Characters are obtainable units in Genshin Impact. They come in different qualities, are aligned with an Element, equipable with a specific Weapon, and belong to a Region.
How to Obtain
Characters are primarily obtained by performing Wishes using 
Intertwined Fates or 
Acquaint Fates. These Wishing Items can be:
- Purchased with Primogems.
- Earned from Events and Quests.
- Exchanged with
Masterless Starglitter ×5 each in the Paimon's Bargains shop. - Exchanged for a monthly limit with Masterless Stardust ×75 each in the Paimon's Bargains shop.
Other ways to obtain characters include:
- Account Creation
- The Traveler is the only character at the start of the game, who cannot be obtained elsewhere.
- Archon Quests
- Amber, Kaeya, and Lisa are obtained during the Archon Quest Prologue: Act I - The Outlander Who Caught the Wind automatically.
- Beginners' Wish
- Noelle is a guaranteed character in the first 10-wish set.
- Paimon's Bargains
- Two 4-star characters can be purchased from the monthly Paimon's Bargains shop in exchange for Masterless Starglitter ×34 each.
- Two 4-star characters can be purchased from the monthly Paimon's Bargains shop in exchange for
- Flagship Events
- Permanent Events
- Barbara is obtained by completing the Archon Quest A Long Shot in Prologue: Act III - Song of the Dragon and Freedom through Baptism of Song in the event menu.
- Kachina is obtained by completing step 3 in the Archon Quest Natlan! A New Adventure in Chapter V: Act I - Flowers Resplendent on the Sun-Scorched Sojourn automatically. Requirements can be seen in Turbo Twirly! in the event menu.
- Lynette is obtained by reaching Adventure Rank 25 through The Curtain Never Falls on Magic in the event menu.
- Xiangling is obtained by completing Floor 3, Chamber 3 through People's Choice.
- Collei is obtained by completing Floor 4, Chamber 3 through Curtain of Leaves.
- Aloy was obtained through Mail from September 2021 to November 2021:
- PlayStation: September 1, 2021 to October 13, 2021
- PC and Mobile: October 13, 2021 to November 24, 2021
Progression
Leveling
Characters gain Character EXP primarily by using Character EXP Materials, as well as negligible amounts of experience for defeating monsters.
The Archon Quests in the Prologue - Wanderer's Trail, Act I - The Outlander Who Caught the Wind and Act II - For a Tomorrow Without Tears of the Prologue also reward Character EXP.
Ascensions
Characters can be ascended to their next ascension phase once they reach their current max level and the player has the required Adventure Rank. Characters can be ascended up to 6 times (up to Lv. 90).
To ascend a character, go to the character screen and click on the Ascend button at the bottom-right of the Character Menu. A box will appear, showing which Character Level-Up Materials, Character Ascension Materials, Local Specialties, and Character and Weapon Enhancement Materials are needed, and the Mora cost required to ascend the character. If there is an item missing, click on it to see various ways to obtain it. See each character's page for the materials needed for each ascension.
Upon reaching the 1st and 4th ascension, the character unlocks their 1st and 2nd passive combat talents respectively. The 3rd passive utility talent (available to all characters, except the Traveler) is already unlocked without any ascensions.
On the 2nd ascension, the character gains a special flat bonus attribute boost, either for one of their base attributes (e.g., the Traveler gains a bonus to their ATK value) or a special attribute (e.g., Ningguang gains a Geo DMG Bonus while Lisa gains an Elemental Mastery bonus). This bonus further increases upon the 3rd, 5th, and 6th ascension.
Ascending characters to their 1st, 3rd, and 5th phase will reward the player with one Acquaint Fate.
| Ascension Phase | Max Char. Level | Required Adventure Rank |  Mora Cost |
Unlocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None |
Lv. 20 | — | — | — |
| 1st ✦ |
Lv. 40 | AR 15 | 20,000 | 1st Ascension Passive Talent Acquaint Fate ×1
|
| 2nd ✦ ✦ |
Lv. 50 | AR 25 | 40,000 | Combat Talent Leveling up to Lv. 2 Character Bonus Attribute |
| 3rd ✦ ✦ ✦ |
Lv. 60 | AR 30 | 60,000 | Combat Talent Leveling up to Lv. 4 Character Bonus Attribute Increase Acquaint Fate ×1
|
| 4th ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ |
Lv. 70 | AR 35 | 80,000 | 4th Ascension Passive Talent Combat Talent Leveling up to Lv. 6 |
| 5th ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ |
Lv. 80 | AR 40 | 100,000 | Combat Talent Leveling up to Lv. 8 Character Bonus Attribute Increase Acquaint Fate ×1
|
| 6th ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ |
Lv. 90 | AR 50 | 120,000 | Combat Talent Leveling up to Lv. 10 Character Bonus Attribute Increase |
Talents
Most characters have a total of 3 Combat Talents and 3 Passive Talents. Combat Talents, which include Normal Attack, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst, and can be leveled from Lv. 1 to Lv. 10, while Passive Talents, which include 1st Ascension Passive, 4th Ascension Passive, Utility Passive, cannot be leveled. Increasing the level can increase the scaling and effects of Combat Talents.
Constellations
Each character has a total of 6 Constellations, which are similar to their Passive Talents and increase the effectiveness of the character or add new capabilities.
In order to unlock each Constellation of a character, a player must use a Stella Fortuna for that specific character. Players can obtain a character's Stella Fortuna by wishing a duplicate of the character in Wishes or buying the character from Paimon's Bargains. The Traveler's Constellations are unique in that they are unlocked not through the above systems, but through Archon Quests, Adventure Rank Rewards (Anemo only), by offering Oculi to Statue of The Seven (Electro, Dendro, Hydro) and Souvenir Shops instead.
Total Materials Required
The total amount of materials required to level a character from Level 1 to 90 is:
- 2,092,000 Mora (1,672,000 for leveling up and 420,000 for Ascension)
- 8,362,650 Character EXP (415× Hero's Wit, 11× Adventurer's Experience, 12× Wanderer's Advice)
- 432× Character and Weapon Enhancement Materials (18× , 30× , 36× )
- 168× Local Specialties
- 46× Normal Boss Materials
- 271× Ascension Gems (1× , 9× , 9× , 6× )
, 36× 
)
, 6× 
)The total amount of materials required to level all three Combat Talents from Talent Level 1 to 10 is:
- 4,956,000 Mora
- 1,053× Character and Weapon Enhancement Materials (18× , 66× , 93× )
- 1,224× Talent Books (9× , 63× , 114× )
- 18× Weekly Boss Materials
- 3× Crowns of Insight
The grand total is:
- 7,048,000 Mora
- 8,362,650 Character EXP (415× Hero's Wit, 11× Adventurer's Experience, 12× Wanderer's Advice)
- 1,485× Character and Weapon Enhancement Materials (36× , 96× , 129× )
- 168× Local Specialties
- 46× Normal Boss Materials
- 271× Ascension Gems (1× , 9× , 9× , 6× )
- 1,224× Talent Books (9× , 63× , 114× )
- 18× Weekly Boss Materials
- 3× Crowns of Insight
Playable Characters
There are 91 playable characters:
Announced Upcoming Characters
These characters have been announced as upcoming playable characters by HoYoverse at some point in time. There are 4 upcoming characters:
| Icon | Name | Quality | Element | Weapon | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Citlali |  Cryo
|
 Natlan
| ||
|
Dainsleif | 
|
 Khaenri'ah
| ||
|
Lan Yan |  Anemo
|
 Liyue
| ||
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Mavuika |  Pyro
|
Natlan
|
Notes
Non-Playable Characters
For a full list of NPCs, see NPC/List.
Notable Characters
These are non-playable characters that either:
- Have a major role in the game's or the manga's story.
- Are mentioned in playable character's stories and/or voice-overs and have enough information available to be able to generate a general profile.
Trivia
- Characters say their related voice lines based on the weather and time of day in the open world. (e.g., When It Rains)
- Characters say their "More About" Voice-Overs when their Friendship Level increases.
- Characters are healed to their Max HP after their level is increased or they are ascended. This can occur even when in combat.
- Every other Flagship Event gives the player a free 4-star Character and resets at the start of each new Version. Version 1 was an exception as Version 1.0 did not have a Flagship Event.
- Version 3.8 marks the first time a new Version did not add any new Character.
Notes
- ↑ Announced as a "New Character" at the Tokyo Game Show 2020. キャラクター kyarakutaa is used for playable characters. Non-playable characters are called 登場人物 tojoujinbutsu or NPC.
Change History
- January 1, 2025:
- Added Ororon to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added
- October 9, 2024:
- Added Kachina to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Xilonen
- Added
- September 17, 2024:
- Added 5-Star Character Kinich
- Added 5-Star Character
- August 28, 2024:
- August 6, 2024:
- Added 5-Star Character Emilie
- Added 5-Star Character
- July 17, 2024:
- Added Sethos to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added
- June 25, 2024:
- Added 5-Star Character Sigewinne
- Added 5-Star Character
- June 5, 2024:
- April 24, 2024:
- Added 5-Star Character Arlecchino
- Added 5-Star Character
- March 13, 2024:
- Added Gaming to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Chiori
- Added
- January 31, 2024:
- Added Chevreuse to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Xianyun
- Added 4-Star Character Gaming
- Added
- January 9, 2024:
- Added 4-Star Character Chevreuse
- Added 4-Star Character
- December 20, 2023:
- Added Charlotte to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Navia
- Added
- October 17, 2023:
- Added 5-Star Character Wriothesley
- Added 5-Star Character
- September 27, 2023:
- Added Freminet and Lynette to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Neuvillette
- Added
- September 6, 2023:
- Added 4-Star Character Freminet
- Added 4-Star Character
- August 16, 2023:
- July 5, 2023:
- Added Kirara to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added
- May 24, 2023:
- Added Kaveh to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 4-Star Character Kirara
- Added
- May 2, 2023:
- April 12, 2023:
- Added Mika and Dehya to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added
- March 21, 2023:
- Added 4-Star Character Mika
- Added 4-Star Character
- March 1, 2023:
- Added Yaoyao to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Dehya
- Added
- January 18, 2023:
- Added Faruzan to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Alhaitham
- Added 4-Star Character Yaoyao
- Added
- December 7, 2022:
- Added Layla to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Wanderer
- Added 4-Star Character Faruzan
- Added
- November 18, 2022:
- Added 4-Star Character Layla
- Added 4-Star Character
- November 2, 2022:
- Added Candace to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Nahida
- Added
- October 14, 2022:
- Added 5-Star Character Nilou
- Added 5-Star Character
- September 28, 2022:
- September 9, 2022:
- Added 4-Star Character Dori
- Added 4-Star Character
- August 24, 2022:
- Added Shikanoin Heizou to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Tighnari
- Added 4-Star Character Collei
- Added
- July 13, 2022:
- Added Kuki Shinobu to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 4-Star Character Shikanoin Heizou
- Added
- June 21, 2022:
- Added 4-Star Character Kuki Shinobu
- Added 4-Star Character
- May 31, 2022:
- Added 5-Star Character Yelan
- Added 5-Star Character
- March 30, 2022:
- Added 5-Star Character Kamisato Ayato
- Added 5-Star Character
- February 16, 2022:
- Added Yun Jin to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Yae Miko
- Added
- January 5, 2022:
- Added Gorou to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Shenhe
- Added 4-Star Character Yun Jin
- Added
- December 14, 2021:
- Added 5-Star Character Arataki Itto
- Added 4-Star Character Gorou
- Added 5-Star Character
- November 24, 2021:
- Added Thoma to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added
- November 2, 2021:
- Added 4-Star Character Thoma
- Added 4-Star Character
- August 13, 2021:
- Characters' voice-overs when opening a treasure chest are now added in the "Voice-Over" profile.
- Added Kujou Sara to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- September 21, 2021:
- Added 5-Star Character Sangonomiya Kokomi
- Added 5-Star Character
- September 1, 2021:
- Characters now have voice-overs when they open Chests.
- Added Sayu to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Raiden Shogun
- Added 5-Star Character Aloy
- Added 4-Star Character Kujou Sara
- August 10, 2021:
- July 21, 2021:
- Characters now have voice-overs when they are at low HP.
- Characters can now say their combat voice overs under Profile > Voice Over
- Added 5-Star Character Kamisato Ayaka
- June 29, 2021:
- Added 5-Star Character Kaedehara Kazuha
- Added 5-Star Character
- June 9, 2021:
- Characters can now be added as "Companions" in the Serenitea Pot using Realm Dispatch.
- Added Yanfei to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- May 18, 2021:
- Added 5-Star Character Eula
- Added 5-Star Character
- April 28, 2021:
- Characters can say their Voice Overs based on the weather and time of day in the open world.
- Characters say their "More About" Voice Overs when their Friendship Level increases.
- Added Rosaria to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 4-Star Character Yanfei
- April 6, 2021:
- Added 4-Star Character Rosaria
- Added 4-Star Character
- March 17, 2021:
- In Co-Op Mode, idle animations of teammates' characters can now be seen.
- January 12, 2021:
- Added 5-Star Character Ganyu
- Added 5-Star Character
- December 23, 2020:
- Added Diona and Xinyan to the Wanderlust Invocation item pool.
- Added 5-Star Character Albedo
- Added
- December 1, 2020:
- November 11, 2020:
- October 20, 2020:
- Added 5-Star Character Klee
- Added 5-Star Character
- September 28, 2020:
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