Wuthering Waves Nightmare Echoes: A Comprehensive Guide
Nightmare Echoes are enhanced versions of standard Echoes in Wuthering Waves, significantly impacting Resonator usage. They're superior to regular Echoes, offering a substantial elemental damage boost and making them a high priority acquisition for optimizing character builds. This guide details 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 a passive elemental damage percentage boost, immediately surpassing standard Echoes in value. This passive boost 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
Before acquiring Nightmare Echoes, complete 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" unlocks access to Dream Patrols and reveals Nightmare Echo locations on your map. These Echoes are found in the following areas:
| 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 your Guidebook's Echo Hunting section. However, Nightmare Tempest Mephis and Nightmare Crownless require completion of specific Exploration Quests:
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Nightmare Tempest Mephis: "Where Wind Returns to Celestial Realms" – Start this quest by interacting with a Lumiscale Construct in the ruins north of the Resonance Beacon south of Shores of Last Breath.
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Nightmare Crownless: "Ruins Where Shadows Roam" – Access this quest via the Exploration Progress menu (Compass icon in the upper-left corner of your map screen) under Penitent's End.
By following these steps, you can effectively acquire and utilize the powerful Nightmare Echoes in Wuthering Waves.
