The Lantern Rite is one of the most rewarding events in Genshin Impact. Outside of the usual Primogems and upgrade materials, the annual commemoration lets you choose one 4-star character from Liyue to join your party.
It is particularly useful for newer players. Even if you already have the best ones, you can collect the latest characters like Lan Yan or chase higher constellations you have had a hard time getting.
All that said, here's how to get them in Genshin Impact and the best choice.
How To Get Free 4-Star Character In Genshin Impact Lantern Rite
You get a free 4-star character in Lantern Rite by simply playing its many sub-events in Genshin Impact. Similar to all the previous versions of the celebration, there will be three mini-games: Rattan Figures duels, a combat, and an envelope-designing event.
Completing the different stages of these events will fetch your Festival Fever, and once you have enough, you can pick the free character. Festival Fever is a progression meter and not a currency, and as you gain more fever more rewards will be unlocked.
All of these can be tracked right from the event menu.
Best 4-Star To Pick In Lantern Rite 2025
The best free characters to pick in Lantern Rite are Xingqiu and Xiangling. We recommend prioritizing constellations for Xingqiu (C4) and Xiangling (C5) before looking into other options. If you have both of them, other good picks are Yaoyao, Lan Yan, and Gaming (C6).
Xingqiu and Xiangling are still some of the best characters in the game. Our Guhua Guru is a staple of almost every vaporize, freeze or any other team that requires off-field Hydro application. Meanwhile, our Chef de Cuisine is an off-field Pyro DPS with excellent damage and application.
While other characters are good, these two are just a cut above the rest. In case you already have them, here’s the recommended order for choosing characters.
- Must picks: Xingqiu (C4) and Xiangling (C6).
- Great picks: Yaoyao and Lan Yan.
- Good picks: Gaming, Beidou, Yanfei, and Yun Jin.
- Avoid: Ningguang, Chongyun, and Xinyan.
Of course, we can't stop you from picking any characters you like, be it Xianyan. This ranking is more based on their strength, current meta, or how versatile they are.
If you have all the good characters, you can just pick the one you have C6 of, so you get 5 Starglitter that you can convert for a measly one wish. You can also pick the character you do not have in case you're one of those collectors who wants every single character.
That's everything about the best 4-star character to pick in Lantern Rite. Check out our beginner guide for Genshin Impact if you're a new player. It'll make sure you won't make the silly mistakes many of us made. And here's what is ahead for version 5.4 and beyond.