Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream summary: Release date, banners, events, anniversary rewards, and everything new

The much-anticipated Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream just premiered across the title's official Twitch and YouTube channels on April 19, 2025. Besides showcasing the new Resonators, Kuro Games also announced the rewards that Rovers can expect as part of the WuWa 1st Anniversary celebrations. During the stream, the developers also surprised fans with some future crossover announcements.

Let's take a look at everything announced in the Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream.

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Wuthering Waves 2.3 Livestream Overview

Characters

New characters (Image via Kuro Games)

Two new Resonators, Ciaconna and Zani, will be joining Wuthering Waves' playable roster in the upcoming version 2.3 of the game. Both will be of 5-star rarity, with the former featuring the Aero Attribute, while the latter has Spectro.

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New Weapons

The following two 5-star weapons will be added to the game when version 2.3 releases:

• Blazing Justice: 5-star Gauntlet
• Woodland Aria: 5-star Pistol

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New Story: Companion Story

Zani's Companion Story: A Blaze in the Dark will be available to all players after version 2.3 goes live. However, keep in mind that you will likely need to complete some prerequisite quests to access the new story.

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Banners

Zani Banner (Image via Kuro Games)

Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream announced that there will be four special banners featuring a few characters where you can use Astrites and Lustrous Tides during the patch.

Phase 1

• Banner 1 5-star: Zani
• Banner 2 5-stars: Jiyan, Yinlin, Zhezhi, Phoebe, Xiangli Yao
• Banner 4-stars: Lumi, Yuanwu, Taoqi

Phase 2

• Banner 1 5-star: Ciaconna
• Banner 2 5-stars: Jinhsi, Changli, Carlotta, Brant, Roccia
• Banner 4-stars: Danjin, Mortefi, Yangyang

Additionally, both Zani and Ciaconna will receive their weapon from Convene Events. There will be two special banners for all 5-star Resonators that get a rate-up during version 2.3.

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Events

New Event (Image via Kuro Games)

The Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream announced a plethora of gameplay and other events you can participate in to win rewards. The patch's flagship event will be called 'Your Summer Will Never Wither' and will feature a story similar to those of previous updates.

Kuro Games also announced the following to commemorate the First Anniversary Celebrations:

• Cube, Cubic and Cubie
• Cubie Derby
• Cubie Derby: Warmup
• Memory Travelogue
• Its Carneval Time
• Gilded Nightmarket
• Beyond The Waves: Rinascita.

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Quality-of-life updates

The following quality-of-life updates were announced during the Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream:

• No cooldown on boss fights. You can challenge the bosses instantly after claiming their rewards with Waveplates.
• Ray-Tracing and 120 FPS will be available to more GPUs, including certain AMD and Intel ones.
• A new item called Modifier will be available. This will allow you to customize the main stat of your echo.
• Battle Pass will be updated with Modifiers at certain tiers.
• Pre-download will be available for mobile from version 2.3 onwards
• New Glossary feature will be added to the game.
• The PC game resources download will be optimized to easily manage the file size.

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Wuthering Waves 2.3 Livestream Redemption Codes

As always, Kuro Games announced three codes during the Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream program. These will give you Astrites, among other in-game resources:

• 1STANNIVERSARY - Astrite x 100, Premium Resonance Potion x 3, Advanced Energy Core x 3
• EVERFLOWING - Astrite x 100, Forgery Premium Supply x 2, Shell Credit x 40,000
• WITHYOU - Astrite x 100, Premium Tuner x 20, Advanced Sealed Tube x 5

Note that these codes will be available for a limited time, so make sure to claim them as quickly as possible. This can be done by accessing the Settings option and then heading to the Other sub-menu. Here you can find the Redemption Code option, where entering these codes will send the rewards to your email.

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Wuthering Waves 1st anniversary Rewards

As part of the First Anniversary Celebration of Wuthering Waves, Kuro Games announced the following rewards during the 2.3 Special Program:

• Gifts of Grand Celebration (Reward Distribution will start on May 23): 10 x Radiant Tides and Anniversary Avatar called Moment of Resonance.
• Gifts of Grand Reunion (After version 2.3 goes live): 5 x Lustrous and 5 x Radiant Tides from seven-days login event.
• Gifts of Melodic Verse: 300 x Astrites, Tuners and more.
• Cubie Derby - Warmup: 10 x Lustrous Tides, Flight Aspect: Laureate (new glider skin), and more rewards.
• Gilded Night Market: A new event that will allow you to earn rewards from older events and 10 x Lustrous Tides.

Keep in mind that these rewards will be made available as the patch progresses.

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New collaboration announced: Wuthering Waves x Cyberpunk Edgerunners

New collab event (Image via Kuro Games)

To the surprise of many, Kuro Games announced a collaboration with the immensely popular Cyberpunk Edgerunners, an anime project based on CDPR's hit RPG, Cyberpunk 2077. However, this collab will not be coming in version 2.3, and Rovers will need to wait till 2026.

The Wuthering Waves x Cyberpunk Edgerunners collaboration event will likely be available when we reach the next nation in Rover's journey, New Federation. Crumbs of lore found in the game's archives consider it a highly advanced nation based on science, which would be perfect for a Cyberpunk-themed event.

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The Wuthering Waves 2.3 livestream announced that when the upcoming version goes live on April 29, 2025, you will be able to download the game on Steam as well.