Genshin Impact is a game that is constantly expanding its lore, with a vast amount of new regions, characters and enemies added on each update. This includes the Electro Archon herself, Raiden Shogun, who, despite being an archon, will still be able to join you in your journey through Teyvat.
Raiden Shogun is an excellent character to have on your team as a Main DPS. To make sure that she's performing on the battlefield as best as she can, you must ascend her until she reaches level 90, and level up her talents to maximize her damage output. Here's everything you need to know about it.
Updated December 28, 2022, by Santi Leguiza.
Raiden's Ascension Materials
As the Electro Archon representing Inazuma, Raiden Shogun will need several items that are only obtainable throughout this region, in addition to Gems and Boss drops. The full list goes as follows:
|
Ascension Phase |
Maximum Level |
Mora |
Crystal |
Regional Specialty |
Mob Drops |
World Boss Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
40 |
20,000 |
1x Vajrada Amethyst Sliver |
3x Amakumo Fruit |
3x Old Handguard |
N/A |
|
2 |
50 |
40,000 |
3x Vajrada Amethyst Fragment |
10x Amakumo Fruit |
15x Old Handguard |
2x Storm Beads |
|
3 |
60 |
60,000 |
6x Vajrada Amethyst Fragment |
20x Amakumo Fruit |
12x Kageuchi Handguard |
4x Storm Beads |
|
4 |
70 |
80,000 |
3x Vajrada Amethyst Chunk |
30x Amakumo Fruit |
18x Kageuchi Handguard |
8x Storm Beads |
|
5 |
80 |
100,000 |
6x Vajrada Amethyst Chunk |
45x Amakumo Fruit |
12x Famed Handguard |
12x Storm Beads |
|
6 |
90 |
120,000 |
6x Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone |
60x Amakumo Fruit |
24x Famed Handguard |
20x Storm Beads |
Where To Find Vajrada Amethyst Crystal
Vajrada Amethyst crystal can be found in all of its forms by defeating some of the Normal and Weekly Bosses. These will drop different amounts and categories of Vajrada Amethysts depending on the level of difficulty, so it's suggested to form a team as powerful as possible before trying to farm those fights. The list goes as follows:
Normal Bosses
- Coral Defenders
- Electro Hypostasis
- Electro Regisvine
- Primo Geovishap
- Thunder Manifestation
Weekly Bosses
- Stormterror - Confront Stormterror
- Azhdaha - Beneath the Dragon-Queller
- Tartaglia - Enter the Golden House
- Ei - End of the Oneiric Euthymia
- Scaramouche - Joururi Workshop
After finishing each fight, you need to interact with the Trounce Blossom by spending 40 Original Resin to get the rewards.
Where To Find Amakumo Fruit
Amakumo Fruit is a regional fruit and an item that can only be found around Seirai Island. While there are a lot of spawn points to harvest, you will need a total of 168 copies of this item, so it might take a longer time than expected to get them all.
Where To Find Old, Kageuchi, And Famed Handguards
Every kind of Handguard can be obtained after defeating Nobushi and Kairagi-type enemies, enemies that can be found around the many islands of the Inazuma region. Defeating them at different difficulty levels will award you rarer kinds of Handguards, so keep that in mind.
Alternatively, you can obtain Kageuchi and Famed Handguards through alchemy, by offering three of the lesser version of the handguard and some Mora in an alchemy station. You will need 18 Old, 30 Kageuchi, and 36 Famed Handguards in total.
Where To Find Storm Beads
You can get the Storm Beads to drop from the Thunder Manifestation, a Normal Boss located on Seirai Island. The Thunder Manifestation won't be available to fight until you have completed a short questline called "Seirai Stormchasers", located on Seirai Island.
After you defeat this powerful foe, you must interact with the Trounce Blossom and spend 40 Original Resin to get the rewards from this fight, and you'll get up to two or three Storm Beads depending on your world level. You will need a total amount of 46 Storm Beads to fully ascend Raiden Shogun.
Raiden's Talent Materials
Not only Raiden needs to level up, but also her powerful techniques. Once you're done with her ascension materials, you will need to invest in her Talents so they inflict more damage, and the list of materials to achieve that goes as follows:
|
Talent Level |
Mora |
Talent Books |
Mob Drops |
Weekly Boss Drops |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2 |
12,500 |
3x Teachings of Light |
6x Old Handguard |
N/A |
|
3 |
17,500 |
2x Guide to Light |
3x Kageuchi Handguard |
N/A |
|
4 |
25,000 |
4x Guide to Light |
4x Kageuchi Handguard |
N/A |
|
5 |
30,000 |
6x Guide to Light |
6x Kageuchi Handguard |
N/A |
|
6 |
37,500 |
9x Guide to Light |
9x Kageuchi Handguard |
N/A |
|
7 |
120,000 |
4x Philosophies of Light |
4x Famed Handguard |
1x Molten Moment |
|
8 |
260,000 |
6x Philosophies of Light |
6x Famed Handguard |
1x Molten Moment |
|
9 |
450,000 |
12x Philosophies of Light |
9x Famed Handguard |
2x Molten Moment |
|
10 |
700,000 |
18x Philosophies of Light |
12x Famed Handguard |
2x Molten Moment 1x Crown Of Insight |
One of the most common materials for every character's Talents comes in the form of a scroll or book. The Light scrolls needed for Raiden can be farmed from the Violet Court Domain, located in Inazuma on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Depending on its difficulty level, this domain will match you against Treasure Hoarders, Nobushi, and Kairagi enemies. Keep in mind that with a higher Adventure Rank, you will be able to get higher and rarer rewards.
Last, the Boss drop Molten Moment drop can be gathered from the weekly Boss La Signora, whom you can fight in Inazuma City after unlocking her through the Main Quest. In addition, if you wish to max up a Raiden Shogun talent, you must use a Crown of Insight, an item that is usually rewarded in limited-time Events.