Daily Questions Megathread (January 18, 2026)

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SynergousSerenade2026-01-18 10:07

So I've found the traveling merchant that sells local specialties in 3 different locations.

Also fed a Ratnik some mushroom bread.

Are there anymore mini quests like these?

alanalan4262026-01-18 10:13

wow columbina makes navia so much more fun to play

rdhight2026-01-18 10:41

I got a C0 Columbina to back up my C0 Navia, wielding a prototype amber, not fully built, and it's unbelievable how much she already jacks up that team at low investment.

alanalan4262026-01-18 11:50

Yeah I just chucked together a benny zhongli navia columbina team and it's fun watching the geo resonance things bounce off zhonglis pillar and always having 6 charges on navia without even worrying about managing it is so nice

Electronic-Meal-44922026-01-18 10:26

Who are high value upcoming limited 5\*s for my account and why? I'm mostly f2p so gotta plan ahead. My units [https://i.imgur.com/RG00maa.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/RG00maa.jpeg)

KyrrithK2026-01-18 10:57

You've got one full Lunar team, so there's less value in going for a second one. If you really like Flins, Ineffa or Zibai then you can make a decent team with Aino instead of Columbina still, but going for other meta teams would be better.

I'd be looking for a Pyro carry maybe, to make a Chev Overload team around. Whether that's Durin, Nicole, Mavuika (with Iansan and/or Ororon hopefully). Otherwise, it really just depends who you like tbh. Mavuika is good in OL or Melt, Skirk is good but needs Escoffier at a minimum, most other Natlan carries are still decent, and even many Fontaine ones are usable. Or just wait for the next new DPS, maybe Varka ends up good, or one of the other shillouettes.

leRedd12026-01-18 11:54

Save for 2-3 patches straight and get the new bundle assuming it's good, as you did with the Lunar team. Varka isn't looking good so skipping is advisable anyways. Reruns aren't really worth getting.

underpantscannon2026-01-18 10:27

How many of the Picross 3D puzzles are there in the Witch's Garden meeting point? I've only made 2 sculptures, but it looks like there's room for more.

Alex_from_Solitude2026-01-18 10:37

So far I had the initial one and the bird afterwards. Haven't checked in with her today.

RosalinaCZ2026-01-18 10:36

Can you please help me make Neuvilette (C0) and Ineffa (C0) team? These are the characters I have that I saw online being recommended:

Aino (C1), Jahoda (C0), Furina (C0), Xilonen (C0), Kazuha (C0), Sucrose (C6), Fischl (C6)

I don't have Lauma nor Columbina nor any dendro 5star

Also, can you please recommend me artifact set and weapon for Ineffa? I don't know whether to give her Silken moon or Morningstar. Weapon choices are: Prospector's shovel, Missive windspear, or any other f2p 4star weapon

KyrrithK2026-01-18 10:51

Neuvi, Furina, Ineffa, Sucrose would be ideal for damage, or Jahoda if you need Ascendant Gleam to deal with the Wild Hunt enemies. Xilonen and Kazuha can also work in general.

Give her Morningstar in this team, since Neuvi doesn't benefit much from EM, and give her Shovel if in a team with Jahoda, or Missive otherwise.

RosalinaCZ2026-01-18 10:51

Thank you!!!

tempoltone2026-01-18 10:43

Is there a way to abuse Columbina's special CA because it is a 3-hit no ICDs? The best I can think of is against Tulpa or Shielded Abyss Mage.

EDIT: It says 0U, does it mean does not apply dendro aura?

KyrrithK2026-01-18 10:48

It does not, because it deals reaction damage, so it can't also trigger reactions. Swirl is the only reaction that can do that.

Retarded_Boiolgy2026-01-18 10:49

Is Columbina a good pick up. As a New f2p player

KyrrithK2026-01-18 10:59

On her own, she's fun and she'll work for casual gameplay, but to get the most out of her in endgame you kinda need to pair her with another Lunar 5\*. So if you like her, you can get her now and figure out who to get later. But if you just want someone strong now, Ineffa or Zibai (in 2 weeks) would be better value for you.

leRedd12026-01-18 11:50

f2p can still farm enough 2 5stars and get Columbina + Ineffa/Zibai or save for Columbina + Lauma + Nefer down the road.
All good modern teams cost 2-3 5 stars, you gotta plan around that anyways. So yeah get her if you like her and build a Nod-krai team.

But if you wanna pull her then move on to unrelated units it won't be good, f2p or otherwise, also that's true for almost any character now-a-days for that matter.

Sneaky_Kid692026-01-18 11:10

Why is ineffa in so many Columbina or basically just nod krai teams? what does she do exactly in those teams? I recently came back when nod krai came out but haven’t pulled for any characters from the region (wanted flins but didn’t work out😔), but from what I’ve seen ineffa seems to be in like 80% of teams. (might go for columbina for the navia team)

JunkKnight2026-01-18 11:42

She's a strong all-around unit. She deals high off field AoE damage, has a pretty strong shield, enables lunar EC (which is pretty strong as well) if you don't have Bina, and offers a modest EM buff. Basically, she covers your sustain roll while also doing a lot of damage which is a rare combination.

leRedd12026-01-18 11:47

damage, minor buffs but mainly damage

SaniaXazel2026-01-18 11:14

I seriously need help

I got locked out of co-op because of a world quest. Its the 3rd Xavier quest in Inazuma.

I answer the questions right. Then comes the fight scene. The camer lens appears on my screen where i have to fight.

THE LENS HOWEVER. Just pans up and moves on its own. I DONT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER IT. It does that every time and i fail the objective

Now its not allowing me to coop as i have to complete that objective first

This sucks

underpantscannon2026-01-18 11:45

Can you show a recording of this? We might be able to spot something you're doing wrong. Or if it doesn't look like you're doing anything wrong, we can tell you that, and you'll have a video to attach when you send the bug report.

goumyu2026-01-18 12:00

if you have the new traveler outfit equipped, try changing back to the old one.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/s/XvbCTT3JMo

0scar-of-Astora2026-01-18 11:20

Is Prototype Amber R1 good enough for Columbina in a Lauma/Nefer team? Or do I have to R5 it?

sunfyrex2026-01-18 11:21

in this team: Mualani + Xilonen + Xiangling + Sucrose(C6)

is there going to be a massive difference if i level sucrose to 90 from 82?

leRedd12026-01-18 11:46

nope

iiheart_Nikki2026-01-18 11:25

Can someone help me with tips to defeat 2 ruin guards and a ruin grader as an AR 35 but i suck at combat and have quite low level characters.

I'm doing the "In the moutains" side quest but i lowkey can't beat the bosses so i'm stuck, I'll take any tips and tricks but i do also warmly welcome some direct help (If you are in the Asia servers)...

Affectionate_Bit_7222026-01-18 11:29

By the time I am done collecting all the Lunoculus available in this update, I should be exactly at Level 8, with no extra Lunoculus in the bar, right?

JunkKnight2026-01-18 11:38

Correct.

Affectionate_Bit_7222026-01-18 11:39

Cool. Thank you.

Zelda-Lumine2026-01-18 12:45

No extra oculi? Just enough to clear level 8? That's new.

DearClock60842026-01-18 11:37

I have 4 hydroculi left but whenever I use the compass in Fontaine it says all oculi of this element have been collected??

JunkKnight2026-01-18 11:38

Have you looked in the Sea of Bygon Eras? I don't think the resonance stone checks across map boundaries.

Luneward2026-01-18 13:01

You would be correct. Remuria and the Volcano are two of the most forgotten areas for occuli hunters.

Eschard2026-01-18 12:15

I didn't pull for any Nod Krai characters, only pulled for Durin cause I thought Hexerei characters are coming (I wanted Varka and Nicole). I have enough primos to guarantee 1 character, is Columbina gonna be worth it in the long run? I've always collected archons but this time the teambuilding is a bit restrictive, and I kinda want Varka too.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 12:30

how much do you actually have?

Eschard2026-01-18 12:47

24k but I haven't done Nod Krai exploration. Sumeru and the summer island is below 40% too. However, I can't spare that much time nowadays so I doubt I can get much out of it, but surely enough just to guarantee a single character. Currently at pity 20ish with 50/50.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 12:54

basically keep that amount for Varka and try your luck with what you can gather past that

Zelda-Lumine2026-01-18 12:43

I have a question about the new artifact set for Hexerei characters. It's stated, that the passive has to be unlocked by completing the task, but it didn't mention the Hexerei team resonance. So does this set also work without the team resonance active? Because my main is Razor, but I don't see any scenario in which I would play him with any of the current characters.

KyrrithK2026-01-18 12:49

Yes, the set works even without resonance.

But the only situation I can imagine where you wouldn't use one of the other Hexerei characters is Burgeon, where you wouldn't use that set anyway. Any other team should be able to slot in Fischl for Electro resonance or Sucrose for VV, and missing out on what Hex resonance enables is just passing up free damage on Razor.

Unless I guess you just don't have them yet, which is unfortunate but it is what it is. Yes the set will work.

Sharpnor2026-01-18 12:59

Why do they force us to sit through their long and boring ass quests. These are so unfathomably long lmao. And did I mention boring? And did I mention long?

MaeveOathrender2026-01-18 13:07

Did you have an actual question that you needed some help to answer, or did you just want to get on your soapbox and throw a wee sook?

lgn5i20602026-01-18 13:21

Game is designed for the general audience and that the AQ is majority of the content. Unless you are a new player, the past five years should've given you an idea how Hoyo runs things around here.

Or missed the part where their players demanded more wordy story quests during Sumeru era?

Sharpnor2026-01-18 13:27

Yeah missed that part. Are u saying people wanted this?!! So stay with me here, why not add a skip button? Like every other game on this planet has? So that those who have things to do in life can use it and others can sit and watch the entire story? Is that a bad idea?

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-18 13:50

Why do you play the game if you dislike playing it?

trash-of-cans2026-01-18 13:00

Not sure who to choose between c1 kokomi or c6 dehya next week, I use kokomi with my well invested c2 nilou bloom, but I don’t know how big of an upgrade c1 kokomi is aside from finally being better than barbara on the herra boss lol

On the other hand dehya c6 lets me get the level ascension thing, but I could just never get dehya again afterwards

Another option I’m considering is baizhu c1, but I don’t use him as much anymore. I WOULD get albedo’s c1 if I had him. Decisions decisions

pzlama3332026-01-18 13:08

Around 30% more hydro application but very little damage increase If you use her on field as main dps/driver, 0% increase if you use her as off field support.

lgn5i20602026-01-18 13:18

Kokomi c1 only works with onfield Kokomi that uses N3C combo. Or if you use Charged Attacks. Otherwise, don't bother.

https://keqingmains.com/q/kokomi-quickguide/#Combos

KarenBNuS2026-01-18 13:05

Is there a guide site that organizes World Quests by the version in which they were added?

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 13:27

no reason to
vast majority of times its always the version in which the region was added

Upper-Lake49492026-01-18 15:25

I remembered seeing [this](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19KYfTSNpTNXCvwbcPeN3T9Cylc0AaOIqwNysmFqOmWY/edit?gid=0#gid=0) on an old reddit post and I've seen it posted in other threads. I haven't used it myself and don't know how updated it is, but it should be useful enough for the early-mid game.

daybreakshinonome2026-01-18 13:08

how much of a bad idea is it to try to pull for illuga when my next 5* is guaranteed (CR) 😭 i really really want him but i don't care much for the 5* on the banners

lgn5i20602026-01-18 13:15

About as bad as pulling for Ifa on the current banner and getting Columbina on single digit pity.

Try to snipe or suffer with the featured 5 stars. Pick your poison.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 13:27

you will ruin that guarantee

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-18 13:41

Very bad idea.

4-star pulling is risky at the best of times. Doing it while guaranteed is asking for misery. 30-40 pulls might be tolerable losses, but you'd be gambling 100+ pulls, too much to lose when (not if) it goes bad. And you might not even get Illuga anyway.

No_Detail_61152026-01-18 13:13

Im still new and want to ask if it will disrupt lore wise if i open status of seven, teleport waypoint and domain of other nation when I haven’t finished inazuma archon quest yet? Will it automatically started a new aq? Im planning to farm neuvi’s mats cause im planning to pull for him but i dont want to speedrun aq and take my time to enjoy the story

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 13:26

it doesnt affect aq
might start some random unrelated world quests
notably Natlan or Chenyu vale
cause you kind of need quest that enables some gimmick to explore those regions

Mountain_Pathfinder2026-01-18 14:42

A lot of the **world** quests have triggers near the Statue of the Seven and other points of interest and although these are generally marked with a blue exclamation point in your map, even coming near them can trigger it. It's not *too* bad, just kinda inconvenient because you usually get sucked into a cutscene/dialogue for a few mins.

You can avoid them though. Like, if you saw a girl fighting crocodiles with the mark for instance, just take a detour.

Shipairtime2026-01-18 13:31

Do you have any weird names for stuff?

For example I call all the Oculus, goddess balls.

We thought the statue of Venti was a goddess and never updated our vocabulary.

kissofthehell2026-01-18 13:37

Is it worth to replace the aino/ineffa release relics sets with the new one that columbina also uses?

underpantscannon2026-01-18 13:41

The new set is much more of an Ineffa set than a Columbina set. Columbina runs SMS in most teams. Ineffa really wants Aubade.

hotdogsea2026-01-18 13:45

what about in a Nefer Lauma Columbina team? Lauma is already using SMS.

Should I still put SMS on Columbina and something else on Lauma?

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 13:49

Lauma 2p 2p EM would be a decent increase
cause for Lauma, it really doesnt matter who holds SMS at all
while Columbina as solo hydro, needs the ER more
well you can kind of manage running her on new set
if last slot if last slot and/or Columbina runs favonius and you actively feed energy to her. last slot could also be a second hydro (that has to be not NK)
but otherwise not worth all the er Sands and/or substats youll need for a solo hydro
goal is 35k hp and ER to burst and whatever crit you can manage

hotdogsea2026-01-18 13:52

Ah in my case though I use Nefer Lauma Columbina and Kokomi, so its 2 Hydro

I guess Aubade is fine on Columbina? Im not trying to super ultra optimize my artifact sets anyway — as long as it works then Im happy to settle with the new set on Bina

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 13:55

to be honest. id still go for 2p 2p EM on Lauma. improves her burst quills more
and youll have some pieces from farming the previous domain anyway

underpantscannon2026-01-18 14:19

2-piece/2-piece works, but then you don't have a slot for Instructor any more. In teams where the last member can reliably trigger Instructor, it's better to have Lauma on Deepwood or SMS so the last member can hold Instructor.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 14:26

no, its waste to focus on Instructor at all rather than anything else thats actually helpful,
your 4th slot if necessary could be used for holding Deepwood,like some people adding Kuki

underpantscannon2026-01-18 14:41

Instructor on the last slot gives 120 EM team-wide, including for Lauma. 2-piece/2-piece on Lauma gives 160 EM only for her. Instructor isn't up for the full rotation, but it lasts for Nefer's entire damage window, and an extra 120 team-wide EM during Nefer's damage window just does a lot more for your team's DPS than 160 constant EM on Lauma alone.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 14:01

forgot to mention you also wanted deepwood on someone

underpantscannon2026-01-18 13:56

SMS on Columbina, Deepwood on Lauma. The other way around works too, but Columbina tends to benefit more from the ER on SMS.

Aubade is a lot worse than you might think in that team, because most of Columbina's damage in that team comes from Lauma's quills. Quill damage doesn't get any of the Aubade buffs.

hotdogsea2026-01-18 13:44

how the hell do you do the **Hexadecatonic Mandragora Local Legend** challenger where you have to defeat it when it falls to the ground?

I try these steps:

1. Lower its HP enough to get oneshot
2. Wait for it to release the mini mushrooms
3. Kill the mini mushrooms
4. It (the big mushroom) dies

Im getting frustrated because I have to wait a day to try the challenge again </3

Im using premium Mavuika team with Kazuha instead of Bennett. Honestly yeah this is a skill issue at this point but maybe you guys got some tricks for this specific challenge?

_Abstinence_2026-01-18 14:28

Have you tried not lowering its HP too much?

Dankaw2026-01-18 14:47

Just for it to fall. One of Mandragora's normal attacks makes it lie on of the floor for like 3-5 seconds, enough to finish it off quickly.

clueless-_-person2026-01-18 14:01

how do we get the pipipan idol down from the rocks? the one with the tankasaurus underneath. its at guiztli ridge, top left to the tp on the map at the base of where the island stick out to the left.

Indigo_Mindset4202026-01-18 14:06

Does Chevy's hold skill need to hit an enemy for the effect to work?

Does Navia's DPS in a lunar Crystallize comp perform similar to Zibai? What team does Navia use in lunar Crystallize?

How do we know if you have all the missions needed for the Melusine great sword to work at its full potential? Is it true that counting stickers on the weapon is an indication?

What GENERAL or versatile set does Bina, Ineffa and Lauma use? Like even if they are used in diff teams, they don't need to change artifacts?

_Abstinence_2026-01-18 14:23

>Does Chevy's hold skill need

No. You just need to fire a special bullet (gotten after triggering overload)

>Is it true that counting stickers on the weapon is an indication?

Yes

>What GENERAL or versatile set does Bina, Ineffa and Lauma use? Like even if they are used in diff teams, they don't need to change artifacts?

Problem is it will almost always be team dependent. For now you can put Lauma on deepwood, Ineffa on aubade, and Columbina on silken, but if you mix and match units, there *will* be times when they want other artefacts

fikiminforte2026-01-18 14:07

Anyone else experiencing lags/frame drops with the full lunar-charged team? The game runs perfectly otherwise but every time I do a full LC rotation I get terrible lags while Flins does his thing. Seems like the computer has trouble processing all the effects suddenly popping up when LC goes in full force. I play on a 3070 Ti gaming laptop and have never had any issues with this game before. Already reinstalled Nvidia driver which made no difference.

Edit: Turning off V-Sync and motion blur solved the problem. Not sure which one did it exactly but meh I always turn off both for all my games, just never bothered with Genshin because I never thought it was graphically intensive enough to need any tweaking.

Edit 2: Ugh never mind, that only helped for like 5 minutes...

Sabali72026-01-18 14:29

How many luna sigils do we have left after maxing all meeting points?

gia-2026-01-18 15:21

I was looking for an answer too. I had max amount before the patch and got all 229 chests in the new region (plus the 2 in the archon quest) and I have 354 extra luna sigils. Would be nice if someone could confirm the number.

Sheeplette2026-01-18 15:24

Looks like 354 should be the current max. https://i.imgur.com/dCQ9Mj4.png

gia-2026-01-18 15:28

Thank you!

Kaif_lol2026-01-18 14:30

Is there any team that includes Hu Tao, Furina and Columbina which would work?

Stamp2O2026-01-18 14:33

no unless you have c6 furina, proto amber isn't enough healing and if you use a healer as the 4th columbina is reduced to emotional support

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 14:35

nope
the benefit of running Columbina instead of Furina with Hu Tao
is mainly the fact that you could actually stay at half health for Hu Tao/Homa benefits
with Ineffa as a shield, and people put something like Yelan/Xingqiu last

Columbina isnt doing anything in the team you wanted

spirit_sw2026-01-18 14:32

Not really a game question, but does anyone here work/know someone who works for Genshin/hoyo's customer support team? Big companies usually outsource their customer support so I doubt it would be advertised on their careers website, and I was curious if they might be hiring lol

azmayeen012026-01-18 14:40

I've seen people suggest 2pc 2pc EM on Lauma so what I know is, as I'm running Lauma almost always with Nahida in the Nefer team and Nahida is the deepwood holder, should I use 2pc EM sets and keep Columbina/Aino on SMS for that team? I have both Nod Krai premium teams (ig) and currently I haven't built Bina yet, my Flins team runs on Ineffa using GD and Aino using SMS whereas the hydro on the Nefer team is Furina for now with Lauma holding 4pc SMS.

N.B.: Ineffa is the only one I sometimes run on non-Nod Krai teams, everyone else are usually restricted to my Nod Krai teams only.

underpantscannon2026-01-18 14:55

On that team, 2-piece/2-piece EM is good on Lauma. Columbina or Aino hold SMS. In a different Nefer team, you might want someone on Instructor, but the Nahida variant doesn't have a good Instructor holder. Columbina doesn't want Aubade either, because it doesn't buff the Lauma quill damage.

azmayeen012026-01-18 14:58

So do I do 4pc SMS on Columbina, switch out my Ineffa's 4pc Gilded for Aubade, keep Aino on SMS and do 2pc 2pc EM on Lauma? I don't like switching loadouts for characters that much so I wanna keep a steady build for each of the characters.

underpantscannon2026-01-18 15:00

That should be good for the teams you run.

hotdogsea2026-01-18 14:41

Do I prioritize Deepwood over Silken Moon on Lauma?

The teams that I primarily use Lauma with:

1. Lunar Bloom: Nefer, **Lauma**, Kokomi, Columbina
2. Hyperbloom: Kuki, **Lauma**, Xingqiu, edit: I meant Yelan
3. Burgeon: Thoma, **Lauma**, Kokomi, flex (honestly IDK who to put here, but for now, its Columbina, Furina would probably work too)

Lauma is currently on Silken Moon while Columbina is awaiting Aubade (new set)

Online discussions however point me towards Lauma on Deepwood, Bina on Silken Moon.

Is it worth the change?

Jkei2026-01-18 15:11

1. Nefer on sky, Lauma on 2p2p EM, Kokomi on deepwood, Columbina on serenade

2. Kuki on gilded/flop, Lauma on 2p2p EM, XQ on emblem, Nefer... ??? Her being in here categorically prevents this team from hyperblooming if you ever switch to her and press E. Get any random off fielder instead and put them on deepwood, or if for whatever reason you can't, Lauma on deepwood.

3. Thoma on gilded/flop, otherwise same as #2

Putting a "selfish" set on Lauma and serenade on Columbina generally yields better results than the other way around.

E: typo

hotdogsea2026-01-18 15:17

omg im so sorry! I meant Yelan instead of Nefer on the second team lol

they give off the same vibes and have almost the same haircut I got confused there

Jkei2026-01-18 15:44

Right that makes more sense. Yelan on emblem, XQ on deepwood may be optimal. If you don't feel like swapping pieces around, just keep him on emblem too and put deepwood on Lauma.

hotdogsea2026-01-18 15:50

yeah, I guess deepwood on Lauma is the best move for now, considering I use her in 3 teams

It might not be the "absolute min-max" strategy, but its a good strategy nonetheless

For the longest time I never ran Nefer with a Deepwood user lol (Lauma was using SMS forever), hopefully this newfound information will help me deal a ton more damage

in-my_opinion3142026-01-18 14:42

Worth the reroll for ineffa? On set aubade feather 4-liner

Crit rate (1) 7.8%

Er (2) 17.5%

Crit dmg (0) 7.8%

Def (2) 19%

I am on 4-roll guarantee, I'm fine with using it for ineffa, considering that this had max roll crit rate and damage, I thought that it was a high contender for a reroll (although being a feather) tbh I don't have anything else I want to reroll, so far atleast.

I am also planning to craft a piece, I can afford both sands and circlet, but I want to know which one is more worth the craft.

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-18 14:59

I'd say no.

\-It's a feather, those are generally easy enough to find good ones in. For a 4-roll guarantee, I'd rather save that for a rarer piece.

Jkei2026-01-18 15:01

No way. 4-line start but two useless subs is not particularly great, especially when you consider that it's a feather, and absolutely if this is going to consume a decreed reshape.

huggablesnowman2026-01-18 14:50

HELP! Stuck in >!“Serpent of All Evils”!< WQ >!and no enemies are spawning, only the “eye” is there, I can fire blades but they don’t damage the “eye” at all, what do I do?!<

Specialist-Impact-382026-01-18 14:53

How do i change the sound parameters when in story mode? I cant seem to find it and i want to turn music on, i usally have it off🥲 When clicking escape the "leave and start over or continue" pops up and i dont want to leave i just want to fix the sound

azmayeen012026-01-18 14:57

I don't think you can. Iirc the story mode is focused so it doesn't allow you to do anything else.

Specialist-Impact-382026-01-18 15:44

thats so stupid??? i want to hear the story when i play it 😭

P0k3m0nFan_Jake2026-01-18 14:54

While pulling in Columbina's banner, I got gold but pulled Ifa. Isn't he a 4 star? Why is it gold if it's for 5 stars?

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-18 15:02

Ifa is a 4-star, yes.

No idea why or if you got gold animation. Sometimes the regular animation looks shiny enough to possibly mistake for gold?

P0k3m0nFan_Jake2026-01-18 15:02

Does it have something to do with the pity or losing 50/50?

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-18 15:06

Losing a 50/50 would still be a 5-star, so that would give gold animation regardless. Pity shouldn't have anything to do with it.

I'll be honest, I usually avoid looking at the animation, so I don't have too much comparison experience. (I prefer to be surprised by the pulls if there is a 5-star in there)

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 15:18

you either didnt pay attention to a 5 star you pulled, regardless of 50/50
or it wasnt gold

P0k3m0nFan_Jake2026-01-18 15:18

If I did get a 5 star, I'd know since I only do 1 pulls.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 15:20

then it wasnt gold

_MuadDib_2026-01-18 15:15

Did you not get any other character from the 10 pull?

P0k3m0nFan_Jake2026-01-18 15:16

I didn't.

harudesu2026-01-18 14:59

does chests expire if you dont open them? has anybody tested this? I'm farming radiant beasts but dont want to pick up chests yet for reasons i dont want to bother explaining

azmayeen012026-01-18 15:01

If chests expired, the community would be raging tf out. People were hella mad when they found out that the chests during the get the bible quest back in 1.0 couldn't be obtained again if you were done with that part of the quest xD

underpantscannon2026-01-18 15:13

Chests in domains or certain special story sections are missable. If you don't get them before finishing the domain or story section, you can't go back for them. Event-specific chests are also missable if you don't get them before the event ends.

Outside of domains and special story sections, you're supposed to be able to leave a chest you unlocked and come back for it later. There have been occasional bugs that would lock players out of a chest if they didn't open it right away, but those bugs get fixed. (In one memorable occasion, they screwed up the fix so hard it broke the game for everyone, and they had to roll it back and distribute the missed loot by mail instead.)

Upper-Lake49492026-01-18 15:16

If you fight or solve the puzzle and the chest is able to be opened, it will not disappear if you leave it behind. Like other commenters said, the only chests that go away are in events like Simulanka, domains like the one-time ones in Sumeru, or special story sections where you can't go back to the area.

SpeedboosterX92026-01-18 15:08

I have a spare Mualani's Sig is it ok for columbina or are 4 star weps better to use it on her

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 15:14

Prototype amber, better HP substat and passive helps with team heal and energy
crit substat and a bit of hp isnt gonna be better, the rest of the passive isnt really good on her

SpeedboosterX92026-01-18 15:24

alright thanks

kyreann2026-01-18 15:12

is the game banned in saudi arabia? im getting unclear results from google, will be there for like two weeks and was wondering if id be risking my account by playing there

Samuel60gato2026-01-18 15:29

As someone who started playing Genshin Impact a little over a month ago, I’m still trying to figure out the best long-term approach for spending my pulls. So far, my most relevant characters are **Diluc, Kirara, Sucrose, Noelle, and Lynette**.

Right now, I have **92 pulls saved**, and I’m still collecting Primogems with the main goal of getting **Neuvillette** and eventually building a solid team around him. However, most of the videos and analyses I’ve found about Neuvillette are quite old, which makes me unsure about his long-term strength, especially considering what happened to Diluc over time.

My initial plan was to pick **Lan Yan** when the free 4-star characters become available next month. Besides her, I’m also considering **Yaoyao**, a **Xiangling constellation**, or **Xingqiu**.

Regarding limited banners, **Columbina** seems to work much better for players who already have **Nod-Krai** characters, which initially made me consider pulling for **Ineffa** first and then trying for Columbina later. However, after understanding the **50/50 system** better, I realized that getting 5-star characters from two different banners with my current number of pulls would require a lot of luck, even considering the Primogems I can still earn while the banners are active.

I also thought about pulling for **Columbina** first and then trying for **Zi Bai**, but that feels risky, since failing to get Zi Bai would leave my account in an awkward spot. While Zi Bai’s banner looks very solid, I believe it performs much better with Columbina included. On top of that, the banner doesn’t appeal to me much visually, which naturally pushes me more toward Neuvillette, who I personally find far more appealing.

**Ineffa** also seems like a character worth securing now, mainly because there’s no clear indication of when she might return, possibly not for a long time. My concern, though, is ending up with Ineffa but failing to get Neuvillette afterward, leaving me without a clear long-term team plan and basically waiting for Columbina’s rerun.

Since I haven’t found detailed information about upcoming banners later this year, I’d like to hear your opinions. Given my current situation, which path do you think makes the most sense in the long run?

azmayeen012026-01-18 15:40

So, Neuv isn't the same as Diluc in the sense that extremely old characters, specially standard banner characters have fallen off to the point where only with high constellations, they can somewhat compete. Neuv is one of the few characters over the patches who stays relevant with his high DPS so you won't regret getting Neuv. As for Nod Krai units, I've found Ineffa to be a really good character as she has high DPS herself and she can enable lunar reactions with other units very easily so getting Ineffa won't be bad. I can't say much about the 4 stars tho honestly.

curtainxx2026-01-18 15:38

I just played Wriothesley's SQ today and I really love his playstyle to the point I decided that I'd save my primos for him. Question is, how soon can I expect his rerun? A quick search told me his last rerun was March last year, so my hopes are dashed, knowing he'll probably at least be in the second half of the year.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-18 15:43

we really arent expecting him any time soon
noone can tell you when he returns
there is no info

Jkei2026-01-18 15:48

Realistically no time soon, but no real hint of an ETA either. His first rerun came much later than other (more profitable for Hoyo) characters who released around the same time he did. A second rerun is anyone's guess.

For what it's worth, there's a whole bunch more onfield dps that have a similar pattern of "E turns on stance, then periodically [CA / special E / (special) Q] with NAs padded inbetween".

curtainxx2026-01-18 16:01

Bad time to be a new Wrio-interested player then 💔

I'm more into how he can throw punches and impressed at Hoyo creatively allowing him to box by giving him a catalyst. It's really satisfying.

Likeke17002026-01-18 15:49

My phone keeps crashing whenever I try to view the manekins in the character archive. My game crashes even after I watched the opening of the miliastra wonderland. This would be my first time trying out this part of the game. I have a rather new phone and I just downloaded genshin just like my friend who has an older phone and she had no problems with this. Can anyone help me?

Particular_Eagle_5862026-01-18 15:59

Which set is better for ineffa the new set or 2 pc 2pc ?

OO1_xbl2026-01-18 18:32

Is there a certain order you should upgrade your characters level/talents/constellation to get better overall stats? Like if anyone’s played fallout, your perks had a max level of 10, and you could get a bobblehead that levelled them up by 1, so if you waited till after you were level 10 already, you could collect it then and get to level 11 when the max was 10. And im pretty sure in cod zombies there was a specific order of pack a punch, weapon damage, and perks that would give you more damage than if you got them in a different order. Is there anything like that in this game? Ive got some fortuna for some random characters and im wondering if i should just use it on them now or wait till after theyre upgraded

Acadeca2026-01-18 18:44

Not in the way you are thinking it. There are things that will generate more strength than others depending on your current level and position https://www.reddit.com/r/GenshinImpactTips/comments/qkxdj6/infographic_of_build_order_priority_based_on_wlar/

But there isn't usually a "if you level this then you can do this". I do know of one which is Durin who gets energy from leveling his skill which changes the amount of recharge you would need to build him.

Nadi-newb2026-01-18 18:44

for the last part, getting cons / stella fortuna, use them, there's no upside not activating them

bfogi2026-01-18 18:46

Short version:

No, there's no such mechanic here. You can level your stuff in whatever order you want, and it won't brick your character in any way.

Long version:

The closest thing to that mechanic is related to t he interaction between talent levels + constellations 3/5 for any character. The max talent we can level by normal means (farming) in the game is 10. But if you have constellations 3 or 5 that increase that talent level in particular, it then goes from 10 to 13 automatically. And if, instead of having it at talent level 10 at the start, you had it at level 1, if you get the constellation, it goes automatically from level 1 to 4.

That being said, if you have it at level 1 (base) or level 4 (with constellation), the materials required to level it to level 10 (base) or level 13 (w/ const) are exactly the same. You can think of constellations 3/5 as simply as bonus points on top of your base talent levels.

Jkei2026-01-18 18:49

If by fortuna you're talking about constellations, no, just go ahead and activate those. Particular upgrade priorities only enter the picture when getting one thing delays getting another thing -- that applies to things you need resin for, but constellations are their own thing.

>your perks had a max level of 10, and you could get a bobblehead that levelled them up by 1, so if you waited till after you were level 10 already, you could collect it then and get to level 11 when the max was 10

There's nothing like this. A particular order of upgrades can offer max mileage at a given point through the process but nothing changes what kind of cap state you can reach.

icy_Place1252026-01-18 18:45

does anyone have a link for the miliastra wonderland code/link for Asia damage test?

I tried using one and it wouldnt appear

is it different for consoles?

Chysamere2026-01-18 22:07

just search for DPS or dummy, it will be the top hit most likely.

Idli_Is_Boring2026-01-18 18:48

I am currently at the top of Chenyu Vale (Chiwag terrace) and my time is 1:50 but I do not see any stars or moon? (I have completed the Eternal sunshine Quest)

GardenOfTheBlackRose2026-01-18 18:49

Is the music that plays in Rerir’s flashback Nod-Krai Act III-IV released on the soundtrack yet? I wanna add it to my playlist…

Rough-Stranger-3142026-01-18 18:49

Which are best artifacts for Lauma, Columbina and Barbara in a Nefer team?

Nadi-newb2026-01-18 18:54

I wonder how much Ifa could heal if he's well invested with a Healing Bonus Circlet. Has anybody tried that?

pzlama3332026-01-18 19:58

Around 600-700 per hit if using VV/cinder city set, can reach 800-900 if using healing set.

Nadi-newb2026-01-18 20:01

thanks! did you try Furina with only him as healer perchance?

pzlama3332026-01-18 20:07

Not good and far from enough

faithdesu2026-01-18 18:57

How do i get the horse skin? Is it time limited ?

Successful-Cream-2382026-01-18 19:12

You should've gotten a box from the mail. When you click on it in your inventory you'll get to choose between the male and female options for the horse outfit.

underpantscannon2026-01-18 19:13

You should have gotten a box in the mail. Open it to pick either the male or female version of the skin. (If you want both, you'll have to buy the other from the shop once it gets added to the shop.)

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Inevitable-Can-46992026-01-18 19:06

Is aubade the best set for ineffa?

Diligent-Phase73712026-01-18 19:30

For her personal damage, yes , assuming you already have another Nod Krai character on the team.

Paulistarlight2026-01-18 19:06

Has genshin lowered the drop rates from enemies?

I noticed a significant lower drop rates both from bosses and domains and in overworld enemies, I used to get 4 ascension items every like 4 or 5 boss fight (i´m world level 9 in both accounts) and now, I´ve been farming for both Columbina and Ineffa in both of my accounts without a single 4 items drop, they all go to 3, in overworld I also noticed the enemies usually give lower rarity drops and sometimes nothing at all, the quantity of enemies in the track function is higher though.

Anyone else noticed this?

Jondev12026-01-18 20:00

You just got luckier in the past. Or tbh more likely you are just misremembering/over remembering the lucky moments, very common cognitive bias.

RosalinaCZ2026-01-18 19:09

Which one is better to do, story quests or exploring 1.0 liyue area? Primogems per hour-wise

Nadi-newb2026-01-18 19:12

it's not your first account, right? I'd do Childes Storyquest, then move on asap, old Liyue has mostly common chests that don't reward Primos

RosalinaCZ2026-01-18 19:14

??? So neither?

Hemogremlin3432026-01-18 19:21

So I’ve been playing genshin for around a year on my phone, and although it sometimes crashes, it’s always been not that big of a deal as I can just reboot it again and it’d be fine. That is, until now. I’ve managed to get through the most recent archon quest, up until this one dialogue cutscene literally after all of the action, past the big fight and everything. It’s the one where everyone is gathering to listen to a speech made by the head of the Voynich guild, and I swear to god, it has crashed EVERY SINGLE TIME I’ve tried to get through it, which is extremely bad because the game has saved at the start of the cutscene, so I literally load up the game, get launched straight into the dialogue, get up until Aino starts speaking (or sometimes not even up to that), and then it crashes and I have to reboot the entire game again just to have the exact same thing happen. So basically I literally can’t play the game. I have an iPhone 7, and I’ve tried everything! I’ve closed the window, I’ve turned my phone off and on again, I even deleted the game, waited a whole day to download all 32GB of data this flipping game takes up, only for it to STILL. CRASH. ON THE SAME. DAMN. DIALOGUE CUTSCENE. I’ve heard that to reduce the risk of crashes you can lower the graphic settings BUT I CANT FLIPPING DO THAT WHEN I CANT ACCESS THE PAIMON MENU!!!

So please, for the love of god, does anyone have any ideas on how I can actually get this game I love so much and have invested so much time into to work? I either want it to be able to get through this dialogue, or a way that makes it not load into the cutscene so I can just do other things in the game. PLEASE I BEG YOU whoever manages to help me I will bless you to win all your 50/50s

Nadi-newb2026-01-18 19:27

the phone is literally 10 years old.

Make sure you can login to your account on [account.hoyoverse.com](http://account.hoyoverse.com) , if not link it in game.

To get you through the next few days, you could try the cloud version of the game:

[https://cloudgenshin.hoyoverse.com/en-us](https://cloudgenshin.hoyoverse.com/en-us)

Laretia2026-01-18 19:27

What other characters we know are comming that trigger the party buff thing with Columbina? i sort of accidently acquired her and have no one else that go with her, plus the only team id want her and ineffa for would require xilo which i do not own

pzlama3332026-01-18 19:51

Zibai of the second half of current version works well with Columbina. Also Flins or Nefer. Lauma alone needs high cons to be competitive. Xilonen is not required for Columbina + Ineffa combo, and she is actually worse than Sucrose.

frostN0VA2026-01-18 19:52

What party buff do you mean? She converts any normal eletrocharged, bloom and hydro crystallize to Lunar reactions and boosts that damage. If you mean Moonsign, any Nod Krai character is that.

You can roll for geo Lunar DPS Zibai on the next banner since both work very well together.

Jkei2026-01-18 19:52

What party buff thing? Her burst is the only real party buff and that's not triggered by any other character. If you're just asking who can *use* it, Zibai is the major one still coming as of yet.

Laretia2026-01-18 20:09

Sorry all i could not find what it was called, i was talking about Moonsign as she is the only nod krai character i own currently ( i am strugglign with getting back in the game from early natlan so i dont even own Aino)

icemoomoo2026-01-18 20:12

do you mean the moonsign?

Both Jahoda and Aino can increase it, to trigger lunar reactions use electro/geo/dendro.

You get a free Aino 20min into the nod krei AQ.

Chysamere2026-01-18 22:04

Zibai is coming in about 2 weeks. Zibai can be run with Illuga, Columbina and Gorou.

Far as I am aware there is no team that "requires" Xilonen, Columbina and Ineffa. Columbina and Ineffa usually pair with Sucrose and their best dps character is Flins.

WorriorCatsFan2026-01-18 19:40

Hey I saw good opinions about this game and I wanted to download it but how many memory space it takes?

Rouge_means_red2026-01-18 21:21

I think it's around 115GB at this point. It's a huge game

Agile-Egg-56812026-01-18 19:54

Just returned to the game after a year. Was a Mualani main, Citlali, Xilonen, Mavuika. After hexerei buffs, my C5 Mona is a better support, alongside Sucrose. Wtf do I do with Citlali and Xilonen then?

AIias14312026-01-18 19:59

You can situationally use Mavuika as your main DPS with Citlali and Xilonen against certain bosses or as a second team maybe

OrphanCrow2026-01-18 20:06

you can pull durin so you have a seperate mav team and durin for mualani

Agile-Egg-56812026-01-18 21:20

At this point I feel like my 280 ER Xiangling is also a good choice. But Durin has the hexerei buff. Is he worth it? I have a c0 albedo but no one has sig weapon. Was hoping to save for more nod krai characters like Flin or Zibai

P0k3m0nFan_Jake2026-01-18 19:56

My Voidsea Outlook is stuck at 80%. The Compass won't mark anymore treasures or challenges, etc. except for other regions already. I already did the quests and things to unlock. YouTube guides just repeat what I did. Any tips/advice and help here, please?

pzlama3332026-01-18 20:06

Have you unlocked Shrine of Depth and Kuuhenki's Hidden Trove?

P0k3m0nFan_Jake2026-01-18 20:08

Well, I unlocked 2/3 of both, but not the ones in Voidsea Outlook. How am I supposed to get the last key and last seal if I can't get Treasure Chests and Oculus? (The rest are already 100%, by the way.)

adaza2026-01-18 20:13

So, someone should be able to estimate the diameter of Teyvat in in-game meters. Has someone done it?

itsme02026-01-18 20:16

What are the permanent repeatable sources of Primogems?

icemoomoo2026-01-18 20:23

Dailies, abyss, imaginarious Theater, Stygian Onslaught.

AIias14312026-01-18 20:26

Isn't it just dailies and endgame modes?

adaza2026-01-18 20:28

My Otherwordly Story is R4. Have I accidentally eaten some?

Nadi-newb2026-01-18 20:30

very likely, if you've done almost all of Mondstadt and Dragonspine.

yaostya2026-01-18 20:29

should i use columbina or kinich as my dps, i just got columbina and kinich is almost maxed

Jkei2026-01-18 20:33

Probably Kinich. Onfield Columbina is pretty meh unless paired with Lauma.

yaostya2026-01-18 20:34

i have lauma though idk i may not have the team for columbina

Jkei2026-01-18 21:31

You probably do; these two can slot into a variety of bloom archetypes. Just add an electro trigger for hyperbloom, and one flex slot.

Not sure if you implied so in the OP, but Kinich + Columbina in the same team isn't a great idea. She really interferes with the dendro/pyro reactions that he wants.

yaostya2026-01-18 21:37

While im not ready with a team is it fine to use kinich + columbina for some time?

Jkei2026-01-18 21:47

If you're on a relatively new account doing mainly overworld, it's totally fine. The antisynergy between these two is something to care about when you're up against more strict dps checks in endgame content that actually puts you on a timer, i.e. the higher difficulties of abyss and stygian onslaught. Until such a time, just enjoy the ride with whatever characters you like.

WholeWheatisgood4you2026-01-18 20:30

So this is the week where we get our free constellation the 2nd time in the to temper thyself and journey far event, assuming you have done the resin spending daily since it started a few weeks ago. I have mine set for Albedo, but I have been hearing he still is not very meta with it, despite the buffs he received last patch. I am wondering for those who got his C1 or already had it, have you made any teams with him since last patch or this patch where Lunar Crystallize is now present?

Alex_from_Solitude2026-01-18 20:42

I'll get his C1 too next week. He's good to very good with Hexerei active. His best team for me is with Mona, Durin and Xilonen. He hits for 100k at C0 with this team.

USDXBS2026-01-18 20:44

"Meta" is used to wring the last few Primos out of the hardest content.

If you use Albedo for 99% of the rest of the game, get him.

RetailDrone75762026-01-18 20:36

Is nod krai act 1 good? I'm about to start it tonight; I finished prelude last night and thought it was pretty good...also it's my understanding that the entire archon quest is really long so it'll probably take a few days for me to finish

frostN0VA2026-01-18 20:40

Personally I think NK has the best story arc so far, it's not perfect and it's not some writing masterpiece but it actually made me care about the story again. However I know that a bunch of people will disagree. So in the end it's all subjective.

Biggest "problem" with the NK arc is that you get locked into the story mode for hours. You can leave at any time but then you lose some progress and will have to redo stuff again. I have enough time to finish everything in one session but a lot of people don't so it can be annoying to sit there wondering when the hell are you going to get a break in-between story sections.

USDXBS2026-01-18 20:43

If you quit at the wrong time you'll have to retread some story and some gameplay.

It's long because it's story.

USDXBS2026-01-18 20:42

How many weapon XP crystals do you all have?

I have 15K blues, 12K greens and 1.3k greys.

Alex_from_Solitude2026-01-18 20:47

So you don't level weapons? oO
I average around 3k blues and the rest is used up.

Rouge_means_red2026-01-18 21:19

At this point I just get crystals way faster then weapons worth leveling

Full-Minimum-9262026-01-18 22:16

None. I'm poor all around, 0 Mora, 0 EXP, 0 weapon EXP.

But I have 90 max weapons and 2/3 of them are equipped.

fay_nva2026-01-18 20:52

I think my game is bugged

Spoilers for new Archon quest

So I was playing the new Archon quest and I reached the part where you need to fight dottore, and they do the loading screen to 'change' location. I get stuck in the loading screen lik3 the moment it finishes loading it restarts, I've exited the game and opened again, I've logged out of my account and back, and I've even deleted and reinstalled my game but nothing is working I don't know if it's a bug or a issue with my device.

I've never had issues before beside internet issues but my internet is working perfectly at the moments I've tried playing and everything else in the game is working so far.

valkyreistar2026-01-18 21:03

I suggest you to try again with another device.

fay_nva2026-01-18 21:04

I unfortunately can not because I don't own another device that can run the game, and most ppl I know don't have the game installed

valkyreistar2026-01-18 21:15

If you copy the game to external drive, you can launch from there in another PC. Only need to install launcher like 500MB then select find games from launcher and choose genshin folder in external drive.

veloxiraptor2026-01-18 20:57

Is Sucrose always the right choice over Kazuha in Lunar teams?

pzlama3332026-01-18 21:50

Yes. Sucrose has a team EM buff which is good for lunar reaction. Kazuha's traditional damage buff is useless for lunar damage, and even C2 Kazuha's 200 EM buff is for on field only.

Zarclaust2026-01-18 21:00

With the full power of the Trilune Authority, is Columbina now canonically more powerful than Neuvilette, Skirk and the Shades?

If so, was Boss Dottore also more powerful than them?

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-18 22:14

Please spoiler tag new story lore questions.

babym1k02026-01-18 21:05

He sacado a columbina y a ineffa, pero no sé si por ir al arma de columbina o no ya que no tengo asegurado y las protos que tendría sería lo que voy farmeando en estas dos semanas que quedan, que me recomendáis

babym1k02026-01-18 21:06

I've taken out Columbina and Ineffa, but I don't know if it's to go for Columbina's weapon or not, since I don't have it guaranteed and the protos I'd have would be what I'm farming in these two weeks that are left. What do you recommend?

JotaHDoble2026-01-18 21:15

She has very good f2p options in Amber and Fav. Her weapon is only good for main dps Columbina. You cannot guarantee the weapon so its stupid to pull. Choose the reason you like more

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-18 22:13

Don't go for weapon unless you can guarantee. Expiring fate points are too much of a waste to risk.

ShepThunder2026-01-18 21:14

Suuuper new player here. I'm curious, how early can you resonate with the other elements? Story wise I've just gotten to Liyue. But so far I've mostly been activating teleport points to save the hassle later on. I ended up pulling Tignaghri (?) and want to ascend him. I headed towards Sumeru to get his ascension ingredients to see if it would let me. And was surprised I was actually able to resonate with Dendro already. I assumed this was story related. I tried looking up more info but can't see much. I know cryo isn't available at all currently. I think I read Pyro \*is\* story related. What about Electro or Hydro? Can we get them early too?

JotaHDoble2026-01-18 21:17

you only need to touch the statues. The only exception is pyro, that one is story locked and you need to do weekly quests in Natlan to get the constelations

ShepThunder2026-01-18 21:20

Ok cool, so I can get Electro/Hydro if I put the work in. Though my friend who got me into it mentioned I can't even get to the Electro area without a specific way of travel as its waaaaay across the water.

JotaHDoble2026-01-18 21:23

electro is story locked because you cannot reach Inazuma (unless you do a very specific bug) but the story takes you quickly there so I didnt count it. Hydro traveler is awful dont even look at it.

I suggest you keep dendro traveler as it is the best one to be a support, pyro is good to be a dps but it will take you so long to get it that you will probably pull a good carry sooner.

Edit: Also, traveler is getting some slight buffs, but you need to complete the entire Nod Krai story, so thats out of the question too

Diligent-Phase73712026-01-18 21:26

Electro and Pyro traveller are the only ones that are story locked. You can only travel to Inazuma (electro region) after the Liyue archon quest, and you'll get pyro traveller after completing Natlan's (pyro region) archon quest. You can get Hydro traveller early.

Green_Protection_3632026-01-18 21:17

Hi all. Right now I have C0 Primordial Jade Winged Spear Flins, C0 R5 PA Columbina, C6R1 Daybreak Chronicles Fischl and C3R5 TTDS VV Sucrose. I need some help in regards to the Artifact Sets for Columbina and Fischl. Which set should Columbina have in this team? Should I change my Fischl Golden Troupe set for the new Hexerei one or a Lunar reactions one? Any help would be appreciated.

JotaHDoble2026-01-18 21:31

Columbina on Silken Moon Serenade, Golden Troupe is still the best for Fischl

ewondles2026-01-18 21:19

I don't have Lauma unfortunately so I was thinking of running Nefer/Sucrose/Nahida/Columbina till her rerun. I was just wondering what the BiS artifacts/weapons/rotations would be on a team like this for sucrose, nahida, and bina?

Smorgsaboard2026-01-18 22:01

Idk about rotations but I can give the rest:

* Nefer: Night of Sky's Unveiling/any crit books
* Nahida: Deepwood/EM (or crit) books. Nahida's personal damage is quite notable, but her EM is also converted to dendro damage & crit rate, and shared on ultimate use.
* Sucrose: 2p2p EM artifacts, doesn't matter which one/EM books. Only her A4 passive matters, so need to level her up too much.
* Columbina: Silken Moon's Serenade/PAmber or Fav Codex. She's an energy generator in this comp. But, if somehow you can get her ER% high enough, she could also hold a crit book like Widsith since she has a passive that gives a free 15% crit rate to herself.

Smorgsaboard2026-01-18 21:53

Who really *needs* the new Hexenzirkel artifacts, other than Razor? As in, their second best set is far behind it?
\* Fischl's got it made on Golden Troupe
\* Support Durin loves Noblesse, though I imagine Carry Durin would like the Hex Set
\* I'm not sure if Carry Venti would want it, except for mono-anemo comps?
\* Mona tends to hold supportive sets
\* And ofc Sucrose and Albedo don't scale off attack.

JotaHDoble2026-01-18 21:54

Klee, Razor, Venti, Varka and Durin

Dekachonk2026-01-18 22:05

How far through the archon quest is >!the point at which Nefer tries to peek into your mind and Dottoro almost catches her?!<My back is killing me.

TehEpicGuy1012026-01-18 22:10

Maybe 30-40%? Acts 7 and 8 are similar lengths, so once you're done with Act 7, you'll be around halfway.

riel522026-01-18 22:30

i checked in a archon quest playthrough, and that’s around ~2 hours and 20 minutes in out of 6 hours 😅

Mikaiphas_882026-01-18 22:21

Does the natlan weekly boss have an instant death attack that ISN'T the one after the nightsoul totems?

My character was at full health and just died the next moment. It's happened before but only now did I notice that a purple triangle symbol appeared before instant death.

__Flop__2026-01-18 22:28

What artifact set should I use on Columbina on a Nilou and Lauma team where she is The on field hydro trigger: Night of Sky or Flower of Paradise Lost. Seems like Flower of Paradise since more damage is coming from the Bloom damage but saw a video that said Night but I feel like they forgot about Flowet.

temptillbday2026-01-19 04:04

C1 Hutao or C1 Hex Albedo?

More of a question of time since I can get both *eventually*

Feeling more the former since the CA stamina reduction is big for her, but the 50% def increase after burst does sound good.

What does not help is that I do not really use either often to begin with. For the life of me, I can't seem to get HT to work even with the usual team and CA jump cancelling. Even after Hex buff, Albedo is kinda shelved but I did use him to deal with the weasles last cycle

DurinOfCourse2026-01-19 04:26

Hello, earlier on Genshin Impact, I was doing my summons on Columbina... and then I did my 70th summon and thought, "Huh? Why didn't I get a 5-star?" Is this a bug? If not, please tell me what's going on.

Vanderseid2026-01-19 04:28

Soft pity starts at the 74th pull, from which the rate gradually rises until pull 90 where you are guaranteed to get a 5* character. At 70 pulls the chance to get one is still low.

1pcguy2026-01-19 04:29

hard pity is at 90. your chance to get a 5 star increase after 74 or 75 pulls

BaseballWinter25622026-01-19 04:39

Currently my team is Neuvillette, Alhaitham, Venti, and Zhongli. I’ve heard Alhaitham isn’t a great match for my team so who should I plan on getting to replace him? Anyone else on my team I should replace to work better with Neuvillette?

TheToppatAmongUs2026-01-19 04:49

Fischl or even Yaoyao would be your best contenders. Xilonen or Furina would be better in terms of 5 stars.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 04:54

Ororon is also a solid option if you're after a male-only team.

BaseballWinter25622026-01-19 05:44

thank you so much ororon has the same birthday as me so i think ill go for him! ❤️

Indigo_Mindset4202026-01-19 06:01

I love how you got the context clues that they are running a male only line up. It's like those pattern finding questions asking what's next on the line up.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 06:19

It doesn't take much to guess why Alhaitham was used on the team.

Mountain-Formal-34832026-01-19 05:01

does kinich need another natlan character for his passive? or kinich is enough?

KyrrithK2026-01-19 05:04

No, just some Pyro to trigger Burning. Iansan works pretty well with him in general though if you have her.

tea_manic2026-01-19 05:30

The latest archon quest is quite long. I’m currently on True moon the first sliver of moonlight and I’m in the part where I have to talk to marionette, can I stop here and be able to come back here or will it put me in the beginning of the quest? First time since starting to play the previous archon quest that I get to play my own team instead of the trial teams or specific characters for the quest

International_You_562026-01-19 05:57

If it was right after a black screen you can stop there. Otherwise you'll have to resume up to the point where you got the control of your characters.

tea_manic2026-01-19 05:58

Yea I remember that on the corner of the screen it said something about saving

Luneward2026-01-19 05:58

Generally speaking there is a save point at the beginning of each scene transition. So if you just switched from one scene to another, that's where the quest will start you again.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 06:32

Also, if you can walk around currently, then you can hit Esc and leave the quest without losing progress. If you're standing outside the Curatorium and wondering why you have to walk 20m to resume the quest, that's why, to give you an opportunity to leave.

Ecstatic-Jacket20072026-01-19 05:35

How much ER does Columbina need as a solo hydro in Flins/Ineffa team with proto amber?

TehEpicGuy1012026-01-19 05:47

About 145%, assuming 1 Fav weapon on the team. 165% without any on the team.

PrimeShaq2026-01-19 06:13

If I am running a Neuv/Lauma (Etherlight)/Ineffa (Shovel)/Columbina (Fav) team, what artifacts do I use on the respective supports?

KyrrithK2026-01-19 06:27

Mmmmh, tough one. Deepwood/Aubade/Silken probably makes the most sense, don't think you can afford to 2pc EM on Lauma and Lunar Bloom won't be the majority of the team's damage anyway so not as big an improvement as in full Lunar Bloom DPS teams. Aubade on Bina is also an option, with Neuvi for HP and energy it could be better, but it'd depend how much of the team DPS Bina does vs Ineffa.

KeeKyie52026-01-19 06:15

What is this weird Horse character I keep seeing in videos running around causing Mischief?

I haven’t play in a year so I have absolutely no idea what’s going on.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 06:21

Genshin added a Roblox side-game where you create and share your own levels and custom avatar, and they gave us a free horse outfit for that avatar.

Indigo_Mindset4202026-01-19 06:23

It's a free skin given out that can only be used by the character given out for free from Genshins other mode Miliastra Wonderland to celebrate the year of the horse.

Paulistarlight2026-01-19 08:04

You might be refering to the free skin that was given to the MC of the new Genshin mode called Miliastra Wonderland that looks like a horse to celebrate the chinese new year.

You might also be refering to Zibai a mythical white horse adeptus that will be released as a new 5 star character in second half and whose kit is centered around lunar crystalize reactions.

KeeKyie52026-01-19 08:53

I’m referring to a funny brown horse I’ve seen run around like a hooligan.

bel-ye2026-01-19 06:34

I got Columbina but lost the 50/50 with Ineffa. I really want Zibai tho, so I don’t know if I should save the guaranteed on her or just try to get Ineffa, what do you guys think?

KyrrithK2026-01-19 06:36

If you really want Zibai, get her. You'll still get a Lunar team with her+Bina, Ineffa isn't required for her at all, and having more pulls to fish for Illuga C6 or even C2 may come in handy.

bel-ye2026-01-19 06:49

Oh yeah, now that you mention it, I kinda forgot that Illuga’s in that banner too. Thanks!

Meocross2026-01-19 06:39

I want Gaming to be a Pyro DPS
Rosaria to be a Cryo DPS
And Candace to be a Bloom DPS

Here is my character list: [https://imgur.com/GBrZe5s](https://imgur.com/GBrZe5s)

What are the best teams for all three?

MaeveOathrender2026-01-19 06:46

https://keqingmains.com/q/gaming-quickguide/#Teams

https://keqingmains.com/q/rosaria-quickguide/#Teams

https://keqingmains.com/q/candace-quickguide/#Bloom_Hyperbloom

C'mon.

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-19 06:47

Gamins is Furina Xianyun Bennett/Iansan

Rosaria only option is Bennett Xiangling qnd qdding Shenhe. but to make Shenhe worth jt, youre still mostly rotating rather than making Rosaria a main dps

Candace can not be a bloom dps even with Columbina. you could run a hyperbloom team with Candace Yaoyao, Kuki, flex that is preferably a second dendro. but you really rotate characters and some hydro infused normal attacks in between with everyone but notably Yaoyao's burst, you stay on field

Meocross2026-01-19 11:29

Thank you people for providing me with very interesting and nice teams, I am almost at the point were I can stop building characters and just focus on enjoying the game, and rebuild the fragile resin I almost burnt through.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 06:48

At the same time?

- Gaming, Xianyun, Iansan, Furina
- Rosaria, Bennett, Xiangling, Diona or Shenhe
- Candace, Columbina, Dendro Traveler/Collei, Yaoyao

But the last one is very sus, depends on what exactly your requirements are, but Lauma is pretty much required for Bloom to be good, and Nilou instead of Columbina if you don't want her to get carried.

skulkerinthedark2026-01-19 07:29

Nefer, Bina, Candace. You need Lauma. I don't know if Nefer will even trigger Candace's burst. Probably though.

Psychological-Taste62026-01-19 06:59

Columbina and/or Aino going to be a improvement over Yelan and/or Xinqiu in Nahida/Yelan/Xinqiu/Kuki team?

azmayeen012026-01-19 07:12

Doubt it. Aino is mediocre in my opinion but the only reason to consider her is because of her enabling Lunar reactions (and buffing them at C6) and Columbina is just better for Lunar reaction based teams.

Paulistarlight2026-01-19 08:00

Probably replacing Xingqiu with Columbina would be a small improvement but it would be a waste of a character anyway, Columbina is designed for lunar stuff, if also replacing Nahida with Lauma or Kuky with Ineffa the improvement would be higher.

Tonythetigger2026-01-19 07:00

I have Ineffa, Bina, and Sucrose, but no Flins. Who should fill the 4th slot for the time being?

KyrrithK2026-01-19 07:06

Who do you want to on-field?

Any Hydro, Electro or Anemo DPS, or some slow Pyro DPS units would work. Bennett or Fischl (or C6 Kujou Sara) could buff ATK for Ineffa on-field, Aino or another Hydro support for Columbina's damage. Very flexible.

Paulistarlight2026-01-19 07:38

Is on-field Ineffa a thing?, I mean, do her NA do any damage? wouldn´t it be better Columbina on field with CA if the other 2 flex units are too weak to be on field?

KyrrithK2026-01-19 08:01

Ineffa is an ATK scaler, and Bennett is Bennett. It's a viable option, but probably not your best use of Bennett to do that.

Sucrose on field also works great to ensure full uptime on VV, if you add an off-fielder.

Columbina on-field generally sucks unless you're getting Blooms, and is still not great at that unless Lauma is on the team. In a Lunar-Charged only team, her NA or CAs are ATK scaling, and she has the lowest base ATK in the game iirc, or maybe slightly more than Barbara just by virtue of being a 5*.

_MuadDib_2026-01-19 08:22

Columbina attack will do less damage than Ineffa. She mostly scales with HP so you won't have too much ATK on her, but her normal and charged attack scales with ATK.

For her charged attack to do damage you would need Verdant dew to do her special charged attack that scales with HP, but you won't have any without dendron character triggering bloom.

On the other hand Ineffa scales with ATK so even if her ATK scaling have slightly worse number than Columbina she will do more damage as she will have more ATK. Also I assume the Sara's buff will also improve her skill damage while Ineffa is on field.

Paulistarlight2026-01-19 07:00

Shouldn´t Columbina >!returning to Nod Crai with the three moon goddesses authorities combined within her have created a colossal trilunar sysygy altering Teyvat´s borders and letting Abyss power run through?!<

>!Sure, the moon marrows were not all together but the three moon goddesses´s were created separate to prevent their three powers to be combined as they were deemed too powerful to coexist. !<

>!I think this plot flaw is at least on pair with Fontaine´s massive flood... on top of the elevated surface of a giant waterfall....!<

Acadeca2026-01-19 08:48

What

Paulistarlight2026-01-19 09:16

Three lunar authority: tri lunar sysygy, Alice explains this

BPDnmehateachother2026-01-19 07:07

Wait so in a team of Columbina, mavuika, lauma and nefer, who should wear the silken set instead? I want the best team possible 🥺 my Columbina is C0, can she still be a DPS? and how?

KyrrithK2026-01-19 07:16

Well, firstly tell Mavuika to get lost. She has no place in that team.

Secondly, if you want Columbina to be a DPS, you wouldn't use Nefer. (And since you have Nefer, she'd be stronger as the DPS, but anyways)

For best results, you'd go Columbina Night Sky, Aino Silken, Lauma 2pc EM/EM, Sucrose Deepwood. But you can also just put Lauma on Deepwood and Sucrose on Instructor or VV if you're not min-maxing.

Otherwise, if you want the best team, Nefer on Night Sky is the DPS, Lauma 2pc EM, Columbina Silken, Sucrose/Kuki Deepwood. OR Lauma Deepwood, Columbina Aubade, Sucrose/Kuki Silken.

BPDnmehateachother2026-01-19 20:50

I just got Ineffa, any ideas?

KyrrithK2026-01-19 20:58

Well, you can use her in the 4th slot of the Nefer/Bina DPS team if you want, or put her on a separate team if you need 2 Lunar teams at once.

If it's the Nefer team, Ineffa doesn't really add much damage, so just put her on whatever support set.

If it's the Bina + Hydro team, she'll be a significant part of your team's damage, so putting her on Aubade if possible would be ideal. But again, the amount of sets you want on the team is a lot, so you'd be trading the 2pc EM on Lauma for Deepwood to make it fit, which is slightly less DPS overall.

Icantw82026-01-19 07:24

I don't think I can get Ineffa before banner ends so my Flins is just left with Columbina.

I do have a c6 Aino but Columbina, from what I know, makes her redundant even at c0.

My Flins team is Columbina, Lauma and Kuki. I'm rocking this team and it just seems...decently strong. Nothing to go wow about sadly.

Is there other Ineffa-less teams that could potentially be better?

Paulistarlight2026-01-19 07:56

Do a bit of farming, this version already provides lots of free primogems in first half, add a bit of max exploration and Bingo.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 08:12

Probably better off replacing Lauma with Sucrose. If you can also get by with only Columbina on Proto Amber for healing, then Fischl over Kuki would be a solid dmaage upgrade too.

If you don't like Sucrose, then C6 Aino can be considered for the 4th slot, but doing so loses you shred so as soon as the enemy has any amount of Electro resist your damage gets way worse. Durin is also a pretty good shred option if you pulled him.

Kvestiya2026-01-19 07:42

Is it true that Columbina, like, can reveal any chests around her with her skill? If yes, how does that work, is that possible only at C1?

Acadeca2026-01-19 08:45

Are you confusing the nodkrai compass with her skill?

KazakiriKaoru2026-01-19 08:53

That's compass gadget

Hot-Neat-71422026-01-19 07:51

(f2p) i only have enough primos to get one character and i don’t know if i should get ineffa or zibai or neuvillete

i pulled for columbina + weapon and i have mavuika premium (i got lucky), veresa (i got her because i WAS BUILDING PITY) and alrecchino

it seems like i lack of dps variety (in terms of elements) but i also hear that columbina can only work with ineffa for my veresa/neuvi (if i do pull neuvi)

HELP who should i pull? i do care a little about meta and idk if zibai + columbina dps would be better compared to columbina + ineffa dps

Paulistarlight2026-01-19 07:54

Pull for whatever character you like the most.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 08:16

Zibai+Bina would be stronger than Ineffa+Bina in general, but Varesa/Arle+Ineffa+Bina should be strong enough a team for whatever you need if you're not that interested in Zibai.

I probably wouldn't recommend Neuvi without Ineffa, but maybe you can make a decent enough team with Fischl/Dendro+Sucrose or something for now, and pick up Lauma or Ineffa on rerun.

FinancialOriginal9492026-01-19 08:03

I'm playing the new archon quest and I want to take a rest, can I leave the game and it won't reset my progress? I'm currently in the part where we can play arlecchino and meet up with childe (after the sandrone part where we can control her robot smth)

KyrrithK2026-01-19 08:08

Yes, you can walk so you can hit Esc and leave, or just quit the game. You should come back to that spot next time.

FinancialOriginal9492026-01-19 08:21

alright i believe u man 😭

Aquacookie__2026-01-19 08:08

Trying to thaw out all the shards again and in the videos I’ve watched the shards are meant to have reappeared in their original locations but that hasn’t happened for me. Has there been an update or is my game bugged? What am I meant to do?

Acadeca2026-01-19 08:43

Sometimes the one at the very top where you use the wind current to fly over respawns. From the coop missions I have helped people with, that usually solved it. Also relaunching the game just took be sure

Gabyiiiii2026-01-19 08:08

the only nod krai character i have is columbina should i pull for ineffa or zibai?

Alex_from_Solitude2026-01-19 08:12

Yes

Acadeca2026-01-19 08:42

Both are good for different reasons. So it partially depends on what you want to do. Core of a team that you can flex to do a lot of stuff or a dedicated on field carry+support

Gabyiiiii2026-01-19 14:35

But I’m not planning to pull for Flins, so is Ineffa still worth pulling?

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-19 08:50

Columbina Ineffa will work with nost pyro, hydro, electro, anemo. and some geo like Navia work too

pzlama3332026-01-19 08:57

Columbina + Ineffa is more flexible. Columbina + Zibai has higher raw damage but the whole team is more restrictive.

Gabyiiiii2026-01-19 14:35

But I’m not planning to pull for Flins, so is Ineffa still worth pulling?

Rare-Present-36892026-01-19 08:19

Just got back to playing Genshin after a long break (right after Capitano took his well deserved sleep).

Now that there's Lunar-something elemental reaction, and with Columbina up in the banner is it safe to pull for her?

Notable characters I have is: All current Archons.

I just don't have the apetite to back read the new elemental reaction related to the Moon.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 08:25

If you just want to have fun and pull archons, sure. She can enable all Lunar reactions, so if you just wanna see what they all do she's a good pull.

But if you're someone that only cares about pulling 'meta' units and being able to beat endgame, then on her own she's not great, same as Mavuika on her own isn't great. But hopefully that kind of player wouldn't take a one-year break and expect to still keep up with endgame.

If you want her to be strong, you'll have to get one other Lunar 5* at some point. Lauma is the best if you want to on-field Bina, Ineffa is the best for team flexibility, or pick any one of Zibai, Flins, Nefer as Lunar DPSs. (Roughly in that order for damage, unless you also pull Ineffa/Lauma for Flins/Nefer)

Rare-Present-36892026-01-19 08:30

Much thanks for these insights, might probably just give more thoughts on this.

I am still saving up for the Cryo Archon, then I would resume pulling for other characters. Dunno if she might be coming up next to Columbina, don't wanna burn the saved up primos prior break then the Cryo Archon comes in.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 08:34

I mean, it's up to you. We definitely won't be getting her right away, probably not for a full year still. But if you aren't going to play the game and build up more pulls between now and then, saving what you have would be smart.

KingOfTheKitsune2026-01-19 09:24

Cryo archon won't be for another year at least. So you have plenty of time to save if you're going to be playing on a semi-regular basis.

Columbina is great, but works well with other nod krai characters. So you can make a wheelchair comp with Ineffa (on banner) or get one of the main DPSes from nod krai.

Nefer-Lauma-Columbina is the premium lunar bloom team.

Flins-Ineffa-Columbina-Sucrose for electro charged.

Zibai-Illuga-Columbina for lunar crystallised.

With Columbina you can enable older DPS characters to do one of the three lunar reactions. Currently I have Navia-Chiori-Columbina-Ineffa as a fun team to explore the new region. I really enjoy having her on my account.

So it's up to you, but if you want a lunar DPS, Columbina will be a great addition to the team.

_MuadDib_2026-01-19 08:42

You get most value from her by pairing her with other Nod Krai 5*.

There are currently 3 main DPS who works well with her Zibai, Flins(Ineffa have higher priority in his team)and Nefer(Lauma have higher priority in her team).

And two supports Ineffa and Lauma.

You don't need the main DPS to make good teams. With Ineffa you can make many teams that would elevate the older main DPS characters. With Lauma playing Columbina on field is an option.

Without any nodkrai units she still enable all lunar reaction on her own so there's value in that, and she's hydro doing decent offfield damage, but beside some boss mechanics being easier with lunar damage they are not that special and you have other hydro characters that might bring more value in non lunar teams - Furina, Yelan, Xingqiu

Rare-Present-36892026-01-19 16:29

The only closest Nod Krai character I could get (freely) would be Aino, other than that, I got none. Are there any bosses that needs some Lunar-bloom reaction to be defeated fully? or when they enter a stunned state and you need to dish those Lunar-bloom to fully defeat it?

_MuadDib_2026-01-19 19:01

Every enemy can be dealt with without using lunar reactions, it's just it makes it easier to deal with the enemy. The lunar teams are only relevant for endgame content where you need to kill the enemy fast to fully clear it, but even in these you can still force it without lunar teams if your teams do enough damage. Eg. an enemy with when using lunar damage might have 1m hp, but without doing lunar damage it might have like 2-3m hp as it will have shield or other mechanics that would effectively double or triple it.

K720012026-01-19 08:36

Do we know when we get the next archon quest (after the true moon one)? Do we get it during the next patch?

KazakiriKaoru2026-01-19 08:52

No idea

httporia2026-01-19 08:39

what artifact set is right for columbina when i want varesa to do the damage (columbina my only 5 star from nodkrai)

KyrrithK2026-01-19 08:41

Silken, or honestly Tenacity if you don't even have a 2nd Nod Krai unit on the team.

dragonx2542026-01-19 08:58

If you want Varesa to do damage, you don't use Bina with her.

Columbina on her own is not offering any tangible benefit to Varesa at all. Being able to proc lunar charged, on its own, is not a huge value gain for Varesa, who cares more about her own raw electro damage.

Usual_Way_27472026-01-19 08:56

Recommendation on 4 star unit

I have many level 1 four star unit, and only benett has been fully built. Which character should i build next, i want it to be flexible and powerful to support the spiral abyss and imaginarium theater

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-19 08:58

recommendation.

show what you have

Usual_Way_27472026-01-19 18:01

Here, i split the 4 and 5 star

Arlecchino
Columbina
Dehya
Diluc
Escoffier
Furina
Kaedehara Kazuha
Keqing
Mavuika
Mona
Nahida
Neuvillette
Ororon
Qiqi
Raiden Shogun
Skirk
Venti
Wanderer
Xilonen
Yumemizuki Mizuki
Zhongli

Aino
Amber
Barbara
Beidou
Bennett
Candace
Charlotte
Chongyun
Collei
Dahlia
Diona
Dori
Faruzan
Fischl
Freminet
Gorou
Ifa
Jahoda
Kachina
Kaeya
Kujou Sara
Kuki Shinobu
Lan Yan
Layla
Lisa
Lynette
Mika
Ningguang
Noelle
Razor
Rosaria
Sayu
Sethos
Shikanoin Heizou
Sucrose
Thoma
Xiangling
Xingqiu
Xinyan
Yanfei
Yaoyao

Joe_from_ungvar2026-01-19 18:47

now copy this
and put it in today's megathread if you want some newer suggestions
Aino, raise her to 70, and just leave here there. most things you want to 70 minimum to be valid for IT.
would be nice if you had any spare favonius weapons for some of them
Charlotte is nice and simple healers, Diona too
Fischl absolutely, you can add her to almost anything
Sucrose, very much, although for her, what matters the most is how much EM you can get on a Viridescent artifact set for her. like serious goal is getting close to 1k EM on her, she shares up to 200 EM if you do
Xingqiu, emblem set and mostly just get ER on him
Yaoyao is great and easy to use. if youve been around for the alchemy event, Dialogues staff is great on her specifically
Shinobu, long lasting skill that heals and applies electro
Lan Yan or Layla
Thoma, if c2+
Beidou, c1+ i guess
you put Ororon among 5 stars. hes good, you just put scroll set on him
i like Lynette, but mostly just for the taunt on her burst.
Rosaria, easy to use off field cryo
Xiangling is one of the most used 4 stars, but she needs a huge amount of ER, more than most

Usual_Way_27472026-01-20 02:30

Alright thanks

Ex-S_992026-01-19 09:09

just wanted to ask, for my overworld exploration in nod krai, i use mavuika, xilonen, llauma and columbina. is there a more consistent way to just kill mobs (especially wild hunt mechanics) without using any of their bursts (like ineffa, which i dont have...) the way i understand it is that i will at least need to use llauma's burst to make columbina's CA do real direct lunar bloom damage, or that i will have to wait every 12 secs to refresh llauma's hold E... or that i will just have to optimize my columbina's stats and spam CA correct?

also, can suggest what i use for the last team menber for my endgame nodkrai team? im thinking of columbina, llauma, and c2 nahida (i dont have neither nefer nor nilouXD)... is it better to just spam bloom with xingqiu, or have kuki to activate nahida's passive (faster tri-karma procs)? thanks in advance!

KyrrithK2026-01-19 09:16

Using Columbina or Lauma's skill is enough to start dealing damage to the Wild Hunt's grey health directly, even if it's Mavuika doing the damage.

As for endgame team, you actually want to avoid more Blooms that would steal Lauma's quills, so Kuki is probably best for the EM buffs and healing, or Sucrose for stronger EM buffs but no healing.

Ex-S_992026-01-19 09:24

\*facepalms\* sorry, that was stupid of me to ask, thanks for this!

as for the endgame, regarding sucrose, she will have to be the one on field? if so, just sacrificial fragments and viriscent veneer with tons of EM? if not what? thanks again!

Quor182026-01-19 09:27

You can go Sac Frags or Prototype Amber, depending on if you want the EM+reset passive or if you want the team HP% regen alongside the energy regen for Sucrose when she uses her burst. Proto Amber is easy to get to R5 at least, while if your Sac Frags was below R3 I dunno if I'd use it over Proto Amber, unless you really needed the EM for Sucrose passive buffs.

Ex-S_992026-01-19 09:31

got it, thanks for this!

KyrrithK2026-01-19 09:50

VV isn't super necessary, but it does help a little bit of Columbina's damage and swapping builds is annoying, so it's fine. And yeah, I'd just go Sac Frag to max out EM for her EM share, since that's the biggest value she's providing to the team. But Quor18 is right that PAmber on Sucrose also works if you feel the need for more healing, or Fav Codex for energy, especially to battery into Columbina for her first burst. Since PAmber only refunds energy after burst, and in Stygian you don't get that bonus while building up your first burst, and it's almost necessary for Bloom teams with Bina.

Lotus-Vale2026-01-19 09:13

How do I find the new trounce domain? It's on my list of domains but when I click to pull up the map and direct me to it it always just goes to wherever my character is.

NVM I found it. Just had to unlock the map it was in.

KyrrithK2026-01-19 09:17

It's top right of the new area, doesn't appear if you haven't unlocked the map via statues.

KingOfTheKitsune2026-01-19 09:26

Columbina 4 star Weapon

I've seen a lot say Prototype amber. Is that at R5? Does anyone know which is better between an R2 P.Amber and an R5 Favonius Codex?

I have the Favonius Codex already at 90. I'd need to refine and build the R2 P.Amber.

MaeveOathrender2026-01-19 09:30

It's not so much which one is better, because they're not comparable. PAmber is if you require HP and healing, and will likely require an ER sands. Fav gives you a massive chunk of your ER needs, and usually lets you run an HP sands. Pick depending on what your team needs and what artifacts you have available.

KingOfTheKitsune2026-01-19 09:33

The healing would be nice but I have a good HP sands on her right now. 🤔 I'll have to check if I have any energy recharge sands that might fit better.

MaeveOathrender2026-01-19 09:41

If you don't have another healer on the team, Amber might be necessary. But if you do, it would probably be overkill. So yknow, it depends.

KingOfTheKitsune2026-01-19 09:44

Okay thanks a lot! It depends on my team. Flins, no healer. But Nefer, I do have a healer. So maybe I can have two builds for the two situations.

manipulat0r2026-01-19 09:53

PA for support or if you need sustain, Widsith for dps.

RealGiraffe60382026-01-19 09:46

We can’t >!go back to the moon after the archon quest!< right?

PhyrexianRogue2026-01-19 09:48

Unknown, but for Archon's sake learn to use spoiler warnings.

RealGiraffe60382026-01-19 09:59

I can’t do through the phone

KyrrithK2026-01-19 10:00

You can, just type >! before the spoiler.

And !< after the spoiler. No spaces between the ! and the text.

Did I mention how annoying Reddit formatting is?

RealGiraffe60382026-01-19 12:25

Thank you

Impressive-Minute-812026-01-19 09:50

hey guys im returning to the game i last played before fontain returned any tips?, im overwhelmed with hoe much i got to explore and got no clue if my characters still good, any team recommendations? [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1173895562660155404/1462730502057234464/11.png?ex=696f416f&is=696defef&hm=fa4e833fa6dc6fd9da8bb797ebe40553b18323bca62043f0d4fe9e5557716de5&](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1173895562660155404/1462730502057234464/11.png?ex=696f416f&is=696defef&hm=fa4e833fa6dc6fd9da8bb797ebe40553b18323bca62043f0d4fe9e5557716de5&)

MaeveOathrender2026-01-19 10:03

Your characters will work fine for wandering around the open world, but you're gonna want some more up to date teams if you want to clear endgame. Albedo got a buff lately, so that's worth looking into if you like him.

Gabyiiiii2026-01-20 03:52

I’m not planning to go for Flins, so should I still pull Ineffa for Columbina, or just pull Zibai?