In Genshin Impact, the Spirit Whisperer is a priestess of the Night Wind Lords and an elite boss added to the game with the release of update 5.3. The Hermit Priestess drops the Talisman of the Mystic Land, which is required to ascend certain characters. This guide will tell you where to find this enemy, what team you should prepare to fight him, the fastest way to defeat him, and what achievements you will be able to unlock.
Where to Find the Spiritualist Hermit
There are no additional requirements to unlock this boss, so you can essentially get to him right after completing the Archon quest “Song of Dragon Freedom”. However, we still recommend that you start with the Natlan quest chain.
So, first of all, get to Natlan by moving to the opened teleport west of the Hadramaweth Desert. We will show the exact location of the boss after the release of update 5.3, which is scheduled for January 1, 2025…
Spirituality Talker Respawn
After you defeat this boss, it will respawn almost instantly – you will need to teleport to another area or re-enter the game for the hermit priestess to respawn. Also remember that you will need to spend 40 units of Primordial Resin to collect the rewards from her.
Spirit Whisperer Hermit Stats
Even in its normal state, this enemy has 70% Cryo Resistance, but its resistance to other types of damage (including physical) is only 10%. When the boss creates Shining Reflections and hides behind them, he becomes invulnerable to any attacks. All this imposes certain restrictions on the selection of characters to fight this enemy.
If we talk about the combat parameters of this hermit priestess, she has quite high health and attack power, which are equal to or significantly exceed similar values of the Monstrous Baptist or Unut Setekh. For example, at level 90, her base HP is 630 thousand units (the Baptist has 371 thousand), and ATK is 15.2 thousand units (Setekh has 11.4 thousand). You can see all the enemy's stats in the image below (2P, 3P, and 4P show the stats when playing in co-op).
Recommended Characters
Tips for Choosing Heroes
Considering the boss's large health bar and significant attack power, we advise you to pay as much attention to the survivability of the squad as to its damage. If you see that your shielder cannot cope with the incoming damage, then you can safely take a healer into the pack. He will help heal after powerful enemy area attacks.
Primary and secondary damage dealers can be Electro, Pyro, Hydro, Anemo, Dendro, and/or Geo, but we recommend sticking with the first two elements as they combine best with Cryo to create the reactions needed to quickly take down Radiant Reflections (more on that below).
As for supports, they can be of any element, since their main task will be to increase the elemental damage of damage dealers, that is, they will still attack the enemy infrequently. This also applies to shielders and healers.
At the same time, we strongly advise against taking characters whose abilities lead to the imposition of the Hydro status on the active character or themselves (this applies, for example, to Barbara, Xing Qiu and Kokomi), since in this case they will most likely be frozen by the attacks of the hermit priestess.
Optimal Teams
Taking into account the above information, we have prepared some of the most suitable teams that will be easiest for you to deal with the Spirit Speaker Hermit. They are shown in the table below.
Main DD | Sub DD | Sub DD/Support | Support |
---|---|---|---|
Mavuika | Shilonen | Sitlali | Bennett |
Harlequin | Chevreuse | Sarah (Fischl) | Bennett |
Harlequin | Yae Miko | Chevreuse | Yan Fei |
Harlequin | Emilia | Zhong Li | Bennett |
Lini | Dehya (Xiang Ling) | Kazuha (Lynette) | Bennett |
Eimiya | Raiden | Chevreuse (Kazuha) | < p> Bennett |
Hu Tao | Ye Lan (Xing Qiu) | Kazuha | Zhong Li |
Clorinda | Fischl | Chevreuse | Volumes |
Clorinda (Saino) | Fischl | Kazuha (Zhong Li) | Nahida |
Raiden | Ye Lan (Xing Qiu, Sarah) | Xiang Ling | Bennett |
Ke Qing | Fischl | Kazuha | Yao Yao (Nahida) |
Spirit Whisperer Attacks and Movement
Information will appear after the release of update 5.3, which is scheduled for January 1, 2025…
How to Defeat the Spirit Whisperer
Preparing for Battle
Before the battle, you can eat dishes that increase attack power, critical damage, and critical hit chance. It would be a good idea to drink potions that increase certain elemental damage to strengthen your damage dealers. In this case, the following will be useful:
- Whirlpool Oil – increases Hydro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
- Forest Oil – increases Dendro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
- Thunder Oil – increases Electro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
- Essence of Stillness – increases Geo damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
- Flame Oil – Increases Pyro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
The boss also mainly deals Cryo damage, so we recommend you take a Frost Shield Potion, which increases resistance to Cryo damage by 25% for 300 seconds.
Battle Strategy
Information will be available after the release of update 5.3, which is scheduled for January 1, 2025…
Achievements for the Spiritualist Hermit
During the battle with this boss, you can only get one trophy. Below we will tell you what you need to do to open it.
Information will be available after the release of update 5.3, which is scheduled for January 1, 2025…
Rewards for defeating the Spiritualist Hermit
For destroying this priestess, you will receive friendship experience, mora, adventure points and various materials, which are mainly needed for the development of Cryo heroes. The higher the enemy's level, the better the reward:
- Shivada Jade Shards (level 20+)
- Shivada Jade Fragments (level 40+)
- Shivada Jade Pieces (level 60+)
- Precious Shivada Jade (level 75+)
- Talisman of the Mysterious Land (level 30+) – necessary for the ascension of Sitlali.
In addition to everything else, this ice priestess drops various sets of artifacts, namely:
- Lucky (3 stars)
- Exiled (3-4 stars)
- Berserker (3-4 stars)
- The End Gladiator (4-5 stars)
- Wandering Ensemble (4-5 stars)
We hope that our guide to the Spiritual Hermit in Genshin Impact will help you find and destroy this boss, learning in advance about the strategy of fighting her and preparing the optimal team for the battle.