How to get Primogems in Genshin Impact: every free source, ranked
Primogems are what you spend on pulls in Genshin Impact: 160 per pull, so 90 pulls to hard pity means 90 × 160. Nobody farms that in a week. What a free player does instead is build a routine that quietly collects 5,930–7,260 Primogems a month and saves it for the banner that matters.
This guide ranks every free source by how much it actually gives, then turns it into a daily, weekly and per-patch checklist. If you only want the monthly number and what it means for your pity, the companion page has it in one table.
Where the Primogems come from, best source first
Ordered by monthly yield. The top two or three lines are what separates an account that pulls every banner from one that does not; everything below is a bonus.
- 1Events: about 2,000–2,500 Primogems a month, or 12–15 pullsvaries a lot by patch
- 2Daily Commissions: about 1,800 Primogems a month, or 11 pulls
- 3Spiral Abyss: about 1,200 Primogems a month, or 7 pullsfull clear, 2 resets/month
- 4Imaginarium Theater: about 420–800 Primogems a month, or 2–5 pullsdepends on cleared difficulty
- 5Maintenance compensation: about 300–600 Primogems a month, or 1–3 pulls
- 6Livestream codes: about 150–300 Primogems a month, or 0–1 pulls
- 7HoYoLAB check-in: about 60 Primogems a month, or 0 pulls
The routine that collects all of it
Split by how often each source resets. Missing a day is not a disaster; missing a whole endgame reset is, because that Primogems cannot be recovered.
Every day
The steady base of any F2P account in Genshin Impact. Small amounts, but multiplied by thirty days they are usually the largest single line of the month.
- Daily Commissions · 11
- HoYoLAB check-in · 0
Every reset of the endgame modes
The highest-value hours in Genshin Impact: rewards scale with how far you clear, so the last stars are the expensive ones. Check the reset calendar.
- Spiral Abyss · 7
- Imaginarium Theater · 2–5
Every patch or event
The line with the widest swing. A good patch can double the monthly Primogems; a quiet one gives almost nothing. Always finish the event shop before it closes.
- Events · 12–15
Whenever they drop
Redeem codes and compensation mail arrive after livestreams, maintenance and anniversaries. They expire fast: redeem the day you see them.
- Livestream codes · 0–1
- Maintenance compensation · 1–3
One-time rewards (new accounts)
Claimable once per account, so they are not in the monthly ranking. On a fresh Genshin Impact account they can outweigh months of routine and are the reason new players pull so much in their first weeks.
- Exploration chests
- Achievements
- Story quests
What costs F2P players the most
- Spending Primogems on the standard banner or on 10-pulls "to see what happens" instead of saving for a limited unit.
- Letting an endgame reset in Genshin Impact pass without clearing it: that Primogems is gone for good.
- Ignoring the event shop and redeem codes because they are small: together they are often a full multi every month.
- Pulling before checking the numbers. Your real chance of the featured unit depends on your pity and your pulls; the calculator shows it before you spend.
If you decide to spend
Only worth mentioning because the value gap is huge: the cheapest recurring pass in Genshin Impact pays several times more Primogems per dollar than any bundle in the shop.
- With the Blessing of the Welkin Moon (~$4.99)+3,000 Primogems / month ≈ +18 pulls
Now do the math
Knowing where the Primogems come from is half of it. The companion page turns the monthly total into pulls, months to hard pity and your real chance of the featured unit, and the calculator takes your exact pity and savings.
Amounts for Genshin Impact come from fixed rewards plus a conservative range for events. They are rounded and may shift with patches.
