Kai had just pulled a brand‑new five‑star character from the latest banner, and the thrill of seeing that golden comet splash across his screen quickly gave way to a familiar anxiety. The character was level one, completely unbuilt, and the mountain of ascension materials needed to make them usable loomed large. He had been here before — wasting days, sometimes weeks, chasing down obscure local specialties or waiting for the right weekly boss drop. This time, Kai decided, things would be different. Armed with a notepad, a map, and a plan, he set out to farm without letting a single drop of Resin go to waste.
The first thing Kai did was open his inventory and the character’s profile. Ascension materials fall into a few clear categories: local specialties that grow only in one region, boss drops from overworld world bosses, gemstones like Varunada Lazurite or Prithiva Topaz, and weekly boss materials. He also needed talent books and weapon domain items, but those could wait. At the core of everything was Resin — the daily 180 plus a potential Transient Resin from the teapot. Kai knew that every decision had to orbit around that number.
💡 Resin is the gatekeeper. 180 per day + Transient. Daily reset at 4 AM server time. Weekly bosses reset every Monday.
Reading a few guides confirmed that he could pre‑farm nearly everything. Local specialties and common boss drops were fair game, even before the banner arrived. The only things locked were materials tied to a boss released in a future patch. Kai’s target had no such restriction, so he opened the in‑game map and pinned the highest‑density spots for the plant he needed. Region by region — Mondstadt’s Cecilias, Liyue’s Violetgrass, Inazuma’s Sakura Blooms, Sumeru’s Kalpalata Lotuses, and Fontaine’s Lakelight Lilies — each had its own rhythm. He knew the plants respawned after exactly 48 hours, so he set a mental timer to loop the same route every other day.
For the world boss, he chose the Hypostasis variant that guarded the required gemstones and fragments. At World Level 8, each claim cost 40 Resin and dropped a handful of shards, chunks, and occasionally a gemstone. Kai remembered the painful math: a character needs a total of 46 world boss drops to ascend from 1 to 90. That meant roughly twenty runs if luck was average. He could not afford to miss any days.
While waiting for a friend to come online, Kai turned his attention to weekly bosses. Stormterror, Andrius, Childe, and the others all held the rare talent materials he would eventually need. He smiled, recalling how the first three weekly bosses cost only 30 Resin each — half the usual price. Doing them every week was non‑negotiable. He also hoarded Dream Solvent, the miracle item that let him convert an unwanted boss drop into the exact piece he required. No more months of waiting for a single Dvalin’s Plume.
📌 Weekly Boss priority: first 3 at reduced cost → use Dream Solvent to convert extras → always on Monday.
Kai’s friend, Lena, joined his world with a grin. "Need help with the Regisvine?" she asked. Together they tore through the boss in seconds, and because Lena had not spent her own Resin, they could repeat the fight in her world too. Co‑op farming was a loophole Kai loved — no Resin spent, just raw friendship and extra materials. It didn’t work for weekly bosses, but for everything else it was a game‑changer.
Next came the timed domains. Talent books and weapon ascension materials only appeared on certain days of the week. Kai checked the domain schedule pinned in his browser and saw that today was the right day for his character’s talent books. Before queuing, he visited an alchemy station and crafted Condensed Resin — 40 Resin plus one Crystal Core — which doubled the rewards per run. It cut his domain sessions in half, saving not just Resin but real‑world time. He reminded himself never to use it on artifact domains unless he had a solid team already. Artifacts were always the lowest priority.
🔁 Condensed Resin rule: use for talent and weapon domains → halves your runs → never wastes drops.
To speed up the overworld gathering, Kai assembled a team built purely for mobility and quality of life. Double Anemo resonance reduced stamina consumption and increased speed. Sayu’s roll, Yelan’s sprint, and a tall male character’s dash let him cover ground like the wind. An off‑field healer — Kokomi — kept the party alive during fights he couldn’t skip. He even brought a character with a passive that marked local specialties on the minimap, a trick that saved him from squinting at every bush. The team wasn’t made for Abyss; it was made for efficiency.
When a new day dawned at 4 AM server time, Kai’s first action was already scripted:
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Claim the three half‑price weekly bosses. Every Monday they reset, and he never missed them. Dream Solvent sat ready to fix any stubborn RNG.
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Spend the remaining Resin on the world boss. He needed those 46 drops, no way around it. Any leftover Resin went into talent domains.
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Save Fragile Resin. It stayed locked in his inventory for double‑drop events like Overflowing Mastery, or for those desperate moments when a new character dropped unexpectedly.
He ran into a few snags along the way. Once, the plant he needed seemed to vanish from the map. The solution was simple: he switched to a character with a passive that highlighted it — Qiqi or Nahida — and suddenly every node glowed in the distance. Another time, a weekly boss refused to cough up the right material. Dream Solvent transformed the spare piece in a second. The most common trap, though, was trying to farm everything at once. Kai kept a list, stared down the priority order, and focused on what mattered first. Missing a single day wasn’t the end; losing three days to scattered goals was.
⚠️ Common fixes: missing specialties → use a passive highlight character. Wrong weekly drop → Dream Solvent. Too many goals → follow the priority list.
He also learned the value of checking the latest updates. Double‑drop events, new boss introductions, and banner schedules all shifted his farming calendar. By staying informed, he never wasted Resin on an artifact domain right before a talent book overflow event.
After two weeks, the character stood at level 90, talents raised, weapon ready. Kai looked at the completed ascension screen and felt a deep satisfaction. It hadn’t been a grind — it had been a rhythm. A cycle of daily tasks wrapped in purpose. With the character built, he pivoted smoothly to artifacts, knowing his foundation was already solid.
Farming ascension materials didn’t feel tedious when you had a clear plan, a fast overworld team, and a savings account of Dream Solvent. It became part of the daily adventure, a quiet ritual that turned a pile of resin into a powerful new ally. Kai closed the character profile, teleported to the next boss, and kept the rhythm going. The world was full of resources, and finally, he knew exactly how to gather them.