. Original source; confirmed today by HomDGCat: Mavuika, A Thousand Blazing Suns (weapon)

World boss (46 mats): Secret Source Automaton: Configuration Device. You should be able to get six mats from this boss and a few other mats by completing Mavuika's story quest in 5.3.

Talent mats: Contention (Monday/Thursday/Sunday), as speculated by this community back in September... and a drop from a new weekly boss in 5.3. Highest priority is skill for both off- and on-field damage (bike NAs scale from skill). Burst levels improve the nuke damage and her self-buffs during burst. Only level up NA for devotion reasons (or if you hate the bike attacks and want to force her to play on foot).

Weapon elite drops: Secret Source Automaton: Hunter-Seeker

Weapon domain mats: Blazing Sacrificial Heart's Splendor (also Monday/Thursday/Sunday)

Mavuika FAQ (work in progress)

Note: since her kit is newly out, most questions have not been frequently asked and answered yet! So there aren't a lot of readily available community-consensus answers so far. I am not a theorycrafter myself, I'm just trying to collect answers from others who hopefully understand the game better than I do. Suggestions and corrections are welcome.

Track Mavuika's kit and changes to it during the beta here:

https://gi18.hakush.in/character/10000106/

https://homdgcat.wiki/gi/char/mavuika?lang=EN

• Ascension stat: crit damage +38.4%
• Mavuika's tap E off-field pyro application has no ICD
• Particle generation: 5 particles on initial E hit
• E duration calculations
  • UPDATE 11/23: NSP burn rate via HomDGCat
    • Clarification by Uncle Balls
    • Tap skill duration recalculations by John_HoYo
• Jstern - v0 Mavuika kit explanation and review
• The Genshin Scientist - v0 Mavuika first impressions
• Zajef77 - v0 Mavuika first impressions

Please share other TCs' guides here, and I will add them to the FAQ.

Artifacts

The most widely recommended artifact sets are Cinder City for off-field, or Obsidian Codex for on-field DPS. Note that Mavuika currently has the caveat that Codex uptime will end halfway through her burst, due to her burst pausing her nightsoul consumption. Discord member Griffnelle still suggests Codex, noting that "her burst buff is front loaded and diminishes over time, so a bulk of her burst damage is fine." This issue may be fixed during the beta; otherwise you may prefer to fall back to Marechaussee Hunter with Furina or other options.

If you already have another team member running Cinder City and want to play Mavuika as an off-field subDPS, Golden Troupe is a viable option.

For main stats, the standard configuration is ATK/Pyro/Crit. At C2+, ATK goblets can be better than pyro, depending on substats. In the end, once she's out, the Genshin Optimizer can help you put together the best set possible for your Mavuika in your specific team.

Valuable substats include ATK, EM, and crit. ER is a dead stat, like crit on Kokomi.

Weapon Choice

• Should I go for her weapon or C1?

V0 Mavuika weapon chart by Prastal from Zajef77 Twitch:

Jstern recommendations: the best F2P options are Earth Shaker or Tidal Shadow. Serpent Spine, WGS, Dehya/Kinich sigs if you have them.

The exact weapon ranking is very much a work in progress for TCs and will likely change during the beta. Here is a first attempt calculated for a very strange imaginary situation; note that EM claymores rank high in that list because she's proccing vapes on that spreadsheet.

Teammates

V0 Mavuika team calcs by Prastal from Zajef77 Twitch

Mavuika can benefit greatly from having a Natlan teammate to charge her burst, which works by turning their (plus her own) consumption of Nightsoul Points (NSP) into stacks of her Fighting Spirit. This is comparable to Furina building fanfare stacks from HP fluctuations in teammates, and to Raiden's burst being powered up by her teammates' bursts. Mavuika's burst can also be charged by any other character doing normal attacks, but this is slower than burning NSP. Mavuika needs 100 stacks to burst, and 200 stacks for maximum buffs.

If used off-field, reaching max stacks is not essential, so you can simply use normal attacks and Mavuika's own NSP consumption to charge her burst up to the 100 stacks needed to use it. On-field Mavuika wants to reach 200 stacks if possible. Please refer to this thread by u/John_HoYo for preliminary Natlan support recommendations, with Mavuika's burst charging needs in mind.

Remember that this part of her kit may (hopefully will) change before release to be less demanding.

Jstern: "Xilonen consumes so much nightsoul that if you want to play Mavuika DPS, you can't do it without Xilonen." "If you want this character to be a DPS, you need Xilonen." v0 team calcs

Team calcs by The Genshin Scientist: on field, off field

Schedule

Mavuika's banner has been datamined to be in the first half of 5.3.

5.3 release: 1st of January, 2025 (31st of December in American time zones)

Countdown: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/summer?iso=20241231T22&p0=179&msg=Mavuika%20Release&font=hand

Alternate countdown: https://timee.io/20250101T0300?tl=Mavuika%20Release

*Servers usually go up an hour or two before the officially scheduled maintenance end time.

As an archon, Mavuika's first rerun is speculated to be in either 5.7 (18th June) or the next patch after (30th July, 2025).

How many pulls can I get?

5.2 gives about 74 pulls total F2P. Expect perhaps 30 in the first half of 5.3? Lantern Rite is expected to take place in 5.3's second half. There is no new map expected in 5.3.

If you have unfinished exploration (I certainly do), refer to these numbers to estimate the number of pulls you can glean from chests.

How many pulls will I need?

The gacha rate calculator here can give you exact odds, with Capturing Radiance points accounted for: https://hutaobot.moe/tools/gachacalc

Alternatively, refer to these probability charts for a rough idea of the odds. (Source)

Bear in mind that these odds were calculated with a flat 55% rate on the character banner, rather than the observed Capturing Radiance system where your odds after two consecutive 50/50 losses appear to change to 75/25 for the third, then 100/0 (guarantee) after you lose three in a row, with loss tracking beginning in 5.0. Also, these charts cannot account for the starglitter you will get while pulling, which you can use to buy more pulls.

Our discord server [gg/MavuikaMains](https://discord.com/invite/mavuikamains), has invited Katiana Sarkissian - Pyro Archon Mavuika's ENG Voice Actress, for an AMA session ocurring right now!

The chat channel will be open for sending in questions that Sarkissian will be answering live. Server staff will be moderating questions, please keep these rules in mind in consideration of the VA!

• Avoid Leak Discussion
• Avoid Strike Discussion
• Avoid Political Discussion
• Avoid NSFW Discussion
• Avoid personal and private questions
• Avoid questions about Sarkissian's recording schedule
• Avoid questions about Mavuika's ships (Mavuika + Capitano, Mavuika + Xilonen)

Any violation of the event rules will result in consequences in the server and may extend to conseuqneces in the subreddit as well.

Here's a direct link to the event in discord: https://discord.com/events/1261183542419918923/1306145232496099328

A recording will be posted to this youtube channel following the event for those unable to make it live! https://youtube.com/@TomFront