Union Level is the real gate
Union Level unlocks Tacet Fields, weekly bosses, and higher SOL3 phases. Story XP and activity XP both count. Do not park in overworld combat for an hour if a Union Level quest is sitting in the tracker — the next SOL3 phase is worth more than a chest route.
- SOL3 phases raise world difficulty and drop quality
- Tacet Fields for real echo farming open as Union Level rises
- You need Union Level 2 before redemption codes work
Waveplates, not resin
Waveplates cap at 240 and refill over real time. Crystal Solvent is the overflow bottle — hold it for a Tacet Field you actually need. Spending plates on Forte materials for a Resonator you do not play is how accounts stall.
- Weekly bosses first, then one Tacet Field
- Do not refill with Lunites in the first week
- Waveplates are the reason Qingxiao can wait a day while you unlock weekly bosses
Convene pity and the 3.6 banners
Limited Resonator Convene pity does not transfer to the standard banner. Qingxiao is the Phase 1 debut; Jingran is September 10. If you are new in late August, trial Qingxiao before you empty a saved stack. Standard Convenes are where Verina, Encore, Calcharo, Jianxin, and Lingyang live.
- Featured 5-star pity is separate from standard
- Weapon Convene is a second currency decision — Resonator first
- Beginner Convene should be finished for the guaranteed 5-star
Your first team is three people
Rover, Sanhua, and Baizhi will carry the early story. Unlock Verina as soon as the standard or beginner banner allows. Mortefi is the 4-star you keep building even after 5-stars arrive. Do not copy a four-slot screenshot from another game.
Huanglong
Tutorial / Chapter I
Jinzhou and the first Resonators you meet. Farm early echoes here.
Black Shores
Main story
Shorekeeper's home waters. Later quests and echo routes.
Rinascita
2.x story
Ragunna and the later 2.x roster — Carlotta, Phoebe, Cartethyia.
Ren Realm
Version 3.6 story
The live 3.6 map. Open it after Chapter unlocks, then chest-route with leftover stamina in mind.
Tower, Wastes, holograms
Tower of Adversity is the vertical challenge mode. Whimpering Wastes is the longer combat score mode. Tactical Hologram bosses are isolated skill checks. None of them require a paid Sequence. They do require a finished echo set on one carry and a healer who can outro on time.