Purgation Counterstrike is the battle-heavy minigame of the Genshin Impact 4.2 event, Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures. Learn how to unlock the minigame, its release date and details, and how to play it in this guide!

Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures Event Guides
Motherboard Troubleshooting	Record of the Search For Glory	Purgation Counterstrike
Free Freminet	Thelxie's Badge	Thelxie's Messages

Purgation Counterstrike Event Schedule

Purgation Counterstrike Stages and Unlock Date

Purgation Counterstrike Challenge	Unlock Date
Stage 1 Swirling Vortex's Paean	November 25, 2023
Stage 2 Poem of Thunder Intertwined	November 25, 2023
Stage 3 Ode to the Winding Winds	November 26, 2023
Stage 4 Rejuvenating Aria	November 27, 2023
Stage 5 Chorus of Triumphal Advance	November 28, 2023

Purgation Counterstrike Stage 1

Thelxie Skill: Gyre's Praise	• Prince Thelxie unleashes a Gyre attack once every 5s (3 times total), dealing Hydro DMG to opponents hit. • When the Gyre attack is released, all characters in the party within the area of effect recover HP equivalent to 25% of that character's max HP, and gain 300 increased Elemental Mastery for 15s.
Enemies
Recommended Teams	Hyperbloom Team Bloom Team

Day 1 of Purgation Counterstrike will have Prince Thelxie back your team up with additional Elemental Mastery while dealing Hydro DMG at the same time. Making use of these by utilizing Bloom reactions will work wonders for making this challenge a breeze.

Swirling Vortex's Paean Stage 1 Guide

Purgation Counterstrike Stage 2

Thelxie Skill: Thunderous Poetry	Prince Thelxie unleashes a Thunderous Loop, dealing Electro DMG to nearby opponents, and conferring the following buffs on all nearby characters in the party: • Current Elemental Burst CD is decreased by 40%. • After the Thunderous Loops has been released, for the next 12s, all characters' ATK is increased by 40% and Energy Recharge is increased by 60% for 8s after the character uses their Elemental Burst.
Enemies
Recommended Teams	Hyperbloom Team Quicken Team

Thelxie's buffs for Stage 2 of Purgation Counterstrike makes for easy access to Elemental Bursts, increasing Energy Recharge and ATK, and decreasing Elemental Burst CDs for maximum carnage.

The Raiden Shogun will be your best bet in taking advantage of these buffs to their fullest capacity!

Poem of Thunder Intertwined Day 2 Guide

Purgation Counterstrike Stage 3

Thelxie Skill: Whirlwind Verse	• Generate a Whirlwind field with Prince Thelxie at the center, pulling in oppponents within the area of effect. 8s duration. • When the attack of a character hits an opponent in the Whirlwind field, all characters in the party gain 1% CRIT Rate and 2.5% CRIT DMG bonus. The effect last 6s, may stack up to 20 times.
Enemies
Recommended Teams	Electro-Charged Team Wanderer Team

Thelxie's buffs ffor Stage 3 of Purgation Counterstrike make it easy to Crowd-Control the enemy while also increasing your party's Crit Rate and DMG.

Ode to the Winding Winds Event Guide

Purgation Counterstrike Stage 4

Thelxie Skill: Vital Aria	• For 18s after Price Thelxie uses Vital Aria, all characters in the party gain 60% increased max HP, and recieved 20% less DMG. • In addtion, when the current active character loses current HP, all characters in the party gain 15% max HP, and gain 50 Elemental Mastery. Max 3 stacks.
Enemies
Recommended Teams	HP-Drain Team Hyperbloom Team Vaporize Team

Thelxie's bonuses for Stage 4 of Purgation Counterstrike are highly advantageous for characters who scale with HP and have an HP-drain mechanic.

Rejuvenating Aria Event Guide

Purgation Counterstrike Stage 5

Thelxie Skill: Vital Aria	• For 20s after Prince Thelxie uses Triumphal Chorus, when active characters have more than 50% HP, that character's Normal Attacks, Charged Attacks, Plunging Attacks, and Elemental Skill deals 100% increased DMG. • Each attack that hits consumes 1% of the character's max HP. Can be triggered once every 0.3s.
Enemies
Recommended Teams	HP-Drain Team Hyperbloom Team

Thelxie's bonuses for Stage 5 of Purgation Counterstrike are also highly advantageous for characters who scale with HP, and mainly deal damage with Normal, Charged, Plunging Attack and Elemental Skills.

Chorus of Triumphal Advance Event Guide

Purgation Counterstrike Event Information

Purgation Counterstrike Release Date

Event Start	November 25, 2023
Event End	December 11, 2023
How to Unlock	Reach Adventure Rank 20+ Complete Archon Quest "Song of the Dragon and Freedom"

Purgation Counterstrike is the battle-oriented part of Version 4.2's flagship event, Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures! It is due to hit the live servers on November 25, 2023, and runs until December 11, 2023!

In this challenge, Travelers must defeat hordes of enemies within a certain period of time while coordinating with Prince Thelxie!

Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures Event Guide

How to Unlock Purgation Counterstrike

To unlock Purgation Counterstrike, Travelers must reach Adventure Rank 20 and complete the Archon Quest, Song of the Dragon and Freedom. After completing these prerequisites, the event will automatically be available once it goes live!

Prologue Act 3 Quest Guide

How to Play Purgation Counterstrike

Defeat Opponents in Time

Purgation Counterstrike will challenge Travelers to defeat multiple waves of enemies within a certain span of time. Doing so will complete the challenge, so be sure to have your best built characters up front and center!

Use Buffs and Attacks from Prince Thelxie

Throughout each challenge, the clockwork penguin Prince Thelxie will unleash attacks of its own while simultaneously bestowing buffs to your entire party!

Coordinate attacks with Prince Thelxie and use its many buffs to make completing these challenges a breeze!

Use Trial Characters

Travelers will be presented with trial characters throughout the challenge that they can select along with characters of their own.

Should you find yourself in need of a specific character that you think will make completing this challenge easier, or if you merely want to try the characters you don't have, then this option will be right up your alley!

Purgation Counterstrike Rewards

Swirling Vortex's Paean Stage 1 Rewards

Objective	Rewards
Obtain 2000 points	Primogem x60 Guide to Equity x3 Thelxie's Badge x5
Obtain 4000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x5 Mystic Enhancement Ore x5
Obtain 6000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x3 Mystic Enhancement Ore x3

Poem of Thunder Intertwined Stage 2 Rewards

Objective	Rewards
Obtain 2000 points	Primogem x60 Sanctifying Unction x6 Thelxie's Badge x5
Obtain 4000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x5 Mystic Enhancement Ore x5
Obtain 6000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x3 Mystic Enhancement Ore x3

Ode to the Winding Winds Stage 3 Rewards

Objective	Rewards
Obtain 2000 points	Primogem x60 Guide to Justice x3 Thelxie's Badge x5
Obtain 4000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x5 Mystic Enhancement Ore x5
Obtain 6000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x3 Mystic Enhancement Ore x3

Rejuvenating Aria Stage 4 Rewards

Objective	Rewards
Obtain 2000 points	Primogem x60 Sanctifying Unction x6 Thelxie's Badge x5
Obtain 4000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x5 Mystic Enhancement Ore x5
Obtain 6000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x3 Mystic Enhancement Ore x3

Chorus of Triumphal Advance Stage 5 Rewards

Objective	Rewards
Obtain 2000 points	Primogem x60 Guide to Order x3 Thelxie's Badge x5
Obtain 4000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x5 Mystic Enhancement Ore x5
Obtain 6000 points	Mora x30000 Hero's Wit x3 Mystic Enhancement Ore x3

Purgation Counterstrike offers a wide array of rewards to Travelers, such as Primogems, Mystic Enhancement Ores, Talent Level-Up Materials and more! This also includes Thelxie's Badges which you can accumulate to get Freminet for free!

We'll update this section once more rewards have been revealed!

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures Event Guide

Thelxie's Adventures Mini-Game Guides

Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures Event Guides
Motherboard Troubleshooting	Record of the Search For Glory	Purgation Counterstrike

Motherboard Troubleshooting Guides

Motherboard Troubleshooting Stages
Basic Circuit Structure	Beginner Open/Closed Principle	Concise Synchronous Strategy	Ingenious Assemblage Ideas
Efficient Signal Distribution	Precise Sequential Ranking	Asynchronous Signal Processing	Comprehensive Control and Mastery

Purgation Counterstrike Guides

Purgation Counterstrike Stage Guides
Swirling Vortex's Paean	Poem of Thunder Intertwined	Ode to the Winding Winds
Rejuvenating Aria	Chorus of Triumphal Advance

Thelxie's Adventures Quest Guides

Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures Quest Guides
Water Imp's Conjecture	Prince's Country
Miraculous Crown

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Free Freminet Reward	How to Get Thelxie's Badge
All Thelxie Morse Codes	Debug the Motherboard

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