Genshin Impact

Free Characters List - How To Unlock & Tier List

The Free Characters Tier List ranks free characters in Genshin Impact. This guide includes how to unlock characters, free character list, free summons, events, 1.3 update, & Barbara!

Characters By Rarity
★5			★4
Characters By Element
Pyro	Hydro	Anemo	Electro	Cryo	Geo

Free Character List & How To Unlock

Choose A Free Characters For 1.3 Stand By Me Event

In the upcoming 1.3 update event Stand By Me, you'll get a chance to choose 1 character to join your roster from a list of 6. You'll need to complete some challenges but its a good way to get a character you want.

Free Characters List

Character	Unlock Conditions
4★ Noelle	・100% chance in the Beginner's Gacha Banner.
4★ Amber	・Follow Paemon's instruction to Mondstadt.
4★ Lisa	・Follow the story quests to the temple where Lisa is waiting.
4★ Kaeya	・Follow the story quests to the temple where Kaeya is waiting.
4★ Xiangling	・Finish Spiral Abyss Floor 3 Chamber 3.
Traveler (Main Character)	・Default Character. (Unlock upon starting the game.)

Past Event Free Characters

Character	Unlock Conditions
Fischl	・Complete Prinzessin's Pact of Unreconciled Stars event.
4★ Barbara	・Create an account before game version 1.1. ・Increase Adventure Rank to 20.

Free Character Tier List

Who To Power Up First?

Given the limited nature of experience boosting items and materials used for enhancing weapons, deciding which character to invest in can be difficult. If you're not sure, check out out recommendations below!

S Rank

Name	Details
4★ Barbara	・Provides strong healing. ・Normal attacks inflict the wet status which interacts well with other elements.
Fischl	・Strong Electro support with her Elemental Skill. ・Provide consistent damage no matter what team composition.

A Rank

Name	Details
4★ Xiangling	・Has rapid normal attacks that are useful in battles. ・Summons a fire-breathing panda that stays out even if you switch characters.
4★ Amber	・Pyro element arrows are useful for a lot of in-game puzzles. ・Provides ranged damage.

B Rank

Name	Details
Traveler (Main Character)	・Can change element from Geo to Anemo. ・Element Anemo interacts well with other elements.
4★ Noelle	・Special skill gives a strong geo shield. ・Long cool down. ・Needs to do damage to heal.

C Rank

Name	Details
4★ Kaeya	・Short cooldown on his special skill. ・Can create "ice bridges" to cross large bodies of water.
4★ Lisa	・Great strong AoE charge attack. ・Slow Elemental burst skill that is easily interrupted by enemies.

Character Builds & Related Guides

Related Guides
Best Builds For Each Character	All Character Birthday
Best Character Tool
Best Girl	Best Boy

Tier Criteria Explanation

Usefulness While Adventuring

This tier list takes into account how useful the free character is in puzzles the player will encounter while adventuring out in the world.

Usefulness In Combat

The overall damage and healing output, as well as the effectiveness of support skills of the character were also given great consideration when putting together this tier list.

Character Related Articles

Character Tier Lists

Tier Lists
Best Character Tier List	Reroll Tier List

All Characters

Characters By Rarity
★5			★4
Characters By Roles
DPS List		Support List		Healer List
Characters By Element
Pyro	Hydro	Anemo	Electro	Cryo	Geo

★5 Star Characters
Jean	Diluc	Venti	Klee
Mona	Qiqi	Keqing	Ganyu
Traveler (Geo)	Traveler (Anemo)	Tartaglia	Zhongli
Albedo	Xiao	Hu Tao	-
★4 Star Characters
Amber	Lisa	Kaeya	Barbara
Razor	Bennett	Noelle	Fischl
Sucrose	Beidou	Ningguang	Xiangling
Xingqiu	Chongyun	Diona	Xinyan
Rosaria	-	-	-
Unreleased Characters
Kamisato Ayaka	Dainsleif	Scaramouche	La Signora