With any new update to a big game comes new secrets, side quests, and other mysteries to solve. TheWuthering Waves2.0 update is no different, adding tons of new locations with their fair share of hidden content (by gacha game standards, anyway). One of those is the Lifer’s board game in the Oakheart Highcourt, which you’ll need to win to unlock some juicy rewards.
Finding and winning the board game and defeating the Lifer is not the straightforward affair you might expect, as the game isn’t weighted in your favor. In this guide, we’ll go over everything you need to know to win.
Where To Find The Lifer’s Boardgame
The Lifer,a boss-level Chop Chop Echo, is magically imprisoned in the Oakheart Highcourt in northeastern Rinacita, specifically in the cylindrical room in the maze’s center.
Youcouldnavigate the maze to reach the entrance ortake the much easier route, which is to either fly or climb the wallsand hop your way there.
Either way, once in the maze’s center,head to the southwestern portion of the central chamberto access the board game.
How To Win The Lifer’s Board Game In Oakheart Highcourt
The rules of the board game you play against the Lifer are simple. There are six pieces on the board: three white and three black. The Lifer plays white; you play black.The game always starts in the same configuration.
To win the game,either you or the Lifer need to set up all three of your pieces so they make a straight linefrom one end of the board to the next.
As the challenger, you move first, then the Lifer moves, and you go back and forth until one of you is declared the winner.There is no penalty for losing beyond the Lifer’s mockeryand the time you spent playing. You can reset the game anytime unless you or the Lifer are winning.
Thankfully, while the game is weighted in the Lifer’s favor,there is more than one winning pattern, and during our playthrough, we found at least two winning boards and evidence of more. The winning sequence presented below is the first we found, and other options will follow similar patterns.
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First
Middle black piece to top-left corner. Bottom-right white piece moves middle.
Second
Bottom black piece to bottom-left corner. Middle white piece to bottom-right.
Black bottom-left piece to bottom. Victory.
How To Beat The Lifer
Once you win the Lifer’s board game, you’ll need to face the Lifer itself, butuntil you remove four huge buffs, that’s a tall order.
To access the buff terminals,place your black pieces on the board at the same angle as the door you want to open. The four doors that lead to buffs are, if using the map:
To remove each buff, you need to find a Stake of Imbalance item in the room. You’ll find them at:
To remove the buffs,interact with the terminal beneath the statue and insert the Stake of Imbalance.
If, for some reason, you want to enable the buffs,you may interact with the terminals again to turn them on.
Rewards For Winning The Lifer’s Board Game
There arethree sets of rewards for beating the Liferat its own game.
You can continue to challenge the Lifer to its game and to combat as many times as you like, whether to test builds, challenge yourself, or just for fun. You won’t get anything else, however, beyond the satisfaction of shutting it up.
