Lantern-Lit Gathering is a Lantern Rite 2025 event in Genshin Impact 5.3 where you can claim one 4-star Liyue Character for free! See how to claim a character for free, and who to choose amongst the free Lantern Rite 4-Star characters here!

Lantern Rite 2025 Event Guides
Immortal Combat	Drills by Lamplight	Custom Envelope	Travel Journal
Daily Login Rewards	Daily Mail Rewards	Xiangling Skin	Free Liyue 4-Star

Lantern-Lit Gathering 5.3 Event Information

Free 4-Star Event for Lantern Rite 2025

Part of Springtime Charms Event

Lantern-Lit Gathering is part of the Springtime Charms for the Lantern Rite 2025. This invitation event features the new Anemo character, Lan Yan.

Lantern Rite 2025 Event Guide

How to Get Free 4-Star Character in Lantern-Lit Gathering

Obtain 1200 Festive Fever From Lantern Rite Events

To get the free 4-star Liyue character of your choice, you need to accumulate 1200 Festive Fever from the 2025 Lantern Rite mini-games!

This reward is already obtainable as early as January 26, 2025, or Part 2 of the event, as you will get enough Festive Fever by then, given that you complete most or all of the available mini-game objectives.

Choose Any 4-Star Character from Liyue

4-Star Characters from Liyue
Beidou	Ningguang	Xiangling	Xingqiu
Chongyun	Xinyan	Yanfei	Yun Jin
Yaoyao	Gaming	Lan Yan

Any 4-star character who hail from Liyue, including the upcoming character Lan Yan, are up-for-grabs thru the Lantern-Lit Gathering Event!

This means you'll be able to get one copy of them either for increasing the character's constellation or simply for completing your collection!

How to Unlock Constellations

Recommended Characters to Choose

Get the Recent Newest Characters!

Newest Characters
Lan Yan

Lan Yan is a great Anemo shielder that has the potency to rival that of more premium Shielder options. Her shield can absorb and adapt to any of the Swirlable elements on the field, making it especially effective against Elemental opponents.

Best DPS Characters

Recommended Characters
Xingqiu	Xiangling	Gaming
• High off-field damage with his Elemental Burst. • Reliably applies Hydro to set up strong Elemental Reactions.	• Excellent Pyro application. • Fits into most Pyro-related team comps.	• High base scalings for a 4-star Main DPS character.

Best Choices are Xingqiu, Xiangling, or Gaming

When you can't determine which one to choose, Xingqiu, Xiangling, and Gaming are three excellent options. These characters have the potential to effectively improve your team's overall damage!

Character Tier List

Character Constellations to Pick

If you already have most or all of the Liyue 4-Star Characters, you can make your pick based on their constellations! Lan Yan, Xiangling, Xingqiu, and Gaming, in particular, become even more powerful with higher constellations!

How to Unlock Constellations

Lantern-Lit Gathering Release Date

Releases on Version 5.3

Lantern-Lit Gathering is part of the Lantern Rite 2025 event, which released on January 24, 2025.

Version 5.3 Release Date and Details

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Lantern Rite 2025 Event Guide

Lantern Rite 2025 Event Guides

Lantern Rite 2025 Event Guides
Immortal Combat	Drills by Lamplight	Gift Envelope	Travel Journal

Festive Travel Journal Locations

Festive Travel Journal Event Guides
Fortune Coins	Sight Scopes	Launch Tubes

Drills by Lamplight Stage Guides

Drills by Lamplight Stages
Stage 1 - Fiery Assault	Stage 2 - General Insights	Stage 3 - Slowing Defense
Stage 4 - Chain Reaction	Stage 5 - Strike Where It Hurts	Stage 6 - Grand Finale

Other Lantern Rite 2025 Guides

Lantern Rite 2025 Event Guides
Daily Login Rewards	Daily Mail Rewards
Xiangling Skin	Free Liyue 4-Star
Character Locations	How to Get Festive Fever
Find the Rattan Figures

Lantern Rite 2025 Quest Guides

Lantern Rite 2025 Quest Guides
Springtime Charms First Stanza	Springtime Charms Second Stanza
Springtime Charms Third Stanza	Springtime Charms Final Stanza

Other Events and Schedule

List of Events