Wuthering Waves: Ultimate Weapon Investment Guide | Level Up Weapons

In just a short amount of time, Wuthering Waves has managed to become very popular in the action RPG genre. While there are a lot of factors that have contributed to the game’s popularity, nothing has made a bigger impact than Wuthering Waves’ gameplay.

One of the coolest things about Wuthering Waves’ gameplay is the weapon system. The weapon you choose to take into battle will have a massive impact on your overall damage potential. Any weapon you choose can be upgraded to make it even stronger, and to upgrade weapons in this game, you must invest resources.

The overall weapon upgrade system is pretty confusing, even more so if Wuthering Waves is your first action RPG. Luckily for you, our guide will look at everything that you will need to know about weapon investment in Wuthering Waves.

Weapon Investment Guide

When selecting a weapon that you want to invest in and upgrade, the 2 most important things to consider are the weapon’s rarity and the resources needed to upgrade the weapon. We will look at both of those in more detail below.

Weapon Rarity

No matter which weapon you choose to upgrade, the type of resources that you will need will be the same. What will not be the same is the total number of each resource needed. All weapons in Wuthering Waves will have a rarity attached to them. Weapons that are higher in rarity will require more resources than less rare weapons.

In total, there are 5 different rarities in Wuthering Waves. The least rare weapons in this game will be 1-star rarity, and the most rare will be 5-star. In terms of how it works, this system is the same as the traditional item rarity system that uses colors to display rarity.

As they are the strongest, 5-star weapons will generally be the most sought-after. Fortunately, anyone can get a guaranteed 5-star weapon in Wuthering Waves through the weapon selector feature. Check out our guide on the 5-star weapon selector for more info on that.

Resources Required

There are 3 primary resources that you will need to have in order to upgrade your weapons in Wuthering Waves. These are:

• Experience points
• Energy Cores
• Waveplates

So how do each of these work?

Experience Points

Experience points or XP is the base resource required to increase your weapons level. The rarity of your weapon will ultimately decide how much XP you need. Other than that, as the level of your weapon increases, additional levels will require even more XP.

The amount of XP you can use for your weapon fully depends on the time you invest in the game. Playing more will let you generate more XP and level up your weapons much faster.

Energy Cores

You will need Energy Cores in Wuthering Waves, as they will let your weapon undergo Ascension. The game has certain caps in place that stop people from grinding too much and fully leveling up their weapons. Energy Cores will let you go through these caps, so you can keep leveling up your weapon.

There are 2 different ways to get Energy Cores in Wuthering Waves. The first is through quests that you can complete. You can get Energy Cores from both main and side quests. The second way to get Energy Cores is through the Weapon Crafting Store located in Jinzhou.

Waveplates

Lastly, to level up your weapons, you will also need to use plenty of Waveplates. Waveplates are Wuthering Waves’ stamina system. While Waveplates are like a currency, they will automatically generate over time. Check out our “how fast do waveplates replenish in Wuthering Waves” for more information on this topic.

Various in-game actions like performing boss fights will require Waveplates to do. Higher rarity weapons will require you to do more Waveplate related actions, so they will automatically take longer. In relation to that, it’s important to learn efficient Echo farming to get the most out of your Waveplates.

Choosing the Best Weapon to Upgrade

The choice of which weapon to upgrade will ultimately come down to what you need from your weapon. 5-star weapons are obviously going to be the strongest, but they will require a ton of resources to upgrade. Alternatively, 1-star weapons are extremely cheap to upgrade, but they have a limit to how strong they can be.

When you’re just starting out, the best option that you can go for is upgrading 2-star and 3-star weapons. These weapons will not require a lot of resources to upgrade, and can provide you with more than enough damage early on in the game.

For 5-star weapons, the safest choice to go for is the Emerald of Genesis. You wont have access to a lot of 5-star weapons in Wuthering Waves, as they are pretty hard to get. The Emerald of Genesis is perfect, as it is the best possible weapon for a lot of different characters in this game.

Overall though, one single weapon will never be the best for everyone. So the choice will eventually come down to which character you enjoy the most and which weapon suits them the most.