All currencies in Wuthering Waves explained

What they’re used for and how to get them

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Confused about currency in Wuthering Waves? There’s a lot to do in the massive gacha RPG Wuthering Waves , and as is the case with most similarly-sized games, that means there are also a lot of different currencies. Between currencies for rolling on banners, buying upgrade materials, unlocking certain content, and shopping in Jianzhou’s shops, it can be pretty intimidating to figure out exactly what each one does.

If you’re equally confused, or if you’re just looking for a refresher, we’ve got your back. Here’s our list of every currency in Wuthering Waves , along with information on what each one is used for and how to get it.

All currencies in Wuthering Waves

Here are all the currency types in Wuthering Waves:

• Shell Credits
• Astrite
• Lunite
• Lustrous Tides
• Radiant Tides
• Forging Tides
• Afterglow Corals
• Oscillate Corals
• Data Sets
• Hazard Records
• Wood-textured Shards
• Waveplates

Below, we’ve broken them down into sections and explained what each of them can be used for, and how to get your hands on them in Wuthering Waves.

Shell Credits

Shell Credits are the universal currency of Wuthering Waves , and they’re what you’ll be using for quite a few purchases. It’s worth saving these, as you’ll need a significant amount of these for items in the in-universe shops and those pesky, expensive late-game upgrades and possibly in future updates — in the game’s lore, these are issued by Huanglong (the game’s starting nation), although they’re “officially recognized across many regions,” possibly hinting at the fact that they’ll be usable when more regions are added to the game’s world of Solaris-3.

If you’re looking for more, you can get more through S imulation Training (especially through the aptly named Shell Credit Challenge) and completing different kinds of quests, especially Main Quests, Exploration Quests, and Side Quests . If you’re looking to stock up on Shell Credits in advance as a newer player, following the game’s Tutorial Quests is also a great way to do this.

Astrite

Astrite is one of the game’s premium currencies and is used to buy Tides , which are pulls on Convenes, or banners. (Players have drawn comparisons to Genshin Impact ’s Primogems, if that rings a bell — even the conversion rate is the same at 160 Astrite per Tide!) It can also be exchanged for Waveplates, but this isn’t really recommended since Waveplates regenerate on their own. Essentially, this is the game’s most important currency. It is a gacha game, after all!

You’ll earn Astrite through quite a few methods as you play, but if you’re in search of a bunch right now, you can earn some through earning Activity Points, raising your Union Level , exploring the map, and opening chests . We’ve also got a handy guide on farming Astrite that lays out these methods and more in further detail!

Lunite

Lunite is essentially the same as Astrite, but it’s purchased in the game’s Shop . It can be used to buy other bundles in the Shop or converted into Astrite (1 Lunite is worth 1 Astrite) to fund Tides.

There’s no free way of obtaining Lunite — to get your hands on some, head to the Terminal menu, hit the Store button, and then hit the Purchase tab. There’s also a Lunite Subscription in the Bundles tab, which grants you 300 Lunite immediately and 90 Astrite for 30 days. Be warned, though, you can earn a decent amount of the free equivalent Astrite through gameplay alone!

Lustrous Tides

Lustrous Tides, the first of the game’s three different Tides, are used to pull on the game’s Convenes (banners). Each Convene has its own type of Tide, and Lustrous Tides are usable on the Novice Convene, the Beginner’s Choice Convene, the Character Permanent Convene, and the Weapon Permanent Convene — essentially, any Convene without a time limit or limited character .

Lustrous Tides are the easiest of the Tides to get — you’ll get a decent amount through login events, reaching Union Level milestones, redeeming rewards from the Pioneer Podcast battle pass, and opening bundles without having to spend any of your premium currencies. You can also exchange Astrite, Afterglow Coral, and Oscillate Coral for them in the Shop, and Wood-textured Shards for them at the Jinzhou Souvenir Shop.

Radiant Tides

Considered slightly more premium than Lustrous Tides, Radiant Tides are used for the game’s limited character banner, the Character Event Convene .

Radiant Tides are a bit harder to get than Lustrous Tides. You can occasionally grab them instantly without exchanging currency through login rewards . Otherwise, to get your hands on Radiant Tides, you’ll need to exchange Astrite, Afterglow Coral, or Oscillate Coral for them in the Shop or purchase a paid tier of the Pioneer Podcast battle pass .

Forging Tides

Forging Tide is essentially equivalent to Radiant Tide, but it’s instead used for the game’s limited weapon banner, the Weapon Event Convene .

If you’re hoping to get Forging Tides, you’ll need to convert Astrite, Afterglow Coral, or Oscillate Coral in the Shop — these aren’t really ever found anywhere else.

Afterglow Corals

Afterglow Coral, also known as Aftershocked Coral, is used to get rare items from the Shop, including characters’ Wavebands, Premium Tuners, and all types of Tides. You can spend them in the Item Exchange section of the shop — if you’re short on pulls and haven’t checked this section in a while, it’s worth using your Corals on a few extra pulls.

You’ll earn Afterglow Corals by rolling 4-star and 5-star weapons on the game’s Convenes, with more Corals being granted for 5-star weapons, and duplicates of 4-star and 5-star Resonators , with more Corals being granted depending on the Resonator’s rarity and number of duplicates pulled. Losing the 50/50 on a limited banner will also grant you some bonus Afterglow Corals.

Oscillate Corals

Similar to Afterglow Coral, Oscillated (or Oscillate) Coral is also used in the Shop , although it has its own section. Aside from the usual Tides, it also has slightly less valuable resources on rotation, including the Advanced Resonance Potion, Advanced Energy Core, Advanced Sealed Tube, LF Whisperin Core, LF Howler Core, Crude Ring, and Shell Credits.

Since Oscillate Corals are used to purchase less valuable resources, they’re earned on less valuable pulls, acting almost as a consolation prize. These are given out on 3-star weapon rolls .

Data Sets

Data Sets are similar to Corals. These are essentially bits of combat data from Tactical Hologram: Calamity and can be used in the Simulation Training Store found in the Shop’s Points Shop tab. The Simulation Training Store sells useful resources including Lustrous Tides, Medium, Advanced, and Premium Tuners, Advanced and Premium Sealed Tubes, Phantom Appearances, and Shell Credits.

To stock up on Data Sets, you’ll want to complete challenges in the game’s Tactical Hologram: Calamity mode .

Hazard Records

Hazard Records are pretty similar to Data Sets but have a separate shop. To get here, click the Adversity Exchange tab in the Points Shop. Here, you can buy things like Advanced Resonance Potions, Advanced Energy Cores, Advanced Sealed Tubes, Premium Tuners, Phantom Appearances, and the usual Shell Credits . Each item in the shop has a monthly limit, though, so be careful!

Need more Hazard Records? You can earn them in the Tower of Adversity .

Wood-textured Shards

Wood-textured Shards are a bit of a weird currency in Wuthering Waves, as they’re only used in one place: Ganxue’s Souvenir Shop in Jianzhou . Here, you can buy a handful of items, including Lustrous Tides, Premium Tuners, Recipes, weapon and skill upgrade materials, EXP materials, and Shell Credits, but be warned — these items will sell out permanently once their stock is depleted.

Wood-textured Shards can be found in chests and Tidal Heritages around the Huanglong region .

Waveplates

Waveplates are Wuthering Waves’ way of putting a cap on how many times you can repeat certain content. You’ll spend them in Tacet Fields and Simulation Training — if you’ve played Genshin, this is essentially Resin.

Your best bet for getting more Waveplates is simply being patient — it refills over time . However, if you’re eager to get more rewards in immediately, you can refill your Waveplates with the rare Crystal Solvent. If you’re really desperate, you can exchange 60 Astrite for 60 Waveplates, but we wouldn’t recommend doing this as Astrite is better spent on the game’s gacha system.

That’s all the information we’ve got on currencies in Wuthering Waves! If you’re looking for something fun to do in Wuthering Waves (or waiting for your Waveplates to refill), claim a free 5-star with our Voucher of Reciprocal Tides guide — and if you can’t decide which 5-star to pick, we’ve got you covered with our Resonator tier list . Just don’t forget to level your character up once you’ve redeemed your voucher!

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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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