Version 3.6 of Wuthering Waves debuted on August 20, 2026. It introduce a 42-day cycle that expands the Mengzhou narrative into the Xuanfang region.
Phase 1 spent three weeks on Qingxiao and the Denia rerun, which is where many Astrite reserves were already used.Phase 2 opens on September 10, 2026, at 10:00 AM server time and runs until roughly October 1.
Accounts that have spent their reserves during Phase 1 may see interest in wuthering waves top up rise as the banner change approaches. So Understanding exactly what these new additions require in terms of Astrite can help clarify why many players are now reevaluating their current holdings.
1. What Actually Opens On September 10
Jingran debuts as the Phase 2 limited five-star Resonator on the Featured Convene titled Where Santu Beckons. He is a Fusion Broadblade main DPS who scales with Max HP and deals most of his damage through Heavy Attacks.
Hiyuki and Mornye also return through rerun banners during the same period, alongside three rate-up four-star Resonators. The matching Weapon Convenes bring back Thousandfold Deliverance, Frostburn, and Starfield Calibrator, creating several possible targets for a single Astrite reserve.
2. The Astrite Math Behind One Guarantee
Each pull on a Featured Resonator Convene costs 160 Astrite, while Lunite converts to Astrite at a one-to-one ratio. The featured five-star drop rate is 0.8 percent, with soft pity beginning around pull 66 and hard pity at pull 80.
Reaching hard pity from zero therefore costs 12,800 Astrite. Losing the 50/50 raises the requirement to 160 pulls, or 25,600 Astrite, which is the figure that can be missed when planning a wuthering waves top up before the banner opens.
3. What Version 3.6 Hands You Without Spending
Daily missions provide 60 Astrite per day. Across the 42-day patch, that adds up to 2,520 Astrite, or roughly 15 pulls, while weekly missions provide 160 Astrite per week for another 960 Astrite, equal to six pulls across six weeks.
After counting events, quests, exploration, and permanent activities, free-to-play estimates for Version 3.6 reach about 99 pulls from Astrite, along with 12 free Radiant Tides. That total covers one hard pity from zero, but it does not cover a lost 50/50 unless your account has savings from an earlier version.
4. Why Phase 2 Feels Tighter Than The Numbers Suggest
The total income for Version 3.6 is spread across 42 days, while the Phase 2 banner window lasts only the final three weeks. Three banners also run at the same time, asking one reserve to cover more targets than it may have been built for.
Weapon Convenes use a separate pity pool and separate currency, so a signature weapon requires a second budget rather than an extension of the Resonator guarantee. Jingran’s kit also leans on his signature weapon and dedicated Echo set to perform fully, which increases the realistic cost of committing to him.
A patch that provides close to 100 pulls can still leave an account short when a lost 50/50 doubles the requirement and three banners share the same window. Choosing a single Phase 2 target before September 10 helps prevent the reserve from being divided across three banners without clearing any of them.
The pity calculation shows the practical gap between a saved reserve and a full guarantee. With about 99 free pulls available across Version 3.6 and a 160-pull requirement after losing the 50/50, that gap is where many players plan their wuthering waves top up before the banner opens.
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