Hypostases are a Normal Boss group. They are lifeforms that have reached the highest level of elemental purity.
Hypostases are invulnerable when their cube-like shells are surrounding them and can only be damaged when their diamond-shaped cores are exposed, typically during or after they perform an attack. Their attacks deal elemental damage of their type and they are immune to said type.
After losing 95% of their health, Hypostases will typically enter a revival phase (with the exception of the Pyro Hypostasis) in which it spawns several elemental objects of its type that must be dealt with within a time limit, which if done successfully, will either immediately defeat the Hypostasis or allow it to be defeated the next time it takes lethal DMG.
Types[]
Pure Hypostases[]
Quest- and Event-exclusive variants.
Descriptions[]
Trivia[]
- In Neoplatonism and Gnosticism, the term hypostasis refers to an underlying substance that supports fundamental reality. Gnostic Christians typically used the word "hypostases" to refer to the Holy Trinity.
- The Gnostic exegesis Hypostasis of the Archons is a depiction of the Gnostic mythology behind the creation of the cosmos and the Earth, and how the archons rule over humanity with the intent of preventing them from reaching gnosis and ascending to the supercelestial realm of Ogdoad.
- Instead of the Gnostic term "hypostasis", the Chinese version uses the Buddhist term 无相 Wúxiàng, a translation of the Sanskrit word animitta (अनिमित्त), which means "signless" (traditional English translation) or "aspectless". The Japanese and Korean versions also follow this term. It is considered to be one of the Three Gates of Liberation, along with emptiness and wishlessness.[1]
- The first three Hypostases (Electro, Anemo and Geo) that were released alongside the Global release all have broken pieces on their shells. It is unknown why the Pyro, Cryo and Hydro Hypostases don't have such details. Similarly, the Cryo, Hydro, and Pyro Hypostases all have rounded edges on their shells, also for unknown reasons.
- The Hypostasis's design looks similar to the design of the World Pillar from Houkai Gakuen 2, MiHoYo's third game.
- Hypostases are the first and only boss series with all seven elemental variants, with the last of them being added Version 3.2. All Hypostasis Normal Bosses are located in Mondstadt, Inazuma, Liyue, and Sumeru.
Codenames[]
Each of the Hypostases have a codename, derived from the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.
| Hypostasis | Codename | Hebrew Letter | Alphabetic Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electro | Aleph | א (Alef) | 1st |
| Anemo | Beth | בּ (Bet) | 2nd |
| Geo | Gimel | גּ (Gimel) | 3rd |
| Cryo | Daleth | דּ (Dalet) | 4th |
| Hydro | He | ה (Hei) | 5th |
| Dendro | Zayin | ז (Zaiin) | 7th |
| Pyro | Ayin | ע (ʿAiin) | 16th |
Noticeably, the 6th letter ו (vav) is skipped, and Aiin was used instead.
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Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Hypostasis | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 无相 Wúxiàng[2] | Signless |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 無相 Wúxiàng[2] | |
| Japanese | 無相 Musou[3] | Signless |
| Korean | 무상무상 Musang | Signless |
| Spanish | Hipostasis | Hypostasis |
| French | Hypostase | Hypostasis |
| Russian | Гипостазис Gipostazis | Hypostasis |
| Thai | Hypostasis | — |
| Vietnamese | Nguyên BảnNguyên Bản | The Original |
| German | Hypostase | Hypostasis |
| Indonesian | Hypostasis | — |
| Portuguese | Hypostasis | — |
| Turkish | Hipostaz | Hypostasis |
