Overview
Yuan Liu Level (元流等级) is Honor of Kings: World's account-wide player progression level. It is shared across every Resonance the player owns, which means leveling up one Resonance advances the base attribute floor for all of them. Yuan Liu Level gates main-story progression, unlocks systems on a level-by-level basis, and drives the Boliu (波流) world breakthrough mechanic that players must complete at regular intervals.
XP Sources
Per GamerSky's launch beginner guide, the recommended XP priority is: daily tasks (朝闻道) ≥ event quests (新手历程) > open-world exploration (逍遥游) ≥ Resonance quests (英雄录) > other event tasks. The early-game flow is to push main story until Level 6, switch to dailies after each story gate, and farm wild-region elites and Kun-Tour tasks in between.
Level Milestone Unlocks
GamerSky's launch beginner guide documents these confirmed milestone gates:
Level | Unlock |
|---|---|
6 | Battle Pass (战令) becomes available |
9 | Main story first gate; switch focus to daily quests |
10 | Boliu (波流境界) first breakthrough required; first Ningwu stat affix milestone |
16 | Cloud-gaming crossover title 【世界启程者】 redeemable |
20 | Main story second gate; Ningwu quality phase transition (+1 affix, +1 effect); recommended cap for investing in the Child of the Primal Flow before picking a second Resonance |
30 | Ningwu affix and effect strengthening |
40 | Ningwu affix and effect strengthening |
50 | Ningwu reaches final form (2 affixes + 2 special effects) |
The launch account-level cap has not been publicly confirmed by any primary source. Earlier drafts that cited "level 55" were actually referring to the Flow Pathway passive-unlock cap, which is a separate mechanic. The real account-level cap is treated as unpublished in this article until a primary source confirms it.
Boliu World Breakthrough (波流境界)
Boliu (波流) is not a separate world level in the Genshin sense. It is a breakthrough gate tied directly to Yuan Liu Level. Per GamerSky: "Lv10：突破波流境界，之后每10级都需要突破一次，建议等级到了就优先完成，否则会影响游戏内容和奖励" ("At Level 10 you must break through the Boliu realm, and every 10 levels after that a new breakthrough is required; complete them as soon as you hit the level, otherwise content and rewards are affected").
What Boliu breakthroughs unlock at launch has not been fully documented in launch coverage. GamerSky describes them only as "affecting game content and rewards" without naming specific tier unlocks, enemy scaling rules, or gear-tier caps tied to each breakthrough. Players should treat Boliu as a regular level-10-and-every-10-after ascension quest that should be completed immediately upon hitting the threshold.
Account-Level Shared Attribute Floor
Per zh.game-walkthrough.com's attribute guide, every Resonance draws its base attribute floor from the player's Yuan Liu Level plus the Resonance's own Breakthrough progression. The exact formula is "这是所有属性的地基，等于你的元流等级加上共鸣突破提供的数值" ("this is the base of all attributes, equal to Yuan Liu Level plus the numbers from Resonance Breakthrough"). This shared-floor design means players do not need to re-grind account XP for each Resonance they own.
Sources
GamerSky beginner guide (milestone unlocks, Boliu breakthrough): https://www.gamersky.com/handbook/202604/2121955.shtml
zh.game-walkthrough.com Resonance attribute guide: https://zh.game-walkthrough.com/post/wzrysjsxdl.html
zh.game-walkthrough.com Ningwu weapon guide: https://zh.game-walkthrough.com/post/wzrysjlwxt.html