Aside from obtaining 5-star characters in Genshin Impact, pairing them with their respective signature weapons is also essential. While HoYoverse has put the entire artifact system in place and made it accessible to all players, the weapons are a whole different story. Similar to characters, they have their rarity, sources of drops, and gacha banners.
Alongside the release of Inazuma and v2.0, HoYoverse implemented an additional system in the weapons banner, currently available even today. This allows the community to select one weapon out of the two and accumulate enough points for a guaranteed drop.
The following article will provide a more straightforward guide on the pity system, how to acquire fate points, and more.
Like any character banner, the weapon banner also consists of a soft and hard cap of pity. The game significantly increases the chances of a 5-star weapon dropping upon hitting a specific number. While the soft cap for character banners is 75, players will gain a bonus drop rate upon hitting the 65 mark on the weapon banner. It is a soft cap, regardless of the weapons located in the pool.
Additionally, unlike the character banner's 90-pity mark, the hard cap on the weapon banner is 80. Hence, with each pull starting at 65, the chances of acquiring a 5-star weapon will increase. Be that as it may, the 5-star weapon can be anything between the twelve different gears in the game.
After 65 rolls on the weapon banner, players can get one of the two weapons featured with a rate-up or anything from the list, as shown in the image above.
As mentioned earlier, the new implementation of fate points was added back with v2.0. This was initially done to guarantee players a way to obtain weapons by accumulating enough
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