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Harbinger of Dawn Best Characters and How to Get

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Genshin Impact - Harbinger of Dawn Sword

Harbinger of Dawn is a 3-Star Sword in Genshin Impact. Learn about Harbinger of Dawn, its attack power, bonus effects, rarity, the best characters to use it, and all needed ascension materials in this weapon guide!

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Best Characters to Use Harbinger of Dawn

All Recommended Characters

Recommended Characters
Traveler (Geo) ImageTraveler (Geo) Kaeya ImageKaeya Xingqiu ImageXingqiu
Albedo ImageAlbedo Ayaka ImageAyaka Skirk ImageSkirk
Alhaitham ImageAlhaitham Layla ImageLayla Clorinde ImageClorinde
Chiori ImageChiori Traveler (Pyro) ImageTraveler (Pyro) Zibai ImageZibai

Who is the Habinger of Dawn Good For?

Overall Decent Pick for Crit Stats

The Harbinger of Dawn lacks in its base ATK. However, it makes up for its CRIT stats which can be useful with it being with an accessible weapon.

This makes it a decent pick for characters that does not need much ATK. Characters like Albedo and Alhaitham can make use of this weapon, just make sure to maintain its HP requirement.

The new character Zibai makes good use of Harbinger of Dawn as it's pretty much a free CRIT value for her. However, it's important to note that you must have a shielder to maintain proper uptime for it.

Harbinger of Dawn Stats and General Information

Harbinger of Dawn Information

Harbinger of Dawn
Harbinger of Dawn Image
Type Sword
Base ATK 39
Rarity ★★★
Bonus Effect
 CRIT DMG + 10.2%
Skill
 Vigorous
When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 14%.

Harbinger of Dawn Stats

Lvl. Base ATK CRIT DMG
1/20 39 10.2%
20/20 94 18.0%
40/40 169 26.3%
50/50 216 30.4%
60/60 263 34.6%
70/70 309 38.6%
80/80 355 42.7%
90/90 401 46.9%

Harbinger of Dawn Refinement Levels

Vigorous
R1 When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 14%.
R2 When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 17.5%.
R3 When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 21%.
R4 When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 24.5%.
R5 When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 28%.

How to Get Harbinger of Dawn

Pull From Any Banner

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The Harbinger of Dawn Sword can be collected from any Wish Banner. As a 3-Star Weapon, it can be easily collected compared to 4 or 5-star weapons.

Best Wish to Pull

Kaeya's Story Quest Reward

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The Harbinger of Dawn can also be claimed as a reward for completing Kaeya's Story Quest.

Kaeya Story Quest Guide

Harbinger of Dawn Ascension Materials

List of Materials Needed

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Genshin - Boreal Wolf Boreal Wolf's Milk Tooth ×2
Genshin - Dead Ley Line Branch Image Dead Ley Line Branch ×2
Genshin - Slime Condensate Image Slime Condensate ×1
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50
Genshin - Boreal Wolf Boreal Wolf's Cracked Tooth ×2
Genshin - Dead Ley Line Branch Image Dead Ley Line Branch ×8
Genshin - Slime Condensate Image Slime Condensate ×5
50
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60
Genshin - Boreal Wolf Boreal Wolf's Cracked Tooth ×4
Genshin - Dead Ley Line Leaves Image Dead Ley Line Leaves ×4
Genshin - Slime Secretions Image Slime Secretions ×4
60
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70
Genshin - Boreal Wolf Boreal Wolf's Broken Fang ×2
Genshin - Dead Ley Line Leaves Image Dead Ley Line Leaves ×8
Genshin - Slime Secretions Image Slime Secretions ×6
70
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80
Genshin - Boreal Wolf Boreal Wolf's Broken Fang ×4
Genshin - Ley Line Sprout Image Ley Line Sprout ×6
Genshin - Slime Concentrate Image Slime Concentrate ×4
80
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90
Genshin - Boreal Wolf Boreal Wolf's Nostalgia ×3
Genshin - Ley Line Sprout Image Ley Line Sprout ×12
Genshin - Slime Concentrate Image Slime Concentrate ×8

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Genshin Impact - Dull Blade Image Dull Blade

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Slingshot, white tassel, twin nephrite, and this wp, proof that another gacha games could never

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