How to prepare for the Genshin Impact 3.0 update

Genshin Impact’s Sumeru update is just around the corner. On Aug. 23, the massive 3.0 update will be available. It adds new regions, an elemental power, Dendro (a grass-based elemental power), and adorable new characters. Already huge, the open world is set to grow. And in the lead-up there’s plenty to do, including story quests, mainline quests, building characters, and exploring Teyvat.

We want it to be easier for you to navigate the overwhelming volume of content available. So we’ve created a list of ways to help players prepare. This advice is meant to cater to people at a range of levels, but it will be most helpful to people who haven’t been maxing out and completing all previous content 100%.

This list isn’t one-size-fits-all, but rather a starting point to help spark some ideas and serve as a reminder for some possible tasks you may need to take care of before the patch launches. Also, we won’t tell you to save your Primogems, since you’re always sort of saving them for the next character you want, but we do have our own guide going over how to earn them if you want a good refresher.

Complete the Archon quests

While it might sound obvious, make sure to complete all of the mainline quests prior to 3.0’s release next week. You will need to complete the mainline Archon quest tied to Inazuma, which concludes with “Act 3: Omnipresence Over Mortals.” In addition to that Archon quest, you will also need to complete the interlude quests in the Chasm, “Requiem of the Echoing Depths” with Dainsleif and the “Perilous Trail” quest with Xiao. Shenhe also has an interlude quest that you may have completed before even finishing Inazuma’s story content, but you should complete it if you haven’t. Check out our guide for help in completing these quests. There is a good variety of possibilities.

The easiest way to make sure you’re all squared away for 3.0 is to go to your quest screen, go to the tab labeled “Archon Quests,” and make sure that it’s completely empty. When the new patch launches, you’ll know the first mainline Sumeru quest is ready when you see a prompt to start “Act 1: Through Mists of Smoke and Forests Dark,” the name of the first act of the new Archon quest line.

Complete miscellaneous story content

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We don’t really know who is going to show up in the new storylines outside of Sumeru characters like Collei, Tighnari, and Dori. Since it’s happened in previous quests, it’s possible that new time-restricted events or other quests might bring back characters from past regions.

You should clear your quest log in order to prepare for the possibility. Prioritize quests that use playable characters so that if they do make an appearance, you don’t have Zhongli, Amber, or some other character tied up in some age-old quest that you technically started, but forgot about. That way, you won’t get the cursed reminder window saying you can’t proceed because your character is off doing something else.

Make portable waypoints for exploration

If you’re like me and neglected your reputation levels in the various regions, I highly recommend going back and doing the commissions and bounties needed to level up your reputation level in each city. Mondstadt should be at minimum level 6. You can then create portable waypoints that you can use to explore. You can place a waypoint wherever you like, if you have found a point high enough to be used as a return point for flying from one place to another.

You can build your stamina

If you haven’t done so already, you should consider leveling up the Statues of the Seven in each region by gathering the regional collectible item. If you collect the Anemoculus Geoculus and Electroculus while worshiping them, it will increase your stamina. It will also make it easier for you to explore Sumeru. You’ll be able to run longer and climb higher. This is a great way to relax and grab chests when I am running around. I’d recommend starting with Mondstadt since there are only 65 Anemoculus in total to collect and it’ll give you a good stamina boost.

Resin is in high demand

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It’s easy to do: Make sure you have enough Fragile Resin on hand, or make Condensed Resin in order to run bosses at all times. This particularly applies if you have a character you’ll want to Wish for and build later, since you’ll want to run bosses enough to get Ascension materials.

Honestly? If you have the time, take some downtime

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Don’t sweat the details on completing everything. Many members in the community were talking about burning out. Genshin and saying that they didn’t even have the energy to finish, or struggled to finish the latest series of event quests in the Golden Apple Archipelago, and that’s OK! It has been a lot and it will continue to be. If the game becomes a burden, it can be refreshing for you to stop.

This guide is here so that you have ideas for what to do, but it doesn’t need to be a comprehensive to-do list. Focus your efforts with the kind of play you most enjoy — explore some more if you like exploring, build some Pyro characters if you like grinding domains and bosses, but most importantly do what makes you happy in the game. You don’t need to be intense to enjoy the new storylines and new regions when they come!