How To Unlock and Obtain New Characters in Genshin Impact

A prelude is shown before you get to play Genshin Impact on your own. It shows two characters being confronted by a goddess with a pyro ability. It turns out that these characters are twins, Aether and Lumine, brother and sister. You then get to choose which of them you are keen to play.

However, it doesn’t matter who you choose. After picking one, the other get’s abducted. You are then left to wander alone until Paimon comes along.

Paimon is not a playable character , but you both wander through the land of Teyvat. Your main character will be referred to as “The Traveler” throughout the game, and as you play along you will come across other characters that may join you in your quest to find your twin sister(or brother depending on who you chose).

FREE CHARACTERS

It would be boring if everything had to be purchased in-game right? Sure it’s alright for some, but why burn some cash if you could get them free? Check out what we prepared for you.

Now that we’ve named a few of them, we’ll let you in on a secret. You don’t need to pay-to-play every hero all you need is to grind, complete quests and earn primogems.

IN-GAME CURRENCY

To obtain them you need to:

1. Daily Check In – a visit to the HoYo Lab may just give you a surprise. Yes! this part of the rewards is the most ignored. Make sure to click the link and check-in daily.
2. Redeem Codes – keep an eye out for redeemable codes no matter what the rewards are. You just might get the surprise you wanted.
3. Complete Daily Commissions – every day there are four commissions given by the Adventurers Guild with 10 Primogems each as a reward. An additional 20 is given after completing all four tasks. Effectively bringing the total to 60 Primogems daily.
4. Achievements – remember the “Boared to Death” achievement? Well, that gave us Primogems as a reward. I can’t quite remember how many though. Most of the achievements give out up to 20 Primogems as rewards along with other items and gold. Make sure to always check you achievements tab and collect your Primogems from there.
5. Events – as often as the game is updated. New events are introduced. This rewards diligent players with hundreds of Primogems. You best hurry because all of them are limited-time events.
6. Character Test Runs – the game introduces new characters and they also allow you to try for a limited time and then leave you wanting more if you happen to love the character. Trying them out for a certain period will reward you with Primogems.
7. Story Quests – these unlock future quests dependent on the previous ones. And make sure you finish every quest just to make sure the outpour of Primogems rewards never cease.
8. Spiral Abyss – on the lower levels, the Spiral Abyss gives rewards only once. But for Floor 9 and up, you are able to replay and regain rewards whenever Spiral Abyss updates. And you need to be really strong to clear these floors and not waste your time on Primogem farming.

To obtain this you need to:

1. Purchase Intertwined or Acquaint Fate using Primogems.
2. Use either Interwined or Acquaint Fate to execute a Wish.
3. After wishing, either a weapon or a character is rewarded. If a player obtains a duplicate 4 or 5 star weapon or character, they will receive Masterlessglitter. How much they receive varies according to the rarity of the weapon or character obtained.

To obtain this:

1. Use either Intertwined or Acquaint Fates when wishing.
2. For every 3 star weapon you acquire, you will receive x15 Masterless Stardust.

WISHES

Also known as banners are gacha system in Genshin Impact which contains two types: The Permanent Standard Wish, Wanderlust Invocation, and the Limited-time Event Wishes for Characters and Weapons.

Wishes are unlocked after completing the Archon Quest Prologue, Act I: The Outlander Who Caught the Wind – Knights of Favonius at Adventure Rank 5.

HOW TO BUY

To be able to use Acquaint and Intertwined Fates, you must first accumulate a large amount of special currency (Primogem & Masterlessglitter) and then you buy them. If you have read this thread thoroughly, then you already know how to get them in-game by.

To purchase Acquiant and Intertwined Fates go to:

1. Press ESC on the main screen.
2. Select Shop on the popup pane.
3. Click Paimon’s Bargains.

To purchase using Masterless Starglitter:

1. Select the Starglitter Exchange on top.
2. Choose either Intertwined or Acquaint Fate.
3. Adjust the Quantity of your items to purchase.
4. Click Exchange.
5. Item has been added to your bag / inventory.

To purchase using Masterless Stardust:

1. Select the Stardust Exchange on top.
2. Choose either Intertwined or Acquaint Fate.
3. Adjust the Quantity of your items to purchase.
4. Click Exchange.
5. Item has been added to your bag / inventory.

To purchase using Primogems:

1. Select the Purchase with Primogems on top.
2. Choose either Intertwined or Acquaint Fate.
3. Adjust the Quantity of your items to purchase.
4. Click Purchase.
5. Item has been added to your bag / inventory.

WISHES GRANTED?

Now that you’ve purchase so many Intertwined or Acquaint Fates, it’s time for us to test our luck. We will now be using our new purchased items to do some wishes. To do this:

1. Press ESC on the main screen.
2. Select Wish on the popup pane.

To use your Intertwined Fate:

1. Select either the Character Event Wish or the Weapon Event Wish
2. Click on Wish x1 or Wish x10 on the bottom right.
3. An animation will appear resembling wishing stars falling from the sky. Right after that, a silhouette of the rewards appear slowly revealing its form.(Note: There’s the Extra x15 Masterless Stardust when you get a 3 star weapon)(Note: We got lucky and received Sayu when using the Intertwined Fate on Character Event Wish)

To use Acquaint Fate:

1. Select Standard Wish, Wanderlust Invocation.
2. Click on Wish x1 or Wish x10 on the bottom right.
3. An animation will appear resembling wishing stars falling from the sky. Right after that, a silhouette of the rewards appear slowly revealing its form.

And there you have it. It’s a lengthy piece, however, if your someone who does not want to spend a dime; then this guide should be on your go to list of how-tos in Genshin Impact.

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