Wuthering Waves Pity System (Convene) Explained

Short answer: a featured 5-star Resonator is guaranteed by 80 pulls (hard pity), soft pity kicks in around pull 66, and the limited character banner runs a 50/50: lose it and your next 5-star is guaranteed to be the featured one. Pity carries over between event banners.

Character (Resonator) banner

• Hard pity: 80 pulls guarantees a 5-star.
• Soft pity: 5-star rates rise sharply from around pull 66.
• 50/50: your first 5-star has a 50% chance to be the featured Resonator. If you lose, the next 5-star is guaranteed to be the featured one.
• 4-star pity: guaranteed at least every 10 pulls.
• Carryover: your pity count follows you to the next limited banner.

Weapon banner

• Guaranteed: 80 pulls gets you the featured weapon outright. There is no 50/50 on weapons.

Practical takeaway

Plan around an average cost of roughly 70 to 80 pulls per featured Resonator once you account for soft pity, and save your Astrite (and codes) for the characters you actually want.