Genshin Impact | Free Character Event & List | Which Genshin Characters Are Free?

The Free Characters Tier List ranks free characters in Genshin Impact. Guide includes Genshin Impact free character event, free character list, event & how to unlock characters.

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Current Free Characters

Free Character For 5.7 Update

Get a FREE Sethos from collecting 7,500 Speculative Records from the limited-time event called the Battle of Imagined Arrays. Once you have collected the required amount, you can finally exchange it to get Sethos.

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• Sethos Best Build
• Best Teams For Sethos

Free Character List & How To Unlock

Free Characters List

Character	Unlock Conditions
Lynette	- Reach AR 25 to invite/obtain her.
Collei	・Clear Spiral Abyss Floor 4 chamber 3
Noelle	・100% chance in the Beginner's Gacha Banner.
Amber	・Follow Paimon's instruction to Mondstadt.
Lisa	・Follow the story quests to the temple where Lisa is waiting.
Kaeya	・Follow the story quests to the temple where Kaeya is waiting.
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
Freminet	- Event exclusive. - Complete all the required amount of Thelxie's Badges in order to invite Freminet to your roster.
Faruzan	・Participate and complete the A Parade of Providence event
Collei	・Progress through the Unappreciated Carving event quest
Xingqiu	・Complete the Friendship In Writing Event sub event for Hues Of The Violet Garden: Irodori Festival Event.
Fischl	・Complete Prinzessin's Pact of Unreconciled Stars event ・ Complete the requirements during the Summertime Odyssey event
Barbara	・Create an account before game version 1.1. ・Increase Adventure Rank to 20.
Diona	・Reward for the Energy Amplifier Initiation event.
Beidou	・Thunder Sojourn Event
Xinyan	・Labyrinth Warriors Event
Aloy	・Log in to PS4/PS5 during its duration (Event giveaway is already over)
Kirara	- Unlocked by meeting the criteria during the Summertide Scales And Tales Event
Kachina	- Complete the Archon Quest Chapter 5 Act 1 Flower Resplendent On The Sun-Scorched Sojourn

Other FREE Character Events

Get A Free 4-Star During Lantern Rite

According to the 5.3 Livestream you ca get a free 4-star character once again during the Lantern Rite 2025, and this time the new upcoming character Lan Yan will join the Liyue gang.

Characters You Can Choose
Gaming	Yaoyao	Xiangling	Beidou
Xingqiu	Ningguang	Chongyun	Xinyan
Yun Jin	Yanfei	Lan Yan NEW!	-

Free Characters For 5.0 Update

As a part of the Genshin Impact anniversary event, players will get a chance to invite their desired 5-star character to their roster via the Wanderlust Invocation.

Choose From The Following Characters
Dehya	Keqing	Mona	Qiqi
Jean	Tighnari	Diluc	-

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!

Highest Priority

Name	Details
Lynette	・Boost the DMG by increasing attack ・ Reduces the elemental res ・Provides significant Anemo DMG
Dendro Traveler	・Consistent Dendro application with Elemental Burst ・Elemental Skill has low cooldown and easy to hit targets with
Fischl	・Strong Electro support with her Elemental Skill. ・Provide consistent damage no matter what team composition
Xiangling	・Great for any Pyro elemental reaction teams ・Burst stays on field, providing continous DPS ・Elemental Skill lessens enemy's Pyro resistance
Noelle	・Elemental skill gives a strong geo shield. ・.Valuable team member since she provides shield, damage, and healing ・Often requires a Geo battery due to Skill's long cooldown
Xingqiu	・Has one of the best off-field Bursts that applies hydro with every hit ・His Skill provides additional defense while applies Hydro to nearby enemies

Medium Priority

Name	Details
Gorou	- One of the best Geo supports - However, since his team comps are very limited, it's only advisable to build him if you plan on running a fully Geo team comp
Collei	・Consistent Dendro application with Burst ・Elemental Skill is a hit or miss due to its trajectory
Kaeya	・Extremely flexible and can work both as a Physical or Cryo damager ・Elemental Burst stays on field and is great for any Cryo elemental reaction team
Barbara	・Provides strong healing. ・All attacks apply Wet status ・Elemental Burst only provides healing. It does not have any damage
Lisa	・Strong AoE charge attack. ・Slow Elemental Burst, but will continously apply Electro on field ・Good with the right Elemental Reaction team

Low Priority

Name	Details
Freminet	- Great at shatter comps, however, when it comes to damage, he lags behind to other characters with similar strengths
Anemo Traveler	・Elemental Burst and Elemental Skill is great for crowd control and continuous Swirl damage
Geo Traveler	・Elemental Skill creates an obstacle on field ・Efficient Geo damage
Electro Traveler	・Good Electro DPS/Support ・ High Elemental Skill cooldown will require either Electro battery or high energy recharge
Amber	・Pyro element arrows are useful for a lot of in-game puzzles. ・Provides ranged damage ・Elemental Skill is hard to hit since detonation is pretty slow

Character Builds & Related Guides

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Tier Criteria Explanation

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.

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.

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Best Teams For Each Character	Meta Team Comps

All Characters

Characters By Rarity
★5						★4
Characters By Roles
DPS List				Support List				Healer List
Characters By Element
Pyro			Hydro			Anemo			Electro
Dendro				Cryo				Geo
Characters By Nation
Mondstadt				Liyue				Inazuma
Sumeru				Fontaine				Natlan

All Playable Characters

★5 Star Characters
Albedo	Alhaitham	Aloy	Anemo Traveler
Arataki Itto	Arlecchino	Baizhu	Chasca
Childe	Chiori	Citlali	Clorinde
Cyno	Dehya	Dendro Traveler	Diluc
Electro Traveler	Emilie	Escoffier	Eula
Furina	Ganyu	Geo Traveler	Hu Tao
Hydro Traveler	Jean	Kaedehara Kazuha	Kamisato Ayaka
Kamisato Ayato	Keqing	Kinich	Klee
Lyney	Mavuika	Mizuki	Mona
Mualani	Nahida	Navia	Neuvillette
Nilou	Pyro Traveler	Qiqi	Raiden Shogun
Sangonomiya Kokomi	Shenhe	Sigewinne	Skirk
Tighnari	Varesa	Venti	Wanderer
Wriothesley	Xianyun	Xiao	Xilonen
Yae Miko	Yelan	Yoimiya	Zhongli
★4 Star Characters
Amber	Barbara	Beidou	Bennett
Candace	Charlotte	Chevreuse	Chongyun
Collei	Dahlia	Diona	Dori
Faruzan	Fischl	Freminet	Gaming
Gorou	Iansan	Ifa	Kachina
Kaeya	Kaveh	Kirara	Kujou Sara
Kuki Shinobu	Lan Yan	Layla	Lisa
Lynette	Mika	Ningguang	Noelle
Ororon	Razor	Rosaria	Sayu
Sethos	Shikanoin Heizou	Sucrose	Thoma
Xiangling	Xingqiu	Xinyan	Yanfei
Yaoyao	Yun Jin	-	-

The Traveler

The Traveler & Their Elements
Pyro			Hydro			Anemo			Electro
Dendro				Cryo				Geo

Unreleased Characters

Barbeloth	Capitano	Columbina
Dainsleif	Dottore	Hroptatyr
Nicole	Pantalone	Pierro
Pulcinella	Rerir	Rhinedottir
Sandrone	Surtalogi	Tsaritsa
Varka	Vedrfolnir	Xbalanque

Story Characters

Ajaw	Alice	Ineffa
Kamuna Harunosuke	La Signora	Lumine
Teppei	Tomo	-