The short answer is yes, you can absolutely get free wishes in Genshin Impact as a free-to-play player! While wishes and characters can‘t be obtained in unlimited amounts for free, Genshin Impact provides plenty of ways to gain a significant amount of free wishes, primogems, characters, and weapons just from playing the game normally.
In this comprehensive guide, I‘ll share how you can realistically gain over 400 free wishes per year in Genshin Impact without spending any money. I‘ve played Genshin Impact for over a year as a free-to-play player and discovered the best methods to get free wishes as a F2P. Read on and I‘ll show you exactly how you can get tons of free wishes in Genshin!
Claim Free Wishes from Limited Time Events
The number one way to get free wishes is to actively participate in the various limited-time events that Genshin Impact hosts.
These special events will have event-exclusive quests, challenges, mini-games, log-in bonuses and rewards to earn primogems – the currency used to make wishes.
For example, during the recent Windblume Festival event, I earned over 3000 primogems from doing the daily festival activities. That was enough to give me around 20 free wishes!
Some common types of Genshin Impact events that give out free primogems and wishes:
- Login or Check-In Events: Provides primogems for logging in or checking in daily
- Web Events: Interactive mini-events on the official Genshin Impact website
- Cross-Over Collaborations: Primogem rewards from collaborations with other games/companies
- Preview Events: Primogems for participating in previews of new content/characters
- Bug Fix Compensations: Primogems gifted when bugs are fixed after a major update
- Maintenance Compensations: Primogems rewards when servers are down for maintenance
- Promo Codes: Limited-time codes redeemable for 100 primogems
I‘ve found through my experience that by participating in as many events as possible each update, you can reliably gain about 20-40 free wishes every 6 weeks from events alone.
The key is to make sure to check the Events menu frequently for any new event quests or activities to complete. Also be sure to follow Genshin Impact‘s official social media to stay on top of any new log-in events, web events, promo codes, and version previews.
Taking advantage of events is hands down the best way to get the most free wishes in Genshin!
Unlock Free Wishes from the Adventurer Handbook
Another great source of free wishes is right inside the game itself through the Adventurer Handbook. This handbook has a ton of challenges and rewards that will grant you a whopping 22 free Acquaint Fate wishes!
Here‘s a step-by-step guide on how to unlock them:
- Open the Paimon Menu and go to the Adventurer Handbook
- Select the "Rewards" tab, then click on the gift box icon
- Go through each of the 4 region sections (Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru)
- Claim all of the Acquaint Fates shown by completing the required challenges
The challenges will require you to explore certain areas, find oculi, activate teleport waypoints, complete quests, defeat bosses, and more.
But all of these challenges can be completed naturally just by progressing through the game‘s content. So with a bit of exploration, you can grab 22 easy free wishes here!
Do Daily Commissions and Live Streams
This is an easy way to get ~10 free wishes per month just by being consistent.
Completing the 4 daily commissions provides 60 primogems per day. Over 30 days, that results in 1800 primogems which equals about 11 wishes.
Additionally, the daily live streams on Twitch reward 60 primogems each day just for tuning in for 5 minutes.
If you watch the stream daily, you‘ll earn at least 300 extra primogems per month. Combining the live streams with daily commissions gives about 13 free wishes per month.
Clear Spiral Abyss Floors
The Spiral Abyss challenges reset twice a month, providing a chance to earn primogems based on how many stars you earn clearing each floor.
Typically, fully 36 starring Floors 9-12 rewards 600 primogems per reset. That alone gives you 4 free wishes per abyss reset!
If you build strong team comps and earn 33-36 stars consistently, you can net 240-600 primogems or 1-4 free wishes twice a month from Abyss.
For dedicated players who optimize characters and strategies for conquering the Spiral Abyss, this offers a reliable way to gain 10-20 free wishes monthly.
Redeem Character and Weapon Ascension Rewards
When you ascend your characters and weapons, you get ascension rewards including primogems, acquaint fates, and intertwined fates.
Here‘s an estimate of how many free wishes you can get from ascension rewards:
- 65 primogems per character from ascension phase 1-2
- 4 intertwined fates per character from ascension phase 3-4
- 30 primogems per character from ascension phase 5-6
- 5 acquaint fates per weapon from ascension phase 3-4
Ascending all the free characters you acquire can net around 420 primogems, 8 intertwined fates, and 10 acquaint fates. That‘s approximately 13 free wishes just from ascensions!
Complete Quests and Hangout Events
All the various story quests, world quests, archon quests, and hangout events in Genshin Impact reward primogems for completion:
- 60 primogems – Archon (main story) quests
- 60 primogems – Character story quests
- 20-40 primogems – World quests
- 60 primogems – Hangout events
Completing all the quests in the game can easily provide over 2000 primogems, which totals up to 10-15 free wishes.
Level Up Your Characters
Leveling up characters to certain milestones will also grant you some primogems:
- Reaching level 20 rewards 20 primogems
- Reaching level 40 rewards 40 primogems
- Reaching level 50 rewards 60 primogems
- Reaching level 60 rewards 80 primogems
Leveling all the free characters you get to max can result in around 1600 primogems, about 10 free wishes from character level-ups.
Activate Statues of The Seven
When you activate each Statue of The Seven in each region, you get some primogems:
- Activating Mondstadt‘s statues rewards 10 primogems each, 70 primogems total
- Activating Liyue‘s statues rewards 20 primogems each, 140 primogems total
- Activating Inazuma‘s statues rewards 20 primogems each, 120 primogems total
- Activating Sumeru‘s statues rewards 20 primogems each, 100 primogems total
That‘s 430 primogems or almost 3 free wishes just for unlocking all the statues!
Achievements
Completing the many achievements in Genshin Impact will reward you with primogems and achievement points:
- Common achievements reward 5-20 primogems
- Uncommon achievements reward 20-30 primogems
- Rare achievements reward 30-50 primogems
- Epic achievements reward 50-100 primogems
With over 1000 achievements to complete, you can net over 1000 primogems, around 6 free wishes from achievements.
Redeem Promo Codes
Genshin Impact periodically releases limited-time promo codes that reward 100 primogems each.
You can find active codes either announced through their social media or created for special collaborations.
Redeeming just a few codes per month contributes to some extra free wishes in the long run. I‘d estimate you can get 2-5 free wishes per month from promo codes.
Buy From Paimon‘s Bargains Shop
The Paimon‘s Bargains shop sells some acquaint and intertwined fates:
- 5 acquaint fates cost 75 stardust each
- 5 intertwined fates cost 350 starglitter each
As a free-to-play player, you likely won‘t have enough currency to buy fates very often. But after a few months of saving, you may have enough stardust/starglitter accumulated to grab a few bargained fates.
Over time, this shop can net you an extra 5-10 free wishes total.
How Many Free Wishes Can You Get as F2P?
Now let‘s tally up all the free wish sources I use as a F2P player:
- ✨ 20-40 wishes from limited events
- ✨ 22 wishes from Adventurer Handbook
- ✨ 10-15 wishes from daily commissions + live streams
- ✨ 10-20 wishes from Spiral Abyss
- ✨ 10-15 wishes from quests
- ✨ 13 wishes from character/weapon ascensions
- ✨ 3 wishes from activating statues
- ✨ 5-10 wishes from achievements
- ✨ 2-5 wishes from promo codes
- ✨ 5-10 wishes from Paimon‘s Bargains
That totals up to about 100-150 free wishes during each 6 week update cycle!
So in one year, a free-to-play player can acquire approximately 400-600 wishes in Genshin Impact without spending money.
While not unlimited, that‘s a substantial amount of free wishes you can gain through normal gameplay. Definitely enough to have fun with the gacha systems!
How to Get Free Characters as a F2P Player
Now that you know how to get plenty of free wishes, let‘s look at ways to get free playable characters.
Here are all the methods I‘ve used to unlock free characters as a F2P player:
Choose a Free Starter Character
When you begin Genshin Impact, you can pick one of three starter characters:
- Amber – Pyro Bow
- Kaeya – Cryo Sword
- Lisa – Electro Catalyst
You unlock the other two automatically at Adventure Rank 10 by clearing Floor 1 of the Spiral Abyss.
So you‘re guaranteed to get all 3 starters: Amber, Kaeya, and Lisa.
Progress Through the Main Archon Quests
Playing through the major archon quests rewards the following free characters:
- Barbara – Hydro Catalyst
- Xiangling – Pyro Polearm
- Beidou – Electro Claymore
- Xingqiu – Hydro Sword
- Ningguang – Geo Catalyst
- Chongyun – Cryo Claymore
That‘s 6 free four-star characters just for clearing the main story quests!
Participate in Limited Events
During special events, I‘ve earned free characters like:
- Fischl – Electro Bow
- Diona – Cryo Bow
- Beidou – Electro Claymore
- Xinyan – Pyro Claymore
Keep an eye out around holidays and festivals for events that reward free characters.
Utilize the Gacha Pity Systems
The gacha itself provides methods to get free 5-star characters:
- At 90 pulls on limited banners, you‘re guaranteed the 5-star rate-up character
- With the 50/50 system, you‘re guaranteed a standard 5-star character every 2nd 5-star pull
- Your first 5-star on the standard banner is a character rather than weapon
Using your free wishes, you‘re likely to get 1-2 free 5-star characters from these pity systems.
Unlock the Traveler
The main character Traveler is freely obtained. Swapping their elements counts as building 4 separate characters – Anemo, Geo, Electro, and Dendro.
Get Dendro Character Collei
The new Dendro archer Collei was given out for free in the 3.0 update through quests and events. She will likely continue being obtainable for all players.
As you can see, there are tons of ways to get free characters in Genshin Impact!
Between the starter, story, and event characters, you can unlock at least 14 free characters as a F2P player.
Takeaways on Getting Free Wishes and Characters
Let‘s summarize the key points:
✅ Participate in limited-time events to get 20-40 free wishes per update
✅ Claim Acquaint Fates from the Adventurer Handbook challenges
✅ Do daily commissions and live streams for ~15 wishes per month
✅ Clear Spiral Abyss thoroughly for 10-20 wishes per month
✅ Redeem ascension rewards for ~15 free wishes
✅ Complete all quests and hangouts for 10-15 wishes
✅ Activate all Statues of The Seven for 3 wishes
✅ Achieve milestones that reward primogems
✅ Redeem any active promo codes
✅ Check Paimon‘s Bargains shop for discounted fates
This allows a free-to-play player to realistically gain 100-150 free wishes per update, or 400-600 per year!
Additionally, you can unlock 14 free characters through quests, events, and pity systems.
While not unlimited, this generous amount of free wishes and characters makes Genshin Impact extremely enjoyable without spending money!
I hope this guide gives you tips to maximize your free wishes as a F2P player. Let me know if you have any other good methods I may have missed! Enjoy all the free characters and wishes!
