You Need 1600 Primogems for 10 Wishes in Genshin Impact

As an avid Genshin Impact player and content creator, I‘m often asked – just how many of those precious Primogems do you actually need to make 10 wishes? The answer is 1600 Primogems for 10 individual wishes. If you‘re new to the game, let me explain everything you need to know about converting Primogems to Fates to Wishes.

What are Primogems, Fates and Wishes?

Primogems are the basic virtual currency in Genshin Impact used to obtain new characters, weapons, materials and other loot. They can be earned from quests, events, commissions, chests – almost every activity will grant some amount of Primogems.

You can use Primogems to directly purchase Intertwined Fates or Acquaint Fates from the in-game shop.

Fates are essentially tokens that you use to make wishes. The different fate types correspond to different loot pools:

• Intertwined Fates – Character event and weapon banners
• Acquaint Fates – Standard banner

Now let‘s talk about making Wishes. You can spend Fates to make Wishes on the various banners tied to their fate type. Each Wish will cost you 1 Fate or 160 Primogems.

So if you‘re saving up Primogems for an event banner like Nahida or Raiden Shogun, you‘ll need 1600 to make 10 wishes!

Why Make 10 Wishes at Once?

You might ask – why go through the trouble of saving up for 10 wishes instead of using Primogems to wish as soon as you get 160?

It comes down to getting the most value from Genshin‘s pity systems. Let‘s analyze the stats:

• 4-star drop rate per wish = 5.1%
• 10 wish bundle guarantees a 4-star item
• 5-star drop rate per wish = 0.6%
• Soft pity starts increasing at ~63 wishes
• Hard pity guarantees a 5-star at 90 wishes

Waiting to accumulate 1600 Primogems for a 10 wish bundle essentially guarantees you‘ll regularly get that 4-star or higher ranked loot. And over time, the pity mechanics significantly raise your odds of scoring those coveted 5-star characters and weapons!

Now let‘s break down some projected numbers if you only made single wishes whenever you had 160 Primogems vs saving up for 10 wish pulls:

As you can see, while 10 single wishes may potentially yield a 4-star, you‘re guaranteed to get one by bundling. When chasing valuable characters like Raiden, Nahida or Scaramouche on future banners, every guarantee counts!

How Many Primogems for Different Wish Amounts

Below you can find a breakdown of some common Primogem amounts and how many wishes they will get you:

As you accumulate more wishes, you gradually increase your chance of scoring an early 5-star and eventually will guarantee the banner 5-star character.

So in summary:

• 1600 Primogems = 10 Wishes
• 10 Wishes guarantees at least one 4-Star+ item

How Much Real Money for Primogems?

While Genshin Impact is free-to-play friendly, you can spend real money to buy Primogem packs if you want to speed up your wishing capability. Here are the best value Primogem pack options:

• $4.99 – 300 Primogems (1.8 wishes)
• $9.99 – 680 Primogems (4.25 wishes)
• $49.99 – 3280 + 300 Bonus = 3580 Primogems (22 wishes)
• $99.99 – 6480 + 1600 Bonus = 8080 Primogems (50 wishes)

The $100 USD pack gets you enough for a hard pity 90 wish 5-star character guarantee! However, as a light spender, I recommend staying patient as a F2P player and using the Primogem sources mentioned later in this post.

Managing Expectations on Wishes

While we all fantasize about crazy early 5-star drops, in reality, you may often reach soft and even hard pity before scoring that coveted 5-star character. Don‘t despair! Even if your luck is bad, accumulating enough Primogems will eventually guarantee the banner character.

Gaming industry analyst Daniel Ahmad notes:

"Genshin Impact is not as predatory as some games when it comes to gacha / monetization. You can guarantee the rate up 5 star character / weapon every 90 wishes on their banner due to the hard pity system. Yes it takes a lot of wishes, but it removes the randomness."

So stay patient, don‘t expect early 5-stars, use the guarantee system through careful Primogem saving, and you‘ll get your desired characters!

Top Ways to Farm Primogems in 2024

Since release, HoYoverse has made it easier to accumulate Primogems as a free player. Here are the best current methods to farm enough for 10 wishes bundles:

Complete Daily Commissions

• Rewards: 60 Primogems per day
• Per Month: ~1800 Primogems

Doing your four daily commissions without missing days is the most consistent way to accumulate those precious Primogems!

Participate in Limited Events

• Rewards: Approximately 1800+ Primogems per major patch update
• Per Month: ~5400+ Primogems

The frequent events in each update like Windblume, Twisted Realm, etc provide very generous Primogem payouts for completing tasks and challenges. Keep checking each version patch notes for the latest events!

Unlock Achievement Rewards

• Rewards: 5-60 Primogems per Achievement
• Total: ~3000+ Primogems from all achievements

Tons of achievements offer Primogems for exploring, unlocking waypoints, leveling characters and weapons etc. Use an achievement guide to track your progress!

Level Up Your Adventure Rank

• Rewards: ~30-60 Primogems per Rank Up
• Current max AR is 60

Advancing your AR and completing ascending quests will yield steady Primogems to save for Wishes!

Explore the World Thoroughly

• Rewards: 10-40 Primogems per Chest
• One-time rewards per Statue of the Seven and waypoints unlocked

Veteran players estimate 2000-5000 chests spread across Teyvat, each containing some Primogems. Fully exploring the regions could net you as much as 15000-30000 Primogems or more over time for Wishes.

Redeem Promo Codes

• Rewards: 60-300 Primogems per code

HoYoverse releases limited-time codes that can be redeemed ingame or via the official site. Follow the latest news to catch codes for some free Primogems!

Through diligently using these methods, even completely F2P players can reliably accumulate 14000+ Primogems per patch version to hit that 90 wish pity!

So in summary – you need 1600 Primogems for a 10 Wish bundle in Genshin Impact to maximize your rewards. Keep chasing those Primogem sources and may the gacha odds be ever in your favor, dear Traveler!