Genshin Impact: Top 4 Wish Types Explained for Beginners (2025 Guide)

For new players of Genshin Impact, it's important to understand the different wish types. With banners offering limited-time characters, weapons, and standard rewards, it's easy for new players to get confused. This quick 2025 guide  will help you quickly understand the purpose of each banner, from the value of a newbie wish to whether a weapon event banner is worth pulling. By simply learning, you can avoid confusion and build a solid foundation for your journey. If you're not sure where to use your ore, start here - this guide is designed to be very new player friendly.

Genshin Impact's wish types can be divided into the following types:

Character Event Wish (Limited-Time Banner)
This card pool has a 5★ character in each period that will increase the delivery rate.

Weapon Event Wish (Epitome Invocation)
This card pool increases the delivery rate of 5★ & 4★ weapons.

Standard Wish (Wanderlust Invocation)
This card pool is permanently open and contains all permanent characters and weapons
📖 Beginner vs Standard Banner – What's the difference? 

Common card drawing misunderstandings for beginners

1. Dispersed card pool
2. Spending too many resources to draw Standard Wish

Since beginners have few resources, it is recommended to draw Beginners' Wish first, and it is not recommended to draw Weapon Event Wish in the early stage. Since it is difficult to draw 5★ characters, you can use 4★ characters first to get through the beginner recommendation. The following are recommended four-star characters.