Genshin Impact Characters List

Genshin Impact is one of the new RPGs with an open world and anime characters. In this game, everything depends on your team and that makes it even more interesting. The game has a rich story and all characters in Genshin Impact have the background and various abilities and playstyle. In this post, you will see the list of all Genshin Impact characters, learn about the elements they represent and what weapons they use.

If you want to scroll quickly to the list of Genshin Impact characters you can use the table below. Just click on the icon that represents one of the six elements you see: Anemo, Cryo, Dendro, Electro, Geo, Hydro, Pyro (the seventh element is not currently implemented into the game, but have been announced though).

Full List of Characters

When you click on one of the icons above you will scroll to the list of those Genshin Impact characters that use that element.

How to get Genshin Impact Characters?

There are 44 playable characters in Genshin Impact right now, but more have been announced to be added to the game soon. You will start playing for one of the siblings called the Traveler, after that, you will get some of the characters for free as you complete quests and the storyline. But most part of the Genshin Impact characters you can get from Gachas. The Gacha system is presented by wishes and you will need to use Intertwined Fates or Acquaint Fates (purchased with Primogems though also available through Events, Quests or exchanged monthly for Masterless Stardust or Masterless Starglitter at Paimon’s Bargains) to roll them.

In the first 10 Wish in the Beginners’ Wish that you’ll need to do to complete one of the introductory quests Noelle is a guaranteed character.

Also, there are other ways to get guaranteed champions in Genshin Impact. The first one is to complete Archon Quests in order to obtain:

• Amber
• Kaeya
• Lisa

You will see these quests in the Prologue.

Also, you can get characters for participating in Permanent Events:

• Barbara in Baptism of Song event
• Xiangling in Spiral Abyss Event – People’s Choice event

There are also time-limited events in Genshin Impact where you can get other characters for performing wishes. You can see all the details about the current event in the game. The banner that you can see when you enter the wishes screen shows you the champions that you can get now in wishes.

In addition, you can exchange 34 Masterless Starglitter in the monthly Paimon’s Bargains shop for Two 4-star characters.

All characters in Genshin Impact can be levelled up and upgraded by Ascensions and Constellations. We will let you know more about it in the upcoming post. But levels and upgrades are not the only important things to pay attention to. There are also, different items called artifacts that will influence your character in a fight. And of course, there are five different types of weapons that your characters can use. You can see the description of them below.

• Sword attacks are the middle ground of melee weapons, the damage of their hits and speed of their attacks are somewhere in between the slow attacks of Claymores and the rapid attacks of Polearms.
• Claymores restrict the character wielding it to slower hits than other melee weapons but deal much more damage per swing. They also have a damage bonus towards breaking Geo objects, like a monster’s shield.
• Polearms have the fastest attacks of all the weapons and good forward reach.
• Due to their magical nature, all Normal and Charged attacks performed with a Catalyst are considered elemental damage. The element of the damage depends on the wielder’s natural element/vision.
• Bows boast long-ranged attacks in the game, with Charged Attacks that are capable of hitting monsters as far as the eye can see with the proper aim.

All weapons have a rarity ranging from 1-star to 5-stars. They have the same Gacha system as characters. Each time you perform a wish you have a chance to get a five-start weapon.

Genshin Impact Characters Full List

Below you can see the table with all playable characters in Genshin Impact. All of them use only one element but one. The Traveler is an Adaptive character that can change elements in different regions. For now, you can play with Anemo, Geo and Electro.

As you can see there are two types of characters five-star and four-star characters in Genshin Impact. But all of that is great and can be useful in different Genshim Impact comp and combos. You can learn more in Genshin Impact Characters Tier List – How to Build Your Team.

The Traveler

When you start playing Genshin impact you will see that you play for one of the two default characters. You will need to choose between male and female characters and start your journey. Their actual names are Aether and Lumine, but in the game, they are referred to as The Traveler. You will be asked to write a name, which will work as a nickname, but you won’t see it in dialogues. The Traveler is the very first free five-start character that you get in Genshin Impact. All quests and plots it developing around him or her, and even if your comp doesn’t contain Traveler you’ll still see him in the cutscenes accompanied by Paimon.

You will start the game unaligned, which is a special elemental relation that you’ll have until you interact with the first God Statue. When unaligned, screens that show character cards with their elements show a grey “no” symbol (︎) in the place of the element symbol. But after you interact with the first Statue of The Seven in Mondstadt you will unlock the first elemental relation for The Traveler which is Anemo. The Traveler can resonate with any other Statue of The Seven they find and change their element to match the statue’s element and the next one is Geo, Electro, Dendro and Hydro.

There are only five available elements right now and each of them has personal Talents and Constellations as well as optimal build and the best Team Comps, which you can check out via the links below.

Genshin Impact Anemo Characters List

Anemo is one of the seven Elements and the first one the Traveler acquires. Having two Anemo characters in the group results in the Elemental Resonance:

• Impetuous Winds: Decreases Stamina Consumption by 15%. Increases Movement SPD by 10%. Shortens Skill CD by 5%.

Also, there are several elemental reactions that can be triggered by other elements. Anemo causes Swirl reaction with different effects with Electro, Pyro, Hydro and Cryo elements.

In some time every character in tables from this post will lead you to the relevant build with all the best team combos for that Genshin Impact character.

Genshin Impact Cryo Characters List

Cryo is one of the seven Elements. Having two Cryo characters in the group results in the Elemental Resonance:

• Shattering Ice: Affected by Electro for 40% less time. Increases CRIT Rate against enemies that are Frozen or affected by Cryo by 15%.

Also, there are several elemental reactions that can be triggered by other elements. Cryo causes different reactions with different elements:

• Superconduct with Electro
• Frozen with Hydro
• Melt with Pyro
• Swirl with Anemo
• Crystallize with Geo

These are unique reactions that deal extra damage, debuff, cause crowd control, grant shields etc.

Genshin Impact Dendro Characters List

Dendro is one of the seven Elements. Having two Dendro characters in the group results in the Elemental Resonance:

• Sprawling Greenery: After triggering Burning, Quicken, or Bloom reactions, all nearby party members gain 30 Elemental Mastery for 6s. After triggering Aggravate, Spread, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon reactions, all nearby party members gain 20 Elemental Mastery for 6s. The duration of the aforementioned effects will be counted independently.

Also, there are several elemental reactions that can be triggered by other elements. Dendro causes different reactions with different elements:

• Electro Quicken: Applies a Quicken aura.
  • Electro Aggravate: Triggered when applying Electro to an entity with the Quicken aura. Adds Flat DMG Bonus to the attack that triggers this reaction.
  • Dendro Spread: Triggered when applying Dendro to an entity with the Quicken aura. Adds Flat DMG Bonus to the attack that triggers this reaction.
• Bloom: Creates a Dendro Core that explodes after 6 seconds, dealing AoE Dendro DMG.
  • Electro Hyperbloom: Triggered when applying Electro to a Dendro Core. Transforms the Dendro Core into a homing Sprawling Shot that deals increased AoE Dendro DMG in a much smaller AoE.
  • Pyro Burgeon: Triggered when applying Pyro to a Dendro Core. Detonates the Dendro Core immediately, dealing increased AoE Dendro DMG.
• Burning: Deals AoE Pyro DoT and applies Pyro.

Dendro reactions work differently and have much potential. You can try different options to deal more damage with your favourite Genshin comp.

Genshin Impact Electro Characters List

Electro is one of the seven Elements. Having two Electro characters in the group results in the Elemental Resonance:

• High Voltage: Affected by Hydro for 40% less time. Superconduct, Overloaded, and Electro-Charged have a 100% chance to generate an Electro Elemental Particle (CD: 5s).

Also, there are several elemental reactions that can be triggered by other elements. Electro causes different reactions with different elements:

• Electro-Charged with Hydro
• Overloaded with Pyro
• Superconduct with Cryo
• Swirl with Anemo
• Crystallize with Geo

These are unique reactions that deal extra damage, debuff, cause crowd control, grant shields etc.

Genshin Impact Geo Characters List

Geo is one of the seven Elements and the second one the Traveler acquires. Having two Geo characters in the group results in the Elemental Resonance:

• Enduring Rock: Increases shield strength by 15%. Additionally, characters protected by a shield will have the following special characteristics: DMG dealt increased by 15%, dealing DMG to enemies will decrease their Geo RES by 20% for 15s.

Also, there are several elemental reactions that can be triggered by other elements. Geo causes Crystallize reaction with different effects with Electro, Pyro, Hydro and Cryo elements.

Genshin Impact Hydro Characters List

Hydro is one of the seven Elements. Having two Hydro characters in the group results in the Elemental Resonance:

• Soothing Water: Affected by Pyro for 40% less time. Increases incoming healing by 30%.

Also, there are several elemental reactions that can be triggered by other elements. Hydro causes different reactions with different elements:

• Electro-Charged with Electro
• Vaporize with Pyro
• Frozen with Cryo
• Swirl with Anemo
• Crystallize with Geo

These are unique reactions that deal extra damage, debuff, cause crowd control, grant shields etc.

Genshin Impact Pyro Characters List

Pyro is one of the seven Elements. Having two Pyro characters in the group results in the Elemental Resonance:

• Fervent Flames: Affected by Cryo for 40% less time. Increases ATK by 25%.

Also, there are several elemental reactions that can be triggered by other elements. Pyro causes different reactions with different elements:

• Overloaded with Electro
• Vaporize with Hydro
• Melt with Cryo
• Swirl with Anemo
• Crystallize with Geo
• Burning with Dendro (some enemies have it now)

These are unique reactions that deal extra damage, debuff, cause crowd control, grant shields etc.

We will add more Genshin Impact characters to these tables when they appear in the game. You can check more posts are Genshin Impact via the link below.