Wuthering Waves 3.6 banners

By DayOneFix Editorial · August 14, 2026

Unusually for a banner page, nothing here is a leak. Kuro’s 7 August special program laid out both phases of 3.6 in full, so this is a planning page rather than a prediction page.

Looking for the ongoing schedule rather than this version? The banner schedule page tracks what is running now, what is confirmed next, and the three-week cadence.

Phase 1 — from 20 August


Debut	Qingxiao — 5-star Aero, sword
Rerun	Denia
Weapons	Glint of Clouds (Qingxiao’s signature) + Forged Dwarf Star rerun

Qingxiao is the version’s sword-immortal. Her basic attacks charge twin gauges that unlock an empowered stance for wide-area Aero damage, and the kit sits squarely in the coordinated-attack archetype — which is the important part for your wallet: she is built around specific teammates rather than dropping into anything. If you do not already run that archetype, her practical value is lower than her showcase suggests.

Phase 2 — from 10 September


Reruns	Hiyuki — [Thousand Futures Mirrored in Snow]
	Mornye — [Distant May the Starlights Be]
Weapons	[Frostburn] + [Starfield Calibrator]
4-stars	Mortefi, Aalto, Yuanwu
Runs	10 September 10:00 – 29 September 11:59 (server time)

There is no debut in phase 2 — both 5-stars are reruns. Kuro’s own phase 2 convene notice, published 8 September, lists exactly two Resonator banners and two weapon banners, and Jingran is in none of them.

About Jingran: he got his Profile Reveal on 4 September, which is the treatment a Resonator gets shortly before a banner — Qingxiao’s came six days before her debut. But Kuro has not published a convene article for him, and phase 2 has been live since 10 September without one. So he is coming; which version he lands in has not been announced. We corrected this page on 14 September: it previously listed him as a phase 2 debut with a signature weapon, which the official notice does not support.

How to split your Astrites

The two phases are three weeks apart inside a single version, which is the whole planning problem:

Phase 1 only rewards you if you have the coordinated-attack pieces. Qingxiao without them is a showcase, not an upgrade.
Phase 2 asks a different question. With no debut to chase, the only reason to spend is that you want Hiyuki or Mornye specifically — and reruns come back on their own schedule, usually much later than a debut you can wait out. That cuts both ways: no FOMO from a new kit, but a genuine “this is the window” for these two.
Saving through phase 2 is a real option this time. A phase with two reruns and no debut is the cheapest phase to skip, and Jingran’s banner has to land somewhere.
Weapon banners are the easiest thing to cut if you are short. Signature weapons are a percentage upgrade; the character is the unlock.

If your Astrite pile only covers one of the two phases, the honest question is not “who is stronger” but “which one do I already have a team for”.

Dates and what could still move

3.6 begins on 20 August and phase 2 opens on 10 September. Kuro publishes the exact maintenance window a couple of days beforehand — the countdown page carries it in your timezone as soon as it is posted, along with the compensation.

What is not settled: version-launch codes. The 7 August program’s three codes expired on 9 August, and the next batch typically arrives with the update itself — tracked here with expiry times.

Sources

Both phases, the weapon line-ups and the character kits come from Kuro Games’ official 3.6 special program on 7 August, as documented on our 3.6 countdown page at the time. Pull-priority framing is ours and labelled as such; no leak or beta datamining is used on this page.