Shell Credits (Money) Farming Guide

Shell Credits are farmed by doing various in-game activities and exchanged at shops in Wuthering Waves. See how to farm Shell Credits, how to get them quickly by spending real money, and how to use them!

How to Farm Shell Credits

Farming Method	Approximate Shell Credits
Illusive Store Exchange	225,000
Simulation Training	24,000 ~ 80,000
Do Daily Activities	20,000
Clear Quests	12,000 ~ 50,000

Illusive Store Exchange

The Illusive Store offers Shell Credits in exchange for Illusive Specimens which are obtained by clearing stages of the Depths of Illusive Realm.

You can exchange up to 225,000 Shell Credits by exhausting the contents of the Illusive Store.

Depths of Illusive Realm Guide

Unlocked at Union Level 17

The Illusive Store and Depths of Illusive Realm is unlocked upon reaching Union Level 17. You can increase Union Levels by doing Daily Activities, Quests, spending Waveplates, and general exploration.

How to Increase Union Level

Simulation Training

Simulation Training has a domain dedicated for Shell Credits, with the rewards scaling with SOL3 Phase Level.

Each run costs 40 Waveplates and you can earn up to 80,000 Shell Credits on SOL3 Phase Level 8.

Simulation Training Guide

Do Daily Activities

Doing Daily Activities can get you 20,000 Shell Credits per day, on top of getting Union EXP and Development Materials.

Daily Activities and Rewards

Clear Quests

Go through your Quest List and knock them out to earn Shell Credits. Quests may take a while to complete, but you'll earn a big amount of Shell Credits for your efforts.

List of All Quests

How to Get Shell Credits Fast for Spenders

How to Spend for Shell Credits	Approximate Shell Credits
Premium Battle Pass	1,379,000
Purchase Supply Bundles	18,000 ~ 150,000
Exchange Oscillate Corals	3,000 / 6 Oscillate Corals

Purchase Premium Battle Pass (Pioneer Podcast)

The premium Battle Pass can net you up to 1,379,000 Shell Credits once you max it out at level 70.

It costs $9.99 and also comes with other goodies like Astrites, Lustrous Tides, Development Materials, and more!

Pioneer Podcast Battle Pass Guide

Purchase Supply Bundles

Supply Bundles are purchased with the premium currency Lunite and come in different rarities. They are bundled with Development Materials and have a weekly purchase limit.

Should You Buy the Lunite Subscription?

Exchange Oscillate Corals

Oscillate Corals can be exchanged for Shell Credits and are obtained by pulling from Gacha Banners. You can exchange 6 Oscillate Corals for 3,000 Shell Credits without limit.

Note: Exchanging Oscillate Corals for Shell Credits is only recommended if you've cleared out the other items at the shop and have plenty of leftover Oscillate Corals.

Oscillate Corals and Best Items to Buy

Other Ways to Get Shell Credits

Other Ways to Get Shell Credits
Complete Challenges and Puzzles Defeat World Bosses Do Weekly Challenges Clear Tacet Fields for the First Time Souvenir Store Exchange

Explore to Complete Challenges and Puzzles

You can accrue Shell Credits through exploration by completing challenges found throughout the map and solving puzzles.

Exploring may take a while but Shell Credits will gradually accumulate on top of getting Union EXP, Astrites, and other goodies.

All Puzzle Types and Solutions

Defeat World Bosses

World Bosses also reward Shell Credits, but only a small amount because they are primarily a source of Ascension Materials. You'll also need 60 Waveplates to claim the rewards.

List of All Boss Locations

Do Weekly Challenges

Weekly Challenges also give out Shell Credits and cost 60 Waveplates, similar to world bosses. Shell Credits are not the main objective in doing Weekly Challenges but they do add up.

List of All Weekly Challenge Bosses

Clear Tacet Fields for the First Time

Clearing Tacet Fields for the first time will give you a significant injection of Shell Credits, along with Astrites, Development Materials, and Echoes.

There are only a limited amount of Tacet Fields however, but you can expect more when an update drops in the future.

Tacet Field Locations and Rewards

Souvenir Store Exchange

The Souvenir Store offers Shell Credits in exchange for Wood-Textured Shard, which are obtained through exploration.

Jinzhou Map and 100% Exploration Guide

How to Use Shell Credits

Upgrade Characters

Shell Credits are used to level up Resonators, along with Resonance Potions. Once you reach a character's level cap, you'll need to Ascend the resonator to level them up further.

How to Ascend and Raise Level Limit

Buy Items from Shops

Shell Credits are also used to buy items from various merchants and NPCs found all over the map.

Wuthering Waves Related Guides

Beginner's Guide: Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks

Tips and Tricks
Convene Pity System	Combat System Guide
Character Creation Guide	Best Settings
How To Change Name	Should You Buy the Monthly Pass?
How to Raise and Lower SOL3 Phase Level	How to Increase Union Level
How to Get and Farm Astrite Fast	How to Fast Travel
How to Add and Play with Friends	Pioneer Podcast Battle Pass Guide
Best Ways of Spending Currency	How to Use the Chat Function
Character Leveling Guide	How to Level Up Fortes
How to Reroll Guide	Dailies: Things to Do Every Day
Waveplates Guide	How to Craft Weapons
List of Controls	All Cruisewing Echo Challenge Locations
All Scar's Questions and Correct Answers	How to Increase Resonance Chain Level
How to Parry and Counterattack	How to Ascend Resonators
How to Pass Time	How to Increase Stamina
Secrets and Exploits to Make Your Life Easier	How to Heal
Best Items to Buy with Afterglow Corals	Best Items to Buy with Oscillate Corals
How to Use Intro and Outro Skills	How to Get All Golden Eternal Weapons
How to Reduce Vibration Strength	Trophy List and Rewards
How to Perfect Dodge	Shell Credits Farming Guide
Encryption Block Puzzle Guide	How to Get Rover Wavebands
Originite 4-Star Weapon Chest Location	How to Repair Sound Emulators
How to Increase Exploration Progress	Do You Believe in Light? Trophy Guide
How to Get Radiant Tides	How to Get Lustrous Tides
How to Raise Intimacy Level	How to Remove the Mud From the Chest
Simulation Training Guide	Simulation Training Store Location
Milestones Guide and List of Rewards	Tacet Field Locations and Rewards
Daily Activities and Rewards	List of Forgery Challenge Domains
Forgery Challenges and How to Unlock	Path of Growth Guide
How to Uninstall	How to Use 1 Supply
How to Get the Glider	Tiger's Maw Underground Beacons
Microtransactions and In-App Purchases	Enter The Correct Password Yinlin Quest
How to Glide	How to Destroy Fissured Ledges
How to Sprint	How to Collect 3 Collectibles
How to Get Guide Crystals	Elements and Status Effects
Clang Bang Echo Challenge Guide	Sagaci Springs Guide
All Ski Challenge Locations	Place Next to A Ring and Hanging Eaves Location
Retro Game Collector Guide	How to Use the Trace Scale

Echo Guides

Echo Guides
How to Tune Echoes	How to Absorb Echoes
How to Unlock Data Merge	Enhanced Drop Rate and Data Bank Level
How to Farm Echoes	How to Get Echo EXP

Puzzle Guides

Puzzle Guides
All Puzzle Types and Solutions	Levitator Puzzle Guide
Complete the Fire Thrower Puzzle Guide	Encryption Block Puzzle Guide
Look Afar at the Break of Dawn Puzzle Guide	How to Find a Way to Turn On Electricity
Perspective Bender Domain Puzzle Guide	Parallel Perception Domain Puzzle
Fallen Grave Puzzle Guide	Signal Hubs Puzzle Guide
Pressure Plates And Weight Block Guide	Training Dummy Puzzle Guide
Spikes and Corroders Puzzle Guide	Induction Cells and Transducers Guide
Magnetic Cubes Puzzle Guide	Energy Matrix Puzzle Guide
Offshoot Cores Puzzle Guide	Spinning Mechanism Puzzle Guide
How to Defend Security Nodes	-

Utilities

Utilities
All Utilities	Grappling Hook
Sensor	Waypoint
Casket Sonar	Levitator
Projector	Lootmapper
Camera	Ultrasonic Pulse Chip

Unmarked Challenges

Unmarked Challenges
Unmarked Challenge Locations	How to Complete the Backflip Challenge
Travel in Jinzhou Gulpuff Challenge	Mingming and Doudou Hide And Seek

FAQs

FAQs
Is Wuthering Waves F2P Friendly?	Is Wuthering Waves an Open World RPG Game?
Is Wuthering Waves a Gacha Game?	Is Wuthering Waves Free?
Is Wuthering Waves Cross-Platform?	Is Wuthering Waves a Multiplayer Game?
Is There PVP?	Which Company Made Wuthering Waves?
Can You Skip Cutscenes?	Are There Twitch Drops?
Can You Change Gender?	What is the Max Union Level?
What Time Does The Server Reset?	When Can You Start Pulling?
Which Rangers' Series Weapon to Choose?	-