Genshin Impact Traveler dendro, geo, anemo, and electro builds
Genshin Impact’s Traveler is the general name given to the twin you choose – who otherwise canonically go as Aether and Lumine. Traveler can switch between anemo, geo, electro, and dendro elements by resonating with Statues of The Seven around the world map. In this Genshin Traveler guide we go over all of their skills, the best artifacts and weapons for each element, and more.
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Genshin Impact Traveler
What’s the best Genshin Impact Traveler build?
With any elemental alignment, the Traveler always seems to excel the most in sub-dps support roles. They work as a great battery for their main element, especially in geo and dendro modes, and generally have kits geared towards elemental application and crowd control. In most situations, they’re out-done by other characters who wield the same element, but they’re a great staple and easy to ascend due to materials being given to you or purchasable from each region’s gift shop.
What are the best Genshin Traveler weapons?
The Skyward Blade is the best weapon for anemo, electro, and geo Traveler. You can also use Festering Desire as a replacement weapon.
For dendro traveler, Freedom-Sworn or Sacrificial Sword are your best options.
Weapon | Effect |
Skyward Blade | Critical hit rate is increased by 4%. Traveler gains Skypiercing Might when an elemental burst is used. This increases movement and attack speed by 10% and boosts the damage of normal and charged attacks by 20% for 12 seconds |
Festering Desire | Elemental skill damage is increased by 16% and elemental skill critical hit rate by 6% |
Freedom-Sworn | Increases damage by 10%. When you trigger elemental reactions, you gain a Sigil of Rebellion. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s, even if said character is not on the field. When you possess two Sigils of Rebellion, both are consumed and all nearby party members obtain Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance for 12 seconds. Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance increases normal, charged, and plunging attack damage by 16%, and increases attack by 20%. Once this effect is triggered, you can’t gain more Sigils of Rebellion for 20 seconds. Buffs of the same type don’t stack. |
Sacrificial Sword | After damaging an opponent with an elemental skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own cooldown. Can only occur once every 30 seconds. |
What are the best Genshin Traveler artifacts?
We recommend using a full set of Viridescent Venerer items for the anemo Traveler and a full set of Noblesse Oblige for the geo Traveler. However, Noblesse Oblige is also a good second choice for an anemo build.
For electro Traveler, you should use Noblesse Oblige or Emblem of Severed Fate. The best pick for dendro Traveler is Deepwood Memories, unless you have another dendro wielder on the team equipped with this set, in which case you should give Traveler Gilded Dreams.
Artifact set | Effect |
Viridescent Venerer | Two equipped: 15% anemo damage bonus Four equipped: Swirl damage is increased by 60%. Your opponent’s elemental resistance to the element infused in the swirl is decreased by 40% for ten seconds |
Noblesse Oblige | Two equipped: Elemental burst damage is increased by 20% Four equipped: When an elemental burst is used, all party members’ attack is increased by 20% for 12 seconds |
Emblem of Severed Fate | Two equipped: energy recharge is increased by 20% Four equipped: increases elemental burst damage by 25% of energy recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus damage can be obtained in this way |
Deepwood Memories | Two equipped: dendro damage bonus +15% Four equipped: after elemental skills or bursts hit opponents, the targets’ dendro resistance decreases by 30% for eight seconds. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is not on the field |
Gilded Dreams | Two equipped: elemental mastery +80 Four equipped: within eight seconds of triggering an elemental reaction, the character equipping this obtains buffs based on the elemental type of the other party members. Attack is increased by 14% for each member whose elemental type is the same as the equipping character, and elemental mastery is increased by 50 for every member with a different elemental type. Each of the buffs count up to three characters. This effect can be triggered once every eight seconds, even when not on the field |
When picking artifacts for the Traveler, you should prioritise these stats:
Dendro Quicken build stats:
- Energy recharge or elemental mastery for Sands of Eon
- Dendro damage bonus for Goblet of Eonothem
- Crit damage or crit rate for Circlet of Logos
- Sub stat priority: Energy recharge, crit, elemental mastery, attack%
Dendro Hyperbloom/Burgeon build stats:
- Energy recharge or attack for Sands of Eon
- Dendro damage bonus for Goblet of Eonothem
- Crit damage or crit rate for Circlet of Logos
- Sub stat priority: Energy recharge, crit, attack%, elemental mastery
Dendro Bloom build stats:
- Energy recharge or elemental mastery for Sands of Eon
- Elemental mastery for Goblet of Eonothem
- Elemental mastery or crit rate for Circlet of Logos
- Sub stat priority: Energy recharge, elemental mastery, crit, attack%
Anemo build stats:
- Elemental mastery or attack% for Sands of Eon
- Elemental mastery or Anemo damage bonus for Goblet of Eonothem
- Elemental mastery or crit rate/damage for Circlet of Logos
- Sub stat priority: Energy recharge, elemental mastery, attack%, crit, attack
Geo build stats:
- Attack% or energy recharge for Sands of Eon
- Geo damage bonus for Goblet of Eonothem
- Crit for Circlet of Logos
- DPS sub stat priority: Crit, attack%, energy recharge, attack
- Support sub stat priority: Energy recharge, crit rate, attack%, attack, crit damage
Electro build stats:
- Energy recharge for Sands of Eon
- Electro damage bonus or elemental mastery for Goblet of Eonothem
- Crit rate for Circlet of Logos if using Favonius Sword, otherwise elemental mastery
- Sub stat priority: Energy recharge, crit, elemental mastery, attack%
What are the Genshin Traveler’s skills?
Here are all of the Traveler’s skills for each element.
Anemo active skills:
Skill | Effect |
Foreign Ironwind | Performs five strikes |
Foreign Ironwind (charged) | Consumes stamina to perform two powerful strikes |
Foreign Ironwind (plunging) | Plunge from mid-air to deal AoE damage on impact with the ground |
Palm Vortex | Create a wind vortex that deals anemo damage to enemies in front of you. At the end of its path, the vortex explodes, dealing AoE anemo damage. The damage and AoE of Palm Vortex increase the longer the button is held. Elemental absorption: If the vortex comes in contact with hydro, pyro, cryo, or electro elements, it deals extra elemental damage of that type |
Gust Surge | Summon a tornado that pulls enemies in, dealing anemo damage. Elemental absorption: If the tornado comes in contact with hydro, pyro, cryo, or electro elements, it deals extra elemental damage of that type |
Anemo passive skills:
Skill | Effect |
Slitting Wind | The last hit of a normal attack combo triggers a wind blade that deals 60% of Traveler’s attack as AoE anemo damage |
Second Wind | Any kills made by Palm Vortex regenerate 2% HP for five seconds. This can only occur once every five seconds |
Geo active skills:
Skill | Effect |
Foreign Rockblade | Performs five strikes |
Foreign Rockblade (charged) | Consumes stamina to perform two powerful strikes |
Foreign Rockblade (plunging) | Plunge from mid-air to deal AoE damage on impact with the ground |
Starfell Sword | A meteorite emerges from the earth, dealing AoE geo damage. The meteorite is considered a geo construct, meaning you can climb it or use it to block enemy attacks. Hold the button down to adjust the meteorite’s position. |
Wake of Earth | A geo shockwave launches enemies and deals AoE geo damage. A stone wall appears at the edge of the shockwave and is considered a geo construct, meaning you can climb it or use it to block enemy attacks |
Geo passive skills:
Skill | Effect |
Shattered Darkrock | Starfell Sword’s cooldown is reduced by two seconds |
Frenzied Rockslide | The last hit of a normal attack combo triggers a collapse that deals 60% of Traveler’s attack as AoE geo damage |
Electro active skills:
Skill | Effect |
Foreign Thundershock | Performs up to five rapid strikes |
Foreign Thundershock (charged) | Consumes stamina to perform two powerful strikes |
Foreign Thundershock (plunging) | Plunge from mid-air to deal AoE damage on impact with the ground |
Lightning Blade | Unleashes three swift thunder shadows that deal electro damage, leaving an Abundance Amulet behind after hitting an opponent. Two Abundance Amulets can be created initially. Using this skill resets any Abundance Amulets that were generated. When a character is near an Abundance Amulet, they absorb it to restore elemental energy and increase energy recharge during the amulet’s duration. |
Bellowing Thunder | Call the protection of lightning, knocking nearby opponents back and dealing electro damage to them. When your normal or charged attacks hit opponents, they call forth Falling Thunder, dealing electro damage. when Falling Thunder hits opponents, it regenerates energy for your active character. You can generate one instance of Falling Thunder every 0.5 seconds. |
Electro passive skills:
Skill | Effect |
Thunderflash | When another nearby character in the party obtains an Abundance Amulet created by Lightning Blade, Lightning Blade’s cooldown reduces by 1.5s. |
Resounding Roar | Increases the energy recharge effect granted by Lightning Blade’s Abundance Amulet by 10% of the Traveler’s energy recharge |
Dendro active skills:
Skill | Effect |
Foreign Fieldcleaver | Performs up to five rapid strikes |
Foreign Fieldcleaver (charged) | Consumes stamina to perform two powerful strikes |
Foreign Fieldcleaver (plunging) | Plunge from mid-air to deal AoE damage on impact with the ground |
Razorgrass Blade | With a flourish of your blade, unleash a spray of razor-sharp leaves before you, dealing dendro damage |
Surgent Manifestation | Calling upon the might of all the flora around you, create a Lea Lotus Lamp, which deals continuous dendro damage to opponents within its AoE |
Dendro passive skills:
Skill | Effect |
Verdant Overgrowth | Lea Lotus Lamp obtains one level of Overflowing Lotuslight every second it’s on the field, increasing the elemental mastery of active characters within its AoE by six. Overflowing Lotuslight has a maximum of ten stacks. |
Verdant Luxury | Every point of elemental mastery the Traveler possesses increases the damage dealt by Razorgrass Blade by 0.15% and the damage dealt by Surgent Manifestation by 0.1% |
What are the Genshin Traveler’s constellations?
Anemo constellations:
Constellation | Effect |
Raging Vortex | Palm Vortex pulls enemies in within a five-metre radius |
Uprising Whirlwind | Energy recharge is increased by 16% |
Sweeping Gust | Increases the level of Gust Surge by three |
Cherishing Breezes | Damage taken while casting Palm Vortex is reduced by 10% |
Vortex Stellaris | Increases the level of Palm Vortex by three |
Intertwined Winds | Any enemy that takes damage from Gust Surge has their anemo resistance decreased by 20%. If elemental absorption has occurred, the enemy’s resistance towards the corresponding element is decreased by 20% as well |
Geo constellations:
Constellation | Effect |
Invincible Stonewall | Allies within the AoE of Wake of Earth get a 10% critical rate increase, and their resistance against interruption is also increased |
Rockcore Meltdown | If the meteorite created by Starfell Sword is destroyed, it will then explode, dealing AoE geo damage that is equal to the amount of damage dealt by Starfell Sword |
Will of the Rock | Increases the level of Wake of Earth by three |
Reaction Force | The shockwave caused by Wake of Earth regenerates five energy for every enemy hit |
Meteorite Impact | Increases the level of Starfell Sword by three |
Everlasting Boulder | The barrier created by Wake of Earth lasts for an extra five seconds. The meteorite created by Starfell Sword lasts for an extra ten seconds |
Electro constellations:
Constellation | Effect |
Spring Thunder of Fertility | The number of Abundance Amulets that can be generated using Lightning Blade increases to three |
Violent Vehemence | When Falling Thunder hits an opponent, it decreases their electro resistance by 15% for eight seconds |
Distant Crackling | Increases the level of Bellowing Thunder by three |
Fickle Cloudstrike | When a character obtains Abundance Amulets generated by Lightning Blade, if this character’s Energy is less than 35%, the energy restored by the Abundance Amulets increases by 100% |
Clamor in the Wilds | Increases the level of Lightning Blade by three |
World-shaker | Every two Falling Thunder attacks triggered by Bellowing Thunder greatly increase the damage dealt by the next Falling Thunder, which deals 200% of its original damage and restores an additional one energy to the current character |
Dendro constellations:
Constellation | Effect |
Parasitic Creeper | After Razorgrass Blade hits an opponent, it regenerates 3.5 energy for the Traveler |
Green Resilience | Lea Lotus Lamp’s duration increases by three seconds |
Whirling Weeds | Increases the level of Razorgrass Blade by three |
Treacle Grass | After the Lea Lotus Lamp triggers a Lotuslight Transfiguration, it obtains five stacks of the Overflowing Lotuslight effect from the Passive Talent “Verdant Overgrowth.” You must have unlocked this Passive Talent first. |
Veridian Transience | Increases the level of Surgent Manifestation by three |
Withering Aggregation | The dendro damage bonus of the character under the effect of Overflowing Lotuslight as created by the Lea Lotus Lamp increases by 12%. If the lamp has experienced a Lotuslight Transfiguration previously, the character also gains 12% damage bonus for the corresponding element. |
What are the Genshin Traveler’s ascension materials?
Luckily, you only need to level the Traveler once, and changing elements doesn’t affect their level. Here’s every item you need in order to fully ascend them.
Required level | Mora | Materials |
20 | 20,000 | One Brilliant Diamond Sliver, three Windwheel Aster, three Damaged Mask |
40 | 40,000 | Three Brilliant Diamond Fragment, ten Windwheel Aster, 15 Damaged Mask |
50 | 60,000 | Six Brilliant Diamond Fragment, 20 Windwheel Aster, 12 Stained Mask |
60 | 80,000 | Three Brilliant Diamond Chunk, 30 Windwheel Aster, 18 Stained Mask |
70 | 100,000 | Six Brilliant Diamond Chunk, 45 Windwheel Aster, 12 Ominous Mask |
80 | 120,000 | Six Brilliant Diamond Gemstone, 60 Windwheel Aster, 24 Ominous Mask |
What are the Genshin Traveler’s talent level up materials?
The Traveler requires different talent level-up materials for each of their different elemental builds, so it’s best to decide which element you like for them best and focus on triple crowning that one first.
Anemo talent materials:
Level | Mora | Materials |
2 | 12,500 | Six Divining Scroll, three Teachings of Freedom |
3 | 17,500 | Three Sealed Scroll, two Guide to Resistance |
4 | 25,000 | Four Sealed Scroll, four Guide to Ballad |
5 | 30,000 | Six Sealed Scroll, six Guide to Freedom |
6 | 37,500 | Nine Sealed Scroll, nine Guide to Resistance |
7 | 120,000 | Four Forbidden Curse Scroll, four Philosophies of Ballad, one Dvalin’s Sigh |
8 | 260,000 | Six Forbidden Curse Scroll, six Philosophioes of Ballad, one Dvalin’s Sigh |
9 | 450,000 | Nine Forbidden Curse Scroll, 12 Philosophies of Resistance, two Dvalin’s Sigh |
10 | 700,000 | 12 Forbidden Curse Scroll, 16 Philosophies of Ballad, two Dvalin’s Sigh, one Crown of Insight |
Geo talent materials:
The Geo Traveler’s talent materials are the same as Anemo for their normal attack, but they change to these for the elemental skill and elemental burst:
Level | Mora | Materials |
2 | 12,500 | Six Firm Arrowhead, three Teachings of Prosperity |
3 | 17,500 | Three Sharp Arrowhead, two Guide to Diligence |
4 | 25,000 | Four Sharp Arrowhead, four Guide to Gold |
5 | 30,000 | Six Sharp Arrowhead, six Guide to Prosperity |
6 | 37,500 | Nine Sharp Arrowhead, nine Guide to Diligence |
7 | 120,000 | Four Weathered Arrowhead, four Philosophies of Gold, one Tail of Boreas |
8 | 260,000 | Six Weathered Arrowhead, six Philosophies of Prosperity, one Tail of Boreas |
9 | 450,000 | Nine Weathered Arrowhead, 12 Philosophies of Diligence, two Tail of Boreas |
10 | 700,000 | 12 Weathered Arrowhead, 16 Philosophies of Gold, two Tail of Boreas, one Crown of Insight |
Electro talent materials:
Level | Mora | Materials |
2 | 12,500 | Six Old Handguard, three Teachings of Transience |
3 | 17,500 | Three Kageuchi Handguard, two Guide to Elegance |
4 | 25,000 | Four Kageuchi Handguard, four Guide to Light |
5 | 30,000 | Six Kageuchi Handguard, six Guide to Transience |
6 | 37,500 | Nine Kageuchi Handguard, nine Guide to Elegance |
7 | 120,000 | Four Famed Handguard, four Philosophies of Light, one Dragon Lord’s Crown |
8 | 260,000 | Six Famed Handguard, six Philosophies of Transience, one Dragon Lord’s Crown |
9 | 450,000 | Nine Famed Handguard, 12 Philosophies of Elegance, two Dragon Lord’s Crown |
10 | 700,000 | 12 Famed Handguard, 16 Philosophies of Light, two Dragon Lord’s Crown, one Crown of Insight |
Dendro talent materials:
Level | Mora | Materials |
2 | 12,500 | Six Fungal Spores, three Teachings of Admonition |
3 | 17,500 | Three Luminescent Pollen, two Guide to Ingenuity |
4 | 25,000 | Four Luminescent Pollen, four Guide to Praxis |
5 | 30,000 | Six Luminescent Pollen, six Guide to Admonition |
6 | 37,500 | Nine Luminescent Pollen, nine Guide to Ingenuity |
7 | 120,000 | Four Crystalline Cyst Dust, four Philosophies of Praxis, one Mudra of the Malefic General |
8 | 260,000 | Six Crystalline Cyst Dust, six Philosophies of Admonition, one Mudra of the Malefic General |
9 | 450,000 | Nine Crystalline Cyst Dust, 12 Philosophies of Ingenuity, two Mudra of the Malefic General |
10 | 700,000 | 12 Crystalline Cyst Dust, 16 Philosophies of Praxis, two Mudra of the Malefic General, one Crown of insight |
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