How to unlock free characters in Genshin Impact

In Genshin Affect, you’ll begin out with only a single character, the Traveler. However over time, you’ll work to construct out your roster with extra characters, every with their very own distinctive talents. You normally do that by making Needs on the gacha banners, however if you wish to Want loads, you’ll have to spend cash. Fortunately, there are just a few free characters you may get to assist kickstart your group’s development.

Notably, three of the characters listed under (Amber, Kaeya, and Lisa) are all characters which can be not often featured within the gacha Want banners. Getting constellations for these characters is extraordinarily uncommon.

Our Genshin Affect information covers the free characters you may get, together with some particulars about easy methods to get them and the way they play.

The Traveler (Aether/Lumine) — Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, or Hydro sword-user

Whenever you first begin Genshin Affect, you’ll get to decide on between the male character (Aether) or the feminine character (Lumine). This character is usually known as “the Traveler” and they’re the protagonist of the sport. You do not need to actively use them in your occasion, however they may star in many of the subsequent cutscenes.

The Traveler begins as an Anemo character, however when you arrive in several areas, you’ll be capable to unlock the respective parts for that area. Going to Liyue will unlock Geo talents. going to Inazuma will unlock Electro talents, going to Sumeru will unlock Dendro talents, and going to Fontaine will unlock Hydro talents. You possibly can change the character’s aspect by visiting a Statue of the Seven within the respective area.

Observe that as of penning this, the Traveler has no Pyro talents, although we’ve entry to Natlan. The Traveler’s Pyro type is probably going coming in a later patch.

Amber is the second character you’ll come throughout. When you meet Paimon, observe the opening quest and also you’ll stumble upon Amber in a short time. You possibly can’t actually progress and discover with out selecting up Amber, so simply observe the primary story quests till you recruit her.

Amber is thought for being one of many weakest characters within the recreation, however her potential to fireplace off Pyro-infused arrows will enable you to clear up tons of puzzles round Teyvat.

Kaeya — Cryo sword-user

Kaeya is the third character you’ll decide up. Shortly after you encounter Amber and enter Mondstadt, you’ll get a handful of quests. A kind of quests, Crash Course, talks about assembly Kaeya at a temple. Comply with the target marker and meet him on the dungeon. After a brief tutorial on how Kaeya and Cryo characters work, you’ll end the hunt and recruit Kaeya to your occasion.

Similar to Amber, Kaeya will not be notably sturdy, however his Cryo talents will enable you to clear up early puzzles. Moreover, his Glacial Waltz potential does have its makes use of in area of interest group compositions.

Lisa — Electro catalyst-user

Lisa’s acquisition methodology is similar to Kaeya. When you go to Mondstadt, you’ll get a quest known as Sparks Amongst the Pages. Comply with the hunt marker to a different temple, and undergo it. As is the case in Crash Course, you’ll get a tutorial for Lisa, after which add her to your occasion when you’re finished.

Similar to the opposite two, Lisa is way from the perfect Electro character you’ll get, however you’ll positively need her round to unravel any Electro puzzles you see within the early recreation.

Xiangling — Pyro polearm-user

When you hit Journey Rank 20, you’ll unlock the Spiral Abyss. It is a type of floor-based dungeon the place you’ll take your squad by progressively more durable flooring, gaining some bonuses as you go. Should you handle to clear Ground 3, Chamber 3 of the Spiral Abyss, you’ll get Xiangling free of charge.

Xiangling is the perfect of the free characters, and he or she stays extraordinarily related to the meta, as her Pyronado potential permits her to persistently sustain harm, even when she’s not on the sphere. Alongside Bennett, one other four-star character, she stays a staple in a ton of groups.

Noelle — Geo claymore-user

Noelle is “free” in a technicality, as she’s assured from the newbie’s gacha want banner. You could possibly keep away from hoping on that banner and never get the assured Noelle from it, if you happen to actually needed to.

There are solely 5 permanently-available Geo characters within the recreation exterior of the Traveler, so Noelle is an effective get, particularly if you might want to clear up Geo based mostly puzzles. You can too construct her to swing large and laborious if you happen to needed to.

Collei — Dendro bow-user

Similar to Xiangling, you’ll unlock Collei free of charge from simply doing Spiral Abyss. You’ll have to clear Ground 4, Chamber 3, so that you’ll have to clear greater than you wanted to for Xiangling.

Collei is a superb Dendro assist, as she will be able to apply Dendro effectively and enable you to clear up Dendro puzzles in a pinch (particularly if you happen to don’t have your Traveler attuned to the correct aspect).

Lynette — Anemo sword-user

Lynette unlocks free of charge when you attain Journey Rank 25 or increased, and he or she may be claimed from the standard occasion display screen.

She’s a terrific Anemo assist who can be utilized the identical method Kazuha or Sucrose may be; place her expertise on the sphere so as to add large zones of area-of-effect swirl harm when mixed with different parts.

Different free characters by occasions

Now and again, some limited-time occasions will reward free characters (or Constellations, if you have already got the character). Thus far, the flagship occasions have solely rewarded four-star characters, however this may be helpful if you happen to’re lacking vital, highly effective characters like Xingqiu or Bennett.

The characters accessible by these occasions usually replicate the area the place the occasion is happening. For instance, a giant occasion in Mondstadt might reward Barbara or Noelle, however an occasion in Liyue might reward Ningguang or Beidou. Both method, it’s value listening to occasions to attain some freebie characters.

Throughout the fourth anniversary occasion for the sport, gamers have been in a position to choose a normal five-star character (Dehya, Keqing, Mona, Qiqi, Jean, Tighnari, or Diluc) free of charge. That is the one time the sport has given away a five-star character, however we will doubtless anticipate one thing related for future anniversary occasions.

Should you’re on the lookout for extra to do in Genshin Affect, we’ve tons of guides to get you began. Our early Genshin Affect guides will listing out newbie’s tricks to get your began, how the characters’ elemental reactions work, and clarify the battle cross to you.

Now we have expansive guides on pesky Sumeru aspect content material, like Udumbara Pistil areas and the place the Aranyaka Mysterious Clipboard buried chests are. Now we have content material for Natlan, too, explaining easy methods to unlock the varied Natlan world quests and easy methods to make the Natlan craftable weapons.