Dear Rover,

Thank you for your continued support. We are excited to announce that Version 1.4: When the Night Knocks will become available soon!

[Maintenance Time & Compensation Details]

✦Maintenance Time: 2024-11-14 04:00 to 2024-11-14 11:00 (UTC+8)

✦Maintenance Compensation: Astrite x300, Crystal Solvent x2

✦Compensation Eligibility: Create a character and unlock the Mails feature before 2024-11-14 04:00 (UTC+8). The compensation can be claimed before the next version update.

In the event that the maintenance is extended, the dev team will issue a follow-up notice and adjust the compensation accordingly.

✦Bug Fixes Compensation: Astrite x300

✦Create a character and unlock the Mails feature before 2024-11-14 04:00 (UTC+8). The compensation can be claimed before the next version update.

[Version Update Details]

# New Resonators

5-Star Resonator: Camellya (Havoc)

A Bloom Bearer of the Black Shores, Camellya is free-spirited and dangerously charming.

She roams Solaris in search of talent, immersing herself in the present and relishing its pleasures, all while remaining true to herself, unburdened by thoughts of the past or future.

- Combat Roles: Main Damage Dealer, Concerto Efficiency, Basic Attack DMG

Obtainable through the [End of Lost Trail] Featured Resonator Convene.

4-Star Resonator: Lumi (Electro)

Navigator at Lollo Logistics and leader of a transport squad team.

Born in a mountain village in Yuezhou, Lumi's sincere and caring nature brings warmth to everyone around her.

- Combat Roles: Main Damage Dealer, Basic Attack DMG, Resonance Skill DMG Amplification

Obtainable through the [When Thunder Pours] Featured Resonator Convene and the [Celestial Revelation] Featured Resonator Convene. After the event ends, starting from the next version, 4-Star Resonator Lumi will be permanently available in Featured Weapon & Resonator Convene and Standard Weapon & Resonator Convene.

4-Star Resonator Lumi will be simultaneously made available in the Afterglow Coral Store and will be removed at the end of the next version.

# New Weapons

5-Star Weapon: Red Spring (Sword)

A camellia bud silently unfurls. As promised, she holds this infinite world in bloom in her palms, where fine crimson vines twine around her fingertips.

The dull ache, like sand scratching against the heart, is proof of your fateful encounter.

Obtainable through the [Absolute Pulsation - Red Spring] Featured Weapon Convene.

4-Star Weapon: Somnoire Anchor (Sword)

An anchor once used by Ivory Gatekeeper to stabilize the Somnoire.

However, it now looks different ever since Ivory Gatekeeper transformed into a white cat...

Participate in Somnium Labyrinth: Somnoire Adventure Event to obtain the weapon for free.

# New Story

Camellya's Companion Story: Forking Paths Among the Stars

The flowers in the Black Shores' Greenhouse sway silently. Camellya stands among them, sharing the silence.

The sea of stars holds infinite timelines that intertwine and diverge at each moment. Though there are millions of possibilities, she knows all paths lead to the same destiny.

- Duration: Permanently available after the Version 1.4 update.

- Eligibility: Reach Union Level 14 and complete Main Quest "To the Shore's End" (Chapter I: Act VIII).

# New Events

Somnium Labyrinth Somnoire Adventure Event

This event consists of 3 sub-events: Dreamscape Odyssey, Rift Runner, and Nightmare Revisits.

[Dreamscape Odyssey] Join the strange white cat in rescuing your Resonator companions from their Dreamscapes. Together, you will delve deep into the Somnoire to uncover the truth behind the nightmares.

[Rift Runner] Nightmares have torn through the veil of reality, wreaking havoc across the world. It's down to you to restore the crumbling order to the land, with the mystic boon of Illusive Sprint received from the strange white cat.

[Nightmare Revisits] Fight the Black Cat again with Resonators of your choice. Use the power of Dream Link to gain an upper hand!

- Duration: Version 1.4 update - 2025-01-01 03:59 (server time)

- Eligibility: Reach Union Level 17

After the Limited-time Event period ends, the event will become a Permanent Event, allowing you to participate at any time.

Depths of Illusive Realm: Phantasm Amass

Step into surreal, ever-shifting dreamscapes, where new maps await exploration and formidable enemies lurk in the shadows, and uncover the secrets that lie within!

The available pool of Resonators now includes: Camellya, Lumi, Shorekeeper, Youhu, Encore, Verina, Calcharo, Lingyang, Mortefi, Zhezhi, Xiangli Yao, Yuanwu, Danjin, Jinhsi, Changli, Jianxin, Sanhua, Rover: Spectro, Jiyan, Yinlin, Yangyang, Chixia, Baizhi, Taoqi.

- Duration: Version 1.4 update - 2025-01-01 03:59 (server time)

Gifts of Fleeting Dreams: 7-Day Login Event

During the event, log in daily to claim the day's login rewards.

- Rewards: Radiant Tide x5, Lustrous Tide x5

- Duration: Version 1.4 update - 2025-01-01 03:59 (server time)

Beyond the Waves: Featured Exploration Event

Participate and upload your exploration record at the Lollo courier truck to get various rewards!

- Duration: 2024-11-21 10:00 - 2024-12-05 03:59 (server time)

Tactical Simulacra II: Featured Combat Event

Challenge waves of powerful enemies by using special buffs across different simulation domains.

- Duration: 2024-12-19 10:00 - 2025-01-01 03:59 (server time)

Ragunna Sales Blitz! Pioneer Association Event

Alannah will be releasing a new investigation quest each day. Complete the surveys to earn corresponding rewards and have a glimpse into the world of Rinascita!

- Duration: 2024-12-12 10:00 - 2025-01-01 03:59 (server time)

Pincer Maneuver Warriors: Recurring Combat Event

Challenge waves of powerful enemies by controlling two teams with special buffs across two separate simulated battlefields.

# Duration

Pincer Maneuver Warriors Ⅰ: Version 1.4 update - 2024-12-12 09:59 (server time)

Pincer Maneuver Warriors Ⅱ: 2024-12-12 10:00 - 2025-01-01 11:59 (server time)

This is a New Challenge Limited-time Beta event. It will be refined based on your feedback.

# Others

- New Phantom Appearance: Phantom - Inferno Rider

- New Feature: Weapon Projection

- New Weapon Projections: Projection: Somnoire Anchor, Projection: Formless Series (Transparent Weapon Projections)

[Adjustments and Optimizations]

# Resonators & Weapons

- Added an "Outline" option to the description pages of a Resonator's skills, allowing you to view a simplified version.

- Optimized the description of Resonator Yinlin's skills. The damage type associated with Chameleon Cipher and Punishment Mark—both are features of Resonator Yinlin's Forte Circuit—is now specified. This adjustment does not affect the actual effects of her skills.

- Optimized Resonator Yinlin's certain animations.

- Optimized the text in the Information - Experience - Character Stories section for certain Resonators.

# Features

Weapon:

(New) Weapon Projection

- Change the appearance of a weapon to a selected Weapon Projection.

- Equipping a weapon with a Weapon Projection does not change its stats.

- Turn the equipped weapon completely or partially transparent using a Transparent Weapon Projection.

Participate in Somnium Labyrinth: Somnoire Adventure Event to obtain 4-Star Weapon Projection "Projection: Somnoire Anchor" for free. Participate in Version 1.4's Depths of Illusive Realm to obtain a complete set of Transparent Weapon Projections ("Projection: Formless" series) for free.

Map:

- Added a feature that allows you to Fast Travel directly to the location of any activated Tacet Suppression or Boss Challenge via the Map.

- Added a feature that allows you to track the Collection Spots for certain Ingredients and Herbs.

- Added markers for the Hidden Entrances to certain underground locations in the Tiger's Maw - Mt. Firmament area.

- Added the option that allows you to view the different Map tiers of certain underground locations in the Tiger's Maw - Mt. Firmament area.

- Added on-screen icons that facilitate tracking. For example, when you select to track Shifang Pharmacy on the Map, a Shifang Pharmacy icon will appear on the screen, showing the general direction of the location and the distance.

Account:

Added the "Email Linking" option

- Press the relevant icon on the main menu to visit the web page where you will be instructed to link your account to your Email.

- After completing the process, return to the game to claim rewards (including Astrite).

# Leveling

Echo Upgrade:

Step-by-Step Echo Upgrade

- Conveniently upgrade an Echo to the exact levels that unlock new substats (5/10/15/20/25) through the Auto-Select Settings.

- Select one of the two ways to add materials: "Only Echo EXP items" or "Echo EXP items and Echoes."

Challenge Rewards:

Added the "double rewards" option to Forgery, Simulation, or Tacet Suppression challenges.

- You now have the option to spend double the Waveplates to earn double rewards upon completing a Forgery, Simulation, or Tacet Suppression challenge.

During the events Intensive Training, Bountiful Crescendo, or Chord Cleansing, you spend your Double Drop Attempts first to claim double rewards, and only after all the attempts have been spent do you start spending double the Waveplates to earn double rewards.

# Challenges, Puzzles & Events

- Added new Returnee Quest types to the event Reprise of Tides.

- Adjusted the placement of enemies in Forgery Challenges and Simulation Challenges, making them stand closer to each other when they first appear.

- Optimized the gameplay for Side Quest: Cerulean Echoes Adrift in the Winds.

- Optimized the descriptions of certain Resonators' certain skills on the Resonator Upgrade page in Depths of Illusive Realm.

# Controls

- Added the "Preferences" option to the Settings - Controls page.

- Adjusted the controller deadzone on iOS devices to make it consistent with those on PC and Android devices.

# UI

- Added a login pop-up displaying the numbers of Waveplates and Waveplate Crystals you own.

- Added an Echo absorption pop-up. Upon absorption, the Echo's Sonata Effect category will be displayed along with its Mainstat and Substat.

- Added text corresponding to the Outro Skill icon on the Resonators - Forte page.

- Optimized the display of Results Screens that appear after challenges are completed, giving you a clearer view of the rewards you've earned.

- Optimized the interface design regarding the Tower of Adversity, allowing you to view and adjust your team lineup without leaving the Tower.

- Optimized the display of the RES stats of enemies in the Tower of Adversity, allowing you to view the multiple RES categories an enemy may possess.

- Adjusted the rules under which red dots appear on the Resonators page.

- Adjusted the order in which information is presented when the pull-down button for a Resonator's Skill is pressed on the Resonators - Forte page. Skill Detail differences between the current level and the next level now appear first.

- Optimized the visuals of certain item icons.

- Optimized the Chat button on Mobile, allowing customization via "Customize Keybinds."

# Graphics & Performance

- Added a feature that makes recommendations regarding Graphics Quality (accessed via Settings > Graphics > Graphics Quality). Recommendations are made based on the performance of your device and come in four options: Ultra Performance, Performance, Balanced, and Quality.

- Added a process that instructs you to choose an image quality setting when you are creating a character for the first time. This setting can be adjusted afterward via Settings.

- Added the "Auto FPS" option to the Graphics settings on Mobile.

With this option turned on, if your mobile device is overloaded and overheating, the maximum Frame Rate and maximum Graphics Quality will be lowered automatically to reduce the occurrence of lagging or other possible problems.

- Optimized the game's performance on certain Android devices.

- Adjusted the frame rate settings on Android devices. The "45 FPS" option has been changed to "40 FPS." Using the "40 FPS" option effectively reduces the setup load and minimizes the occurrence of overheating.

- Optimized the in-game resolution settings on PC. Starting from Version 1.4, if an adjustment is made to the resolution settings via Settings > Graphics > Resolution, the latest adjustment will be applied when switching from Full Screen to Windowed Mode.

- Optimized the shader compilation process on PC. This process no longer occurs immediately after the launching of the game. It now occurs on the title screen to reduce visual glitches, lagging, and other problems that could be caused by the compilation process.

# Others

- Adjusted the positions of certain NPC names on the screen to prevent them from overlapping with the NPCs.

- Optimized the descriptions of certain in-game settings and functions.

[Bug Fixes]

Resonators & Weapons

- Fixed an issue where the description of Resonator Yinlin's Inherent Skill "Deadly Focus" did not match its actual effects.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused. We are now offering the following item as compensation. Thank you for your understanding and continued support for Wuthering Waves!

- Compensation: Astrite x80

- Compensation Eligibility: Create a character and unlock the Mails feature before 2024-11-14 04:00 (UTC+8). The compensation can be claimed before the next version update.

- Fixed an issue where the duration of the special effects for Resonator Shorekeeper's Resonance Liberation "End Loop" sometimes failed to match that of the Skill's actual effects.

- Fixed an issue where the Terminal on the Resonators - Echo page for Resonator Shorekeeper sometimes appeared defective.

- Fixed an issue where certain types of attacks from Resonator Xiangli Yao and Resonator Yangyang sometimes failed to trigger the effects of the Stellarealm that appears after Resonator Shorekeeper casts her Resonance Liberation.

- Fixed an issue where the effects of Resonator Changli's True Sight: Conquest would sometimes become defective.

- Fixed an issue where the animation for Resonator Changli's Resonance Liberation sometimes appeared defective.

- Fixed an issue where certain movements of Resonator Jinhsi's in the Incarnation state appeared defective.

- Fixed an issue where the effects of Resonator Jiyan's Inherent Skill "Tempest Taming" could not be triggered by certain Echo Skills.

- Fixed an issue where the Healing effect from Remnant Entities would sometimes be applied multiple times after Resonator Baizhi cast her Resonance Liberation.

- Fixed an issue where, after the Fast Travel option was used, the special effects for a Resonator's skills would sometimes fail to appear, or the effects of these skills would become defective.

- Fixed an issue where the visuals sometimes appeared defective when a Resonator started moving around after a combat challenge ended.

Enemies & Echoes

- Fixed an issue where enemies on the second floor of the Echoing Tower in the Tower of Adversity's Overdrive Zone would sometimes remain on the scene after their defeat.

- Fixed an issue where, in the "Tactical Hologram: Calamity" - "Tempest Mephis" challenge, the enemy's Vibration Strength sometimes failed to recover after it came out of its Immobilized state.

- Fixed an issue where a Resonator was sometimes unable to exit the transformation after transforming into Thundering Mephis.

Features

- Fixed an issue where at SOL3 Phase 8, the Shell Credit rewards shown on the Guidebook - Recurring Challenges - Forgery Challenge page differed from the amount of Shell Credit actually received after completing the challenge.

- Fixed an issue where certain Echoes would be miscategorized on the Guidebook - Echo Hunting page when the Filter function was used.

- Fixed an issue where Resonators sometimes moved at abnormal speed after the Utility Wheel was used.

- Fixed an issue where, in Co-op Mode, markers indicating the locations of other players sometimes appeared on your Map.

- Fixed an issue where the loading progress would sometimes go awry when exiting Co-op Mode, preventing players from exiting.

- Fixed an issue where, in Co-op Mode, the "Defeated" pop-up sometimes failed to disappear after a downed Resonator was revived.

- Fixed an issue where the "Revive" button sometimes failed to appear after the Resonators were downed.

- Fixed an issue where, in Controller Mode, the relevant icon did not appear after "LB + D-pad down" was assigned to "Dodge."

- Fixed an issue where, with mobile controllers, the option "Tap 'R' to Lock on Target and Tap 'R' Again to Disable Target Lock" failed to take effect when turned on via Settings > Lock-on Mode.

- Fixed an issue where controllers would sometimes vibrate when used to play the game on certain Android devices.

- Fixed an issue where it was sometimes impossible to remove the red notification dot from the Chat icon.

- Fixed an issue where the screens of some mobile devices would sometimes go black temporarily when bringing up the Settings menu.

- Fixed an issue where, in Resonator Showcase, switching to Resonator Verina would sometimes cause the relevant animation to appear defective.

- Fixed an issue where the Thaw of Eons image was not in the correct position on the Gallery - Main Story page.

- Corrected certain known textual errors.

Challenges, Puzzles & Events

- Fixed an issue where it was impossible to view the Special Mechanism of a Tacet Field again after opening and closing the relevant page.

- Fixed an issue where, with Hoverdroid: Shooter still locked, a random pop-up would appear when a Resonator came near a Hover Target challenge site in the overworld.

Quests

- Fixed an issue where, during Main Quest: Hidden Between the Waves, certain pillars displayed uncleared corrupted data even after their corrupted data had been cleared. It was a display issue that did not affect the progression of the quest.

- Fixed an issue where, in Side Quest: Cerulean Echoes Adrift in the Winds - Part I, the Aetherfin would sometimes stop moving following the conversation with KU-Key.

- Fixed an issue where no HP was deducted when a Resonator, after transforming into an Inferno Rider, dashed against obstacles in Exploration Quest: We Promise, We Deliver.

- Fixed an issue where specific NPCs in certain areas during Companion Story: Small Wooly, Big Adventures floated in mid-air.

- Fixed the issue where the icon above Langsheng's head did not disappear after the conversation with the NPC ended in Daily Quest: Stand-up Master.

Environment

- Fixed an issue where the Lv. 120 Tacet Discord "Alptop Champion" in the Black Shores - Tethys' Deep area would sometimes become partially submerged in the ground.

- Fixed an issue where certain NPCs in the Black Shores - Black Shores Archipelago area floated in mid-air or exhibited abnormal behavior.

- Fixed an issue where connecting Portals in the Black Shores area sometimes caused the screen of an iOS device to flick at certain frame rates.

- Fixed an issue where specific structures in certain Huanglong - Whining Aix's Mire areas were invisible on iOS devices.

- Fixed an issue where certain NPCs in the Huanglong - Jinzhou area moved at abnormal speed.

- Fixed an issue where specific NPCs in certain areas exhibited abnormal behavior.

- Resolved known instances of objects clipping through each other or floating in mid-air.