Quick answer. Durin is a 5-star Pyro Sword off-field Burst character and one of the twelve Hexerei. His Elemental Skill lets you pick one of two forms before you Burst, and your team's reaction picks the form for you: Electro, Anemo, Geo or Dendro teammates want Confirmation of Purity (a party-wide RES shred), while Hydro or Cryo teammates want Denial of Darkness (a boost to Durin's own Vaporize and Melt). Purity's shred does not trigger on Vaporize or Melt at all. Build him with an ATK% Sands, a Pyro DMG Goblet and a CRIT Circlet. Use 4-piece Celestial Gift when he is the support and 4-piece A Day Carved From Rising Winds when he is the damage dealer. His best weapon is his signature Athame Artis and his best budget option is Wolf-Fang. Level the Burst first and the Skill second, and never level his Normal Attack. You cannot pull him in Version 7.1: he is on none of the current wishes or selectors.
This guide is current for Version 7.1, "A Rekviem for the Underworld", live since 23 September 2026, with the Phase II wishes running until 3 November 2026. All talent numbers below come from the in-game talent tables, checked on 15 October 2026.
Can you get Durin in Version 7.1?
No. Durin is event-exclusive and has had two Character Event Wishes, both called "Rubedo, of White Stone Born":
- 3 to 23 December 2025 (Version "Luna III"), his debut, with Jahoda, Bennett and Faruzan as the featured 4-stars.
- 20 May to 9 June 2026 (Version "Luna VII"), his rerun, with Prune, Razor and Fischl.
Nothing in Version 7.1 gives him out. We checked all 35 live in-game announcements on 15 October 2026, and his name appears in none of them. The two live Character Event Wishes boost Skirk (announcement 21888) and Escoffier (21889). The weapon banner features Azurelight and Symphonist of Scents (21890), not his signature sword. The Tabletop Troupe selector lists six event-exclusive 5-stars, "Tartaglia, Nilou, Baizhu, Chiori, Clorinde, and Varesa" (21924). The other free selector only offers characters from the Standard Wish (21885). HoYoverse has not announced Version 7.2's banners, so anything you read about a Durin rerun right now comes from leaks.
Check this before you build him. His Hexerei upgrade needs Witch's Homework, and those quests only unlock once the character is level 70 or higher. Half of what makes Durin good is gated behind that level.
How do Durin's two forms work?
Pressing his Elemental Skill, Binary Form: Convergence and Division, gives you 6 seconds of a state called Essential Transmutation. In that window, press Skill again for Confirmation of Purity (one AoE Pyro hit) or press Normal Attack for Denial of Darkness (three Pyro hits in front of you). Each form lasts 30 seconds and decides which Elemental Burst you get. Purity is the default, so if you do nothing, you get Purity.
| Confirmation of Purity | Denial of Darkness | |
|---|---|---|
| Burst summons | Dragon of White Flame, AoE hits | Dragon of Dark Decay, single-target hits |
| Dragon hit at Burst Lv. 10 | 170.35% ATK | 233.71% ATK |
| A1 passive | Pyro RES and the reacting element's RES −20% | Durin's Vaporize and Melt DMG +40% |
| With Hexerei: Secret Rite | −35% RES | +70% Vaporize and Melt |
| Triggers on | Burning, Overloaded, Pyro Swirl, Pyro Crystallize | Durin's own Vaporize and Melt |
| Who benefits | The whole party | Durin only |
The row that decides everything is Triggers on. The A1 passive, Light Manifest of the Divine Calculus, gives the White Flame shred only "after nearby party members trigger Burning, Overloaded, Pyro Swirl, or Pyro Crystallize reactions on an opponent, or deal Pyro DMG or Dendro DMG to an opponent affected by Burning." Vaporize and Melt are not on that list. If you run Purity with Mona or Lohen, the shred never triggers. The Darkness bonus is the reverse: it only boosts Durin's own Vaporize and Melt, and does nothing for your teammates. So the rule works in both directions. Electro, Anemo, Geo and Dendro teammates mean Purity. Hydro and Cryo teammates mean Darkness.
His Hexerei passive, Ode to Ascension, raises "all effects" of that A1 passive by 75% when Hexerei: Secret Rite is active. That is how 20% becomes 35% and 40% becomes 70%.
The Normal Attack talent is dead weight. You enter Darkness by pressing the Normal Attack button, but those three hits are listed under the Elemental Skill table, not the Normal Attack one. Durin uses no Normal Attack multipliers in either build.
What are Durin's best artifacts and main stats?
Main stats: ATK% Sands, Pyro DMG Bonus Goblet, CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG Circlet. Substats go CRIT, then ATK%, then Energy Recharge up to what your rotation needs, then Elemental Mastery.
ATK is his main stat, not a filler, because two parts of his kit read it directly. His A4 passive, Chaos Formed Like the Night, gives each dragon hit "3% of the original DMG for every 100 ATK" up to "a maximum of 75%". That cap is reached at exactly 2,500 ATK. His first constellation also converts a share of his ATK into flat damage. If you play Darkness Vaporize or Melt, an Elemental Mastery Sands is a fair swap, because the reaction multiplier scales with EM. Outside that one build, keep ATK%.
Support Durin (Purity): 4-piece Celestial Gift. The 2-piece gives +20% Energy Recharge. The 4-piece reads: "If the equipping character has completed Witch's Homework, after they use an Elemental Skill, they also gain 'Light's Guidance' for 20s: All nearby party members gain a 20% Elemental DMG Bonus corresponding to the equipping character's Elemental Type." With Hexerei: Secret Rite active, that becomes +40% for both Durin's element and the current active character's element. With Varka on-field, the whole party gets +40% Pyro and +40% Anemo DMG. The set drops from Thorny Crown of the Mountain Wind in Mondstadt. Only one holder counts: "DMG Bonuses provided by Artifact Sets with the same name do not stack." If Nicole already wears it, give Durin something else.
Damage Durin (Darkness): 4-piece A Day Carved From Rising Winds. The 2-piece gives +18% ATK. The 4-piece gives +25% ATK for 6 seconds whenever an attack, Skill or Burst hits, and if Durin has completed Witch's Homework it also adds +20% CRIT Rate. It "can be triggered even when the character is off-field", which matters because his dragon does its damage while he is off-field. It drops from Moonchild's Treasures in Nod-Krai.
Alternatives. 4-piece Emblem of Severed Fate turns Energy Recharge into Burst DMG (25% of ER, up to +75%). It works well if your rotation already needs a lot of ER. 4-piece Crimson Witch of Flames gives +40% Burning and Overloaded DMG and +15% Vaporize and Melt DMG. 4-piece Deepwood Memories shreds Dendro RES, so it fits a Burning team where nobody else holds it.
What is Durin's best weapon?
Athame Artis (5-star, his signature). 608 base ATK and 33.1% CRIT Rate at level 90. Its passive gives Burst CRIT DMG +16%. When a Burst hits, Durin gets the Blade of the Daylight Hours effect, +20% ATK, and other active party members get +16% ATK for 3 seconds. The second clause is the one that matters for Durin: "when the party possesses Hexerei: Secret Rite effects, the effects of Blade of the Daylight Hours are increased by an additional 75%. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field." With Secret Rite, his own ATK buff rises to +35%.
Here is what that does for the 2,500 cap. At level 90 with Athame Artis, an ATK% Sands, a flat-ATK Plume and 4-piece A Day Carved From Rising Winds, under Secret Rite, Durin reaches about 2,456 ATK. That is about 44 short of the cap, which one decent ATK% substat roll covers. Without Secret Rite, the same build lands near 2,312. These are our own calculations from the published base stats and passives, assuming no ATK substats and no team buffs.
Wolf-Fang (4-star, best budget option). 510 base ATK and 27.6% CRIT Rate. Its passive adds +16% Skill and Burst DMG, plus a stacking CRIT Rate bonus on Skill and Burst hits. Durin's dragon counts as Burst DMG, so the whole passive applies. It came from a Gnostic Hymn Battle Pass, so check your inventory. The same build with Wolf-Fang sits around 1,936 ATK, so it relies on Bennett to get anywhere near the A4 cap.
Other 5-star swords work mostly as stat sticks. Mistsplitter Reforged and Haran Geppaku Futsu both give CRIT and a 12% all-Elemental DMG Bonus. Haran's other clause only buffs Normal Attacks, which Durin never uses. Mistsplitter's Emblem stacks still come from casting his Burst and from having less than full Energy, but its Normal Attack stack is lost.
Which Hexerei partner picks Durin's form?
Secret Rite needs two Hexerei characters in the party, and each one needs their own Witch's Homework done. The roster is twelve characters: Anemo Varka, Venti, Sucrose, Prune · Pyro Klee, Durin, Nicole · Hydro Mona · Electro Fischl, Razor · Cryo Lohen · Geo Albedo. Your second Hexerei's element decides Durin's form:
| Second Hexerei | Reaction with Durin | Form | What you gain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fischl or Razor | Overloaded | Purity | −35% Pyro and Electro RES |
| Varka, Venti, Sucrose or Prune | Pyro Swirl | Purity | −35% Pyro and Anemo RES |
| Albedo | Pyro Crystallize | Purity | −35% Pyro and Geo RES |
| Mona | Vaporize | Darkness | Durin's Vaporize DMG +70% |
| Lohen | Melt | Darkness | Durin's Melt DMG +70% |
The rerun banner shown above, which closed on 9 June 2026, ran Durin alongside three Hexerei 4-stars. Fischl and Razor are the cheapest way to switch on Secret Rite for a Purity Overloaded team.
Varka Pyro Swirl (Purity). Varka on-field, Durin and Nicole as the Pyro, plus a flex slot. Three Hexerei, Anemo plus Pyro, so the shred hits two of the elements your team actually deals. Celestial Gift on Durin adds +40% to both. One player on r/GenshinImpactTips put it this way on 13 October 2026: their "Varka C1R1 team is doing great with Durin and Nicole both C0R0."
Lohen Melt (Darkness). Lohen, Durin, Nicole and a flex slot. Lohen is the only Cryo Hexerei, and he wants teammates who land big single hits. The Dark Decay dragon fits that well: it hits single targets, and each hit is 37% stronger than a White Flame hit at the same talent level. Our Lohen build guide explains the threshold in detail. It also explains why a Durin whose dragon hits fall short of 1,000% of Lohen's Base ATK feeds him almost no Will to Win.
Mona Vaporize (Darkness). Mona is the only Hydro Hexerei and the simplest way to get the +70% Vaporize bonus.
Burning without Secret Rite. A Dendro team (for example Kinich and Emilie with Bennett) triggers Purity's shred through Burning. No Dendro character is Hexerei, though, so unless you fit a second Hexerei into the team, the shred stays at 20% and Celestial Gift stays at its 20% tier.
What should you level first, and what does it cost?
Burst first, Skill second, Normal Attack never. The Burst holds both dragons and the A4 bonus, so it is your damage talent. The Skill is your Energy talent. Entering either form "while in battle" refunds Energy at most once every 6 seconds. That refund is 6 Energy at Skill level 1 and 33 at level 10, against a 70-cost Burst with an 18-second cooldown. At level 1 the refund covers under a tenth of his Burst. At level 10 it covers almost half. Leveling his Skill works like adding Energy Recharge to his build.
To ascend from level 1 to 90 he needs 420,000 Mora, 46 Cyclic Military Kuuvahki Core (from the Super-Heavy Landrover: Mechanized Fortress), 168 Frostlamp Flower (a Nod-Krai specialty), Agnidus Agate (1 Sliver, 9 Fragments, 9 Chunks, 6 Gemstones) and Warrants dropped by Fatui Oprichniki. Each talent from 1 to 10 costs 1,652,500 Mora, Ballad books (3 Teachings, 21 Guides, 38 Philosophies; Forsaken Rift on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday), 6 Eroded Sunfire from the Lord of Eroded Primal Fire weekly boss, and 1 Crown of Insight. Remember the level-70 gate on Witch's Homework, and plan your ascension materials to reach at least that level.
What do his constellations change?
- C1, Adamah's Redemption. This is the big one. In Purity, all other party members get 20 stacks that each add 60% of Durin's ATK to a hit. In Darkness, Durin gets 20 stacks, and each Burst hit spends two for +150% of his ATK.
- C2, Unground Visions. +50% party DMG for Pyro and for the element of the reaction. This list does include Vaporize and Melt, unlike his A1.
- C3 and C5. C3 adds three levels to his Burst and C5 adds three levels to his Skill. C5 raises the form-entry refund to 42 Energy at level 13.
- C4, Emanare's Source. Burst DMG +40%, plus a 30% chance to keep a C1 stack instead of spending it.
- C6, Dual Birth. His Burst ignores 30% DEF. Purity also lowers enemy DEF by 30%, and Darkness ignores a further 40% DEF.
What do the biggest Durin build pages get wrong?
Two weapon descriptions on genshin-builds.com, the top database result for this search, can be checked against each weapon's own stats.
Haran Geppaku Futsu has no ATK% stat. The page says its "value comes from CRIT Rate and the ATK% secondary stat." A 5-star weapon has exactly one secondary stat, and Haran's is CRIT Rate (33.1% at level 90). Its passive gives 12% all-Elemental DMG Bonus and a Normal Attack buff.
Uraku Misugiri does not grant Pyro DMG. The page says it "grants an Pyro DMG bonus." The passive, Brocade Bloom, Shrine Sword, gives Normal Attack DMG +16%, Elemental Skill DMG +24%, doubled for 15 seconds after an active character deals Geo DMG, plus +20% DEF. None of that is Pyro DMG. Durin does almost all his damage through his Burst, so little of it helps him.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I pull Durin in Version 7.1? No. His banners ran 3 to 23 December 2025 and 20 May to 9 June 2026. He is not on the current Skirk or Escoffier wishes, not in either free 5-star selector, and his name appears in none of the 35 live in-game announcements as of 15 October 2026. HoYoverse has not announced Version 7.2's banners.
Should I use Purity or Darkness? Match it to your teammates' element. Electro, Anemo, Geo or Dendro teammates mean Purity, because its RES shred triggers on Overloaded, Swirl, Crystallize and Burning. Hydro or Cryo teammates mean Darkness, because Purity's shred does not trigger on Vaporize or Melt.
Does Durin need Witch's Homework? Yes, if you want his best version. It unlocks his Hexerei passive, the CRIT Rate half of A Day Carved From Rising Winds and the Celestial Gift effect, and the quests only open once he is level 70.
What is Durin's best budget weapon? Wolf-Fang, if you bought a Gnostic Hymn Battle Pass that offered it, since all of its Skill and Burst bonuses apply to his dragon. With no Battle Pass, use a CRIT stat stick and lean on Bennett for ATK.
Is Durin better for Varka or for Lohen? He works in both, in different forms. With Varka he plays Purity and shreds Pyro and Anemo RES for the whole party. With Lohen he plays Darkness and lands the big single-target hits Lohen's kit rewards. If you own both, let your Celestial Gift holder decide: only one copy of the set counts per party.
Want more Genshin Impact Hexerei coverage? These guides cover the teammates and systems Durin's kit leans on.
- Varka build guide
- Lohen build guide
- Version 7.1 banner breakdown
- Free 5-star selector in Version 7.1
- How Genshin pity works
Sources: HoYoverse in-game announcement API (announcements 21885, 21888, 21889, 21890 and 21924, Version 7.1), the Genshin Impact Wiki character, weapon and artifact data tables, and genshin-builds.com's Durin page. Stats verified 15 October 2026.
