Materials Wuthering Waves
2288 Materials
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Universal Currency
1Premium Currency
2EXP
4Resonator EXP Material
4Weapon EXP Material
4Resonator Ascension Material
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Ascension Material
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Weapon & Skill Material
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Skill Upgrade Material
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Echo Development Material
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Remnant Shard
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Crafting Material
8Medicinal Material
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Material
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Consumables
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Waveband
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Convene Token
6Convene Exchange Token
3Lunite Subscription Token
4Dish
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Recipe
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Pioneer Podcast
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Quest Item
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Activity Points
4Random Echo Item
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Special Token
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Supply Chest
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Potion
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Synthesis Recipe: Potion Making
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Processed Item
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Phantom Appearance
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Event Item
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Token
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Title
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Voucher
1Weekly Subscription
2Expedition Motorbike Display Theme
2Instrument
1Livery
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Intimacy
3Influence
4Utility
4Synthesis Recipe: Constructing
2Melody Box
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Crafting Recipe
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Resonator Outfit
2Cooking Ingredient
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What's on this page
The Materials page holds all 2,247 materials and currencies in Wuthering Waves, with a live counter next to the filter bar and rarity chips running 1★ to 5★. Open a handful of cards and the groups become obvious: Universal and Premium currencies, EXP items for Resonators and weapons, Ascension Materials tagged by the game itself as Resonator Ascension Material or Weapon and Skill Material, Echo Development Material used for Tuning, and everyday Consumables like Waveplate refills.
Every icon links to its own page with a short description and a How to get note, so this list works as a lookup table as much as a browsing grid.
Currencies and Waveplate stamina
Three currencies run the economy. Shell Credit is the Universal Currency for crafting, forging and shop purchases. Astrite and Lunite are both Premium Currency, spent on Convene pulls and premium shop items — Lunite comes mainly from monthly subscription top-ups rather than free play.
Waveplate is the stamina spent on Tacet Field fights and similar content; it regenerates gradually up to a storage cap rather than all at once. Waveplate Crystal is described in-game as Waveplate refined to a higher purity — a Consumable you pop for an instant top-up when your regen queue runs dry.
EXP items and Echo Tuners, tier by tier
Leveling runs through two potion families. Resonance Potion feeds Resonator EXP at Basic 1,000 / Medium 3,000 / Advanced 8,000 / Premium 20,000 per item, while Energy Core feeds Weapon EXP at the exact same four amounts. Match the tier to the gap you need instead of dumping Premium items into a near-empty bar.
Tuner follows the same four-tier naming and is consumed to unlock one Echo substat at a time — Basic Tuner works on 2★ Echoes, Medium on 3★, Advanced on 4★ and Premium on 5★, so a 5★ Echo needs Premium Tuner even for its first substat.
Ascension Materials and farming by target
Ascension Materials — tagged Resonator Ascension Material or Weapon and Skill Material on their own page — mostly come in tiered sets named after the enemy or region they're drawn from, plus a plain Standard Weapon Mold used purely for weapon crafting. Every material page carries a short description, a How to get note, and a Similar materials strip linking the rest of its own tiered family, so opening one card usually surfaces the whole set at once.
Wuthering Waves doesn't publish an exact farm route for most of these on this site yet, so the practical move is farming by target: decide which Resonator or weapon you're pushing next, note its element and rarity, then use the rarity filter here plus each item's family strip to round up the matching tier before spending Waveplate on Tacet Field runs.
How to read each detail page
Which Item Group Does This Belong To?
Every item on GameVika's Wuthering Waves materials list sits in one of four practical groups, and the group tells you exactly what it's for.
- Currency: Shell Credit is the Universal Currency for crafting, forging and shop purchases, while Astrite and Lunite are both Premium Currency spent on Convene pulls — Lunite comes mainly from monthly subscription top-ups rather than free play.
- EXP material: Resonance Potion feeds Resonator EXP and Energy Core feeds Weapon EXP, both running the same four tiers — Basic 1,000, Medium 3,000, Advanced 8,000, Premium 20,000 per item.
- Echo Tuner: consumed one at a time to unlock a single Echo substat, tiered to match Echo rarity — Basic for 2★, Medium for 3★, Advanced for 4★, Premium for 5★.
- Ascension Material: tagged in-game as Resonator Ascension Material or Weapon and Skill Material, mostly sold as tiered sets named after the enemy or region they drop from, plus a plain Standard Weapon Mold used purely for weapon crafting.
Once this item's group is clear, the rest of this block tells you how to farm it without wasting Waveplate and whether it's worth spending right away.
Farming It Efficiently Around Your Waveplate
Waveplate is the stamina spent on Tacet Field fights that drop most Ascension Materials and Echoes, and it regenerates gradually up to a storage cap rather than filling all at once — so the biggest efficiency loss isn't spending Waveplate wrong, it's letting it sit capped and wasting regen.
- Farm by target, not by whatever's on screen: decide which Resonator or weapon you're pushing next, note its element and rarity, then use the rarity filter on the materials list to round up the matching tier before spending a single point of Waveplate.
- Currency and EXP materials like Shell Credit, Resonance Potion and Energy Core don't cost Waveplate at all — stock those up between farming sessions instead of competing for the same stamina.
- Waveplate Crystal is Waveplate refined to a higher purity, a Consumable for an instant top-up — save it for when your natural regen queue has already run dry, not as a routine top-up while you still have banked Waveplate.
Checking this item's own tiered family (its Similar materials strip) before a farming trip means one Tacet Field run covers a full tier instead of leaving gaps you'll have to return for later.
Two Mistakes That Waste This Kind of Material
Two habits burn through EXP material and Tuner faster than any farming route can refill them.
- Tuning an Echo before its build is settled. Each of an Echo's 5 substats only unlocks (and can be re-rolled) by spending a Tuner, and a 5★ Echo needs Premium Tuner — the priciest tier — from its very first substat. Tuning a random Echo before deciding it actually fills a build's cost slot means those Tuners are gone even if the Echo gets replaced next patch.
- Dumping high-tier potions into a nearly full bar. Resonance Potion and Energy Core both scale Basic 1,000 / Medium 3,000 / Advanced 8,000 / Premium 20,000 — feeding a Premium potion into a bar that only needs 500 more EXP throws away most of its value. Match the tier to the actual gap left before leveling instead of grabbing whatever's on top of the stack.
Both mistakes come from acting before checking the number — glance at the substat slot or the EXP bar first, then pick the tier that actually fits.
Use It Now or Save It for Later?
Wuthering Waves doesn't offer a way to sell materials back for a refund, so the real choice for any item on this list is timing — spend it now or bank it for a clearer target.
- Bank it: Astrite and Lunite (spent on Convene pulls), Premium Tuner, and Premium-tier Resonance Potion / Energy Core are the scarcest items to replace — save these for a Resonator, weapon, or Echo build you've already decided on rather than committing them to whatever's in front of you.
- Spend it freely: Shell Credit, lower-tier Ascension Materials tied to common enemies, and Basic/Medium Tuner or Potions are comparatively easy to re-farm — there's little upside to hoarding these once you have a clear use for them.
- When in doubt, weigh how hard the item is to farm back against how firm your current target is — scarce items follow a settled plan, common items follow whatever you're working on today.
This same logic applies to every item on the 2,266-entry materials list — check its group first, then decide by scarcity rather than by instinct.
FAQ
How many materials does this page list, and how do I filter them?
What's the difference between Shell Credit, Astrite and Lunite?
How much EXP do Resonance Potion and Energy Core give?
Which Tuner do I need for a 5★ Echo?
How do I quickly tell which of the four item groups this one belongs to?
Which Tuner tier do I need for which Echo rarity?
What's the actual difference between Resonance Potion and Energy Core?
Should I use Waveplate Crystal the moment I have one?
How long until it respawns? The full reset schedule
- Daily reset at 04:00 server time — the daily quest, activity points, and the monthly pass's daily payout.
- Plants, ore nodes and ordinary field enemies come back on the daily reset. Clearing an area today means it is full again tomorrow — no multi-day wait.
- Field bosses and weekly bosses respawn about 2 minutes after you defeat them. You do NOT need to leave the area or teleport away and back — simply wait there and the boss returns.
- Special red-aura enemies take far longer: 72 hours counted from the exact moment you killed them, not from the daily rollover.
- Weekly reset every Monday at 04:00 — weekly boss reward claims and the season pass's weekly missions.
- Weekly bosses only pay out 3 claims per week, and those 3 are shared across every weekly boss — three different bosses once each uses them up just as fast as one boss three times. You can still fight them afterwards; there is simply no reward.
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