Wuthering Waves is a free-to-play open-world action RPG developed and published by Kuro Games of Guangzhou. It launched on May 22, 2024 for Windows, iOS, and Android, reached PlayStation 5 in January 2025 and Steam in April 2025, and launches on Xbox Series X|S on July 10, 2026 with Version 3.5. [3] [2] Tencent acquired a majority stake in Kuro Games in late 2024; the studio continues to operate the game itself. [3]
The game is the most direct large-scale competitor to Genshin Impact, and its gacha tweaks the HoYoverse formula in the player's favor at several points.
Pull system
Main article: Convenes
Pulls are called Convenes and playable characters are Resonators. The limited Featured Resonator Convene publishes these numbers: [1]
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base 5-star rate | 0.8% per convene |
| Average 5-star rate including guarantee | 1.8% |
| Hard pity | 80 convenes, 5-star guaranteed |
| Cost per convene | 160 Astrite (1 Radiant Tide) |
The featured guarantee is a 50/50: a lost flip guarantees the featured Resonator on the next 5-star, for a worst case of 160 convenes. Community measurements place a soft pity ramp near convene 66; Kuro Games does not publish soft pity values.
Weapon banner
The Featured Weapon Convene is notable for having no 50/50 at all: every 5-star result is the featured weapon, with the same 0.8% base rate and 80-pull hard pity, so a featured weapon costs at most 80 convenes. [1] This is one of the friendlier weapon banners among major gacha games; compare the 75/25 systems in Honkai: Star Rail and Zenless Zone Zero on the pity comparison table.
Collaboration and special banners
The game's first external collaboration ran in Version 3.4 (June 8 to July 9, 2026) with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners: the collaboration character used a separate convene with its own currency and pity pool, and a second collaboration character was given away free. Version 3.5 (July 10, 2026) adds Starpath Reverbs, a rerun banner covering six characters from the game's first year together with their signature weapons.
Service status
Main article: Release history
The game is in active service on all platforms as of July 2026. Base rates, pity counts, and the weapon banner's full guarantee are unchanged since launch.
References
- In-game Convene Details rate disclosure (Featured Resonator and Featured Weapon Convene) Kuro Games. Accessed 2026-07-09. Rates appear under the Details tab of each Convene screen.
- Wuthering Waves comes to Xbox on July 10, 2026 Xbox Wire (Microsoft). Accessed 2026-07-09.
- Wuthering Waves (release and platform chronology) Wikipedia. Accessed 2026-07-09. Tertiary source used for release dates and the Tencent stake.
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