I’ve spent a lot of time examining Wuthering Waves’ early banner economy, and the Absolute Pulsation: Verdant Summit weapon banner remains one of the most straightforward limited convenes the game has offered. As a launch-period event, it ran from the official release until June 13, 2024 at 09:59 server time, featuring Verdant Summit, the signature weapon of Jiyan. Since many players revisiting the game in 2026 still ask how this banner worked, I want to break down its mechanics, rates, rewards, and whether it was worth pulling.
Why Verdant Summit mattered
At launch, Jiyan was one of the strongest damage dealers in Wuthering Waves, and Verdant Summit helped push his output even further. The banner also carried several useful four-star rate-ups, most notably Variation, which many players considered Verina’s best-in-slot weapon at the time. That said, my general advice has not changed much: build your Resonator roster before chasing weapons. If you were sitting on Lustrous Tides, the standard weapon banner could have been a better use of those resources than spending Forging Tides here, especially if you did not already own Jiyan.
Banner basics and schedule
Absolute Pulsation was a Featured Weapon Convene event banner. You used Forging Tide to pull, and every ten attempts guaranteed at least one Resonator or Weapon of four-star or higher rarity. The guarantee count was shared across all Featured Weapon Convene banners, which meant any pity built here carried over to other weapon banners if you failed to get a five-star. The moment you obtained a five-star weapon, that count reset.
One major difference from many gacha systems is that every five-star weapon pulled from this banner was guaranteed to be Verdant Summit. There was no 50/50 against another five-star weapon, which made it much easier to plan around.
Drop rates at a glance
| Rarity | Base rate | Average rate including guarantee | Hard pity |
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| 5-star weapon | 0.8% | 1.8% | 80 pulls |
| 4-star item | 6.0% | 12.0% | 10 pulls |
| 3-star weapon | 93.2% | — | — |
The four-star section also had a 50/50 system. Each four-star item you obtained had a 50 percent chance to be one of the featured four-star weapons: Dauntless Evernight, Variation, or Hollow Mirage. If you missed, the next four-star item was guaranteed to be one of those three, with equal chances for each. This made it relatively predictable to target a specific four-star weapon, though the equal split meant you could still need multiple cycles to get Variation specifically.
What was in the pool
Beyond the featured weapon, the pool included a wide array of four-star weapons and Resonators. The featured four-star weapons were:
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Dauntless Evernight
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Variation
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Hollow Mirage
Other four-star weapons that could appear included Commando of Conviction, Undying Flame, Amity Accord, Jinzhou Keeper, Discord, Overture, Cadenza, Marcato, Helios Cleaver, Lunar Cutter, Novaburst, Comet Flare, and the various Broadblade, Sword, Pistols, Gauntlets, and Rectifier options tied to Night and Voyager sets. Several four-star Resonators such as Yangyang, Chixia, Danjin, Sanhua, Mortefi, Aalto, Baizhi, Taoqi, and Yuanwu were also part of the broader summoning pool.
This meant that even if you were aiming purely for Verdant Summit, you could pick up useful Wavebands for common four-star Resonators along the way.
Coral rewards and exchange value
The banner also fed into the coral economy, which I always track when deciding whether a banner is efficient.
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Obtaining a four-star Resonator for the first time gave 3 Afterglow Corals.
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Obtaining a duplicate four-star Resonator from the second through seventh time gave 1 Waveband for that Resonator plus 3 Afterglow Corals.
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From the eighth duplicate onward, players received Afterglow Corals rather than another Waveband, with the specific amount shown in-game.
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A five-star weapon gave 15 Afterglow Corals.
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A four-star weapon gave 3 Afterglow Corals.
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A three-star weapon gave 15 Oscillate Corals.
Afterglow Corals could be redeemed for up to two limited-stock Wavebands for each five-star Resonator. Oscillate Corals could be exchanged for various in-game items, with the available options and redemption limits resetting each version update. I would always check the in-game Store before spending Oscillate Corals, because the inventory changed regularly.
Was it worth pulling?
If you had Jiyan and wanted him to perform at his ceiling, Verdant Summit was a strong, low-variance investment because the five-star was guaranteed to be the featured weapon. The shared weapon pity also made it less punishing to build toward a future weapon banner. However, for free-to-play players, I still recommend prioritizing limited Resonators first. A strong weapon without the right character to wield it is much less valuable, and at launch many players benefited more from expanding their roster than from chasing additional damage.
The presence of Variation as a featured four-star did soften the risk, since Verina could use it extremely well. Dauntless Evernight and Hollow Mirage were more situational, so the four-star rate-up lineup was not universally amazing, but it was far from bad.
Final thoughts
Looking back from 2026, Absolute Pulsation: Verdant Summit set a useful precedent for how Wuthering Waves handles weapon banners: a guaranteed featured five-star, shared pity across weapon banners, and a clear 80-pull ceiling. If this banner ever returns or if you are studying older event formats, those mechanics are worth remembering. I would still say pull for characters first, then consider a weapon like Verdant Summit only if you already have Jiyan or plan to build him immediately.
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