Fate Echo ​

Fate Echo Game mode · Scripted

★★★★★

Statistics

Entry	Ticket + Fate Echo relic
Loadout	Keep your own gear
Waves	Nine waves, three acts, fixed
Loot	Only after clearing wave 9
Mutators	No
Difficulty	★★★★★

See also

• Fate Echo Guide
• Entry & Utility Items

What Is It? ​

Fate Echo is a nine-wave challenge that remembers how you fight. Bring your own weapons and supplies into the arena. The run samples your range, ammo, and damage style, then turns those habits into the next questions. You can brute-force the counter, or change your approach and convert the break into Resolve.

The nine waves form three acts. Waves 3, 6, and 9 feature your Nemesis. Losing a run can create a persistent Nemesis, so the next attempt is a rematch rather than a clean reset.

Entry ​

• BossRush Ticket
• Fate Echo Relic (sold by the base vending machine)
• Your current weapons, armor, ammo, consumables, and other equipment stay with you
• No Faction Flag or Bloodhunt Transponder (those take priority for Faction War / Blood Hunt)
• Map selection prepays the ticket. The contract page opens after loading with the first contract already selected, so "Fight Now" works right away; click the other card to switch, or close the page with the "×" at the top right (or Esc) to back out with the ticket refunded. The Relic is consumed only when you confirm entry

Canceling the confirmation costs nothing. A wave-9 victory returns one Relic. Death, defeat, and an aborted run grant no normal reward.

Nine Waves, Three Acts ​

The fixed Boss count is 1 / 2 / 1 Nemesis / 1 / 3 / 1 Nemesis / 1 / 3 / 1 Nemesis:

• Act I (waves 1-3) — Build your combat profile, then meet the first Nemesis
• Act II (waves 4-6) — Stronger counters, one three-Boss wave, and the second Nemesis wave
• Act III (waves 7-9) — Final counters, one three-Boss wave, and the R3 end-of-run Nemesis

Normal intermissions last 8 seconds. Intermissions after waves 3 and 6 last 20 seconds. The wave plan is frozen at run start and does not change mid-run.

Three Counter Axes ​

The axis schedule repeats across the run:

• Distance Echo (waves 2, 5, 8) — Uses the final direct gun or melee hit of waves 1, 4, and 7. A finish within 13 m asks you to fight at least 18 m away next wave; a finish beyond 13 m asks you to fight within 8 m. Direct damage from the required range must contribute at least 35% of your scored direct damage and 20% of the primary Bosses' combined starting health. Meet both thresholds and clear the wave; the final hit need not be at that range.
• Ammo Mark (waves 3, 6, 9) — Fire at least 5 valid shots during combat on waves 2, 5, and 8. The next ban selects a high-threat ammo type that has not been named this run. Learning counts shots, including misses; intermission and spawning shots do not build samples. Once announced, firing the banned ammo during intermission, spawning, or combat is a violation, even if it misses. Avoid it throughout and finish with direct gun or melee damage for Resolve. Insufficient samples or no new ammo means no ammo Resolve that wave; you can still clear it.
• Attribute Lock (waves 4, 7) — Reduces the previous Nemesis wave's dominant direct-damage family to ×0.75. A tie or no credible direct damage produces no lock. The opposite family must supply at least 35% of scored direct damage and 20% of the Bosses' combined starting health, then land the final direct hit. Reaching the damage thresholds alone is not enough.

The HUD shows the act, wave, this wave's single counter target, verifiable dual-threshold progress, Resolve, and your chosen contract. During intermission the HUD previews the next wave's counter (range direction / marked ammo / the family about to be locked), and a banner confirms it when the wave begins, so you have time to adapt.

Final Execution ​

The Final Execution occurs only on multi-Boss waves (2, 5, and 8): once that wave's committed Bosses are killed down to the last one, the Final Execution begins:

• 12-second countdown
• A scoreable direct gun or melee kill during the countdown grants 1 Resolve
• Environmental, Buff, or unclassified final blows still clear the wave, but do not grant this Resolve
• If the timer expires, the surviving Boss receives a revenge boost: healing, movement speed, and gun/melee damage

Single-Boss waves (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9) never trigger a Final Execution, so a run offers at most 3 executions, which matches the Final Execution cap of 3 Resolve.

Lower several Bosses' health before finishing them, then save your burst for the last survivor. Missing the 12-second window still allows a clear, but loses the execution Resolve and triggers Revenge.

Nemesis ​

The Nemesis appears on waves 3, 6, and 9. The same Boss returns during the run and escalates (the HUD shows Rank 1, Rank 2 and Rank 3, written R1 to R3 below):

• R1 — Increased health
• R2 — Increased health and movement speed
• R3 — Further health, movement-speed, and gun/melee damage increases

When a run ends in defeat, the Boss responsible may become your next Nemesis. A successful rematch advances the Nemesis record and revenge progress. If a persistent record is temporarily unavailable, the run uses a substitute without overwriting the original record.

Fate Contracts ​

The confirmation page deterministically offers two contracts from a pool of eight; choose one. Contracts belong to four families:

• Adaptation — Break the distance, ammo, and attribute axes
• Execution — Turn Final Execution windows into finishing blows
• Tempo — Chain breaks or maintain Resolve across all three acts
• Style — Complete targets built around distance echoes, ammo bans, and attribute locks

Contracts are honor objectives: they do not alter Boss strength, player stats, or reward counts. Clearing the run with the objective completed advances your contract streak; “seals” describe that completion, rather than additional collectible items. Your previous selection is excluded from the next candidate pair once. Defeat, abandoning a run, or clearing it without completing the contract breaks the streak; previous victories and kill records remain.

• Triad Breaker: break each axis once; bring both gun and melee options.
• Last Executioner: complete two Final Executions and directly finish an R3 Nemesis.
• Counterflow Chain: break three consecutive axis objectives; missing a break interrupts the chain.
• Unbroken Acts: earn at least 2 Resolve per act. Act I offers distance, ammo, and execution opportunities.
• Edge Walker: finish waves 1/4/7 with scored direct hits to trigger three distance echoes; breaking all three is not required.
• Arsenal Discipline: trigger two ammo bans and one attribute lock through your preceding-wave preparation.
• Final Minute: execute the last survivor in time on all three multi-Boss waves.
• Nemesis Denied: produce an ammo ban on all three Nemesis waves. Bring at least three usable ammo types; fire at least 5 valid shots each learning wave, using ammo that has not yet been named.

Resolve and Rewards ​

Resolve caps at 11 and comes from axis breaks and Final Executions:

• 0-2 — Wave-9 victory reward: 6 items
• 3-5 — Wave-9 victory reward: 7 items
• 6-8 — Wave-9 victory reward: 8 items
• 9 — Wave-9 victory reward: 9 items
• 10-11 — Wave-9 victory reward: 10 items

Rewards are paid only after wave 9 victory. Candidates come from the existing Boss loot pool, restricted to Q5-Q8, and are selected by price bands. The full reward plan is checked and frozen before combat; unavailable resources cancel entry and refund entry items. The Relic is returned first, then normal rewards are delivered one per frame. A full backpack uses storage buffering; the Relic also tries a ground drop if both inventory and storage delivery fail.

Arena Services ​

Fate Echo uses the shared arena NPCs:

• Awen — Storage and loot cleanup
• Dingdang — Reforge and shop
• Yu Zhi — Healing

Win / Lose ​

• Win — Defeat the final Nemesis on wave 9 and complete victory settlement
• Lose — Player death, voluntary abort, scene interruption, or a runtime integrity failure

Defeat grants no normal reward, but eligible Nemesis and profile records remain available as a reason to run it back.

Can't finish? You can abandon the run ​

Press K in-run (default; rebindable in the Mod settings) to open the abandon confirmation page.

• Two buttons: Keep Fighting and Abandon Run.
• Before you confirm, the page spells out the price: this run's progress is voided, the ticket and relic you spent are not refunded, and your contract win streak resets.
• Abandoning ends the challenge and resets the contract streak while preserving your existing Nemesis. It does not add a death record or create a new Nemesis.

Fate Echo is nine waves long, and grinding to death against a counter you can't break isn't worth it. Quitting early wastes less time than getting worn down for another ten minutes.

Practical Advice ​

• Bring a second plan: guns, melee, and different ammo types can all become the next answer
• After waves 1, 4, and 7, watch for the distance read and prepare the opposite range
• Fire at least 5 valid shots during waves 2, 5, and 8. Use ammo not yet named for each later learning wave; different grades of the same caliber can count as different ammo types
• When an ammo mark is published, read the HUD before deciding whether to swap ammo, swap weapons, or go melee
• The Final Execution is optional and only appears on waves 2, 5, and 8. Secure the wave first, then gamble for Resolve and contract progress
• Bring a backup answer for the Nemesis temperament in rematches; an R3 Nemesis is not the same fight as its first appearance