Wuthering Waves: Resonator Progression Tips and Tricks

Resonators in Wuthering Waves have a ton of ways to get powered up. You'll need a lot of different resources and mechanics that you unlock so that you can progress. In this article, we'll show you everything you can do to make your Resonators stronger.

Wuthering Waves: Character Level and Ascension

Each Resonator in Wuthering Waves has a Resonator Level ranging from 1 to 90 and gains additional stats as they level up.

Once a Resonator hits specific level milestones, they must be ascended in order to advance further. Resonators begin with a base max level of 20. Each time you ascend a Resonator, the level cap increases by 10, up to a maximum of 90. To ascend a Resonator, you must gather resources from Boss Challenges as well as from monsters and plants in the overworld.

It's also worth noting that your Union Level (Account Level) determines how many times you can ascend a Resonator.

Wuthering Waves: Fortes

Fortes are a skill upgrading tree that each Resonator possesses. Unlocking and upgrading the numerous nodes in a Resonator's Forte will grant them stat benefits, additional passive abilities, and improvements to their five skills.

Fortes can be improved with materials gained from completing Forgery Challenges, Weekly Challenges, and defeating overworld foes. Also, keep in mind that the ability to upgrade Fortes is linked to your Resonator's Ascension, so you must level your Resonator before you may upgrade their Fortes.

Wuthering Waves: Resonance Chain

Resonance Chain improves Resonators' abilities or grants them new passive perks. Each Resonator has six Resonance Chain upgrades, with each offering a unique bonus.

Unlocking Resonance Chain upgrades requires getting duplicate copies, known as Wavebands, of the Resonator from Convenes or completing in-game missions and events. In contrast to other games, you may also buy Wavebands from the in-game shop using currency obtained by pulling - although the shop restricts the number of Wavebands you can buy to two per character (including current rate-up characters).

The only exception to this is the Main Character. You can obtain their Wavebands via in-game missions and Relic Merchant rewards.

Wuthering Waves: Weapons

Weapons are a sort of equipment that all Resonators can equip, providing stat gains as well as a new passive. Weapons, like Resonators, have levels that range from 1 to 90. They can also level up and ascend. This will improve the stat bonus provided to the equipped Resonator.

Each Weapon has a Weapon ability that provides a passive boost. A Weapon Ability starts at Rank 1 and can be enhanced to Rank 5 via the Synthesis function.

Keep in mind that Weapons can only be equipped if the Resonator can use that weapon type.

Wuthering Waves: Echoes

Echoes are another form of equipment in the game, akin to Relic Sets in Honkai: Star Rail. Equipping Echoes with your Resonator will grant them a range of stat boosts. Echoes will give your Resonators the majority of their stat improvements.

• Every Echo has an active Echo ability.
• There are 5 total Echo slots. The Echo equipped in the first slot will have its active Echo Ability available for you to use. The order of the rest does not matter.
• Each Echo comes with a 'COST' requirement that ranges between 1 to 4 depending on the Echo’s Class. Each Resonator has a 'COST' limit of 10 at the start and it is possible to upgrade it to 12 through Data Dock upgrades. Resonators can only equip Echoes up to the 'COST' limit.

Each Echo has two primary stats plus up to five sub-stats. Primary main stats vary, however, secondary main stats are established for each Echo Class. Depending on the Echo Class, the various main stats are:

• Common Class - HP%, ATK%, DEF%
• Elite Class - HP%, ATK%, DEF%, Energy Regen%, Elemental Damage Boost
• Overlord Class - HP%, ATK%, DEF% Crit Rate%, Crit DMG%, Healing Bonus%
• Calamity Class - HP%, ATK%, DEF% Crit Rate%, Crit DMG%, Healing Bonus%