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Season 18 Guide for Imaginarium Theater
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Performance Tour Season 18 is the eighteenth overall Imaginarium Theater Season in Genshin Impact as of December 2025! Check out the Performance Tour's Season 18 challenge details, best characters and teams, and how to beat it here.
| Imaginarium Theater Quick Guides | |||
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 Imaginarium Theater |
 Season 18 6.1 Luna II Guide |
 Supporting Cast Board |
 Thespian Tricks |
List of Contents
Season 18 Best Characters
Opening Characters and Special Guests
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Special Guests Only Available if You Have the Character
Aside from the Opening Characters, you can invite the 4 Special Guests Mona, Fischl, Mualani, and Albedo for this season.
Take note that these characters are only available if you personally have them, but you can always borrow someone else's Special Guest if you so desire, using the Supporting Cast system.
Recommended Alternate and Supporting Cast Characters
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Make Sure Your Supporting Cast is Pyro, Cryo, and Anemo
Aside from the Special Guests, the only characters available in this season are Pyro, Cryo, and Anemo. Be sure to choose these as your Supporting Cast for other players to use!
If you need another player's built characters to give your team that much-needed edge in the Theater grounds, consult our request board below!
| Genshin Co-Op Boards | ||
|---|---|---|
 Friend Request Board |
 Co-Op Board |
Supporting Cast Board |
Possible Team Comps
Regarding Team Comps
Generally speaking, the early Act 6 and below do not have many specific element requirements.
However, it's important to note that Act 8 and Act 10's boss requires Cryo and Pyro, respectively. It's best to keep in mind to save at least one cryo for Act 8 and one pyro for Act 10.
Act 1 - 3
| Any Team Archetype | |||
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| Any | Any | Any | Any |
| Pyro Core DPS (Boss) | |||
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Pyro
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Any | Any | Any |
During Acts 1 and 2, feel free to use any team available to you. Just be mindful of your lineup if you need to save a specific character for later stages.
Act 3 has an Electro Primo Geovishap. Either Pyro or Cryo teams can work, but we recommend using Pyro instead, as the element has an abundance of DPS characters, especially if you need to save up Cryo DPS characters for later. Otherwise, save up the units depending on your lineup.
Act 4 - 6
| Any Team Archetype | |||
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| Any | Any | Any | Any |
| Bow Teams (Boss) | |||
| Bow Unit | Any | Any | Any |
Acts 6's Aeonblight Drake does not have a specific elemental weakness, but bringing one Bow Character is a must-have to take it back to the ground when it flies.
Act 4's Monolith Defense specifically benefits from units that can group enemies. Since Anemo is one of the elements available for this season, teams centered around Anemo characters that have grouping capabilities have an advantage, but not necessarily a requirement.
Act 7 - 8
| Any Team Archetype | |||
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| Any | Any | Any | Any |
| Cryo Core Teams (Boss) | |||
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Cryo
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Any | Any | Any |
Solitary Suanni in Act 8 requires a Cryo to trigger freeze during its Hydro Ult phase. Teams that have Escoffier or Layla has a huge advantage as they apply cryo consistently off-field
For Act 7, there's not much of a specific team comp that you can bring here. Feel free to bring any teams you have, but save up your Pyro Characters for Acts 9 and 10.
Act 9 - 10
| Any Team Archetype | |||
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| Any | Any | Any | Any |
| Pyro Core Teams (Boss) | |||
| Shielder | Any | Any | Any |
Act 9 features bounty target enemies. Single-Target DPS has an advantage here to focus on the bounty. Bring a Pyro Character in case you encounter the Frostarm Lawachurl bounties.
Act 10 has the Gluttonous Yumkasaur Mountain King as the boss. Pyro Characters have a huge advantage as they can ignite the Flamegranates to deal damage against the Yumkasaur.
Xiangling can ignite all the Flamegranates during her Elemental Burst, making it easy work to fight the boss.
Lunar Mode: Arcana Challenges
| Electro-Charged | |||
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 Electro
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 Hydro
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Any | Any |
| Single-target DPS Teams (Boss) | |||
| Single-target DPS | Any | Any | Any |
The Arcana Challenges for this season features Ruin Graders, Ruin Guards, and Ruin Drakes.
In this stage, Cryo Bursts will periodically be set off, dealing Cryo DMG to your character.
Do note for this stage: You need to defeat 17 Ruin Enemies within 5 minutes. It's advisable to bring a shielder as Cryo Bursts will periodically be set off, dealing Cryo DMG to your character.
For Arcana 2 Challenge, this stage features Consecrated Scorpion and Consecrated Fanged. Neither Electro nor Dendro is available this season, so you'll have to brute force them. Bring your strong units for this stage.
Best Characters to Use
| Act 3 | |||
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Gaming
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Chongyun
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Xianyun
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Layla
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Lyney
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Bennett
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Lynette
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Lan Yan
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| Act 8 | |||
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Wriothesley
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Rosaria
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Dehya
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Sucrose
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| Act 10 | |||
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Hu Tao
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Xiangling
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Fischl
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Chevreuse
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Lunar Mode: Arcana Challenge |
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Klee
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Albedo
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Mika
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Thoma
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Lunar Mode: Arcana Challenge (Boss) |
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Arlecchino
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Bennett
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Fischl
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Chevreuse
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All characters, including the opening characters and guest stars, will still be selected at random.
However, here is a list of example team comps for characters to use for each Act's boss fight.
Skirk can still be used for Act 8, as Solitary Suanni has an innate Hydro aura to trigger freeze.
Fischl and Chevreuse are used under the assumption they have not been used elsewhere.
Season 18 Act 1 - 3 Guide
Pre-Boss Priorities (Act 1 - 2)
 Pick an early main reaction (preferably anything Pyro or Cryo related) and select Companion events to broaden your lineup. Choose wisely which one you'll invest in. |
| Invest some of your points on Blessings to enhance Pyro-core teams to prepare yourself for future stages. |
| Alternatively, you can opt to get Anemo Blessings. This is to help you in clearing stages by using fodder units to save more important units for later. |
With the Opening Characters, your priority is to check and see which of these units you plan to bring into the later levels, and consume the energy of the ones more suited for fodder opponents.
With the rest of your currency, you can opt to purchase blessings to enhance your damage right off the bat or later on, as these boons can drastically improve clear times with proper usage.
General Strategy (Act 1 - 2)
Start Saving Your Best Units
Feel free to use characters that can be sacrificed in early stages since Acts 1-2 does not have a particular weakness. Use this chance to save characters for later stages, particularly Acts 8 and 10. Characters like Skirk and Arlecchino, for example, are highly valuable in Acts 8 and 10, respectively.
Act 3 Climactic Showdown
 Primo Geovishap
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In Act 3's boss fight, you will face an Electro variant of the Primo Geovishap. It doesn't have a particular weakness, but generally, you would want to have a Shielder to counter its Primordial Shower; this is the move when the Primo Geovishap fires a beam into the ground, dealing massive AoE DMG.
Defeat the Opponent Within 70s
To defeat the Primo Geovishap in a short time, the boss doesn't have a particular elemental reaction it is weak against, but if you can afford it, utilize strong Pyro Characters to deal with it quickly. Generally, Pyro characters have an abundance of DPS characters, so they'll have more in stock for later stages. Bring a shielder to counter the Primordial Shower, dealing damage against it.
As mentioned in the Pre-strategy section, maximize the use of your Blessings, as even blessings like Pyro/Anemo are valuable here.
Season 18 Act 4 - 6 Guide
Pre-Boss Priorities (Act 4 - 5)
| Spend points on Companion events, inviting most of your Characters (especially Pyro and Cryo). |
| Spend the remainder of your points to get any chosen Blessings. The Pyro Blessings in general are amazing for this Performance in general. |
| Save a Bow unit with at least 1 Vigor for Act 6. |
Upon reaching Act 4, you will have lost a portion of your opening characters and may have one or two uses left for the rest, so start unlocking your more powerful personal units, especially Pyro and Cryo units for later stages.
Act 4 Strategy
Choose Your Monolith Defense Wisely
Act 4 is the Monolith Defense, and since you have access to Anemo units, units that can group like Venti and Sucrose are highly appreciated for this stage.
Act 5 Strategy
Fodder Units Gain More Value
Act 5 can be argued as one of the last easy fights you will have on the Theater Grounds, which makes using fodder units here more effective as they can spare the energy of a more important unit.
Act 6 Climactic Showdown
 Aeonblight Drake
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The Aeonblight Drake in Act 6 requires you to bring a Bow unit to take it back down once it flies around.
Defeat the Opponent Within 80s
The Aeonblight Drake will eventually gain resistance to the last element that it took damage with. Shoot the cores on its wings to bring it back down.
Utilize reactions like Swirl and Melt to expedite the process of defeating it, especially if you have blessings related to those reactions.
Season 18 Act 7 - 8 Guide
Pre-Boss Priorities (Act 7 and Act 8)
| Start unlocking your strongest Cryo and Pyro characters. |
| Have Cryo unit/s ready for Act 8. |
| Upgrade your Blessings to aid you in your reactions. |
Around this time, you can start to unlock more of your Hydro units in preparation for Act 10's boss fight. Make sure you have an Electro unit available for Act 8.
Act 7 Strategy
You can refresh from the number of events until you get a Combat Event that does not lend any advantages or disadvantages to an Element, allowing you to pick and choose any character so long as they can reliably damage foes.
Also, try to look out for the Mystery Caches to get some of your other units back, so you can have a wider variety of options to choose from when building a team comp.
Act 8 Climactic Showdown
 Solitary Suanni
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Act 8's Solitary Suanni requires your team to trigger Freeze during its Hydro Ult phase, where it applies a Hydro aura to itself.
It also has an Anemo Ult phase, but any element is sufficient as long as you can trigger Swirls to the orbs around it.
Defeat the Opponent Within 75s
To effectively deal with this boss, bring at least one Cryo character that can consistently apply a Cryo aura to trigger a freeze during its Hydro phase.
Escoffier is amazing at this job as she can apply continuous Cryo DMG from off-field. Alternatively, Layla, Charlotte, and Diona are sufficient enough.
Lunar Mode: Arcana Challenges Guide
Arcana Challenge I
 Ruin Grader
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 Ruin Guard
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 Ruin Drake - Earthguard
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Ruin Drake - Skywatch
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Note: If you're in Lunar Mode, you must do the Arcana Challenges before Act 10, as otherwise it will end the performance.
Arcana Challenge I Strategy
Utilize Melt
For this challenge, waves of Ruin Machines will constantly spawn. These Ruin Machines have no particular elemental requirements against them. However, they're enemies that have a lot of poise, meaning they can't be crowd-controlled.
Make sure to bring Pyro and Cryo characters and maximize the transformative reaction that they can do to expedite the process.
However, do note that you must defeat 9 enemies within 5 minutes and the stage will periodically have Cryo Bursts and reduce the timer by 30 seconds for every kill. It's imperative that you bring a Healer or Shielder unit as well.
Arcana Challenge II (Boss)
 Consecrated Scorpion
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 Consecrated Fanged Beast
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Arcana Challenge II (Boss) Strategy
Bring Your Strongest Team
The Consecrated Beasts for this stage require specific elements to fill up their Energy Block quickly. However, they require Electro and Dendro, which are not available for this performance, except for Fischl. The best strategy is to brute force this stage, and we recommend bringing your strongest team for this.
Defeat the Opponent Within 70s
Maximize your damage by using Melt or even Swirl. Make use of the blessings that you have acquired during the early stages.
Fischl is good at dealing with the Consecrated Scorpion as she is Electro. If she is available, she is highly valuable for this stage.
Season 18 Act 9 - 10 Guide
Pre-Boss Priorities (Act 9 and Act 10)
| Leave your best damage Pyro characters for Act 10. |
| Use Single-target DPS units for Act 9. |
| Spend the remainder of your points on the more beneficial Blessing upgrades or Mystery Caches buffs that increase DPS, especially Pyro-related buffs. |
By this point in time, you should have enough energy to use up your last spare DPS units for Act 9's bounty units, and your main Pyro DPS for Act 10's final boss.
If you have the spare currency, you can use it on mystery caches to try and get some units back.
Act 9 Strategy
Focus on the Bounty Units
Similar to previous seasons, Act 9 requires you to kill certain Bounty units that spawn alongside a never-ending wave of enemies until you complete the challenge.
Single-target DPS units shine here due to their ability to effectively assassinate the one enemy that needs to be taken down in a horde.
Act 10 Climactic Showdown
 Gluttonous Yumkasaur Mountain King
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The final act boss in Act 10 is the Gluttonous Yumkasaur Mountain King. It's highly recommended that you bring Pyro unit/s to quickly ignite the Flamegranates.
Defeat the Opponent Within 75s
Make sure to bring Pyri-core teams for this boss. Arlecchino, Mavuika, and Xiangling are good for this as they consistently deal Pyro DMG and are generally good.
Since Fischl is available as a Special Guest, you can also opt for a Chevreuse Overload if she's still available.
Season 18 Basic Information
Challenge Information
| Easy Mode |
• You must select 8 characters to participate in the challenge • Characters has reached Lv. 60 • You can invite 1 Supporting Cast character(s) |
|---|---|
| Normal Mode |
• You must select 12 characters to participate in the challenge • Characters has reached Lv. 60 • You can invite 1 Supporting Cast character(s) |
| Hard Mode |
• You must select 16 characters to participate in the challenge • Characters has reached Lv. 70 • You can invite 1 Supporting Cast character(s) |
| Visionary Mode |
• You must select 22 characters to participate in the challenge. • Add up to 26 characters. For each extra character added, you will obtain buffs corresponding to the number of extras. • Characters has reached Lv. 70 • You can invite 1 Supporting Cast character(s) |
| Lunar Mode |
• You must select 28 characters to participate in the challenge. • Add up to 32 characters. For each extra character added, you will obtain buffs corresponding to the number of extras. • Characters has reached Lv. 70 • You can invite 1 Supporting Cast character(s) |
The Performance Tour is a series of combat stages in Imaginarium Theater. The Tour consists of four difficulties, with the main difference being the level of enemies, entry requirements, and the rewards you can obtain.
Each Performance Tour season will last the whole month, which means for every start of a month, a new season starts.
Fantastical Blessings
| Fantastical Blessing (Season 18) | ||
|---|---|---|
| After the chosen Opening Characters join your party, Max HP, Attack, and DEF are increased by 20%. |
Each season will also provide Fantastical Blessings to all Opening Characters. These blessings provide buffs that persist even outside of Imaginarium Theater, which means that these characters are buffed in the overworld and even in the Spiral Abyss!
Season 18 Rewards
Monthly Rewards (Season 18)
| Act 1 |
 Primogem
x60 Mora
x50,000 |
|---|---|
| Act 2 |
Primogem
x60 Mora
x50,000 |
| Act 3 |
Primogem
x100 Mora
x50,000 Toy Medal
x1 |
| Act 4 |
Primogem
x60 Mora
x50,000 |
| Act 5 |
Primogem
x60 Mora
x50,000 |
| Act 6 |
Primogem
x100 Mora
x50,000 Toy Medal
x1 |
| Act 7 |
Primogem
x60 Mora
x50,000 |
| Act 8 |
Primogem
x120 Mora
x50,000 Toy Medal
x1 |
| Act 9 |
Primogem
x60 Mora
x50,000 |
| Act 10 |
Primogem
x120 Mora
x50,000 |
The Performance Tour tab on the rewards preview is the seasonal boons you can claim after completing Acts. These rewards will reset every month.
Debut Performance Rewards
| Act 1 | Primogem
x100 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
|---|---|
| Act 2 | Primogem
x100 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 3 | Primogem
x200 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 4 | Primogem
x100 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 5 | Primogem
x100 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 6 | Primogem
x200 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 Midlander Billet Trove x1 |
| Act 7 | Primogem
x100 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 8 | Primogem
x200 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 9 | Primogem
x150 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 10 | Primogem
x250 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 11 | Primogem
x150 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
| Act 12 | Primogem
x150 Mora
x80,000 Hero's Wit
x5 |
Debut Performance rewards are obtained after completing each stage on top of the Performance Tour rewards, but they can only be obtained once and will not reset every month.
Genshin Impact Related Guides
Performance Tour Season 18 Guide
| Performance Tour December 2025 |
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| How to Beat Season 18 (December 2025) |
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Envisaged Echoes Stage Guides
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Traveler about 1 month
Traveler about 1 monthI just came here to say this. For me, it wasn't the party itself, it was them telling me to invest heavily into dendro reactions at the begining. Screwed me over because dendro does nothing to that boss. Guess I'll restart and do it right and invest into ELECTRO reactions 🙄 I had went all in with dendro and hydro reaction and yeah, now it is pointless.
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I think the guide itself is fine. Dendro is good for Act 1 since you have access to Dendro characters like Alhaitham, who is also a single-target and good against Maguu Kenki. They did say to invest into hydro blessings after act 6. What I think they're trying to do is like a preparation for a hyperblom team for Act 10 since the emperor is weak against that reaction.