How to Change Genshin Impact World Level [Adjust Difficulty]

In Genshin Impact, the Adventure Rank increases when you develop your character, eventually raising the World Level. So as the enemy’s strength.

Even if you are a veteran player, you may find it too difficult to defeat enemies at one point. So how to escape from this struggle?

In this article, I will show you how to change Genshin’s World Level to adjust your difficulty.

Let’s dive in.

What is the World Level in Genshin Impact?

World Level in Genshin Impact plays a crucial role in indicating how formidable the enemies and bosses in the game will be. It is the overall in-game difficulty indicator for the world you are exploring. The more challenges you face to defeat enemies, obtaining the rare materials increase.

When you start the game, there is almost no struggle because the World Level is 0. During your progress in Genshin Impact and Adventure Rank (AR) growth, it also affects your World Level.

When you reach AR 20, the World Level rises to 1. After that, the World Level increases by 1 for every 5 Adventure Rank levels.

Currently, the Max Adventure Rank level is 60, and the max World Level is 8 in Genshin Impact.

How to Raise and Lower World Level in Genshin Impact

If you are struggling to fight a boss, even if it is the weakest enemy in your level, and strive to get past anything or simply want a little bit more fun without sweating against overpowered enemies, you can dial down the difficulty by lowering World Level in Genshin Impact.

In Genshin Impact, when players progress with the story, explore & gain AR to reach milestones, they are rewarded with rare items at the cost of engaging with powerful foes.

The higher World Level is, the more formidable the enemies are.

So to avoid the absurd difficulty when you reach World Level 5, you will be able to adjust the World Level by 1. When the Genshin Impact World Level is too high, players take advantage of this feature to travel and progress against weak & easy bosses, which makes the game feel a lot more relaxing.

Now, let’s jump into the process of how to adjust the Genshin Impact World Level.

Decrease World Level in Genshin Impact

When you are at World Level 5 or above, to lower Genshin Impact World Level, first go to the Paimon’s menu from the top left corner on your PC or mobile. Click on the 🛈 beside World Level under player info & select Lower World Level to down the World Level by 1.

During roaming and traveling, you will be progressed & rewarded, which will increase the AR. There is also Ascension Quest 1, which if you don’t complete, you will be stuck at Adventure Rank 25 in Genshin Impact.

When you do all the tasks and reach AR40, which will raise the World Level to 5, that’s when you will get the lower option to adjust the difficulty.

Follow the steps to lower Genshin Impact World Level on PC, Android, or iPhone:

• Run Genshin Impact on your gadget.
• Select Paimon Menu from the top left side.
• Click on the 🛈 next to World Level.
• Choose Lower World Level from the popped-up window.
• Click on Confirm Adjustment.

This will lower the World Level by one, and you will respawn with weak enemies. If you were in World Level 6, you would drop to Level 5. For Lvl 5, it will be Level 4. But you won’t be able to go below World Level 4 in Genshin Impact, instead, you will get a revert option after the cooldown.

This feature will bring down 10 levels for enemies. For example, if you were fighting with a Level 65 boss, it would now be a 55 Lvl, which would be easier to defeat. So, let’s start to enjoy the game again.

Increase Genshin Impact World Level

After enjoying a lower World Level, you may want to restore to the original Level. It is similar to the lowering of World Level steps mentioned above. But you must wait 24 hours to cool down and revert to the original one.

Here are the steps to revert back World Level in Genshin Impact:

• Go to the Paimon Menu.
• Select 🛈 next to World Level.
• Click on Revert World Level.

This will restore your World Level.

When you start the game & worry about your World Level not increasing, that’s because it starts to rise only when you hit AR 20. Your WL will be automatically increased to 1 from 0.

Then you have to gain more Adventure Rank; for every 5th AR increase, your World Level will be up by one. But there are also some Ascension Quests that should be completed to increase WR.

Here is a chart of when and how does World Level increase in Genshin Impact:

Currently, 8 is the max World Level & when you hit the ceiling, WL will no longer increase.

What are the Adjustment Effects of Changing World Level?

Changing the World Level in Genshin Impact will give you some advantages and disadvantages. You can beat monsters easily to progress with a lesser amount of rewards. But to revert, you must wait for 1 day.

Here are the advantages of decreasing the World Level of Genshin Impact:

• You will get weaker enemies
• You can easily defeat the bosses.
• It will also benefit you to finish events quickly.
• Can join with friends that are one World Level lower than you.

Below are the downsides of reducing World Level in Genshin Impact:

• You will get lower rewards.
• It will force you to farm for a longer time.
• You have to wait 24 hrs to return to your original level.

Though you will get fewer rare items, the lower difficulty will definitely motivate you to stick with the game.

FAQs

What are the requirements for lowering World Level in Genshin Impact?

To adjust World Level in Genshin, players must have been WL 5. After lowering, you can only revert to the original after a 24-hour cooldown. If you don’t have enough Adventure Rank or finish Ascension Quests, you can’t play at a higher WL.

Does dropping World Level have any effect on Domains in Genshin Impact?

Reducing to a lower World Level (WL) won’t influence unlocked Domains as your Adventure Rank (AR) remains the same. So you can still access any Domain for your current AR. WL only affects the monster’s level and drops along with Bosses in the world, not in Domains. So lowered WL doesn’t have any effect on Domain.

Can my friend join my world if I lower my World Level in Genshin Impact?

You can join with players in Co-Op whose World Levels and Adventure Rank are the same or one lower than you. So if your friend’s WL is 5, and yours is level 6, your friend can join after you lower it to 5. Players in Genshi Impact can’t join sessions where the host has a higher WL.

Final Thought

If you are tired of losing to stronger bosses than your capability in Genshin Impact, the game lets you change World Level after reaching WL 5 by nerfing difficulty by a bit to bring back the fun.

If you read this article fully, you already know how to adjust your WL now. So let’s hop in the game & enjoy.