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Genshin Impact staff-wielding opponent locations

Where to find staff-wielding opponents for the Graph Adversarial event.

a blurred map of teyvat with an abyss mage portrait on top of it
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You need to find staff-wielding opponents in Genshin Impact to take pictures of them for the Graph Adversarial Technology Experiment Log event during version 4.2.

While you can easily track enemies like Abyss Mages and Hilichurls from your Adventure's Handbook in Genshin Impact to reveal their locations and snap pictures of them, you have to defeat each of these enemies to get the next location to appear on the map.

So to speed things along for you, we've detailed staff-wielding opponent locations in Genshin Impact below with map pictures of each region.

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Genshin Impact staff-wielding opponent list

We know of 15 enemies that count as a staff-wielding opponents in Genshin Impact:

  • Abyss Mages
  • Annihilation Specialist Mek
  • Eremite (Daythunder version)
  • Fatui Skirmisher (Geochanter Bracer version)
  • Frost Operative
  • Hilichurl Berserker
  • Hilichurl Fighter
  • Icewind Suite
  • Samachurls
  • Shadowy Husk Line Breaker
  • Shadowy Husk Standard Bearer
  • Shield Hilichurl Guards
  • Suppression Specialist Mek
  • Treasure Hoarders (Seaman version)
  • Wind Operative

We found the Abyss Mages the easiest to track by using the Adventurer's Handbook, as they're guaranteed to have a staff no matter what elemental type you come across.

avdenture handbook menu view of the abyss mage enemy details and what materials it drops
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Genshin Impact staff-wielding opponent locations

You can only take pictures of 10 staff-wielding opponents for the Graph Adversarial Technology Experiment Log event. As we mentioned above, we found it easy to get 10 locations quickly by tracking Abyss Mages in the Adventurer's Handbook.

kamera view of an abyss mage with different colour samples displayed to the left
Image credit: HoYoverse

You need to kill each Mage as you find it to get the next location, however, so to speed things along for you, here's map pictures of staff-wielding opponent locations in Genshin Impact:

Staff-wielding opponent locations in Mondstadt

There are 13 staff-wielding Abyss Mages in Mondstadt. Here's a map picture showing where to find them all:

map view of staff weilding opponent locations in mondstadt
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Staff-wielding opponent locations in Liyue

There are 24 staff-wielding Abyss Mages in Liyue. Here's a map picture showing where to find them all:

map view of staff weilding opponent locations in liyue
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Staff-wielding opponent locations in Sumeru

There are 15 staff-wielding Abyss Mages in Sumeru. Here's a map picture showing where to find them all:

map view of staff weilding opponent locations in sumeru
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Staff-wielding opponent locations in Fontaine

As of writing, there are only 5 staff-wielding Abyss Mages in Fontaine. Here's map pictures showing where to find them all:

map view of staff weilding opponent locations in fontaine
map view of staff weilding opponent locations in fontaine
Image credit: Hoyolab.com

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