On February 16, it’s time: Yae Miko takes the stage of Genshin Impact. Many fans are eagerly waiting for the shrine maiden. MeinMMO shows you what she can do and which materials you need to collect for her.
Who is Yae Miko? Yae Miko is a 5-star character with the Electro attribute and will be available in the character event wish from February 16 to March 8. She wields a catalyst as her weapon.
Yae Miko belongs to the grand Narukami Shrine and runs her own “Light Novel” publishing house, which she manages with passion.
The shrine maiden is always friendly to everyone and always has a smile on her lips, yet she possesses a mysterious aura. Yae is also a long-time friend of the Raiden Shogun and Zhongli, and she isn’t afraid to show her sarcastic side from time to time.
In time for Yae Miko’s release, HoYoverse has released a trailer for her, which you can watch here:
Yae Miko’s Electrifying Abilities at a Glance
What can Yae Miko do? With her normal attacks, she performs simple Electro attacks, while her heavy strikes can even deal area Electro damage to enemies.
Elemental Skill:
- Yae moves swiftly and leaves behind a “Sesshou Sakura”.
- You can use the skill up to 3 times to place a Sesshou Sakura.
- Sesshou Sakura deal periodic Electro damage to opponents.
- The Electro damage increases depending on how many Sesshou Sakura are placed in the field.
- Cooldown: 4 seconds
- Duration of a Sesshou Sakura: 14 seconds
Special Skill:
- Upon triggering, Yae deals area Electro damage to enemies.
- If there are Sesshou Sakura on the field when the special skill is used, they will be destroyed and also cause area Electro damage.
- The damage caused by the destruction of a Sesshou Sakura is significantly higher than the normal skill damage. At talent level 6, the skill damage is 364%, while the Sesshou Sakura damage is at 467.34%. It is worth placing 3 Sesshou Sakura beforehand to maximize damage.
- Cooldown: 22 seconds
- Elemental Energy Cost: 90
Materials Needed for Yae Miko’s Level and Their Locations
What materials do you need for Yae Miko? Yae Miko requires 421 purple XP books and 2,092,530 Mora to reach character level 90 – the maximum level. Additionally, you need to farm these materials:
| Image | Name and Quantity |
 | 46x Fake Fin of the Dragon-Blooded |
 | 168x Sea Luminous Mushroom |
    | 1x Vajrada Amethyst Fragment 9x Vajrada Amethyst Chunk 9x Vajrada Amethyst Piece 6x Vajrada Amethyst |
   | 18x Old Handguard 30x Kageuchi Handguard 36x Famous Handguard |
Where can you find “Fake Fin of the Dragon-Blooded”? The fake fin of the dragon-blooded drops from underwater dragon lizards, which are bosses residing in the Enkanomiya area.
Where can you find Sea Luminous Mushrooms? Sea luminous mushrooms can be found scattered in Inazuma; they are the local specialty of the region. It’s particularly worth checking in the north of Kannazuka for this material. Some groups of sea luminous mushrooms can be found on the beaches.
Where can you find the Vajrada Amethyst? The Vajrada Amethyst variations can be reliably obtained from the Electro Hypostasis in Mondstadt and from the embodiment of thunder in Inazuma. Starting at certain levels of the bosses, you will get the amethysts:
- Vajrada Amethyst Fragment is available at every boss level.
- Vajrada Amethyst Chunk is available starting from boss level 40.
- Vajrada Amethyst Piece is available starting from boss level 60.
- Vajrada Amethyst is available starting from boss level 75.
Keep in mind that you can also convert or craft the variations on the Alchemy Table. For instance, 3 Vajrada Amethyst Fragments can be processed into 1 Vajrada Amethyst Chunk. This rule also applies to the larger amethyst pieces.
Where can you find the types of Handguards? The monsters “Nobushi” and “Kairagi” drop the items. You can find the two types of monsters on all islands of Inazuma, except for Tsurumi. They do not hide, and you should encounter them at almost every corner.
Materials Needed for Yae Miko’s Talent Level and Their Locations
What materials do you need for Yae Miko? To bring all talent levels of Yae Miko to the maximum level of 10, you need:
- 9x Teachings of “Light”
- 63x Guide to “Light”
- 114x Philosophy of “Light”
- 18x Old Handguard
- 66x Kageuchi Handguard
- 93x Famous Handguard
- 18x Essence of the Ages
- 3x Crown of Wisdom
- 4,957,500 Mora
All Talent Levels and the Required Materials for Each Talent at a Glance
- Level 2:
3x Teachings of “Light”- 6x Old Handguard
12,500 Mora
- Level 3:
2x Guide to “Light”
- 3x Kageuchi Handguard
- 17,500 Mora
- Level 4:
- 4x Guide to “Light”
- 4x Kageuchi Handguard
- 25,000 Mora
- Level 5:
- 6x Guide to “Light”
- 6x Kageuchi Handguard
- 30,000 Mora
- Level 6:
- 9x Guide to “Light”
- 9x Kageuchi Handguard
- 37,500 Mora
- Level 7:
4x Philosophy of “Light”- 4x Famous Handguard
1x Essence of the Ages- 120,000 Mora
- Level 8:
- 6x Philosophy of “Light”
- 6x Famous Handguard
- 1x Essence of the Ages
- 260,000 Mora
- Level 9:
- 12x Philosophy of “Light”
- 9x Famous Handguard
- 2x Essence of the Ages
- 450,000 Mora
- Level 10:
- 16x Philosophy of “Light”
- 12x Famous Handguard
- 2x Essence of the Ages
1x Crown of Wisdom- 700,000 Mora
Where can you find the Teachings of “Light”? You can farm them in the sphere of the pansy garden in the south of Narukami. They appear on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday in this sphere.
Where can you find the Essence of the Ages? The Essence of the Ages is a new boss drop that you receive once you defeat the weekly boss “Raiden Shogun,” who is available in Genshin Impact starting from Patch 2.5.
Where can you find the Crown of Wisdom? The Crown of Wisdom is one of the rarest items in Genshin Impact and you usually obtain it through events, leveling up to level 11 of the Permafrost Tree in Dragon Ridge, or by leveling the Sacred Sakura in Inazuma.
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