How to Get Spectral Nucleus and Locations

The Spectral Nucleus is an ascension material needed for certain weapons and characters in Genshin Impact. Learn which weapons and characters use Spectral Nucleus and where to get Spectral Nucleus in this guide!

How to Get Spectral Nucleus

Spectral Nucleus Locations

Defeat Specter Enemies

You can collect Spectral Heart from defeating Specter enemies found in Watatsumi Island and Seirai Island in Inazuma. It can be also crafted using 3 Spectral Hearts.

Specter Enemy Guide

Recommended Locations to Farm

Watatsumi Island

Watatsumi Island has multiple Teleport Waypoints where you can easily access Specter locations!
Watatsumi Island Guide

Seirai Island

Spectral Nucleus can also be farmed in Seirai Island! You can use the Waverider to traverse areas around the map, if you haven't unlocked the Waypoints!

Do note that you may need to complete the Seirai Stormchasers quest chain to unlock the southern portions of the Island!

Seirai Island Guide

Enkanomiya

To unlock Enkanomiya, you must at least complete the first subquest of the From Dawn to Dusk in Byakuyakoku quest chain, the Entrance to Tokoyo.

The Entrance to Tokoyo Quest Guide

How to Craft Spectral Nucleus

Output Item	Materials
Spectral Nucleus	Spectral Heart ×3

How to Use Spectral Nucleus

Used to Ascend Weapons

List of Weapons that Use Spectral Nucleus

Weapons that use Spectral Nucleus
Aqua Simulacra	Everlasting Moonglow	Kagura's Verity
Polar Star	Dialogues of the Desert Sages	Kagotsurube Isshin
Mailed Flower	Mouun's Moon	Oathsworn Eye
The Catch

Used for Character Ascension

This material is used to ascend characters to their next ascension level. Be sure to gather the required amount in advance so you can Ascend them right away when they hit their level cap.

All Characters
Gorou	Kokomi	Aloy
Shinobu	Kirara	Chiori

Spectral Nucleus Basic Information

Spectral Nucleus	Rarity	3
	Type	Character Development Items
	Effect	Character Level Up Materials

A complete energy core that can sometimes be found after defeating Specters.
There is a debate among those who just have to divide the world into winners and losers: what floats better - a Specter or an Anemo Slime?

Genshin Impact Related Guides

List of Items and Materials

List of Character Level Up Materials

List of Items
Hunter's Sacrificial Knife	Agent's Sacrificial Knife	Inspector's Sacrificial Knife
Mist Grass Pollen	Mist Grass	Mist Grass Wick
Chaos Device	Chaos Circuit	Chaos Core
Dead Ley Line Branch	Dead Ley Line Leaves	Ley Line Sprout
Heavy Horn	Black Bronze Horn	Black Crystal Horn
Damaged Mask	Stained Mask	Ominous Mask
Treasure Hoarder Insignia	Silver Raven Insignia	Golden Raven Insignia
Firm Arrowhead	Sharp Arrowhead	Weathered Arrowhead
Divining Scroll	Sealed Scroll	Forbidden Curse Scroll
Slime Condensate	Slime Secretions	Slime Concentrate
Recruit's Insignia	Sergeant's Insignia	Lieutenant's Insignia
Basalt Pillar	Hurricane Seed	Lightning Prism
Fragile Bone Shard	Sturdy Bone Shard	Fossilized Bone Shard
Whopperflower Nectar	Shimmering Nectar	Energy Nectar
Hoarfrost Core	Cleansing Heart	Everflame Seed
Juvenile Jade	Crystalline Bloom	Marionette Core
Perpetual Heart	Kageuchi Handguard	Famed Handguard
Old Handguard	Dismal Prism	Crystal Prism
Polarizing Prism	Smoldering Pearl	Chaos Axis
Chaos Gear	Chaos Oculus	Dew of Repudiation
Storm Beads	Spectral Nucleus	Spectral Husk
Spectral Heart	Concealed Claw	Concealed Unguis
Concealed Talon	Riftborn Regalia	Dragonheir's False Fin
Deathly Statuette	Dark Statuette	Gloomy Statuette
Runic Fang	Fungal Spores	Luminescent Pollen
Crystalline Cyst Dust	Majestic Hooked Beak	Faded Red Satin
Trimmed Red Silk	Rich Red Brocade	Chaos Storage
Chaos Module	Chaos Bolt	Thunderclap Fruitcore
Dormant Fungal Nucleus	Inactivated Fungal Nucleus	Robust Fungal Nucleus
Light Guiding Tetrahedron	Damaged Prism	Turbid Prism
Radiant Prism	Perpetual Caliber	Quelled Creeper
Desiccated Shell	Pseudo-Stamens	Sturdy Shell
Marked Shell	A Flower Yet to Bloom	Evergloom Ring
Treasured Flower	Wanderer's Blooming Flower	Emperor's Resolution
Artificed Spare Clockwork Component - Coppelius	Artificed Spare Clockwork Component - Coppelia	Alien Life Core
Foreign Synapse	Rift Core	Newborn Tainted Hydro Phantasm
Scoop of Tainted Water	Drop of Tainted Water	Artificed Dynamic Gear
Mechanical Spur Gear	Meshing Gear	Xenochromatic Crystal
Transoceanic Chunk	Transoceanic Pearl	Fontemer Unihorn
Tourbillon Device	Old Operative's Pocket Watch	Operative's Standard Pocket Watch
Operative's Constancy	Water That Failed to Transcend	Feathery Fin
Lunar Fin	Chasmlight Fin	Cloudseam Scale
Fragment of a Golden Melody	Ruined Hilt	Splintered Hilt
Still-Smoldering Hilt	Mark of the Binding Blessing	Sentry's Wooden Whistle
Warrior's Metal Whistle	Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle	Juvenile Fang
Seasoned Fang	Tyrant's Fang	Shard of a Shattered Will
Locus of a Clear Will	Sigil of a Striding Will	Ignited Stone
Ignited Seed of Life	Ignited Seeing Eye	Axis of the Secret Source
Sheath of the Secret Source	Heart of the Secret Source	Overripe Flamegranate
Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core

List of Character Development Items