Genshin Impact Version 7.1 Spiral Abyss Floor 12 4-Star Guide

To clear Floor 12 of the Genshin Impact Version 7.1 Spiral Abyss with a full 9 stars using only 4-star characters, 4-star weapons, and the Traveler, you must isolate your team utilities around Chamber 1's anti-shield mechanics. Assign Cryo Traveler to the first half to provide consistent Freeze control without generating shields, and place Xinyan in the second half alongside Xiangling and Bennett. With enemy HP coefficients increased across the floor, beating the 90-second clear requirement on each side depends on keeping elemental bursts active on cooldown and grouping targets immediately.

4-Star Team Drafting and Side Assignments

Because Chamber 1 punishes shields on side one while later chambers demand heavy single-target burst damage, your 4-star roster must split defensive and offensive functions cleanly between both halves.

Cryo Traveler anchors the first half by applying Cryo off-field to lock down mobile targets alongside Xingqiu's Hydro application. If you slot Diona as your first-half flex battery, rely strictly on her elemental skill and burst for healing rather than her shield.

The second half runs Xiangling and Bennett to produce high sustained Pyro damage through Vaporize or Overload. Placing Xinyan here allows you to use her shield safely for interruption resistance, physical resistance shred, and Pyro resonance without triggering anti-shield enemy counters.

Chamber 1: Neutralizing First-Half Shadowy Husks

The primary obstacle in Chamber 1 is the presence of Shadowy Husks in the first half. When a Shadowy Husk hits a character protected by a shield, it sacrifices a fraction of its health to either heal its allies or form durable elemental shields, quickly ruining your clear time.

Execute the following tactics to clear the first half without triggering Husk passives:

1. Rely on damage reduction instead of shields: Use Xingqiu’s Rain Swords for damage mitigation and stagger resistance, and rely on pure healing rather than shielding skills.
2. Cluster enemies against the boundary: Sprint directly to the arena wall at the start of the chamber. This forces the Husks to track toward you and group tightly into your overlapping Cryo and Hydro AoE fields.
3. Eliminate Standard Bearers first: Target the Standard Bearer variants immediately. Removing them stops the formation of defensive team buffs, letting your Freeze rotation burn through the remaining enemies unimpeded.

Chambers 2 and 3: Positioning and Boss Execution

Chambers 2 and 3 test your ability to manage high-HP pools within the strict three-minute aggregate time limit.

Chamber 2 Wave Grouping

Chamber 2 features split-spawn waves containing both mobile ranged units and aggressive melee fighters.

• Sprint directly toward the ranged or elite humanoid targets upon spawning.
• Allow melee enemies to pursue you naturally into the ranged targets' positions.
• Cast Cryo Traveler’s burst slightly ahead of the incoming enemy movement path rather than directly under them, preventing agile enemies from dashing outside the damage radius.

Chamber 3 Boss Rotations

Chamber 3 features high-health single-target encounters that leave little margin for wasted abilities:

• Funnel elemental particles directly into Xiangling and Cryo Traveler before boss encounters enter invulnerable or untargetable animations.
• Always activate Bennett’s Fantastic Voyage first so Xiangling’s Pyronado snapshots both his attack buff and the 4-piece Noblesse Oblige set bonus.
• Cast Xinyan’s elemental burst during heavy boss impact animations to utilize invulnerability frames, avoiding knockbacks without losing attack uptime.
• Stand between the boss and the perimeter wall to prevent heavy boss attacks from knocking your active driver far across the arena.

Energy Recharge and 4-Star Weapon Requirements

Meeting the elevated DPS check on Floor 12 requires maintaining continuous burst uptime. Missing a single burst rotation creates an eight-second damage loss that prevents a 3-star chamber result.

• Energy Recharge Baseline: Sub-DPS units—including Xingqiu, Xiangling, Beidou, and Cryo Traveler—must hit 180% to 220% Energy Recharge before you invest artifact stats into Crit Rate or Crit Damage.
• Weapon Particle Generation: Equip Favonius weapons on your utility supports, including Favonius Sword on Cryo Traveler and Favonius Lance on Xiangling or your secondary support, to funnel neutral white particles into the team.
• Offensive Craftables: Equip The Catch on Xiangling to maximize Pyronado damage. Use Iron Sting or Sacrificial Sword on Cryo Traveler and Xingqiu to ensure consistent skill resets and reaction uptime.