Wuthering Waves features rare versions of Echoes with alternate colors, similar to shiny creatures in Pokémon. Because of this, many players call them "shiny Echoes" instead of their official name, Phantom Echoes. Here are all the Echoes with shiny versions and how to get them.

While you can obtain Shiny Hoartoise and Rocksteady Guardian at any point in the game, as they are overworld spawns, the other four Phantom Echoes—Feilian Beringal, Thundering Mephis, Mourning Aix, and Impermanence Heron—are locked behind endgame content like the Tower of Adversity. This means you’ll need to keep playing through the Wuthering Waves quests until you unlock such content to have a chance at obtaining them.

Finding the shiny Hoartoise and Rocksteady Guardian requires a bit of luck. If you visit their spawn locations and don’t find them, you’ll have to return for another chance after the next daily reset or join another player’s world if they have one active. You’ll know an Echo is shiny if its color is different from its default appearance and it has a soft glow, a special sound effect, and “Phantom” in front of its name when you absorb it.

Standard and Phantom Echoes differ only in color. Phantom (or shiny) Echoes do not have better stats or special abilities; they are simply an alternate color that you can use if you prefer their appearance.