator farming echoes in wuthering waves’ overworld.

Echoes are gained through defeating overworld monsters. After killing a non-human enemy, there is a slight (10–20%) chance that they will leave their Reverberation behind. Players can then approach the monster’s silhouette and select “Absorb” to obtain it. After absorption, the captured creature is added to the player’s Data Bank.

Absorption

The term Absorption refers to catching an Echo. Unlike games like Pokemon, catching a monster in Wuthering Waves cannot go wrong, and players can absorb as many Echoes as they want.

Data Bank

The Data Bank is the player’s Echo Collection. Unlike a similar mechanic like Pokedex in Pokemon, the Data Bank has levels, limiting the rarity of Echoes the player can catch. Data Bank’s cap can be increased by obtaining designated experience points by capturing more unique creatures.

Echo Farming

In Wuthering Waves, Echoes are respawned daily after the daily reset time. To farm them, players can explore the overworld regularly and defeat any monster mobs they come across. It’s also possible to farm Echoes by joining other players’ games in the co-op mode.

Echo drop rates are calculated individually. So, when playing with others , all party members have an equal chance of catching a monster, provided it’s defeated.

How to Upgrade and Tune Echoes

the echo upgrade and tuning menu in wuthering waves.

Echoes can be leveled up and tuned from the Resonators menu. After choosing a Resonator, select “Echo” from the left sidebar and tap “Upgrade.” In the opened menu, add Upgrade Material to level up the Echo at least five times. This will unlock the Tuning menu, with which the Echo can gain Sub Attributes.

Tuning an Echo requires Tuners, which are Star-exclusive upgrade items. There are Basic, Medium, Advanced, and Premium Tuners in the game, which help unlock Sub Attributes of 2-Star, 3-Star, 4-Star, and 5-Star Echoes.