Which days do weapon material domains open?

Each region's Domain of Forgery rotates three material series on a fixed schedule: one on Monday and Thursday, one on Tuesday and Friday, and one on Wednesday and Saturday. All three are open on Sunday.

How many materials does a 5-star weapon need to fully ascend?

Domain materials total 6/14/14/6 across four tiers, plus 91 elite drops, 65 common drops, and 225,000 Mora. That is roughly double the requirement of a 3-star weapon.

How do I get gold weapon materials?

Gold materials have under a 5% natural drop rate, so they mainly come from the crafting bench: 3 blue make 1 purple, and 3 purple make 1 gold. Farm blue and purple in domains, then craft upward.

Which characters give crafting bonuses?

Albedo and Alhaitham have a 10% chance to produce a double result, while Eula, Layla, and Kamisato Ayaka have a 25% chance to refund lower-tier materials. Over time this saves a large amount of resin.

Why are my Sumeru Fungi spore drops wrong?

Fungi killed with Pyro or Electro become Activated or Scorched and drop the wrong spores. You must kill them with Hydro, Cryo, or Anemo to get the standard spores needed for ascension.

Genshin Weapon Ascension Guide: Domain Schedule & Material Requirements

Weapon ascension comes down to two constraints: the weekday and the quantity. Materials only drop on certain days, and maxing a 5-star weapon takes dozens of domain runs. This guide covers the Domain of Forgery schedule, the full material requirements by weapon rarity, and crafting tricks that can save over a thousand resin.

When do weapon materials drop? Each Domain of Forgery rotates three series: one on Mon/Thu, one on Tue/Fri, one on Wed/Sat. All three open on Sunday.
What does a 5-star weapon need? Domain mats at 6/14/14/6 across four tiers, plus 91 elite drops, 65 common drops, and 225,000 Mora.
How rare are gold materials? Under a 5% natural drop rate, so they mostly come from the crafting bench at a three-to-one ratio.
How do you save resin? Bring crafting passive characters like Albedo or Alhaitham for double or refunded materials.

The Four Weapon Ascension Materials

Weapon ascension follows the same shape as character ascension - domain materials, enemy drops, and Mora - across six ascensions from level 1 to 90:

Material Type	Source
Domain materials (green / blue / purple / gold)	Regional Domain of Forgery
Elite enemy drops	Specific elite enemies
Common enemy drops	Matching regular enemies
Mora	Leveling and ascension fees

Mora is rarely the bottleneck. The real limits are the weekday lock on domain materials and the scarcity of gold materials.

Domain of Forgery Schedule

Every region rotates three material series on the same rhythm:

Region	Domain	Mon / Thu	Tue / Fri	Wed / Sat
Mondstadt	Cecilia Garden	Decarabian	Boreal Wolf	Dandelion Gladiator
Liyue	Hidden Palace of Lianshan Formula	Guyun	Mist Veiled	Aerosiderite
Inazuma	Court of Flowing Sand	Distant Sea	Narukami	Mask
Sumeru	Tower of Abject Pride	Forest Dew	Oasis Garden	Scorching Might
Fontaine	Echoes of the Deep Tides	Ancient Chord	Pure Sacred Dewdrop	Pristine Sea

Sunday opens all three series, making it the best time to fill gaps or push a weapon to the finish. Newer regions such as Natlan follow the same rotation.

Tip: use the in-game Adventure Handbook and click Navigate. It auto-selects the material featured that day, so you cannot spend resin on the wrong drop.

Full Requirements by Weapon Rarity

Total cost across all six ascensions:

Material	3-Star	4-Star	5-Star
Domain material (green)	2	3	6
Domain material (blue)	10	12	14
Domain material (purple)	10	12	14
Domain material (gold)	3	4	6
Elite drops (total)	10 / 12 / 18	15 / 18 / 27	23 / 27 / 41
Common drops (total)	6 / 10 / 12	10 / 15 / 18	15 / 23 / 27
Mora	105,000	150,000	225,000

A 5-star weapon costs roughly twice what a 3-star does, so whether to max a weapon is really a value calculation. Most transitional weapons are fine at level 80.

Crafting Bench: Where Gold Materials Come From

Gold materials drop at under 5% naturally, so farming them directly is inefficient. The right approach is to farm blue and purple, then craft gold:

3 blue = 1 purple
3 purple = 1 gold
Bring crafting passives: Albedo and Alhaitham give a 10% chance to double the result, while Eula, Layla, and Ayaka refund lower-tier materials 25% of the time.
Long-term payoff: across several weapons, these chances save the equivalent of over a thousand resin.

Enemy Drop Traps

Sumeru Fungi: killed with Pyro or Electro they become Activated or Scorched and drop the wrong spores. Use Hydro, Cryo, or Anemo to get standard spores.
Inazuma Nobushi (Handguards): low drop rate and scattered spawns, one of the most tedious farms in the game.
Fatui and Hilichurls: easier to farm in dense camps, good for a fixed route.

Suggested Farming Order

Confirm which material series your target weapon uses and write it down.
Farm on the open days, putting all resin into one series at a time.
Craft gold materials instead of grinding for them.
Weave enemy drops into your normal exploration routes.

Common Mistakes

Mixing up the days: showing up on Tuesday for a Monday material wastes resin.
Never crafting: gold materials never accumulate.
Skipping crafting passives: giving up free probability gains.
Ignoring enemy drops: getting blocked by mob materials after the domain mats are done.
Wrong element on Fungi: bringing home a pile of unusable spores.

Related Guides

Bottom Line

Weapon ascension comes down to a calendar and a crafting bench. Materials rotate by weekday and all open on Sunday. A 5-star weapon needs 6/14/14/6 domain mats plus elite and common drops and 225,000 Mora, and gold materials should be crafted three-to-one rather than farmed. Bringing crafting passive characters like Albedo or Alhaitham saves a lot of resin over time, and transitional weapons can stay at level 80.

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