Tracking Genshin 4 Star Banners Without Losing Your Mind
The wish history in Genshin Impact stores every pull you've ever made, and the 4-star section is actually useful if you know where to look. Most players ignore it until they're desperate for a specific character like Xingqiu or Bennett. I've spent way too many nights cross-referencing pull logs across multiple accounts, so here's what actually works. The system keeps a rolling record. Every banner — character, weapon, and standard — feeds into one shared history log. You can access it by opening your inventory, tapping the wish icon, and selecting the history button at the bottom. It shows the last few hundred pulls with the character who made them, the item received, and the rarity. There's no separate filter for just 4-stars, which is annoying but not a dealbreaker. Here's the thing most people miss: the guaranteed 4-star system. Every 10 pulls, you're guaranteed at least one 4-star or higher. But the counter resets independently per banner type. So pulling on the character event banner doesn't carry over to the standard banner. I learned this the hard way during the Furina banner when I kept thinking my pity was stacked because I'd pulled heavy on Keqing's banner earlier. It wasn't. The counters were completely separate.
For tracking purposes, the most practical approach is exporting your history. You can screenshot each page, but that's tedious. A better method is using third-party trackers like Paimon.moe or ACTools, which sync with your UID and give you clean breakdowns of 4-star rates, pity counts, and which banners you've pulled on. These tools pull data directly from HoYoverse's API. They're free and generally reliable, though HoYoverse has occasionally patched access for certain regions. One edge case that trips people up: the 4-star guarantee. If you pull 9 consecutive 4-stars without getting a 5-star, the 10th pull is guaranteed to be 5-star or above. After that, your next 4-star is guaranteed to be the featured character if you're on a rate-up banner. I hit this exact scenario during the Yae Miko banner and almost missed it because I was too focused on the 5-star pity counter. The trick is to track both counters simultaneously. I started maintaining a simple spreadsheet that logged pity for each banner type side by side. It took about 10 minutes to set up and saved me from making multiple suboptimal pulls. Another nuance worth mentioning: the standard banner and character event banner have different 4-star pools. On the character event banner, the 4-stars are limited to the featured characters and a small rotating selection. On the standard banner, the pool includes all the permanent 4-stars like Xingqiu, Bennett, and Noelle. If you're trying to farm a specific 4-star and you're pulling on the wrong banner, you're wasting tickets. This is especially relevant for free-to-play players on a budget.
The biggest limitation of relying on third-party trackers is that they only show data from when you linked your account. If you started playing before those tools existed or if you play on a new account, you're stuck with manual tracking. Screenshots work but they're fragile. I once lost two weeks of tracked data when I switched phones and forgot to back up my gallery. Now I keep a secondary log in a notes app that I update after every wish session. It's not elegant, but it's survived three device changes. If you want the most accurate picture of your 4-star banner history, the in-game history combined with a tracker tool covers almost everything. Just remember to check both pity counters, verify which banner type you're pulling on, and back up your data regularly. The system works, but only if you pay attention to how it actually operates rather than assuming it behaves the way you expect.
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