The Traveler is the playable protagonist of Genshin Impact. At the beginning of the game, both genders are twin siblings from another world, traveling throughout the universe, until an Unknown God ambushed and captured one of them, and sealed their ways of travel, leaving them stranded on Teyvat. They are accompanied by a travel companion named Paimon throughout their journey.
The Male Traveler is named:
- Aether in English
- 空 Kōng in Chinese
- 空 Sora in Japanese
- 공 Gong[4] or 아이테르 Aitereu[5] in Korean, using the same character.
The Female Traveler is named:
- Lumine in English
- 荧 Yíng in Chinese
- 蛍 Hotaru in Japanese
- 형 Hyeong[4] or 루미네 Rumine[5] in Korean (also using the same character, but in their language's respective character set).
Contents
Profile
Introduction
The keeper is fading away; the creator has not yet come. But the world shall burn no more, for you shall ascend.
In-game character profile text
Personality
A traveler from another world who had their only kin taken away, forcing them to embark on a journey to find The Seven.
In-game character attributes text
The traveler's personality is determined primarily by the player themselves through dialogue options. Their personality can range from stoic and humble to confident and short-tempered.
Appearance
Both siblings have bright blond hair, slim body builds, golden-yellow eyes, and fair skin. Their skin is of a light tan when compared to the NPCs of Mondstadt. They also wield blue broadswords in hand. Both siblings adorn a contrasting color palette—the brother with darker clothes and the sister wearing lighter clothes. The two are not identical and differ in their natural features.
Aether wears a brown breastplate vest baring his midriff along with a white scarf and a cape with golden decals. He wears brown pants, dark gloves, and black boots, and has lightly-defined pecks which don't appear in his in-game model. His hair is medium cut with a long braided ponytail.
Lumine wears a sleeveless white dress with a scarf, bracers and gloves that cover only her thumb, with white stockings and boots. Her hair is cut into a bob with bangs, exempt two sections of hair on each side of her head that have been left at shoulder-length, and decorated with light blue flowers and feathers.
The Travelers have glowing pieces in their outfit that change based on which element they are currently attuned to. In the beginning cutscene with the Unknown God, both of the siblings will have glowing white clothing. Later, after the fight with the Unknown God, the player's Traveler will lose their white light and remain black until they interact with the first Statue of the Seven they come across, lighting up again, but this time becoming teal, as they are borrowing the power of Barbatos. This lighting scheme would continue based on which element the sibling is currently borrowing; for example, visiting a Statue of the Seven in Liyue will allow the player to borrow the power of Geo from Rex Lapis, and start to glow yellow.
If a character's Elemental Burst is charged, switching to that character will show their Vision glowing brightly. Interestingly, even though the Travelers do not have a Vision of their own, one of the glowing sections of their clothing will show the same effect of glowing/showing their current element's sign (the emblems on Lumine's midriff and Aether's chest).
History
Aether and Lumine were going to leave a place, most likely Teyvat, when suddenly an Unknown God blocked their way. A fight was on and resulted in one of the twins to get consumed by red cubes from the Unknown God power. Next, it appears that the other twin was stranded to Teyvat. After spending numerous months stranded in Teyvat, the Traveler fished out Paimon from a lake. Paimon suggests they get in contact with The Seven, in order to help the Traveler look for their lost sibling, at the start of the game. In the Archon Quest We Will Be Reunited, the siblings momentarily reunite. However, after having found their lost sibling, the Traveler changes their goal to instead explore Teyvat, and uncover the secrets of Khaenri'ah, as instructed by their sibling.
Combat Info
The Traveler starts the game as "unaligned", a special elemental relation exclusive to the Traveler at the beginning of the game. When unaligned, the color of the Traveler's "vision" in the Character Menu is gray, and the background in the character menu with the Traveler selected is also gray. Although Profile lists their Constellation properly as Viator/Viatrix, attempting to open the Constellations tab will show a blank screen with "Constellation Unavailable" in the bottom-right corner. When unaligned, the Traveler has only one talent, Past Memories, their Normal/Charged Attacks.
When unaligned, screens that show character cards with their elements show a gray "no" symbol (🚫︎) in the place of the element symbol. The only screen accessible before unlocking the first Statue of the Seven that shows character cards is the Cooking screen.
Shortly afterward they will unlock their Anemo talents and Constellations by resonating with the first Statue of The Seven in Mondstadt, the Traveler can resonate with any other Statue of The Seven they find and change their element to match the statue's element. See Teyvat for each region's element.
Anemo Talents
| Icon | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
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Foreign Ironwind | Normal Attack |
| Normal Attack: Performs up to 5 rapid strikes. Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. | ||
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Palm Vortex | Elemental Skill |
| Grasping the wind's might, you form a vortex of vacuum in your palm, causing continuous Anemo DMG to opponents in front of you. The vacuum vortex explodes when the skill duration ends, causing a greater amount of Anemo DMG over a larger area. | ||
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Gust Surge | Elemental Burst |
| Guiding the path of the wind currents, you summon a forward-moving tornado that pulls objects and opponents towards itself, dealing Anemo DMG each 0.5 seconds, 9 times. Elemental Absorption If the vortex comes into contact with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro elements, it will deal 30.7% additional elemental DMG of that type. Elemental Absorption may only occur once per use. | ||
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Slitting Wind | 1st Ascension Passive |
| The last hit of a Normal Attack combo unleashes a wind blade, dealing 60% of ATK as Anemo DMG to all opponents in its path. | ||
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Second Wind | 4th Ascension Passive |
| Palm Vortex kills regenerate 2% HP for 5s. This effect can only occur once every 5s. | ||
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Anemo Constellation
| Level | Icon | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Raging Vortex | Palm Vortex pulls in opponents and objects within a 5m radius. |
| 2 | 
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Uprising Whirlwind | Increases Energy Recharge by 16%. |
| 3 | 
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Sweeping Gust | Increases the Level of Gust Surge by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 4 | 
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Cherishing Breezes | Reduces DMG taken while casting Palm Vortex by 10%. |
| 5 | 
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Vortex Stellaris | Increases the Level of Palm Vortex by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 6 | 
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Intertwined Winds | Targets who take DMG from Gust Surge have their Anemo RES decreased by 20%. If an Elemental Absorption occurred, then their RES towards the corresponding Element is also decreased by 20%. |
Memory of Roving Gales.
Geo Talents
| Icon | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
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Foreign Rockblade | Normal Attack |
| Normal Attack: Performs up to 5 rapid strikes. Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. | ||
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Starfell Sword | Elemental Skill |
| You disgorge a meteorite from the depths of the earth, dealing AoE Geo DMG. The meteorite is considered a Geo Construct, and can be climbed or used to block attacks. Hold: This skill's positioning may be adjusted. | ||
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Wake of Earth | Elemental Burst |
| Energizing the Geo elements deep underground, you set off expanding shockwaves. Launches surrounding opponents back and deals AoE Geo DMG. | ||
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Shattered Darkrock | 1st Ascension Passive |
| Reduces Starfell Sword's CD by 2s. | ||
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Frenzied Rockslide | 4th Ascension Passive |
| The final hit of a Normal Attack combo triggers a collapse, dealing 60% of ATK as AoE Geo DMG. | ||
Normal Attack
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Elemental Skill and Burst
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Geo Constellation
| Level | Icon | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Invincible Stonewall | Party members within the radius of Wake of Earth have their CRIT Rate increased by 10% and have increased resistance against interruption. |
| 2 | 
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Rockcore Meltdown | When the meteorite created by Starfell Sword is destroyed, it will also explode, dealing additional AoE Geo DMG equal to the amount of damage dealt by Starfell Sword. |
| 3 | 
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Will of the Rock | Increases the Level of Wake of Earth by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 4 | 
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Reaction Force | The shockwave triggered by Wake of Earth regenerates 5 Energy for every opponent hit. A maximum of 25 Energy can be regenerated in this manner at any one time. |
| 5 | 
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Meteorite Impact | Increases the Level of Starfell Sword by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 6 | 
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Everlasting Boulder | The barrier created by Wake of Earth lasts 5s longer. The meteorite created by Starfell Sword lasts 10s longer. |
Memory of Immovable Crystals.
Unaligned Talents
| Icon | Name | Type |
|---|---|---|
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Past Memories | Normal Attack |
| Normal Attack: Performs up to 5 rapid strikes. Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. | ||
Unaligned Constellation
Ascensions
| Ascension Phase |
Level |  |
Character Ascension Materials |
Local Specialties |
Common Materials | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 40 |
20,000 | None | |||
| 2 | 40 50 |
40,000 | None |  15 Damaged Mask | ||
| 3 | 50 60 |
60,000 | None |  12 Stained Mask | ||
| 4 | 60 70 |
80,000 | None | 18 Stained Mask | ||
| 5 | 70 80 |
100,000 | None |  12 Ominous Mask | ||
| 6/MAX | 80 90 |
120,000 | None | 24 Ominous Mask | ||
Base Stats
The character's base stats before and after each Ascension:
| Ascension Phase |
Level | HP | ATK1 | DEF | ATK2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 912 | 18 | 57 | — |
| 20 | 2,342 | 46 | 147 | ||
| 1 | 20 | 3,024 | 59 | 190 | — |
| 40 | 4,529 | 88 | 284 | ||
| 2 | 40 | 5,013 | 98 | 315 | 6.0% |
| 50 | 5,766 | 113 | 362 | ||
| 3 | 50 | 6,411 | 125 | 405 | 12.0% |
| 60 | 7,164 | 140 | 450 | ||
| 4 | 60 | 7,648 | 149 | 480 | 12.0% |
| 70 | 8,401 | 164 | 527 | ||
| 5 | 70 | 8,885 | 174 | 558 | 18.0% |
| 80 | 9,638 | 188 | 605 | ||
| 6/MAX | 80 | 10,122 | 198 | 635 | 24.0% |
| 90 | 10,875 | 212 | 683 |
1 Does not include weapon ATK value.
2 Characters get specialized stats starting at Ascension 2.
Event Wishes
Traveler is not featured in any event wishes.
Change History
- The Traveler was available upon the game's release.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (EN & JP) Twitter - VA Announcement
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (CN) bilibili - Mond Party (蒙德茶会)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (KR) Twitter - VA Announcement
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 In the opening cutscene.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 A Soul Set Apart
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