Genshin Impact | Stygian Onslaught Event Guide & Strategy Tips

Stygian Onslaught guide for Genshin Impact 5.8. See best teams, recommended teams for each boss, how to unlock the weapon skin, rewards, Fearless difficulty tips and location details.

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Stygian Onslaught Overview & Release Date

Stygian Onslaught Duration

Version 5.8 Stygian Onslaught Boss Lineup

Battlefield Bosses
Tenebrous Papilla	Void Ward: The boss enters a shielded state where it doesn't take damage. Use Nightsoul-aligned Elemental Attacks to quickly deplete the shield, which causes the Papilla to enter a weakened state. Tenebrous Mimesis: This boss can transform into various other world bosses. Attrition Assault: Some attacks can inflict and stack "Attrition" on a character, which deals damage to the affected character after some time passes.
Tent Tortoise	Thundertorn Ward: The Tortoise puts up an Electro shield after taking a certain amount of elemental damage. It reflects all the the damage it takes while the shield is up. Elemental reactions that react with Electro can be used to drain the shield.
Pipilpan Idol	Hat Show: The idol or Cactus will split into three hats, two fake hats and one real hat, after taking a certain amount of Electro-charged or Lunar-charged damage. The hats will keep shuffling between themselves until the hat concealing the idol (it has a face on it) is attacked with Electro-charged or Lunar-charged damage. Deal damage to the real hat to break all the hats, sending the Cactus into a weakened state. * Electro-charged and Lunar-charged damage are more effective at breaking the hats.

Version 5.8 Stygian Onslaught Exalted Ones

Exalted characters' have their Max HP, ATK and DEF increased by 20% during the challenge. These characters are chosen based on server clear stats and usage rate and can change.

Exalted Ones
Xilonen	Kazuha	Skirk	Escoffier	Varesa
Furina	Neuvi.	Yelan	Mavuika	Iansan
Bennett	Chasca	Citlali	Shenhe	Mualani

Stygian Onslaught Is a Reoccurring Challenge Event

Stygian Onslaught is a reoccurring combat challenge event that lasts for almost the entire duration of the patch after it goes live. It was recently updated with a new boss lineup for Version 5.8. Primogem and Dust of Enlightenment rewards have been refreshed, and the Disturbance Outbreak makes a return for the first 10 days of the event.

5.8 Stygian Onslaught Strategy Overview

Summary of Best Teams For All Bosses

Note: You cannot choose the same character more than once starting from the Menacing Difficulty!

▼ Best Tenebrous Papilla Teams
Chasca	Furina	Mavuika	Xilonen
Kinich	Emilie	Mavuika	Bennett
Mavuika	Citlali	Bennett	Xilonen

▼ Best Tent Tortoise Teams
Mualani	Xiangling	Sucrose	Xilonen
Skirk	Furina	Escoffier	Citlali
Lyney	Zhongli	Bennett	Xilonen

▼ Best Pipilpan Idol Teams
Neuvillette	Furina	Ineffa	Xilonen
Varesa	Iansan	Furina	Xianyun
Ifa	Ororon	Xingqiu	Fischl

No Energy Start

Unlike Spiral Abyss and Imaginarium Theatre, you do not start with your Elemental Bursts fully charged. This can set your damage back by one rotation if you are running teams or On-Field DPSes that are reliant on Energy.

Characters that don't rely on traditional Energy gain like Mavuika and Skirk will be unaffected by this. Otherwise, you might have to use the first seconds to charge up your Elemental Bursts.

Limited Time to Clear

Each difficulty has a set limited amount of time to clear. Unlike the Spiral Abyss, each Battlefield doesn't share a time. You will have the entire duration of each battlefield dedicated to one boss.

Leyline Disturbances

Each boss will now be affected by Leyline Disturbances starting from the Fearless difficulty. This gives them significant powerups that can be hard to deal with if you don't have the right characters. Familiarizing yourself with the Leyline Disturbances for each boss can be essential for a successful Fearless clear.

Battlefield 1: Tenebrous Papilla

Ideal Party for Battlefield 1

Tenebrous Papilla Version 5.8 Battlefield 1 Boss

Chasca Premium Melt Team
Chasca On-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 9/8/8 Obsidian Codex x4 Astral Vulture's Crimson Plumage CRIT Rate & DMG: 60 / 200 ATK%: 2,000~ EM: 100~
Mavuika Off-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Obsidian Codex x4 A Thousand Blazing Suns CRIT Rate & DMG: 60 /200 ATK: 2000~ EM: 200~
Citlali Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/8 Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City x4 Starcaller's Watch ER: 175-200%~ EM: 800~
Bennett Sustain Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/13 (C5) Noblesse Oblige x4 Aquila Favonia ER: 200%~ ATK: 1000~

Substitutes for Ideal Party

Character	Replacement
Chasca On-Field	Kinich in a Burning team Varesa in an Overload team Mavuika in Melt, Burning or Overload teams
Mavuika Off-Field	Furina can be used for Freeze or Vape Ororon has a lot of Nightsoul-aligned hits C6 Pyro Trav. has Nightsoul-aligned Normal Attacks
Citlali Support	Layla applies Cryo and has a shield Fischl attacks often especially with her A4 passive. Mona applies Hydro and a DMG% buff
Bennett Sustain Support	Kokomi can apply Hydro and heals Xilonen can shred Elemental RES and heal Iansan gives an ATK% buff and small heals

Free-To-Play Team for Battlefield 1

Xiangling Overload Team
Xiangling On-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 9/9/10 The Catch Emblem of Severed Fate x4 CRIT Rate & DMG: 60 /120~ ATK%: 1,600~ ER: 200%~
Iansan Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/1/9 Favonius Lance Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City x4 CRIT Rate: 50~ (for Favonius passive) ER: 200%~ ATK%: 2,700~
Ororon Off-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Favonius Warbow Cinder City x2, Emblem x2 CRIT Rate: 50~ (for Favonius passive) ER: 200%~ ATK%: 1,500~
Chevreuse Support Sustain	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Favonius Lance Noblesse Oblige x4 CRIT Rate: 50~ (for Favonius passive) ER: 200%~ ATK%: 1000~

Other Notable Parties

Any Kinich Burning Team
Kinich	Emilie	Bennett	Mavuika
Mavuika Melt Team
Mavuika	Citlali	Xilonen	Bennett
Varesa, Arlecchino or Mavuika Overload Team
Varesa	Chevreuse	Iansan	Mavuika
Skirk Freeze Team
Skirk	Escoffier	Furina	Citlali

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Battle Tips Against the Tenebrous Papilla

Use Nightsoul-Aligned Attacks

It's highly recommended to use characters whose abilities hit frequently, and even better if they deal Nightsoul-aligned damage. This is to help chip away at the shield the Papilla puts up, since it goes into a weakened state following a shield break. Using Natlan supports like Ororon or C6 Pyro Traveler (using their Normal Attacks) are valid choices and can be enough to clear the shield.

Each instance of the Burning reaction triggering also counts towards to the hits needed. So if you don't have a Natlan DPS, you can build around a Burning team instead.

Battlefield 2: Tent Tortoise

Ideal Party for Battlefield 2

Tent Tortoise Version 5.8 Battlefield 2 Boss

Mualani Vape Team
Mualani On-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Obsidian Codex x4 Surf's Up CRIT Rate & DMG: 60 / 200~ HP: 35,000~ EM: 200~
Xiangling Off-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Archaic Petra x4 Favonius Lance CRIT Rate & DMG: 80/100 ER: 130-200% ATK: 1,000~
Sucrose Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/8/6 Viridescent Venerer x4 Sacrificial Fragments ER: 175-200%~ EM: 800~
Xilonen Sustain Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City x4 Favonius Sword CRIT Rate: 80% (for Favonius Sword) ER: 200%~ DEF: 2000

Substitutes for Ideal Party

Character	Replacement
Mualani On-Field	Skirk in a Freeze team Xiao in his premium hypercarry team. Mavuika in her premium Melt team.
Xiangling Off-Field	Dehya applies Pyro and provides interruption resistance. Xinyan has some Pyro application with her shield C6 Pyro Trav. has Nightsoul-aligned Normal Attacks
Sucrose Support	Kazuha gives a DMG% buff and applies the Viridescent Venerer effect Emilie can apply Burning, which provides Pyro for Mualani to trigger the Vape reaction Chiori can contribute her own damage and wear the Archaic Petra set.
Xilonen Sustain Support	Zhongli provides a strong shield and shreds Elemental RES Lan Yan has a shield and can equip the Viridescent Venerer set. Mona who uses only her Burst with Prototype Amber can be a viable healer

Free-To-Play Team for Battlefield 2

Xiangling Overload Team
Gaming On-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Mailed Flower Marechaussee Hunter x4 CRIT Rate & DMG: 44 / 200 ATK%: 1,600~ ER: 160%
Rosaria Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/1/9 Favonius Lance Emblem of Severed Fate x4 CRIT Rate: 80~ (for Favonius passive) ER: 180-200%~ ATK%: 1700~
Layla Off-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Favonius Sword Tenacity of the Millelith x4 CRIT Rate: 80~ (for Favonius passive) ER: 200%~ ATK%: 1,100~
Bennett Support Sustain	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Sapwood Blade Noblesse Oblige x4 ER: 280%~ ATK%: 1000~ HP: 25,000~

Other Notable Parties

Skirk or Ayaka Freeze Team
Skirk	Escoffier	Furina	Citlali
Xiao and C6 Faruzan Team
Xiao	Faruzan	Furina	Xianyun
Mavuika Melt Team
Mavuika	Citlali	Xilonen	Bennett
Lyney Mono-Pyro Team
Lyney	Zhongli	Bennett	Xilonen

▲ Return to Best Teams Summary

Battle Tips Against the Tent Tortoise

Use a DPS With Less Hits or Brute-Force the Shield

Tortoise's Shield Mechanic

When the Tortoise receives enough hits to fill its bar, it will enter its shielded state. This shielded state allows it to reflect the damage it receives, so its best to avoid entering this phase whenever possible. On-Field DPSes that can deal their full damage in small, condensed hits will be perfect against this boss.

You can also use a Skirk (or Ayaka) team with Escoffier to brute-force through the shield phase. You will receive reflect damage still, but the Cryo she outputs should be enough to quickly make-do of the tortoise's Electro shield, and can even delay the shield phase by Freezing it. It also helps that this boss, or local legend, can be Frozen, which gives Freeze teams an advantage.

Battlefield 3: Pipilpan Idol

Ideal Party for Battlefield 3

Pipilpan Idol Version 5.8 Battlefield 3 Boss

Neuvillette Lunar-charged Team
Neuvillette On-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 9/9/9 Marechaussee Hunter x4 Tome of the Eternal Flow CRIT Rate & DMG: 64 / 200~ HP: 35,000~ ER: 120%~
Ineffa Off-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Gilded Dreams x4 Fractured Halo CRIT Rate & DMG: 80/160 ER: 150%~ ATK: 1,500~ EM: 400~
Furina Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/8/6 Golden Troupe x4 Favonius Sword CRIT Rate & DMG: 70/140 ER: 150% HP: 34,000~
Xilonen Sustain Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City x4 Favonius Sword CRIT Rate: 80% (for Favonius Sword) ER: 200%~ DEF: 2000

Substitutes for Ideal Party

Character	Replacement
Neuvillette On-Field	Varesa in an Electro-charged, Lunar-charged or Plunge team Clorinde in an Electro-charged or Lunar-charged team Ifa in an Electro-charged or Lunar-charged team
Ineffa Off-Field	Fischl provides Electro and her own damage Yae Miko provides Electro and her own damage as well Ororon buffs Electro-charged and also applies Electro
Furina Support	Kazuha can provide a DMG% buff and shred Elemental RES with Viridescent Venerer Hydro supports to activate HP resonance and provide heals Electro Sub-DPSes that can help provide Electro and DPS
Xilonen Sustain Support	Sucrose with Prototype Amber can be a viable healer while also shredding Elemental RES with Viridescent Venerer Jean can also use Viridescent Venerer and provide heals. Sigewinne can enable Hydro Resonance and has heals.

Free-To-Play Team for Battlefield 3

Ororon Electro-Charged Team
Ifa On-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Hakushin Ring Viridescent Venerer x4 EM: 800~ ER: 160-195%~
Ororon Support	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/1/9 Favonius Warbow Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City x4 CRIT Rate: 80~ (for Favonius passive) ER: 120-160%~ ATK%: 1100~
Fischl Off-Field	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/1/9 The Stringless Golden Troupe x4 CRIT Rate: 70 / 140 ER: 120-140%~ EM: 400~ ATK%: 1,300~
Xingqiu Support Sustain	Level: 90 / Talent: 1/9/9 Favonius Sword Emblem of Severed Fate x4 CRIT Rate & DMG: 70 / 140 ER: 180-220%~ ATK%: 1200~

Other Notable Parties

Any Electro-Charged Team
Clorinde	Xingqiu	Fischl	Lan Yan
Varesa Plunge Team
Varesa	Iansan	Furina	Xianyun

▲ Return to Best Teams Summary

Battle Tips Against the Pipilpan Idol

Use Electro-Charged or Lunar-Charged Teams

Pipilpan Idol Hat Mechanic

Electrocharged or Lunarcharged teams are the most effective against the Pipilpan Idol due to its bar and hat mechanic. The Pipilpan Idol's Fury bar will only fill up after taking Electrocharged or Lunarcharged damage. After filling it's bar up, it will split into three hats. Once you've found the hat with the face, focus triggering Electrocharged or Lunarcharged reactions against it to fill up the bar again, which will cause it to receive a large burst of damage.

Having Ineffa makes the fight easier and more comfortable, but you can opt for a standard Electrocharged team if you don't have her, and it should be enough to clear.

Stygian Onslaught Gameplay

Three Teams Needed

The Stygian Onslaught even highlights the new end-game mode called 'Tumult Subduer', which functions like Imaginarium Theatre and Spiral Abyss as a source of Primogems. Unlike either, this mode's highest difficulties (starting from menacing) requires three teams with no overlapping characters for the Boss stages or 'Battlefields'.

Exalted Ones Receive Increased Stats

In addition to needing three teams, there will be a lineup of characters that will receive increased stats during Version 5.8's Stygian Onslaught. These characters are called 'Exalted Ones' and have their Max HP, ATK, and DEF increased by 20%. Including them in your party lineup can help make it easier to clear the challenges!

Note that exalted ones are based on server stats. These are the characters that have been used the most and have managed to clear the Fearless difficulty.

Game Mode Has Six Difficulties

The event or game mode has a select lineup of enemies where you instead choose a difficulty to challenge. There are a total of six difficulties: Normal, Advancing, Hard, Menacing, Fearless and Dire. Each level is expected to become increasingly harder as you go up.

You can immediately jump into the Hard difficulty once the event goes live. But you need to clear the Hard difficulty before you can attempt Menacing. Likewise, you cannot do Fearless without finishing Menacing and so on.

Co-op Play is Encouraged

You are allowed to play in co-op or multiplayer in Stygian Onslaught, and it is also recommended to do so if you want to clear the highest difficulties since it's likely the bosses will have very high HP pools that you would need to clear within a limited amount of time. Co-op in this mode is up to 4-players and is available for all difficulties, so if you're having a hard time clearing, you can ask for help from friends or others online!

Matchmaking co-op is available from Normal to Hard. Menacing, Fearless and Dire does not have matchmaking, but you can invite players in your world to clear it. You have to clear Menacing and above difficulties in single-player to get the rewards.

Clear Dire Difficulty to Obtain the Radiant Phantasm

4-Star Version	5-Star Version

To get the limited Weapon Skins, you will need to clear Difficulty 6 or Dire in single-player mode to obtain the item Radiant Phantasm. This may prove difficult for accounts that are free-to-play or are considered low-spenders due to the bosses' inflated HP. It might not be ideal to attempt this difficulty if you find yourself having trouble clearing Difficulty 5 (Fearless).

The 4-Star version of the Weapon Skins are rewarded if you clear Dire completely. The 5-Star versions are rewarded if you clear within 180 seconds.

Artifact Farming in the Stygian Onslaught

Stygian Onslaught is a permanent event you can obtain Artifacts from your chosen Artifact Domain. Artifact farming is only available within a set amount of time every Version update.

How to Set the Artifact Domain in Stygian Onslaught

Artifact Domain Selection Step-by-Step

You need to manually set the domain that you'll be farming in Stygian Onslaught. When you enter the Stygian Onslaught, you'll notice the Reward Settings in the bottom left of the screen. Clicking this shows a menu of all the Artifact Domains you can select. Only one domain can be selected at a time. You can freely switch between domains on this screen, but not when you're in combat.

Limited Time to Farm Artifacts

Within the first 10 days of the event, there will be a Disturbance Outbreak. During this time, clearing the Hard to Dire difficulties allow you to use Resin to claim Artifacts from the Domain you selected beforehand. You won't be able to farm Artifacts from the Stygian Onslaught after the Outbreak period ends.

Spending Resin Earns You Dire Prestige

Apart from getting Artifacts, using Resin in Stygian Onslaught also gives you Dire Prestige. Every 120 Dire Prestige gained earns you 1 additional Artifact added after you spend your resin. You earn a Dire commendation after collecting 1200 Prestige, which rewards you with a Dust of Enlightenment.

Customize Artifacts with the New Item “Dust of Enlightenment”

You can obtain “Dust of Enlightenment” from login bonuses, rewards for clearing Stygian Onslaught Hard Difficulty or higher, and Battle Pass rewards. You need at least two Dusts to have a chance at rerolling the selected substats.

How to Unlock Stygian Onslaught

Duration	Permanent Challenge Event Ver. 5.8 Availability: 8/6/2025 – 9/9/2025
Unlock Condition	Adventure Rank 20 or above - Complete Archon Quest Prologue: Act 3: Song of the Dragon and Freedom - Complete Archon Quest Perilous Trail for the best experience.
Reward	Primogem x450 Dust of Enlightenment ▼All Rewards

Complete the Tumult Subduer Quest

Stygian Onslaught Location

The 5.8 Stygian Onslaught is located above Mingyun Village in Liyue. The Tumult Subduer quest will also lead you to this area.

Stygian Onslaught Rewards

First Time Clear Rewards List

Clear Normal or higher	Primogems x150 Mora x 100,000 Hero's Wit x 5
Clear Advancing or higher	Primogems x150 Mora x 100,000 Hero's Wit x 5
Clear Hard or higher	Primogems x150 Mora x 100,000 Hero's Wit x 5
Clear Menacing or higher	Dust of Enlightenment x 1 Mora x 100,000 Hero's Wit x 5
Clear Fearless or higher	Dust of Enlightenment x 1 Mora x 100,000 Hero's Wit x 5

Rewards Obtained From Spending Resin

Use Resin	Obtain Artifacts from selected Artifact Domain
For every 120 Dire Prestige	One additional Artifact when using Resin
1200 Dire Prestige	Dust of Enlightenment

Rewards From Clearing Difficulty 6 (Dire)

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Starry Night's Whispers 7/30/2025 - 8/19/2025	Citlali Xingqiu Sethos Fischl
Piercing Shot's Crimson Wake 8/19/2025 - 9/9/2025	Chasca Ifa Ororon Bennett
Sharktacular Surfari 8/19/2025 - 9/9/2025	Mualani Ifa Ororon Bennett
Astral Actuation 7/30/2025 - 8/19/2025	Ineffa Xingqiu Sethos Fischl
7/30/2025 - 8/19/2025	Fractured Halo Starcaller's Watch Mountain-Bracing Bolt Favonius Warbow Sacrificial Greatsword Favonius Codex Sturdy Bone Sword Weapon
8/19/2025 - 9/9/2025	Surf's Up Astral Vulture's Crimson Plumage Fruitful Hook Waveriding Whirl Flower-Wreathed Feathers Favonius Sword Favonius Lance
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Wanderlust Invocation Permanent	-

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