Ascended Sample: Rook is a weekly boss talent material in Genshin Impact, dropped by The Game Before the Gate. This page lists which characters use Ascended Sample: Rook, how many each one needs, and how to farm it, as of version 7.0.
- Dropped by
- The Game Before the Gate
- Domain
- Simulanka
- Used by
- 3 characters
- Per character
- 6 per talent, 18 for all three
Characters who use Ascended Sample: Rook
Each of these characters needs Ascended Sample: Rook for every talent level from 7 to 10, and no other weekly boss material.
Nefer5★ Dendro
Varka5★ Anemo
Ifa4★ Anemo
| Character | Rarity | Element | Weapon | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nefer | 5★ | Dendro | Catalyst | Nod-Krai |
| Varka | 5★ | Anemo | Claymore | Mondstadt |
| Ifa | 4★ | Anemo | Catalyst | Natlan |
How many Ascended Sample: Rook you need
Talent levels 7 and 8 take 1 each and levels 9 and 10 take 2 each: 6 per talent, 12 for Skill and Burst, 18 for all three. Taking every character above to 10/10/10 would take 54, roughly 20 clears of The Game Before the Gate at 2.7 materials a clear, counting the Ascended Sample: Knight and Ascended Sample: Queen it also drops as converted with Dream Solvent (the same assumption the calculator makes).
Most players stop well short of that. The Trounce Domain Recommender reads your account export, subtracts what you already own and ranks all 14 weekly bosses by what you are actually short of.
Where to farm Ascended Sample: Rook
The Game Before the Gate, in Natlan, drops Ascended Sample: Rook, Ascended Sample: Knight and Ascended Sample: Queen. Your first three weekly boss rewards each week cost 30 Original Resin and later ones 60. A spare Ascended Sample: Knight or Ascended Sample: Queen can be turned into Ascended Sample: Rook with Dream Solvent, 1 for 1, so a surplus from the same boss is never wasted.
Which weekly boss should you farm this week?
The Trounce Domain Recommender works it out from your own characters and inventory.
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Which characters use Ascended Sample: Rook?
3 characters as of Genshin 7.0: Nefer, Varka and Ifa.
How many Ascended Sample: Rook do I need?
6 per talent taken from level 6 to 10 (1 each at levels 7 and 8, 2 each at 9 and 10), so 12 for Skill and Burst and 18 for all three talents. Talent levels 1 to 6 use none.
Where do I get Ascended Sample: Rook?
From The Game Before the Gate, the weekly boss in the Simulanka domain (Natlan). Each clear drops 2 to 3 of its talent materials, a mix of Ascended Sample: Rook, Ascended Sample: Knight and Ascended Sample: Queen, and Dream Solvent converts between the three 1 for 1.
Genshin Impact 7.0 data from genshin-db, the same data the calculators on this site use. Updated .