How to Get Intertwined Fates in Genshin Impact: Primogems, Starglitter, Stardust and Free Sources

Intertwined Fates are the pink wish items you need for every limited character and weapon banner in Genshin Impact. Blue Acquaint Fates only work on the standard banner, so if you want the newest 5-star, Intertwined Fates are the currency that matters. You can't farm them directly, but there are several ways to get them, and some are free and capped each month.

This guide covers every reliable source as of Version 7.2, which launched on November 4, 2026: the shop prices, the monthly limits, the Battle Pass, and the Primogem sources that do most of the work.

Quick answer

Most of your Fates will come from Primogems. The free baseline each month is daily commissions (about 1,800), the Spiral Abyss (800) and the Imaginarium Theater (up to 1,000), which adds up to roughly 22 Fates before events.

Requirements

• Access to the Shop through the Paimon menu (it opens after the early story).
• Adventure Rank 20 for Stygian Onslaught and Adventure Rank 35 for the Imaginarium Theater.
• The Spiral Abyss's monthly floors (the Abyssal Moon Spire) open once you clear all eight floors of the Abyss Corridor.

Step-by-step: how to get Intertwined Fates

1. Buy your Stardust Fates every month. Open the Shop, go to Paimon's Bargains, then the Stardust Exchange. You can buy 5 Intertwined Fates (and 5 Acquaint Fates) for 75 Masterless Stardust each. The limit resets on the 1st of every month, so don't skip it. You get Stardust from almost every wish you make, especially 3-star weapon pulls.
2. Trade in Starglitter. In the Starglitter Exchange, an Intertwined Fate costs 5 Masterless Starglitter, and there's no monthly cap. Starglitter comes from duplicate 4-star and 5-star characters and weapons, so it piles up the more you wish. Spending it on Fates keeps your pity rolling.
3. Do your four daily commissions. The four dailies plus the bonus from Katheryne give 60 Primogems a day, about 1,800 a month. This is the single biggest free source over time.
4. Clear the Spiral Abyss once a month. Since Version 4.7, the Abyssal Moon Spire (Floors 9 to 12) resets only on the 16th of each month and pays up to 800 Primogems for a full 36-star clear.
5. Run the Imaginarium Theater every season. Seasons last a month and start on the 1st. Clearing all ten Acts pays 800 Primogems, and the two Arcana Stages in Lunar Mode add 200 more, for up to 1,000 per season. The first time you clear each Act you also get a one-time Debut Performance bonus.
6. Beat Stygian Onslaught each cycle. This boss-rush mode runs one cycle per version, starting about a week after a patch goes live. Difficulties 1 to 3 give 150 Primogems each (450 total). Higher difficulties give other rewards, not Primogems.
7. Play the version events. Each version has a main event and several smaller ones worth hundreds of Primogems. Add the maintenance compensation (usually 600 Primogems per update) and livestream codes, and events often match or beat your endgame income.
8. Finish story and exploration content. New Archon Quests unlock free Intertwined Fates in the Adventurer Handbook's Tour Guide section. Reputation-style trees also give some: the Frostbearing Tree in Dragonspine (2 Fates), the Sacred Sakura in Inazuma, the Tree of Dreams in Sumeru and the Fountain of Lucine in Fontaine.
9. Convert Primogems at 160 each. Buy Fates in Paimon's Bargains or straight from the wish screen when you're short. Ten Fates cost 1,600 Primogems.

The paid options

If you plan to spend, two purchases give far more value than buying Genesis Crystals directly:

• Blessing of the Welkin Moon (about $5): 300 Genesis Crystals right away plus 90 Primogems a day for 30 days, or 3,000 in total. Genesis Crystals convert 1:1 into Primogems, so that's almost 19 Fates a month. You have to log in every day to collect the daily Primogems.
• Gnostic Hymn (paid Battle Pass): one Intertwined Fate at levels 10, 20, 30 and 40, and 680 Primogems at level 50. That's 4 Fates plus enough Primogems for four more. Its other rewards include weapons and materials. The free Battle Pass track only gives Acquaint Fates.

How many pulls to expect per version

Estimates for recent versions put a free-to-play player at roughly 70 to 85 limited pulls per version, depending on how many events and how much new map the patch adds. Version 7.2 is on the high end thanks to a new area and a big Archon Quest. The Welkin Moon adds around 24 more pulls per version, and the Battle Pass a few on top of that.

Tips and common mistakes

• Mixing up the two Fates. Acquaint Fates (blue) only work on the standard banner. Don't spend Primogems on them unless you really want the standard pool.
• Missing the monthly Stardust reset. Those 5 Intertwined Fates don't roll over. Buy them before the month ends, or they're gone.
• Thinking Starglitter has a limit. The monthly cap is on the Stardust shop, not Starglitter. Starglitter Fates are unlimited, but the monthly 4-star characters and weapons in that shop compete for the same currency.
• Clearing the Abyss twice a month. It used to reset on the 1st and 16th. Now it resets only on the 16th, so one full clear per month is all there is.
• Ignoring old trees and handbook rewards. If you skipped the Frostbearing Tree or older Archon Quests, there are free Fates waiting for you.
• Saving for one banner with no plan. Count how many Fates you'll have by the banner date (current Fates plus Primogems ÷ 160) before you pull on something else.