Finally, we have the Skirk Ascension and Talent materials in Genshin Impact

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All of Skirk’s Ascension, Skill, and Talent materials are pre-farmable ahead of her arrival as a playable Genshin Impact character!

As Skirk finally becomes playable in Genshin Impact over a year after her first on-screen appearance, nobody can blame excited Travelers who want to prepare for her. If that's you, then we've got you covered with the full Skirk Ascension, Skill, and Talent materials list you can pre-farm now.

Note that the guide below sources from unofficial information and is subject to change.

Skirk Ascension Materials

Clockwork Meka drops
Shivada Jade materials
Skysplit Gembloom

Ensnaring Gaze
Ensnaring Gaze

Skirk requires all of the following materials for her Ascension.

  • Natlan local specialty:
    • x168 Skysplit Gegmbloom
  • Tenebrous Papilla drops:
    • x46 Ensnaring Gaze
  • Clockwork Meka drops:
    • x18 Meshing Gear
    • x30 Mechanical Spur Gear
    • x36 Artificed Dynamic Gear
  • Character Ascension materials:
    • x1 Shivada Jade Sliver
    • x9 Shivada Jade Fragment
    • x9 Shivada Jade Chunk
    • x6 Shivada Jade Gemstone
  • Character EXP Materials
  • 420,000 Mora

Locations - Where to farm Skirk Ascension Materials

Skirk Ascension Material
Quantity Needed for max Ascension
Locations & How to Acquire

Skysplit Gembloom
168Harvest from Atocpan, Natlan.
Ensnaring Gaze
Ensnaring Gaze
46Drops from Tenebrous Papilla.

Meshing Gear
Mechanical Spur Gear

Artificed Dynamic Gear
18 Meshing Gear

30 Mechanical Spur Gear

36 Artificed Dynamic Gear
Dropped by Clockwork Meka in Fontaine at various levels

Stardust Exchange or crafting

Shivada Jade Sliver

Shivada Jade Fragment
Shivada Jade Chunk

Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone
1 Sliver

9 Fragment

9 Chunk

6 Gemstone
Dropped by various Cryo-aligned Field Bosses.

Can be crafted from each other.

Skysplit Gembloom location

This is a Natlan local specialty that spawns around the Atocpan area near the Collective of Plenty.

Skysplit Gembloom locations in Genshin Impact for Skirk's Ascension materials (Screenshot by esports.gg | Teyvat Interactive Map)
Skysplit Gembloom locations in Genshin Impact for Skirk's Ascension materials (Screenshot by esports.gg | Teyvat Interactive Map)

Only 49 of them spawn at a time. This means that, without visiting other Travelers' worlds, you need to wait for four rounds of respawns, which will take around a week.

The "Go to collect" function in Genshin Impact (Screenshot via esports.gg)
The "Go to collect" function in Genshin Impact (Screenshot via esports.gg)

To make the collection easier, use the "Go to Collect" button while viewing the material to have its locations marked on your map.

Ensnaring Gaze location

Ensnaring Gaze drops from the Tenebrous Papilla field boss. This can be challenged north of the Stadium of the Sacred Flame.

Tenebrous Papilla location in Genshin Impact (Screenshot via esports.gg)
Tenebrous Papilla location in Genshin Impact (Screenshot via esports.gg)

Skirk Skill and Talent Materials


Clockwork Meka drops
Teachings/Guide/Philosophies of Contention


Ascended Sample: Knight

Crown of Insight

Note that you will not need the full Skirk Talent materials list below unless you are planning to triple-Crown her.

  • Clockwork Meka drops
    • x18 Meshing Gear
    • x66 Mechanical Spur Gear
    • x93 Artificed Dynamic Gear
  • Talent books:
    • x9 Teachings of Contention
    • x63 Guide to Contention
    • x114 Philosophies of Contention
  • x18 Ascended Sample: Knight
  • x3 Crown of Insight

The Teachings of Contention, Guide to Contention, and Philosophies of Contention are available from the Blazing Ruins domain on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays.

Ascended Sample: Knight drops from fighting The Game Before the Gate in the Unresolved Chess Game domain in Falcon Coast, Mondstadt. You need to complete the Archon Quest The Gardener in Interlude Chapter: Act IV - Paralogism, to unlock this Trounce Domain. Otherwise, you can challenge it from your Adventurer's Handbook.

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