What Is Capturing Radiance?
Capturing Radiance activates exclusively when you lose the 50/50 on Character Event Wish or Character Wish-2 banners. Instead of receiving a standard 5-star like Diluc, Jean, or Qiqi, it converts that pull into the featured limited character.
The system operates on progressive probability based on consecutive 50/50 losses:
- First loss: 33.333% conversion chance on next loss
- Second loss: 66.667% conversion chance on next loss
- Third loss: 100% guaranteed conversion on next loss
This caps your worst-case scenario at three standard 5-star acquisitions before obtaining the featured character—you can't lose four 50/50s in a row.
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Key Differences From Standard Mechanics
Capturing Radiance enhances existing systems rather than replacing them. Traditional Character Event Wish maintains its core structure: 90-pull hard pity for 5-stars, 10-pull hard pity for 4-stars, and soft pity starting around pull 74. What changes is the outcome when you lose the 50/50—you now have escalating chances to still receive the featured character.
This mechanic is exclusive to Character Wish Banners and Character Wish-2 Banners. It doesn't apply to Standard Wish, Beginner Wish, or Epitome Invocation (weapon banners).
Statistical Impact
Community simulations demonstrate practical impact on pulling efficiency. In a 576-pull simulation, Capturing Radiance triggered 29 times (6.59% of total pulls), resulting in 56.77% overall chance of obtaining limited characters versus the baseline 50% rate. This 6.77 percentage point improvement translates to approximately one additional featured 5-star every 15 limited character acquisitions.
Without Capturing Radiance, you face:
- 25% chance of two consecutive 50/50 losses
- 12.5% chance of three losses
- 6.25% chance of four consecutive losses
Capturing Radiance eliminates four-loss streaks entirely and dramatically reduces three-loss impact by guaranteeing conversion on the third loss.
Does Capturing Radiance Reset Your Guaranteed Pity?
No. Capturing Radiance doesn't reset, modify, or interfere with your pity counter. Your progress toward the 90-pull hard pity continues accumulating regardless of whether Capturing Radiance activates. If you're at 73 pulls without a 5-star and Capturing Radiance converts your next 50/50 loss into the featured character, your pity counter resets to zero exactly as it would with any 5-star pull—but the mechanism tracking pulls toward your next 5-star remains unchanged.
The guaranteed pull system also remains intact. If you lose a 50/50 and Capturing Radiance doesn't activate (receiving a standard 5-star), your next 5-star is still 100% guaranteed to be the featured character. Capturing Radiance operates as an additional chance to receive the featured character before that guarantee activates, not as a replacement.
Official Confirmation
In-game banner details explicitly state that Capturing Radiance does not affect pity system and does not affect guaranteed pulls. This appears in the Character Event Wish details section under the Capturing Radiance explanation, providing official confirmation that the mechanic functions independently of traditional pity tracking.
When examining wish history, Capturing Radiance conversions appear identical to standard featured character acquisitions. The game doesn't distinguish between a featured character obtained through winning the 50/50 versus one obtained through Capturing Radiance conversion. Both reset your pity counter to zero and both count as winning for resetting your guaranteed status back to 50/50.
Pity Counter Independence Across Banner Types
Character Event Wish banners maintain a shared pity counter that carries over between all limited character banners. If you pull 73 times on a Neuvillette banner without getting a 5-star, those 73 pulls carry forward to the next Mavuika banner and every subsequent Character Event Wish indefinitely until you obtain a 5-star.
Capturing Radiance participates in this same carry-over system because it doesn't create a separate pity track. Your Capturing Radiance loss counter (tracking consecutive 50/50 losses) operates alongside your standard pity counter, not instead of it. Both systems run simultaneously and independently.
Complete Pity Mechanics Breakdown
The Character Event Wish pity system guarantees a 5-star character within 90 pulls, with soft pity dramatically increasing odds starting around pull 74. Soft pity substantially increases the base 0.6% rate with each subsequent pull, making pulls 75-89 significantly more likely to produce a 5-star. Most players obtain their 5-stars between pulls 75-85 rather than reaching full 90-pull hard pity.
When you obtain a 5-star on a Character Event Wish banner, you face the 50/50 system: 50% chance for the featured limited character and 50% chance for one of the standard 5-stars (Diluc, Jean, Keqing, Mona, Qiqi, Tighnari, or Dehya). This is where Capturing Radiance intervenes—if you lose this 50/50, the mechanic has a chance to convert that standard character into the featured character based on your consecutive loss history.
Capturing Radiance Probability Escalation
- Zero consecutive losses: 0% Capturing Radiance chance (you haven't lost a 50/50 yet)
- One consecutive loss: 33.333% chance to convert your next 50/50 loss
- Two consecutive losses: 66.667% chance to convert your next 50/50 loss
- Three consecutive losses: 100% guaranteed conversion
This escalation means you can theoretically lose three consecutive 50/50s, but you can't lose four in a row. The third loss automatically triggers Capturing Radiance at 100% probability.
Pity Carry-Over Rules
Pity carries over seamlessly between all Character Event Wish banners regardless of which limited character is featured. Your guaranteed status also carries over—if you lost the 50/50 on a previous banner, your next 5-star on any future Character Event Wish banner is 100% guaranteed to be that banner's featured character. This guarantee persists indefinitely until you claim it.
Capturing Radiance loss tracking similarly carries over between banners. If you've lost two consecutive 50/50s (giving you 66.667% Capturing Radiance probability), that status persists to the next banner.
How to Check Your Current Pity Count
Navigate to any wish banner, select the History button in the lower-left corner, and review your pull records. The game displays your last six months of wish history across all banner types.
To manually calculate your current pity:
- Identify your last 5-star pull on Character Event Wish banners
- Count every pull after that 5-star up to your most recent pull—this is your current pity count
- Note whether your last 5-star was featured or standard to determine if you're on guarantee (standard 5-star = next is guaranteed featured) or 50/50 (featured 5-star = next is 50/50)
- Track your consecutive 50/50 losses by counting how many times you've received standard 5-stars in a row without obtaining a featured character
Understanding Your Guarantee Status
If you're on guarantee (your last 5-star was a standard character from losing 50/50), you need at most 90 pulls minus your current pity count to secure the featured character. For example, if you're at 45 pity on guarantee, you need a maximum of 45 additional pulls.
If you're on 50/50 (your last 5-star was the featured character or you haven't pulled a 5-star yet), your worst-case scenario is 180 pulls minus your current pity. However, Capturing Radiance significantly improves these odds—if you've already lost one or two consecutive 50/50s, your effective worst-case improves due to conversion probabilities.
Consecutive Loss Tracking
- Last 5-star was featured: Zero consecutive losses, 0% Capturing Radiance probability on next 50/50 loss
- Lost one 50/50 in a row: Next 50/50 loss has 33.333% Capturing Radiance probability
- Lost two 50/50s in a row: Next 50/50 loss has 66.667% Capturing Radiance probability
- Lost three 50/50s in a row: Next 50/50 loss has 100% Capturing Radiance probability
This tracking resets to zero whenever you obtain a featured character through any means.
Mavuika Banner Preparation: Primogem Requirements
Calculating primogem requirements depends on your current pity status and guarantee position. For worst-case planning, assume you'll need to reach hard pity twice if you're starting from zero pity on 50/50 status. This means 180 pulls total, requiring 28,800 primogems (180 pulls × 160 primogems per pull).
Best-case scenarios vary dramatically based on soft pity luck. If you're at 73 pity on guarantee, you might obtain Mavuika on your very next pull, requiring only 160 primogems.
Average Pull Count
Community data from thousands of players suggests the average pull count to obtain a specific featured character is approximately 94 pulls when accounting for 50/50 wins, losses, and Capturing Radiance conversions. The 55% overall featured character rate means that slightly more than half of your 5-star acquisitions will be the featured character, reducing the frequency of needing the full guarantee path.
Intertwined Fate Conversion
Each Intertwined Fate costs 160 primogems when converted directly. The Paimon's Bargain shop offers five Intertwined Fates monthly for 75 Masterless Starglitter each—prioritize these shop purchases before converting primogems directly.
Genesis Crystals convert to primogems at 1:1 ratio, with bonus crystals for first-time purchases at each price tier. The $99.99 USD pack provides 6,480 Genesis Crystals plus a first-time bonus of 6,480 additional crystals, totaling 12,960 crystals (81 pulls worth).
For players planning large primogem acquisitions, comparing prices across authorized platforms can yield significant savings. Services offering Cheap Primogems with secure transactions, like BitTopup, help bridge the gap between free primogem income and guarantee thresholds.
Common Misconceptions About Pity Reset
Myth: Pulling on different banner types resets your Character Event Wish pity counter.
Truth: Each banner type maintains completely independent pity tracking. Pulls on Standard Wish, Weapon Event Wish, and Character Event Wish never interact or affect each other's pity counters.
Myth: Pity resets when a new version launches or when banner phases change.
Truth: Pity persists indefinitely across all version updates and banner rotations within the same banner type. Your Character Event Wish pity from Version 4.8 carries forward to Version 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, and beyond until you obtain a 5-star character.
Myth: Obtaining a 4-star character or weapon affects your 5-star pity progress.
Truth: The 4-star pity system and 5-star pity system operate completely independently. Obtaining a 4-star doesn't reset, reduce, or modify your 5-star pity counter.
What Actually Resets Your Pity
Only one event resets your pity counter: obtaining a 5-star character on that specific banner type. The moment you receive any 5-star character—whether featured, standard, early pull, soft pity, or hard pity—your counter resets to zero and begins accumulating again from your next pull.
Capturing Radiance conversions reset your pity counter identically to any other 5-star acquisition because they result in receiving a 5-star character.
Your guarantee status resets separately from your pity counter. Obtaining any featured character resets your guarantee status back to 50/50 for your next 5-star. Obtaining a standard character through losing 50/50 (when Capturing Radiance doesn't activate) sets your guarantee status to guaranteed featured for your next 5-star.
Expert Banner Pulling Strategies
Optimal pulling strategy depends on your current resources, pity status, and risk tolerance. Players on guarantee with sufficient primogems for 90 pulls can confidently pull immediately when Mavuika's banner launches. Players on 50/50 should assess their Capturing Radiance probability—if you've lost two consecutive 50/50s (66.667% conversion rate), your effective odds of obtaining the featured character are substantially better than baseline.
Conservative players should accumulate 180 pulls worth of primogems (28,800) before pulling on 50/50 status, ensuring they can reach guarantee even in worst-case scenarios.
Risk Management
Early pulling carries inherent risks and rewards. Pulling before accumulating guarantee resources means you might obtain Mavuika very early (pulls 1-80), saving substantial primogems for future banners. However, it also risks depleting your resources on a 50/50 loss without sufficient pulls remaining to claim the guarantee.
Players with one consecutive 50/50 loss (33.333% Capturing Radiance probability) face modified risk calculation. Your effective odds of obtaining the featured character on your next 5-star are approximately 66.667%—50% chance of winning the 50/50 naturally, plus 16.667% chance of losing but triggering Capturing Radiance.
Players with two consecutive losses (66.667% Capturing Radiance probability) have approximately 83.333% effective odds of obtaining the featured character on their next 5-star.
Constellation Planning
Mavuika's C0 (base character) provides her complete core functionality, while C1 and higher constellations offer damage increases, quality-of-life improvements, or expanded team composition options. For most players, obtaining C0 copies of multiple limited characters provides more account value than high-constellation copies of single characters.
Players pursuing constellations should calculate total resource requirements before beginning pulls. Obtaining C1 from C0 requires an average of 94 additional pulls (15,040 primogems), while reaching C2 from C0 averages 188 pulls (30,080 primogems).
Optimizing Your Wish Budget
Version 5.3 provides multiple primogem sources through events, exploration, and permanent content. Daily Commissions yield 60 primogems per day (1,800 monthly), while Spiral Abyss provides up to 600 primogems every two weeks (1,200 monthly) for 36-star completion. These permanent sources alone provide approximately 3,000 primogems monthly.
Limited-time events during each version typically provide 2,000-3,000 additional primogems. Version update maintenance compensation adds 600 primogems, while new character test runs contribute another 40 primogems per featured character. Combining all sources, free-to-play players can expect approximately 8,000-10,000 primogems per version (roughly 50-62 pulls every six weeks).
Stardust Exchange Shop
The Paimon's Bargain shop refreshes monthly, offering five Intertwined Fates and five Acquaint Fates for 75 Masterless Stardust each. Prioritize purchasing all ten fates monthly if you have sufficient stardust—this represents a significant discount compared to direct primogem conversion. Each fate costs 75 stardust versus the 160 primogem direct cost, effectively saving 85 primogems per fate (850 primogems monthly).
Masterless Stardust accumulates from 3-star weapon pulls (15 stardust each) and 4-star item pulls (2 stardust each for weapons, 5 stardust each for characters).
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Capturing Radiance have a separate pity counter from character banners?
No. Capturing Radiance operates on the same Character Event Wish pity system with the same 90-pull hard pity and soft pity starting around pull 74. It only affects the outcome when you lose the 50/50.
Will my guaranteed pity carry over to Mavuika banner in 5.3?
Yes. Both your pity count and guarantee status carry over to all future Character Event Wish banners indefinitely.
How many pulls do I need to guarantee Mavuika?
From zero pity on 50/50 status, you need a maximum of 180 pulls (28,800 primogems). From zero pity on guarantee status, you need a maximum of 90 pulls (14,400 primogems). Subtract your current pity count from these numbers.
Can I lose 50/50 on Capturing Radiance banner?
Yes. The mechanic provides a chance to convert that loss into the featured character (33.333% after one consecutive loss, 66.667% after two, 100% after three), but it doesn't prevent 50/50 losses from occurring.
How do I check my current pity count before Mavuika banner?
Access any wish banner, select History, and count your pulls since your last 5-star character on Character Event Wish banners. The game displays six months of wish history organized chronologically.
Does Capturing Radiance reset when the banner changes?
No. Your Capturing Radiance consecutive loss count carries over between all Character Event Wish banners just like your pity count and guarantee status.
