Genshin Impact 7.0: How to Unlock Free Alyosha

Alyosha is a 4-star Electro polearm character you can add to your roster in Genshin Impact 7.0 at no wish cost. He is handed out during the opening of Snezhnaya, the Cryo Archon’s homeland, so any Traveler who plays through the region’s main story walks away with him.

Quick answer: Start and progress the Snezhnaya Archon Quest Everwinter Without Mercy. Alyosha joins your account automatically after the conversation about Project Stuzha in the town of Sretomorovszk, near the start of the second quest chapter.

What you need before you start

The only real requirement is reaching Snezhnaya and beginning its Archon Quest. This is the same free-character pattern used for earlier region debuts, such as Aino in Nod-Krai, where progressing the story is enough to earn the unit outright.

Detail	Value
Character	Alyosha
Rarity	4-star
Element	Electro
Weapon	Polearm
Cost	Free via Archon Quest
Region	Snezhnaya
Archon Quest	Everwinter Without Mercy

Unlock Alyosha through the Everwinter Without Mercy quest

Begin the Snezhnaya Archon Quest, Everwinter Without Mercy. This kicks off the Traveler’s journey in the final nation of Teyvat and starts the sequence that leads to Alyosha.

Chapter VII: Act I “Everwinter Without Mercy” begins once you start the quest.

After arriving in Snezhnaya, the Traveler and Paimon are separated for a short while. The Traveler falls into a cavern and needs to find a way out.

Locate the Eye of Graeae inside the cavern. This mysterious construct helps you escape and eventually reunites you with Paimon.

Once you are back together, the Eye of Graeae suggests heading to the next town to recover. Keep following the story to finish the first chapter, which unlocks the next one, Gunfire in the Silent Lands.

Enter the small town of Sretomorovszk to continue. Resonate with the nearby Snezhnaya Statue of the Seven while you are here so the Traveler gains the Cryo element.

Continue through the town’s streets and you will meet Alyosha. A short conversation plays out where you learn about Project Stuzha. When it finishes, Alyosha is added to your account.

Alyosha joins after the Project Stuzha conversation in Sretomorovszk.

How to confirm Alyosha is unlocked

You know it worked when the game shows the character acquisition screen at the end of the Project Stuzha dialogue and Alyosha appears in your character list. From there he can be built and slotted into a team like any other unit.

If Alyosha has not appeared yet, you have not reached the correct point. He is granted after entering Sretomorovszk during Gunfire in the Silent Lands, not at the very start of Everwinter Without Mercy. Keep pushing the main story until the Project Stuzha scene plays.

What Alyosha does and how to get more copies

Alyosha is a support character built around buffing his team. He raises Super-Conduct damage, hands out ATK buffs to party members, and can heal his teammates, which makes the free copy a solid all-round pickup for reaction teams.

Because he is a 4-star, unlocking his Constellations noticeably improves his performance. You can pull for extra copies on the first-phase banners of version 7.0, where he features as a boosted 4-star. The more Constellations you stack, the stronger he becomes as a support piece.