What to Actually Expect When Wishing - Genshin Impact Wish & Soft Pity System Explained

How many wishes does it usually take to get a 5 star in Genshin Impact? What does Soft pity mean, and how does it work? How many F2P primogems do you need save to get the characters you want? Prepare to have all of your questions answered in this Genshin Impact guide / tutorial explaining everything you need to know about the Genshin Impact 4.2 wishing system in 2023!

00:00 | Intro
00:25 | Essential Knowledge
01:43 | Soft Pity Explained
03:11 | What to expect when wishing
04:08 | Genshin's Probabilities are Misleading
05:05 | True average rates for 4 / 5 stars
05:28 | More useful statistics & Bonus facts
06:37 | Outro

If you want to see more precise probabilities for yourself, refer to this tool:

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This Genshin Impact video was produced by Vidmilo. Consider checking out my other Genshin guides / tutorials / deep dives to expand your game knowledge and hopefully learn something new!

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[Vidmiloo]

For those that play star rail: Yes, everything in this video applies! Their gacha system is identical to Genshin's (apart from the weapon banner for now, since only one weapon is on rate up instead of 2)

[atomotron]

That's a lot of math, but there is a shorter version. When planning to get your 5-star, always expect to spend around 160 wishes to do it (counting from the last even 5-star). Yes, the video implies you can get it sooner, but you shouldn't be relying on that. IF you get it sooner, then just consider the remainder a deposit for your future pulls. That way you will make it easier for yourself and less frustrating if you miss an early 5-star.

[kitty-fx]

thank you so much for making this video! after losing my 50 50 to dehya, ive just been so disappointed and desparate to hit pity once again.. but since im an f2p.. the fear of not having enough primogems and time is really concerning


edit: im at 40th rebuilt pity rn and hoping to get him at least before 60 😢

edit 2: I GOT KAZUHA AT 74TH PITY YAYYY

[privaundxd]

This guy is making my mind go blank with the probability..
Im ar 56 f2p and this was so much details my mind can't comprehend it in one go

[caseyimiller]

Hitting pity early in HSR, then going on to do it in Genshin, and even furthermore in HI3. ‘I completed the Hoyoly Trinity’

[tart]

Early pity is a really sore point for me, as someone who constantly hits soft pity I have only gotten 2 earlies and that was a 5050 loss and a skyward blade on standard... meanwhile people around me are getting 5 stars at 4 pity double 5 stars e.t.c, although I do feel grateful for the number of 5050s I win, but a 35% chance of an early is way bigger than I thought!

[keno-o]

I had the first hand experience of a loosing pity from the standard banner. 😂 I thought I had a luck stat when I got Nahida after 20 pulls, so I tried burning my primo with Yoimiya only to get massively disappointed. 😂

[Razgriz]

For next video, I recommend damage calculation or artifact probability calculation

[silverboiiii]

i realised how little i actually knew about wishing. that was really helpful, thanks!

[KratosAurionPlays]

I absolutely hit soft pity more than 65% of the time. My first time ever beating soft pity was the 1st raiden banner and I've been playing since xiao's release.

[squidwardart]

A really good video, some people know that, but most people seem to be quite confused about it, also idk why but I never even thought about 4* soft pity

[LuckyFlanker]

Good work again Milo.
Detailed while still being easily digestible.

Out of curiosity, how’d you calc the 35% and 65% probabilities?

[swagermaster]

Absolutely amazing video you’re so underrated hope you get the recognition you deserve, here im gonna sub to you 😁

[sombraelerizo]

5:09 ''Only 2/3 5* will be those you want*

Me, who has gotten 6 5* from the Limited banner, and has lost 5 of those in a row, 4 of them at soft pity.

I'm still waiting for a character I like to break the curse.

[obeliskt]

I always reserve around 150 fates for a character, and mostly expect a 5-star between 60-70.

There were like 2-3 times I had to go to 80+ to get a 5-star in my roughly 1, 700 pulls made(limited banner) since the release of the game.

[raweriio]

Just dicovered this channel. Single best genshin content on youtube. Hope to see more videos

[yptrumpet]

Still an amazing resource. I come here regularly. Thanks for making this :)

[noahhughes]

I remember when me and my sister were playing Genshin together, and we agreed that we roll 10 times on standard and 10 on limited, and I got Wanderer on the 6th roll.

[NoahNXT]

Well well well I'm gonna be one of the early subscribers of this about to BOOM channel 🛐


Arigatou for all the info Senpai 🛐

[butterflyleaf]

I appreciate your pointing out that characters and weapons can be bought with Starglitter. I think a lot of players don't recognize that by holding onto Starglitter, they can guarantee that they get certain 4 star characters or get Blackcliff weapons which are sometimes the best F2P weapons for dps characters rather than pulling another 7 copies of Thrilling Tales.