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Realms of Guile and War Guide

Genshin Impact - Realms of Guile and War Guide

Realms of Guile and War is a combat domain challenge in Genshin Impact's Perilous Trail event. Here's how to play Realms of Guile and War, guides for all domain challenges, the list of Stratagems, a note on random enemies, and tips for beating the highest difficulties!

Perilous Trail Event Guide
Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 1 - Direcliff Court DomainDirecliff Court Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 2 - Kaleidoscope Cage DomainKaleidoscope Cage Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 3 - Insurgent Twilight Domain Insurgent Twilight Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 4 - Utmost Deception DomainUtmost Deception
Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Realms of Guile & War

Realms of Guile and War Domains

All Realms of Guile and War

Day Realms of Guile and War Domain Unlock Date
1 Direcliff Court Domain ▼ 05/31/2022
2 Kaleidoscope Cage Domain ▼ 06/01/2022
3 Insurgent Twilight Domain ▼ 06/02/2022
4 Utmost Deception Domain ▼ 06/03/2022

Realms of Guile and War Day 1 Guide

Trial Characters and Recommended Party

Trial Character Best Characters
Genshin - Yelan Icon Yelan
Genshin - Diluc ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Yoimiya ImageGenshin - Sara ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Shenhe Icon Shenhe
Genshin - Kaeya ImageGenshin - Chongyun ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Rosaria ImageGenshin - Ayaka Image
Genshin - Keqing Icon Keqing
Genshin - Kaeya ImageGenshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Beidou Image
Genshin - Qiqi Icon Qiqi
Genshin - Xiao ImageGenshin - Chongyun ImageGenshin - Diona ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Ayaka Image
Genshin - Xingqiu Icon Xingqiu
Genshin - Diluc ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Hu Tao ImageGenshin - Yoimiya ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Chongyun Icon Chongyun
Genshin - Sucrose ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Xingqiu ImageGenshin - Kazuha ImageGenshin - Kokomi ImageGenshin - Shenhe Image
Genshin - Yun Jin Icon Yun Jin
Genshin - Noelle ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Xingqiu ImageGenshin - Tartaglia ImageGenshin - Yoimiya ImageGenshin - Ayato Image
Genshin - Yanfei Icon Yanfei
Genshin - Kaeya ImageGenshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Xingqiu ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Albedo Image

Tips for Realms of Guile and War 1

You get powerful Cryo and Hydro trial characters in the first Realms of Guile and War challenge so we recommend you go for a Freeze team comp. You can read up on the best teams and stratagems per round in our full guide!

Full Realms of Guile and War 1 Guide

Realms of Guile and War Day 2 Guide

Trial Characters and Recommended Party

Trial Character Best Characters
Genshin - Jean Icon Jean
Genshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Xiao ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Yanfei Image
Genshin - Ningguang Icon Ningguang
Genshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Noelle ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Gorou Image
Genshin - Zhongli Icon Zhongli
Genshin - Traveler (Geo) ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Gorou ImageGenshin - Itto Image
Genshin - Sucrose Icon Sucrose
Genshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Yanfei Icon Yanfei
Genshin - Kaeya ImageGenshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Raiden Icon Raiden
Genshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Xingqiu ImageGenshin - Yae Miko ImageGenshin - Sara ImageGenshin - Yelan Image
Genshin - Gorou Icon Gorou
Genshin - Noelle ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Itto Image
Genshin - Itto Icon Itto
Genshin - Traveler (Geo) ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Gorou Image

Tips for Realms of Guile and War 2

In the second Realms of Guile and War challenge, you get strong Geo characters you can use against almost any enemy and characters you can use to induce various Elemental Reactions to beat enemies fast. See the best teams and stratagems per round in our full guide!

Full Realms of Guile and War 2 Guide

Realms of Guile and War Day 3 Guide

Trial Character Best Characters
Genshin - Xiao Icon Xiao
Genshin - Jean ImageGenshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Sucrose ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Albedo Image
Genshin - Diona Icon Diona
Genshin - Venti ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Yanfei ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Kazuha Icon Kazuha
Genshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Yanfei ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Thoma Icon Thoma
Genshin - Barbara ImageGenshin - Tartaglia ImageGenshin - Hu Tao ImageGenshin - Yanfei ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Sayu Icon Sayu
Genshin - Kaeya ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Yanfei Image
Genshin - Sara Icon Sara
Genshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Xingqiu ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Yae Miko Icon Yae Miko
Genshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Tartaglia ImageGenshin - Sara ImageGenshin - Raiden ImageGenshin - Ayato Image
Genshin - Yelan Icon Yelan
Genshin - Diluc ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Yoimiya ImageGenshin - Sara ImageGenshin - Raiden Image

Tips for Realms of Guile and War 3

The Insurgent Twilight Domain has a mix of character with Electro and Anemo being a prevalent element. Use these characters to induce Swirl and Electro-Charged reactions to beat the combat rounds. See the best teams and stratagems per round in our full guide!

Full Realms of Guile and War 3 Guide

Realms of Guile and War 4 Guide

Trial Character Best Characters
Genshin - Beidou Icon Beidou
Genshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Tartaglia ImageGenshin - Raiden ImageGenshin - Yelan Image
Genshin - Xiao Icon Xiao
Genshin - Jean ImageGenshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Sucrose ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Albedo Image
Genshin - Zhongli Icon Zhongli
Genshin - Traveler (Geo) ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Gorou ImageGenshin - Itto Image
Genshin - Diona Icon Diona
Genshin - Venti ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Ayaka ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Sayu Icon Sayu
Genshin - Kaeya ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Xiao ImageGenshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Zhongli Image
Genshin - Itto Icon Itto
Genshin - Traveler (Geo) ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Zhongli ImageGenshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Gorou Image
Genshin - Yae Miko Icon Yae Miko
Genshin - Barbara ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Beidou ImageGenshin - Tartaglia ImageGenshin - Raiden Image
Genshin - Yun Jin Icon Yun Jin
Genshin - Noelle ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Tartaglia ImageGenshin - Yoimiya ImageGenshin - Ayato Image

Tips for Realms of Guile and War 4

The Utmost Deception Domain has characters you can use to mix and match with your own! You can go for a Crystallize team with Itto, Zhongli, and other characters who aren't Geo or a Xiao team with two healers on standby for him and more.

Full Realms of Guile and War 4 Guide

How to Unlock Realms of Guile and War

Unlock Perilous Trail Archon Quest

Genshin - Perilous Trail

Event Start May 31, 2022
Event End June 20, 2022
Event Schedule May 31, 2022: Phase 1
June 1, 2022: Phase 2
June 2, 2022: Phase 3
June 3, 2022: Phase 4
Shop Duration May 31 - June 27, 2022

The Realms of Guile and War is part of the Perilous Trail event so you have to unlock that first. Do the first two quests in the Perilous Trail Archon Questline to unlock Realms of Guile and War challenges!
Perilous Trail Event Guide

How to Play Realms of Guile and War

Realms of Guile and War Guide

How to Play the Event
1 Enter domains with a Wooden Board.
2 Consider the Domain Combat Rules
3 Choose characters and stratagems
4 Consider the Party Deployment Rules
5 Defeat enemies in emplacement challenges.

How to Start Realms of Guile and War

Genshin - Perilous Trail Gameplay - What is the Realms of Guile and War
The Realms of Guile and War is a domain challenge sub-event within the Perilous Trail. The four domains have different deployment rules, and the fourth domain has a different combat round requirement than the first three.

Enter by Interacting the Wooden Board!

To enter the Realms of Guile and War, you need to interact with the mysterious wooden board inside The Chasm. This will then allow you to see the domains you can complete.

Adjust the Difficulty of the Domains

Genshin - Perilous Trail Gameplay - Adjust the Difficulty
The difficulty of the domains can be adjusted before entering the domains themselves. It's best to set it to the highest difficulty to get the rewards for that difficulty and for the lower ones as well!

Realms of Guile and War Combat Round Rules

Genshin - Perilous Trail Gameplay - How Combat Rounds Work
During the event, you'll come across keywords such as combat rounds and challenges. One combat round is equal to three challenges inside a domain.

After each combat round ends, progress is saved automatically. If you fail or leave mid-battle, you will begin at the first challenge of the latest combat round.

Three Combat Rounds for Three Domains

Genshin - Perilous Trail Gameplay - How Combat Rounds Work for Domain 1-3
For the first three domains, you need to complete three combat rounds. In total, you need to complete nine challenges for one domain!

Six Combat Rounds for the Fourth Domain

Genshin - Perilous Trail Gameplay - How Combat Rounds Work for Domain 4
For the fourth domain, instead of three rounds, you can complete up to six combat rounds. Which means, you can complete eighteen challenges for this domain!

How to Prepare Teams for Realms of Guile and War

Genshin - Realms of Guile and War - How to Create Teams
Each Realm or Domain will have trial characters you can use to aid in the challenge. The team can be made entirely with the trial characters or mixed with your own characters. Afterwards, you need to add Stratagems which can buff your characters inside the domain!

Choose the Right Stratagems

Genshin - Perilous Trail Gameplay - Equip Three Stratagems
Stratagems are buff cards like the Charms in the Labyrinth Warriors Event. Travelers can equip up to three Stratagems to match your party's skills or the domain's rules!

Five Stratagems Drawn at Random

Genshin - Perilous Trail Gameplay - Five Stratagems
After a combat round ends, five stratagem will be drawn and random, and you can choose to equip it or use Stratagem Shards to redraw a new set of Stratagems. You can also use it to reuse a Stratagem previously equipped or revive a fallen character!

Click on the Button by the Minimap!

To check the details about your Stratagems or the current Realms of Guile and War domain details, you can click on the button near the minimap!

Realms of Guile and War Deployment Rules

Genshin Impact - Perilous Trail Deployment

The four domains will have a rest or recuperate system like the A Study in Potions Event, where you will create two or more teams to finish a round of challenges and once one challenge ends, the party will rest, and you will need to use another party to move on.

Deployment Rules in Realms of Guile and War

Perilous Trail Deployment Rules
1 Direcliff Court Domain
Only one member of the party can be selected to continue on, while the rest will enter recuperation mode.
2 Kaleidoscope Cage Domain
Two party members will be selected at random and will enter recuperation mode!
3 Insurgent Twilight Domain
All party members will enter recuperation mode for one round.
4 Utmost Deception Domain
Only one member of the current party can be selected to continue on, while everyone else will enter recuperation mode for 2 rounds,within which they cannot be deployed into battle.

Realms of Guile and War Enemies

Type Emplacement Information
Battle Emplacement A normal battle challenge against enemies.
Nemesis Emplacement Gives a choice for the combat difficulty to either “Normal” or “Hard”. In Hard, you will have an objective to fufill. Winning the Normal Difficulty will give 50 Stratagem Shards, while the Hard Difficulty gives 200.
Boss Emplacement Battle against a Field Boss enemy.
Preparatory Emplacement Appears at the end and opens a screen to edit the stratagems and party for the next combat round.

The enemies that appear in Realms of Guile and war are random, so you might have to change your party members every now and then.

Repeat challenge rounds with new setups

Each time you enter the domain to try the same stage again, the enemies will be different, and it's unique to the world of the player. Which will prompt you to create new teams with stratagems you also get randomly.

List of Stratagems

All Stratagems in Perilous Trail

Stratagem Effects
Genshin - Perpetual ValorPerpetual Valor The active character's Charged Attack no longer consumes stamina and its DMG will be increased by 40%. Character resistance to interruption is greatly increased while performing a Charged Attack.
Genshin - Stratagem Assurance Assurance The active character's ATK SPD will be increased by 30%. When hitting opponents, their Normal Attack will restore HP to them, the amount of which is equal to 5% of their Max HP. This effect can be triggered once per 3s.
Genshin - Stratagem Galeforce Galeforce Greatly enhances the characters' jumping ability. Characters' Plunging Attacks generate a Cyclone at your position upon hitting opponents, attracting ones that are nearby. This effect can be triggered once every 2s.
Genshin - Stratagem The Golden PloyThe Golden Ploy Characters' Geo constructs intermittently unleash shockwaves that deal True Geo DMG to nearby opponents. This effect can be triggered once every 3s.
Genshin - Stratagem Tactical DeploymentTactical Deployment After entering combat, non-active party members will regenerate 3 Elemental Energy per second.
Genshin - Stratagem Leading From the FrontLeading From the Front CRIT Rate will be increased by 30% when the active character deals DMG to opponents while having 100% Elemental Energy.
Genshin - Stratagem Set ArrangementsSet Arrangements The CD for switching characters is extended to 6s. When a character takes the stage, their Normal Attack 'Speed and Movement SPD will be increased by 15%, HP recovered by 15%, and Elemental Energy recovered to 100%. Their interruption resistance will be greatly enhanced.
Genshin - Stratagem Abundant RegenerationAbundant Regeneration When an active character is recovering HP, there will be a lingering wave lasting for 4s that records the HP recovered for alt party members (including overflow healing). The lingering wave will be followed by a shockwave which deals 60% of the accumulated healing as DMG to surrounding opponents. There will be up to one lingering wave in every 4s, which is capable of recording up to 80000 recovery (including overflow recovery).
Genshin - Inexorable ForceInexorable Force All party members' Normal Attack and Charged Attack gain a 50% All Elemental DMG Bonus.
Genshin - ImmaculateImmaculate When the party members are using 3 or more different types of weapons, all party members' ATK will be increased by 60%.
Genshin - UnityUnity After a character uses their Elemental Burst, all party members' Elemental Burst DMG will be increased by 50% for 6s.
Genshin - Transfixing StrikeTransfixing Strike After the active character's Charged Attacks hit an opponent, their Charged Attack DMG will be increased by 20%. This effect can be triggered once in every 0.1s, lasts for 8s. and stacks up to 3 times. The duration will be refreshed every time it is triggered.
Genshin - Assualt Fanfare Assault Fanfare When a character with HP higher than 70% is recovering HP, their ATK will be increased by 80% for 5s.
Genshin - Stratagem Swagger Swagger When on the field, the character's ATK DMG will be increased by 25% every 3s. This effect can stack up to 3 times.
Genshin - Tidal Might Tidal Might After the active character's Plunging Attack hits opponents, their Plunging Attack DMG will be increased by 20%. This effect lasts for 8s, stacks up to 3 times, and can be triggered once every 0.1s.
Genshin - Scattering Light Scattering Light When the active character's Plunging Attack deals DMG to opponents, 3 Elemental Energy and 3% of their Max HP will be restored to them. This effect can be triggered every 1.5s.
Genshin - Stratagem Shield CounterShield Counter Character Shield Strength will be increased by 40%. A backlash will occur when opponents hit a character protected by a shield, dealing AoE DMG to nearby opponents. This effect can be triggered once every 5s.
Genshin - Stratagem ThunderstruckThunderstruck After the active character's Normal Attack hits an opponent, their Normal Attack DMG will be increased by 15%. This effect can be triggered once every 0.1s, lasts for 5s, and stacks up to 4 times. Each stack's duration is independent.
Genshin - Stratagem Swift LethalitySwift Lethality Party members' Electro and Hydro DMG will be increased by 20% for every Electro or Hydro character in the party.
Genshin - Stratagem FortbreakerFortbreaker When the active character obtains Crystallize shards, their DMG will be increased by 50% for 6s.
Genshin - Stratagem Surpassing FormSurpassing Form After a character's Elemental Skill hits an opponent, their Elemental Skill DMG will be increased by 50% for 6s.
Genshin - Stratagem Ingenious AdaptationIngenious Adaptation When recovering HP. a character's Max HP will be increased by 60% for 6s.
Genshin - Stratagem Dire ResolveDire Resolve After entering battle, the active character's CRIT DMG will be increased by 80% when they deal DMG. They will also constantly lose HP based on 3% of their Max HP every second.
Genshin - Stratagem Untamed WindUntamed Wind When a character triggers a Swirl Reaction, all party members gain a 80% Anemo DMG Bonus for 8s.
Genshin - Stratagem SuperlativeSuperlative Increases all party members' Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst Level by 1. The maximum upgrade level is 15.
Genshin - Stratagem StunningStunning After the active character's Normal Attack hits an opponent for 3 times, they will unleash a shockwave at the opponent's position that deals AoE DMG. This effect can be triggered once every 2s.

Get Stratagems at Random

You get to choose Stratagems at the start before you enter the domain and at the end of each combat round! After a round, you can choose three out of five Stratagems to equip in the next round.

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Genshin - Perilous Trail

Perilous Trail Event Guide

Realms of Guile and War Stage Guides

Stage Guide Trial Characters
Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 1 - Direcliff Court DomainDirecliff Court
Genshin - Yelan Genshin - Shenhe Genshin - Keqing Genshin - Qiqi Genshin - Xingqiu Genshin - Chongyun Genshin - Yun Jin Genshin - Yanfei
Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 2 - Kaleidoscope Cage DomainKaleidoscope Cage
Genshin - Jean Genshin - Ningguang Genshin - Zhongli Genshin - Sucrose Genshin - Yanfei Genshin - Raiden Shogun Genshin - Gorou Genshin - Arataki Itto
Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 3 - Insurgent Twilight Domain Insurgent Twilight
Genshin - Xiao Genshin - Diona Genshin - Kazuha Genshin - Thoma Genshin - Yae Miko Genshin - Sayu Genshin - Sara Genshin - Yelan
Genshin - Realms of Guile and War Day 4 - Utmost Deception DomainUtmost Deception
Genshin - Beidou Genshin - Xiao Genshin - Zhongli Genshin - Diona Genshin - Sayu Genshin - Arataki Itto Genshin - Yae Miko Genshin - Yun Jin

Realms of Guile and War Guide

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Event Guide Genshin Impact - Realms of Guile and War GuideRealms of Guile and War
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