Genshin Impact

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This page is about the computer game Genshin Impact (aka "Genshin" for short). When it hit the market in 2020 it made a huge splash, such that even I may have heard about it. I was attracted to the game around May 2023, when I saw it being played as an experiment by Shadybunny, one of my favourite Hearthstone streamers. What I found immediately attractive was the open world exploration (which reminded me of my World of Warcraft days), the colorful impressive combat animations and the twist of Anime-style graphics. Important bonus points for me were that the game was available on iPad (which is the device which I nowadays use most of the time) and that the basic game is free to play.

Although I was wary of the so-called Gacha nature of the game, I decided to give a try. As of writing this, it is now 3.5 months later, I am approaching the late-to-end game, and I am still very much into the game. The Gacha system turned out to be quite manageable, provided you have patience and can control the urge to spend money. I decided relatively early on to pay: Comparable to World of Warcraft where you have to pay a monthly subscription to be even able to play, I am now regularly buying two of the recurring options (Battle Pass and the so-called "Blessing of the Welkin Moon"). I find the prices relatively fair and, at least for me, affordable, so I don't mind paying for the big entertainment I get in return.

I use this and other pages on this wiki to organize my knowledge about the game.


Wiki pages


Glossary and abbreviations

This list contains some of the most important terms and abbreviations that I encountered while learning the game mechanics.


Acquaint Fate
See Fate.
Adventure EXP
Experience points used to raise the Adventure Rank.
AEXP
See Adventure EXP.
AR
Adventure Rank.
AR EXP
See Adventure EXP.
Artifact EXP
Experience points used to raise the Artifact level.
Artifacts
A character can equip artifacts to enhance their stats. There are 5 artifact types, a character can only equip 1 artifact of each type. The artifact types are labeled as: Flower (of Life), Plume (of Death), Sands (of Eon), Goblet (of Eonothem) and Circlet (of Logos).
Ascension Stat
The stat that increases for a character at each Ascension Rank past 2.
Banner
See Wish.
Character EXP
Experience points used to raise the Character Level.
Circle
Short for "Circlet of Logos", one of the 5 artifact types. Aka: crown, mask, headpiece, hat, headgear, helmet.
Elemental Skill
The second skill of a character. The Elemental Skill usually has a cooldown.
Elemental Burst
The third skill of a character. The Elemental Burst needs Energy and may have a cooldown.
EM
Elemental Mastery. A character stat.
Energy
A character resource used to trigger the character's Elemental Burst. Energy is replenished only by combat actions.
Fate
The short term used for both Acquaint Fate and Intertwined Fate. Certain actions in the game earn you a Fate. This can then be used to wish on a banner (see Wish). The type of the Fate limits which banner you can choose.
Flower
Short for "Flower of Life", one of the 5 artifact types.
Goblet
Short for "Goblet of Eonothem", one of the 5 artifact types. Aka: cup, chalice.
International Team
A team of characters that consists of Bennett, Xiangling, Childe and Kazuha. It’s a variation of the National Team, where all the team’s characters come from different nations.
Intertwined Fate
See Fate.
Mora
The regular currency in the game.
National Team
A team of characters that consists of Bennett, Chongyun, Xiangling and Xingqiu. It's a strong team because the characters interact well. It’s unclear where the term "National" comes from.
Normal Attack
The first skill of a character. Normal attacks can be spammed without cooldown or Energy cost.
Plume
Short for "Plume of Death", one of the 5 artifact types. Aka: feather.
Primogem
The premium currency in the game.
Resin
An umbrella term for Original Resin, Condensed Resin, Fragile Resin and Transient Resin. Original Resin is a resource that replenishes automatically over time, the other types of resin are obtained by player actions. Original Resin and Condensed Resin are required to claim certain rewards in the game, while Fragile Resin and Transient Resin are used to replenish Original Resin.
Sands
Short for "Sands of Eon", one of the 5 artifact types. Aka: clock, hourglass, timepiece, watch.
Shrine of Depths
These are small buildings scattered around the landscape which contain a Luxurious Chest. A key is required to unlock a Shrine of Depths so that the chest can be opened. There are 10 shrines per region (e.g. Mondstadt, Liyue, etc.), so 10 keys are required. Keys are earned by playing the game.
Skill
Usually used for short for Elemental Skill. Can also be used as an umbrella term for the 3 skills that each character has: Normal Attack, Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst.
Wish, Wishing
In Genshin Impact it is said that "you wish on a banner". This can be translated into "you open a loot box". There are several banners, most of them with rotating contents. The current content of a banner defines the potential rewards that you can get when you decide to wish on it. Making a wish costs either an amount of Primogems or one Fate.


Game development

TODO: Write something about the regular rhythm with which patches are released.


Game Elements

This sections lists the most important game elements. I compiled the list while learning the game, just to get an overview.

  • Adventure Rank associated with the account. Leveled by Adventure EXP.
  • World level associated with the account
  • Characters
    • Account has 1-n characters
    • Leveled by Character EXP.
    • Friendship towards the player. Leveled by Companionship EXP.
  • Weapons. Leveled by Weapon EXP.
  • Artifacts. Leveled by Artifact EXP.
  • Reputation
    • Account has a standing with each of the 4 main cities (aka nations), called Reputation.
    • Leveled by Reputation EXP.
  • Quests
  • Commissions
  • Expeditions
  • Co-Op Mode
  • Spiral Abyss
  • Achievements
  • Serenitea Pot: Lets the player create his/her own home.
  • Currencies: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Currency
    • Mora is the common game currency.
    • Primogem is the premium game currency.
    • Genesis Crystal is a premium game currency that can only be obtained by purchase.
    • Acquaint Fate (standard wishes) and Intertwined Fate (event wishes): Used to buy „wishes“, i.e. rolling for new characters or weapons.
    • Various others.


Adventure Rank

Adventure Rank is one of the earliest concepts that a new player encounters in Genshin Impact. I wrote this section when I was new to get a better understanding.

  • Adventure Rank is an Account attribute, i.e. not associated with characters.
  • Adventure EXP are needed to raise the Adventure Rank. For details on what gives Adventure EXP see the Genshin Impact wiki.
  • Increasing the Adventure Rank is the basis of all progression in the game
    • World Level, increasing the general difficulty of the game
    • Character / Weapon level cap (ascension phases): 20 (1), 40 (15), 50 (25), 60 (30), 70(35), 80 (40), 90 (50).
    • Unlock Domains
    • Unlock types of major quests: Archon, Event, Story, Hangout.
    • Unlock parts of the game system: Daily Commissions (12), Expeditions (14), Co-Op Mode (16), Spiral Abyss (20), Reputation (25)
  • Maximum = 60
  • Adventure Ranks are grouped into 5 tiers. To progress from one tier to the next the player needs to complete an Ascension quest.
  • Ascension quests are World quests.
  • Ascension quests are obtained automatically upon reaching the maximum Adventure Rank of a given tier.
Tier	AR	    World Level
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1       1 - 25      0 - 1
2       26 - 35     2 - 3
3       36 - 45     4 - 5
4       46 - 50     6
5       51 - 60     7 - 8


Routine tasks

Abbreviations


Tasks:

  • Daily
    • BP: Log in to the game.
    • Web log in.
    • 4 commissions. Also a BP task.
    • Expeditions.
    • BP: Mine 10 items. You get this automatically by collecting the rewards from an expedition that yields ore.
    • BP: Use 150 Original Resin. You usually get this automatically because you really want to spend your Original Resin.
  • Every 3 days
    • Teapot
      • Collect Realm Currency. You want to collect Realm Currency before the cap of 2400 is reached. At the highest level of Adeptal Energy the cap is reached after 80 hours, or 3.3 days.
  • Weekly
    • Crafting
      • BP: 20x Cook. Optional, i.e. usually not needed to reach the weekly 10k BEP cap.
      • BP: 20x Forge. Optional, i.e. usually not needed to reach the weekly 10k BEP cap.
    • Reputation
      • 3 Bounties. Also a BP task.
      • 3 Requests. Also a BP task.
    • Combat (for BP there is no need to collect the rewards, i.e. to spend Original Resin)
      • 3 weekly bosses, in order to take advantage of the 50% discount for collecting the rewards from the first 3 weekly bosses. Also a BP task.
      • BP: 20 Ley Line deposit challenges. Optional, i.e. usually not needed to reach the weekly 10k BEP cap.
      • BP: 10 bosses. You usually get this automatically as part of your Resin-spending activities.
      • BP: 15 Domains. You usually get this automatically as part of your Resin-spending activities. Completing one-time domains again, such as Temple of the Wolf or even the trials in the Temple of the Lion, also counts against this goal.
    • Use resources
      • BP: Use 1200 Original Resin (171.4 per day => 24h refreshes 180 Original Resin). You usually get this automatically as part of your Resin-spending activities.
      • BP: Spend 500k Mora. You usually get this automatically as part of your character/weapon development activities.
    • Teapot
      • Buy 1 Transient Resin from Realm Depot, plus whatever other resources are most important for the account at the moment.
      • BP: Collect 1000 Realm Currency. You get this automatically once you reach higher levels of Adeptal Energy.
      • BP: Build 10 furnishings. This can stop once you have reached the highest level of Adeptal Energy.
      • BP: Buy 2 items from Traveling Salesman in another player's Serenitea Pot. Very optional task.
    • Genius Invokation TCG
      • BP: Win 2 guest challenges, co-op duels or champions duels. Only important if you are into Genius Invokation TCG.
  • 2 times per month
    • Spiral Abyss floors 9-12 (reset is on 1st and 16th day of the month).
  • Monthly
    • Buy 5x Acquaint Fate and 5x Intertwined Fate in Paimon‘s Bargains shop. Always save enough Masterless Stardust to be able to do this!
    • Buy Dust of Azoth in Paimon‘s Bargains shop. Only do this if you have enough Masterless Stardust.
    • Buy 2 character constellations. Only do this if you don't want to save your Masterless Starglitter for a specific character.
  • Banner period / BP period (6 weeks)
    • Test run for the characters on the new banners.
    • BP: 50 wishes. Optional, i.e. usually not needed to reach the BP max level.
    • BP: 12 stars in Spiral Abyss floors 9-12. Optional, i.e. usually not needed to reach the BP max level.
    • BP: Completing the event of the current banner period.


Other stuff

Resin

References:


There are several different kinds of Resin. Original Resin is the main Resin type.

  • Original Resin is required to claim rewards from successfully completed Boss, Domain or Ley Line Outcrop challenges. The cost varies with the type of challenge.
  • Original Resin is also used to craft Condensed Resin (see below) and Mystic Enhancement Ore.
  • Original Resin automatically replenishes over time, at a rate of 1 per 8 minutes, or 7.5 per hour, or 180 per day.
  • You can have a maximum of 160 Original Resin. Once this limit is reached the automatic replenishment stops.
  • A full replenish requires 1280 minutes, or 20.13 hours.


Other kinds of Resin:

Condensed Resin
Is crafted at an Alchemy bench. Costs 40 Original Resin and 1 Crystal Core (obtained by gathering Crystalflies) to craft. You can hold a maximum of 5 Condensed Resin. Can be used instead of Original Resin to claim the rewards from a successfully completed Domain (only talent material, weapon material and artifact domains, but no Boss domains) or a successfully completed Ley Line Outcrop.
  • Condensed Resin acts as a kind of "battery" that can be "loaded" with up to 200 Original Resin. The "battery" can then be "drained" at your convenience.
  • A common usage is to pour your Original Resin into Condensed Resin if you don't have to time to play right now, then when you have time again you can use the Original Resin which you have saved up in the form of Condensed Resin.
  • The other common usage is to save time: You complete a Domain or Ley Line Outcrop once but claim its rewards twice - the rewards only cost 20 Original Resin, but 1 Condensed Resin is worth 40 Original Resin, i.e. twice as much. By doing so you save time because you don't have to do the Domain or Ley Line Outcrop two times.
  • Yet another usage is to save up Original Resin so that you have more than the usual amount of Original Resin available to farm a talent or weapon material domain on a specific weekday. This can be interesting because these domains give out 3 different rewards, depending on the day of the week you complete them.
Fragile Resin
Using 1 Fragile Resin restores 60 Original Resin. A limited quantity of Fragile Resin is obtainable through activities in the game. The main source of new Fragile Resin is the Battle Pass (5 from the free track, 5 from the paid track, another 5 for the second payment). There is no limit to how many Fragile Resin you can have.
Transient Resin
Using 1 Transient Resin restores 60 Original Resin. 1 Transient Resin per week can be bought from the Serenitea Pot for 1200 Realm Currency. Transient Resin must be used within a certain time after buying it - if not used it will disappear without any kind of compensation. The expiration time is calculated from the Monday after the Transient Resin item is obtained, and it will disappear seven days from then.
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