Genshin Impact Friendship Level: How to Raise It Fast

Your Genshin Impact friendship level rises only through Companionship EXP, and you earn it by playing: daily commissions, random events in the open world, every reward that costs Original Resin, and the time your characters spend in the Serenitea Pot. Each character in the active party receives the full amount. So the fastest method is simple: keep four characters who still need friendship in the party whenever a reward is paid.

What the friendship level gives you

Every playable character has a friendship level of their own, from 1 to 10. The Traveler is the exception and has none.

As the level rises, the character's profile opens up. You unlock their Character Stories one by one, along with more voice-overs: lines about themselves, about other characters, about what they like and what worries them. If you care about the story, this is where much of a character's background sits.

At friendship level 10 you receive that character's namecard, which you can show on your own profile. It is the top reward, and it is a collector's item. Friendship adds no attack, no HP and no other stat, so a level 10 character fights exactly as before.

Once a character reaches level 10, they stop earning. Any Companionship EXP sent to them after that is lost.

What gives Companionship EXP

Four sources do the work, and three of them cost no resin.

Daily commissions

The four daily commissions open at Adventure Rank 12, and each one pays Companionship EXP to the party that completes it. The amount grows with your Adventure Rank. This is the steady base of your friendship income.

Random events

While you cross the map, short events start on their own: a few enemies to clear, something to protect, a quick challenge. These random events pay a small amount of Companionship EXP each, for up to ten events a day. After the tenth they can still appear, but they pay nothing.

Spending Original Resin

Ley Line Outcrops, Domains, normal bosses and weekly bosses all pay Companionship EXP at the moment you claim the reward with resin. The more resin a reward costs, the more friendship it gives. There is no secret best activity here. Spend your resin on what your account needs, and friendship comes with it.

The Serenitea Pot

Characters you place inside your Serenitea Pot gain Companionship EXP over time, even when they are not in your party. You collect it from Tubby, the teapot spirit. The realm stores only a limited amount, so a pot you never visit fills up and stops. How fast it fills depends on your Adeptal Energy, and the number of characters you can place grows with your Trust Rank.

How to raise friendship fast: a daily routine

1. Build a friendship party of four characters below level 10. If the content is too hard for them, keep one strong character and add three who only need the EXP.
2. Complete the four daily commissions with that party.
3. Clear random events as you meet them, until the day's ten are done.
4. Spend your resin. In the open world you can beat a Ley Line Outcrop or a boss with your real team, then switch to the friendship party before you claim the reward. Inside a Domain you cannot change the party, so enter with the characters you want rewarded.
5. Place other characters in the Serenitea Pot and collect from Tubby every few days.

Check your party before every claim. Companionship EXP goes to whoever is in the party at that moment, not to whoever did the fighting.

Even with a clean routine, level 10 takes several weeks for each character. That is normal. The routine does not skip the wait, it makes sure nothing is wasted along the way.

For planning the resin itself, see the guide to daily commissions and resin.

Friendship in co-op

The game gives extra Companionship EXP for activities completed in co-op, which is why many players raise friendship there. There is a catch. A co-op party still has four characters in total: with two players each one brings two characters, and with four players each one brings a single character.

So co-op is the right tool when you want to push one or two chosen characters, and solo play is better for moving four at once.

Two more details matter. Daily commissions belong to the host's world, so a guest can help but receives nothing for them. Domains and bosses reward every player who pays their own resin. If you have not played with friends yet, the co-op guide explains how it opens.

Mistakes that waste friendship

• Farming enemies. Defeating monsters in the open world gives no Companionship EXP at all, however many camps you clear.
• Leaving a level 10 character in the party out of habit.
• Forgetting the Serenitea Pot until its storage is full.
• Claiming a boss reward with the team that fought instead of the team that needs it.

Frequent questions

What are the Genshin Impact friendship level 10 rewards?

The character's namecard, added to your collection for use on your profile. By then you also have every story and voice-over of that character that depends on friendship.

Does friendship make a character stronger?

No. Friendship changes nothing in combat. Raise it for the stories, the voice lines and the namecard.

Can you raise friendship without spending resin?

Yes. Daily commissions, random events and the Serenitea Pot cost no resin. Resin activities only add to them.

Does the Traveler have a friendship level?

No. The Traveler has no friendship level, so a Traveler in the party takes a place that earns nothing.

Every character starts from level 1

Each character you obtain begins at friendship level 1, so a fresh arrival goes straight into the friendship party. If you top up before a banner, Mas4Games loads Genesis Crystals for Genshin Impact by UID and server. The store asks only for your UID and server, never for your password, and the help center has live support if you need a hand with an order.