There’s nothing more frustrating than pulling your favorite Liyue character, heading to the ascension menu, and realizing you’re 30 short of that glowing blue ore you never bothered to stock up on. If that’s your current situation, you’re in the right place. We’re breaking down exactly where to find noctilucous jades in Genshin Impact, with zero hidden spots left out and no unnecessary detours to waste your time. We’ve tested every spawn location across Liyue to build the most efficient farming guide possible, so you can get back to playing the parts of the game you actually enjoy.
Core Locations to Farm Noctilucous Jades in Liyue
All noctilucous jade spawns are limited exclusively to the Liyue region, so you can skip checking any other nations if you’re on a tight schedule. Mingyun Village is by far the most dense spawn area, with more than 20 nodes scattered around the abandoned mine shafts and cliff faces surrounding the village. Most of these are out in the open, so you don’t have to dig through hidden caves to find them. Mt. Aozang and Huaguang Stone Forest come in second, with 18 nodes spread across the steep cliff sides and small cave openings under the floating stone peaks. The Chasm Surface and Underground have an extra 25 nodes total, though the underground spawns are locked behind the Chasm opening Archon Quest if you haven’t completed that yet. I wasted 20 minutes running around Mondstadt’s mountain areas looking for these when I first started playing, so save yourself the trouble and head straight to Liyue.
Optimized 15-Minute Farming Route for Maximum Yield
You don’t have to spend an hour running all over Liyue to get a full stack of jades. We tested dozens of route combinations to build the fastest possible path that hits all the highest density spawns with zero backtracking. If you follow this route, you’ll get 33 jades per run, which is enough for half an ascension in less time than it takes to do a daily commission run.
Bring a claymore user for this route, since their charged attacks can break multiple ore nodes in one swing. Noelle is a great free-to-play option here, and her shield will protect you from any stray hilichurl attacks while you mine. Use elemental sight if you’re having trouble spotting the jades, they’ll glow bright cyan against the rock even if they’re half hidden behind a boulder or in a dark cave.
Key Rules to Follow When Farming Noctilucous Jades
There are a few unwritten rules for farming these ores that most new players miss, which can slow down your collection speed by days if you don’t know them. All noctilucous jade nodes respawn exactly 48 hours after you collect them, so if you run the full route on Monday, you can run it again on Wednesday for another full stack. You don’t have to wait a full week like you do for some boss drops. You can collect jades from up to 3 other players’ worlds per day if you have friends who play Genshin, or are willing to join random co-op lobbies. That means you can get up to 132 jades per day if you run the route in your world plus three others, which is enough for a full character ascension in 24 hours. But, make sure you ask permission before mining in someone else’s world, most players are happy to share but it’s common courtesy to check first. You can also buy 5 noctilucous jades per week from Shitou, the jade vendor in Liyue Harbor near the blacksmith. This is a perfect shortcut if you’re only 2 or 3 short for an ascension and don’t want to run the full route just for a couple of ores. The stock resets every Monday, so mark that in your calendar if you rely on this method.
What Do You Need Noctilucous Jades For?
Most players start farming these ores when they pull a character that needs them for ascension, but they have a few other uses you might not know about. Each character ascension from level 1 to 90 requires 168 noctilucous jades, so if you’re planning to level Beidou, Yun Jin, and Baizhu, you’ll need just over 500 total to max all three out. That sounds like a lot, but if you run the 15-minute route twice a week, you’ll hit that number in less than a month. They’re also used to craft Geoculus resonance stones, which make it way easier to find the last few hidden Geoculi you’re missing across Liyue. You’ll also need them for a handful of Serenitea Pot furniture recipes if you’re into decorating your teapot. For example, the carved jade screens and Liyue-style stone tables require small amounts of noctilucous jade to craft. If you’re not planning to level any of the characters that use these jades, it’s still a good idea to keep a stack of 20 or so in your inventory, just in case you pull one on a future banner. I learned this the hard way when I pulled Baizhu on his first rerun and had zero jades saved up, forcing me to spend an hour farming all over Liyue before I could level him.
Now that you know exactly where to find noctilucous jades in Genshin Impact, you can stop wasting hours wandering around Liyue looking for random spawns. Stick to the 15-minute route we laid out, use the vendor stock when you only need a small amount, and you’ll never run out for your ascension or crafting needs again. If you have a favorite hidden spawn spot we didn’t mention, drop it in the comments below to help other players out.