Wuthering Waves, developed by Kuro Game, combines top-notch action RPG combat with an expansive open world. As a Rover, you awaken to a new world filled with adventure. Here are essential tips to help you start strong. This guide’s information was derived from Prydwen Institute.

General Tips

1. Focus on the Main Story: Prioritize the main storyline to unlock key features and level up efficiently. Only explore when necessary to progress further.
2. Explore Thoroughly: The world is rich with treasures, special enemies, puzzles, and quests that reward you with experience, Astrites, Tuners, and materials. Completing these will aid your progress.
3. Utilize NPCs: After exploration, visit NPCs like the Pioneer Association, Souvenir Shop, and Relic Merchant for additional resources.
4. Use the Synthesizer: Craft healing items and combine lower-grade materials into higher-grade ones.
5. Weekly Materials: Purchase materials from the Weapon Franchise and craft purple weapons for powerful upgrades.
6. Cooking: Collect items from the grocery store and overworld to cook food that buffs your characters.
7. Ore Farming: Collect ores as you explore to craft 4-star weapons.
8. Battle Pass and Depths of Illusive Realm: Complete daily and weekly missions for valuable rewards.
9. Fast-Travel Points: Use main fast-travel points to fully heal your team and save on healing items.
10. Daily Tasks: Always complete your daily tasks to earn significant Union Exp.

Leveling and Waveplate Management

1. Avoid Waveplate Overcap: Your Waveplate (stamina) caps at 240. Manage it wisely to maximize gains.
2. Main Team Focus: Early on, decide your main team consisting of a main DPS, an off-DPS, and a support. This focus helps avoid resource wastage.
3. Efficient Leveling: Level your main DPS character to the max, and keep others 10 levels below to save resources.
4. Weapon Investment: Don’t invest heavily in 3-star weapons as they are temporary. Aim for 4 and 5-star weapons.
5. Weekly Bosses: Complete weekly boss challenges to get crucial Resonator upgrade materials.
6. Waveplate Usage: Use Waveplates on Overworld bosses for ascension materials rather than on Simulation Training early on.

Echoes

1. Data Bank Priority: Reach Data Bank level 15 quickly by defeating every enemy you encounter. This unlocks the Echo system.
2. Mini Bosses: Seek out unmarked mini bosses for guaranteed yellow rarity Echoes, which provide substantial Data Bank experience.
3. Echo Farming: Farm echoes in friends’ worlds for efficiency.
4. Echo Upgrades: Don’t upgrade every Echo. Focus on purple and yellow Echoes but avoid going beyond +10/+15 early on.
5. Tuner Use: Use low rarity Tuners freely as they can’t be used on yellow echoes.

Combat

1. Training Mode: Use the training mode in the Resonator screen to master core mechanics.
2. Combat Tutorials: Don’t skip tutorials as they provide essential combat techniques.
3. Concerto Skill: Wait for your Concerto skill to fill before switching characters for buffs and extra damage.
4. Stagger Meter: Deplete stronger enemies’ stagger meter to immobilize them.
5. Extreme Evasion: Dodge at the last moment to activate Extreme Evasion, slowing time momentarily.
6. Echo Abilities: Utilize Echo abilities frequently as they only rely on cooldowns, not resources.

By following these tips, you’ll start strong in Wuthering Waves, making the most of its intricate combat system and richly detailed world. Happy adventuring, Rover!