Genshin Impact | Stygian Onslaught Event Guide & Strategy Tips

Stygian Onslaught guide for Genshin Impact 5.7. 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 Is An Event For 5.7 Update

Stygian Onslaught is a permanent challenge event that is part of the Version 5.7 Update. It is currently on-going.

How to Unlock the Stygian Onslaught

Complete the Tumult Subduer Quest

Click on the Go to Quest Button of the Stygian Onslaught tab in the Events Overview menu. This will pinpoint the location of the quest and the Stygian Onslaught Domain. Go to the location and then complete the quest dialogue.

You will eventually be able to interact with the Stygian Onslaught Domain after the quest is completed.

Stygian Onslaught Location

The 5.7 Stygian Onslaught is located above Mingyun Village in Liyue. The Tumult Subduer quest will also lead you to this area.

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 5.7'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.

5.7 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 Hydro Tulpa Teams
Mavuika	Citlali	Xilonen	Bennett
Varesa	Iansan	Mavuika	Chevreuse
Alhaitham	Nahida	Yae Miko	Shinobu

▼ Best Lava Dragon Statue Teams
Kinich	Emilie	Mavuika	Iansan
Arlecchino	Kazuha	Xilonen	Bennett
Lyney	Emilie	Dehya	Bennett

▼ Best Overseer Device Teams
Skirk	Escoffier	Shenhe	Furina
Wriothesley	Escoffier	Yelan	Furina
Ganyu	Escoffier	Shenhe	Citlali

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: Hydro Tulpa

Best Teams For Hydro Tulpa

Hydro Tulpa Team Recommendations
Premium Mavuika Melt Team
Mavuika	Citlali	Xilonen	Bennett
Premium Arlecchino Melt Team
Arlecchino	Citlali	Xilonen	Bennett
Varesa Overload Team
Varesa	Iansan	Mavuika	Chevreuse
Premium Navia Team
Navia	Xilonen	Mavuika	Bennett
Premium Alhaitham Spread Team
Alhaitham	Nahida	Yae Miko	Shinobu
Raiden Hyperbloom with Triple Dendro
Raiden	Nahida	Tighnari	Baizhu

Absorbed Half-Tulpas Empower the Hydro Tulpa

The Hydro Tulpa summons Half-Tulpas with Hydro shields, which it can absorb to gain more damage, wider area-of-effect on its attacks, and 45% resistance to all damage types. Teams with elements that can easily deal with the Half-Tulpa's Hydro shield are ideal, with Cryo being the best since Freezing the Half-Tulpas immediately deletes their shields.

Your main On-Field DPS should be good into the main Tulpa, who is immune to Hydro, so it would be best to avoid any Hydro DPS.

Fearless Difficulty: Leyline Disturbance Tips

Leyline Disturbance 1
Alongside increasing its stats, absorbed Half-Tulpas will now also significantly heal the Hydro Tulpa.
Tips for Disturbance
You want to make it a priority to deal with them as soon as they spawn.
Recommended Characters
Citlali	Citlali can provide the AoE Cryo needed to deal with the Half-Tulpas. Alternative: Layla
Nahida	Nahida's Elemental Skill pulses with Dendro every time you trigger Reactions on the linked enemies. This can be just enough to deal with the Half-Tulpa shields, but the timing can be tight, so you need to ensure she marks every enemy.

Leyline Disturbance 2
The Hydro Tulpa puts up a ward or shield. If the shield isn't completely broken within a specific duration, it will release a powerful attack that is a guaranteed one-hit on the active character.
Tips for Disturbance
Ideally you want this move to be done while the Half-Tulpas are also on-field so you also defeat them in the same rotation. This can save you some seconds in the long run. The biggest sign that this move is coming is if you see your party's Elemental Burst being filled all at once. Make use of your newly charged Bursts to deal as much damage to the shield as possible.
Recommended Characters
Mavuika	Mavuika's high burst damage can take a big chunk out of the shield. A well-built and well-played Mavuika when paired with Citlali can make quick work of it. Alternative: Arlecchino, Hu Tao, Alhaitham, any damage dealer with high DPS
Xiangling	Xiangling has a special interaction with the Energy given when the Tulpa performs this move: If you deploy Xiangling's Elemental Burst before it performs this move, and then activate her Burst again when it becomes full as the Tulpa puts its up, you will gain another instance of a Pyronado with both dealing damage. This results in a lot of damage overall, and can be instrumental in clearing this difficulty.

Battlefield 2: Lava Dragon Statue

Best Teams For Lava Dragon Statue

Lava Dragon Statue Team Recommendations
Premium Kinich Burning Team
Kinich	Emilie	Mavuika	Iansan
Mono-Pyro Arlecchino Team
Arlecchino	Kazuha	Xilonen	Bennett
Mavuika Overload Team
Mavuika	Iansan	Ororon	Chevreuse
Lyney Burning Team
Lyney	Emilie	Dehya	Bennett

Use Pyro to Deal With Its Two Forms

First Form	Second Form

The Lava Dragon Statue has two forms. At the start, it'll stand on four legs. This form has increased RES to all elements. Once you apply enough Pyro to it, it enters its second form and gains reduced RES to all elements except Pyro. Applying enough Pyro to its second form will eventually immobilize it, which causes it stop attacking and has all its resistances including Pyro further decreased.

Avoid using Hydro or Cryo characters since these Elements will cause it to start going back to its high RES forms.

Fearless Difficulty: Leyline Disturbance Tips

Leyline Disturbance
The Lava Dragon Statue has increased RES to all damage types. It needs more Pyro application to trigger its form change.
Tips for Disturbance
You need to apply consistent amounts of Pyro as quickly as possible. Maintaining a Burning reaction is the best way to do it.
Recommended Characters
Emilie	Emilie can apply a lot of Pyro by sustaining the Burning reaction on the Lava Dragon Statue, while contributing her own damage in the process. Alternative: Xiangling with Bennett, Mavuika, Arlecchino, Chevreuse with her Elemental Burst
Kinich	Kinich with a Pyro character can supply the Pyro needed for the Boss to change form by constantly refreshing the Burning reaction. Burning is his main source of Nightsoul Points for his Scalespiker Canon, so he naturally has an easier time dealing with this boss. Alternative: Xiangling with Bennett, Mavuika, Arlecchino, Lyney

Battlefield 2: Overseer Device

Best Teams For the Overseer Device

Secret Source Automaton: Overseer Device Team Recommendations
Premium Skirk Freeze Team
Skirk	Escoffier	Shenhe	Furina
Premium Wriothesley Freeze Team
Wriothesley	Escoffier	Yelan	Furina
Premium Ganyu Freeze Team
Ganyu	Escoffier	Shenhe	Citlali
Neuvillette Freeze Team
Neuvillette	Furina	Citlali	Xilonen

Sweeper Mode

Once combat starts, the Overseer Device will enter its Sweeper Mode state. This mode has two rotating lasers that deal a lot of damage. You can interrupt this mode by applying dealing enough Cryo DMG to it. Once you've done so, all of its Elemental RES will be reduced and it will stop attacking. This is when you can unload your entire DPS combo.

Counterstrike Mode

Attack 1	Attack 2

Counterstrike Mode is when the Overseer Device starts to attack you more directly, which is the mode that comes after you've dealt Cryo damage to it in its Sweeper Mode. This mode can be lethal if you're not careful, so try to dodge or use Elemental Bursts for the invulnerability frames.

An active character's Nightsoul's Blessing being maintained for a while makes the Overseer Device go into Forced Counterstrike Mode instead, which allows you to bypass the Sweeper Mode. Note that Forced Counterstrike causes it to unleash a torrent of water geysers that follow your active character, which can be deadly if you don't have ways to sustain through it.

Fearless Difficulty: Leyline Disturbance Tips

Leyline Disturbance
The Overseer Device's Sweeper Mode now loses less 'Flow' from taking Cryo DMG. It's Counterstrike Mode also deals more damage and has less Elemental RES.
Tips for Disturbance
Apply a lot of Cryo as soon as possible. You may need more Cryo than past difficulties due to the Leyline Disturbance, so having three Cryo damage dealers can help make it easier.
Recommended Characters
Escoffier	Escoffier applies Cryo consistently while also contributing her personal damage. Pair her with a strong, well-built Cryo DPS like Skirk and it should make this difficulty a little more manageable. Alternative: Citlali, Layla, Rosaria, Kaeya

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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