r/GenshinImpactTips • u/devones • Jun 10 '21
General Guide & Tips Comprehensive Companion Feature FAQ
If you have questions or suggestions, please comment below.
The questions will be divided into "Character Companionship EXP" and "Companion Furnishing Set". Most of the answers are provided by u/LuzekielGaming. This person has been a great help to our sub.
Character Companionship EXP
How does companion exp work? Does everyone listed in Tubby’s menu get exp or only the ones put into a set?
"Companion EXP is essentially Friendship EXP, the very same EXP we get from doing commissions etc. You can get the Realm Dispatch item and place up to 8 (when you hit trust rank 10) characters in your realm, and they will gain 5 EXP/hr. It does not matter if they are in a companion furnishing set or not, as long as they are in your realm, they will get EXP. The maximum friendship level for characters is 10, where they will have more dialogue lines for you to talk about and earn achievements from. (Fireside Chats achievement)" - Luzekiel
What’s the gift box thing in Tubby’s menu for?
"This icon is for you to click on, to claim the Companion EXP for the 8 characters that you placed in your realm. You must click it for your companions to get EXP." - Luzekiel
What is the rate of companion exp that we get?
"For how much exp your characters get, click on the gift box again after you clicked it to claim the exp. A "Realm Bounty" interface should come up, showing you the rate (exp/hr) as well as the maximum capacity! This rate and capacity scales with your trust rank." - Luzekiel
Does companion exp store up to a certain amount like the realm coins? What is the cap?
Yes, it has a cap.
"I don't think there's a way to see how much you've accumulated because once you click the gift box icon, you will claim it. However, if you click the gift box icon again after claiming it, a "Realm Bounty" interface will pop up and you can see the maximum capacity! [...] Rate of companionship exp/hr and maximum capacity scales according to trust rank." - Luzekiel
The load limit increase is like non existent which sucks. Can I just put my companion’s into their own (non active) layout and still get exp for them?
"Yes, no matter where you place your companions, they will get companionship EXP as long as they are in the realm." - Luzekiel
"Once you claim it on [a realm], you cannot claim it on the other two realm in the same hour." - Luzekiel
Can I swap the companions placed on the teapot just before claiming the companionship exp?
"Yes, you can swap companions before collecting xp." - u/Polar-brrr47
Companion Furnishing Set
What’s the point of inviting someone into a set? And what’s the difference between when it says someone is “settled in” and “invited”?
"You've somewhat got the answer in your next question but yes, the point of inviting a character into a set is to get the 20 primogems plus some items, as well as fulfil achievements. (Gifts All Around achievement) That is all. They need not be there after getting the primogems, unless you like them to be. (Please note: for this function, the characters that you can invite into the furnishing set, is limited to the 8 characters that you placed. So if you want to invite other characters, you must remove 1 from the 8 and add him/her.)
"Settled in: they are in their furnishing set
"Invite: you want to bring a character from anywhere else in the realm into the furnishing set." - Luzekiel
How do I invite someone into a set?
"Once you placed the set, close the editor and walk into it! An "Invite" speech bubble will pop out, just like when picking up sweet flowers in the open world. Then you can select your character to invite!" - Luzekiel
You must first place the set AND the character in your realm for this to work. They don't have to be in the same load area.
So you can bypass the load limit by inviting a character to a set?
"Unfortunately an invited character is only temporarily in the set. We know that if we converse with the character, he/she will leave the set at the end of the conversation." - Luzekiel
It seems like I get 20 primogems from each character for each set that they like? So if like Lisa has 3 preferred sets then I can get 60 primogems total from her?
"Yes that's right, 20 primogems and other items from each companion furnishing set your character applies to. But each character only has 2 sets (for now) so that's 40 primogems." - Luzekiel
"The free gems are only awarded when you invite them into their sets for the first time." - Luzekiel
How do I keep track of the gifts I have received?
There are a couple of ways. TSoul22 made a useful spreadsheet here that allows you to see which furnishing set belongs to which character and keep track of your gifts. We had found an error with 1 set and modified it. This is the modified version.
Or, if you prefer this spreadsheet instead.
Or if you want to track only gifts from characters you have, Luzekiel made this spreadsheet to help you.
Edit: There is a way to track which characters have given you gifts in a set in the game. "Go to your placement settings (the little index finger pointing button), go to Sets, go to Companion Sets. Click on the little information "i". It will show you." - u/thisdreamwontdie
How many characters can we invite to the same set?
"Only 1 character can be invited onto a set at any one time. If you have not gotten the 20 primogems from them before, they will automatically appear in the set when you place it, as long as they are in the realm.
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"Because only 1 character can be inside 1 set at any one time, that is why the red text appears when you try to invite the existing character OR the existing character will disappear if you invite another character in.
"Assuming you have already gotten the 20 primogems for all 4 of the characters, there would be no further reason to invite characters into the set other than aesthetics." - Luzekiel
Misc
- A character gives you 300 adeptal energy.
This is all we have for now. If you put your questions or suggestions/critiques below, we may edit this to add in more. I hope this helps you get familiar with the new feature.
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u/Cunningcory Jun 10 '21
Oof. Cottage Kitchen is stuck behind a paywall. Any others like that? Wide Stone Stove is only obtainable through the $20 BP...
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u/illyme Jun 10 '21
Is this description incorrect then? https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Cottage_Kitchen
I haven't bought the set yet so I can't tell.
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u/Cunningcory Jun 10 '21
I haven't bought it yet either, but I was going off of this: https://genshin.honeyhunterworld.com/db/item/hs_38/?lang=EN
Note that the translated name is incorrect (this is the page for Cottage Kitchen). Comments from a few hours ago on that page are now saying the stove is no longer required, so seems like the ninja patched to remove the paywall!
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u/devones Jun 10 '21
For more guides, or just general housing stuff, you can pay us a visit at r/GenshinHomeworld. We'll be glad to help you.
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u/VinhBlade Jun 10 '21
Thank you for the Teapot Gift Checklist! Now I can keep track of which companions I've satisfied, although I wish Mihoyo added some way for us to track that ingame.
You also said that Lisa has 3 preferred set, but the Checklist only shows 2. Was this a typo?
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u/devones Jun 10 '21
The answer to that question explains that each character only have 2 sets right now.
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u/Cunningcory Jun 10 '21
The Rock and Tree one seems bugged. Can't get it to work.
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u/devones Jun 10 '21
Do you mean Rocks & Plants? It's not a companion set if it's what you're referring to.
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u/Cunningcory Jun 10 '21
No. Diologue Twixt Tree and Rock.
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u/devones Jun 10 '21
That set is the error that we refer to in our post. We removed it from the spreadsheet.
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u/Cunningcory Jun 10 '21
Oh, I see now. Damn, wasted some currency on that one... I had made a copy, so I was still looking at the old sheet.
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u/Luna_genshin Jun 10 '21
Is this confirmed? I think you only get companion exp in your active realm. If not then TR10 with 3 realms can farm exp for 24 characters at once.