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Stygian Onslaught is a boss rush endgame mode and the hardest permanent content in Genshin Impact. See the next reset for Stygian Onslaught, including how to unlock, how to play, and all the rewards here in this guide!
| Stygian Onslaught Guides | |
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Event Info |
6.1 Luna II Stage Guide |
List of Contents
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| December 10, 2025 - January 13, 2026 |
The next Stygian Onslaught in Version 6.2 Luna III starts on December 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM Server Time.
With that in mind, all bosses resets like normal when the stages change, including a new Disturbance Outbreak State.
Once the Disturbance Outbreak State ends, players can no longer collect artifact rewards after completing a Battlefield challenge, but can still play the rest of Stygian Onslaught as usual until the event ends.
| Asia Servers (UTC+8) | Stygian Onslaught starts on |
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| EU Servers (UTC+1) | Stygian Onslaught starts on [timer:(2025,12,10,00,00):JST] |
| NA Servers (UTC-5) | Stygian Onslaught starts on |
| Asia Servers (UTC+8) | Dire Commendation starts on |
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| EU Servers (UTC+1) | Dire Commendation starts on |
| NA Servers (UTC-5) | Dire Commendation starts on |

See our full endgame guide for the Version 6.1 September 2025 reset below:
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The Frostnight Herra demands the use of Lunar Reaction or Multi-Element teams to prevent it from gaining Elemental Resistance during its charging state. As such, full Lunar-Bloom or Lunar-Charge teams work the best.
Lunar teams are preferred since dealing Lunar DMG during the Herra's charging state will not make it immune to any element. Otherwise, Dual DPS teams that can benefit each other Off-Field are also able to complement each other well against this boss.
The Battle-Hardened Lightkeeper functions the same as the Nod-Krai Sigurd Local Legend, and teams with access to the Ascendant Gleam Moonsign are highly incentivized.
With that in mind, Lunar-Bloom or Lunar-Charge are able to pierce through its Wild Hunt healthbar easily, as Ascendant Gleam lets you deal direct DMG to its gray health bar. Otherwise, any team with good grouping and Elemental DMG can whittle down its HP.
The Veteran Frost Operative is unique in the sense that it requires characters that can either cleanse Bond of Life, or requires Shielders that can ignore the Bond of Life affliction mechanic altogether.
Any team with high damage output can quickly burn through the Frost Operative's health and Shield bars.
Best Team Comp | Party Building Guide

The event domain for Stygian Onslaught is located north of Mingyun Village, right beside a Teleport Waypoint. Interact with the ley line disturbance to enter the Stygian Onslaught challenge menu!

During the challenge, you must go to three separate Battlefields and fight time-limited battles. When all opponents in the three battlefields have been defeated, the challenge is considered complete for this difficulty level.
The higher the Difficulty, the stronger the enemies become. Each Difficulty also has mechanics that will make the battle more difficult for players.
| Difficulty | Level Conditions |
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| 1 - Normal | Unlocked from the start Rewards from Solo/Co-Op Random Match Co-Op Available |
| 2 - Advancing | Unlocked from the start Rewards from Solo/Co-Op Random Match Co-Op Available |
| 3 - Hard | Unlocked from the start Rewards from Solo/Co-Op Random Match Co-Op Available |
| 4 - Menacing | Complete Hard Difficulty Rewards from Solo/Co-Op Invite Co-Op Only No Repeat Characters in each Battlefield |
| 5 - Fearless | Complete Menacing Difficulty Rewards from Solo only Invite Co-Op Only No Repeat Characters in each Battlefield |
| 6 - Dire | Complete Fearless Difficulty Rewards from Solo only No Co-Op Available No Repeat Characters in each Battlefield |
Stygian Onslaught has up to 6 Difficulty Levels available. However, Difficulty Level 4 and above requires completing the challenge on the Difficulty Level below it.
You can still complete Fearless difficulty in Co-Op mode, but you cannot collect rewards for it.
Dire Difficulty Level 6 also requires players to complete Difficulty Level 5 in Single Player Mode. Similarly, the rewards for Difficulty 6 can only be claimed by doing it in Single Player.

On Stygian Onslaught's Dire final difficulty, there are special objectives in play, as well as even more limiting conditions that make it into a true challenge for even the most seasoned players.
In order to earn the Sublimation weapon skins, Dire has the added objective of requiring you to complete the entire Stygian Onslaught challenge within 180s.
This means you must complete each battlefield at an average of 60 seconds in order to clear this objective.
The enemies present in Stygian Onslaught's Dire difficulty have significantly more health and deal far more damage than even their Fearless counterparts, requiring players to be able to output tremendous damage in order to clear it.
As this is the Dire difficulty challenge, any buffs that the Exalted Ones receive are not in play during Dire difficulty, meaning you must make do with the whole challenge solely relying on the strength of your own characters.

If you are having a hard time completing the challenge alone, you can also invite teammates and clear the stages in Co-Op to acquire most of the rewards together!
Note that you cannot collect rewards for clearing Level 5 and Level 6 Difficulty in Co-Op.

When characters are used by other players to clear Dire Difficulty Level 6, they become Exalted Ones. In Difficulty Level 5 and below, Exalted Ones gain Eminent Boon and receives additional buffs when added to the party.
There can be a total of 16 Exalted Ones at any point in the challenge. Exalted ones are revealed two hours after the Stygian Onslaught event starts, and will refresh every day at 04:00 AM (Server Time) for the duration of the event.

Players can choose the Artifact Sets they wish to receive as a reward for completing the Stygian Onslaught challenges through the Reward Settings!
For the first 10 days of the event, Travelers can obtain extra artifact rewards by using any kind of Resin after clearing any stage at Difficulty Level 3 or higher.
This is known as the Disturbance Outbreak state and will always refresh whenever Stygian Onslaught resets.
List of Artifact Sets and Stats

| Cycle Frequency | Opens 8 Days after the start of a new Version |
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| Version 6.06 Cycle Start | September 17, 2025 |
| Version 6.0 Cycle End | October 21, 2025 |
| How to Unlock | Complete Archon Quest Prologue Act 3 Reach Adventure Rank 20 (Optional) Interlude Chapter Act 2 |
| Rewards |
Stygian Onslaught is a permanent combat event where Travelers can farm artifacts. Try to defeat the bosses on the highest difficulty to get more rewards!
Each cycle of Stygian Onslaught runs for 5 weeks and ends when a new Version goes live. The next phase of Stygian Onslaught begins eight days after a Version update.
Other Current & Upcoming Events
Stygian Onslaught and some of its rewards can be challenged and acquired in Co-Op with other Travelers in your world, making it a more efficient way to tackle the challenge.
| Genshin Co-Op Boards | ||
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Complete the Prologue Act 3 Archon Quest, Song of the Dragon and Freedom and reach at least Adventure Rank 20 to unlock the starting quest for the event.
Prologue Act 3 Archon Quest Guide

While it is not required, Players can also complete the Interlude Chapter Act 2 - Perilous Trail for the complete experience in the event.
Interlude Chapter Act 2 Quest Guide

To unlock the event, you must go to the Teleport Waypoint south of Sal Terrae and north of Mingyun Village in Liyue. You will automatically be in a cutscene with Yelan and Keqing, after which you have to approach the ley line disturbance for another short scene.
After completing a challenge in Stygian Onslaught for the first time, there will be another short cutscene for the follow-up quest A Defensive Strategy.

Players can obtain two new items that allow you to change any weapon's appearance after completing Dire difficulty within 180 seconds!
Radiant Phantasm: Incursion Repeller and Radiant Phantasm: Incursion Repeller - Sublimation have slight differences in Weapon Skin appearance, and will expire at the beginning of the next Stygian Onslaught season.
Weapon Skins How to Get and Equip
| Objective | Rewards |
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| Complete the challenge on Normal or higher difficulty | |
| Complete the challenge on Advancing or higher difficulty | |
| Complete the challenge on Hard or higher difficulty | |
| Complete the challenge on Menacing or higher difficulty |
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| Complete the challenge on Fearless or higher difficulty in single-player mode |
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| Complete the challenge on Dire difficulty in single-player mode | |
| Complete the challenge on Dire difficulty in single-player mode within 180 seconds |
Players can receive a total of 450 Primogems for clearing Difficulty Level 1 to Difficulty Level 3. Each Difficulty gives 150 Primogems when completed.
Aside from Primogems, players can also obtain Dust of Enlightenment by clearing Difficulty Level 4. They can obtain another Dust of Enligthenment by clearing Difficulty Level 5 in Single-Player Mode.
| Resin Type | Dire Prestige Progress |
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After finishing a battle on Difficulty Level 3 or above, players can earn Dire Prestige by using any type of Resin to collect Artifact rewards. For every 120 Dire Prestige earned during the cycle, players receive an extra 5-Star Artifact.
Players will also receive another Dust of Enlightenment when they obtain 1,200 Dire Prestige.
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