Rust

Rust is a 4-Star bow.

Ascensions and Stats[]

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Ascension Phase	Level	Base ATK	2nd Stat (ATK)
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%

Total Cost (0 → 6)

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.

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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 12 Event Wishes:

Wish	Featured	Duration	Version
Epitome Invocation 2020-11-11	Mem­o­ry of Dust Mem­o­ry of Dust Sky­ward Harp Sky­ward Harp The Flute The Flute Rain­slash­er Rain­slash­er Eye of Per­cep­tion Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust Rust Fa­vo­ni­us Lance Fa­vo­ni­us Lance	November 11, 2020 – December 1, 2020	1.1
Epitome Invocation 2021-02-03	Pri­mor­di­al Jade Cut­ter Pri­mor­di­al Jade Cut­ter Pri­mor­di­al Jade Winged-Spear Pri­mor­di­al Jade Winged-Spear The Flute The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Rust Rust Eye of Per­cep­tion Eye of Per­cep­tion Fa­vo­ni­us Lance Fa­vo­ni­us Lance	February 3, 2021 – February 23, 2021	1.3
Epitome Invocation 2021-05-18	Song of Bro­ken Pines Song of Bro­ken Pines A­qui­la Fa­vo­ni­a A­qui­la Fa­vo­ni­a Sac­ri­fi­cial Sword Sac­ri­fi­cial Sword Rain­slash­er Rain­slash­er Drag­on's Bane Drag­on's Bane Sac­ri­fi­cial Frag­ments Sac­ri­fi­cial Frag­ments Rust Rust	May 18, 2021 – June 8, 2021	1.5
Epitome Invocation 2021-10-13	Po­lar Star Po­lar Star Mem­o­ry of Dust Mem­o­ry of Dust Aku­ou­maru Aku­ou­maru Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Fa­vo­ni­us Lance Fa­vo­ni­us Lance Eye of Per­cep­tion Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust Rust	October 13, 2021 – November 2, 2021	2.2
Epitome Invocation 2022-03-30	Ha­ran Gep­paku Fu­tsu Ha­ran Gep­paku Fu­tsu El­e­gy for the End El­e­gy for the End The Flute The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Drag­on's Bane Drag­on's Bane The Widsith The Widsith Rust Rust	March 30, 2022 – April 19, 2022	2.6
Epitome Invocation 2022-09-09	Ever­last­ing Moon­glow Ever­last­ing Moon­glow Amos' Bow Amos' Bow Sac­ri­fi­cial Sword Sac­ri­fi­cial Sword Fa­vo­ni­us Great­sword Fa­vo­ni­us Great­sword Drag­on's Bane Drag­on's Bane Eye of Per­cep­tion Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust Rust	September 9, 2022 – September 27, 2022	3.0
Epitome Invocation 2022-11-02	A Thou­sand Float­ing Dreams A Thou­sand Float­ing Dreams Thun­der­ing Pulse Thun­der­ing Pulse The Flute The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Fa­vo­ni­us Lance Fa­vo­ni­us Lance The Widsith The Widsith Rust Rust	November 2, 2022 – November 18, 2022	3.2
Epitome Invocation 2023-02-07	Staff of Ho­ma Staff of Ho­ma A­qua Sim­u­la­cra A­qua Sim­u­la­cra Lith­ic Blade Lith­ic Blade Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Drag­on's Bane Drag­on's Bane Fa­vo­ni­us Co­dex Fa­vo­ni­us Co­dex Rust Rust	February 7, 2023 – February 28, 2023	3.4
Epitome Invocation 2023-05-24	Thun­der­ing Pulse Thun­der­ing Pulse Ka­gu­ra's Ver­i­ty Ka­gu­ra's Ver­i­ty Aku­ou­maru Aku­ou­maru The Flute The Flute Drag­on's Bane Drag­on's Bane The Widsith The Widsith Rust Rust	May 24, 2023 – June 13, 2023	3.7
Epitome Invocation 2023-09-05	Vor­tex Van­quish­er Vor­tex Van­quish­er Po­lar Star Po­lar Star The Flute The Flute Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Sac­ri­fi­cial Great­sword Drag­on's Bane Drag­on's Bane The Widsith The Widsith Rust Rust	September 5, 2023 – September 26, 2023	4.0
Epitome Invocation 2024-01-09	En­gulf­ing Light­ning En­gulf­ing Light­ning Thun­der­ing Pulse Thun­der­ing Pulse Wave­break­er's Fin Wave­break­er's Fin Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Fa­vo­ni­us Sword Rain­slash­er Rain­slash­er Eye of Per­cep­tion Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust Rust	January 9, 2024 – January 30, 2024	4.3
Epitome Invocation 2024-07-17	Verdict Verdict Key of Khaj-Ni­sut Key of Khaj-Ni­sut Xi­phos' Moon­light Xi­phos' Moon­light The Bell The Bell Drag­on's Bane Drag­on's Bane Eye of Per­cep­tion Eye of Per­cep­tion Rust Rust	July 17, 2024 – August 6, 2024	4.8

Chronicled Wishes[]

Rust has been included in 1 Chronicled Wish:

Wish	Designated Item	Duration	Version
Ode to the Dawn Breeze 2024-03-13	Al­be­do Al­be­do Di­luc Di­luc Eu­la Eu­la Jean Jean Klee Klee Mo­na Mo­na A­qui­la Fa­vo­ni­a A­qui­la Fa­vo­ni­a Bea­con of the Reed Sea Bea­con of the Reed Sea Hun­ter's Path Hun­ter's Path Lost Prayer to the Sa­cred Winds Lost Prayer to the Sa­cred Winds Sky­ward At­las Sky­ward At­las Sky­ward Blade Sky­ward Blade Sky­ward Harp Sky­ward Harp Sky­ward Pride Sky­ward Pride Sky­ward Spine Sky­ward Spine Song of Bro­ken Pines Song of Bro­ken Pines Wolf's Grave­stone Wolf's Grave­stone	March 13, 2024 – April 2, 2024	4.5

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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