Polar Star is a Genshin Impact five-star bow that offers DPS-boosting stats. It's an extremely versatile weapon option and can be used whether your character uses their Elemental Skill, Burst, Normal Attack, or Charged Attack, so it can be regarded as a universal DPS bow. I highly recommend pulling for the Polar Star when it's on rate-up, as you can swap it around various characters and will almost always be able to use it when you have an archer in your team.
How to get Polar Star in Genshin Impact
Polar Star is a limited weapon that can only be obtained whenever it's featured on rate-up in the Epitome Invocation banner, which you can pull on using Primogems and Intertwined Fates. As such, you need to wait for it to rotate and chart an Epitomized Path to guarantee Polar Star at the third pity.
Genshin Impact Polar Star stats
- Base Attack: 46 to 608
- Substat: Crit Rate (7.2 to 33.1%)
- Passive: Daylight's Augury
- Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst Damage increased by 12/15/18/21/24%. After a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst hits an opponent, one stack of Ashen Nightstar will be gained for 12 seconds. When one/two/three/four stacks of Ashen Nightstar are present, ATK is increased by:
- One stack: 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%
- Two stacks: 20/25/30/35/40%
- Three stacks: 30/37.5/45/52.5/60%
- Four stacks: 48/60/72/84/96%
- The stack of Ashen Nightstar created by the Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst will be counted independently of the others.
- Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst Damage increased by 12/15/18/21/24%. After a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst hits an opponent, one stack of Ashen Nightstar will be gained for 12 seconds. When one/two/three/four stacks of Ashen Nightstar are present, ATK is increased by:
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Genshin Impact Polar Star Ascension Cost & Materials
Below are all the Ascension materials necessary to raise Polar Star to Ascension level six, which can be farmed from the following sources:
- Spectral materials: Specters all over Teyvat
- Concealed materials: Rifthounds all over Teyvat
- Mask: Court of Flowing Sand (Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday)
Ascension Phase One
 x10,000 Mora |  x3 Spectral Husk |  x5 Concealed Claw |  x5 Mask of the Wicked Lieutenant |
Ascension Phase Two
x20,000 Mora | x12 Spectral Husk | x18 Concealed Claw |  x5 Mask of the Tiger's Bite |
Ascension Phase Three
x30,000 Mora |  x9 Spectral Heart |  x9 Concealed Unguis | x9 Mask of the Tiger's Bite |
Ascension Phase Four
x45,000 Mora | x14 Spectral Heart | x18 Concealed Unguis |  x5 Mask of the One-Horned |
Ascension Phase Five
x55,000 Mora |  x9 Spectral Nucleus |  x14 Concealed Talon | x9 Mask of the One-Horned |
Ascension Phase Six
x65,000 Mora | x18 Spectral Nucleus | x27 Concealed Talon |  x6 Mask of the Kijin |
Who can use Polar Star in Genshin Impact?
Polar Star is an extremely versatile bow and can be used by both main DPS and sub-DPS characters, so it's a great value weapon that can be swapped around your roster. Some characters who can use it include:
For more five-star bow options, check out The First Great Magic – How to get, Ascension, stats, and who can use it in Genshin Impact here on Pro Game Guides.
