Wuthering Waves Event - Depths of Illusive Realm

Depths of Illusive Realm – Event Guide and Rewards

Our complete guide to the Wuthering Waves event, Depths of Illusive Realm. How to clear, rewards, and more.

Depths of Illusive Realm, a limited time event in Version 1.0 of Wuthering Waves, is a rogue like mode where players will have to select a given Resonator along with a set of upgrade cards in order to better increase your odds of successfully completing the event. This guide goes over how to unlock Depths of Illusive Realm, the basics, every stage of the event, objectives, and rewards.


Event Duration: May 23 to June 27, 2024

Unlocking Depths of Illusive Realm

You will be able to access Depths of Illusive Realm starting at Union Level 17. If you are having trouble leveling up your Union Level or want the most optimized way to do so, be sure to check out our Priority Guide! Once you reach level 17, proceed to the area marked on the map in order to start the quest.

Basics of Depths of Illusive Realm

When you enter the realm and speak to the quest NPC, you will be asked to pick an assigned resonator to cleat the stage with. You can either pick a trial character, or choose from your own pool of resonators that are approved for the stage.

After a character is selected, you will be asked to pick an Echo, a Metaphor, and buffs for your selected resonator. Metaphors are the randomized upgrades that apply random buffs or enhancement to your selected Echo or Resonator, and these are selected after every room of a stage is cleared.

The overall gameplay loop is that you clear rooms of each stage called Memory Rooms, and each room clear grants you Dream Fragments, which allow you purchase various things from a vendor, ranging from healing to new metaphors to enhance your characters. At the end of each stage is a boss battle, where all of your upgrades will be fully tested.

If you are having trouble realizing your characters potential and need help building them outside of metaphors, be sure to check out our Resonator Guides.

Outside of Metaphors and character buffs, you will be able to apply permanent buffs to yourself with Thought Evolution, make sure to use this if you are struggling, especially in the later stages. The resource used for this, Memory Points, is gained from clearing stages, and are farmable.

Stages

As of Version 1.0, there are currently 5 stages, each varying in difficulty and the available resonators from you to pick from, with Trial characters being provided by the event. They are as follows:

*Note - as of this guide, Yinlin is not available, but she will be playable in the specified stages when she is released next major update.

Stage (Level)Available Resonators (Click for guide)
I (Level 40)- Jiyan (Trial)
- Yangyang
- Chixia
- Baizhi
- Taoqi
- Rover (Spectro)
- Yinlin
II (Level 50)- Rover (Spectro) (Trial)
- Yangyang
- Chixia
- Baizhi
- Taoqi
- Jiyan
- Yinlin
III (Level 60)- Baizhi (Trial)
- Jiyan (Trial)

- Yangyang
- Chixia
- Taoqi
- Rover (Spectro)
- Yinlin
IV (Level 65)- Yangyang (Trial)
- Taoqi (Trial)
- Chixia
- Baizhi
- Rover (Spectro)
- Jiyan
- Yinlin
V (Level 70)- Yangyang
- Chixia
- Baizhi
- Taoqi
- Rover (Spectro)
- Jiyan
- Yinlin

Keep in mind that the level besides each stage is simply the suggested level to clear the stage, you can beat stages without being the recommended level.

Rewards

Depths of Illusive realm is packed full of rewards, each gained from different ways, be it from Anomaly Investigation from the event menu, Illusive Store items using Illusive Specimens earned from Stage Clears.

Anomaly Investigation

These are objectives that task you with completing specific tasks in order to unlock Astrite, for a total amount of 190.

ObjectiveReward
Complete Difficulty IV with the Crownless Echo.Astrite x10
Complete Difficulty IV with the Bell-Borne Geochelone Echo.Astrite x10
Complete Difficulty IV with the Inferno Rider Echo.Astrite x10
Activate the Inferno Rider Echo's fourth additional ability.Astrite x15
Activate the Bell-Borne Geochelone Echo's fourth additional ability.Astrite x15
Complete any difficulty of Depths of Illusive Realm with full HP.Astrite x15
Activate the Crownless Echo's fourth additional ability.Astrite x15
Complete Depths of Illusive Realm: Difficulty V one time.Astrite x15
Complete any difficulty of Depths of Illusive Realm with Rover one time.Astrite x10
Complete any difficulty of Depths of Illusive Realm with Baizhi one time.Astrite x10
Complete any difficulty of Depths of Illusive Realm with Jiyan one time.Astrite x15
Complete any difficulty of Depths of Illusive Realm with Taoqi one time.Astrite x15
Complete any difficulty of Depths of Illusive Realm with Yangyang one time.Astrite x15
Complete any difficulty of Depths of Illusive Realm with Chixia one time.Astrite x15

Illusive Store

The Illusive Store is an exclusive store that uses a special currency Illusive Specimens in order to buy premium items. These items include:

ItemIllusive Specimen Cost
Astrite x100x100
Advanced Resonance Potionx8
Advanced Energy Corex8
Advanced Sealed Tubex10
Shell Credit x5000x10
Malleable Elite Class Echo Ix400
Malleable Elite Class Echo IIx400
Astrite x100 (After clearing Stage II)x100
Astrite x100 (After clearing Stage IV)x100
Premium Sealed Tube (After clearing Stage IV)x25
Premium Tuner x10 (After clearing Stage IV)x30
Phantom: Impermanence Heron (After clearing Stage IV)x400
Shell Credit x5000 (After clearing Stage IV)x1
If you are under time constraint, focus on the Astrite and Premium Sealed Tube / Premium Tuner.

Stage Clear

These are granted simply by clearing the stage, and include repeatable rewards in order to farm out all items available in the Illusive Store.

StageRewards
I (Level 40)First Clear
- Astrite x40
- Illusive Specimen x200
- Advanced Resonance Potion x2
- Shell Credit x10000
Repeatable
- Illusive Specimen x100
- Memory Points x40
II (Level 50)First Clear
- Astrite x50
- Illusive Specimen x200
- Advanced Resonance Potion x2
- Shell Credit x15000
Repeatable
- Illusive Specimen x150
- Memory Points x60
III (Level 60)First Clear
- Astrite x50
- Illusive Specimen x150
- Premium Resonance Potion x2
- Shell Credit x20000
Repeatable
- Illusive Specimen x300
- Memory Points x90
IV (Level 65)First Clear
- Astrite x50
- Illusive Specimen x200
- Premium Resonance Potion x2
- Shell Credit x25000
Repeatable
- Illusive Specimen x400
- Memory Points x120
V (Level 70)First Clear
- Illusive Specimen x200
- Premium Resonance Potion x2
-Shell Credit x28000
Repeatable
- Illusive Specimen x420
- Memory Points x126
Focus on clearing out the highest level stage you can manage in order to farm Illusive Specimen to get the items you want from the illusive store.

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