Genshin Impact’s Luna IV drops two fresh artifacts, and you’ll want to farm them before the update lands.
Genshin Impact Luna IV New Artifacts Revealed
The Luna IV update introduces two new artifact sets designed to enhance both elemental and physical builds. Early details suggest one set will boost reaction-based teams with increased damage potential, while the other favors characters relying on sustained normal or charged attacks. These artifacts are expected to drop from a new domain tied to the upcoming region, motivating players to plan their resin usage for farming once the update arrives.
Genshin Impact Luna IV will add two new artifacts – Aubade of Morningstar and Moon and A Day Carved From Rising Winds. Both of these new artifacts bring high value to Lunar reaction and hexerei teams in Genshin Impact. Here are the set effects for both of these artifacts:
| Artifact | Effects |
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| Aubade of Morningstar and Moon | 2-Piece: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80. 4-Piece: When the equipping character is off-field, Lunar Reaction DMG is increased by 20%. When the party’s Moonsign Level is at least Ascendant Gleam, Lunar Reaction DMG will be further increased by 40%. This effect will disappear after the equipping character is active for 3s. |
| A Day Carved From Rising Winds | 2-Piece: ATK 18%. 4-Piece: After a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst hits an opponent, gain the Blessing of Pastoral Winds effect for 6s: ATK is increased by 25%. If the equipping character has completed Witch’s Homework, Blessing of Pastoral Winds will be upgraded to Resolve of Pastoral Winds, which also increases the CRIT Rate of the equipping character by an additional 20%. This effect can be triggered even when the character is off-field. |
As you can see, the Aubade of Morningstar and Moon artifact hugely increases the Elemental Mastery of the equipping character, while also increasing the Lunar reaction DMG when off-field. This makes it perfect for off-field Lunar reaction drivers, like Ineffa or Columbina.
The next artifact, A Day Carved From Rising Winds, buffs the ATK of the equipping character and further buffs ATK and Crit Rate if the character is part of the Hexerei faction. This makes this artifact perfect for Durin and other Hexerei characters like Venti, Albedo, Razor, etc.
Aubade of Morningstar and Moon 4-piece effects
Aubade of Morningstar and Moon’s 4-piece effect is a conditional Lunar Reaction damage buff focused on off-field characters.
Exact 4-piece effect
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When the equipping character is off-field, Lunar Reaction DMG is increased by 20%.
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When the party’s Moonsign Level is at least Ascendant Gleam, Lunar Reaction DMG is further increased by 40% (for a total of 60%).
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This additional effect disappears 3 seconds after the equipping character goes on-field.
Which characters benefit most from the 4-piece bonus
The 4-piece Aubade of Morningstar and Moon is best on off-field Lunar Reaction drivers and enablers whose damage comes largely from those reactions rather than from on-field attacks.
Ideal users
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Off-field Lunar reaction DPS who stay off-field most of the time, so they can maintain the 20-60% Lunar Reaction DMG bonus consistently.
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Characters whose kits scale well with Elemental Mastery (which the 2-piece provides) and who trigger or drive Lunar reactions as their main source of damage.
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Units on teams that reliably reach the Ascendant Gleam Moonsign Level, since that unlocks the extra 40% Lunar Reaction DMG and pushes the set’s value much higher.
When to skip it
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On-field carries that spend most of their time active, because the extra 40% falls off 3 seconds after they enter the field, greatly reducing uptime.
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Burst nukers or raw ATK/CRIT scalers whose damage does not mainly come from Lunar reactions, who will usually prefer generic ATK/CRIT or element-specific sets instead.
