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Echo Types

During the Beta, each Echo falled under one of five Echo Types: 

• Ave
• Bri
• Cro
• Dom
• Eir 

Also identified as Echo Types ABCDE for short.

Since Early Release, this has been changed to the following 5 types:

• Attack
• Guard
• Balance
• Cross
• Rush

Echo Types Attack, Guard, Balance and Cross typically provide a boost to one or two character Stats such as Weapon Power or Resilience, while Rush type grant special additive effects to your character such as granting a Damage Shield when certain conditions are met.

Echo Rarity and Rank

Much like most items in Wayfinder, Echoes come in varying Rarity levels, denoted by their color. Rarity affects an Echo's Maximum Rank.  Echoes are Ranked from 0 - 10 Stars ✮, with each rank increasing the bonuses provided and effect magnitudes. An Echo's rank can be increased via the Echo Fusion mechanic. Depending on its rarity, an Echo's maximum rank is capped at certain thresholds, with rarer Echoes being able to achieve higher ranks and boasting a higher power potential.

• Common (White) - Max Rank 4 ✮
• Uncommon (Green) - Max Rank 6 ✮
• Rare (Blue) - Max Rank 8 ✮
• Epic (Purple) - Max Rank 10 ✮

Creatures can drop their Echoes in any of the rarity levels listed above. 

Other Echo Properties

Each Echo has a Capacity Cost which is measured against the Maximum Echo Capacity of your Wayfinder, Weapons and Accesories. You must have enough capacity on a character or piece of equipment in order to equip an Echo. The higher an Echo's Rank, the higher its Capacity Cost is as well.

An Echo's Power Level stat is a general measure of its quality and boosts. This stat can be used to quickly identify your best Echoes, and contributes to your Overall Power Level which can allow you to meet Activity Power Level Requirements. However, you will need to look at each Echo's specific properties to determine what works best for your current loadout.

Equipping Echoes

Wayfinders, Weapons and Accessories each have a number of Echo Slots available where Echoes can be socketed. To equip an Echo, select an available slot from a character or piece of equipment in the Echoes Menu to open up the Echo Inventory which displays all of your collected Echoes. From there, select the Echo to slot it in.

Echoes are not committed to the slots you place them in and you can freely remove equipped Echoes, returning them to the Echo Inventory. Equipping an Echo that is already equipped in another slot or another character or piece of equipment will automatically transfer it to the currently selected slot.

Matching Echoes and Slots

Echo slots on characters and equipment also come in one of the five Echo Types. Echoes can be socketed into any slot as long as the character or equipment has enough Capacity to accommodate the Echo. However, matching an Echo with a Slot of the corresponding type will cut its Capacity Cost by half, allowing you to slot in even more Echoes or more powerful ones with higher costs, effectively maximizing your loadout.

Increasing Capacity and Slots

As your Wayfinders and Weapons level up, they will unlock additional Echo Slots, as well as have their Maximum Echo Capacity increased. This allows for more active Echoes and Echoes of a higher power to be equipped at once.

Accessories do not level up and have a fixed number of Echo Slots and Capacity.

Echo Fusion Is Unlocked by completing the Main Story Quest First and gaining access to Deepwood

Echoes can be upgraded by raising their ✮ Rank, which increases their Stat boosts in the case of types A through D, and the magnitude of effects granted by ones of type E. This is done through the Echo Fusion mechanic, which allows you to sacrifice your unwanted Echoes in order to grant Fusion XP into a host Echo that want to keep. You can enter the Echo Fusion Submenu while navigating the Echoes Menu to begin fusion.

After selecting the Echo which you wish to upgrade, you will be able to select the Echoes to fuse into the host from your collection in the window on the left. You can select up to 9 Echoes to fuse at once and you can view the Fusion XP value provided by each Echo underneath them. 

In the bottom of the Fusion Menu, you will see a bar indicating how much Fusion XP is required to reach the next ✮ Rank. Each Echo will provide a varying amount of  Fusion XP, depending on their Level, Rank and Rarity. You can also gain Bonus Fusion XP by fusing Echoes with the same name as the host. Echo Fusion requires a certain amount of Memory Fragments  which are a type of currency. Each subsequent rank upgrade will require more and more memory fragments to perform.

You can preview the host Echo's Stat changes for the next ✮ Rank on the right side. Keep in mind that Echoes can only go up to their maximum ✮ Rank and any excess XP infused will be wasted. Lastly, Echoes will also increase in Capacity Cost as they increase in ✮ Rank, which makes it all the more important to match your Echo Types with the appropriate character or equipment slot.