Non-Player Characters (NPCs) are characters which that cannot be controlled by the player, including, but not limited to unobtained playable characters.
- For a complete list of all NPCs, see Category:NPCs.
- Some NPCs serve certain functions in the game, see below:
Vendor NPCs
Some NPCs in Genshin Impact serve as shops and will sell items to players. Most shops will restock their wares every day. For a detailed list of the items each shop offers, visit the Vendor's page.
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Reputation NPCs
The player can interact with these NPCs to access the City Reputation menu of the nation they represent. Their location is indicated by the icon on the map.
Nation | Name | Location | Map |
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Hertha | City of Mondstadt, Starfell Valley | ![]() |
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Ms. Yu | Liyue Harbor, Sea of Clouds | ![]() |
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Madarame Hyakubei | Kamisato Estate, Narukami Island | ![]() |
Mining Outcrop Search NPCs
Some NPCs can be asked to mark out the respawning Mining Outcrops that mainly contain Magical Crystal Chunk veins that respawn at 06:00 daily.
Dialogue Reward NPCs
Some NPCs give a rewards for a specific dialogue option when talking to them, which is sometimes after other dialogue options. Once this dialogue option has been taken, a specific one-time reward will be given and the dialogue option will no longer appear subsequently.
Time Trial NPCs
Dandy is an NPC in Liyue that provides gliding challenges in 4 locations with 3 time trial challenges each, offering Common Chests, Exquisite Chests, and Precious Chests.
Kid Kujirai is an NPC in Inazuma that provides Temari challenges in 6 locations. Finishing his Temari challenge successfully three times grants a Precious Chest, and allows the player to play custom games of Temari (in Co-Op Mode) freely at any time at that location.
Event NPCs
These are characters that are involved in non-story events and are usually the representative character for those events. Some of them can be interacted with to access certain menus.
For a complete list of all event-exclusive NPCs, see Category:Event-Exclusive NPCs.
Icon | Name | Events | Notes |
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Gygax | Windtrace | Interact with Gygax to open the Windtrace Matching Menu | |
Honglang | Divine Ingenuity | Appeared in the introductory quest Divine Ingenuity (Quest) | |
Hosseini | Various | Appeared in Energy Amplifier Initiation, Shadow of the Ancients, and Energy Amplifier Fruition | |
Kayabuki Ikkei | Hyakunin Ikki | Appeared in the introductory quest Hyakunin Ikki: The Greatest Battle | |
Ji Tong | Five Flushes of Fortune | Interact with Ji Tong to obtain rewards | |
Komakata | Theater Mechanicus: Stage of Wonders | Interact with Komakata to open the Theater Mechanicus menu | |
Liben | Marvelous Merchandise | Interact with Liben to open the Box o' Marvels menu | |
Linyang | Moonlight Seeker | Appeared in the introductory quest The Many Matters of the Moonchase Festival, interact with Linyang to get Moonlight Seeker hints | |
Lizzie | Invitation of Windblume | Appeared in the introductory quests Ballads of Breeze, Bullseye Balloons, and Floral Freefall | |
Luka | Of Drink A-Dreaming | Interact with Luka to participate in the event | |
Muzhen | Thunder Sojourn | Appeared in the Thunder Sojourn event quests | |
Plauen | Invitation of Windblume | Appeared in the introductory quest Peculiar Wonderland | |
Ruijin | Theater Mechanicus (Version 1.3) | Interact with Ruijin to open the Theater Mechanicus menu | |
Sakuya | Dreams of Bloom | Interact with Sakuya to exchange for Dreambloom seeds from Sakuya's Flowers | |
Shousen | Phantom Flow | Appeared in the introductory quest Phantom Flow: Phantasmal Blade | |
Ulman | Lost Riches | Interact with Ulman to open the Treasure Book | |
Yuan Rong | Fleeting Colors in Flight | Interact with Yuan Rong to open the Wondrous Shadows menu | |
Zhiping | Even Mountains Tremble | Appears in the Primo Geovishap's introductory quest No Restoring This Past Land of Beauty |
Notable NPCs
These are characters that either:
- Have some major role in the game's or the manga's story.
- They are mentioned in playable character's stories and/or voice-overs and have either:
- Appearances in the story.
- Enough information is known to be able to generate a general profile.
Trivia
- When the "Crowd Density" graphics setting is "High," background NPCs will appear in some locations. These NPCs have no names displayed over their head and cannot be interacted with.
Voice Actors
- A number of NPCs share their English voice actors with playable characters:
- Anne Yatco (Raiden Shogun) voiced Hiiragi Chisato, Kaede, Mahiru, Matsuzaka, Shouta, and Yayoi Nanatsuki.
- Christian Banas (Thoma) voiced Ben, Bro Huang, Crafty, Huaqing, Tiancheng, and Yang.
- Christie Cate (Qiqi) voiced Blanche, Lynn, Marla, Patchi the Curious, Qiming, Victoria, and notably the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles.
- Cory Yee (Gorou) voiced the Abyss Lector: Violet Lightning, Draff, Farrah, Huffman, Liuliu, and Six-Fingered José.
- Erica Mendez (Kamisato Ayaka) voiced Beatrice, Jifang, Katheryne, Marjorie, and Timmie.
- Erika Harlacher (Venti) voiced Ekaterina.
- Felecia Angelle (Mona) voiced Lan and Mumu (Memory).
- Jennifer Losi (Ganyu) voiced Glory, Hillie, Jilliana, Little Wu (Memory), Susie, and Vile.
- Lizzie Freeman (Yanfei) voiced Teucer.
- Sean Chiplock (Diluc) voiced Cyrus and Wagner.
- Zach Aguilar (Aether) voiced Moon Carver.
Behavior
- Most talents performed near NPCs cause them to flinch. (The "landing" location of talents and their damage do not matter; what matters is how close the active character is to an NPC when using a talent.) However, there are certain Talents that cause NPCs to clap. Below is list of all talents that trigger clapping:
- Amber: Explosive Puppet
- Ayaka: Kamisato Art: Senho
- Barbara: Whisper of Water (Normal and Charged Attacks only), Let the Show Begin♪, Shining Miracle♪
- Bennett: Fantastic Voyage
- Diona: Icy Paws
- Fischl: Nightrider, Midnight Phantasmagoria
- Gorou: Inuzaka All-Round Defense
- Jean: Dandelion Breeze
- Klee: Jumpy Dumpty
- Mona: Ripple of Fate (Normal and Charged Attacks only), Mirror Reflection of Doom, Stellaris Phantasm, Illusory Torrent
- Ningguang: Jade Screen
- Sangonomiya Kokomi: The Shape of Water (Normal and Charged Attacks only), Kurage's Oath, Nereid's Ascension
- Xiangling: Guoba Attack
- Xingqiu: Guhua Sword: Raincutter
- Yoimiya: Niwabi Fire-Dance, Ryuukin Saxifrage
- If a player blocks the path of a walking NPC for a certain amount of time (e.g. using constructs generated by Elemental Skills), they will disappear to spawn somewhere else to continue their walking route.
- Some NPCs such as Marla and Glory are seated on benches at their overworld locations. Players can manipulate how they spawn:
- If the one seat on the bench the NPC usually sits on is occupied, they will spawn on another available seat.
- If all seats of the bench are occupied, the NPC will spawn in front of the bench, standing. Once a seat becomes vacant, they will sit down on that spot.
Change History
- Fixes an issue whereby the NPC display was abnormally small in the Story Quest "Radiant Sakura."
- 77 NPCs were released.
- 21 permanent characters: "The Qingce Kid", Clitopho, Hao (The Chasm), Jiaming, Jinwu, Khedive, Muning, Old Chou, Qi Ding, Taliesin, Tang Wuchou, Tianyi, Tie Hong, Tu, Uncle He, Wang, Xamaran, Yamashiro Kenta, Yanbo, You Jun, and Yuehui.
- 25 quest-exclusive characters: Anton, Brass Bull Zhao, Chen the Flower, Danila, Erge, Halfdan, Hashimoto, Hatanaka, Hideo, Hisashi, Hishida, Ide, Katarina , Kubo, Mari, Matsuura, Nagase, Okabayashi, Qi Nan, Radomir, Sayuri, Temur, Yagi, Yasuaki, and Zhiqiong.
- 31 event-exclusive characters: Akito, Asagiri, Asakawa, Fukumoto, Fushizome, Haruto, Hiraizumi, Hirayama, Ishida, Junpei, Kadenokouji Kenzaburou, Kaedehara Yoshinori, Kimura, Konrad, Kousaka, Lenne, Lyra, Mishima Michitoshi, Miu, Murata (NPC), Onodera, Ookubo Sanzaemon, Ootomo, Patrice, Reika, Rika, Seigou, Shiho, Takeuchi, Yasuhiko Tarou, and Youta.
- Text-related fixes and optimizations in English: optimized and standardized various NPC names.
- 28 NPCs were released.
- 16 quest-exclusive characters: Arakawa Kouji, Fujiki, Furuyama, Katou Shingo, Katou Youhei, Kazumichi, Kenji, Kiyoto, Kyouta, Nakano Shino, Nobuo, Oosuke, Satomi, Takatoshi, and Tetsuo.
- 12 event-exclusive character: Enomoto, Honglang, Imaizumi, Jonas, Jürgen, Koyanagi, Kurai, Little Uwe, Luka, Tsumi, Ueno, and Yabe.
- Optimizes some quest and NPC voice-overs in English, and some character voice-overs in Japanese.
- 72 NPCs were released.
- 10 permanent characters: Aberaku, Akashi, Aru, Date, Eboshi, Ema, Gama, Michiya, Oogura, and Ooshima.
- 53 quest-exclusive characters: Adonis, Anshun, Antei, Big Xu, Boyi, Buzuleac, Changfeng, Changgui, Clymene, Daimon, Efim Schneitzevich, Eki, Enjou, Hongfei, Ilyin, Ion, Isumenasu, Ju'an, Kabayama, Lanyang, Lao Ke, Leming, Liang, Little Bin, Little Long, Lizheng, Luo Qiao, Mingjun, Nakatani, Nannan, Orupeusu, Pavel, Piramumon, Qiang the Brave, Rikoru, Risutaiosu, Scar Liu, Shiyu, Shiyun, Siqin, Supada no Hiko, Surepio, Tae, Uda, Xiaofei, Yingfeng, Yongye, Yunning, Zheng, Zhengmao, Zhicheng, Zhizhi, and Zhu Tao.
- 9 event-exclusive characters: Carmen, Hongxing, Jingcheng, Junming, Kangsheng, Pengyi, Xingxiu, Xiuyong, and Yuan Rong.
- 37 NPCs were released.
- 1 permanent character: Wakamurasaki
- 33 quest-exclusive characters: Akira, Changping, Daisuke, Defu, Genta, Golden Alligator, Gongjun, Granny Oni, Gui'an, Hiroaki, Hiroshi, Ishizaki, Ji, Kousuke, Mamoru, Masato, Minamoto Kotomi, Misuzu, Miwa, Mr. Iron Abacus, Nei, Nobuhiro, Nogata, Pops Xing, Ren, Shuuhei, Sugimoto, Takuya, Wai, Wenjing, Yasuhisa, Yijian, and Yuka
- 3 event-exclusive characters: Gerald, Joserf, and Primordial Albedo
- Fixes Chinese and English voice-over errors on some Characters and quests as well as Korean voice-over errors on some NPCs.
- 45 NPCs were released.
- 42 quest-exclusive characters: "Boatman", "Kama", Abe, Aoki, Borenka, Brutish Samurai, Chise, Furusawa, Hironori, Inou, Inu Shoushou, Ipe, Kama, Kazuaki, Kazumasa, Keiichi, Kina, Kito, Kiyoe, Kotomi, Ku, Makiri, Masanobu, Mata, Nagano, Nonno, Ogawa, Onkami, Rero, Roald, Ruu, Sakai, Sayo, Shitoki, Shizuru, Sumida, Takashi, Una, Yasutake, Yuuko, Yuuri, and Yuusaku
- 3 event-exclusive characters: Sakuya, Shiki Taishou, and Watanabe
- Fixes an issue whereby some NPCs on Ritou in Inazuma will be positioned incorrectly.
- Fixes an issue under certain circumstances whereby the NPC in the Archon Quest "Proof of Guilt" would abnormally appear at Chinju Forest in Inazuma at the same time as the NPCs from the commission "The Gourmet Supremos: Cook-Off," or the World Quests "The Gourmet Supremos: The Importance of Eating Well," or "The Gourmet Supremos: On the Road."
- Fixes an issue under certain circumstances whereby after canceling Hangout Events, some NPCs are still listed as being involved in other quests.
- 63 NPCs were released.
- 35 permanent characters: Anisa, Eiko, Hachihou, Hirai, Hiroyuki, Iwata, Izumi Naki, Jiawei, Kagawa, Kaushik, Kiyoko, Komaki, Konbumaru, Koyama, Kujirai Momiji, Kumi, Matsuda, Meshi, Mirai, Mochizuki, Momoko, Nami, Nantuck, Neko, Nishikino Reirei, Okazaki Erika, Okazaki Rikuto, Ookubo Daisuke, Ooshima Junpei, Raku, Shibata, Shirai, Sugiyama, Taisuke, and Tsuyuko.
- 20 quest-exclusive characters: Arisawa, Denjirou, Ippei, Kabasawa, Koutoku, Kouzen, Motosuke, Naruse, Ryouko, Shiori, Sue Yoshitaka, Tadakatsu, Takatsukasa Susumu, Toshihiko, Tsuneo, Uchimura, Yoshihisa, Youkou, Yukiya, and Yuna
- 8 event-exclusive characters: Brunn, Fleein' Lin, Kayabuki Ikkei, Klutzy Bazi, Linyang, Old-School Qi, Sheng, and Xiangsheng.
- Fixes an issue whereby there is a small chance that NPCs may overlap abnormally and whereby Travelers may be teleported away after the dialogue ends in the World Quest "The Gourmet Supremos: The Seashore Strider."
- 234 NPCs were released.
- 168 permanent characters: Aikawa Susumu, Amano, Amenoma Tougo, Andou, Aoi, Aratani, Asakura, Chiba, Domon, Ebina Gonshirou, Fujiwara Toshiko, Furuta, Furuya Noboru, Futaba, Gendou Ringo, Genzou, Hajime, Hanayama Kaoru, Hanbei, Harrison, Hasegawa, Heihachi, Hiiragi Chisato, Hirano, Hiratsuka, Hirohiko, Hiromi, Hirotatsu, Ikeda Soushirou, Ikuhara Gai. Imatani Saburou, Inagi Hotomi, Inoue, Ioroi, Ishikawa, Iwakura Mitsunari, Jones, Junkichi, Junya, Kaede, Kageyama, Kaida Ryouma, Kaiser, Kaji, Kano Nana, Kanra, Karpillia, Katayama Tatsumi, Katayama, Kid Kujirai, Kiminami Anna, Kobayashi, Koharu, Konda Densuke, Kouichi, Kozue, Kujou Kamaji, Kurisu, Kuroda, Kurosawa Kyounosuke, Li Xiao, Madarame Hyakubei, Maki, Master Qin "Thunder Hand", Matsudaira, Matsukawa Souzen, Matsumoto, Michiru, Midori, Mifune Satoshi, Mikawa Akane, Mikoshi Genichirou, Mikoshi Genjirou, Miura, Miyazaki Saburou, Miyuki, Momoyo, Moriguchi, Murakami, Naganohara Ryuunosuke, Nagaoka Hidemitsu, Nakanishi, Nakano, Nanako, Naoe Hisamasa, Nathan, Nishiguchi, Nobumori, Obata, Oda Tarou, Ogura Mio, Ogura Yuu, Okawara Goemon, Okazaki Kunihiko, Okazaki Toraemon, Ono, Onoda, Ooizumi, Owada, Pika, Qiuyue, Ramsay, Rie, Riku, Robert, Ryouko, Ryuuji, Saimon Eri, Saimon Jirou, Saimon Katsumi, Saizou, Sanada, Sanden, Sango, Sasaki, Sasano, Satou, Shigeru, Shima Masaoki, Shimada Shichirouji, Shimura Kanbei, Shinnojou, Shinozuka, Shouta, Shun, Sumi, Takahashi, Takami, Takashi, Takatsukasa Tomohide, Takeda, Takeru, Takeshi, Tanba Tetsuo, Tang Wen, Taroumaru, Tejima, Terada, Tiger Li, Tingting, Toda, Tokunaga, Tomoki, Toranosuke, Tsukishiro, Uesugi, Utsumi, Vahid, Washizu, Watanabe, Xavier, Xixi, Yabuki, Yamada, Yamaue, Yanagiha Arashi, Yasuda, Yasumoto, Yata Kouki, Yayoi Nanatsuki, Yegor, Yoh, Yokoyama, Yousuke, Yukio, Yurika, Yuuzou, and Yuzu.
- 63 quest-exclusive characters: Anzai, Atsuko (Bake-Danuki), Chouji, Gorou, Gou, Hanshirou, Hideaki, Hiiragi Shinsuke, Hisahiko, Imatani Kaori, Imatani Keisuke, Inaba Kyuuzou, Ishihara, Ishikawa Hachirou, Iwao, Jiichirou, Julie, Kamei Munehisa, Katsuie, Kazari, Keijirou, Ken, Kenjirou, Kenzaburou, Kinoshita, Kouichi, Kujou Sara, Kujou Takayuki, Maeda, Mahiru, Masakatsu, Masashi, Matsuzaka, Message-Runner, Miyajima, Morihiko, Mysterious Shadow, Nameless, Oomori, Parvaneh, Raiden Shogun, Ronin, Saigou, Saika, Sakamoto, Sakujirou, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Satoru, Shimizu, Shouji, Susan, Tadao, Takasaka Izumi, Takayama, Teppei, Thoma, Tokuda, Werner, Xudong, Yae Miko, Yoshikawa, Yoshitaka, and Yuuya
- 3 event-exclusive characters: Komakata, Muzhen, and Shousen.
- Fixes an issue whereby NPCs in some quests would still disappear to hide from the rain.
- 10 quest-exclusive characters were released: Chai Yi, Fei the Flyer, Jinyou, Liang, Little De, Rongjiang, Rongshi, Uncle Yun, Xinxiu, and Zhuhan.
- New NPC Shops: Changshun and Bolai.
- 28 NPCs were released.
- 2 Serenitea Pot characters: Chubby and Tubby.
- 23 quest-exclusive characters: Boris, Bravo, Daler, Ivan, Krosl, Kun Jun, Leno, Ling, Norman, Missing Miners (Long, Bold Cen, Brave Cen, Mao), Norman, Pyotr, Randall, Schubert, Sergei, Sha'yin, Uncle Dai, Wanyu, Wei, Yonggui, and Zhiqiao.
- 3 event-exclusive characters: Gygax, Hosseini, and Yingzhu.
- Adjusts the English voice-over for certain NPCs.
- 20 NPCs were released.
- Fixes an issue whereby the models of two NPCs in Liyue Harbor overlap.
- 29 NPCs were released.
- 1 permanent character: Uncle Tian.
- 20 quest-exclusive characters: Big G, Congzi, Dainsleif, Female Believer, Ji Tong, Lanxi, Little Wu, Luocheng, Male Believer, Master of Stars, Meng, Mercantile Believer, Mo, Mumu, Pervases, Shu'yang, Starsnatcher, Xin Cheng, Zhiping, and Zhu Ming.
- 8 event-exclusive characters: Bei'er, Crafty, Jingming, Liuliu, Ruijin, Ruijin, Wang'ya, Xiaoyan, and Yi'nian.
- Fixes an issue whereby Geo constructs may move NPCs from their positions.
- Added NPC Dialogue Auto-Play.
- 12 NPCs were released.
- 45 NPCs were released.
- 11 permanent NPCs: Baishi, Baiwen, Baixiao, Gongming, Hertha, Ms. Yu, Youxu, Zexuan, Zhe'yuan, Zheng, and Zhenhai.
- 11 quest-exclusive characters: Daipai, Hanxue, Huaqing, Kliment, Slick Wu, Slippery Wu, Sneaky Wu, Timid Morrow, Wanyan, and Yixuan.
- 23 event-exclusive characters: Adler, Ben, Bro Huang, Curious Zi'rui, Edna, Fritz, Gao the Sixth, Hartman, Hughes, Jinglun, Joyce, Laid Back Ling'guan, Lao Cai, Liben, Niu Zhi, and Scaramouche.
- NPCs were released.