Many of Genshin Impact's most-desirable characters and weapons can only be obtained by participating in the game's Gacha system and hoping to get lucky with Wishes. Thankfully, there is a pity system in place that makes getting 4-star and 5-star items in Genshin Impact slightly easier, though some players may be confused about certain aspects of this mechanic. For those fans that are looking to have these confusions alleviated, this guide has full details on Genshin Impact's pity system.

Updated on July 8, 2021 by Mina Smith: The pity system is a big deal in Genshin Impact; it guarantees a certain number of high-end items per banner when a player purchases enough. However, the chances of getting an item can be confusing and depends completely on the type of item a player is aiming for. Hopefully, with the new updates to this article, the chances, banners, and pity system all are a little easier for everyone to understand. A few additional tidbits have also been added as players learn more about the system and how it works.

To put things simply, the pity system in Genshin Impact guarantees that players will always receive items of certain rarities within a designated number of Wishes. For instance, if a fan makes nine consecutive Wishes without earning an item of 4-star rarity or higher, then they are guaranteed to obtain such an item on their tenth Wish. Something similar is in place for 5-star rarity items, though the pity system does not kick in here until a player has made 89 Wishes without getting one of those very rare items.

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This means that the chance of pulling a 4-star or 5-star item is actually a bit higher than what is indicated on a banner, which is only the base rate at which those items are awarded. More specifically, the rate for 4-star items climbs to 13-14.5% when factoring in the pity system. The rate for 5-star items rises to 1.6-1.85% when doing the same. While this is not an extremely significant jump, it may at least help fans with their eyes on items like Genshin Impact's Rust Bow feel more hopeful.

The pity system tracks Wishes on a per-banner basis. This means that Genshin Impact players cannot make 89 Wishes on the standard banner, and then receive a guaranteed 5-star item from a promotional banner by putting their 90th wish there. However, fans' pity progress will carry over across promotional banners. Thus, if a player is sitting at 89 Wishes without a 5-star on the Venti banner when it ends, their first wish on the subsequent character promo banner will guarantee a 5-star. This 5-star has a 50% chance of being the title character for the banner, if it has one.

The counters toward a guaranteed 4-star or 5-star item immediately reset upon receiving an item of one of those rarities. While this may be well understood from the preceding description of the mechanic, it is worth clarifying. Fans should not expect the pity system to kick in if their Wishes in Genshin Impact are consistently returning items of the higher rarities.

There is only one evergreen banner currently available in Genshin Impact, and this is the Standard Banner: Wanderlust Invocation.

• Five-star Items: Regular Odds: Jean, Qiqi, Keqing, Mona, Diluc
• Four-star Items: Regular Odds: Rosaria, Xinyan, Sucrose, Diona, Chongyun, Noelle, Bennett, Fischl, Ningguang, Xingqiu, Beidou, Xiangling, Amber, Razor, Kaeya, Barbara, Lisa, Yanfei

Genshin Impact is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5, and later on Switch.

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