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- Mika Ascension Materials
- Mika Talent Materials
- Where To Get Shivada Jade Crystal
- Where To Get Wolfhook
- Where To Get Insignias
- Where To Get Pseudo-Stamens
When you start playing Genshin Impact, the main story will take you through Mondstadt and its troubles with a dragon. This is where you learn the basic mechanics of the game and it always feels nostalgic to go back if you've been playing for quite some time.
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Mika is a four-star Polearm-wielding character who belongs to Mondstadt, and you'll be going back to the region of Freedom to farm for his materials. He's a Cryo support character who can be an amazing addition to certain teams for clearing hard battles like the Spiral Abyss.
Mika Ascension Materials
Mika first appeared during a limited-time event in Genshin Impact where he was revealed as a member of Grandmaster Varka's expedition team. He's an avid Cartographer who wields two weapons at the same time. You'll be using a Polearm on the character but his basic attacks and skills also use a Crossbow.
All the materials you'll need to fully ascend the character are:
Ascension Phase
Maximum Level
Mora
Crystal
Regional Specialty
Mob Drops
World Boss Drops
1
40
20,000
1x Shivada Jade Sliver
3x Wolfhook
3x Recruit's Insignia
N/A
2
50
40,000
3x Shivada Jade Fragment
10x Wolfhook
15x Recruit's Insignia
2x Pseudo-Stamens
3
60
60,000
6x Shivada Jade Fragment
20x Wolfhook
12x Sergeant's Insignia
4x Pseudo-Stamens
4
70
80,000
3x Shivada Jade Chunk
30x Wolfhook
18x Sergeant's Insignia
8x Pseudo-Stamens
5
80
100,000
6x Shivada Jade Chunk
45x Wolfhook
12x Lieutenant's Insignia
12x Pseudo-Stamens
6
90
120,000
6x Shivada Jade Gemstone
60x Wolfhook
24x Lieutenant's Insignia
20x Pseudo-Stamens
The materials mentioned in the table above are the requirements only for Mika's ascension. You need to ascend the character if you want to upgrade them to a certain level, but you also need to reach the maximum level for the previous ascension to ascend them further.
Upgrading a character requires Mora and EXP material like Hero's Wits. These items can be acquired from different events, quests, exploration, or farming Ley Lines.
Mika Talent Materials
If you head over to Mika's talent screen, you'll be able to see a total of six talents. The first three talents belong to your basic attacks, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst. These talents can be upgraded ten times, and constellations can provide another three levels to the Elemental Skill and Burst talent.
You need a specific amount of materials for each talent:
Talent Level
Mora
Talent Books
Mob Drops
Weekly Boss Drops
2
12,500
3x Teachings of Ballad
6x Recruit's Insignia
N/A
3
17,500
2x Guide to Ballad
3x Sergeant's Insignia
N/A
4
25,000
4x Guide to Ballad
4x Sergeant's Insignia
N/A
5
30,000
6x Guide to Ballad
6x Sergeant's Insignia
N/A
6
37,500
9x Guide to Ballad
9x Sergeant's Insignia
N/A
7
120,000
4x Philosophies of Ballad
4x Lieutenant's Insignia
1x Mirror Of Mushin
8
260,000
6x Philosophies of Ballad
6x Lieutenant's Insignia
1x Mirror Of Mushin
9
450,000
12x Philosophies of Ballad
9x Lieutenant's Insignia
2x Mirror Of Mushin
10
700,000
16x Philosophies of Ballad
12x Lieutenant's Insignia
2x Mirror Of Mushin
You'll need thrice the number of materials mentioned above if you want to upgrade all of his talents, and the last upgrade needs one Crown of Insight. Though you don't need to upgrade Mika's basic attack since you won't be using them most of the time.
The Ballad books can be farmed from the Forsaken Rift domain in Mondstadt on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. This domain is located to the south of Mondstadt City, and you'll be up against multiple Cryo Slimes and Abyss Mages based on the level you're farming.
The domain also has an effect that constantly increases your stamina consumption, so you'll find yourself out of stamina most times. Random icicles also spawn on the battlefield that deal damage and slow you for a little while. It can be quite frustrating to farm this domain without a shielder.
You can also find the Mirror of Mushin after fighting Scaramouche Weekly Boss. This boss is located near Sumeru City and he's unlocked after finishing the fifth chapter of Sumeru Archon Quest.
Where To Get Shivada Jade Crystal
Shivada Jade is one of the seven types of crystal that can be found in Teyvat, and this crystal belongs to the Cryo element. Every Cryo character will need them for ascension including Mika. The main source for these crystals are the World and Weekly Bosses in Genshin Impact like:
- Cryo Regisvine (Mondstadt)
- Lupus Boreas (Mondstadt)
- Primo Geovishap (Liyue)
- Azhdaha (Liyue)
- Childe Boss Fight (Liyue)
- Cryo Hypostasis (Dragonspine)
- Maguu Kenki (Inazuma)
- Perpetual Mechanical Array (Inazuma)
- Signora Boss Fight (Inazuma)
- Bathysmal Vishap Herd (Enkanomiya)
- Aeonblight Drake (Sumeru)
You have a wide variety of bosses to farm Shivada Jade crystal, but you'll have to spend resin to claim rewards after defeating these bosses. It's better to farm the bosses that give you the exclusive boss item that you might need.
You can also get some Shivada Jade crystals from the big limited-time event in every update, though this isn't the best source since you hardly get six Shivada Jade Fragments.
Where To Get Wolfhook
Wolfhook is a local specialty that can only be found in the Wolvendom area of Mondstadt. These can be differentiated by their purple color and spikes at the bottom. You'll mostly find these items around the Lupus Boreas boss, which has a distinct mark on the map.
If you have Mika in your party, there will be a separate icon for Mondstadt regional specialties on your mini-map when you're near them. This can make it much easier to farm them since you'll need a total of 168 to fully ascend Mika. Moreover, you can get three Wolfhooks if you do Mika's trial.
Where To Get Insignias
Recruit's, Sergeant's, and Lieutenant's insignias are one of the easiest mob drops to farm in Genshin Impact. These items drop when you defeat a Fatui Skirmisher of any kind. The skirmishers can be found in every single region of Teyvat, and they can be located quite easily since these enemies are huge.
Moreover, the insignias also have a chance of dropping when you defeat the Fatui Agents or Cicin Mages. The drop rate of these items is quite high, so you'll be able to horde them easily. Though the enemies need to be over level 40 to get Sergeant's Insignia and level 60 to get Lieutenant's Insignia.
The level of mobs in your world increases each time you increase your World Level. Moreover, you'll also find higher-level mobs in further regions like Inazuma and Sumeru.
Where To Get Pseudo-Stamens
Pseudo-Stamens are boss items dropped exclusively by the Setekh Wenut boss in the Sumeru Desert. This is the only ascension material required by Mika that can't be found in Mondstadt. Setekh Wenut can be found in the Wenut Tunnels and you can easily reach the boss using the Teleport Waypoint below it.
During the battle, this boss will constantly go underground and only appear every few seconds. You need to seize every opportunity to deal heavy damage to it, which means that you need to use Burst-type characters. The Wenut will float in the air every few seconds to perform a special attack.
You can shoot the Anemo bubbles with Cryo, Hydro, Pyro, or Electro element to bring the boss down and it'll stay in a vulnerable state for a few seconds.
A flower will spawn from the ground once you defeat the boss, and you can revitalize it with 40 Original Resin. This will give you one to three Pseudo-Stamens based on your World Level. Unfortunately, this World Boss doesn't give you the Shivada Jade crystal.
This means that you'll have to spend extra resin to get everything required for Mika, which can be quite frustrating for beginners since resin is quite valuable.
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