Resonate Guide

When we’re looking at the Resonate system in Reverse: 1999, think about it like this: Psychubes are your weapons basically and Resonate is your equipment. The great thing about this game is that it doesn’t have any gacha systems for their “weapons” which are Psychubes nor does it have any gacha or RNG artifact grinding system like Genshin Impact but adopts a unique “equipment” system known as Resonate. In this guide we’ll be looking into some explanation about the system, what does each “ideas” that’s in the Resonate system does and how best should we equip each ‘ideas’ in our character’s ‘brain’.

The Basics of the Resonate System

As seen in the picture above, we have the ‘brain’ area where you’ll be inserting ‘ideas’ into to give your character bonus stats. The brain area can be understood as your equipment slots and the ideas are equipment to be put simply. When you level up your character’s Resonate, you will more ideas and the brain area will also increase to enable you to insert more ideas in it.

Resonate Materials for Every Character

Material Farming Guide – Best Stages for Insight and Resonate Materials

6 Star

The Crystal Casket should be opened according to the character you are need to level.

Centurion | Lilya | Voyager | Changeling | Black Dwarf													Druvis | Regulus | Pickles | Shamane |
Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3			Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3
2		5	Moment of Dissonance										2		5	Moment of Dissonance
3		5	Moment of Dissonance		4	Magnesia Crystal							3		5	Moment of Dissonance		4	Trembling Tooth
4		5	Moment of Dissonance		4	Shattered Bones		3	Solidus				4		5	Moment of Dissonance		4	Silver Ore		3	Solidus
5		5	Brief Cacophony		3	Liquefied Terror		4	Rough Silver Ingot				5		5	Brief Cacophony		3	Milled Magnesia		4	Esoteric Bones
6		5	Brief Cacophony		30k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum				6		5	Brief Cacophony		30k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum
7		6	Brief Cacophony		4	Salted Mandrake							7		6	Brief Cacophony		4	Biting Box
8		6	Brief Cacophony		4	Bifurcated Skeleton		5	Rough Silver Ingot				8		6	Brief Cacophony		4	Salted Mandrake		4	Rough Silver Ingot
9		8	Brief Cacophony		6	Holy Silver		6	Spell of Fortune				9		8	Brief Cacophony		5	Bifurcated Skeleton		6	Milled Magnesia
10		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		6	Prophetic Bird		8	Biting Box	10		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		6	Holy Silver		6	Biting Box
11		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		120k	Sharpodonty		4	Platinum Ouija	11		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		120k	Sharpodonty		4	Platinum Ouija
12		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		4	Wyrmling Skeleton		5	Salted Mandrake	12		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		4	Bogeyman		5	Prophetic Bird
13		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		5	Silver Bullet		6	Biting Box	13		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		5	Incorrupt Monkeypaw		5	Holy Silver
14		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		2	Mistilteinn		4	Silver Bullet	14		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		2	Fruit of Good and Evil		4	Wyrmling Skeleton
15		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		3	Golden Fleece		4	Murmur of Insanity	15		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		3	Mistilteinn		4	Incorrupt Monkeypaw
A Knight | An-an Lee | Medicine Pocket | Melania |													Sotheby | Eternity | Ms. NewBabel | Tooth Fairy |
Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3			Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3
2		5	Moment of Dissonance										2		5	Moment of Dissonance
3		5	Moment of Dissonance		6	Spell of Banishing							3		5	Moment of Dissonance		5	Silver Ore
4		5	Moment of Dissonance		4	Shattered Bones		3	Solidus				4		5	Moment of Dissonance		4	Magnesia Crystal		3	Solidus
5		5	Brief Cacophony		4	Spell of Fortune		3	Liquefied Terror				5		5	Brief Cacophony		3	Esoteric Bones		3	Milled Magnesia
6		5	Brief Cacophony		30k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum				6		5	Brief Cacophony		30k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum
7		6	Brief Cacophony		5	Bifurcated Skeleton							7		6	Brief Cacophony		5	Holy Silver
8		6	Brief Cacophony		3	Holy Silver		5	Milled Magnesia				8		6	Brief Cacophony		4	Prophetic Bird		6	Esoteric Bones
9		8	Brief Cacophony		5	Prophetic Bird		8	Esoteric Bones				9		8	Brief Cacophony		4	Biting Box		5	Liquefied Terror
10		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		6	Biting Box		6	Holy Silver	10		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		6	Salted Mandrake		8	Prophetic Bird
11		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		120k	Sharpodonty		4	Platinum Ouija	11		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		120k	Sharpodonty		4	Platinum Ouija
12		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		4	Murmur of Insanity		5	Biting Box	12		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		4	Incorrupt Monkeypaw		5	Holy Silver
13		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		5	Bogeyman		6	Bifurcated Skeleton	13		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		5	Wyrmling Skeleton		7	Salted Mandrake
14		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		2	Golden Fleece		3	Incorrupt Monkeypaw	14		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		2	Fruit of Good and Evil		3	Bogeyman
15		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		3	Fruit of Good and Evil		4	Silver Bullet	15		1	Crystal Casket Material		8	Sonorous Knell		3	Mistilteinn		4	Wyrmling Skeleton

5 Star

Baby Blue | Sonetto | Satsuki | Matilda |													Bkornblume | Click | Blonney | X |
Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3			Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3
2		4	Moment of Dissonance										2		4	Moment of Dissonance
3		4	Moment of Dissonance		6	Spell of Banishing							3		4	Moment of Dissonance		4	Trembling Tooth
4		4	Moment of Dissonance		4	Shattered Bones		3	Solidus				4		4	Moment of Dissonance		4	Silver Ore		3	Solidus
5		4	Brief Cacophony		4	Spell of Fortune		3	Liquefied Terror				5		4	Brief Cacophony		3	Milled Magnesia		4	Esoteric Bones
6		4	Brief Cacophony		25k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum				6		4	Brief Cacophony		25k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum
7		5	Brief Cacophony		5	Bifurcated Skeleton							7		5	Brief Cacophony		4	Biting Box
8		5	Brief Cacophony		3	Holy Silver		5	Milled Magnesia				8		5	Brief Cacophony		4	Salted Mandrake		4	Rough Silver Ingot
9		6	Brief Cacophony		5	Prophetic Bird		8	Esoteric Bones				9		6	Brief Cacophony		5	Bifurcated Skeleton		6	Milled Magnesia
10		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		6	Biting Box		6	Holy Silver	10		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		6	Holy Silver		6	Biting Box
11		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		100k	Sharpodonty		3	Platinum Ouija	11		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		100k	Sharpodonty		3	Platinum Ouija
12		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		3	Murmur of Insanity		5	Biting Box	12		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		3	Bogeyman		5	Prophetic Bird
13		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		4	Bogeyman		6	Bifurcated Skeleton	13		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		4	Incorrupt Monkeypaw		5	Holy Silver
14		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		1	Golden Fleece		3	Incorrupt Monkeypaw	14		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		1	Fruit of Good and Evil		4	Wyrmling Skeleton
15		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		2	Fruit of Good and Evil		4	Silver Bullet	15		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		2	Mistilteinn		4	Incorrupt Monkeypaw
Sweetheart | Dikke | Necrologist | Diggers | Kanjira |													Charlie | Balloon Party | Tennant | Horropedia |
Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3			Level	Reso item			item 1			item 2			item 3
2		4	Moment of Dissonance										2		4	Moment of Dissonance
3		4	Moment of Dissonance		4	Magnesia Crystal							3		4	Moment of Dissonance		5	Silver Ore
4		4	Moment of Dissonance		4	Shattered Bones		3	Solidus				4		4	Moment of Dissonance		4	Magnesia Crystal		3	Solidus
5		4	Brief Cacophony		3	Liquefied Terror		4	Rough Silver Ingot				5		4	Brief Cacophony		3	Esoteric Bones		3	Milled Magnesia
6		4	Brief Cacophony		25k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum				6		4	Brief Cacophony		25k	Sharpodonty		3	Clawed Pendulum
7		5	Brief Cacophony		4	Salted Mandrake							7		5	Brief Cacophony		5	Holy Silver
8		5	Brief Cacophony		4	Bifurcated Skeleton		5	Rough Silver Ingot				8		5	Brief Cacophony		4	Prophetic Bird		6	Esoteric Bones
9		6	Brief Cacophony		6	Holy Silver		6	Spell of Fortune				9		6	Brief Cacophony		4	Biting Box		5	Liquefied Terror
10		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		6	Prophetic Bird		8	Biting Box	10		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		6	Salted Mandrake		8	Prophetic Bird
11		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		100k	Sharpodonty		3	Platinum Ouija	11		1	Crystal Casket Material		4	Sonorous Knell		100k	Sharpodonty		3	Platinum Ouija
12		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		3	Wyrmling Skeleton		5	Salted Mandrake	12		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		3	Incorrupt Monkeypaw		5	Holy Silver
13		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		4	Silver Bullet		6	Biting Box	13		1	Crystal Casket Material		5	Sonorous Knell		4	Wyrmling Skeleton		7	Salted Mandrake
14		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		1	Mistilteinn		4	Silver Bullet	14		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		1	Fruit of Good and Evil		3	Bogeyman
15		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		2	Golden Fleece		4	Murmur of Insanity	15		1	Crystal Casket Material		6	Sonorous Knell		2	Mistilteinn		4	Wyrmling Skeleton

Is Resonate Level 15 Worth It?

Consider building your team evenly first before investing characters beyond Resonate level 10. More information can be found below:

Is Resonate Level 15 Worth It?

Resonate Build for Each Character

Best Resonate Builds for All Characters

Find the spreadsheet here.

Why You Should Manually Equip the Ideas?

1. Most guides available form veteran players that played in the CN servers only provide character guides up until Resonate 10.
2. If you’re planning to max out your 6-star character’s Resonate in the long run, it’s best you understand the fundamentals and basics about the system so you can manually design your own brain area when you reach Resonate 11 – 15.
3. The Resonate system does looks confusing at first but if you can grasp what each idea does, you’ll be able to min-max your character to fit their role within a team you’re putting together.

We will now look into what the bonus stats are given from each ideas, depending on their size.

1-Square Ideas

• HP %
• DMG Bonus %

• HP %
• DMG Taken Reduction %

2-Square Ideas

• Critical DMG %
• DMG Taken Reduction %

3-Square Ideas

• ATK %
• Critical Rate %

Level	ATK	Critical Rate
LV.1	1%	1.5%
LV.2	1%	2%
LV.3	1.5%	2.5%

4-Square Ideas

• Critical Resist Rate %
• Critical DEF %
• DMG Taken Reduction %

Level	Critical Resist Rate	Critical DEF	DMG Taken Reduction
LV.1	3%	3%	3%
LV.2	4%	4%	4%
LV.3	5%	5%	4.5%

• Critical Rate %
• Critical Resist Rate %
• DMG Bonus %

Level	Critical Rate	Critical Resist Rate	DMG Bonus
LV.1	1.5%	1%	2%
LV.2	2%	1.5%	2.5%
LV.3	2.5%	2%	3%

• ATK %
• Reality DEF %
• Mental DEF %

Level	ATK	Reality DEF	Mental DEF
LV.1	2%	1.5%	1.5%
LV.2	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
LV.3	3%	3%	3%

• Critical Rate %
• Critical Resist Rate %
• Critical DMG %

• Critical Rate %
• Bonus DMG %
• Damage Taken Reduction %

Level	Critical Rate	Bonus DMG	Damage Taken Reduction
LV.1	2.5%	1.5%	1%
LV.2	3%	2%	1.5%
LV.3	3.5%	2.5%	2%

• HP %
• ATK %
• Reality DEF %

Level	HP	ATK	Reality DEF
LV.1	2%	1.5%	1.5%
LV.2	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
LV.3	3%	3%	3%

• HP
• ATK
• Mental DEF

Level	HP	ATK	Mental DEF
LV.1	2%	1.5%	1.5%
LV.2	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
LV.3	3%	3%	3%

5-Square Ideas

• The biggest size ideas are basically the main ideas of each character
• These ideas have the highest stats
• You must equip this in the brain area
• Since these ideas should be in the character's brain, we will look at the possible positioning of these idea blocks
• The main reasoning is to help you get some ideas to fit in the empty spaces with the list of ideas shown earlier
• Future articles will also include some example builds
• At the mean time, let's look at the basics first

• Balanced idea

Possible positioning the Big-Z-shape idea in a 7x7 grid

• Support idea

Possible positioning the Inverted-T-shape idea in a 7x7 grid

• Defensive idea

Possible positioning the U-shape idea in a 7x7 grid

• Critical rate and Critical DMG focused idea

Possible positioning the Cross-shape idea in a 7x7 grid

Things to Remember When Designing Your Own Brain Area

• Remember that the max brain area is 7x7 which comes at Resonate lvl.10 (increasing Resonate levels past lvl.10 will not increase brain area).
• Most veteran players will advice to stop levelling Resonate at lvl.10 and start building other character’s Resonate.
• You should build your characters according to how you want them to be during battle. For example, your main DPS carry keeps dying during battle? Just chuck in some more ideas that gives more HP% bonuses. Want to deal more damage? Try to fit in more ideas that has ATK, Crit Rate and Crit DMG bonuses.
• Always increase your main DPS carry’s Resonate level to lvl.10 as a priority.
• Boosting ATK stats is a straightforward way to enhance damage output, especially for genesis damage-dealing units.
• Genesis damage is solely influenced by ATK stats and isn't affected by the game's diverse damage multipliers, making this an effective strategy.
• This approach aligns well with most sustain units as a majority of healing and shielding mechanics in the game also rely on ATK stats.
• DEF stats aren't usually the main focus when building resonance, as leveling up your sustain unit is a more effective way to boost survivability.
• DEF is sometimes used when a unit needs to be able to sustain damage during battles.
• Examples of units that benefit from DEF resonate include Balloon Party, and The Fool.
• Might as well just build your healing characters and focus your main carries to be built to deal as much damage possible during battles.

We hope this write-up helped you as an introduction about the Resonate system in Reverse: 1999. In the future, we’ll be looking into example builds for characters and discuss about whether or not “Quick Load” function to build your ‘brain’ is good or bad. Therefore, don't miss out on our future entries and please drop by again at DotGG! Thanks for reading and see you in the next article.