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Genshin Impact - List of Characters for Exploration

Here is the list of the best characters for exploration in Genshin Impact, and a tier list for all the playable characters ranked for exploration.

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List of Characters with Exploration Talents

Characters and Exploration Talent

Character Rarity Talent Ranking
Genshin - Alhaitham Icon Alhaitham
5★ Elemental Skill S
Genshin - Aloy Icon Aloy
5★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Amber Icon Amber
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Ayaka Icon Ayaka
5★ Alternate Sprint SS
Genshin - Baizhu Icon Baizhu
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Beidou Icon Beidou
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Chevreuse Icon Chevreuse
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Chiori Icon Chiori
5★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Citlali Icon Citlali
5★ Passive Talent 4 S
Genshin - Citlali Icon Citlali
5★ Passive Talent 3 S
Genshin - Collei Icon Collei
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Dahlia Icon Dahlia
4★ Elemental Skill B
Genshin - Dehya Icon Dehya
5★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Freminet Icon Freminet
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Furina Icon Furina
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Furina Icon Furina
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Gaming Icon Gaming
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Heizou Icon Heizou
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Iansan Icon Iansan
4★ Passive Talent 3 S
Genshin - Ifa Icon Ifa
4★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Kaeya Icon Kaeya
4★ Passive Talent 3 S
Genshin - Kazuha Icon Kazuha
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Kazuha Icon Kazuha
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Keqing Icon Keqing
5★ Elemental Skill S
Genshin - Kirara Icon Kirara
4★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Kirara Icon Kirara
4★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Kokomi Icon Kokomi
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Lan Yan Icon Lan Yan
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Lynette Icon Lynette
4★ Passive Talent 3 S
Genshin - Mavuika Icon Mavuika
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Mavuika Icon Mavuika
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Mona Icon Mona
5★ Alternate Sprint SS
Genshin - Nahida Icon Nahida
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Nefer Icon Nefer
5★ Passive Talent 4 B
Genshin - Neuvillette Icon Neuvillette
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Ororon Icon Ororon
4★ Passive Talent 3 S
Genshin - Ororon Icon Ororon
4★ Passive Talent 4 S
Genshin - Razor Icon Razor
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Rosaria Icon Rosaria
4★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Sayu Icon Sayu
4★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Sayu Icon Sayu
4★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Sigewinne Icon Sigewinne
5★ Passive Talent 3 A
Genshin - Skirk Icon Skirk
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Varesa Icon Varesa
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Venti Icon Venti
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Wanderer Icon Wanderer
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Xianyun Icon Xianyun
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Xianyun Icon Xianyun
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Xiao Icon Xiao
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Xiao Icon Xiao
5★ Passive Talent 3 SS
Genshin - Xilonen Icon Xilonen
5★ Passive Talent 4 SS
Genshin - Yelan Icon Yelan
5★ Elemental Skill SS
Genshin - Zhongli Icon Zhongli
5★ Elemental Skill SS

List of Characters

Best Characters for Exploration Ranked

Exploration Character Tier List

SS Tier
Genshin - Ayaka ImageGenshin - Baizhu ImageGenshin - Chasca ImageGenshin - Iansan ImageGenshin - Ifa ImageGenshin - Kazuha ImageGenshin - Kinich ImageGenshin - Kirara ImageGenshin - Kokomi ImageGenshin - Mavuika ImageGenshin - Mona ImageGenshin - Mualani ImageGenshin - Nahida ImageGenshin - Neuvillette ImageGenshin - Sayu ImageGenshin - Varesa ImageGenshin - Venti ImageGenshin - Wanderer ImageGenshin - Xianyun ImageGenshin - Xiao ImageGenshin - Zhongli Image
S Tier
Genshin - Albedo ImageGenshin - Alhaitham ImageGenshin - Arlecchino ImageGenshin - Citlali ImageGenshin - Clorinde ImageGenshin - Dahlia ImageGenshin - Kachina ImageGenshin - Kaeya ImageGenshin - Keqing ImageGenshin - Lynette ImageGenshin - Mizuki ImageGenshin - Ororon ImageGenshin - Wriothesley ImageGenshin - Xilonen Image
A Tier
Genshin - Aino ImageGenshin - Aloy ImageGenshin - Amber ImageGenshin - Beidou ImageGenshin - Chevreuse ImageGenshin - Chiori ImageGenshin - Dehya ImageGenshin - Freminet ImageGenshin - Gaming ImageGenshin - Gorou ImageGenshin - Heizou ImageGenshin - Klee ImageGenshin - Lan Yan ImageGenshin - Lyney ImageGenshin - Ningguang ImageGenshin - Qiqi ImageGenshin - Razor ImageGenshin - Rosaria ImageGenshin - Sethos ImageGenshin - Thoma ImageGenshin - Yanfei ImageGenshin - Yoimiya Image
B Tier
Genshin - Barbara ImageGenshin - Bennett ImageGenshin - Diona ImageGenshin - Escoffier ImageGenshin - Fischl ImageGenshin - Ganyu ImageGenshin - Ineffa ImageGenshin - Itto ImageGenshin - Jean ImageGenshin - Noelle ImageGenshin - Sara ImageGenshin - Tartaglia ImageGenshin - Traveler (Geo) Image
C Tier
Genshin - Chongyun ImageGenshin - Diluc ImageGenshin - Emilie ImageGenshin - Eula ImageGenshin - Hu Tao ImageGenshin - Lisa ImageGenshin - Navia ImageGenshin - Raiden ImageGenshin - Shenhe ImageGenshin - Sucrose ImageGenshin - Traveler (Anemo) ImageGenshin - Traveler (Electro) ImageGenshin - Xiangling ImageGenshin - Xingqiu ImageGenshin - Xinyan ImageGenshin - Yun Jin Image

The characters on this tier list are ranked based on their usefulness in Exploration. This list is shown in no particular order.

Character Tier List

Exploration Rating Criteria

Genshin - Exploration SS Rank SS Tier Characters who have Skills or Talents that make either land, air, or sea exploration the easiest, or have talents that are considered invaluable for farming materials, puzzle solving, or ease of survival.
Exploration S Rank S Tier Characters who have talents for land, air, or sea exploration, but are less comparable against the characters in the SS tier.
Exploration A Rank A Tier Characters who have talents that can increase movement speed or reduce stamina consumption. Characters who have talents that help farming overworld materials are also included.
Exploration B Rank B Tier Characters who at least have some utility inherent with their weapon or Element, such as elemental totem activation, or target practice with bows. Talents that help with the game's secondary content like Fishing are also included.
Exploration C Rank C Tier Characters having limited or no utility at all for overworld exploration.

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Chasca Chasca Faruzan Faruzan Heizou Heizou Ifa Ifa
Jean Jean Kazuha Kazuha Lan Yan Lan Yan Lynette Lynette
Mizuki Mizuki Sayu Sayu Sucrose Sucrose Traveler (Anemo) Traveler (Anemo)
Venti Venti Wanderer Wanderer Xianyun Xianyun Xiao Xiao
Aloy Aloy Ayaka Ayaka Charlotte Charlotte Chongyun Chongyun
Citlali Citlali Diona Diona Escoffier Escoffier Eula Eula
Freminet Freminet Ganyu Ganyu Kaeya Kaeya Layla Layla
Mika Mika Qiqi Qiqi Rosaria Rosaria Shenhe Shenhe
Skirk Skirk Wriothesley Wriothesley Alhaitham Alhaitham Baizhu Baizhu
Collei Collei Emilie Emilie Kaveh Kaveh Kinich Kinich
Kirara Kirara Lauma Lauma Nahida Nahida Nefer Nefer
Tighnari Tighnari Traveler (Dendro) Traveler (Dendro) Yaoyao Yaoyao Beidou Beidou
Clorinde Clorinde Cyno Cyno Dori Dori Fischl Fischl
Flins Flins Iansan Iansan Ineffa Ineffa Keqing Keqing
Lisa Lisa Ororon Ororon Raiden Raiden Razor Razor
Sara Sara Sethos Sethos Shinobu Shinobu Traveler (Electro) Traveler (Electro)
Varesa Varesa Yae Miko Yae Miko Albedo Albedo Chiori Chiori
Gorou Gorou Itto Itto Kachina Kachina Navia Navia
Ningguang Ningguang Noelle Noelle Traveler (Geo) Traveler (Geo) Xilonen Xilonen
Yun Jin Yun Jin Zhongli Zhongli Aino Aino Ayato Ayato
Barbara Barbara Candace Candace Dahlia Dahlia Furina Furina
Kokomi Kokomi Mona Mona Mualani Mualani Neuvillette Neuvillette
Nilou Nilou Sigewinne Sigewinne Tartaglia Tartaglia Traveler (Hydro) Traveler (Hydro)
Xingqiu Xingqiu Yelan Yelan Amber Amber Arlecchino Arlecchino
Bennett Bennett Chevreuse Chevreuse Dehya Dehya Diluc Diluc
Gaming Gaming Hu Tao Hu Tao Klee Klee Lyney Lyney
Mavuika Mavuika Thoma Thoma Traveler (Pyro) Traveler (Pyro) Xiangling Xiangling
Xinyan Xinyan Yanfei Yanfei Yoimiya Yoimiya

Upcoming Characters

All Upcoming Characters
Alice Alice Capitano Capitano Columbina Columbina Dainsleif Dainsleif
Dottore Dottore Durin Durin Illuga Illuga Jahoda Jahoda
Linnea Linnea Nicole Nicole Pantalone Pantalone Pierro Pierro
Pulcinella Pulcinella Rerir Rerir Sandrone Sandrone Tsaritsa Tsaritsa
Varka Varka

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11 Молодые Люди Молодые Люди 10 months

Candace should be there SS tier exploration

10 Anonymous Anonymous 10 months

Where's Furina, Xilonen, Mavuika and Citlali :''(

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