Picture a weapon banner as a vending machine with one shiny prize and a shelf of confused snacks. In Wuthering Waves’ 1.1 era, Absolute Pulsation: Ages of Harvest was precisely that: a limited Broadblade designed for Jinhsi, surrounded by 4-star weapons that mostly felt like spare keys for doors nobody wanted to open. The banner ran from the 1.1 update until 2024-07-22 09:59 server time, but even in 2026 its story remains a cautionary tale for players who enjoy reading ingredient labels before pulling.

The One-Lock Key

Ages of Harvest was Jinhsi’s signature weapon, a Broadblade that cosplayed as Jiyan’s Verdant Summit. Instead of Critical DMG, it offered Critical Rate, and its passive traded Heavy DMG for 48% Skill DMG. In a vacuum, the stat budget was basically the same, like swapping chocolate frosting for vanilla—calories unchanged, flavor tailored for one guest. That guest was Jinhsi. Anyone else holding the blade might as well have been using a butter knife at a steakhouse.

Players could expect around the same level of power increase as Jiyan’s weapon over other options, which sounded impressive until someone remembered the weapon was a bespoke engine for a single resonator. The standard banner option Lustrous Razor was a perfectly acceptable fallback, meaning this premium Broadblade was a luxury sidegrade rather than a revolution.

The 4-Star Supporting Cast: A Drawer of Spare Keys

The featured 4-star lineup was a mixed bag that someone clearly labeled with optimistic fonts.

Weapon	Type	Original Use Case	Verdict
Discord	Broadblade	Concerto Energy weapon; only appealed to Taoqi at the time	🥱 Very niche
Commando of Conviction	Sword	ATK% stat-stick; best 4-star sword from the gacha	👍 Genuinely good
Amity Accord	Gauntlets	DEF% stats; only Yuanwu could use it, but he had better options	🤔 Redundant

Discord was about as exciting as a screen door on a submarine for most accounts. Amity Accord was the DEF% gauntlet equivalent of owning a monocle in a drawer full of sunglasses—technically classy, functionally redundant. Only Commando of Conviction made the 4-star pool feel like it had a pulse.

Banner Mechanics and Pity

The rules were standard Wuthering Waves weapon banner fare, but worth a glance:

• 🪙 Convene currency: Forging Tide

• ✅ Guaranteed 4-star or higher every 10 attempts

• 🔁 5-star pity shared across all Featured Weapon Convene banners

• 🎯 5-star base drop rate: 0.8%; average including guarantee: 1.8%; hard pity at 80

• 🛡️ Every 5-star pull was guaranteed to be Ages of Harvest

• 🎲 4-star base drop rate: 6.0%; average including guarantee: 12.0%

• ⚖️ Featured 4-star 50/50; if the first 4-star was not featured, the next was guaranteed featured

• 🗑️ 3-star weapon drop rate: 93.2%, the gacha equivalent of confetti

Those rates were not unusual, but they also did not turn the banner into a charity event. Pulling for the 5-star weapon still felt like feeding a very polite, very hungry slot machine.

Coral Economy Snapshot

The Coral rewards were fine, though nobody would confuse them with a jackpot:

• 5-star weapon: 15 Afterglow Corals

• 4-star weapon: 3 Afterglow Corals

• 3-star weapon: 15 Oscillate Corals

• Duplicate 4-star Resonators provided Wavebands and extra Afterglow Corals, with the usual duplicate rules

Players could redeem limited stock Wavebands and other items in the in-game Store, which was nice but did not rescue the 4-star pool from mediocrity.

Final Verdict: A 5/10 Museum Exhibit

The overall rating was 5/10, and the advice was simple: avoid unless someone already mained Jinhsi. The banner was a bespoke key for a single lock, while the rest of the chamber was filled with keychain trinkets. Even at the time, guides suggested waiting for Jinhsi’s rerun in case better 4-star weapons hitched a ride.

By 2026, Absolute Pulsation: Ages of Harvest is long retired, but it remains a charming case study of early Wuthering Waves weapon design—a reminder that a shiny 5-star is only as valuable as the characters who can actually hold it without looking confused.