Expeditions are one of the few free resource streams in Genshin that keeps producing while you are logged out. They cost no Resin, do not occupy a party slot, and take about 30 seconds a day, yet they steadily feed you Mora, ore and cooking ingredients. This guide covers the unlock requirement, the slot limit, exact rewards for every duration, region locations and the characters that cut your timer.
Push your Adventure Rank to 14, then visit the Adventurers’ Guild in any major city and talk to Katheryne. Every Katheryne across Teyvat shares one dispatch board, so you can send a character to a Liyue spot while standing in Mondstadt.
The number of simultaneous expeditions scales with Adventure Rank:
| Adventure Rank | Expedition Slots | Max Mora per Day (all 20h) |
|---|---|---|
| AR 14 | 2 | 10,000 |
| AR 26 | 3 | 15,000 |
| AR 31 | 4 | 20,000 |
| AR 36 and above | 5 (cap) | 25,000 |
Every location offers 4, 8, 12 or 20 hours. All locations share the same numbers; only the item type changes:
| Duration | Mora spot | Ore spot | Ingredient spot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 hours | 625 | Iron Chunk 4–5, White Iron 2–3 | 1 item |
| 8 hours | 1,575 | White Iron 6–7, Crystal Chunk 1–2 | 2–4 items |
| 12 hours | 2,500 | White Iron 6–7, Crystal Chunk 2–3 | 4–6 items |
| 20 hours | 5,000 | White Iron 3–4, Crystal Chunk 7–8 | 8–12 items |
Converted to Mora per hour: 156 for 4 hours, 197 for 8, 208 for 12 and 250 for 20. Unless you log in many times a day, just pick 20 hours every time.
Each region has six dispatch points, broadly “one or two Mora spots, one ore spot and the rest local ingredients”. The three original regions are the most stable:
| Region | Mora spots | Ore spot | Ingredient spots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mondstadt | Stormterror’s Lair | Whispering Woods, Dadaupa Gorge | Windrise, Stormbearer Mountains, Wolvendom |
| Liyue | Jueyun Karst, Guili Plains | Yaoguang Shoal | Dihua Marsh, Dunyu Ruins, Guyun Stone Forest |
| Inazuma | Jinren Island, Tatarasuna | — | Konda Village, Byakko Plain, Nazuchi Beach, Musoujin Gorge |
Sumeru, Fontaine, Natlan, Nod-Krai and Snezhnaya also have six points each with a similar mix: usually one Mora spot and one ore spot (newer regions drop Rainbowdrop Crystal), with the rest swapped for local ingredients. If you are building a specific character, prioritise the region that supplies their ascension material.
Some characters have an expedition Utility Passive. The marker shows up directly in the dispatch screen:
| Passive | Region | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| Time −25% | Mondstadt | Bennett, Fischl |
| Time −25% | Liyue | Chongyun, Keqing |
| Time −25% | Inazuma | Kujou Sara |
| +25% rewards on 20h | Mondstadt | Durin |
| +25% rewards on 20h | Liyue | Shenhe, Yelan |
| +25% rewards on 20h | Inazuma | Kuki Shinobu |
| +25% rewards on 20h | Sumeru | Cyno, Faruzan |
| +25% rewards on 20h | Fontaine | Navia |
Which one to use? Time −25% turns a 20-hour run into 15 hours, which is better if your login times are irregular and you keep missing the claim window. The +25% reward version only applies to 20-hour expeditions, so it suits players who claim at a fixed time each day. Newer regions such as Nod-Krai also have such characters — the dispatch screen flags them for you.
No. Since Version 1.1 dispatched characters can still join your party and enter domains or the Abyss. The Traveler is the only character excluded from dispatch.
Yes. Mondstadt’s Sweet Flowers and Bird Eggs, Liyue’s Lotus Heads and Matsutake, Inazuma’s Lavender Melons and Seagrass and more are all obtainable — a 20-hour run returns 8–12 of them.
Dispatch points follow Statues of the Seven: unlock the statue and that region’s expeditions appear on the board. A few Inazuma points additionally require specific world quests.
Expeditions come down to two numbers: 20 hours and five slots. Send all five to Mora spots before you log off, claim at the same time the next day, and you bank 175,000 Mora a week for almost no effort. Swap a slot or two when you need ore or ascension specialties. It is one of the highest-value habits in the game — skipping it is throwing away free Mora.
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