How do you even level up your characters after AR35?

For context, I’m new to this game and I’ve just ascended from AR35, and currently on AR39. After doing some research, I learned that my characters should be on level 70 above, since I’m now on AR39 and Inazuma archon.

Currently, my main team’s characters are all on level 60, while my main dps is on level 65.

How do I even match with the enemies in the upcoming story quests, considering that my team doesn’t deal damage that much? And how can I even level up my teammates, when it’s really hard to collect xp books? 😭😭 (I’m sorry, I’m really new to this game).

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Nihao382026-01-09 21:12

You can Change / lower your world lvl If you dont feel strong enough

Also use Resin to Farm mora or exp books If you run Short on these and cant lvl your characters

Other than that...dont Rush Things take your time

Geb20042026-01-09 21:20

Thank you for this!!

I'll try farming mora when I get back on the game. In terms of the exp books, whenever I do the blue ley line, it just drops the blue exp books and not the purple ones. I learned that this is because you need to be on AR45 to be guaranteed with the purple exp books. TBH, the blue exp books doesn't even do that much leveling up to characters, and I'll be just wasting my resin, considering that we're only given 200 😭

_MuadDib_2026-01-09 21:28

The only way to waste resin is by not using it and letting it overflow, it's not wasted by using to farm materials you need. Same can't be said about fragile resin, as that doesn't cap or expire you want to save it and use when your AR is higher. But you still just use it on whatever you need and if it's artifacts then you wait for Stygian Onslaught overflow.

Geb20042026-01-09 21:37

I'll take note of this. Thank you so much!! ✨

TrialByFyah2026-01-09 21:12

Spend resin on blue ley line outcrops on your map, they award you XP books

Geb20042026-01-09 21:25

Is the blue ley line only the resource for xp books, of course other than actually playing the game? I find it somehow wasteful to be grinding blue exp books, considering that you need to be on AR45 to get guaranteed purple exp books. This is more annoying since you're only given 200 resin 😭

TrialByFyah2026-01-09 21:30

No, you can also get from completing side quests, the serentea pot realm depot (limited amount per week, but refreshes weekly), the starglitter shop, and sometimes from certain events. But blue ley lines are the most reliable and consistent method of getting them.

Be sure to take advantage of patches that have "ley line overflow" events which double your ley line loot for every resin spend on ley lines 3 times a day for a period of time.

It might seem like a waste to farm books over things like artifacts at first but it's worth it in the end, especially since characters unlock a new passive at level 70 ascension. I've been playing since 2 weeks after launch and I still regularly farm ley lines for Mora and books alike.

Geb20042026-01-09 21:39

Someone also mentioned the serentea pot realm. I actually just got it, and I don't even know if its important, since I'm focused more on leveling up my team. But I'll do more research on this, since two of you now mentioned this. Thank you so much!! ✨

Jirul112026-01-09 22:34

The teapot generates realm currency passively the more stuff you have placed in your teapot. You can then use that currency to exchange for Mora, EXP books, Artifact Exp bottles, and even RESIN. I suggest you don't neglect it.

mouskete3r2026-01-09 21:39

Quests should give you enough exp books to level, also finding the luxurious chests. If you can spend money the battle pass is worth it imo.

Geb20042026-01-09 22:23

Im actually planning on buying the battle pass but I still have to do more research about this. Thank you!

SocietyAvailable45492026-01-09 22:46

mate just no. just no. it’s not womp womp you. YOU LITERALLY HAVE PROBABLY HAD MAX CAP RESIN SINCE YOU STARTED THE GAME !!! it’s not a waste to condense your resin and do 3 condensed runs on ley lines. If you were aware this whole time you could’ve done leyline I have no reason to sympathise with you, especially because you act like reaching AR45 is some mammoth task.

Geb20042026-01-09 22:58

I actually use my resin in other things like domains and boss that drops the materials I need for leveling up my characters and weapons. In terms of the leyline drops, I just find it ridiculous that you need to be on a certain level just to get the materials you really need, but Im still down for it, since this is just one of the reasons that makes the game interesting for me. Considering that we're only given 200 resin, yet we need to grind for other materials too, of course, I find it confusing on what to prioritize first in terms of making my team stronger, especially that I need the exp books to level up my team; thus me asking the previous question if its worth it to dump all of my resin just to grind the exp books.

Vusdruv2026-01-10 02:13

The thing is, at early and mid game, you are basically forced to spread your resources thin. You gotta farm the EXP books, the character materials, the weapon materials, the artifacts, and so on. The game is intentionally designed this way, as are lots of other gacha games. This kind of game doesn't want you to play a lot in one sitting, it wants you to play a little bit every day. That's why resin is the main resource for basically everything.

Geb20042026-01-10 05:08

I just spent all my resin in doing domains and leveling up my xiangling and may I say that it’s life changing for me. I searched more about the game’s mechanics and I made sure that I’m properly building xiangling. So far, I’m actually surprised that my level 50 xiangling’s elemental damage is equally matching my gaming who’s on level 70 😭.

One problem though… I’m out of resin and I don’t know what to do. I’m planning on doing some world quests later, since my resin is yet to fill up until tomorrow.

ImNotTiredOfWinning2026-01-09 21:21

You are now entering the part of the game that most people dislike ... the grind.

But to be more on topic, you need mora and character books to level up.

Some ways to get these:

* If you have a teapot, you can get mora/resin/books there
* If you have extra resin, you can do ley lines for mora/resin. There are two types of Ley Lines, so pay attention to which one you use.
* Make sure to do all events, as these items are all given away there.

When you finally level up your character, then you need to level up their talents, which you will need even more resin and mora to get talent book.

It's a grind, so make sure you really want to upgrade the character you are using and not just blowing your resources away.

Geb20042026-01-09 21:34

FR though, it's annoying that we have to grind so much just to level up our characters, but still end up playing the game 😭.

\- I actually just got the teapot that you've mentioned and I don't really get its purpose, but I'll do more research about this.

\- Is it ok though to waste all of my resin just to get exp books? Especially that I can only get the blue ones, since I'm still on AR39?

\- I'm actually interested in leveling up my Tighnari, since he's the only 5 star I got at the moment, and I learned that some players like him because he gets stronger as you level him up.

Thank you so much for this!! ✨

ElderMaou2026-01-09 22:38

For power level, the problem is most likely your artifacts rather than level. You can always levelup your characters later.

currently you don’t have to worry about sets or sub stats, just equip and level up whatever you have. of the 5 artifact slots, 2 of them, Feather and Flower, are always going to be hp and attack. The other three, I would say “for now” look for atk% on all of them if you are not sure what to do. If you find some that has “Dendro damage” on it, pick that over attack( it is only on goblet slot) for Tighnari. If you have a crit rate ( not damage) on the main stat of headgear slot pick that, otherwise stick with attack percent.
dont farm artifacts, just use what you have.

LoS008_Smashler2026-01-10 00:47

even still it’s not recommended to farm artifacts until ar 45 since that gives the best chance of 5\* artifacts which are much better unless you’re using a 4 star only set

ElderMaou2026-01-10 00:53

did you by any chance read the last line in my post?

LoS008_Smashler2026-01-10 05:11

Nope that’s my bad

Geb20042026-01-10 05:14

Thank you for this! I actually have some 4 star artifacts and some of them are even from the same sets. So what Im doing so far is equipping them and just upgrading. Currently, these artifacts are on level 8. I don’t know which level I should stop leveling them up, considering that they’re just 4 stars and I’m currently on AR39. Any idea on which level I should stop upgrading these 4 star artifacts?

ElderMaou2026-01-10 05:35

Max level 4\*s go to is 16 feel free to upgrade them till you feel strong enough. You can recycle these artifacts later and use them to level up your other artifact.
There is going to be some loss in artifact xp and mora when recycling, but in the grand scheme of things it really doesn’t matter. Well as long as you don’t do it for too many characters.

Geb20042026-01-10 09:22

Wait, what? How is recycling an artifact and using it to another character causes it to lose artifact xp and mora? I just learned this today.

ElderMaou2026-01-10 09:42

So if i use a level 20 5\*(gold) artifact to level up another 5\* artifact it only goes up to level 18. So there is some artifact xp lost there. as you need to spend mora to level up the artifacts, the mora from level 18 to level 20 needs to be spent again. the actual loss is around 20% ( higher levels require higher investment, so 20->18 is 20% ish percent rather than 10%)

Geb20042026-01-10 09:48

I see. Does this only apply on 5 star artifacts or also to 4 star artifacts? That’s what Ive been doing from the start when Im leveling up my artifacts. I use my extra 3 stars and 4 stars to upgrade my 4 star artifacts.

ElderMaou2026-01-10 09:53

Should be the same. But it only starts becoming a pain point later on and with 5 star artifacts, that is when you care about the substats as well. so for now, i wouldnt worry about it.

Geb20042026-01-10 09:57

Ill take note of this. Thank you so much!

ImNotTiredOfWinning2026-01-10 02:21

So, for the teapot, just to give a brief rundown. The more you decorate the teapot world, the higher the level you get, which gives you currency to use inside the teapot world to buy your weekly allowance of resin, mora and xp book. If you don't really care about the teapot world, just fill it with cheap junk to hit the max level so you get to earn currency faster. plus, you can plant gardens in the teapot to get bonus resources with the seed collector box (if you have it)

Also, Tig will serve you well, especially early game. as you go along, you'll get more and more resources for the new characters you'll get along the way.

Geb20042026-01-10 05:09

I’ll definitely try this later. Thank you!

Propensity72026-01-09 21:26

Around this point in the game, the game might start to feel a little hard, especially the next few times your World Level goes up. So, please try not to feel discouraged.

Resources can start to feel like they're rather lacking and they'll end up only costing more (like Mora and XP books I mean) the higher the upgrades are which means it will take more Resin and therefore, more time. But there's no rush and it's meant to take a little while but then after a good bit, you'll very rarely have this problem ever again.

Especially once you have one team solidly built up to handle overworld content, you'll be able to rely on them for most things while you raise other characters

Geb20042026-01-09 21:44

TBH I got annoyed when I fought with the Raiden and even wasted some foods, only to realize that you were supposed to lose during that match 😭.

I'll take note of this. Thank you so much!! ✨

issm2026-01-09 21:32

It sounds like you came into this expecting a normal RPG experience, where you just naturally level up from playing the game.

Except Genshin is not a normal RPG. It's a gacha game.

In gacha games, leveling up is always real time gated through an energy mechanic, in Genshin's case, resin.

You're expected to use your daily resin regen to farm for exp books (and mora), via ley lines - blue circles on the map for exp, yellow circles for mora.

The grind gets pretty miserable for a while, until you've more or less finished building out all the characters you need.

Geb20042026-01-09 21:49

This is true though. I've played several RPG games now (cyberpunk 2077, horizon, ghost of tsushima, etc.), and compared to these games, genshin surprised me with their system, and that's just one of the reasons I got interested in playng the game.

issm2026-01-09 21:54

Well, if you're the type of player to get into combat and endgame at all, you're going to have to deal with a depressing amount of resin gated grind and related RNG.

808fisherman2026-01-09 21:38

how much of the aq have you done? have you even reached inazuma yet? that is how most of your leveling occurs in the beginning

Geb20042026-01-09 21:53

I'm sorry but what does AQ means? I'm new to this game and I'm still coping up with the mechanics. But to answer your question, I'm now on Inazuma archon and currently on Act 2 where I just fought with the Raiden and lost.

808fisherman2026-01-09 22:01

archon quest. the main story line. Even the sub story lines give you decent rewards. quest reweards don't change with world level, so if they would give you 3 purple books, they would do that regardless of WL i believe. So instead of grinding on enemies, if you haven't been doing them, i'd heavily suggest doing your quests.

Geb20042026-01-09 22:22

Ill do this, considering that my side quests are stacked 😂. Thank you!

Dracorvo2026-01-09 21:41

Start grinding the blue leyline blossoms for purple books. If you run out of mora, grind the yellow. Mid-game can be a bit grindy but it won't last

Geb20042026-01-09 22:11

I won't be getting the purple books yet since Im still on AR39 and I think you should be on AR45 for guaranteed drops of the purple ones. For now, the only ones that the blue leyline is dropping are the blue ones. That's why I dont know if I would be wasting my resin just to grind the blue ones, considering that they dont give too much exp.

Dracorvo2026-01-09 23:12

You can buy books from the teapot but it's only 20 purples per week

lgn5i20602026-01-09 21:44

\>How do I even match with the enemies in the upcoming story quests, considering that my team doesn’t deal damage that much?

If you're struggling to deal damage, then maybe you aren't using a proper team and/or elemental reactions? Like how I thought Noelle was the best until I assembled a hyperbloom squad that took only seconds what Noelle bonks for more than two minutes or more.

Geb20042026-01-09 22:05

TBH I don't really know if I got a good team, but here's my current one:

\- DPS: Tighnari

\- Sub DPS: Hydro traveler

\- Support: Lisa

\- Gaming (I don't really know what his role is, since I don't know how to build a proper team)

I'm actually thinking of leveling up my Xiangling (to replace Gaming) and Fischl (to replace Lisa), since I learned that they're good. But I don't even know if it's worth it at this point or if I should, since I'm already on AR39. But for reference, here's my previous post about [My other characters](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/1q6cfid/how_to_level_up_my_new_characters_in_world_level_3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button), if you would like to take a look.

LoS008_Smashler2026-01-10 00:49

i would definitely level up xiangling and fischl because 1. they’re good subdps which can most,y hold their own in the endgame and 2. they’re are off-fielders.

i would also replace hydro traveler for barbara (or xingqiu if you have him) for sustain and off-field hydro since hydro traveler is kinda bad wfor application (and that matters a lot early on imo)

Charlo0oki2026-01-09 21:52

For the damage issue, make sure you are leveling your talents and weapons for the main characters you use. Even just getting the main 1-2 talents to 6 (or whatever current max is if less than that) will help.

Don’t worry about artifact farming until AR45.

And don’t be afraid to ask for help with bosses and domains, there are lots of high level players who enjoy helping lower level players.

Geb20042026-01-09 22:12

Im actually planning on grinding the required materials for the talents and it sucks that some of the requirements has their own schedules (monday/thursday/sunday on my case) 😂.

In terms of the artifacts, Im just using the recommended ones that the game provides and I just level them up accordingly.

Thank you for this ✨

808fisherman2026-01-09 22:09

what is your current team and artifact? a good set up with lvl 50's can easily out perform a poor set up of level 70's. if you're not comfortable blasting your chars and equips on here because of reddit trolls looking to shit on everyone's builds, feel free to dm with your roster. googling usually only gets you the meta teams with full roster selection. it rarely helped me when i was a noob because way over hafl the chars they list I don't have lol

Geb20042026-01-09 22:21

Here's my current team ([Team and other characters](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/1q6cfid/how_to_level_up_my_new_characters_in_world_level_3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)). I actually dont know how to build one since Im still new to the game. Im sorry but what do you mean by "feel free to dm with your roster"? Im really sorry if this refers something to the game. Thats actually true though. I dont even see recommended teams for new players on the internet. All I see are the ones that composed mostly of 5 star characters 😂

Edit: Im using the ones with green labels above the characters on the first picture

808fisherman2026-01-10 01:55

For you I would suggest not using 4 elements. It's not usually the best. The only time I got away with 4 elements is using 4 5 stars, it wasn't ideal but with 5 stars it can get through overworks just fine

Tighnaro is known for quicken and aggravate. You need to upgrade fischl. Lisa can add off field electro but only with burst with heavy energy cost and early game your er rate is prob bad. Fischl has her crow which is an elemental attack way more consistent. Her burst is then used to extend said crow time. You will use tighnari as your main on fielder. Then you need a healer.barbara is your only healer. However hydro can react with your dendeo and ruin your reactions. You will end up doing hyper bloom sometimes which tighnari sucks at. So your aggravate team is out of a healer for now. If you get yapyao that's a common healer. Or if you get far enough in the same collei is free with a modest heal to replace traveler here

For your 4nswirch traveller to dendro. Make a dendro electro team.

Then you can form a vaporize team separately with Barbara xiangling hydro traveler and someone else prob gaming for now. Gaming is your main dps. Xiangling is your sub dps

GreenPenguin4022026-01-09 22:30

Be very mindful of who you level up. Sometimes I talk to players like you and I come to find out they're always broke (mora) and never have any xp books for the characters that matter because they're too busy leveling literally every single character and weapon they come across and their reasoning is that "It's the game, to level up characters" Or that they're leveing them up for the free standard wish you get for hitting certain levels which is a wildly dumb idea.

Geb20042026-01-09 22:42

I get your point and tbh I also did that mistake during my first few days of playing the game, where I literally level up every character I own. But I no longer do that, since I did some searching of my own and learned that its best to save your resources in the game, especially mora and exp books. But looking at my team right now, I think its bad, since Im just doing litttle damages. That's why Im thinking of focusing on and leveling up xiangling and fischl for now, so that I could replace Lisa and Gaming. I dont know though if its worth it.

If you could help me out, heres my other characters [other characters](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/1q6cfid/how_to_level_up_my_new_characters_in_world_level_3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button). The ones that have green labels above them on the first pic is the current team Im using.

GreenPenguin4022026-01-11 01:44

Are you a completely F2P? I don't know what weapons/Constellations you have or your artifacts and I'm no Genshin expert or Meta calculator but if this were my account and assuming they're all C0, I'd focus right now on Barbara for the heals, Gaming, Kaeya and Fischl. Xiangling is excellent but only if you have her C4. Lisa sucks compared to Fischl. Gaming is one of the best 4 star pyro DPS. If you're at all willing to spend a bit of money, Welkins or Primos, save for some good 5 stars. Also, if you can find yourself a Bennet somehow, he's going to really help you out. He's still one of the top 4 stars to this very day.

Do NOT be tempted by the new ones coming out, for me, there's only 2 that I'd prioritize. The first one is Zhongli, you only need to give him a 3 star weapon, the Black Tassel and get his HP as high as you can. With this, your team is now essentially unkillable for a massive portion of the game. Your DPS can be shit but very few enemies/bosses can actually kill you now. I've benched mine quite some time ago because he just made the game not fun and my other DPS 5 stars were doing enough damage that I didn't need him. I could not imagine having to fight the Raiden Shogun boss or Azhdaha without him. I would have quit the game if I didn't have Zhongli back in the day.

The second one is Chasca. I would have KILLED for Chasca back in the day. However... She NEEDS to be C2 and maybe even her R1 and possibly have Xilonen with her but I wouldn't say Xilonen is super necessary, it'd just help a lot. That being said, having her seems kind of tricky, since I'm not a new player, I don't know how feasible it is to get her and go to her ascension/artifact domains for you. If you had a C2R1 Chasca though, you really don't have to worry about anything else. She will literally kill everything by herself. She doesn't need any of your other characters to be leveled or even be alive. Even though I have a prime Mavuika team and am building a Nod Krai team right now, my Chasca is still my daily driver because she's just so damn versatile and plus, she flies and can do so for quite some time which is incredible for getting around places and many enemies can't even hit her since she's in the air.

Eula was my first 5 star DPS who pretty much helped me break out from my starter 4 stars and Zhongli was the one who helped me actually progress since now my Eula didn't have to worry about getting killed. All in all, get yourself a Zhongli ASAP.

HallyMiao2026-01-09 23:00

Do more exploration and side quests, those give you character exp books. Ignore the world level ascension quest until you are much higher leveled.

The game was designed to give players a lot more time to explore before progressing in the main story. Understandable that a new player who went through the story in a much shorter timeframe will end up underleveled.

5Whsoevr2026-01-10 04:57

Farming ley lines isn't a waste at all. You are still in early stage of the game. Just play at your own pace. It not like your account gonna explode if you don't level your characters quick enough.

Geb20042026-01-10 05:20

Thank you for this! I’m actually planning on delaying my progression on the archon quest for now, and focus on building my team. Currently, I have Tighnari as my dps, Xiangling and Gaming as my sub dps, and Lisa as my support. For me, they’re doing better damages than my previous team setup. I actually just spent all my resin on ley lines and bosses, since I need materials for leveling my team. Although, Im not sure if this team is good enough now in terms of combined elemental damages (not sure with the genshin terms, so please excuse me 🥹).

Edit: any suggestions on what should I do while my resin is filling up?

5Whsoevr2026-01-10 10:11

For early stages you can simply go for 3 dps with different elements and 1 sustain, either a shielder or a healer. You will soon get into the core mechanics of genshin, "elemental reactions", which is too hard to explain here.

For your dendro "spread" dps Tighnari, it would be best to team him with an electro off-field dps like Lisa or Fischl. Xiangling is an excellent off-field pyro "vaporize" dps when teamed with hydro dps like Xingqiu. Gaming is the most powerful 4-star pyro "melt" dps if properly built. Try team him with Rosaria.

Genshin is fun, either playing for the meta or the story. Just play at your own pace.

Geb20042026-01-10 10:22

Thank you for this! I'll be doing some grinding for the following days so that I can level up my xiangling. For now, my resin are all used up, that's why I just left the game so that I could just wait for it to fill up again.

I got two questions though:

1. What do you do whenever you used all of your resin?

2. This is primogems-connected and I didn't want to create a new discussion about this for now, but do you know when will certain characters come back in banners? I just saw some Flins and Raiden highlights and I really like to pull them in the future (even though Im broke in primo) 😂

5Whsoevr2026-01-10 14:33

1. Nothing.... I guess?😂 I have played genshin for 4 years. Daily commissions takes less than 15 mins. Then I'll be on my irl stuffs.

2. We all have NO idea. Ofc there are speculations. Archons like Raiden usually get a rerun every year, which is in about 2 months. New released character like Flins usually get the first rerun in about 4-5 patches away, which would be 3-4 months later.