Genshin Impact: Beginner's Guide & Tips Genshin Impact guide, tips

Last update: 20 November 2023

Thanks to our beginner's guide, you will learn how to start your adventure with Genshin Impact. On this page, among other things, we discuss the basic assumptions, explain the mechanics, and much more.

• Discover secrets with Elemental Sight
• Recover health at Statue of the Seven
• Explore game's world
• Cook dishes in spare time
• Use map and ping system
• Choose two characters with the same element
• Perform daily tasks
• Use Wish option
• Use Adventure's Handbook to locate creatures
• Complete simple challenges from Adventure's Handbook
• Send characters on expeditions
• Do not rule out three-star weapons

Discover secrets with Elemental Sight

When opening the circle-shaped menu, you can choose Elemental Sight, which works as a sonar within a short distance. Thanks to it you will learn a lot about the game's world. You will see enemies with their names within a given distance, discover rock walls you can break to get to previously inaccessible places, and even see the direction you need to head to find the Seelies.

Recover health at Statue of the Seven

Being close to the Statue of the Seven, you can fully restore the health of all comrades. This is a free opportunity to heal your allies without consuming food. However, the amount of health you can recover is limited, although the limit renews every day. Therefore, heal at the Statue of the Seven first and only then using food or various Elemental Bursts.

Explore game's world

This is the foundation of this game, so don't be afraid to explore all regions. Thanks to this you will find many chests that will give you a lot of Mora, artifacts and even Primogems.

Cook dishes in spare time

Thanks to cooking, you can restore more health, and many foods have unique effects, such as increasing protection against a given element, restoring stamina, or increasing the chance of a critical hit.

Use map and ping system

When looking at the map of the region, you can use the markers to tag interesting places - for example, mines using a pickaxe or places worth visiting later with a star. You have 99 markers at your disposal.

Choose two characters with the same element

Having two characters with the same element in your active team will give you a unique buff. For example, if there are two characters with Pyro elements in the team, the ATK of the whole team will be increased by 25%, and Cryo effects will last 40% shorter. Therefore, it is not always worth having each member of the team with a different element.

Perform daily tasks

This is a good opportunity to increase your supplies and get a few extra (60) Primogems. You will complete the tasks in about 15 minutes, and you will get a lot of rewards and Adventure Raank points, which will increase your maximum level of the game world.

In addition, for conducting them, you get keys that you can use to unlock special Hangout Events with different in-game characters available. For completing Hangout Events, you will receive further prizes, and in addition, you will learn a little about the characters from the story.

Use Wish option

It doesn't really matter if you choose Wish x1 or Wish x10. In any case, you are guaranteed that after the 10th wish, you will get a four-star character or weapon if you have not received it yet.

Moreover, for each wish, you receive Starglitter and Stardust, depending on the rarity of the acquired item or character. You can spend these currencies in a special store. There you can purchase, among other things, materials for upgrading characters and weapons, unavailable weapons, Intertwined and Acquaint Fate needed for more wishes, and even characters or constellations of characters, if you already have it.

Use Adventure's Handbook to locate creatures

With this handbook, you can choose any creature from a given region to find out what you can get from it once you defeat it. Moreover, clicking on a chosen monster, you will open a map with the exact location of this creature. If you defeat a boss, you will have to wait about two minutes. If it comes to regular creatures inhabiting the game world, after you defeat one of them in a given place, their new location will appear on the map.

Complete simple challenges from Adventure's Handbook

In the previously mentioned book, select the Experience tab. There will be several challenges, for which you will receive, among other things, artifacts, Adventure Rank EXP, additional wishes, and various materials for enhancing weapons or artifacts.

Send characters on expeditions

When talking to Katherine in various cities, such as Mondstadt, you can send up to five characters on expeditions lasting for a maximum of 24 hours. Thanks to this, you will receive various rewards, such as Mora, standard food, or materials for crafting weapons. It is also worth mentioning that the character sent to the expedition will be able to continue to participate in your battles, and therefore, you will be able to use it.

Do not rule out three-star weapons

It would seem that three-star weapons will be good until you find rarer, four-star, or five-star ones. However, this is not entirely true because, in many cases, weapons from this tier can still be useful. The first benefit is to quickly upgrade the Refinement level to the maximum to improve the weapon's ability by 100%. It is possible mainly because these weapons drop out much more often than those of higher quality.

This is due to the fact that many three-star weapons work very well with supporting characters because they give a specific effect as soon as they appear on the battlefield and are quickly changed, such as the Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers. So, if you do not have any legendary weapons in your possession, it is worth considering equipping the character with a lower-quality weapon.