Staff of the Scarlet Sands Best Characters and How to Get

Staff of the Scarlet Sands is a 5-star polearm from Genshin Impact Version 3.5. See the Staff of Scarlet Sands best characters, ascension materials, and weapon stats in this guide!

Staff of the Scarlet Sands Best Characters

Who is the Staff of the Scarlet Sands Good For?

Recommended Characters
Xiangling	Hu Tao	Rosaria
Cyno	Candace	Yaoyao
Chevreuse

Cyno's Best-in-Slot Weapon

The best-in-slot weapon for Cyno is the Staff of the Scarlet Sands. Given that it has CRIT Rate and increases ATK based on Elemental Mastery, this gives overall more damage to him since it is well-suited to his scaling and kit.

Good for Elemental Reaction Characters

Staff of the Scarlet Sands is good for Elemental Reaction unit types such as Yaoyao or Xiangling whose primary damage comes from triggering Elemental Reactions.

Staff of Scarlet Sands is Good for Hu Tao

This is Hu Tao's second best weapon. Although Hu Tao can take advantage of the Elemental Mastery and ATK% scaling the polearm gives, it does not compare to how much Hu Tao's DMG increases thanks to the Staff of Homa's HP% passive.

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Staff of the Scarlet Sands Stats and Information

Staff of the Scarlet Sands Basic Stats and Skills

Staff of the Scarlet Sands
Type	Polearm
Base ATK	44
Rarity	★★★★★
Bonus Effect	CRIT Rate + 9.6%
Skill	Heat Haze at Horizon's End ・The equipping character gains 52% of their Elemental Mastery as bonus ATK. When an Elemental Skill hits opponents, the Dream of the Scarlet Sands effect will be gained for 10s: The equipping character will gain 28% of their Elemental Mastery as bonus ATK. Max 3 stacks.
Description	One of a paired set of scepters fashioned from obsidian. Legend has it that these staves grant the right to lead the people of the desert, but no retainer now lives who can verify the proper appearance of these regalia.
How to Obtain	Gacha

Staff of the Scarlet Sands Stats

Staff of the Scarlet Sands Refinement Levels

How to Get Staff of the Scarlet Sands

Wish on the Weapon Banner in Version 4.2 Phase 2

Staff of the Scarlet Sands was available in the Epitome Invocation Wish Banner alongside the Haran Geppaku Futsu from November 28, 2023 to December 19, 2023 for phase 2 of Version 4.2.

As this is an Event-Exclusive weapon, you cannot get Staff of the Scarlet Sands by any other means.

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Banner Info	Wish Sim	All Wishes

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Staff of the Scarlet Sands Release Date

Genshin Impact Version 3.1
Release Date	September 28, 2022

This weapon was released during the Version 3.1 update, on September 28, 2022!

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Staff of the Scarlet Sands Ascension Materials

Level	Ascension Materials
20 → 40	Mora ×10000 Fungal Spores ×3 Chaos Storage ×5 Oasis Garden's Reminiscence ×5
40 → 50	Mora ×20000 Fungal Spores ×12 Chaos Module ×18 Oasis Garden's Kindness ×5
50 → 60	Mora ×30000 Luminescent Pollen ×9 Chaos Module ×9 Oasis Garden's Kindness ×9
60 → 70	Mora ×45000 Luminescent Pollen ×14 Chaos Module ×18 Oasis Garden's Mourning ×5
70 → 80	Mora ×55000 Crystalline Cyst Dust ×9 Chaos Bolt ×14 Oasis Garden's Mourning ×9
80 → 90	Mora ×65000 Crystalline Cyst Dust ×18 Chaos Bolt ×27 Oasis Garden's Truth ×6

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Related Weapons
Calamity Queller	Engulfing Lightning	Primordial Jade Winged-Spear
Skyward Spine	Staff of Homa	Staff of the Scarlet Sands
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Crescent Pike	Deathmatch	Dialogues of the Desert Sages
Dragon's Bane	Dragonspine Spear	Favonius Lance
Kitain Cross Spear	Lithic Spear	Missive Windspear
Moonpiercer	Prospector's Drill	Prototype Starglitter
Rightful Reward	Royal Spear	The Catch
Wavebreaker's Fin	Black Tassel	Halberd
White Tassel	Iron Point	Beginner's Protector

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