Watch out, our Genshin Impact Xilonen build is here to sharpen this kitty’s claws! A powerful geo sword-wielder, Xilonen has a truly unique kit that allows you to skate around Natlan, busting moves both off and on the battlefield. So let’s take a look at her skills, best weapons and artifacts, and more.
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Xilonen build guide.
What’s the best Xilonen build?
Xilonen is a five-star geo sword wielder in Genshin Impact.
| Rarity | ★★★★★ |
| Element | Geo |
| Weapon | Sword |
| Best weapon | Peak Patrol Song |
| Substitute weapons | Uraku Misuguri, Flute of Ezpitzal |
| Best artifact set | Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City |
| Artifact substitutes | Husk of Opulent Dreams, or 2pc Husk of Opulent Dreams, 2pc Emblem of Severed Fate |
| Main stats | -Sands: def% or energy recharge -Goblet: def% or geo damage bonus -Circlet: def%, crit damage, or crit rate |
| Sub-stats | Def%, energy recharge, crit damage/rate |
Xilonen is best suited to a support or sub-DPS role where her allies can make the most of her powerful res shred, and is capable of offering a single-target heal with her elemental burst, but she relies on having at least two pyro, hydro, cryo, or electro allies on her team in order to make the most of her kit.
Her best weapon is her signature five-star, Peak Patrol Song, though her best F2P option is the four-star Flute of Ezpitzal. Her best artifact set for most situations is Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City, though Husk of Opulent Dreams is a solid option if you intend to play her as a geo DPS rather than a res shredder support.
Her kit predominantly scales off her defense stat, so def% is her highest priority. Beyond that, in a geo res shredder support role, you should aim to get her to around 170-200% energy recharge, then focus on her crit damage and rate, aiming for a 2:1 damage:rate ratio. Alternatively, you can choose to give her a healing bonus circlet if you intend to use her as a solo support.
As Xilonen’s res shred scales solely off the level of her elemental skill, we recommend leveling that up as quickly as possible. After that, you can level her elemental burst to boost both her damage and healing abilities. You should leave her normal attacks until last as they’re the least important part of her kit and only impact her personal damage a little.
How to use Xilonen
Xilonen is a unique character best suited to a res shredder support role. Her kit does give her some flexibility, allowing her to act as a sub-DPS or geo DPS, and even a healer with her elemental burst, especially at C6. Xilonen’s elemental skill is the most important part of her kit – when activated, she switches to combat blades and skates around, dealing Nightsoul-aligned geo damage based on her defense.
The most useful part of her skill are the Source Samplers. She has three Samplers which are all initially geo, but for each party member who wields the power of pyro, hydro, cryo, or electro, one geo sample changes to that corresponding element. When the Samplers are active, all nearby opponents’ corresponding elemental resistance decreases. This resistance shred is incredibly valuable for teams with a DPS of these elements. She can also excel in geo-focus teams, as long as there are two non-geo characters to activate her buffs. Xilonen’s elemental burst dishes out a decent amount of geo damage in an AoE around her. But, if she has two different elements of Samplers, she can heal the active character at set intervals.
As long as you’re mindful of your team’s health and ensure you only activate Xilonen’s burst at the right time, it allows her to fill multiple roles at once, making room for more damage dealers. Xilonen’s best support combo revolves around you using her elemental skill, followed by two normal attacks, and then her elemental burst. This activates her Samplers and allows your main DPS to take advantage of her res shred and healing from her burst.
What’s Xilonen’s best weapon?
Xilonen’s best weapon is her signature five-star Peak Patrol Song. Its skill is tailored perfectly to her kit, offering her a defense and elemental damage bonus when her normal or plunging attacks hit an enemy. Additionally, when this effect reaches two stacks, it increases all party members’ elemental damage bonus based on Xilonen’s defense. And, as the icing on the cake, it also has a very handy defense bonus stat.
Naturally, this is incredibly valuable to Xilonen in a res shred support role, boosting not only her personal damage but also her team’s overall damage, and making the damage window provided by her skill even more impactful.
The Uraku Misugiri is also a decent weapon for Xilonen, especially when she’s acting as a geo DPS in a double-geo team. It gives her a flat boost to her normal attack and elemental skill damage that increases further when a nearby active character deals geo damage. However, its defense increase isn’t anywhere near as potent as what she’d get from a defense bonus stat weapon, which means you need to really focus on building defense through her artifacts.
Xilonen’s best free-to-play weapon is the Flute of Ezpital. It’s a four-star Natlan sword that you can forge via blacksmith and offers a significant boost to her defense both through its bonus stat and skill, the latter of which increases her defense for 15 seconds when she uses her elemental skill.
| Peak Patrol Song | Stat: Defense Skill: Xilonen gains the “Ode to Flowers” effect after her normal or plunging attacks hit an opponent, increasing her defense and providing her with a boost to all elemental damage for six seconds. This can trigger once per 0.1 seconds for a maximum of two stacks. When this effect reaches two stacks or the second stack’s duration refreshes, all nearby party members’ elemental damage bonus increases based on Xilonen’s defense for 15 seconds |
Limited banner |
| Uraku Misugiri | Stat: Crit damage Skill: increases Xilonen’s normal attack and elemental skill damage. After a nearby active character deals geo damage, these effects increase by 100% for 15 seconds. Also increases Xilonen’s defense |
Limited banner |
| Flute of Ezpitzal | Stat: Defense Skill: using an elemental skill increases Xilonen’s skill by a set percentage for 15 seconds |
Forged |
| Cinnabar Spindle | Stat: Defense Skill: increases Xilonen’s elemental skill damage by a percentage of her defense. This effect triggers no more than once every 1.5 seconds and clears 0.1 seconds after her elemental skill deals damage |
Limited event |
What are Xilonen’s best artifacts?
Xilonen’s best artifact set is Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City. Its two-piece bonus helps Xilonen regenerate energy when a Nightsoul Burst triggers, while its four-piece set offers a team-wide elemental damage bonus when she triggers a reaction. This is particularly handy in boosting team damage following her elemental skill and synergizes well with her rotations and combos.
Husk of Opulent Dreams is also a solid artifact set for Xilonen, especially in a geo DPS role. Its two-piece bonus boosts her all-important defense stat, while the four-piece bonus allows her to gather stacks that provide her with even more defense as well as a geo damage bonus, boosting her personal damage significantly.
Alternatively, you can combine two pieces of Husk of Opulent Dreams with two pieces of Emblem of Severed Fate. This set gives her an unconditional boost to both her defense and energy recharge, boosting her multipliers and freeing up some sub-stat slots for more defense or crit. However, this set doesn’t perform as well as the other options listed above, so we recommend only using this as a temporary placeholder until you get a better set.
| Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City | Two pieces: When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, Xilonen regenerates six elemental energy Four pieces: After Xilonen triggers a reaction, all nearby party members gain a 12% elemental damage bonus for the involved elemental types for 15 seconds. If Xilonen is in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state when triggering this effect, all party members gain an additional 28% elemental damage bonus for the elemental types involved in the reaction for 20 seconds |
Obtain from the Sanctum of Rainbow Spirits domain, Toyac Springs, Natlan |
| Husk of Opulent Dreams | Two pieces: Increases defense by 30% Four pieces: Xilonen gains the Curiosity effect based on the following conditions. When on the field, she gains one stack after hitting an opponent with a geo attack, triggering a maximum of once every 0.3 seconds. When off the field, she gains one stack every three seconds. Curiosity can stack up to four times each, with each stack providing 6% defense and a 6% geo damage bonus. When six seconds pass without gaining a new stack, Xilonen loses one stack |
Obtain from the Slumbering Court domain, Serai Island, Inazuma |
| Emblem of Severed Fate | Two pieces: Increases energy recharge by 20% | Obtain from the Momiji-Dyed Court domain, Serpent’s Head, Inazuma |
Artifact stat recommendations
Your main priority is boosting Xilonen’s defense. We also recommend getting her energy recharge to around 170% if there’s another geo character on her team, or 200% if she’s the only geo character.
Beyond that, focus on boosting her crit damage and crit rate, maintaining a roughly 2:1 damage-to-rate ratio. You can also opt for a healing bonus circlet if you plan on using her as a solo support, and you can use a geo damage bonus goblet if you plan on using her as a geo DPS.
Here are Xilonen’s best main stats:
- Sands – def% / energy recharge
- Goblet – def% / geo damage bonus
- Circlet – def% / healing bonus (support role) / crit rate or damage (DPS role)
Here are Xilonen’s best sub-stats:
What are Xilonen’s best team comps?
Xilonen is a very flexible teammate and can provide benefits to any pyro, hydro, cryo, electro, or geo DPS. Her Samplers take three elements into account, but don’t stack – and sometimes one remains as geo depending on the state Xilonen is in. Also, remember that only having geo Samplers will not activate her healing abilities.
As Xilonen offers pyro, hydro, cryo, and electro resistance shred, she fits very well in vaporize and freeze teams. She also won’t interrupt elemental reactions due to her low geo application. She’s especially useful in vape teams where anemo characters can’t consistently swirl the hydro, as she requires no situational set-up. She’s a great support to hydro DPS like Mualani and Childe alongside a pyro sub-DPS like Xiangling and Dehya. In a freeze team, her ability to buff and heal is very valuable as they often have a low damage ceiling. Pairing her with DPS characters like Ayaka and Wriothesley will boost team damage.
Xilonen also synergizes well with Navia, as long as you have two other non-geo characters on the team. She can act as both buffer and geo resonance partner and slots well into Navia’s powerful pyro team alongside Xiangling, Bennett, Dehya, or Thoma, offering both pyro and geo res shred. This boosts the damage output of the elemental sub-DPS while also contributing to Navia’s crystallize reactions.
The best Xilonen team comp overall is the following:
 Xilonen |
 Neuvillette |
 Furina |
 Kazuha |
Here are some examples of other Xilonen team comps:
Xilonen |
 Navia |
 Dehya |
 Thoma |
Xilonen |
 Arlecchino |
 Xiangling |
 Bennett |
Xilonen |
 Mualani |
Dehya |
 Emilie |
Xilonen |
 Wriothesley |
Furina |
 Shenhe |
What are Xilonen’s skills?
Here are all of Xilonen’s skills and passives. You can also increase their level using the talent materials listed later in the guide.
Active skills
| Normal attack | Ehecatl’s Roar Normal: perform up to three rapid strikes Charged: consumes a fixed amount of stamina to perform a forward kick Plunging: plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE damage upon impact, both based on Xilonen’s defense Nightsoul’s Blessing: Blade Roller When in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, Xilonen enters Blade Roller mode. Her normal attacks turn into four kicks using her rollerblades, but she can’t use charged attacks. When she uses normal and plunging attacks in this mode, they switch to being based on her defense, and she deals Nightsoul-aligned geo damage that can’t be overridden |
| Elemental skill | Yohual’s Scratch Xilonen rushes forward and Nightsoul-aligned geo damage based on her defense. After using this, Xilonen gains 45 Nightsoul points and enters the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, where she shifts to the Blade Roller mode where she moves faster across land Source Samples Xilonen has three triangular Samplers that generate different Soundscapes based on other party members’ elemental types, decreasing opponents’ corresponding elemental resistance while active. The initial element of each Sampler is geo. For each pyro, hydro, cryo, or electro party member, one geo Sample changes to that corresponding element. While Xilonen is in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, one geo Source Sample is always active. After unlocking her passive talent “Netotiliztli’s Echoes”, she can trigger its effects to regenerate Nightsoul points for herself. When her Nightsoul points are full, she consumes all points and activates all three Source Samples for 15 seconds. When active, nearby opponents’ corresponding elemental resistances decrease. Sample effects of the same elemental type don’t stack. Xilonen can trigger these effects even when off-field Nightsoul’s Blessing: Xilonen Xilonen continuously consumes Nightsoul points. When these points run out, the Nightsoul Blessing state ends. This state has the following traits: -Switches to the Blade Roller mode, increasing Xilonen’s movement and climbing speed. She can perform leaps in ocelot form while climbing -Xilonen’s points have a nine-second time limit. After this limit passes, her Nightsoul points immediately expire. After expiration, while she’s in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, she’s no longer able to generate Nightsoul points via the passive talent “Netotiliztli’s Echoes” |
| Elemental burst | Ocelotlicue Point! Activates her Phlogiston Stereo DJ Controller, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE geo damage based on Xilonen’s defense. Additionally, she triggers the following effects based on her different Source Samples: -If she has at least two Samples other than geo, Xilonen heals nearby active characters at intervals based on her defense -If she has two or more geo Samples, Xilonen deals two instances of Nightsoul-aligned AoE geo damage based on her defense |
Passive skills
| A1 | Netotiliztli’s Echoes While in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state: -If she has at least two Samples other than geo, she gains 35 Nightsoul points when her normal or plunging attacks hit opponents. This can trigger once every 0.1 seconds-If she has two or more geo Samples, her normal and plunging attacks deal 30% increased damage |
| A4 | Portable Armored Sheath While in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, when Xilonen’s Nightsoul points reach the maximum, she triggers an effect equal to that of her Nightsoul Burst. This effect can trigger once every 14 seconds. Additionally, when nearby party members trigger a Nightsoul Burst, Xilonen’s defense increases by 20% for 15 seconds |
| Night’s Realm Gift | Blessing of Forge-Fire After her Nightsoul points run out, Xilonen switches to consuming Phlogiston to maintain the Nightsoul state. While in an area with Phlogiston mechanics, she can use Nightsoul Transmission: Xilonen: When the active character is currently sprinting, climbing, in a movement mode caused by certain talents, or at a certain height in the air, Xilonen enters the Nightsoul’s Blessing state and gains 20 Nightsoul points. In this state, Xilonen’s Nightsoul points have a four-second time limit, after which they immediately expire. If she uses Yohual’s Scratch within this time limit, her Nightsoul point time limit extends by nine seconds. Your team can trigger Nightsoul Transmission once every ten seconds. Additionally, while in Natlan, Xilonen does not consume stamina while climbing in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state |
| Utility | Tour of Tepeilhuitl Triggering Nightsoul Transmission restores 15 Phlogiston |
What are Xilonen’s constellations?
If you manage to pull more than one copy of Xilonen on her banner, you can unlock one of her constellations, each of which provides special buffs to enhance her kit.
Here are all of Xilonen’s constellations:
| C1 | Sabbatical Phrase Xilonen’s Nightsoul point and Phlogiston consumption in her Nightsoul Blessing state decreases by 30%, and her Nightsoul point time limit extends by 45%. Additionally, when Xilonen’s Source Samples are active, she can also increase nearby active characters’ interruption resistance |
| C2 | Chiuce Mix Xilonen’s geo Source Samples always remain active. Additionally, when her Source Samples activate, all nearby party member gain effects corresponding to the active Source Sample that matches their elemental type: -Geo: increases damage dealt by 50% -Pyro: increases attack by 45% -Hydro: increases max HP by 45% -Cryo: increases crit damage by 60% -Electro: restores 25 energy, decreases elemental burst cooldown by six seconds |
| C3 | Tonalpohualli’s Loop Increases the level of Yohual’s Scratch by three. The maximum upgrade level is 15 |
| C4 | Suchitl’s Trance After Xilonen uses Yohual’s Scratch, she grants all nearby party members the Blooming Blessing effect for 15 seconds. Characters with the Blooming Blessing deal 65% of Xilonen’s defense as increased normal, charged, and plunging attack damage. This effect is removed after it triggers six times or when the duration ends. When you hit more than one opponent, you consume trigger counts based on the number of opponents hit. The counts for each party member with Blooming Blessing are counted independently |
| C5 | Tlaltecuhtli’s Crossfade Increases the level of Ocelotlicue Point! by three. The maximum upgrade level is 15 |
| C6 | Imperishable Night Carnival When Xilonen is in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, when she sprints, leaps, or uses normal or plunging attacks, she gains Imperishable Night’s Blessing, ignoring the limitations of her Nightsoul’s Blessing state and increasing the damage dealt by her normal and plunging attacks for five seconds. During this time:-Her Nightsoul’s Blessing time limit countdown pauses. Xilonen’s Nightsoul points, Phlogiston, and stamina do not decrease, and when her Nightsoul points reach the maximum, her Nightsoul’s Blessing state does not end either -Xilonen deals 300% of her defense as increased normal and plunging attack damage while in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state -She heals nearby party members for 120% of her defense every 1.5 seconds. She can gain one Imperishable Night’s Blessing once every 15 seconds |
What are Xilonen’s ascension materials?
You can level Xilonen up all the way to level 90, but you need to use specific materials to ascend her at set intervals along the way.
Here are all of Xilonen’s ascension materials:
| 20➔40 | 20k mora One prithiva topaz sliver Three brilliant chrysanthemum Three sentry’s wooden whistle |
| 40➔50 | 40k mora Three prithiva topaz fragment Ten brilliant chrysanthemum 15 sentry’s wooden whistle Two gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 50➔60 | 60k mora Six prithiva topaz fragment 20 brilliant chrysanthemum 12 warrior’s metal whistle Four gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 60➔70 | 80k mora Three prithiva topaz chunk 30 brilliant chrysanthemum 18 warrior’s metal whistle Eight gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 70➔80 | 100k mora Six prithiva topaz chunk 45 brilliant chrysanthemum 12 saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle 12 gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 80➔90 | 120k mora Six prithiva topaz gemstone 60 brilliant chrysanthemum 24 saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle 20 gold-inscribed secret source core |
Here’s where to get Xilonen’s ascension materials:
- Brilliant chrysanthemums – gather in the wilds of Natlan, specifically around Huitztli Hill and near the Stadium of the Sacred Flame
- Sentry’s wooden whistle, warrior’s metal whistle, saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle – obtain from sauroform tribal warriors in Natlan
- Gold-inscribed secret source code – obtain from the Secret Source Automaton: Configuration Device world boss in Toyac Springs, Natlan
What are Xilonen’s talent materials?
In addition to Xilonen’s character level, you can also increase her power through her talents. You can level up her normal attack, elemental skill, and elemental burst to level ten each using a set of specific materials and talent books.
Here are all of Xilonen’s talent materials to get one of her talents to level ten:
| 1➔2 | 12.5k mora Six sentry’s wooden whistle Three teachings of kindling |
| 2➔3 | 17.5k mora Three warrior’s metal whistle Two guides to kindling |
| 3➔4 | 25k mora Four warrior’s metal whistle Four guide to kindling |
| 4➔5 | 30k mora Six warrior’s metal whistle Six guides to kindling |
| 5➔6 | 37.5k mora Nine warrior’s metal whistle Nine guide to kindling |
| 6➔7 | 120k mora Four saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle Four philosophies of kindling One mirror of mushin |
| 7➔8 | 260k mora Six saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle Six philosophies of kindling One mirror of mushin |
| 8➔9 | 260k mora Nine saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle 12 philosophies of kindling Two mirrors of mushin |
| 9➔10 | 700k mora 12 saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle 16 philosophies of kindling Two mirrors of mushin One crown of insight |
Here’s where to get all of Xilonen’s talent materials:
- Sentry’s wooden whistle, warrior’s metal whistle, saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistle – obtain from sauroform tribal warriors in Natlan
- Kindling talent books – obtain from the Blazing Ruins domain in Coatepec Mountain, Natlan on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays
- Mirror of mushin – obtain from the Everlasting Lord of Arcane Wisdom weekly boss in the Joururi Workshop trounce domain, located in Chinvat Ravine, Avidya Forest, Sumeru
- Crown of insight – special rewards from events and offering systems such as the Frostbearing Tree and the Sacred Sakura
Talent priority
When leveling Xilonen’s talents, you should prioritize them in the following order:
- Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack
Who is Genshin Impact’s Xilonen?
Xilonen is part of the Nanatzcayan tribe, known as the Children of Echoes – along with Genshin Impact’s Kachina. The people of the tribe are known for their ability to appraise gems, create jewelry, and decorate weapons with said jewels, too. Given that her vision is very visible and set on a golden necklace, it seems like Xilonen really fits her tribe well.
Visually, she has the ears and tail of an ocelot, making her a similar character to the likes of Genshin Impact’s Kirara and Genshin Impact’s Tighnari – though, unlike Kirara, she has human feet.
Xilonen’s voice actors are Mi Yang in Chinese, Fairouz Ai in Japanese, Kim I-an in Korean, and Beth Curry in English. Beth Curry portrays the NPC Betty in Zenless Zone Zero Grace’s story mission.
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