Rust

Rust is a 4-Star bow.

Ascensions and Stats

Ascension Phase	Level	Base ATK	‍ATKSecondary Attribute‍
0✦	1/20	42	9%
	20/20	109	15.9%
Ascension Cost (0 → 1) 5,000 3 3 2
1✦	20/40	135	15.9%
	40/40	205	23.2%
Ascension Cost (1 → 2) 15,000 3 12 8
2✦	40/50	231	23.2%
	50/50	266	26.8%
Ascension Cost (2 → 3) 20,000 6 6 6
3✦	50/60	292	26.8%
	60/60	327	30.4%
Ascension Cost (3 → 4) 30,000 3 12 9
4✦	60/70	353	30.4%
	70/70	388	34.1%
Ascension Cost (4 → 5) 35,000 6 9 6
5✦	70/80	414	34.1%
	80/80	449	37.7%
Ascension Cost (5 → 6) 45,000 4 18 12
6✦	80/90	475	37.7%
	90/90	510	41.3%

150,000 Mora

3 Luminous Sands from Guyun

9 Lustrous Stone from Guyun

9 Relic from Guyun

4 Divine Body from Guyun

15 Hunter's Sacrificial Knife

18 Agent's Sacrificial Knife

27 Inspector's Sacrificial Knife

10 Damaged Mask

15 Stained Mask

18 Ominous Mask

Description

An ancient bow, as hard as cast iron, that once belonged to a famed archer.
He once slew monsters and bandits like silvergrass in the wind.
As he pursued mastery in the discipline of archery,
his string sang like unrelenting thunder,
and his arrows shone like sun-soaked iron rain.

In his twilight years, the archer had a revelation.
"The ultimate profundity of speech is the word withheld, and the ultimate profundity in archery is the arrow spared."

Thereafter, he never spoke again of arrows shot out of the sky. Nor did he speak again of the foul monsters slain by iron arrows shot from an iron bow.

He buried his bow in the ground and went to live as a hermit amidst the hills.

Allegedly, the story of his death is as follows:
Every night, as the sound of a plucked string rang out from his home, a ray of brilliant purple light shot forth, and foul monsters dared not approach.
On the night of his death there was a storm. Amidst the howling wind and rain there was but a single clap of thunder. The accompanying bolt of lightning shot upwards, towards the sky, burning bright as the stars in the galaxy.

Gallery

Full Weapon - Base

Full Weapon - 2nd Ascension

Multi-Wish Artwork

Availability

• Standard Wish Wanderlust Invocation (Indefinite)
• All Character Event Wishes and Weapon Event Wishes

Weapon Event Wishes

Rust has been promoted or featured with a drop-rate boost in 17 Event Wishes:

Wish	Featured	Duration	Version
Epitome Invocation 2020-11-11	Mem­o­ry of Dust Sky­ward Harp The Flute Rain­slash­er Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust Fa­vo­ni­us Lance	November 11, 2020 – December 1, 2020	1.1
Epitome Invocation 2021-02-03	Pri­mor­di­al Jade Cut­ter Pri­mor­di­al Jade Winged-Spear The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Rust Eye of Per­cep­tion Fa­vo­ni­us Lance	February 3, 2021 – February 23, 2021	1.3
Epitome Invocation 2021-05-18	Song of Bro­ken Pines A­qui­la Fa­vo­ni­a Sac­ri­fi­cial Sword Rain­slash­er Drag­on's Bane Sac­ri­fi­cial Frag­ments Rust	May 18, 2021 – June 8, 2021	1.5
Epitome Invocation 2021-10-13	Po­lar Star Mem­o­ry of Dust Aku­ou­maru Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Fa­vo­ni­us Lance Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust	October 13, 2021 – November 2, 2021	2.2
Epitome Invocation 2022-03-30	Ha­ran Gep­paku Fu­tsu El­e­gy for the End The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Drag­on's Bane The Widsith Rust	March 30, 2022 – April 19, 2022	2.6
Epitome Invocation 2022-09-09	Ever­last­ing Moon­glow Amos' Bow Sac­ri­fi­cial Sword Fa­vo­ni­us Great­sword Drag­on's Bane Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust	September 9, 2022 – September 27, 2022	3.0
Epitome Invocation 2022-11-02	A Thou­sand Float­ing Dreams Thun­der­ing Pulse The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Fa­vo­ni­us Lance The Widsith Rust	November 2, 2022 – November 18, 2022	3.2
Epitome Invocation 2023-02-07	Staff of Ho­ma A­qua Sim­u­la­cra Lith­ic Blade Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Drag­on's Bane Fa­vo­ni­us Co­dex Rust	February 7, 2023 – February 28, 2023	3.4
Epitome Invocation 2023-05-24	Thun­der­ing Pulse Ka­gu­ra's Ver­i­ty Aku­ou­maru The Flute Drag­on's Bane The Widsith Rust	May 24, 2023 – June 13, 2023	3.7
Epitome Invocation 2023-09-05	Vor­tex Van­quish­er Po­lar Star The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Drag­on's Bane The Widsith Rust	September 5, 2023 – September 26, 2023	4.0
Epitome Invocation 2024-01-09	En­gulf­ing Light­ning Thun­der­ing Pulse Wave­break­er's Fin Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Rain­slash­er Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust	January 9, 2024 – January 30, 2024	4.3
Epitome Invocation 2024-07-17	Verdict Key of Khaj-Ni­sut Xi­phos' Moon­light The Bell Drag­on's Bane Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust	July 17, 2024 – August 6, 2024	4.8
Epitome Invocation 2024-10-09	Peak Pa­trol Song U­raku Mi­su­giri Stur­dy Bone Moun­tain-Brac­ing Bolt Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Fa­vo­ni­us Co­dex Rust	October 9, 2024 – October 29, 2024	5.1
Epitome Invocation 2025-03-04	Splen­dor of Tran­quil Wa­ters Cash­flow Su­per­vi­sion Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Drag­on's Bane Sac­ri­fi­cial Frag­ments Rust	March 4, 2025 – March 25, 2025	5.4
Epitome Invocation 2025-07-08	A Thou­sand Blaz­ing Suns Lu­mi­douce El­e­gy The Flute Rain­slash­er Drag­on's Bane Sac­ri­fi­cial Frag­ments Rust	July 8, 2025 – July 29, 2025	5.7
Epitome Invocation 2026-03-17	Azure­light Sym­pho­nist of Scents The Flute The Bell Fa­vo­ni­us Lance Fa­vo­ni­us Co­dex Rust	March 17, 2026 – April 7, 2026	Luna V
Epitome Invocation 2026-08-12	Whitelake Frostfeather Crim­son Moon's Sem­blance Fa­vo­ni­us Sword The Bell Drag­on's Bane Sac­ri­fi­cial Frag­ments Rust	August 12, 2026 – September 1, 2026	7.0

Chronicled Wishes

Rust has been included in 6 Chronicled Wishes:

Wish	Designated Item	Duration	Version
Ode to the Dawn Breeze 2024-03-13	Al­be­do Di­luc Eu­la Jean Klee Mo­na A­qui­la Fa­vo­ni­a Bea­con of the Reed Sea Hun­ter's Path Lost Prayer to the Sa­cred Winds Sky­ward At­las Sky­ward Blade Sky­ward Harp Sky­ward Pride Sky­ward Spine Song of Bro­ken Pines Wolf's Grave­stone	March 13, 2024 – April 2, 2024	4.5
Remembrance of Jade and Stone 2025-01-21	Bai­zhu Shen­he Ke­qing Gan­yu Qi­qi Tar­ta­glia Xiao Pri­mor­di­al Jade Cut­ter Sum­mit Shap­er The Un­forged Ca­lam­i­ty Quel­ler Pri­mor­di­al Jade Winged-Spear Jade­fall's Splen­dor Mem­o­ry of Dust Po­lar Star Amos' Bow	January 21, 2025 – February 11, 2025	5.3
Thunder Rends the Plains on High 2025-05-27	Kami­sato Aya­ka Kami­sato Aya­to Yoi­miya Chi­ori Yae Mi­ko Ara­taki It­to San­go­no­mi­ya Ko­ko­mi Kaede­hara Kazu­ha U­raku Mi­su­giri Ha­ran Gep­paku Fu­tsu Mist­split­ter Re­forged Free­dom-Sworn Red­horn Stone­thresh­er Ka­gu­ra's Ver­i­ty Ever­last­ing Moon­glow Thun­der­ing Pulse	May 27, 2025 – June 17, 2025	5.6
Roving Chalice of Dewgrass 2025-09-10	Deh­ya Al­hai­tham Wan­der­er Cy­no Ni­lou Tigh­na­ri Light of Fo­li­ar In­ci­sion Key of Khaj-Ni­sut Bea­con of the Reed Sea Staff of the Scar­let Sands Tu­lay­tul­lah's Re­mem­bran­ce Hun­ter's Path	September 10, 2025 – September 30, 2025	Luna I
Ode to the Dawn Breeze 2026-02-25	Eu­la Mo­na Al­be­do Klee Di­luc Jean Sky­ward Blade A­qui­la Fa­vo­ni­a Song of Bro­ken Pines Wolf's Grave­stone Sky­ward Pride Sky­ward Spine Lost Prayer to the Sa­cred Winds Sky­ward At­las El­e­gy for the End Sky­ward Harp	February 25, 2026 – March 17, 2026	Luna V
Dewlit Tranquility 2026-04-28	E­mi­lie Clo­rinde Sige­winne Na­via Ly­ney Ab­so­lu­tion Verdict Lu­mi­douce El­e­gy Sil­ver­show­er Heart­strings The First Great Mag­ic	April 28, 2026 – May 19, 2026	Luna VI

Trivia

• Tartaglia is seen wielding this bow in his official Character Demo and in Collected Miscellany - "Childe: Foul Legacy" | Genshin Impact.

Etymology

• The Chinese name of the bow 弓藏/弓藏 is a part of the chengyu (idiom) "[once] the birds are annihilated, the [good] bow is put away" (Chinese: 鸟尽弓藏 niǎojìn-gōngcáng). It figuratively means an able person will lose their position once they have served their purpose. This aphorism is used as a reminder that one should not stand out too much because doing so will invite the envy of their boss and colleagues.
• The archer's revelation that "the ultimate profundity in archery is the arrow spared" is most likely a reference to the phrase "to Shoot without shooting" (Chinese: 不射之射 bùshèzhīshè)^[1] in Liezi, an ancient Chinese text that describes the philosophy of Taoism. The whole story of the lore may be inspired by the Japanese novel Legend of the Master written by Atsushi Nakajima (who in turn took inspiration from several episodes of Liezi), which was later made into a movie by Shanghai Animation Film Studio as To Shoot without Shooting.

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