Genshin Impact: How to Manage and Upgrade Artifacts Guide

Here's a quick guide on how to manage and upgrade Artifacts in Genshin Impact.

Artifacts are an essential component of character development in Genshin Impact. They offer powerful set bonuses and additional stats. Managing your artifacts effectively can increase your characters’ power and stop you from wasting valuable resources on items that won’t be used.

Check Artifact Stats

Before upgrading an artifact, check its main stat, substats and set bonus. The stats should be suitable for the character you intend to use them on. An artifact can be good just because it has a good main stat, even if the substats are not godly.

Choose the Right Main Stats

Different characters use different primary attributes. Before you purchase an artifact, figure out what stats your character needs, be they ATK%, HP%, DEF%, Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge or something else. Pick items that fit the character’s role and needs.

Look for Useful Substats

Substats can have a real impact on an artifact’s overall value. CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, Energy Recharge, Elemental Mastery and various percentage-based stats may be useful depending on the character. Look for stuff with lots of good substats.

Upgrade Artifacts Carefully

Level up an artifact with Artifact EXP materials and unwanted artifacts. Upgrading a high-quality item will increase its main stat and may unlock or increase its substats. Don't waste too many resources on artifacts that aren't very useful or have bad stats.

Build Artifact-Sets

There are many artifact-sets that have bonuses if you use more than one piece of the same set. Look at the set bonuses available to you and pick the ones that complement both your play style and your character’s abilities.

Don't Chase Perfection

Your characters don't need perfect items to be useful. And while you're looking for better pieces, you might want to use an artifact with a good main stat and good secondary stats. Invest your money and time into meaningful improvements.

Manage Your Artifact Inventory

Periodically check your artifact inventory and get rid of anything with bad stats or that seems like it will have no realistic use. This frees up more room for new artifacts, and also allows unwanted pieces to be converted to EXP when upgrading better ones.

Final Tips

Before you buy an artifact, check main stats, substats and set bonus. Make sure your characters have good stats, don't waste resources on artifacts that do not match your builds. Upgrade pieces that look good over time instead. It can make character development a lot easier to keep an up-to-date artifact inventory.

Also, check our Genshin Impact review and other guides below:

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