Nightmare Echoes are enhanced versions of existing Echoes in Wuthering Waves, significantly impacting Resonator usage. Superior to standard Echoes, acquiring them is crucial for maximizing character potential. While obtaining them is relatively straightforward, defeating the Overlord-class enemies that drop them can be challenging depending on your team's strength. This guide explains Nightmare Echoes and how to acquire them.
Nightmare Echoes are alternative variants of standard 4-cost Echoes, dropped by Overlord-class enemies. They feature unique active skills and provide a percentage-based elemental damage boost, making them inherently more valuable than regular Echoes. This passive elemental damage bonus allows them to replace a 3-cost Echo, enabling a 441111 Echo composition.
Importantly, Nightmare Echoes retain the Sonata/Set effects of their standard counterparts, minimizing the need for build adjustments.
Before farming 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 introduces Dream Patrols, overworld activities in Rinascita. Completing it reveals Nightmare Echo locations on your map. These Echoes are found in the following areas:
Nightmare Echo Location
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:
To begin the Nightmare Tempest Mephis quest, locate the Resonance Beacon south of Shores of Last Breath, then proceed to the northern ruins. Interact with the Lumiscale Construct on the ground.
To initiate the Nightmare Crownless quest, access the Exploration Progress menu (Compass icon in the upper-left corner of your map screen), navigate to Penitent's End, and locate "Ruins Where Shadows Roam" to begin tracking.
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