So, what is a Wuthering Waves echo and how do you use it? Essentially, they're passive versions of the monsters you fight in the game, that you can equip and benefit from, offering your character extra stats and moves. Our guide goes over how to get them, what they're for, and all the different types of Wuthering Waves echoes available in the game.
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Here's everything you need to know about the Wuthering Waves echo system.
What is a Wuthering Waves echo?
Echoes in Wuthering Waves act similarly to Genshin Impact's artifacts and Honkai Star Rail's relics, if you've played those games - they're essentially equipable monsters that can add to your character's existing stats along with giving them more buffs such as elemental damage bonus or a healing boost. Each echo has its own stats, but it also has an ability - if you place it in the first slot, then you can use this in battle by activating the skill.
There are nine different categories of echo, with 12 types in each - these range from cute, small creatures to fearsome boss enemies, and each comes in one- to four-star rarity. In total, there are 208 echoes to capture, so let's get out there and catch 'em all.
How do I use Wuthering Waves echoes?
Each character can be equipped with five echoes. Equipping two or five of the same set of echo will activate a bonus, which is what we recommend aiming. While most of the five-piece bonuses work very well, you can get some great results mixing two two-piece sets to get - for instance - attack and elemental bonuses at once.
When filling up the echoes screen, you'll notice that there is an energy cost in the top left corner. This grows as you level up your data bank, but to begin, you get a cap of eight. The cost relates to a number in the bottom right corner of every echo icon, between 1-4. You can't exceed your current cost, so you're limited to equipping echoes with lower numbers in the early game - but as you level up, you can equip ones with a bigger cost.
To add some context, look at the screenshot below. Jiyan has two two-piece sets equipped, activating the two Sonata effects The numbers on each echo add up to 12, using up the available echo cost. You can also see the available skills that he can use with the main echo.
Once you've got a set you're happy with, you can upgrade each echo. Some echoes cap out at level ten, while others cap at level 15 or even 20 depending on their rarity. As you raise their level, you can 'tune' each echo, which adds a new stat. This can be super helpful if you get lucky, as you can get an echo with two attack stats, an energy regeneration stat, and an elemental bonus to really boost your DPS.
How do I get Wuthering Waves echoes?
Each enemy you defeat in the overworld has a chance of dropping a yellow hologram. These holograms are the echoes, and you can absorb them by interacting with them.
If you head to a Tacet Field, then there's a guarantee that you can absorb a really good echo after completing the challenge. Otherwise, you just need to fight a load of tacet discords. The good news is that enemies in the overworld constantly respawn and don't require any currency to unlock them.
All Wuthering Waves echo sets
You can see information about every echo you've captured in the data bank, and you can also fuse five of them together to create a random new one. To make picking your echoes a bit easier, we've laid out all the different types below, along with their two- and five-piece bonuses.
| Celestial Light | Two-piece set: 10% spectro damage bonus Five-piece set: Upon using an intro skill, spectro damage increases by 30% for 15 seconds |
| Crown of Valor | Three-piece set: Upon gaining a shield, increase the resonator's attack by 6% and crit damage by 4% for four seconds. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5 seconds and stacks up to five times |
| Dream of the Lost | Three-piece set: Holding zero resonance energy increases crit rate by 20% and grants a 35% echo skill damage bonus |
| Empyrean Anthem | Two-piece set: 10% energy regen Five-piece set: Increase the resonator's coordinated attack damage by 80%. Upon a critical hit of a coordinated attack, increase the active resonator's attack by 20% for four seconds |
| Eternal Radiance | Two-piece set: 10% spectro damage bonus Five-piece set: Inflicting enemies with Spectro Frazzle increases crit rate by 20% for 15 seconds. Attacking enemies with ten stacks of Spectro Frazzle grants a 15% spectro damage bonus for 15 seconds |
| Flaming Clawprint | Two-piece set: 10% fusion damage bonus Five-piece set: Casting resonance liberation grants all resonators in the team a 15% fusion damage bonus and the caster a 20% resonance liberation damage bonus, lasting for 35 seconds |
| Freezing Frost | Two-piece set: 10% glacio damage bonus Five-piece set: Upon using basic attack or heavy attack, glacio damage increases by 10%, stacking up to three times, lasting for 15 seconds |
| Frosty Resolve | Two-piece set: 12% resonance skill damage bonus Five-piece set: Casting resonance skill grants a 22.5% glacio damage bonus for 15 seconds, and casting resonance liberation increases resonance skill damage by 18%, lasting for five seconds. This effect stacks up to two times |
| Gusts of Welkin | Two-piece set: 10% aero damage bonus Five-piece set: Inflicting Aero Erosion upon enemies increases aero damage for all resonators in the team by 15%, and for the resonator triggering this effect by an additional 15%, lasting for 20 seconds |
| Havoc Eclipse | Two-piece set: 10% havoc damage bonus Five-piece set: Upon using basic attack or heavy attack, havoc damage increases by 7.5%, stacking up to four times for 15 seconds |
| Law of Harmony | Three-piece set: Casting an echo skill grants a 30% heavy attack bonus for four seconds. All resonators in the team get a 4% echo skill damage bonus for 30 seconds, which can stack four times |
| Lingering Tunes | Two-piece set: 10% attack increase Five-piece set: While on the field, attack increases by 5% every 1.5 seconds, stacking up to four times. Outro skill damage increases by 60% |
| Midnight Veil | Two-piece set: 10% havoc damage bonus Five-piece set: When outro skill is triggered, deal an additional 480% havoc damage to surrounding enemies, considered outro skill damage, and grant the incoming Resonator 15% havoc damage bonus for 15 seconds |
| Molten Rift | Two-piece set: 10% fusion damage bonus Five-piece set: Upon using a resonance skill, fusion damage increases by 30% for 15 seconds |
| Moonlit Clouds | Two-piece set: 10% energy regen Five-piece set: When using an outro skill, the attack of the next resonator increases by 22.5% for 15 seconds |
| Rejuvenating Glow | Two-piece set: 10% healing increase Five-piece set: Upon healing allies, increase the attack of the entire team by 15%, lasting 30 seconds |
| Sierra Gale | Two-piece set: 10% aero damage bonus Five-piece set: When using an intro skill, aero damage increases 30% for 15 seconds |
| Tidebreaking Courage | Two-piece set: 10% energy regen Five-piece set: Increases the active resonator's attack by 15%. Reaching 250% energy regen increases all attribute damage by 30% for the resonator |
| Void Thunder | Two-piece set: 10% electro damage bonus Five-piece set: When using a heavy attack or resonance skill, electro damage increases by 15%, stacking twice, each stack lasting for 15 seconds |
| Windward Pilgrimage | Two-piece set: 10% aero damage bonus Five-piece set: Hitting a target with Aero Erosion increases crit rate by 10% and grants a 30% aero damage bonus, lasting for ten seconds |
What are the best echoes in Wuthering Waves?
Given that there are tons of different turtles, pigs, monsters, and mysterious creatures to choose from, we thought we'd give you a quick list of the best echoes to aim for. Some of these are harder to get as they are versions of the bosses in the game, whereas some are easy to grab in the overworld.
Here are some of the best Wuthering Waves echoes:
- Bell-Borne Geochelone
- This Elden Ring-looking echo can give you a shield, lasting for 15 seconds. This provides damage reduction and a damage boost, alongside the glacio attack that the geochelone deals to enemies.
- Jué
- Use your own personal version of the Sentinel Jué who can attack enemies with spectro damage on field as you bash them with your weapon at the same time. Jué also grants the active resonator the Blessing of Time which gives you a 16% resonance skill damage boost and deals an extra instance of spectro damage.
- Impermanence Heron
- The Impermanence Heron is a key echo for any support builds as it lets you boost the next character's damage after using it. It also deals a lot of havoc damage, and you can either tap or hold the ability to deal more damage at once.
- Crownless
- The Crownless echo performs up to four strikes in a combination, the first two of which deal hefty havoc damage, with the third and fourth dealing multiple instances of damage each. This echo also increases your character's havoc damage.
- Feilian Beringal
- You can transform into this gigantic monkey and deal a hefty kick to enemies. If it hits, you then perform a follow-up attack, too. The Feilian Beringal deals aero energy, so would be a great choice for Jiyan, Aalto, or Jianxin.
- Inferno Rider
- Ghost Rider, eat your heart out - the Inferno Rider launches three consecutive attacks dealing plenty of fusion damage, while also increasing your character's fusion damage, too. If you hold the button to activate this echo, you enter 'Riding Mode', which is pretty cool and deals more damage.
- Violet-Feathered Heron
- This helpful bird allows you to parry an attack and then follow up with a counterattack during battle, which deals a hefty amount of electro damage.
Well, now you're all clued up on what a Wuthering Waves echo is, why not equip them on your favorite Wuthering Waves characters, such as Wuthering Waves Jiyan, Wuthering Waves Xiangli Yao, or Wuthering Waves Zhezhi?