Stygian Onslaught Guide and Best Characters in Genshin Impact

Stygian Onslaught is an endgame mode available in Genshin Impact facing you off against 3 different bosses with a total of 6 difficulties. Play solo or in Co-Op to earn rewards such as Primogems, Dust of Enlightenment and even farm artifacts.

To unlock Stygian Onslaught, players must be at least Adventure Rank 20 or above and have completed the Archon Quest Prologue: Act III "Song of the Dragon and Freedom" however for the best experience the Archon Quest "Perilous Trail" is also advised.

Players also need to be Adventure Rank 45 or above to be able to utilise the Disturbance Outbreak to farm artifacts from Difficulty Hard or higher.

• Event Duration: 2025/06/25 10:00 ~ 2025/07/29 03:59
• Disturbance Outbreak: 2025/06/25 10:00 ~ 2025/07/05 03:59

Stygian Onslaught unlocks the Wednesday of the week after the patch launches, giving players time to familiarize themselves with new characters and updates. Stygian Onslaught then lasts for the next 5 weeks until the end of the patch. The Disturbance Outbreak phase on the other hand only lasts 10 days.

During the first 10 days of Stygian Onslaught, a special window called the Disturbance Outbreak phase is active. If you're Adventure Rank 45 or higher, you can take on stages from the Hard difficulty and up, and more importantly, you’ll be able to use Resin to obtain artifacts from any set you choose. This is the perfect time to farm artifacts for specific characters.

This period also allows you to accumulate Dire Prestige granting you extra rewards.

Once the first 10 days are over, you'll no longer be able to spend Resin or farm artifacts through this mode, so make sure to take full advantage of the limited-time benefits while they last!

Stygian Onslaught features a range of difficulties ranging from Normal, to Dire. As the difficulty increases, as do the Ley Line Disturbances and fight difficulty. From the Menacing difficulty, players cannot re-use the same character on different bosses.

Each difficulty is unlocked by clearing the previous stages however to unlock Dire, Fearless must be completed solo. Don't worry though, Fearless still has access to Exalted Ones and their effects! Furthermore, these 2 hardest difficulties also have Weapon Skins as additional rewards.

Clearing Dire VI will grant all current party members the Eminence effect, while any characters who have able to clear the Perilous Objectives too will be granted Enduring Eminence.

Exalted Ones are characters available from other players. Players who have completed Dire difficulty will have the characters used to complete the battles become Exalted Ones. This updates 2 hours after Stygian releases and then once a day.

Up to 16 characters from the entire server with the most Eminence will be available as Exalted Ones and for difficulties 1-5 any player that uses these characters will recieve buffs to your ATK, DEF and HP if you own that character. If you do not own that character, it will not give you access to them. Utilising Exalted Ones should make it easier to clear higher difficulties.

Stygian Onslaught supports Co-Op play for up to four players, letting you tackle its stages alongside friends or other players. For the lower-tier difficulties of Normal I, Advancing II, and Hard III you can either use standard matchmaking or group up with others in the same world to complete challenges together.

However, once you move into the higher-end difficulties of Menacing IV, Fearless V, and Dire VI things become more restricted. These tiers only support Co-Op challenges if all players are in the same world, meaning you'll need to coordinate with friends or teammates directly rather than rely on matchmaking. This limitation ensures a smoother experience at higher difficulties but requires a bit more planning if you want to tackle the toughest content as a group.

Furthermore, not all rewards at the highest difficulties are available in Co-Op so keep that in mind.

Did you know you can farm artifacts inside of Stygian Assault? From difficulty 3 onwards, players can spend resin to earn artifacts with it also contributing towards your Dire Prestige.

Dire Prestige is a unique mechanic specifically for Stygian Onslaught tied to how much resin you spend during a Disturbance Outbreak. 1 resin spent = 1 Dire Prestige. Every 120 Dire Prestige grants you an extra 5-Star artifact making it insanely efficient for artifact farming.

Furthermore, each patch if you spend at least 1,200 resin, you will gain an additional Dust of Enlightenment. Dusts are an incredibly valuable item so always make sure to spend resin here!

There are a range of rewards available from Stygian Onslaught with the main rewards being the challenge rewards available which grant Primogems, Materials and Dust of Enlightenments. Additionally, there are 2 other notable rewards:

• An extra Dust of Enlightenment for 1,200 Dire Progress
• Weapon Skins at Difficulty 5 and 6

Weapon Skins are available from Stygian Onslaught for clearing the highest difficulties available. There are 2 types of weapon skins with one being a 5-Star and another being a 4-Star:

• 4-Star: Obtained for clearing difficulty VI in general.
• 5-Star: Obtained for clearing difficulty VI in 180s total from all 3 bosses. Grants an extra glow.

There is a skin available for each weapon alongside colour variants for each of the 7 elements providing a wide variety of options.

These skins are also not permanent and will expire at the end of the patch, likely to alleviate FOMO. It is unknown if the same skins will be available next patch or if they will rotate through a selection of skins.