8 Wuthering Waves combat tips and tricks

Dominate Wuthering Waves with these essential battle tips

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Looking for combat tips and tricks to use in Wuthering Waves? Considering Wuthering Waves is an open-world RPG , it should come as no surprise that combat is at the forefront. Laced throughout the game, you’ll come up against an abundance of enemies as you explore, while you’re tackling quests, and especially when you opt to take down the World Bosses to reap the rewards. To make sure you win these important battles, you’ll need some tips and tricks and thankfully, you’re in the right place.

Below, we’ll guide you through some strategic pointers on how to dominate any battlefield you find yourself in. It’s hard work, but these 8 combat tips and tricks in Wuthering Waves will be sure to make it that little bit easier.

Wuthering Waves best combat tips and tricks

1. Get to grips with the combat system
2. Read the enemy tutorials
3. Equip the best gear
4. Build your team
5. Fight everything
6. Practice your parry
7. Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge
8. Equip Echo Abilities

1. Get to grips with the combat system

Focusing on levelling up your Skills will make you stronger in combat. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

The combat system in Wuthering Waves is intricate and the best piece of advice we can give you is to make sure you learn everything you can about it first. We’d opt for a mix of learning by doing and learning by reading our guides, including Intro and Outro Skills , Concerto Skills , the Forte Circuit , and Resonance Liberation and Energy . Learning the best ways to deal damage, how to time your attacks for the best results, and how to level up your Skills as you progress through the game will ensure you have the most rewarding combat experience. Fight enemies or use the Training Simulation to practice.

2. Read the enemy tutorials

Read up about your enemies and you’ll know how to hit them where it hurts. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

There’s an easy way to get better informed about your enemies and that’s a little more reading. This time, Wuthering Waves’ handy tutorials. In your Terminal, you’ll find Tutorials centered in the middle of the menu. Under Tutorials, you can select New Enemies from the left-hand side and here you’ll find a list of every enemy you’ve encountered and some helpful information about them. For example, it’ll teach you that the Traffic Illuminator can put Resonators in a stagnant state, or that for tackling World Boss Feilian Beringal , it suggests getting to higher ground to avoid its ground shock attacks. These are all useful things to know, so spend some time reading them.

3. Equip the best gear

Equip your Resonator with the best gear, because, why wouldn’t you? |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

While we feel this may go without saying, we’re going to make sure we say it anyway. As with any RPG, you’ll unlock better gear as you progress through the game. For Wuthering Waves then, make sure you’re continuously spending the time to look at the gear you’ve gathered, the attributes they can offer you, and then take some time to trial different pieces of gear on your Resonator. You can have the combat system down perfectly, but having all the gear and no idea works both ways.

4. Build your team

Build a team that covers all the areas of combat from attack, to defence, to healing. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

You have the opportunity to slot three characters into your team - yourself and two others. From the very beginning, you’ll have access to Yangyang , but your options will grow as you play and also as you pull Banners . You can build up to five different team setups in your Terminal, each one focusing on a different skillset, if you wish.

So, while you work your way through Wuthering Waves, take a look at the different characters you have on offer with our Resonator tier list to plan out who you’d like to get your hands on. Building a team that play complementary roles with one another means you’ll have attack, defense, and healing covered on the battlefield.

5. Fight everything

Fight all the enemies you come across to practice your skills and absorb Echoes. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

You won’t get better, unless you practice. While you can enter Simulation Training, as mentioned in tip one, there’s no better way than taking on every battle situation you may stumble upon whilst you explore Solaris-3. Fighting everything will also higher your chances of finding Echoes, which we’ll get into more in our final tip. As you find Echoes, you’ll also level up your Echo Terminal and Data Bank level making it possible to come across even rarer finds.

6. Practice your parry

Time your parry with the Weakness Halo, when the two gold rings align. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

If you’ve read any of our World Boss battle guides from Crownless to Inferno Rider , you’ll have certainly heard about part of the Evasion Mechanism in Wuthering Waves, the parry. When an enemy is about to unleash an attack, they show the Weakness Halo, two gold rings of light that, when lined up together, mean they’re about to make their punishing move. It’s at that point that you unleash your parry. By mastering these well-timed counterattacks, you’ve got a great way of depleting your enemy’s Vibration Strength and, ultimately, their HP. So, learn how to use them well.

7. Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge

Dodge your way out of damage and plan your next timely move. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

While parrying is a superior evasion technique due to its ability to deal damage with a counterattack, dodging is also essential. You don’t always want to act the hero. If you keep trying to barrage your enemy with attacks, no doubt you’ll get hurt in the process. Once you learn your enemy’s fighting pattern, you can use dodge as a great way to get away from trouble and regroup your thoughts. There’s a lot to be said about great timing, especially in Wuthering Waves.

8. Equip Echo Abilities

Each Echo comes with unique abilities. The more you catch, the more you’ve got to choose from. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Kuro Games

You’ll need to implement a combination of all the previous tips and tricks to bolster your choice of Echo Abilities that you can equip. The more you battle, the more Echoes you unlock, and the more impressive the abilities you’ll be able to assign to your team. Echo Abilities may add something to your current combat or transform you into a version of the Echo entirely, but whatever it does, it’s sure to buff your character. Make sure to read what each Echo can do and test them out to see what works best for you.

While we can give you 8 combat tips and tricks in Wuthering Waves, there’s always more to learn. Take all the Resonators and their Attributes , for example, with nearly 20 to learn about, they’ll form another key part of your experience. Or perhaps you want to learn how to use the Synthesizer to craft items, or how to cook food . There’s plenty more to know that’ll change your game up for the better.

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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