Vodyanitsa is a 5-star Hydro Catalyst joining Genshin Impact in Version 7.1, and every material she needs can already be gathered in-game. Stocking up before her banner goes live means you can push her straight to Level 90 with maxed talents the day she arrives, without waiting on domain rotations or boss cooldowns.
Quick answer: All of Vodyanitsa’s ascension, talent, and signature weapon materials are currently obtainable. Her key farmables are 168 Frostfairy Flower, 46 Unscorched Blossom Branch, the Chimeric enemy drops, the Fortitude talent books, and 18 Madman’s Restraint.
Vodyanitsa ascension materials (Level 90)
Raising Vodyanitsa from Level 1 to 90 across her six ascension phases requires the following totals, plus roughly 420,000 Mora and Hero’s Wit for leveling.
| Material | Total |
|---|---|
| Varunada Lazurite Sliver | 1 |
| Varunada Lazurite Fragment | 9 |
| Varunada Lazurite Chunk | 9 |
| Varunada Lazurite Gemstone | 6 |
| Frostfairy Flower | 168 |
| Chimeric Core | 18 |
| Symbiotic Chimeric Nucleus | 30 |
| Prime Chimeric Nexus | 36 |
| Unscorched Blossom Branch | 46 |
Frostfairy Flower is the biggest single grind at 168 copies. This specialty respawns over time, so start harvesting it well before her release to spread the collection across several days.
Vodyanitsa talent materials (all talents to Level 10)
Maxing all three of her talents costs around 4,957,500 Mora on top of the materials below. If you plan to prioritize one or two talents based on her build, you can scale these numbers down accordingly.
| Material | Total |
|---|---|
| Teachings of Fortitude | 9 |
| Guide to Fortitude | 63 |
| Philosophies of Fortitude | 114 |
| Chimeric Core | 18 |
| Symbiotic Chimeric Nucleus | 66 |
| Prime Chimeric Nexus | 93 |
| Madman’s Restraint | 18 |
| Crown of Insight | 3 |
Because both ascension and talents pull from the same Chimeric enemy pool, factor in the combined demand when you plan farming runs. Across full ascension and maxed talents you will need 36 Chimeric Core, 96 Symbiotic Chimeric Nucleus, and 129 Prime Chimeric Nexus in total.
Hymn of the Maelstrom signature weapon materials
Her signature 5-star Catalyst, Hymn of the Maelstrom, reaches 542 Base ATK and a 66.2% HP bonus at Level 90. Its ascension materials are entirely separate from her character costs and can be pre-farmed alongside them.
| Material | Total |
|---|---|
| Measured Pour of the Cellared Spiritual Nectar | 5 |
| Intoxication of the Cellared Spiritual Nectar | 14 |
| Exhilaration of the Cellared Spiritual Nectar | 14 |
| Revelry of the Cellared Spiritual Nectar | 6 |
| Ethereal Glimmershard | 15 |
| Ethereal Crystal | 23 |
| Ethereal Crystalscale Stone | 27 |
| Accreted Fragment | 23 |
| Accreted Mass | 27 |
| Accreted Growth | 41 |
Where to farm each Vodyanitsa material
Overworld and boss drops
Varunada Lazurite Sliver, Fragment, Chunk, and Gemstone come from a range of overworld enemies and bosses, most reliably Hydro field and weekly bosses. You can also refine lower tiers into higher ones, or convert other elemental gems using Dust of Azoth at the Alchemy Bench.
Unscorched Blossom Branch drops from the Immortal Construct field boss in the Everfrozen Earth area of Snezhnaya. You will need 46 of them, so plan repeated visits once the boss resets its resin cost.
Snezhnaya specialty and enemy drops
Frostfairy Flower is a Snezhnaya local specialty found across the Snezhnograd and White Birch Snowgrave regions, including the Everfrozen Earth surface. Chimeric Core, Symbiotic Chimeric Nucleus, and Prime Chimeric Nexus are all dropped by Aberrant Chimeric Monsters roaming Snezhnaya, with higher tiers dropping from stronger enemies.
For the weapon, Ethereal Glimmershard, Ethereal Crystal, and Ethereal Crystalscale Stone come from Fae of Crystalline Flesh, while Accreted Fragment, Mass, and Growth drop from Volkodlak Brutes. Both enemy types are located in Snezhnaya.
Domain and weekly boss materials
The Fortitude talent books (Teachings, Guide, and Philosophies) are farmed at the Relics of the Fallen Grace domain in Snezhnaya, which opens on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. The weapon materials from the Cellared Spiritual Nectar set come from the Scars of Cursed Obsession weapon domain on those same days.
Madman’s Restraint is a weekly boss drop from The Doctor, fought in the False Moon Institute Trounce Domain in Nod-Krai. The three Crown of Insight needed for level 10 talents come from events and Sacred Sakura offerings rather than any farmable node.
Pre-farm priorities before Version 7.1
Start with the items that gate hardest on time. Frostfairy Flower and the Immortal Construct drops both need many copies and refresh slowly, so gathering them across multiple days pays off most. Save resin for the Chimeric drops and Madman’s Restraint closer to release, since those feed both her ascension and talents.
- Highest priority: Frostfairy Flower (168) and Unscorched Blossom Branch (46).
- Resin-based: Chimeric enemy drops, Fortitude talent books, and Madman’s Restraint.
- Flexible: Varunada Lazurite tiers, which convert freely with Dust of Azoth.
With these totals collected in advance, Vodyanitsa can be fully leveled and talent-capped as soon as her banner opens, letting you slot her into a team without the usual multi-week build wait. No official release date and time for Version 7.1 is currently confirmed, so treat the specialty and boss farming as the safest work to complete now.
