Party

Building an effective party is one of the most fundamental aspects of mastering Genshin Impact. Your chosen team of characters is your primary tool for exploring the world, conquering challenging domains, and defeating powerful bosses. Understanding how to set up and manage your parties is crucial for every Traveler's journey across Teyvat.

The Fundamentals of Your Party

At its core, a party in Genshin Impact is a team of up to four characters that you switch between during combat and exploration. The ability to swap characters on the fly is a key mechanic, with a 1-second cooldown between switches. If you try to change characters too rapidly, you'll be notified that the ability is still on cooldown. This switching system allows you to chain elemental abilities and reactions seamlessly.

You unlock the ability to change your party after completing the Archon Quest "Unexpected Power" in Prologue: Act I - The Outlander Who Caught the Wind. Until then, you'll progress through the early game with the default characters provided.

A Special Case: Trial Characters

During certain limited-time events or trial stages, you may encounter a special scenario. If your current party is already full with four characters and does not include the specific trial character being featured, the game may temporarily expand your party to five characters. The fifth slot will be occupied by that trial character, letting you test them out in your own team composition.

Understanding Team Bonuses

One of the first strategic layers you'll encounter is the Team Bonus system. Your party can benefit from any number of these bonuses, which provide passive boosts based on the elemental composition of your team. These bonuses encourage you to think about synergy between characters' elements, not just their individual power. Pay attention to these when assembling your team, as they can provide a significant advantage.

Mastering the Party Setup Menu

The Party Setup menu is your command center for team management. You can access it through the Paimon Menu by pressing L on PC, or by holding a character icon on the right side of your screen on mobile. A quick tip: certain actions, like sprinting or being in a specific status, may prevent you from opening this menu.

Key Features of Party Setup

Adding and Arranging Characters: You add characters to your team from left to right. A party cannot be deployed if it contains zero characters. You can rearrange the order of your characters by holding and dragging one to swap its position with another.
Multiple Party Compositions: The game provides you with 4 default team slots named "Party 1" through "Party 4." You can rename these for easy recall (e.g., "Exploration," "Pyro DPS," "Farming Team") but they cannot be permanently deleted. The team you are currently using also cannot be disbanded.
Creating New Teams: You are not limited to the defaults. You can create new party compositions, which will be labeled "Team Standing By" by default. There is a maximum of 15 team compositions you can have saved at one time.
Visual Cues: Whenever you manually move a character into your party or revisit the Party Setup screen from a character's details, that character will play a unique animation, giving the menu a bit of personality.

The Configure Team Menu

For a more comprehensive overview, the Configure Team menu is your best friend. This screen displays a list of all your saved team compositions in one place. It clearly shows each team's name, the characters assigned to it, and their elements. This menu allows you to create new compositions, disband ones you no longer need, and quickly switch between them without navigating back to the main Party Setup screen.

Summary and Key Takeaways

A party consists of up to four characters, switched in battle with a 1-second cooldown.
Party management is unlocked early on via the Archon Quest "Unexpected Power."
Always consider Team Bonuses for passive buffs based on elemental synergies.
Use the Party Setup menu (accessed via Paimon Menu or 'L' key) to build, rename, and rearrange your teams.
You can save up to 15 different party compositions for different scenarios like exploration, bosses, or Spiral Abyss.
The Configure Team menu offers a quick, visual overview of all your saved teams for easy management.

By efficiently setting up your parties and saving multiple compositions, you can swiftly adapt to any challenge Teyvat throws your way, whether you're diving into a new domain or farming materials in the overworld.