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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. Obtaining and utilizing them is relatively straightforward, though defeating the Overlords that drop them can prove challenging depending on team strength. This guide explains Nightmare Echoes and their acquisition.
What are Nightmare Echoes?
Nightmare Echoes are alternative variants of standard 4-cost (Overlord-class) Echoes. They possess unique active skills and grant a percentage-based elemental damage boost, inherently surpassing standard Echoes in value. This passive elemental damage bonus allows them to replace a 3-cost Echo, facilitating a 441111 Echo composition.
Importantly, Nightmare Echoes retain the Sonata/Set effects of their regular counterparts, minimizing the need for build adjustments.
How to Unlock Nightmare Echoes
Before acquiring Nightmare Echoes, complete the Dream Patrol I quest in Rinascita. Initiate this tutorial quest 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, Rinascita's overworld activities. Completing it reveals Nightmare Echo locations on your map. These Echoes are found in:
Nightmare Echo Location
Defeated Nightmare Echoes appear in the Echo Hunting section of your Guidebook.
Nightmare Tempest Mephis and Nightmare Crownless require completion of specific Exploration Quests:
- Tempest Mephis: "Where Wind Returns to Celestial Realms" – Locate the Lumiscale Construct south of Shores of Last Breath, within the northern ruins.
- Nightmare Crownless: "Ruins Where Shadows Roam" – Access this quest via the Exploration Progress menu (Compass icon) in Penitent's End.
