CHARACTER INFO
- Birthday: February 14
- Star Rank: 4 ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
- Alternative Names: Hokuto
- Title: Queen of the Crux Fleet
- Organization / Circle: Crux Fleet
- Origin: Liyue
- Constellation: Victor Mare
- Vision / Element: Electro / Lightning
- Weapon: Claymore
- Primary Attribute: Electro DMG Bonus (%)
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Beidou is the Captain of the Crux, with quite the reputation in Liyue. She’s quite an unbound and forthright woman.
There are those who say she can split mountains and part the sea. Others say she draws lightning through her sword. Some say that even the mightiest of sea beasts are no match for her.
For those not from Liyue, it may sound like a hearty joke, but those that have sailed with her will say — “No matter what sea beasts there may be, Beidou will be sure to split them all in two.”
TALENTS/ABILITIES
Oceanborne – Normal/Charged Attack
- Normal Attack: Perform up to 5 successive strikes.
- Charged Attack: Drains Stamina over time to perform continuous slashes. At the end of the sequence, perform a more powerful slash.
- Plunging Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Tidecaller – Elemental Skill
- Nothing to worry about. Should anyone raise a hand against her or her men, she will avenge it ten-fold with sword and thunder.
- Press: Accumulating the power of lightning, Beidou swings her blade forward fiercely, dealing Electro DMG.
- Hold: Lifts her weapon up as a shield. Max DMG absorbed scales off Beidou’s Max HP.
- Attacks using the energy stored within the greatsword upon release or once this ability’s duration expires, dealing Electro DMG. Damage dealt reflects with the number of times Beidou is attacked in the skill’s duration. The greatest DMG Bonus will be attained once this effect is triggered twice.
- The shield possesses the following properties:
- Has 250% Electro DMG Absorption Efficiency.
- Applies the Electro Element to Beidou upon activation.
Stormbreaker – Elemental Burst
- Recalling her slaying of the great beast Haishan, Beidou calls upon that monstrous strength and the lightning to create a Thunderbeast’s Targe around herself, dealing Electro DMG to nearby opponents.
- Thunderbeast’s Targe:
- When Normal and Charged Attacks hit, they create a lightning discharge that can jump between opponents, dealing Electro DMG.
- Increases the character’s resistance to interruption, and decreases DMG taken.
- Triggers a maximum of 1 lightning discharge per second.
Retribution – 1st Ascension Passive
- Counter Attacking with Tidecaller at the precise moment when the character is hit grants the maximum DMG Bonus.
Lightning Storm – 4th Ascension Passive
- Gain the following effects for 10s after unleashing Tidecaller with its maximum DMG Bonus:
- DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks is increased by 15%. ATK SPD of Normal and Charged Attacks is increased by 15%.
- Greatly reduced delay before unleashing Charged Attacks.
Conqueror of Tides – Utility Passive
- Decreases swimming Stamina consumption of your characters in the party by 20%.
- Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
CONSTELLATION
- Sea Beast’s Scourge – When Stormbreaker is used: Creates a shield that absorbs up to 16% of Beidou’s Max HP for 15s. This shield absorbs Electro DMG 250% more effectively.
- Upon the Turbulent Sea, the Thunder Arises – Stormbreaker’s arc lightning can jump to 2 additional targets.
- Summoner of Storm – Increases the level of Tidecaller by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
- Stunning Revenge – Within 10s of taking DMG, Beidou’s Normal Attacks gain 20% additional Electro DMG.
- Crimson Tidewalker – Increases the level of Stormbreaker by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
- Bane of the Evil – During the duration of Stormbreaker, the Electro RES of surrounding opponents is decreased by 15%.
ASCENSION MATERIALS
Ascension 1: Level 20 – Level 40
- Noctilucous Jade ×3
- Vajrada Amethyst Sliver ×1
- Treasure Hoarder Insignia ×3
Ascension 2: Level 40 – Level 50
- Noctilucous Jade ×10
- Vajrada Amethyst Fragment ×3
- Treasure Hoarder Insignia ×15
- Lightning Prism ×2
Ascension 3: Level 50 – Level 60
- Noctilucous Jade ×20
- Vajrada Amethyst Fragment ×6
- Silver Raven Insignia ×12
- Lightning Prism ×4
Ascension 4: Level 60 – Level 70
- Noctilucous Jade ×30
- Vajrada Amethyst Chunk ×3
- Silver Raven Insignia ×18
- Lightning Prism ×8
Ascension 5: Level 70 – Level 80
- Noctilucous Jade ×45
- Vajrada Amethyst Chunk ×6
- Golden Raven Insignia ×12
- Lightning Prism ×12
Ascension 6: Level 80 – Level 90
- Noctilucous Jade ×60
- Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone ×6
- Golden Raven Insignia ×24
- Lightning Prism ×20
BUILD GUIDE
For a complete guide on Beidou, please check our Beidou Best Build Guide page.
CHARACTER OUTFIT
Rolling Waves – Default Outfit
Description:
Beidou’s outfit. Lightweight clothing saturated with a brave seafarer’s spirit.
How to Obtain:
Unlocked upon obtaining character
CHARACTER LORE
Beidou is the leader of The Crux — an armed crew based in Liyue Harbor.
An armed crew means exactly what it sounds like: a crew of sailors armed to the teeth.
Without getting into too many details, everything the Crux does is approved by the Qixing… more or less.
Beidou is a trusted leader; so much so that her crew believes her capable of taming the storms and billows on the sea.
“It’s Beidou! Even the mightiest of storms must bow its head to her might!”
Beidou is something of a cultural icon in Liyue.
Though her fame does not quite reach the same lofty heights as that of the Liyue Qixing, one can be certain that every merchant in the city knows her name — and that of her fleet, The Crux. Naturally, rumors abound regarding someone of her status. People love to tell epic tales of her earth-shattering (or rather, sea-splitting) feats; tales in which her abilities are exaggerated to almost superhuman levels.
One rumor is that she can channel Electro energy with her sword. It is said that she once used this to cut in half a formidable sea monster from the depths of the ocean abyss with just one hit.
Bystanders who overhear such tales generally dismiss them as drunken ramblings. But to any who have ever voyaged with Beidou themselves, these stories are no joke. In their view, if this world really were home to a giant sea monster from the ocean abyss… Beidou would certainly be capable of cutting it in half.
In summary, Beidou’s abilities are every bit as impressive as her reputation in business circles. So if you hear her lauded as the Uncrowned Lord of Ocean — suffice to say that there is no smoke without fire.
Business people tend to put profit before their humanity. This is just accepted as the way of the world; at most, it makes for some light verbal sparring at the dinner table.
But things are different in Liyue, where everyone is involved in business. They reject the notion entirely, claiming that Liyue Harbor is a special place where humanity is sacred.
Foreign merchants will retort that the only thing special about Liyue is that “They’ve managed to commodify humanity, too!” To this, Liyue locals respond, “Then how do you explain The Crux?”
With The Crux having made a name for itself over many years, their services are extremely expensive to charter. And yet, on one voyage when the vessel encountered a strong storm, Beidou noticed a small private boat nearby. Seeing the way it was tossed about by the waves, she ordered her crew to tow the boat to safety — despite the risk that her ship’s keel might collapse. What little food and water the fleet had left, Beidou shared with the rescued crew as she navigated her vessel onward through the raging storm.
Finally, after several days, The Crux delivered the rescued boat to a safe mooring spot. Grateful to Beidou for saving their lives, the crew of the rescued boat became her loyal trade partners thereafter.
After Liyue locals recount this story, they smile and insist, “when you have someone risking their life like that, you can be sure it takes far more than commodification to explain their actions! Would you really dare to look Beidou in the eyes and talk about the commodification of humanity?”
Word has it that The Crux’s boss behind the curtains is none other than the Qixing’s Tianquan, Ningguang herself.
Both of the people involved deny this outright, though they do so for different reasons.
As a member of the Qixing, Ningguang often needs someone else to do her dirty work for her. Of the many candidates available, she picked Beidou.
Ningguang would emphasize that she picked Beidou, not The Crux; Ningguang’s collaboration with The Crux is, therefore, purely incidental.
Meanwhile, when Beidou hears the rumors about her dealings with Ningguang, she furiously insists that she collaborates on an equal footing: Beidou is her own boss and no-one, not even Ningguang, is sitting in the background pulling the strings for her.
Beidou is certainly unique among Ningguang’s collaborators. She does not tread carefully or show reverence in the way most of them do; in fact, one could even say Beidou is sometimes at odds with Ningguang.
Ningguang’s advisers worry constantly that Beidou is too unpredictable and too much of a maverick. But Ningguang simply smiles and dismisses their concerns.
“On the contrary, Beidou is the most reliable person in Liyue,” she replies. “Just tell her the truth, as well as what’s in it for her, and she’ll come around in her own time.”
Once, after disembarking from a long voyage, The Crux held its customary three-day celebratory banquet. It was a fall like any other before it — except for the new chef in town. This was Xiangling, the head chef-to-be of the Wanmin Restaurant.
Looking to keep costs down, they lured Xiangling onboard after meeting her on the streets, by hook and by crook. When she saw Beidou, Xiangling was dismayed, and let Beidou know this in no uncertain terms: “If you want to have Yue-style seafood, then I can’t agree to help you. I’ll have you know that I intend to transcend Liyue’s two warring culinary styles with my cooking…”
Beidou merely smiled and gestured to the chest of gold coins beside her: “Just do what you’re good at. We made quite a bit on our last run. How does a retainer of fifty thousand Mora sound?”
Not one to shy away for a chance to prove the worth of her cooking. Xiangling took the job. When the day was done, Beidou was indeed won over by Xiangling’s skill. She declared in front of her crew that Xiangling would soon be a renowned chef throughout Liyue. She also insisted that they refer to her as “Madam Xiangling.”
Having only begun to make her name, Xiangling admired Beidou for her generosity with money and her direct personality. Thereafter, Xiangling would sail with Beidou often, looking for new and exotic seafood ingredients. She found herself surprised by Beidou’s vast knowledge of seafood and their culinary preparation, given how far she usually was from any kitchen.
Of course, that didn’t mean Xiangling would necessarily heed Beidou’s advice on whether something was edible or not… but that is a story for another time.
Some say an object takes after its master.
Though it may not be a suitable description, The Crux crew does indeed take after Beidou, exhibiting the same qualities.
However, there are still secrets among the crew, spreading in places unnoticed by Beidou.
Her First Mate always takes new sailors out after their first safe return for drinks and fill them in on the details of an old story:
In the past, the crew went on a journey to brave the unknown seas and found itself at death’s door in a horrific storm.
At that time, Beidou stood on the deck behind the wheel, singing a Liyue fishermen’s song in the storm.
“…all the way until the waves died down and dawn broke on the far horizon…”
The First Mate often ends the story with this final line and a look of longing on his face.
As business grew and the fleet expanded, more and more outrageously incredible details were added to the story, making the rookies worship Beidou like a goddess.
- Facing a three-headed hydra of unrivaled girth, Beidou hurled forth her greatsword. Spinning in the air, it sliced clean through all three of the hydra’s vertebrae, before returning to her waiting hand.
- Beidou has beaten Ningguang at chess. Twice. The important part is not so much that she did win Ningguang’s money, but more that she dared to.
- Since the day she slew the sea monster Haishan, Beidou has never sung a fishermen’s shanty ever again.
- Yes, Beidou knows shanties. But don’t you dare ask her that to her face. I mean, you know how that hydra ended up, don’t you…
VISION
Liyue and Inazuma share a common saying: “Its fins formed the ocean deep, its tail the mountains high.” The fishermen learned this phrase while ashore long ago, and sang it over and over, spreading the tune far and wide till it became the oft-praised song people know today. Whenever the mists gather over the sea’s surface, one can hear the distant song of the fishermen hidden in the white shroud: “its fins formed the oceans deep, its tail the mountains high…”
This was Beidou’s childhood lullaby. The tale of Rex Lapis smiting the sea monsters had become legendary among the people of Liyue. As a child, Beidou loved such tales, and in her dreams, she thought: I too should like to see this giant fish.
This day, however, she sang this song with a different emotion in her heart. Her entire crew sang along as they sailed.
Haishan was in the waters with them — at once like a dragon and a fish, it was larger than any could have imagined in their worst nightmares, and mighty as a deity, raising waves dozens of meters high with ease.
Those who ply their trade on the high seas are destined to meet Haishan eventually. Beidou had longed to do so since she was nine, dreaming of slicing its head off in a single blow.
Many times she had challenged the creature, and many times she had failed. But this day was different. This day she charged at Haishan with her best greatsword in hand, and crack sailors at her back.
The battle would rage fiercely for four days. With cannons and harpoons, arrows and ropes the fleet would assail Haishan, while Beidou battled the thusty tied-down creature for ten hours, well into the night.
Now, nighttime was when Haishan was in its element, and in their vigilance not a single member of the fleet even dared sleep a wink. Beidou stood upon the prow, listening to the wind.
One strike. Just one strike. That was all she needed. And so she waited, unmoving, in the freezing wind.
Then, at the crack of dawn, having neither eaten nor drank throughout the night, Beidou heard a change in the sound of the waves.
With one almighty strike that sounded as if it could have sliced the moon in two or ripped a mountain from the face of the world, she chopped the leviathan’s head clean off!
The sound of thunder filled the heavens, and a single bolt of purple lightning struck the ocean right in front of Beidou, even as she bathed in the blood of her nemesis.
Thus descended a Vision to the slayer of the sea monster, its violet glow as stunning as lightning, and its immaculate, jeweled form a treasure more precious than dragon blood. A suitably divine gift for the hero who subdued Haishan.
NAMECARD
Beidou – Weighing Anchor
Obtain:
Reward for reaching Friendship Level 10 with Beidou
Description:
Weighing anchor out to sea, one is wont to waver. But look to the skies, and the stars shall light the way.
SPECIAL DISH
Flash-Fried Filet
Description:
Beidou’s specialty. They say that Beidou once learned some tricks from Xiangling, making some refinements and adding more flavor to this dish. If you can clean it out in one go, perhaps you might impress her.
Base Dish:
Stir-Fried Filet
Effect:
Revives a character and restores 10% of Max HP, then restores an additional 150 HP.
Dish Type:
Recovery Dishes
Rarity:
✦
TRIVIA
- Beidou – (北斗) is the Chinese name for the constellation known as the Big Dipper. Polaris, the North Star is within this constellation and is known to be used by sailors for navigation at sea.
- The 7 brightest stars of Big Dipper (Chinese: 北斗七星 Běidǒu Qīxīng), might be used as reference of Liyue Qixing (Chinese: 璃月七星 Líyuè Qīxīng) in game.
- Her constellation, Victor Mare, is Latin for “The Conqueror of the Sea.”
- The Crux Fleet is mentioned in Diary of Roald the Adventurer – Guyun Stone Forest, where he witnesses the fleet departing and wonders what mission the Qixing Commerce Guild has entrusted to them.
- Tea Master Liu Su, an NPC that tells exaggerated and fabricated legends, says Beidou is 6 feet tall and is “built burlier than the burliest man you’ve ever seen.”
- All the Crux’s crew members on board the Alcor mention her; notably, Furong is implied to fantasize about Beidou, while Little Yue was raised by Beidou after his parents — who were members of the Crux — died during expeditions. Zhang Shun, a former member of the Crux, also mentions her.
- In Beidou’s official art, she is seen wielding the Blackcliff Slasher, a Starglitter Exchange weapon.
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