Highlights:
* In one of the Wuthering Waves 1.2 leaks from the beta version, an event description mentions Xiangli Yao as a reward.
* Xiangli Yao’s entry will put a question mark on the worth of fellow 5-star Electro character Calcharo.
Renowned researcher of Automata Mechanics in the story, Xiangli Yao was the second playable character revealed by the Wuthering Waves 1.2 drip marketing. He has a unique, heavily modified mechanical arm. Yao has been mentioned in the main story and appeared in one of the cutscenes but he will play a bigger role in the upcoming update. According to the Wuthering Waves 1.2 leaks, Rover will team with the researcher to promote a festival in one of the in-game events, the rewards of which will include the debuting Electro Resonator.
Wuthering Waves 1.2 Leaks: Beta Reveals Kuro Games May Give Xiangli Yao Free
Kuro Games hasn’t officially confirmed that Xiangli Yao can be obtained by players for free in Wuthering Waves 1.2. The only evidence about the potential Electro Resonator appearing as a free 5-star is a leak by KarlSQuent. Free, in this sense, means players won’t need to use Radiant Tides to pull the debuting character from a Featured Resonator Convene.
Similar to other Wuthering Waves 1.2 leaks, the information by KarlSQuent originates from the beta version. The description of an event mentions that Xiangli Yao and Rover must “realize the wishes of others” and promote the Xiaoyue Festival. In the last line, the Xiaoyue Festival is revealed to be a moon chasing festival, the ‘Popularity’ of which will be taken into consideration while rewarding players.
According to the beta event description, players will get 5-star Xiangli Yao free in Wuthering Waves if the festival’s Popularity points reach 6000. Achieving milestones may unlock different rewards in the event, the last and most important being Yao.
Along with the main character Rover, Kuro Games does provide a free 5-star character in the Convenes but only to the new players. A high-rarity character appearing as a reward in the early months of a gacha RPG is a rare occurrence. However, if players do get Xiangli Yao free, Kuro Games is expected to make them work for it so the ‘Xiaoyue Festival event’ could be either ridiculously challenging or lengthy.
The rumored ‘Xiangli Yao free’ event has also put Calcharo’s worth into question. If Yao turns out to be a DPS with better abilities than Calcharo, the latter 5-star Electro Resonator will be quickly forgotten unless he is buffed. Meanwhile, Yinlin and Yuanwu are efficient Electro Support characters.
Whether Xiangli Yao will feature in one of the Convenes is unknown because he can already be obtained from an event. Players can either save their Radiant Tides for Zhezhi or for the leaked first Resonator for Wuthering Waves 1.3 banners.