Genshin Impact

by HoYoverse

Genshin Impact is an open-world RPG set in Teyvat — seven elemental nations governed by Archons. You play the Traveler, searching for your lost sibling while uncovering a conspiracy spanning gods, ancient civilizations, and the fabric of reality. Explore, fight, and collect characters with elemental powers.

101 characters, locations, and items in this world codex.

Characters

• Traveler — An outlander from beyond Teyvat, separated from their twin by an unknown god — now wandering the seven nations seeking answers and reunion.
• Venti — The Anemo Archon Barbatos disguised as a carefree bard — the oldest god of the Seven, hiding millennia of grief behind wine and whimsy.
• Jean Gunnhildr — Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius — a woman carrying an entire nation's safety on her shoulders while its real leaders are absent.
• Diluc Ragnvindr — Mondstadt's wealthiest citizen and secret vigilante — a man who abandoned the Knights after his father's death and now wages a private war against dar
• Kaeya Alberich — Cavalry Captain of the Knights and Khaenri'ah's abandoned spy — a man whose every smile conceals a war between two homelands he owes everything to.
• Lisa Minci — The most brilliant mage the Sumeru Akademiya produced in decades — now voluntarily hiding as a sleepy librarian in Mondstadt.
• Amber — Mondstadt's last Outrider — a girl too stubborn to let a dying tradition end on her watch.
• Fischl — A girl who constructed an elaborate fantasy persona to survive loneliness — and then reality bent to match it when her Vision arrived.
• Bennett — The unluckiest adventurer in Mondstadt — orphaned, cursed, and perpetually injured, yet radiating more genuine hope than anyone alive.
• Albedo — Chief Alchemist of the Knights and a synthetic human created by the alchemist Rhinedottir — quietly questioning whether he is truly alive or merely a
• Eula Lawrence — A knight from Mondstadt's most hated aristocratic family — constantly declaring vengeance she never means while proving loyalty through action.
• Mona Megistus — Teyvat's greatest astrologer, able to read fate itself in the stars — perpetually starving because she spends every mora on astrology equipment.
• Sucrose — A timid bio-alchemist who pours all her social anxiety into obsessive research — Albedo's dedicated assistant chasing the dream of a perfect paradise.
• Noelle — A maid who could bench-press a building — endlessly serving the Knights of Favonius while failing the entrance exam, yet never losing faith.
• Barbara — Mondstadt's beloved idol-deaconess — healing the sick and singing for the masses while struggling to escape her sister Jean's shadow.
• Rosaria — A nun who never prays, drinks on the job, and moonlights as Mondstadt's most effective covert intelligence agent.
• Diona — A cat-eared bartender on a lifelong crusade to destroy the wine industry — cursed with the ability to make every drink she mixes taste incredible.
• Zhongli — The Geo Archon Morax retired from godhood, walking among mortals as a consultant — six thousand years of memory wearing a perfectly tailored suit.
• Xiao — The last surviving Yaksha — an Adeptus who has spent millennia killing demons and is slowly being consumed by the karmic debt of those he has slain.
• Ganyu — A three-thousand-year-old half-qilin who works as Liyue's secretary — caught between her immortal nature and desperate desire to belong among humans.
• Hu Tao — The 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor — a girl who speaks with ghosts, writes poetry about death, and greets the living with unhinged enth
• Keqing — The Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing — a woman who once tried to destroy her own Vision to prove humanity needs no gods, and now wields it with conflicted p
• Ningguang — The Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing and the wealthiest non-divine being in Teyvat — a woman who built a palace in the sky from nothing and sacrificed it
• Beidou — Captain of the Crux Fleet and the woman who cut a sea serpent in half with a single strike — the most feared and beloved pirate in the Liyue seas.
• Xingqiu — Second son of the Feiyun Commerce Guild — a bookworm who secretly practices an ancient sword art and longs for chivalric adventure.
• Xiangling — Liyue's youngest head chef prodigy — a culinary adventurer who will cook anything that moves, accompanied by her fire-breathing panda Guoba.
• Chongyun — An exorcist whose overflowing yang energy scares away every evil spirit before he can fight them — cursed to never encounter the demons he trained his
• Yanfei — A half-adeptus legal advisor who channels the power of divine heritage into the most aggressive contract litigation Liyue has ever seen.
• Shenhe — A woman raised by Cloud Retainer in isolation, bound by red ropes that suppress her murderous impulses — relearning what it means to be human one awkw
• Yelan — Liyue's shadow intelligence operative — a gambler and spy who answers to no one official, playing every faction against each other while protecting th
• Yun Jin — Liyue Opera's brightest star — a performer torn between preserving ancient tradition and embracing the rock music that secretly thrills her.
• Baizhu — The sickly pharmacist of Bubu Pharmacy — a man kept alive by a sentient snake and secrets, who understands the boundary between medicine and poison be
• Raiden Shogun — The Electro Archon who murdered eternity into existence — a god so terrified of loss that she sealed herself away and left a puppet to rule, until a m
• Yae Miko — A centuries-old kitsune shrine maiden who publishes light novels, manipulates everyone around her for entertainment, and is the only person the Electr
• Kamisato Ayaka — The princess of the Kamisato Clan — Inazuma's most graceful noblewoman, who secretly organized resistance against the Shogun's tyranny while dancing t
• Kaedehara Kazuha — A wandering ronin who carries his dead friend's Vision and the weight of a fallen clan — the only person to have blocked the Raiden Shogun's Musou no
• Arataki Itto — The self-proclaimed 'Number One Most Magnificent and Illustrious and Absolutely Awe-Inspiring Arataki Itto' — an oni leading a gang of misfits with mo
• Sangonomiya Kokomi — The Divine Priestess of Watatsumi Island and its military commander — a brilliant strategist who calculates every social interaction like a battlefiel
• Kujou Sara — A tengu general utterly devoted to the Raiden Shogun — who discovered her own clan was betraying the Shogun and had to choose between family loyalty a
• Yoimiya — The queen of Naganohara Fireworks — a motormouth who talks faster than her pyrotechnics explode and finds joy in making other people's wishes come tru
• Kamisato Ayato — Head of the Kamisato Clan and Yashiro Commissioner, Ayato is a cunning political strategist who protects Inazuma's stability from behind the scenes wh
• Thoma — Mondstadt-born housekeeper of the Kamisato Clan, Thoma is a warm and sociable fixer who helps newcomers navigate Inazuman society with his extensive n
• Gorou — General of the Watatsumi Island resistance forces, Gorou is a loyal dog-eared warrior who led the fight against the Vision Hunt Decree alongside Sango
• Shikanoin Heizou — A sharp-witted detective of the Tenryou Commission who solves cases through intuition and martial arts rather than conventional methods, often frustra
• Nahida — The Dendro Archon and Lesser Lord Kusanali, Nahida possesses the wisdom of the God of Wisdom despite her childlike form, having been imprisoned for ce
• Alhaitham — A genius scholar and the Akademiya's Acting Grand Sage, Alhaitham is blunt, self-assured, and values logic above all else, preferring solitude over th
• Cyno — The General Mahamatra of the Sumeru Akademiya, Cyno enforces academic law with unwavering severity while harboring a passion for Genius Invokation TCG
• Nilou — The star dancer of the Zubayr Theater in Sumeru, Nilou is a gentle and pure-hearted young woman who believes in the power of dance and art to bring jo
• Tighnari — Forest watcher of the Avidya Forest with distinctive fennec fox ears, Tighnari is a sharp-tongued but caring botanist who patrols the rainforest and e
• Dehya — A fierce Eremite mercenary who fights with a blazing claymore to protect those she cares about, Dehya is known for her strength, loyalty, and no-nonse
• Kaveh — A brilliant but idealistic architect who designed the Palace of Alcazarzaray, Kaveh is now broke and reluctantly living with Alhaitham, with whom he c
• Wanderer — A puppet created by the Electro Archon Ei centuries ago, the Wanderer has lived many lives — as Kunikuzushi, as the Fatui Harbinger Scaramouche, and n
• Faruzan — An ancient Akademiya scholar who was trapped in ruins for over a century, Faruzan emerged in the present day still young, struggling to adapt to a wor
• Layla — A sleep-deprived Akademiya astrology student who unknowingly accomplishes remarkable feats while sleepwalking, Layla struggles with chronic insomnia a
• Furina — The former Hydro Archon persona who maintained a dramatic, theatrical facade for five centuries to conceal the true Focalors' plan to save Fontaine fr
• Neuvillette — The Chief Justice of Fontaine and the reincarnated Hydro Dragon Sovereign, Neuvillette is a being of immense power who presides over the Court of Font
• Wriothesley — The Duke of the Fortress of Meropide, Fontaine's underwater prison, Wriothesley rules the inmates with pragmatic justice and fights with devastating C
• Navia — The vivacious president of the Spina di Rosula, Fontaine's most prominent civil society organization, Navia wields a golden claymore and fights for ju
• Clorinde — Fontaine's legendary Champion Duelist who settles legal disputes through combat, Clorinde is a stoic and formidable swordswoman respected and feared t
• Lyney — A charming stage magician in Fontaine who secretly serves Arlecchino as one of her 'children' from the House of the Hearth, Lyney balances his public
• Lynette — Lyney's quiet, cat-eared twin sister who serves as his stage assistant, Lynette is reserved and emotionally guarded but deeply devoted to her brothers
• Freminet — A shy, introverted deep-sea diver raised in Arlecchino's House of the Hearth, Freminet finds comfort beneath the waves and struggles with social inter
• Arlecchino — The Fourth Fatui Harbinger known as 'The Knave,' Arlecchino runs the House of the Hearth orphanage as a cover for Fatui operations, raising children a
• Sigewinne — A Melusine nurse stationed at the Fortress of Meropide, Sigewinne is a small, cheerful creature who keeps the prison's Duke Wriothesley in check with
• Mavuika — The Pyro Archon and warrior queen of Natlan, Mavuika is a fierce leader who has fought to protect her people for centuries, embodying the burning spir
• Kinich — A pragmatic Saurian hunter from Natlan who is bonded with Ajaw, an ancient and obnoxious dragon spirit that serves as both his weapon and greatest sou
• Citlali — An ancient shaman from Natlan who inhabits a youthful body, Citlali wields powerful Cryo magic and carries the wisdom of centuries despite her childli
• Xilonen — A talented Nahualpilli artisan in Natlan who forges ancient artifacts while rollerblading through the streets, blending traditional craftsmanship with
• Kachina — A young warrior-in-training from Natlan who wields a drill-like Geo weapon with earnest determination, Kachina is eager to prove herself despite her i
• Tartaglia — The Eleventh Fatui Harbinger known as Childe, Tartaglia is a battle-obsessed warrior who lives for combat yet remains a devoted and loving older broth
• Paimon — The Traveler's tiny floating companion and self-appointed guide across Teyvat, Paimon is loud, opinionated, endlessly hungry, and the butt of 'emergen
• Dainsleif — The enigmatic Bough Keeper and last surviving knight of the fallen nation of Khaenri'ah, Dainsleif wanders Teyvat cursed with immortality, opposing th
• La Signora — The Eighth Fatui Harbinger known as the Fair Lady, La Signora was once Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter — the Crimson Witch of Embers who burned with grie
• Il Dottore — The Second Fatui Harbinger and a deranged genius scientist, Il Dottore creates copies of himself at different ages called 'segments,' conducts horrifi
• Pierro — The First Fatui Harbinger known as 'The Jester,' Pierro is the founder and leader of the Eleven Harbingers, a former sage of Khaenri'ah who survived i
• Il Capitano — The First Harbinger by combat strength, Il Capitano is an honorable warrior whose overwhelming power earned him the respect of even his enemies in Nat
• Columbina — The Third Fatui Harbinger known as the Damselette, Columbina is an eerily serene figure who sings softly and unsettles even her fellow Harbingers with
• The Unknown God — The Sustainer of Heavenly Principles who intercepted the Traveler and their twin at the beginning of the story, separating them and sealing their powe

Locations

• Teyvat — The vast continent where seven elemental nations coexist under the watchful gaze of Celestia, each governed by an Archon and shaped by its ruling elem
• Mondstadt — The City of Freedom, a wind-blessed Germanic city of wine and song protected by the Knights of Favonius and watched over by the Anemo Archon Barbatos.
• Liyue Harbor — The Harbor of Contracts, a prosperous Chinese-inspired trade city built on commerce and tradition, formerly ruled by the Geo Archon Rex Lapis and now
• Inazuma — The Nation of Eternity, a storm-encircled Japanese archipelago ruled by the Electro Archon Raiden Shogun, scarred by the Vision Hunt Decree and its af
• Sumeru — The Nation of Wisdom, a land split between lush rainforest and vast desert, centered on the Akademiya where scholars pursue knowledge under the Dendro
• Fontaine — The Nation of Justice, a steampunk French civilization built around elaborate courtroom drama, underwater exploration, and the mysterious Oratrice tha
• Natlan — The Nation of War, a volcanic Mesoamerican-inspired land where warriors prove themselves alongside Saurian companions and the Pyro Archon Mavuika lead
• Snezhnaya — The Nation of Love — ironically a frozen militaristic empire ruled by the Cryo Archon, homeland of the Fatui who scheme to collect all seven Gnoses fr
• Dragonspine — A treacherous frozen mountain south of Mondstadt harboring the ruins of an ancient civilization destroyed by Celestia, where extreme cold and Cryo haz
• The Chasm — A massive mining pit in western Liyue that descends into the underground depths, connecting to Abyss-touched caverns filled with ancient mysteries and
• Enkanomiya — A subterranean nation beneath Watatsumi Island, once called Byakuyakoku, where an ancient civilization lived in eternal darkness illuminated by an art
• Watatsumi Island — A sacred coral island in the Inazuma archipelago, home to the Sangonomiya clan who worship the serpent god Orobashi and resisted the Raiden Shogun's V
• Sumeru Akademiya — Teyvat's premier institution of knowledge and learning, a massive scholarly complex in Sumeru that controls the Akasha Terminal network and trains the
• Opera Epiclese — Fontaine's grand opera house and premier social venue, where the nation's elite gather for performances, political maneuvering, and the spectacles tha
• Court of Fontaine — Fontaine's supreme judicial institution where Chief Justice Neuvillette presides over trials that double as public entertainment, with the Oratrice re
• Mare Jivari — The legendary sea that stopped flowing, a desolate and mysterious dead zone at the edge of Natlan where even the wind ceases and adventurers vanish wi
• Celestia — The floating divine island suspended above Teyvat, realm of the gods and origin of Visions, whose true nature and motives remain the greatest mystery
• Khaenri'ah — The destroyed godless nation that once thrived beneath Teyvat without an Archon, annihilated by Celestia five hundred years ago in a cataclysm that sc

Items

• Gnosis — Chess-piece shaped divine cores that grant the Seven Archons their full elemental authority, each corresponding to a different piece and element. The
• Vision — Gem-like objects bestowed by Celestia upon mortals who demonstrate exceptional ambition, granting them the power to manipulate one of the seven elemen
• Delusion — Artificial Visions manufactured by the Fatui using residual Archon energy, granting elemental power at a severe cost to the user's life force and phys
• Akasha Terminal — Sumeru's networked knowledge-sharing device that connected all citizens to a collective information system, secretly controlled by the Akademiya and p
• Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale — Fontaine's monumental justice machine that renders court verdicts by processing Indemnitium — emotional energy from trial audiences — secretly designe

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