Catalysts | Genshin Impact Wiki

How to use Catalysts in Genshin Impact

 Catalysts fall into a different kind of weapon category than the other regular melee and ranged weapons. These deal elemental damage and deal magical attacks rather than a physical attack. The casted damage type depends on which character has it equipped and the Vision they are dealt, which grants a character with elemental abilities. In this case, a character's element will be important to note. Even Catalyst users have two types of attacks. These attacks are more diverse from character to character because of their organic nature. These attacks more commonly seen like elemental orbs or beams, and when charged may have a larger area of attack. Its radius is seen when the attack is dealt.

How to get Weapons in Genshin Impact

The most common ways to obtain weapons are to receive them from NPCs, gain them as rewards, participate in events, purchase them or obtain them from loot. Weapons are also sorted into  different rarity rankings that affect how they are obtained and how often they can be encountered. They range from 5 star to 1 star weapons, with 5 star weapons being the most rare and harder to come across or obtain.

• 1-2 Star Weapons are obtained from chests in different locations, obtained from merchant NPCs or shops, obtained from NPCs after speaking to them or received with a new character
• 3 Star Weapons are also obtained from chests and can also be obtained through wishes, random spawns, Quest rewards, and NPCs.
• 4 Star Weapons are also obtained from Wishes, through Craftin or weapon Forging, Paimon's Bargains or other unique events. 
• 5 Star Weapons are obtained exclusively through Wishes in  Wanderlust Invocaftion and unique events, 

Stats

• Levels: During combat, players and characters can gain Weapon EXP, which can also be affected by weapon enhancement materials. 
• Depending on the Weapon ranking, weapons will have a base stat along with a secondary stat which directly affects the character stats.  It scales with the weapon level. 
• These weapons also have passive abilities that provide buffs without players having to proactively activate any abilities. These effects can be affected by refining it. Refining can bring it up to a level 5 and are refined

Weapon Types

There are five classes of weapons available in Genshin Impact, which correspond to each of the characters. The weapons are sorted into Swords, Bows, Claymores, Catalysts, and Polearms. Each character wields only one type of weapon.

Weapon Rarity

Weapons in Genshin Impact are also ranked according to their rarity. They rank from 1-5 stars in the game. 5 Star weapons rankings appear to be the most rare weapon types, and 1 star weapons are the most commonly found weapons. These Rarity rankings affect how they are obtained and how often players can come across them. 

Characters that use a Catalyst

Catalysts can only be equipped by the following characters: 

• Barbara
• Klee
• Lisa
• Mona
• Ningguang
• Sangonomiya Kokomi
• Shikanoin Heizou
• Sucrose
• Yae Miko
• Yanfei

Other Characters and their Weapon Types

Other Weapons types must be used by the other corresponding Characters that are proficient with that weapon type.

• Swords: Albedo, Bennett, Jean, Kaedehara Kazuha, Kaeya, Kamisato Ayaka, Kamisato Ayato, Keqing, Kuki Shinobu, Qiqi, Traveler, Xingqiu
• Bows: Aloy, Amber, Collei, Diona, Fischl, Ganyu, Gorou, Kujou Sara, Tartaglia, Tighnari, Venti, Yelan, Yoimiya
• Claymores: Arataki Itto, Beidou, Chongyun, Diluc, Dori, Eula, Noelle, Razor, Sayu, Xinyan
• Catalysts: Barbara, Klee, Lisa, Mona, Ningguang, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Shikanoin Heizou, Sucrose, Yae Miko, Yanfei
• Polearms: Hu Tao, Raiden Shogun, Rosaria, Shenhe, Thoma, Xiangling, Xiao, Yun Jin, Zhongli