Beginner's Guide to Genshin Impact: 50 Essential Tips for New Players
1.Collecting Geoculi and Anemoculi requires marking.
If you have poor memory or lack the stamina, it's advisable to mark each Geoculus and Anemoculus when collecting them. However, there is a limit of 100 markers on the map. So, for collecting 131 Geoculi, it's recommended to mark them using the miHoYo community's emulator. There might be a finder in the next version, so if you haven't marked them all, don't worry.
Here's another comfortable suggestion. It's only suitable for laid-back players. Just do quests, explore maps, find chests, and collect them as you see them. When you've completed all the commission quests for a week and unlocked all the puzzles on the map, you'll only have seven or eight Geoculi left to collect. Then, you can search for some guides on Bilibili, such as "The Ten Most Easily Missed Geoculi" or "The Ten Most Hidden Geoculi" videos, to find them all.
2.Master the Elemental Shield Breaking Mechanism.
For players above level 30, mastering the Elemental Shield Breaking Mechanism is crucial because monsters with unbreakable shields, no matter how high your output, are just scratching. So, beginners need to develop a shield-breaking strategy based on elemental interactions to achieve a comfortable monster-killing experience.
3.There is no need for a team with extremely high synergy.
Because one of the major features of Genshin Impact is elemental reactions and the shield-breaking mechanism based on these reactions, as long as there are certain elemental reactions in the team and a strategy to break the shield based on these reactions, the game difficulty will be reduced. In addition, for teams like double Pyro or double Geo, double Electro or double Hydro, which rely on single-element bursts, the main consideration should be the character's strength and artifact combination.
Therefore, as long as you like it, there are countless combinations, so don't worry too much. Please don't stick to many guides' team-building suggestions; they are just providing ideas for everyone to choose characters and cooperate.
4.Weapons and Artifacts are the key.
So far, most forums have been discussing character strength and basic damage numbers. However, in this game, all characters are actually not weak and have their uses. It's just that you need to know how to play the equipment system.
Statements like "no characters to play," "can't play without a top-tier character," etc., are spoken by players with a shallow understanding of the game. In fact, the game is about artifacts, weapons, and character level upgrades, strengthening skill levels, constellation levels, and giving a main DPS efficient output ability. The skills of other characters in the team are used for cooperation. As for the difficulty of upgrading constellations, the high consumption of materials for skill and character level upgrades is indeed a problem. miHoYo is too stingy in this respect, and it's also a problem with the stamina system.
Compared with weapons, artifacts play a more important role in increasing character strength. This is because weapons are only one piece, while artifacts have five slots. A four-star character with a set of full-level four-star artifacts will have a higher output ability than a Diluc with a Wolf's Gravestone but without artifacts, with an output efficiency of more than twice that of Diluc.
5.After reaching level 30, try to focus all resources on one character.
Because miHoYo is too stingy, even if you don't spend money, you can't complete the top-level cultivation of two characters. So don't be indecisive; focus all your resources on one character. With all the artifacts together, it's no problem to defeat the Stormterror quickly. Especially after level 35, resources become more and more scarce, so once you have a main DPS determined, once it's over level 60, don't change it, or you'll collapse. Before uninstalling the game, say lightly: I've wasted my account.
6.Develop the habit of marking mining points.
In the early game, you will obtain some weapon prototypes, and later from the Stormterror weekly boss, which will drop weapon prototypes. Weapons in the early game are mainly obtained through forging and require a large number of ores, including crystal ores and iron ores. Later, enhancing weapons also requires strengthening materials forged from ores, so mark mining points when you encounter them.
7.If you have a five-star character, you must cultivate them (except Mona).
There are no particularly useless five-star characters. Except for Mona, who is mainly used for running. Venti: Grouping and flying, essential for exploration. Qiqi: Ultimate comprehensive support. Diluc: T0 level output. Keqing: The displacement skill makes exploration easier, and the ultimate's AOE damage is explosive (may be strengthened in the next version). Jean: The king of healers.
8.Characters are modeled to real-life proportions.
This means that characters with taller height and longer legs will take larger strides and move faster. Additionally, a team with two Anemo characters will receive a speed boost.
9.Multiplayer dungeons might cause teammates to get stuck.
If you are the host of a multiplayer dungeon, please ensure that your teammates are near you (to prevent them from mining independently) before starting the game. Otherwise, your teammates might get stuck outside.
10.Always gather Starconch when you encounter them.
Starconch is currently one of the hardest materials to collect because it grows on the cliffs of Liyue and is scattered. When you come across it, be sure to gather it. Otherwise, when you need it for character ascension, you may have to climb mountains all over the world to find it.
11. Pulling wishes should be saved up to a minimum of 14,400 Primogems.
If you're not European, don't scatter your daily saved Primogems across different banners trying to test your luck. It's advisable to save up to 90 pulls, which requires 14,400 Primogems, enough for the guaranteed pity pull. When your favorite character appears, even if you can't get them in one go, you can still rely on the pity pull. If you accidentally end up in Europe, you'll still profit! It's not recommended to spend a lot on pulling, as characters will eventually be outshined by new ones due to version updates. Therefore, farming artifacts is the key focus of the game!
12. Barbara is the first chair to lower the game's early difficulty.
In the early stages, level her up to at least 50. For artifacts, use the Maiden Beloved set given by the Adventurer's Handbook, and for weapons, use the Prototype Malice provided by the Adventurer's Handbook. This way, you won't need to teleport back and forth to statues when low on health.
13. Once you have spare stamina, be sure to farm Ley Line Outcrops.
Ley Lines are the main source of Mora and EXP Books for all players, and they also drop monster materials. It's currently the most efficient stamina-consuming activity, slightly more cost-effective than the new "Elemental Furnace" mode. (Ley Line Outcrops are more recommended, as the Ley Line gameplay experience is better.)
14. Decomposing artifacts and weapons is less cost-effective than using them as upgrade material.
You can convert artifacts into Mora and weapons into enhancement materials in your inventory, but don't do this, as it's a big loss, and you'll need a huge amount of artifacts as upgrade material later on.
15. If you encounter Spirit Nests that require a key, it is recommended to mark them.
Because from time to time, mainline tasks and Domain of Forgery will give keys for Spirit Nests, and Spirit Nests often appear in remote areas, such as the edges of the world or deep chasms. If you encounter one, mark it promptly for easy access to the key. If you need a map of Spirit Nest locations, it is recommended to click the link in point six.
16. Some material collections require the use of elemental reactions.
When encountering plants and ore deposits next to walls, such as dandelions next to walls, frozen flowers next to water, flame flowers next to Ley Lines, and electro crystals, you can use wind to scatter, fire to melt, water/ice to extinguish, and fire to conduct electricity, etc., to clear them.
17. When running around, try to keep Kaeya or Razor in the background.
Having Kaeya or Razor and other characters in the background reduces sprinting stamina consumption by 20%.
18. Take a rational approach to both positive and negative evaluations of Genshin Impact on the internet.
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about Genshin Impact. It's important for new players to maintain the ability to think independently.
19. The most cost-effective way to spend money in the game is the Welkin Moon.
The 68 yuan Genesis Crystal Pack not only helps players who like to grind by addressing the issue of insufficient materials for character and weapon upgrades, but also helps those who don't grind by ensuring that they won't run out of materials during upgrades. Additionally, at level 30, you can choose a four-star weapon. In my opinion, the skills that come with these five weapons can be considered as pseudo five-star skills.
20. Amber is an essential tool for exploration.
Firstly, Amber is an archer. During exploration, you often encounter balloon slimes and balloon flowers on pine trees, which need to be shot down by an archer to get the treasure chests. Secondly, when solving torch puzzles, Amber's charged shot is the fastest way to trigger the fire element. Thirdly, besides Geo characters' (like Ningguang) Elemental Skill creating a stone that can trigger pressure plates, Baron Bunny can also be used for this purpose.
In addition, when exploring, it's helpful to have a character of each element ready to solve puzzles that require specific elemental reactions.
21. Do not use characters dispatched on missions.
When arranging your team for dispatched missions, do not use the characters sent on these missions. Using them will cancel the dispatch and you won't receive any rewards. Therefore, it's recommended to dispatch characters that are not frequently used, and dispatch characters are not the only ones with their respective attributes.
22. It is not recommended to farm Artifact Domains before level 45.
Due to the existence of the resin system, if you spend a lot of resin to farm Artifact Domains and don't get suitable equipment, it's equivalent to zero progress. This can lead to problems later on, such as not having enough Mora, lacking experience books, and hitting a bottleneck in character progression. So, before accumulating a large amount of Mora (based on tens of millions) and thousands of experience books, don't rush to farm Artifact Domains.
23. Teleport points are a good helper to avoid death due to insufficient stamina.
When climbing, gliding, or swimming, if your stamina is about to run out, open the map and teleport to the nearest teleport point. This can prevent you from dying and respawning at the starting point, causing all characters to lose health.
24. Eating food during combat depends on the situation.
In single-player mode, opening the map or inventory is invincible, but in multiplayer mode, opening the inventory to eat food that increases attack power may result in your character's death.
25. Continuous attacks causing displacement will not make you fall off platforms.
Unless you rely on positioning to avoid monster attacks or deliberately lure monsters off the platform, you will not fall off while continuously attacking.
26. Make good use of Elemental Sight.
In areas with complex terrain or topography, dense trees or bushes, or densely packed buildings, you can use Elemental Sight to quickly find chests and various materials.
27. Seelie is a stable source of exquisite chests.
During exploration, if you urgently need to upgrade characters and Mora, then Seelie guidance is the most stable source of income in the early game.
28. Prioritize leveling up four-star characters with high constellation levels.
Four-star damage-dealing characters with high constellation levels should be prioritized for leveling up. Increasing constellation levels not only ensures decent damage output during early exploration but also guarantees reasonable output in later dungeons.
29. The pigeons on the bridge in front of Mondstadt's city gate are a stable source of fowl.
There are many pigeons on the bridge in front of Mondstadt's city gate. Stand at the bridgehead, and using Anemo characters like Sucrose or Venti's ultimates can take them all out in one go, yielding a large amount of fowl.
30. In Spiral Abyss Floor 3-1, you can blow monsters off the field for a kill.
Players aiming to clear Floor 3 to obtain Xiangling may struggle with the number of monsters on the first floor. Therefore, it is recommended to use the Anemo Traveler to use their ultimate and heavy attacks to force the monsters towards the edge and off the platform. However, be careful of slimes hitting you and knocking you off. Be cautious when pushing them to the edge!
31. Everything in the souvenir shop is worth buying except for Mora.
Purchase the Ascension materials for the Traveler's constellation upgrade, and weapons from the Liyue souvenir shop according to personal needs for forging weapons. Buy the Ascension materials needed for character upgrades based on personal needs and emergency requirements.
32. It is recommended to do the weekly bosses, Stormterror and Lupus, on Sundays.
During the early stages, players level up relatively quickly, and the World Level is easy to increase. When the World Level increases, the quality of all items obtained also increases. Therefore, it's advised to fight them on the last day of the week. In case you fight them on Monday and the World Level increases, you'll lose out.
33. Adjust the healing rate when replenishing health at Statue of The Seven teleport points.
While the Statue can automatically replenish character health when nearby, you need to manually adjust the healing rate to 100%, as it is set to 50% by default.
34. For main DPS, focus on stacking Attack, Crit Rate, and Crit Damage. For supports, focus on stacking Energy Recharge and Elemental Mastery.
Elemental Mastery enhances damage based on the character's elemental attribute, excluding physical damage. Geo Elemental Mastery only increases shield strength, not elemental damage. Energy Recharge speeds up skill cooldowns, but excessive stacking is not recommended as skills have cooldown times.
35. Drowning is a comfortable way to kill enemies. Generally, when facing enemies like the Hydro Slimes near water, hit them once and then jump into the water.
They will teleport to you, but before they reach you, they will drown, and their drops will appear where they last stood.
36. Don't hesitate to enhance 4-star and 3-star Artifacts.
Enhance suitable Artifacts directly, and in the transitional period, feed other Artifacts to them. You only lose 20% of the experience, but you will be much more comfortable during the transition period.
37. Try to save Resin.
Some recommended uses for Resin are: First, for leveling up main characters and their weapons. Second, for Artifact Domains after reaching Level 45. Third, for the bosses Stormterror and Lupus.
38. Weapons do not have exclusivity, only suitability.
Weapon selection is based on the character's position in the team. For example, if you use Barbara as the main DPS, then the Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers is also suitable.
39. Food that increases Attack has a significant effect.
When facing difficult dungeons and feeling underpowered, the first reaction is often that the characters are not strong enough. However, it could also be due to a lack of a BUFF effect. Cooking food regularly to enhance output during combat and increase stamina during long flights can greatly improve the gaming experience.
40. Choosing to team up with strangers for world exploration is not a wise choice.
Because when exploring with strangers, the dropped materials will only drop one set, and whoever picks it up first gets it (this applies to flowers by the road and ores on cliffs).
41. General locations where chests appear (chests that have been looted do not respawn):
- Places with similar types of food (including animals, gatherable items, statues, pillars, cranes, etc.).
- On the roofs of many grand buildings, in attic windows, and under bridges, there are often chests.
- Areas where one or several large monsters are lurking usually have chests after the monsters are defeated.
- Chests are often found in insanely hidden corners.
42. Not recommended to spend money at night, it's easy to get addicted.
43. Even from a great height, you'll take damage, even with a downward strike.
44. The last Legendary Story Quest about Venti is currently the best storyline.
45. Playing Genshin Impact on mobile and computer is like playing two different games; the PC version is more comfortable.
46. The late-game content is relatively lacking, so it's recommended for newcomers to take their time and enjoy the experience.
47. The miHoYo app has daily check-in rewards, although they're not particularly useful.
48. Due to the existence of many bugs in the game, the effectiveness of characters is currently based on personal experience.
49. Although it's an open world, it's not as open as one might imagine.
50.Welcome everyone to contribute suggestions (it can inspire others to join the discussion).
