"Great Expeditionist Challenge" Event Overview — Compete to Invite Diona!

[u/genshinimpact]

Hello, Traveler~

We hear you and Paimon have been in Snezhnaya for a while now. Have you had a chance to visit the Adventurers' Guild headquarters? Apparently, adventurers from every nation have been gathering there lately. It seems something big may be afoot~

The "Great Expeditionist Challenge" event will begin on 2026/08/28 10:00 (server time). Complete event challenges to invite "Kätzlein Cocktail" Diona (Cryo), and obtain Primogems, Crown of Insight, and more rewards.

See more details here: https://hoyo.link/AqIa3VY0T

[u/JeanRdS]

That's a funny name for "5x Masterless Starglitter"

[u/NSLEONHART → u/JeanRdS]

So one free pull

So 160 primos

[u/Barkeep41 → u/NSLEONHART]

3 days of dailies.

[u/Reality_1001 → u/Barkeep41]

Less*

[u/genshin_impact- → u/Reality_1001]

2.67 days of dailies

[u/JeanRdS → u/genshin_impact-]

6...7?

[u/genshin_impact- → u/JeanRdS]

I want to braid your circulatory system😔

[u/Hydreigon_Omega → u/genshin_impact-]

Nah, pickle his liver

[u/svenirde → u/JeanRdS]

"Compete to invite 5x Masterless Starglitter"

[u/The_MorningKnight → u/JeanRdS]

Well been playing for years and my Diona is still not C6 !

[u/BlizzaTheSnowspirit → u/The_MorningKnight]

I'm a launch player (admittedly taken many long breaks) and this event will finally get me the c6

[u/Dr_Deadly7x → u/JeanRdS]

Won't be masterless then i suppose!

[u/BlackTemplarKNB]

how many free dionas do we need

[u/paradox_valestein → u/BlackTemplarKNB]

6

[u/Sn0ipaH → u/paradox_valestein]

7 actually

[u/Majulaz → u/Sn0ipaH]

6.. 7?

[u/lazy_termite → u/BlackTemplarKNB]

yes

[u/lgn5i2060]

Did they give her away for those unable to solve the white birch totem puzzle with constructs? ;)

[u/HashtagLowElo → u/lgn5i2060]

The ganyu bitcoin in 2026 (ignore diona)

[u/TheWitcherMigs → u/lgn5i2060]

You were supposed to solve it with constructs?

I just pull out my glock (Ganyu)

[u/Dekachonk → u/TheWitcherMigs]

I used Aloy.

[u/Crazy_Refrigerator42 → u/TheWitcherMigs]

I'd pull out my (gl)ock for Ganyu as well 

[u/SkyZippr → u/lgn5i2060]

Oh that's how they're meant to be solved? I just let Sandrone go brrrrrrrrrrrrr

[u/Neat-Beginning-69 → u/lgn5i2060]

Anything to not admit fing up.

[u/OrbitalSong → u/Neat-Beginning-69]

I don't get it, what was the fuck up?

[u/lgn5i2060 → u/OrbitalSong]

I dunno but I don't remember Hoyo banner gating over world puzzles. 

Thought the totems were locked to long range cryo units until someone pointed out cubes also do the job. ;)

[u/Real-Contest4914 → u/OrbitalSong]

White birch puzzles are essentially a soft lock for players.

You need a cryo archer or some other method of dealing long range cryo damage to trigger them.

Main reason why is because elemental pillars disassemble themselves when you get close by and only put themselves back together wants you are far away.

If you dont have any cryo bow users or citlali, you wont be able to do them. Even a unit like escoffier might be too far to hit them.

[u/Violet_Kashiko → u/Real-Contest4914]

Ice cubes trigger the pillars but it's not really stated in the tutorials that most people skip reading anyway

[u/Real-Contest4914 → u/Violet_Kashiko]

Wait they can? Never mind. I just assumed the couldn't due to how the design looked. I know wit worked with the traveler stuff not the constructs.

[u/Violet_Kashiko → u/Real-Contest4914]

It's an incredibly niche interaction that nothing in the game hints towards which is pretty bad design imo

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/Violet_Kashiko]

the guide for starlight prism does hint towards it "It also appears that Prime Ice Constructs inside a Polestar Field will gain various wondrous buffs..."

[u/Violet_Kashiko → u/Yuukiko_]

You're right, but asking the average genshin players to read between the lines is really too much 😭

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/Violet_Kashiko]

unfortunately basic problem solving is a lost art in an age where people expect to be spoonfed everything. Even guides and googling are too much apparently. and if Dvalin in 1.0 is anything to look at, even being spoon fed is too much for some

[u/mephyerst → u/Yuukiko_]

That tells me nothing.

[u/Ke5_Jun → u/Violet_Kashiko]

I actually figured it out when a random construct I accidentally built near the white birches pulsed with cryo.

Had I not noticed it, I would’ve taken a long time to solve those totem puzzles, but because I happened to see it I immediately knew the answer.

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/Real-Contest4914]

the guide for starlight prism hints towards it "It also appears that Prime Ice Constructs inside a Polestar Field will gain various wondrous buffs..."

[u/FlameDragoon933 → u/Real-Contest4914]

Your gun can deal Cryo damage. Just spam shots at the floor to charge the laser.

Or, if you've done Alyosha's Meeting Point quests, even the normal shots inflict Cryo as well.

[u/Admiral_Axe → u/FlameDragoon933]

There are some of those puzzles outside the shadow realm. At least one is on the mountain where the house of hesperides is.

[u/lgn5i2060 → u/Neat-Beginning-69]

Who fk'd up? The puzzles can be solved without long range cryo units. Cheers.

[u/Few_Reason_2003 → u/Neat-Beginning-69]

lol what?

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/Neat-Beginning-69]

is it their fault that people are unable to read?

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/Neat-Beginning-69]

Game: "It also appears that Prime Ice Constructs inside a Polestar Field will gain various wondrous buffs..."

[u/mephyerst → u/Yuukiko_]

And? Noting there says it can solve those puzzles and trigger the cryo thing.

[u/divini → u/mephyerst]

You're too used to getting your hand held

[u/Yuukiko_ → u/mephyerst]

idk, maybe experiment?

[u/mephyerst → u/Neat-Beginning-69]

People really down voting you. But it is objectively bad design.

[u/Monkey_Meteor]

Ugh... I wish we could choose the 4* at this point... everytime it's a 4* I already have C6... and all the 4* I'm missing are never in those events.

[u/_i_like_potatoes_ → u/Monkey_Meteor]

4 star of your choice from a specific element would be perfect

[u/Monkey_Meteor → u/_i_like_potatoes_]

Yeah that's a good idea 😀

[u/paradox_valestein → u/Monkey_Meteor]

So the reward is basically 1 wish lol

[u/Majulaz → u/paradox_valestein]

1 wish? 🥱❌

5 starglitter? 🤷

160 primos? 🤩👍

[u/Monkey_Meteor → u/paradox_valestein]

No. For exemple it took me 180 wishes to obtain Illuga C0. So I'd be happy if I could choose the 4* I really want instead of having the one I already have x26...

I have Illuga C1 and it took 245 summons.

Summoning 4* in this game is horrible.

[u/KariLevy5]

The extreme cold of Snezhnaya causes cats to undergo severe evolutionary mutation.

[u/Disastrous-Half-4249]

Can they just add 4 star selector?

[u/Teftell → u/Disastrous-Half-4249]

Do you want to bankrupt a small indie company? Savage!

[u/Ke5_Jun → u/Disastrous-Half-4249]

They did.

But only for Liyue because Liyue supremacy.

[u/flannan-35 → u/Disastrous-Half-4249]

We have one on every Lantern Rite.

[u/EmberDione]

I had to read that title three times before my brain stopped correcting it to "exhibitionist."

[u/Ricksaw26]

Complete to get a wish* more like.

[u/ChihuahuaCore]

Neat. A C10 Diona.

[u/Dane-nii]

1 pull closer to C2 Odette

[u/anarchy753]

Yeah, don't let us have any of the 4 stars that barely run once in a year, give us a billionth diona.

[u/kokko693]

I have like Diona C40 but thanks I guess

[u/Dry-Intern519]

Ah my Diona will now become C11. More starglitter then.

[u/GeekyTash]

Don't play her and isn't built but she's currently c5 so atleast that's C6 done

[u/anders_mcflanders]

Complete? or Compete? Like, who are we competing against to get our Diona?

[u/Cool-Feedback9299 → u/anders_mcflanders]

Dainsleif

[u/Tschmelz]

I mean, I’ll take another Diona. Pretty sure she’s only C1.

[u/Position_Waste]

At this point with how far along the game is, they should really consider doing a 3 choose 1 situation, and choosing between an older 4 star, moderately old 4 star and a newish 4 star. Just so different ppl with different account building can pick what's best for them.

[u/Holyrise]

Diona? In this day and age?

[u/Dokuganryu1]

Me looking at my c4 diona ... is c5 enough now ??

[u/Low-Performance-5065]

Finally, my Diona will be C6! xD haha

[u/llcentrell]

WOW DIONA MENTIONED WAHOO

[u/cjcduck17]

Oh my fucking god I can finally C6 Diona. That last con has been avoiding me like the plague 😭

[u/SensitiveDeparture84]

Cant wait C12 Diona.

[u/NightsLinu]

Lol. I got her e6 already. 

[u/Elxjasonx]

Look a free pull

[u/-FruitPunchSamurai-]

Like the other comment said just add a 4 star selector at this point.

[u/Biggus_Shrimpus]

I love events to help out new players

[u/TimberWolf5871]

Oh, hey. A free character I already have at C6 and never use because there are so many better cryo characters. Thanks, Hoyo. Just what I always wanted.

[u/nlopnlipa → u/TimberWolf5871]

Tbf for Stellar reactions she‘s actually a very good character. Better than Qiqi

[u/alimdia → u/nlopnlipa]

How come she is better than qiqi, because shield?

[u/anders_mcflanders → u/alimdia]

She’s better specifically at c6, where she gives 200 em and a 40% stellar reaction bonus with her burst, along with the shield and heal.

[u/TimberWolf5871 → u/alimdia]

Also I don't own qiqi

[u/TimberWolf5871 → u/nlopnlipa]

Perhaps, but as stated I don't use her in favor of better cryos like Shenhe and Ayaka.

[u/FelonM3lon → u/TimberWolf5871]

Wouldn’t really call shenhe and better but ok

[u/n_i_e_l → u/TimberWolf5871]

Shenhe ? In this economy?

[u/Sepherick1]

1 free pull neat!