Wuthering Waves Nightmare Echoes: A Comprehensive Guide
Nightmare Echoes are enhanced versions of standard Echoes in Wuthering Waves, significantly impacting Resonator usage. Superior to their regular counterparts, acquiring them is crucial for maximizing character potential. This guide explains what they are and how to obtain them.
What are Nightmare Echoes?
Nightmare Echoes are alternative variants of 4-cost (Overlord-class) Echoes. They feature unique active skills and offer a percentage-based elemental damage boost, making them considerably more valuable than standard Echoes. This passive elemental damage bonus allows for a 441111 Echo composition, replacing a 3-cost Echo. Importantly, they retain the same Sonata/Set effects as their regular counterparts, minimizing build adjustments.
How to Unlock Nightmare Echoes
Unlocking Nightmare Echoes requires completing the "Dream Patrol I" quest in Rinascita. This tutorial quest is initiated by interacting with the White Cat in Ragunna City after finishing Act 2 Chapter 3 of the Rinascita main storyline.
"Dream Patrol I" introduces Dream Patrols, overworld activities in Rinascita. Completing it reveals Nightmare Echo locations on your map:
| Nightmare Echo | Location |
|---|---|
| Feilian Beringal | Requiem Ravine |
| Thundering Mephis | Mistveil Bay |
| Tempest Mephis | Shores of Last Breath |
| Impermanence Heron | Twin Peaks |
| Inferno Rider | Averardo Vault - West |
| Mourning Aix | Averardo Vault - South |
| Crownless | Penitent's End |
Defeated Nightmare Echoes appear in the Echo Hunting section of your Guidebook. However, Nightmare Tempest Mephis and Nightmare Crownless are locked behind specific Exploration Quests:
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Nightmare Tempest Mephis: "Where Wind Returns to Celestial Realms" – Start at the Resonance Beacon south of Shores of Last Breath, proceed north to the ruins, and interact with a Lumiscale Construct.
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Nightmare Crownless: "Ruins Where Shadows Roam" – Access the Exploration Progress menu (Compass icon in the upper-left corner of your map), navigate to Penitent's End, find "Ruins Where Shadows Roam," and select "Track."
