As patch 3.0 enters the second phase, players still have three weeks to prepare for Nilou. With that in mind, we’ve created a pre-farming guide that includes all of the ascension and talent materials you’ll need to prepare for Nilou’s big debut.
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Nilou ascension materials
Here are all of Nilou’s ascension and talent level up materials:
| Ascension Phase | Character Level | Materials | Mora |
| 1 | 20 | 1x Varunada Lazurite Sliver 3x Padisarah 3x Fungal Spores |
20,000 |
| 2 | 40 | 3x Varunada Lazurite Fragment 2x Perpetual Caliber 10x Padisarah 15x Fungal Spores |
40,000 |
| 3 | 50 | 6x Varunada Lazurite Fragment 4x Perpetual Caliber 20x Padisarah 12x Luminescent Pollen |
60,000 |
| 4 | 60 | 3x Varunada Lazurite Chunk 8x Perpetual Caliber 30x Padisarah 18x Luminescent Pollen |
80,000 |
| 5 | 70 | 6x Varunada Lazurite Chunk 12x Perpetual Caliber 45x Padisarah 12x Crystalline Cyst Dust |
100,000 |
| 6 | 80 | 6x Varunada Lazurite Gemstone 20x Perpetual Caliber 60x Padisarah 24x Crystalline Cyst Dust |
120,000 |
Talent ascension materials
Here is everything you need to maximize one talent:
| Level | Materials | Mora |
| 2 | 3x Teachings of Praxis 6x Fungal Spores |
12,500 |
| 3 | 2x Guide to Praxis 3x Luminescent Pollen |
17,500 |
| 4 | 4x Guide to Praxis 4x Luminescent Pollen |
25,000 |
| 5 | 6x Guide to Praxis 6x Luminescent Pollen |
30,000 |
| 6 | 9x Guide to Praxis 9x Luminescent Pollen |
37,500 |
| 7 | 4x Philosophies of Praxis 4x Crystalline Cyst Dust 1x Tears of the Calamitous God |
120,000 |
| 8 | 6x Philosophies of Praxis 6x Crystalline Cyst Dust 1x Tears of the Calamitous God |
260,000 |
| 9 | 12x Philosophies of Praxis 9x Crystalline Cyst Dust 2x Tears of the Calamitous God |
450,000 |
| 10 | 16x Philosophies of Praxis 12x Crystalline Cyst Dust 2x Tears of the Calamitous God 1x Crown of Insight |
700,000 |
How to farm Nilou materials
You can find most of Nilou’s materials in the Sumeru region. The majority of the items required are for multiple character ascensions, but there are at least one or two that are unique to her.
Padisarah
Padisarah is a rare plant in the open world game that only grows in the areas surrounding Sumeru City. The best places to look for them are immediately surrounding the city walls and across the peninsula in a forest.
Perpetual Caliber
The new Perpetual Caliber item is a drop from an Aeonblight Drake level 30 or higher. North of the waypoint on the upper side of the cliff in Devantaka Mountain is where you might find this boss’s arena. However, this boss is currently inaccessible and won’t show up until update 3.1.
Spores, Pollen, and Cyst Dust
These materials can be obtained from The Chasm, an underground area with Floating Hydroshroom enemies. Along with these enemies, 3.0 introduces a large number of new fungus varieties that can be found all over Sumeru, including places like the Mawtiyima Forest.
To get Crystalline Cyst Dust, you can mix three Fungal Spores with 25 Mora to make Luminescent Pollen, or three Luminescent Pollen with 50 Mora.
Hydro ascension materials
To raise Nilou’s maximum level limit, you’ll need some Hydro ascension materials, such as Varunada Lazurite fragments, slivers, gemstones and chunks. You can obtain them by farming the weekly and normal bosses listed below.
- Oceanid
- Stormterror
- Hydro Hypostasis
- Childe
- Stormterror
Varunada Lazurite can also be converted from lower-tiered forms, like using three slivers to create a fragment. Using a Dust of Azoth to transform different jewel types will also yield the desired Hydro-type materials.
Talent ascension materials
Nilou requires the Praxis book chain for her upgrades, which can only be found at Sumeru’s The Steeple of Ignorance domain. Remember that this domain is only available on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Nilou, like Candace, requires the Tears of the Calamitous God to advance her talent levels. To obtain these valuable items, you must first complete the Guardian of Eternity Challenge and defeat the End of the Oneiric Euthymia. Because this is a weekly boss, it may take some time for her to shed the tears you seek.
Finally, a Crown of Insight is required to maximize each of Nilou‘s talent levels. Seven of them are available as offerings, and if there are any Genshin Impact events going on at the time, you might be able to get the remaining three.
