Adventure Rank 30–40 is where character progression in Genshin Impact starts becoming much more important.
Enemies become stronger, upgrade costs begin to rise, and players gain access to more domains, bosses, and character progression systems. At the same time, Original Resin becomes increasingly valuable because there are many different materials competing for it.
This is also the point where spreading your resources across too many characters can begin to slow your progress.
The short answer is simple:
At AR 30–40, strengthen one main team, prioritize character and weapon ascensions, level important Talents, prepare materials for future World Level increases, and continue avoiding heavy Artifact farming until AR 45.
Here is what you should prioritize.
1. Strengthen Your Main Team
At AR 30–40, your main team should become the center of your progression.
You do not need to build every character you own. Instead, focus your resources on a small group of characters that can comfortably handle quests, bosses, domains, and exploration.
A typical team may include:
- One main on-field damage dealer
- One or two characters providing off-field damage or reactions
- One support, healer, or shielder
The exact composition is less important than making sure the characters work well together.
Your main damage dealer should generally receive the most investment first.
2. Keep Your Main Character Near the Current Level Cap
As your Adventure Rank increases, new character ascension stages become available.
Your main damage dealer should usually stay close to the maximum level currently available to you.
Support characters do not always need the same investment immediately.
Prioritize:
- Main damage dealer
- Important sub-DPS characters
- Frequently used supports
- Other characters only when necessary
This prevents Mora and EXP materials from being spread across characters you rarely use.
3. Keep Your Main Weapon Upgraded
Weapons are one of the most reliable sources of additional damage during early and mid-game progression.
Your main damage dealer’s weapon should generally remain close to the highest level currently available.
After that, upgrade weapons used by important sub-DPS and support characters.
You do not need a 5-star weapon to progress comfortably.
Many 4-star weapons, including craftable and obtainable options, can remain useful far into the game.
4. Start Paying More Attention to Talents
Talents become increasingly important around AR 30–40.
Instead of leveling every Talent equally, identify which abilities actually contribute to each character’s role.
For example, an off-field support may rely heavily on their Elemental Skill or Burst while barely using Normal Attacks.
Prioritize:
- Your main DPS’s important damage Talents
- Frequently used Elemental Skills
- Frequently used Elemental Bursts
- Talents directly responsible for a support character’s main role
Avoid spending Talent materials on abilities you rarely use.
5. Spend Original Resin on Guaranteed Progress
Original Resin becomes increasingly valuable during this stage.
Most of your Resin should go toward upgrades that provide predictable improvements to your account.
Good Resin targets include:
- Character ascension materials
- Weapon ascension materials
- Talent materials
- Character EXP materials when needed
- Mora when needed
- Weekly bosses when their materials are useful to you
These upgrades provide guaranteed progression.
Artifact Domains are different because their rewards depend heavily on RNG.
That becomes especially important as you approach AR 45.
6. Do Not Seriously Farm Artifacts Yet
You can use Artifacts during AR 30–40, but this is still not the ideal stage for serious Artifact farming.
Equip useful pieces you naturally obtain from:
- Bosses
- Exploration
- Quests
- Domains completed for other reasons
- Adventure Rank rewards
Look primarily for useful main stats and set bonuses.
Do not worry about obtaining perfect substats.
At AR 45, the value of Artifact Domains improves significantly because the highest-level domains guarantee at least one 5-star Artifact per run.
Saving Fragile Resin for that stage is generally much more efficient.
7. Save Most of Your Fragile Resin
Fragile Resin restores Original Resin, but using large amounts of it before AR 45 is usually unnecessary.
Your regular Original Resin is enough for normal progression.
Saving Fragile Resin gives you a larger pool of farming resources once high-level Artifact Domains become available.
You do not need to treat Fragile Resin as something you can never use, but avoid spending large amounts without a specific reason.
8. Prepare Before Increasing Your World Level
One of the easiest mistakes to make is reaching a higher World Level while your main team is underprepared.
Before major Adventure Rank thresholds, check whether your important characters are ready for stronger enemies.
Prepare:
- Character ascension materials
- Weapon ascension materials
- Talent materials
- Character EXP materials
- Weapon EXP materials
- Mora
Preparing these resources ahead of time can make the next World Level much smoother.
9. Continue Unlocking Teleport Waypoints and Statues
Exploration still matters during AR 30–40.
You do not need to complete every region at 100%, but unlocking important travel points makes future farming much easier.
Prioritize:
- Statues of The Seven
- Teleport Waypoints
- Important domain locations
- Boss locations
- Areas containing materials used by your characters
This reduces the amount of time you will spend traveling when you begin farming specific resources repeatedly.
10. Collect Materials While Exploring
Many character upgrades require regional specialties and enemy drops.
Instead of waiting until you urgently need them, collect useful materials while completing quests and exploring.
Pay particular attention to materials required by characters you actively use.
This includes:
- Local specialties
- Common enemy drops
- Elite enemy drops
- Ore
- Cooking ingredients when convenient
You do not need to farm everything you see. Focus on materials connected to characters and weapons you actually plan to build.
11. Do Not Build Too Many Characters at Once
AR 30–40 is often where resource shortages become noticeable.
Building many characters simultaneously requires large amounts of:
- Mora
- Character EXP
- Ascension materials
- Talent materials
- Weapon materials
- Resin
A focused account usually progresses more smoothly than an account trying to level every new character immediately.
Build your core team first.
You can expand your roster later when your main characters are already capable of handling higher-level content.
AR 30–40 Priority Checklist
Highest Priority
- Strengthen one main team
- Keep your main damage dealer near the current level cap
- Keep your main weapon upgraded
- Upgrade important Talents
- Farm required ascension materials
- Spend Resin on guaranteed progression
- Prepare for upcoming World Level increases
Do Along the Way
- Unlock useful Teleport Waypoints
- Unlock domains and boss locations
- Collect regional specialties
- Gather enemy materials
- Complete quests and continue exploration
- Learn which reactions work best with your team
Don’t Worry About Yet
- Perfect Artifact substats
- Complete 5-star Artifact sets
- Building every character
- Maximizing every Talent
- 100% exploration
- Creating multiple fully built teams
When Should You Start Farming Artifacts?
For most players, AR 45 is the major turning point for serious Artifact farming.
Before then, character levels, weapons, Talents, and ascensions usually provide more predictable value for your Resin.
Once you reach AR 45, the highest-level Artifact Domains guarantee at least one 5-star Artifact per run.
That changes how you should spend your Resin and marks the beginning of a different stage of account progression.
Final Advice
AR 30–40 is primarily about preparing your account for the harder progression stages ahead.
You do not need perfect builds yet.
A well-leveled core team with upgraded weapons and important Talents is much more valuable than several partially built characters with incomplete Artifact sets.
Focus on guaranteed upgrades, collect the materials you will need later, and avoid rushing into expensive Artifact farming too early.
By the time you reach AR 40 and begin approaching AR 45, your account should be prepared for the transition into higher-level character building and Artifact farming.
