If you have ever played Genshin Impact, then you know just how important it is to collect materials. Farming routes are always a popular topic, especially when it comes to ore. You need ore in order to do things like forge regional weapons and make furniture items for your Serenitea Pot. The only problem is that ore can be one of the most annoying items to farm in the game if you don’t have the fight team. Below we go over the best characters to use for ore mining in Genshin Impact and some easy tips for collecting the resource without having to slowly chip away at its health bar.

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Diluc waiting outside his home, the Dawn Winery.

How to Mine Ore Easily in Genshin Impact¶

Ore generally is found in multiples, but they can be far enough apart that hitting them all at once is not possible. This is why using a **claymore-user **and their charge attack is the quickest way to sweep a large area of ore. Even if you’re trying to only get a single piece, you will find that using any other weapon type can take quite some time. While Iron Ore breaks pretty quickly, trying to farm Crystal can be a lengthy process. Below is every rock you can harvest in the game, where you can find it, and how hard it is to break

Ore will respawn every 48 hours, and there is a huge surplus of resources in the game. This doesn’t count as much for the minerals that are located in specific regions.

Best Characters for Mining in Genshin Impact¶

The best way to mine is to place Ningguang in your party, as she will help you locate mining resources.