Genshin Impact: Beginner's Guide & Tips

Welcome to GameinfoMobile's Genshin Impact walkthrough and guide. Learn everything there is to know about the game, including our Tier List, story and quest walkthroughs, and more!

Use materials to improve heroes

In Genshin Impact, the leveling system is slightly different than in other RPGs. A character gets experience when he defeats groups of opponents, of course, but it often takes a lot of time, so it is better to use materials that provide a large amount of experience. Don't be afraid to spend them on the character you want to develop, as you will be able to get a significant amount of them very quickly, and this will greatly improve the character's statistics.

Elements can be mixed

Genshin Impact features unlockable characters with various elemental powers. Depending on which element we combine, it results in a pretty useful buff. For example, by combining fire with air, we can continue to spread fire further and inflict additional damage over time. When we use ice on a target that is in the water, it gets frozen. We can also freeze water in order to be able to go through it and get to the other side.

You don't have to have a hero on the team with a different type of element

The truth is, it's good to have different types of elements in your team so you can combine them and create powerful combos. However, if a character you like and want to have on your team has the same element as another character on your team, don't give up, and add two of the same elements. If you have characters on your team with the same element, you will get different buffs. For example, having two characters with air element reduces stamina consumption by 15%, increases player speed by 10%, and reduces cooldown on character skills by 5%.

Use Wish Items in x10 option

Wish Items are items in Genshin Impact that will allow you to acquire various artifacts or characters. When you have one Wish Item, you can spend it on an item or character in the Wish tab. By spending 10 such items, you are guaranteed to get, for example, a chosen character, a 4-star item, etc. Therefore, it is much better to use these guarantors and use 10 of these items instead of one.

Mix getting acquainted with story with exploration of the world

The world in Genshin Impact is huge and very interesting, and certainly worth exploring, but it is good to combine pleasant with useful. Instead of just focusing on exploration, it's worth doing the main tasks because the rewards for doing them are very good. Some mechanics, for example, are not available until you have completed a particular mission, such as in the case of Wind Glider, which are wings that allow you to fly.

Mark places of interest on your map

Sometimes you'll find yourself in a situation where you don't have a character with a particular type of element, and you'll need that element to solve a puzzle. Genshin Impact offers a pinging system on the map, so if you find such a place, mark it on the map to return to that location and solve the puzzle later. You can also mark interesting places on the map. You have 99 pings at your disposal, so it's a shame not to use them!

Collect all available Amenoculus

Amenoculus is the material used to enhance the Statue of the Seven. Replace Amenoculus in these statues to gain various benefits, such as more stamina for your characters. This will allow you to explore the Genshin Impact world more quickly, climb higher, etc.

Perform Plunge Attack to extract materials

To get the materials you need to upgrade or create weapons, you need to find a deposit and start mining Forging Materials. You mine them by attacking a particular mineral, such as deposits of stone, iron, etc. You have to attack mineral deposits with melee weapons, when they lose all their "HP," you can pick materials up. The quickest way to mine is to perform a Plunge Attack. This type of attack inflicts heavy damage, so when you see a deposit, perform these attacks to get the Forging Materials out as quickly as possible.

Size matters

Did you know that character size matters a lot when it comes to going through shallow water? If you take a high character like Diluc, you can continue to walk through the location where the water is, while if you choose a low character like Qiqi in the same location, then the character will start swimming instead of walking, losing speed and stamina.

You can destroy artifacts

Few know that instead of sacrificing weaker artifacts to improve others, you can destroy them in your equipment. For destroying them, you will receive, among other things, Mora, which is the basic currency of Genshin Impact. If you don't have enough money, destroy artifacts and get Mora. A lot of artifacts will be collected along the way, most of them do not guarantee a very large amount of EXP, so sometimes it is worth sacrificing and destroying them to get Mora, which will deplete sooner or later, as the costs of upgrading increase with greater levels.

Save money so you can upgrade your equipment

There is a good opportunity to multiply the amount of gained EXP by 2, 3, or even 5 times. This is of course random, but it is worth noting that such a chance only occurs when sacrificing materials that have 3 stars of rarity. Therefore, when you use Crystals to upgrade a weapon/artifact, don't spend all of them. Instead, convert 3-star weapons/artifacts into materials to increase the chance of multiplying EXP. This will allow you to save a lot money when upgrading.

You can avoid most attacks with your Ultimate

In Genshin Impact, there are so-called. Immunity Frames during which you are invulnerable to enemy attacks. To activate Immunity Frames, attack with your Ultimate. Note, however, that this works only when a character using his Ultimate has a short animation/cutscene that precedes the attack. In most cases, to get Immunity Frames, you need to play as 5-star characters, such as Mona or Diluc. When you see that you can't avoid a powerful attack from the enemy, use your Ultimate (it must be a character that has a unique Ultimate animation) to avoid the attack.

Use 3 star weapons

This is not advice you should follow all the time, but 3-star weapons are better than 4-star weapons, at least to a point where you don't have many 4-star weapons of the same type. Why? All because of Refine. This mechanic allows you to sacrifice the same weapon you want to upgrade for a better passive weapon effect. It is much easier to find or loot a 3-star weapon from Wish than a 4-star weapon. Therefore, remember not to get rid of weapons of the same name if you intend to upgrade them, as these weapons will allow you to enhance the passive effect. Once such weapons are upgraded to Rank 3 or 4, they will be much better than the 4 star weapons of rank 1.

Now let's talk about the characters available in Genshin Impact, and learn which of them are worth or not worth investing in.

At this point in Genshin Impact, there are 23 characters to unlock. Nine of them are five-star characters. They are much harder to come by, but that doesn't mean 5-star characters will be better than 4-star ones. The characters were divided into the so-called. Tiers where S is the best Tier and D is the worst. The truth is that every character is useful, but some characters do a given thing better than others. It is recommended not to invest in Tier D characters.

• S Tier
• A Tier
• B Tier
• C Tier
• D Tier

S Tier

1. Fischl - Electric - a 4-star ranged character that has a bow and power over electric element. Fischl is great at keeping opponents at bay and is deadly when fighting water-type opponents. Her ability to summon an electric bird is active quite long and hits the nearest opponent every few seconds. During his Ultimate, he transforms into this bird, briefly gaining great mobility and attacking anything he passes through. After the skill elapses, the bird separates from the heroine and attacks everything around her again. The character is accessible, and very powerful, especially in combat, as it is very easy to get an additional effect by combining two other elements.
2. Diluc - Pyro - a 5-star character fighting in melee range using a sword and fire. Diluc is a great DPS, inflicts some of the biggest damage in the game, and has skills that enhance his attacks with fire. His Ultimate inflicts injuries on many opponents near him. One of the best characters at the moment, but also a little harder to come by.
3. Venti - Wind - a 5-Star bard who specializes in ranged combat. His two aerial skills combine perfectly. His ability to inflict injuries over time can last up to eight seconds. Combined with other elements, such as Fire, the Venti in your ranks will wreak real havoc.
4. Mona - Hydro - a 5-star character who attacks from a distance using water. She has a unique running animation, can move through water without swimming, so she is a character that is perfect for exploration. In combat, she can attack several targets at once and has the ability to create a clone that inflicts damage over time and then explodes, inflicting heavy damage. The Ultimate of this character stuns opponents for a few seconds. When you return and hit them, the stun ends but they receive increased damage.
5. Qiqi - Cryo - a 5 star character armed with a sword. He is one of the best supporting characters. His abilities reinforce his allies for 15 seconds, causing both Qiqi and the other characters to regenerate their health for every attack Qiqi makes. In addition, this skill creates an aura that inflicts damage to targets in its radius.

A Tier

1. Jean - Wind - a 5 star character, leader of the Knights of Favonius. She attacks using a sword, her skills throw opponents into the air, inflicting wind damage. Her Ultimate inflicts heavy area of effect damage and creates an aura that restores health to each allied character found in its radius. She is one of the better healers and has the ability to stun opponents.
2. Barbara - Hydro - 4 star character, available for free. This character is a pretty good support. Her primary attacks heal, while the ability to create rain imposes Wet status on opponents. This allows you to create combinations. Her Ultimate increases the maximum HP of all allied characters.
3. Xiangling - Pyro - a 4-star character that is available for free when you reach AR level 20. He attacks with a spear, inflicts heavy damage, and can summon his bear to the battlefield which attacks everyone with fire. Her Ultimate creates fire that spreads and imposes fire status on nearby opponents.
4. Keqing - Electro a 5-star character who wields electricity. She attacks in melee range with a sword. She is able to throw an electric dagger toward his opponent; when you use the skill again, you will be taken to the dagger, inflicting damage on those in your path. In addition, her Ultimate inflicts electricity damage to everyone around her. This character is ideal for fighting a larger group of opponents.
5. Razor - Electro - a 4-star character who attacks using a Claymore. This character is similar to Keqing, but is more difficult to operate. He deals electricity damage - the more charges, the more damage to opponents. The Ultimate summons a protective spirit behind your back - an electric wolf. His and Razor's attacks are connected together.
6. Xiao-Wind - a 5-star character who attacks with a spear. This character inflicts heavy damage at the expense of his HP. His Ultimate makes Xiao inflict increased damage but the hero loses 3% HP every second the skill is active. By contrast, his standard skill allows him to perform dashes, even in the air.
7. Chongyun - Cryo - a 4-star character who attacks using a Claymore. Chongyun is ideally suited to fighting larger groups of opponents but doesn't fare very well when he has to fight one more powerful enemy. One of his abilities creates an ice field that adds Cryo's power to your attacks if you are in its area of effect. His Ultimate is very cheap as it only costs 40 energy, so you'll be able to use it frequently. The ability itself summons three ice swords that strike the enemy with great force.

B Tier

1. Lisa - Electro - 4 star character, you will unlock her for free after a few hours of playing. Lisa could be even higher on the list because her damage dealt is very high, but when it comes to Electro users, there are much better characters than her, such as Fischl. However, if you're not lucky enough to get better characters, Lisa is still a very good option. Her ability allows her to throw an electric ball, stacking it on a given target up to 3 times. If you hold the button responsible for the skill, you will create a lightning strike in a given area (inflict increased damage on those with electricity stacks). Her Ultimate summons a lamp in a given area, which inflicts damage to enemies.
2. Kaeya - Cryo - 4 star character, you will unlock it for free after a few hours of playing. Kaeya is not a bad character, especially in the beginning when you don't have access to other characters using Cryo. He fights in melee range using a sword, while his ability freezes opponents for a short time and freeze water allowing him to walk on it. His Ultimate surrounds him with fragments of ice that place Cryo status on enemies found in its radius. If you're not planning to spend money on the game, or you haven't found a Cryo character with whom you're satisfied, Kaeya's not bad. However, there are better characters than him, especially in the later stages of the game.
3. Traveler (player character) - Wind/Geo - the 5 star player character you receive at the beginning of the game. This character has one of two elements to choose from, at the beginning you receive Wind, later when you find a Statue of the Seven you can unlock Geo. Wind element is slightly better than Geo, the problem is that in this form, our character is a worse version of Venti. The skills of these characters are very similar. Ultimate creates an airball close to the player character, dealing damage to the enemies in front of the player, only to throw them into air after a while. In contrast, Ultimate creates a tornado that is directed towards opponents. When it comes to Geo, the ability summons meteorites that deal damage to nearby opponents. Moreover, these meteorites offer protection against some attacks. The Ultimate creates smaller crystals on the ground, pushing opponents away from you, and inflict damage.
4. Klee - Pyro - a 5-star character that attacks using bombs. Klee is a zoner character. She inflicts the most damage in places where her bombs are placed. Her Ultimate involves throwing one larger bomb in the chosen location, which explodes and creates smaller mines that also explode. An opponent stepping onto them will receive fire damage. This character works best against larger groups of opponents. Her Ultimate involves throwing a bomb at a chosen location, which creates smaller bombs and attacks, opponents, with fiery lasers for about 10 seconds.

C Tier

1. Bennett - Pyro - a four-star character who attacks using a sword. This is an example of a character that is not completely bad, however Pyro has so many more interesting and better characters in every way that Bennett looks just weak in comparison... His ability allows him to strike with a fiery sword. When you charge the skill, it will blast your opponents into the air, creating a spectacular combo. His Ultimate creates a large explosion, leaving a fiery aura on the ground that heals allies below 70% HP.
2. Beidou - Electro - a 4 star character who attacks using a Claymore. Her only advantage is that she is quite resilient and can push smaller monsters away from herself. Her ability involves standing still by shielding herself with a barrier, then making a slash and pushing her opponents back. This character gains strength the more injuries he receives, but it's unlikely that the player will allow himself to be hit in order to be stronger... Her Ultimate allows her to send lightning between opponents every time she attacks a target.
3. Ningguang - Geo - a 4-star character who attacks with Geo. Ningguang is a defensive character. She creates a barrier that inflicts damage and blocks opponents' attacks. The barrier lasts a very long time and it does its job... The problem, however, is that not many characters use projectiles. For now, using defensive characters, such as Ningguang, is not recommended. Her Ultimate throws crystals towards her opponents, which bounce several times between them.
4. Noelle - Geo - 4 star character, attacks with a Claymore. Noelle is a defensive character - a tank, you might say, but she doesn't have enough HP to be one. The abilities she possesses include a shield that protects her. Her Ultimate reinforces her Claymore, increasing the range of attacks and inflicting more damage.
5. Xingqiu - Hydro - a 4 star character, attacks with a sword. Xingqiu is a good character to start with, but later his power wanes. Thanks to his skill, he has some protection from injuries. His Ultimate creates a water sword that stacks effects on opponents that it hits - lasts 15 seconds. Unfortunately, this character is not suitable for fighting an opponent who possesses a large amount of HP, as his DPS is low.
6. Sucrose - Wind - a 4-star character attacking with air missiles. Sucrose is not a weak character, but there are many better characters wielding the same elements, such as Jean and Venti. Her ability allows her to create a small area; opponents in it receive injuries and are pushed away. This skill does not inflict major damage, while the cooldown is 15 seconds! Her Ultimate increases the effective area of the skill, moreover she bumps opponents up to three times, inflicting injuries each time. This character is best when he has to fight a large number of opponents.

D Tier

1. Amber - Pyro - Amber is a four-star character who fights with bow and fire. Amber is one of the characters we get for free, only after a few minutes of playing. Investing artifacts, weapons, or experience, at least for the moment, is a big loss. Amber is no use for fighting, especially when compared to other characters (I don't even mention Pyro users anymore). She inflicts small injuries; her ability is to throw a bait doll that explodes and injures other opponents. The problem is that the distance to which she throws the doll is very small, the explosion does not cause much damage, and in addition, the detonation process takes a very long time. Her Ultimate, however, summons a rain of fiery arrows. The problem is that the skill only lasts two seconds and the affected area is not one of the biggest... Amber is viable when exploring, e.g. when you need to light a torch from afar.

Now you will learn a little about the currencies that exist in Genshin Impact, how to get them, and what can be bought for them.

By performing various missions in Genshin Impact and leveling the characters, you will receive ever better and better rewards, including various currencies.There are quite a number of them, as there are as many as 9 currency variations in the Genshin Impact.

• Mora
• Primogem
• Genesis Crystal
• Masterless Stardust and Masterless Starglitter
• Acquaint Fate and Intertwined Fate
• Anemo and Geo Sigil

Mora

Mora is the most common currency in Genshin Impact. It is gold for which you can buy standard items from vendors, create new items, or even improve your character. Mora is rewarded for completing tasks, opening chests, or defeating opponents. It is best to use Mora to buy the ingredients needed to make items or for food.

Primogem

Primogems is the second currency and considered a premium one. However, this does not mean that getting it involves only buying it with real money. Primogems can be scored in various ways, such as for killing more powerful opponents, activating teleports or Statues of the Seven, completing tasks, gaining in-game achievements, sometimes falling out of normal chests. The amounts you will get are not that big, but it is possible to get it through normal means. If you want to have access to Primogems as quickly as possible, you can spend real money to get them. Primogems are also available by purchasing a Monthly Card and in Battle Pass. It is best to spend Primogems on restoring the Original Resin, and on Wishes to acquire more powerful objects/characters.

Genesis Crystal

The Genesis Crystal is another premium currency that is only available for real-money. You can swap Genesis Crystal for Primogem in a 1-to-1 ratio. By buying a Starter Pack you get 300 Genesis Crystal - you can exchange them for Primogem and Primogem for Wishes.

Masterless Stardust and Masterless Starglitter

Masterless Stars are the currency we earn when performing Wishes. We get most of them when we get, for example, a duplicate of the character. The Masterless Starglitter is a more prestigious currency, and therefore we receive less of it than the Masterless Stardust. Both currencies are spent in the store - both of them can be exchanged for really interesting items. You can even buy the characters for them, however, it is better to keep the Masterless Starglitter until the player reaches the 20th AR (Adventure Rank). This currency will allow you to buy 4-star items, saving you the time you would have to spent to farm them in dungeons.

Acquaint Fate and Intertwined Fate

Fates are used to complete Wishes. Both types of Fate serve the same purpose, but depending on the banner available in Wish, a particular type of Fate will be usable for different banners. For example, the Wanderlust Invocation banner, which offers a greater chance of gaining Jean and Diluc, requires the player to sacrifice Acquiant Fate. Other banners require, for example, releasing Intertwined Fate.

Anemo and Geo Sigil

Anemo and Geo Sigil are a currency that can be acquired when upgrading the Statue of the Seven - Anemo and Statue of the Seven - Geo. Anemo statues can be found in the Mondstadt region, while Geo statues can be found in Liyue. You also have a chance to get this currency when opening crates in a given region. You can spend it at Souvenir shops, which are usually located in major cities. For Anemo and Geo Sigil, it is worth buying materials to improve the character's talents, such as Memory of Roving Gales, or other materials that are needed to upgrade the character to higher levels.

Now let's talk where you will find out what the Original Resin is, how to get it, when it is renewed and what it is for.

The Original Resin is a material that is primarily used for getting treasure. These treasures are available primarily after defeating a given boss, after opening Ley Line Outcrops and defeating a wave of mobs, and in certain Dungeons. 1 Original Resin is renewed every 8 minutes, but cannot renew above 120.

Original Resin can also be restored by using Primogems. Renewing 60 Original Resin will cost 50 Primogems. If you have a Fragile Resin item in your equipment, you will also get 60 Original Resin after using it. However, it is worth noting that if Original Resin is renewed with Primogems, this cost will be increased. For the second and third time, the cost would be 100 Primogems, for the fourth time, 150 Primogems, and for the fifth and sixth time, 200 Primogems. You can renew Original Resin up to 6 times in one day.

On this page of the guide to Genshin Impact you will read about expeditions - another in-game mechanic. You will find out what expeditions are, how to unlock them, and who is best to send on expeditions.

As the character develops and the storyline progresses (you must earn an AR rank of 14), you will be given the option to send your unlocked characters on expeditions. Characters are then unavailable until they have finished the task. Characters can be sent on expeditions of 4, 8, 12, or 20 hours. The longer the expedition, the better rewards you can get. Send on expeditions only and only characters you don't use, or have a special benefit for a given task. If you have characters you want to play with, use this option at a time when you're definitely not playing Genshin Impact. Time counts even when you're not online. You can cancel a character's expedition, but then you won't get any rewards for it, so plan carefully who you send there and for what time. You can only send two characters at once.

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