What Is The Pity System? | Wish Guarantee Guide | Genshin Impact
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The Pity System is a Gacha feature in Wish Banners in Genshin Impact. Learn more about the Pity System, the 50/50 System, Soft and Hard Pity, and how to guarantee that 5-star pull in the weapon or character banner by reading on!
List of Contents
- Pity System Information
- Should You Build the Pity?
- Pity System for Character Banner
- Pity System for Weapon Banner
- Pity System for Permanent Banner
- Related Guides
Genshin Impact Pity System Explained
What is the Pity System?
The pity system refers to a number of pulls or wishes you need to do on a banner before you're guaranteed a 4-star or 5-star. You have a chance of getting a 4-star or 5-star before even reaching that number.
Pity System Details
| Banner | 4-Star Weapon or Character | 5-Star Weapon or Character |
|---|---|---|
| Featured Character Banner | 10 Wishes | 90 Wishes |
| Featured Weapon Banner | 10 Wishes | 80 Wishes (Weapons Only) |
| Permanent Banner | 10 Wishes | 90 Wishes |
With the pity system, if you roll 9 times in a banner and don't get a 4-star or a 5-star, your 10th roll will be a guaranteed 4-star or higher.
The same goes for the 5-star pity, if by your 89th wish (79th for weapon banner), you still haven't received a 5-star weapon or character, your next wish is guaranteed to be 5-star.
Featured Character or Weapon (the 50/50 System)
When you get a 4-star or 5-star drop, there's a 50% chance it will either be a featured character or weapon in the limited banner, or a standard character or weapon. This is commonly known amongst players as the 50/50 System.
If you didn't receive the featured weapon or character and instead got the standard or off-rated item or unit, it is then guaranteed that your next 4-star or 5-star drop will be the featured character or weapon.
However, if you do win the 50/50 and get the featured character, the 50/50 will stand until the next banner.
Standard Characters
| List of Standard Characters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Diluc |  Qiqi |  Jean |  Mona |
 Keqing |  Tighnari |  Dehya |  Mizuki |
You can lose the 50/50 to any one of these Standard Characters.
It's worth noting that these characters can be acquired from any banner except for the Weapon Banner, which exclusively gives out weapons.
Multiple 5-Star in 10 Roll
If you do a 10 roll on a banner and receive multiple 5-star character or weapons (lucky!), the last 5-star you receive will determine if your next 5-star will have a 50/50 chance or be a guaranteed featured character.
For example, in a single 10 roll, you get both Hu Tao (featured) and Qiqi (permanent). If Hu Tao appeared first followed by Qiqi, your next 5-star will be guaranteed to be the featured character. However if Qiqi appears first followed by Hu Tao, your next 5-star pull will be a 50/50 chance to be the featured character.
What is Soft Pity and Hard Pity?
Soft Pity refers to the range of wishes between 60 to 80 pulls since your last 5-star character or weapon. This is a term used for when you are closer to your 89th pull without getting a 5-star character or weapon, but have not quite hit it yet.
Hard Pity is the term used when you reach nearly or exactly 90 pulls to get a 5-star character or 80 pulls for a 5-star weapon.
Wish Counter and Carry Over
The wish counter is separate for the 3 banners (Promotional Character, Promotional Weapon, and Permanent). The wish counter resets when you get a 4-star or a 5-star.
Getting a 4-star won't reset your counter for 5-star, but getting a 5-star will reset the counter for your 4-star and 5-star pity.
If the limited banner ends for the Promotional Character and Promotional Weapon, the counter will carry over to the next banner of the same category.
Wishes don't need to be consecutive to trigger pity roll
As mentioned, each banner type has its own counter. Wishing in one of the banners won't reset the counter for the other banners. You can check how close you are to pity by going to the History tab in the Wish Menu.
Capturing Radiance Mechanic
Version 5.0 introduced the Capturing Radiance mechanic, which has a chance to be triggered when you're rolling in a Character Event Wish banner and are not guaranteed at the time of rolling.
This mechanic increases the chance of obtaining the Limited 5-Star Character featured in the banner.
Capturing Radiance Wish Mechanic
Character Event Wish-2 Counter
Version 2.3 introduced a new wish banner type called the Character Event Wish-2, which is basically a second Featured Character banner that will run at the same time. These double banners will usually be used during character reruns.
The wish counter and wish guarantee is shared between the two Character Event Wish banners, and will carry over to the next set of Promotional Character banner.
Character Event Wish-2 Guide
Should You Build the Pity?
Building Pity is Not Recommended
While a lot of users would think that wishing on a banner for the sake of building up their pity or attempting to lose the 50/50 to guarantee their win for their desired banner, we strongly recommend against it.
It's important to take note that pulling for characters still relies heavily on luck, and in the off-chance that you land a 5-star wish and end up getting a character that you didn't want in the first place, you ultimately lose.
How To Guarantee the Pity
Instead of wishing with reckless abandon, take the Pity System's mechanics into account and save up your Primogems and Intertwined Fates accordingly in order to prepare for the banner of your desired character.
Once their banner arrives and you have saved up enough Primogems to reach the pity twice, then you should get the character even if you lose the first time.
Pity System for Character Banner
Current Character Event Wish
Durin Character Banner
 | |
| Rubedo, of White Stone Born | |
|---|---|
| Available Until | 2025/12/23 18:00 Server Time |
| Featured Characters | |
 Durin |  Jahoda |
 Bennett |  Faruzan |
Pulls to guarantee a character with pity
| Reward | # To Trigger Pity System | Primogem |
|---|---|---|
| Durin Guaranteed | 180 Wishes | 28,800 Primogems |
| 5-Star Guaranteed | 90 Wishes | 14,400 Primogems |
| Jahoda Bennett Faruzan Guaranteed | 20 Wishes | 3,200 Primogems |
| 4-Star Guaranteed | 10 Wishes | 1,600 Primogems |
Durin Banner Guide
Venti Character Banner
 | |
| Ballad in Goblets | |
|---|---|
| Available Until | 2025/12/23 18:00 Server Time |
| Featured Characters | |
 Venti | Jahoda |
| Bennett | Faruzan |
Pulls to guarantee a character with pity
| Reward | # To Trigger Pity System | Primogem |
|---|---|---|
| Venti Guaranteed | 180 Wishes | 28,800 Primogems |
| 5-Star Guaranteed | 90 Wishes | 14,400 Primogems |
| Jahoda Bennett Faruzan Guaranteed | 20 Wishes | 3,200 Primogems |
| 4-Star Guaranteed | 10 Wishes | 1,600 Primogems |
Venti Banner Guide
Pity System for Weapon Banner
Epitomized Path
After Version 2.0, players are given the means for a guaranteed pull for the weapon they want. In Version 5.0, the Fate Points required to guarantee your chosen weapon went down from 2 to 1.
5-Star Pull Equals Fate Point
You get a Fate Point when the 5-Star you pull is not the one you chose in the Epitomized Path.
From Version 2.0 to 4.8, you had to pull a 5-star weapon 3 times in total to get this guaranteed pull, where the third and final pull will be the weapon you selected. This is assuming that the first two pulls are not the weapon you want.
Epitomized Path Guide
Athame Artis 
The Daybreak Chronicles 
The Alley Flash