Wuthering Waves 1.1 Release Date, Banners, and New Features: All You Need to Know
Discover the Wuthering Waves 1.1 release date, Banners, and upcoming features. Learn about Jinhsi and Changli, the new 5-Star characters, and more.
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Prepare for the first major update of the open-world gacha game Wuthering Waves with the release of version 1.1. This update introduces a new area (Mt. Firmament), a new boss (Jué), more playable characters, challenges, mechanics, and buffs for Depths of Illusive Realm, and much more. This article covers the Wuthering Waves 1.1 release date, Banners, and everything else we know so far.
Wuthering Waves 1.1 Release Date
Mark your calendars for the Wuthering Waves 1.1 release date: Friday, 28th June in the UK, and Thursday, 27th June in the United States. The update time may vary depending on the length of the update process. Anticipate playing 1.1 at approximately 3am or 4am (BST) / 11pm or 12am (ET) on the respective dates.
Wuthering Waves 1.1 Banners
Jinhsi and Changli are the new 5-Star characters joining the game in version 1.1. Each character will have their own 5-Star Banner, although the boosted 4-Star characters are yet to be announced. Based on beta leaks, Jinhsi is expected to be a Spectro broadblade-user, and Changli a Fusion sword-user.
Everything Else We Know About Wuthering Waves 1.1
- New ‘Mt. Firmament’ area to explore.
- New ‘Jué’ boss.
- More playable characters, challenges, mechanics, and buffs for Depths of Illusive Realm.
- Reduced Shell Credit costs of Echo development.
- Removal of the reward cutscene for Tacet Fields.
- Increased yield of Echoes and Echo development materials.
- Lowered prerequisite to unlock the custom keybinding to Union Level 2.
- Change in the current controller shortcut to open the chat to open the map.
- Option to invert the Y-axis.
Additionally, limited-time events are likely to be introduced during version 1.1. Stay tuned for further updates!