Genshin Impact F2P Guide: Best Free Teams, Weapons & Artifacts (Patch 6.7)

The first question every new player asks: "can I actually play this without spending?" — yes, fully. All 3 of the game's toughest endgame modes (Spiral Abyss, Imaginarium Theater, Stygian Onslaught) are clearable with a 100% free-to-play roster, as long as your team covers the right roles and reaction pairing. Tier lists are RELATIVE guidance between characters, not a "below B is useless" ruling — check our Genshin tier list to see who's stronger, not as a reason to bench whoever you already own.

• Powercreep is real: newer characters are usually stronger or more convenient than older ones (early DPS units like Hu Tao and Ayaka have gradually slipped behind newer carries) — but "weaker" doesn't mean "unusable", it just means your team needs to compensate elsewhere.
• Role beats rarity: a balanced team of 1 Main DPS + 1-2 Sub-DPS + 1-2 Support will always outperform four random 5★s that don't share a reaction.

In other words, F2P isn't about playing worse — it's about playing more deliberately: saving Primogems for the right target, and squeezing full value out of free weapons and artifacts. The rest of this guide walks through exactly that.

Each Wish costs 160 Primogems (or 1 matching Fate). Guaranteeing the exact featured character via the full 90-pull hard pity costs up to 14,400 Primogems — but in practice it's usually much cheaper thanks to soft pity: roughly 62-63 pulls on average for any single 5★, and roughly 93-94 pulls to lock in the EXACT character you want (full numbers and a live calculator on our Genshin pity system page).

• Rank your targets instead of pulling on impulse: whenever you have spare Primogems, ask "does this character fill an actual gap in my roster" before asking "is this character strong".
• Don't duplicate a role you've already covered: if you already have a solid Main DPS and a solid Support, prioritize whoever fills the missing piece (no sustain/heal yet, or no way to trigger a new reaction) over another DPS of the same element.
• Your current team beats your dream team: if the National team or a Hyperbloom comp (next section) already clears the content you're playing, there's no rush to chase a new banner — save it for a character that genuinely changes what your team can do.

Free Primogems come from several channels (quests, exploration, achievements, events, redeem codes) — the last section of this guide covers currently-active codes specifically.

The National team — Xiangling + Bennett + Xingqiu + a flex 4th slot (Chongyun/Sucrose or any Anemo you own) — remains the most reliable F2P starting point in patch 6.7: entirely 4★ characters that are easy to obtain, simple to pilot, and dealing continuous damage through Vaporize/Melt (1.5x-2x multiplier depending on direction). It's the lowest-cost team among every current meta comp.

• Hyperbloom (Dendro + Hydro + Electro trigger) is also very F2P-friendly: it doesn't need high constellations, and plenty of 4★ Dendro/Hydro/Electro characters already run it fine.
• The flex slot is the key idea: any position in the team can be swapped for another character in the SAME ROLE that you own — no Chongyun? Use Sucrose or any Anemo for grouping/Swirl. No Bennett? Look at whatever other buffer/healer you have.
• Current endgame meta leans Lunar (Mavuika Melt, Lunar-Bloom/Charged/Crystallize comps) — this is a much higher-investment tier, not a mandatory target for new F2P players; National/Hyperbloom already handles the bulk of the game's content.

See the full team framework and Elemental Resonance breakdown on our Genshin team building guide, or browse every comp by carry on the Genshin teams page.

Not every slot needs a gacha-only 5★ weapon. F2P weapon sources include crafting at the Forge/Blacksmith, quest and event rewards, and treasure chests — and plenty of craftable 4★ options (like Sacrificial-series weapons or event-exclusive weapons) run most content perfectly well when built correctly.

• F2P/craftable labels belong right next to 5★ weapons when you're comparing options — check the Genshin weapons list, which notes exactly how to obtain each one.
• The right stats beat rarity: a 4★ weapon with the correct stat/passive for a character's job (Energy Recharge for a Support, Crit stats for a DPS) usually outperforms a 5★ with mismatched stats.
• Favor low refinement across many characters over maxing one weapon: higher refinement (R2→R5) eats increasingly more Mora and duplicate materials — as F2P, it's usually better to spread Mora across your roster than to max-refine a single weapon.

One note: limited-time event weapons only return on their own rerun cycle, so finish the event quest while it's live if you're not sure it'll come back soon.

Resin is limited, so farming artifacts at the right time matters just as much as farming the right set. Rule of thumb: skip domains entirely before Adventure Rank 30, treat AR30-44 as a learning phase, and start farming seriously from AR45 onward — that's when the highest-tier Domain of Blessing unlocks, guaranteeing at least 1 five-star piece every 20 resin.

• Correct main stat > set bonus > perfect substats: a 4★ piece with the right main stat beats a 5★ piece with the wrong one — always match the correct main stat type (Sands/Goblet/Circlet) before comparing rarity labels.
• Don't force a full 4-piece set with junk rolls: mixing 2 pieces of Set A + 2 of Set B (2+2) usually outperforms cramming 4 low-quality pieces of Set A; use the Strongbox (3 five-star pieces → 1) to target one specific set if your domain drops two different sets.
• Know when to stop: once a build is "good enough" (right main stat, healthy Energy Recharge, reasonable Crit/Elemental Mastery), move your resin to another character instead of burning more of it chasing a slightly better piece — that's the most efficient resin management for an F2P account.

See the full main/substat priority table by piece type, the Strongbox/Reshaping systems, and best-set-per-character mapping in our Genshin artifact guide or the artifact database page.

The common standard across tier lists: 5★ characters are ranked at C0 (no constellations), while 4★ characters are ranked at C6 (fully constellated) — this matters enormously for F2P, since most players only ever pull a 5★ at C0. Understanding this keeps you from panicking when a 5★ shows up as "only A-tier" on some scale — at C0 it's still perfectly usable, constellations just add extra polish on top.

• Prioritize whoever fills a role gap over whoever's "hot" but duplicates a role you already have — check the Main DPS/Sub-DPS/Support breakdown on our Genshin tier list to see what your roster is actually missing.
• 4★s benefit more from constellations than 5★s do: if you happen to pull rate-up 4★s repeatedly (thanks to their own separate 50/50 rule), that's genuinely good value — a 4★ at C6 often plays completely differently (more skill uses, shorter cooldowns).
• Don't let "waiting for C6" delay your build: invest in a character at C0/C1 as soon as you have the resources — higher constellations can always be added later, no need to wait for a full set before building at all.

Beyond daily commissions, world exploration, achievements, and in-game events, redeem codes are the easiest free Primogem source — just type them in, no gameplay time required. One hard requirement: you need Adventure Rank 10 or higher before the in-game redeem function even unlocks.

• Active codes rotate regularly — HoYoverse releases them steadily through official channels, and especially heavily during new-version livestreams (livestream codes usually expire within just 24-48 hours, so redeem the moment you see one).
• Two ways to redeem: the official website (log in, pick your server, paste the code) or in-game (Settings → Account → Redeem Code).
• See the active code list, newly added codes, and step-by-step redemption instructions on our constantly-refreshed Genshin codes page — it auto-updates on a schedule, so you always get the latest without hunting across scattered sources.

Combine these channels consistently with the Primogem-saving strategy from earlier in this guide, and a fully F2P account can realistically pull for a target character every few banners without spending a single dollar.