Xinyan is a playable pyro character from Genshin Impact. She has a rockin’ passion for rock music, which she continues to pursue wherever she goes. She can even determine people’s motives with her music. She believes that rock and roll is the spirit of resistance and she sticks to it no matter what.
About Xinyan
| Rarity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Element | Pyro |
| Weapon | Claymore |
| Birthday | December 1 |
| Special Dish | Rockin’ Riffin’ Chicken! |
| Region | Liyue |
How to get Xinyan in Genshin Impact?
Xinyan can be obtained by wishing on the standard, event or weapons banner. She will receive a huge drop rate boost on banners she is featured on. Xinyan can also be obtained through starglitter exchange on Paimon’s Bargains.
Combat Info
Ascensions and Stats
| Ascension Stage | Level | Base HP | Base ATK | Base DEF | Ascension Stat (ATK) |
| 0 | 1/20 | 939 | 21 | 67 | - |
| 20/20 | 2,413 | 54 | 172 | ||
| 1 | 20/40 | 3,114 | 69 | 222 | - |
| 40/40 | 4,665 | 103 | 333 | ||
| 2 | 40/50 | 5,163 | 115 | 368 | 6.00% |
| 50/50 | 5,939 | 132 | 423 | ||
| 3 | 50/60 | 6,604 | 147 | 471 | 12.00% |
| 60/60 | 7,379 | 164 | 526 | ||
| 4 | 60/70 | 7,878 | 175 | 562 | 12.00% |
| 70/70 | 8,653 | 192 | 617 | ||
| 5 | 70/80 | 9,151 | 203 | 652 | 18.00% |
| 80/80 | 9,927 | 220 | 708 | ||
| 6 | 80/90 | 10,425 | 231 | 743 | 24.00% |
| 90/90 | 11,201 | 249 | 799 |
Talents
Dance on Fire | Normal Attack
Skill Attributes
Sweeping Fervor | Elemental Skill
Xinyan brandishes her instrument, dealing Pyro DMG on nearby opponents, forming a shield made out of her audience's passion.
The shield's DMG Absorption scales based on Xinyan's DEF and on the number of opponents hit.
- Hitting 0 – 1 opponents grants Shield Level 1: Ad Lib.
- Hitting 2 opponents grants Shield Level 2: Lead-In.
- Hitting 3 or more opponents grants Shield Level 3: Rave, which will also deal intermittent Pyro DMG to nearby opponents.
The shield has the following special properties:
- When unleashed, it infuses Xinyan with Pyro.
- It has 250% DMG Absorption effectiveness against Pyro DMG.
Xinyan insists that these pyrotechnics are the apex of the apex of performative art, and that they are physical phenomena that have nothing to do with her vision.
Skill Attributes
Riff Revolution | Elemental Burst
Strumming rapidly, Xinyan launches nearby opponents and deals Physical DMG to them, hyping up the crowd. The sheer intensity of the atmosphere will cause explosions that deal Pyro DMG to nearby opponents.
Xinyan used to end all her performances with this move. She didn’t stop because it was dangerous, however, but because she didn’t have a more epic finale in case someone shouted “Encore!”
Skill Attributes
Life-Prolonging Methods | Ascension Phase 1 Passive
Decreases the number of opponents Sweeping Fervor must hit to trigger each level of shielding.
- Shield Level 2: Lead-In requirement reduced to 1 opponent hit.
- Shield Level 3: Rave requirement reduced to 2 opponents hit or more.
"...Now That's Rock 'N' Roll!" | Ascension Phase 4 Passive
Characters shielded by Sweeping Fervor deal 15% increased Physical DMG.
A Rad Recipe | Off-field Passive
When a Perfect Cooking is achieved on a DEF-boosting dish, Xinyan has a 12% chance to obtain double the product.
Talents Upgrade
| Level | Materials Required | Mora Cost |
| 2 | Teachings of Gold x 3, Treasure Hoarder Insignia x 6 | 12500 |
| 3 | Guide to Gold x 2, Silver Raven Insignia x 3 | 17500 |
| 4 | Guide to Gold x 4, Silver Raven Insignia x 4 | 25000 |
| 5 | Guide to Gold x 6, Silver Raven Insignia x 6 | 30000 |
| 6 | Guide to Gold x 9, Silver Raven Insignia x 9 | 37500 |
| 7 | Philosophies of Gold x 4, Golden Raven Insignia x 4, Tusk of Monoceros Caeli x 1 | 120000 |
| 8 | Philosophies of Gold x 6, Golden Raven Insignia x 6, Tusk of Monoceros Caeli x 1 | 260000 |
| 9 | Philosophies of Gold x 12, Golden Raven Insignia x 9, Tusk of Monoceros Caeli x 2 | 450000 |
| 10 | Philosophies of Gold x 16, Golden Raven Insignia x 12, Tusk of Monoceros Caeli x 2, Crown of Insight x 1 | 700000 |
| Total | Treasure Hoarder Insignia x 6, Silver Raven Insignia x 22, Golden Raven Insignia x 31, Teachings of Gold x 3, Guide to Gold x 21, Philosophies of Gold x 38, Tusk of Monoceros Caeli x 6, Crown of Insight x 1 | 1652500 |
Constellation
| Level | Name | Effect |
| 1 | Fatal Acceleration | Upon scoring a CRIT Hit, increases ATK SPD of Xinyan's Normal and Charged Attacks by 12% for 5s. Can only occur once every 5s. |
| 2 | Impromptu Opening | Riff Revolution's Physical DMG has its CRIT Rate increased by 100%, and will form a shield at Shield Level 3: Rave when cast. |
| 3 | Double-Stop | Increases the Level of Sweeping Fervor by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 4 | Wildfire Rhythm | Sweeping Fervor's swing DMG decreases opponent's Physical RES by 15% for 12s. |
| 5 | Screamin' for an Encore | Increases the Level of Riff Revolution by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 6 | Rockin' in a Flaming World | Decreases the Stamina Consumption of Xinyan's Charged Attacks by 30%. Additionally, Xinyan's Charged Attacks gain an ATK Bonus equal to 50% of her DEF. |
Availability
Paimon’s Bargains
- Xinyan will be purchasable through Paimon’s bargains for 34 starglitter. Starglitter can be obtained by wishing on the standard, event, and weapons banner.
Gacha
- Xinyan has a large percentage of chance for appearing on a featured banner. She also has a small percentage of chance for appearing on the standard, weapons, or event wish banner.
Personality
Xinyan is all about rock n’ roll as she was always judged as a child due to her appearance and thus wanted to make changes to how prejudiced society is. Her way of doing this was through rock. She always felt that she did not belong in Liyue. Eventually, she discovered rock and found happiness there. She spent a lot of time perfecting this art, accumulating fans over time. She even built her own special lyre to play with. Her passion is entirely directed towards this genre of music.
Xinyan is not one to be discouraged. She has a bold, strong personality and is set on changing the prejudices set through the means of rock. Even if this was the case, she was not as she seemed outside. She always goes on about how liberating things should be, but when Yun Jin once visited her house, it was neat, tidy and well organised. This only increased her respect for Xinyan.
Appearance
Xinyan has a “Teen” body type and is 5'2" / 158 cm. She always wears her stage outfit to burst into a performance at any moment. Because of this, she scares a lot of people, especially kids off. She has black hair with red streaks and on both sides of her hair, she has tied short pigtails with yellow coloured hair streaks. These pigtails are held together by spiked bands. She wears a brown tank top with hooks that look like buttons on it. She also wears white sleeves, white shoulder pads with spikes on them and white trousers. On top of her sleeves is another pair of shorter sleeves in brown and red. She also wears a red and brown collar detached from the rest of her outfit. Around her right thigh is a black and red thigh garter. Both her hands have a total of four rings on them. She wears high heeled shoes on both legs. Under her right shoe is a white sock and under her left shoe a fishnet. Both these shoes have spikes on them. Behind her is a brown and red drum with spikes on them which has the pyro vision attached to it.
Character Stories
Character Details
Rock 'n' roll originates in Fontaine and is just starting to find its feet in Liyue Harbor. Xinyan, thus, is a pioneer in this art.
Every night, she will sling on the instrument that she made herself, stand on a self-constructed stage and play self-composed tunes to every member of the audience.
As the person is, so are her songs: bold, defiant, loud, and proud.
She is by no means a virtuoso, but her loyal fans will nonetheless lose themselves in celebrating along with her, using their voices and their bodies to shake off the stress and troubles of the day.
In the heat of the moment, the fire that leaps from Xinyan's Vision threatens to turn night into day.
"She is a true rock 'n' roll genius, and a greater master still at creating atmosphere," says The Steambird of her skill.
Living in Liyue is expensive, and maintaining one's lifestyle there is harder still. But as Xinyan would tell those worried about such mundane matters—
"Rock 'n' roll is easy, really."
Story 1
Xinyan does not adhere to traditional performance norms at all. Anything can be used as her instrument.
The pillars on-stage, the floorboards, the cheers and yells of the audience, and even the explosions and sparks created by her Vision are valid brushes with which she paints her performance.
The impromptu stage often starts to burn somewhere after the halfway mark of the performance, till all that's left is a smoking pile of charcoal.
After many warnings, the Millelith were finally forced to tighten their patrols and try to find ways to stop Xinyan from staging her performances.
The subsequent battles of wits tended to turn out in Xinyan's favor — she was often able to find a place to perform, set up a stage with frightening speed, and begin a raucous night with her audience.
The more reliable word on the street is that many patrolling Millelith were themselves infected by the "spirit of rock 'n' roll," becoming her loyal fans in the process.
Xinyan would get wind of the Millelith's latest patrol plans from these "friends of rock," and was thus able to avoid their eyes with ease.
Eventually, tiring of the lack of results, and in the absence of any evidence that anyone was harmed during Xinyan's performances, the Millelith came to adopt a "one eye open, one eye shut" approach to her actions.
Story 2
Xinyan is tall, has a sharp gaze, and always wears her stage costume in public to keep herself in the right mood for her music.
In the eyes of bystanders, this makes her quite the imposing sight as she walks down the street, and many assume she means trouble.
When she lines up to buy a snack, people in front of her in the queue will panic and move out well out of her way.
If she happens to lock eyes with a young child, even for a brief moment, they will run crying to their parents.
Even when she has done nothing at all, Xinyan is often suspected of wrongdoing, purely because her fierce appearance makes her look like some heinous villain in the eyes of some people.
Xinyan didn't care all that much about how other people saw her, but she did think that it wasn't a good thing to scare others and make trouble for them, if she could at all help it. Thus, she constantly looked for ways to make a change.
Every day when she woke up in the morning, she would look at herself in the mirror and massage her face with her fingers to stretch and relax her eyes a little.
She would even practice smiling and study expressions - verbal and facial alike - of great elegance.
After a significant amount of practice, she once came across a group of children bullying another child, and instinctively she went over to rescue the bullied child.
She gave the kid what she thought was a friendly smile and a gentle pat on the head. To say that the upset child quietened down after this would not be incorrect...
However, the reality of the matter was that the child was stood there frozen in fear as urine dribbled down their pants.
As for the would-be bullies, they screamed and fled in panic.
"Run! Run! The angry lady's turned into a monster! Sh-She's gonna eat us all!"
"Hey!!! I ain't gonna eat y'all! ...And I ain't no monster, either!" But it was to no avail. The moment she raised her voice, all her hard work was undone.
Story 3
Xinyan has one standard by which she judges all things: is it or isn't it "rock 'n' roll?"
All that is just and upright — standing up for those who have been wronged, taking on challenges — is "rock 'n' roll," and all that is reprehensible — fearing the wicked, oppressing the kind, dirty tricks, scheming ways — is "not rock 'n' roll." Rock is the spirit of rebellion and resistance, yes, but patently immoral acts are nonetheless "not rock 'n' roll."
Xinyan reserves the right to make these judgments, and whether these judgments are based on results or her mood, the difference between the things covered by these two opposing terms is clear.
The only catch is that these standards sound odd in certain contexts.
Due to her fierce appearance, Xinyan nearly has no friends, with Xiangling of Wanmin Restaurant being one of the few exceptions with whom she can speak most freely.
Xinyan has a special reason for coming to the Wanmin Restaurant — for musical inspiration. Whenever Xiangling is researching new recipes, others may run for the hills, but not Xinyan. She intentionally eats all the experimental products, and amid the taste bud explosion that results from the never-before-seen flavors, inspiration flows into her mind.
"Tell you what, Xiangling, that dish rocked!"
Though Xinyan considers this to be the highest praise, Xiangling finds it a little hard to be happy about such ratings.
Story 4
The eternal subject of rock 'n' roll is resistance.
But the thing that Xinyan resists is not a concrete thing, but rather, the conceptual shackles of "prejudice."
She was born into a poor family, and her parents placed great stock in her, giving her the best of what little they had in the hopes that she would be able to rise to "become a phoenix."
Of course, this "phoenix" would have to be something that they would recognize.
But things don't always turn out as planned. Xinyan grew to be taller than most girls, and her looks were far from anything that might be considered "cute." Nor was she any good at any of the feminine arts, whether it was cooking, chores, needlework.
So, since her childhood was so deeply impacted by such "prejudices," Xinyan understands how terrifying they could be. Yet becoming a rock 'n' roll star has not caused her to give up on these arts.
This is not only because she hates losing, but because she feels that "giving up because you have no talent" is itself a prejudiced belief.
Not long ago, a fan of Xinyan's named Yun Jin was invited to her place as a guest.
But if Xinyan hadn't opened the door herself, Yun Jin would have thought that she had the wrong house.
The house was spick and span, the windows were clean, and the home ornaments were hand-made and immaculately arranged.
The cooktop was still moist, indicating that someone has been cooking not long before, and there was half-sewn cloth by the bedside that looked much like the decorations Xinyan wore during her performances.
Why, this was practically the room of some refined lady of reputable upbringing, with nearly any spirit of rock 'n' roll to be found!
Xinyan was quite worried that this fan of hers would find the difference between their impression of "rock 'n' roll" and this reality too jarring. Unexpectedly, Yun Jin's support and fandom would only grow more intense after this.
Story 5
The way Xinyan sees it, many adults fail to realize their potential because they are tied down by prejudice, giving in to the fear and endless anxiety.
They do not understand what life is about, or where they are going.
She wrote these thoughts into her songs, but invited scorn from the very same adults. "What does this brat know?"
Even so, Xinyan did not waver. After all, such mockery was born of prejudice towards her age. And if prejudice were something so easily overthrown, there would be no value in resisting it, would there?
She believes that rock 'n' roll is like a seed. After every performance, some seeds might sprout within the hearts of those adults who listen.
When they wake up, the next day, perhaps they might receive some inspiration, or perhaps a change of mood will come over them... Even if it only changes their thinking a bit... Perhaps they might find that the real-life troubles they are facing are nothing but a storm in a teacup. Of course, few people other than her audience and the "friends of rock" would credit this to rock 'n' roll.
But people do nonetheless say this around the tables after tea. "Well, having a girl who plays rock 'n' roll is pretty interesting, no?"
Xinyan's Instrument
Xinyan's main instrument is a hand-made lyre of a very unique design. She based it off the rock 'n' roll instruments that were imported from Fontaine before adding additional modifications based on personal understanding.
For example, she mounted a crescent-shaped axe-blade on the tail end of the instrument so it might serve as a weapon in a pinch.
She also connected it to her Vision, allowing it to spew flames and sparks. Its internals can also spew flame, all the better for it to self-destruct if it falls into the wrong hands, preventing it misuse...
The list of modifications goes on, and they are too numerous to count. This instrument is thus unique, and its sound profile is also special.
—Sorry, what? What do you mean, "these modifications sound like they have nothing to do with music?"
Sounds like you, too, need to attend one of her performances. You'll understand then.
Vision
Xinyan was someone who never fit in in Liyue Harbor, and she only found where she belonged when she encountered rock 'n' roll.
But because she lived in a land that had no place for rock 'n' roll yet, she needed to be able to attract enough attention.
She immersed herself in the world of music, looking for a way to move peoples' hearts. She broke many instruments and played till calluses formed on both hands, but still, it was unsatisfactory.
"Who'd want to listen to this racket?"
The rotten-tomato reviews she received were starting to get to her. She wondered if she should quit.
Sitting on top of Mt. Tianheng, she looked down over Liyue Harbor. But though the lights lit the streets and alleys of the harbor, they could not light the spirit of rock 'n' roll.
She considered leaving, to go someplace where rock 'n' roll was appreciated. But would this not be running away? Would it not be a betrayal of rock 'n' roll's spirit of resistance?
No, she would not leave. She would become a "flame" that could light Liyue Harbor up.
She started experimenting with the use of fire to move people, adding sparks and explosions to her music.
But this was no mean feat for an ordinary person.
Who knows how many times she must have burnt her fingers or blown her instrument up. But still, she continued to practice every single day on top of Mt. Tianheng.
And perhaps it was that the gods themselves had great expectations of this new form of music that would soon grace the seven nations...
But regardless, the boiling-hot Vision would be the final stroke of perfection.
Xinyan dashed down the mountain and began her very first rock 'n' roll concert in Liyue Harbor.
Thus did her musical journey begin, with showers of sparks and explosions keeping time.
Namecard
Icon
Profile Background
Party Background
Constellation
Fila Ignium
Quests and Events
Events
- Moonlight Merriment
- Three to Get Ready, and Here We Go
- Labyrinth Warriors
- Part I: A Tricky Situation
- Part II: Pushing On
- Part III: Away with Obsessions and Falsehood
Web Events
- Side by Side We Venture
- An Unforgettable Journey
- Yummy! Barbecue Under the Stars
Character Interactions
| Characters | Stories | Voices |
| Beidou | No | Yes |
| Chongyun | No | Yes |
| Keqing | No | Yes |
| Qiqi | No | Yes |
| Xiangling | No | Yes |
| Xingqiu | No | Yes |
| Yanfei | Yes | No |
Trivia
- Xinyan’s guitar can also be used as a weapon. She synced it with her pyro vision so that if it is in the wrong hands, she can blow it up.
- Xinyan’s pyro vision usage during performances were called dangerous and the millilith tried to shut it down. However, some of these millilith became her fans and warned her of raid locations.
- Xinyan’s English voice actor is the same as Barbara’s.
Explainer Video
FAQs
Is Xinyan a healer?
Xinyan is not a healer. Her kit does not allow her to be a healer, but a shielder.
Is Xinyan a physical damage dealer?
Xinyan is a good physical damage dealer.
Can you still get Xinyan?
Xinyan was given away for free during the Labyrinth Warriors event, which has now expired. You can still obtain her from the gacha system or through Paimon’s Bargains.
Final Thoughts
Xinyan is an underwhelming character overall as her kit is unusual and her damage dealing abilities are outclassed by other characters. Her playstyle is also pretty complicated for an underwhelming amount of damage. On the good side, Xinyan can apply pyro on herself, hence cleaning herself of any debuffs. This is helpful in the spiral abyss and the fact that her shield also does damage is an added bonus for her as a support. Due to her comparatively lower cooldown on her spell and pyro application, she can also generate lots of particles to add even more shields with her second constellation. However, Xinyan is not a shielder and is generally used as a dps or a sub dps. This causes even more confusion regarding the character, making her underwhelming once again.
If you’re an enjoyer of rock, Xinyan is your perfect companion. She is always ready to perform and she does a good job at it. Maybe when Noelle is busy, she can help you make defense boosting food and even make some extra servings in the process!
