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Open world farming can cover many different item categories. Choosing the correct category helps avoid wasting time on materials that do not match your upgrade goal.
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Material Type |
Common Use |
Why Players Farm It |
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Local Specialties |
Character ascension |
Required to level characters past ascension gates |
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Common Enemy Drops |
Talents, weapons, ascension |
Needed in large quantities across many upgrades |
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Elite Enemy Drops |
Weapon ascension and upgrades |
Often required for higher-level weapon progression |
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Ores and Minerals |
Forging and crafting |
Useful for weapon EXP and regional crafting |
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Plants |
Cooking, crafting, ascension |
Used in recipes, potions, and character materials |
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Cooking Ingredients |
Food preparation |
Supports combat buffs and healing food |
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Fish |
Cooking and exchange systems |
Useful for recipes and certain rewards |
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Wood |
Furnishing crafting |
Needed for Serenitea Pot furniture |
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Regional Collectibles |
Region-specific systems |
Supports exploration and newer content needs |
Enemy material farming is different from collecting plants because the route depends on enemy families. Efficient farming means targeting the exact enemy group that drops the needed material.
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Enemy Drop Type |
Used For |
Farming Note |
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Slime Drops |
Character and weapon upgrades |
Easy to farm but often needed in bulk |
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Hilichurl Drops |
Talents, weapons, and ascension |
Common but spread across many camps |
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Fatui Drops |
Character and weapon upgrades |
Stronger enemies and varied locations |
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Nobushi / Kairagi Drops |
Inazuma character and weapon materials |
Known for longer farming routes |
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Specter Drops |
Character and weapon upgrades |
Can be annoying due to enemy movement |
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Automaton Drops |
Weapon and character materials |
Usually tied to specific regional ruins |
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Eremite Drops |
Sumeru materials |
Useful for Sumeru character upgrades |
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Regional Enemy Drops |
Newer character and weapon materials |
Needed for the latest builds |
Open-world materials in Genshin Impact include Local Specialties, plants, ores, minerals, cooking ingredients, fish, wood, enemy drops, regional collectibles, and materials used for character ascension, weapon ascension, furnishing crafting, cooking, and alchemy. The exact material type depends on the region and what you need for your current upgrade goal.
To farm open-world materials, players need to follow material-specific routes, collect available spawn points, defeat enemies that drop the required item, and return after the material respawns. Efficient farming usually means choosing one material at a time, using region routes, and checking whether the item is locked behind a quest, area, or daily reset.
Local Specialties are regional materials found mainly in specific nations of Teyvat. They are commonly used for character ascension, which makes them one of the most requested open-world farming targets, especially for new or recently pulled characters.
Enemy drops are used for character ascension, talent leveling, weapon ascension, crafting, and upgrading. Common enemies and Elite enemies have different material families, so the correct enemy type must be farmed for the item you need.
Ores and minerals are mainly used for forging, crafting, weapon enhancement materials, and selected regional systems where applicable. They are found in the open world and usually need to be mined before they can be collected.