Genshin Impact’s world is filled with enigmatic and powerful characters, and one of them is Albedo, the Chalk Prince of the Knights of Favonius. Albedo has remained one of the most loved characters in the game since his debut, even though he is considered one of the weaker playable characters. The Chalk Prince holds a lot of secrets and is highly important to the Genshin Impact’s lore and story. Here are 12 cool facts about Albedo that will help you know the Chief Alchemist a little better.
1. Albedo Has an Interesting Appetite
Albedo doesn’t like going to restaurants, preferring his own home-cooked meal for the most part. However, he also has an interesting sense of appetite, different from normal humans. During one interaction with Albedo, he reveals that there are a kind of large spiders living around true Ancient Trees, and these spiders are well…yummy.
He goes into great detail on how to cook the large spiders properly to get a taste that is quite unforgettable, and I do not doubt Albedo on that observation.
2. Albedo Went 860 Days Without Featuring on the Banner
Genshin Impact community holds a lot of Albedo fans, who await every banner for his return to either max his Constellation or obtain him for the first time. Sadly, Hoyoverse decided to not feature Albedo in the Genshin Impact banners for 860 days. His run of not featuring on banners finally ended with the new Chronicled Wish banner released in March 2024, over 2 years after his last banner ended in November 2022.
Technically, his main banner has still not returned if you don’t consider the Chronicled Wish as a traditional featured banner.
3. Albedo Is Klee’s Brother
Albedo is an adopted child and the half-brother of Klee in Genshin Impact. Klee’s mother Alice acted as a Parental figure to Albedo and adopted him as his own child, while Klee wanted Albedo to refer to her as his own sister.
Although Albedo doesn’t like socializing, he loves spending time with Klee and does his all to keep her protected at all times.
4. Albedo Is a Synthetic Human
Talking about Albedo’s parentage, a cool fact about him is that he is not technically a real human. The rumors of Albedo not being a human had been circulating in the Genshin community for a long time, and finally, it was confirmed in Act 5 of the Chalk Prince and the Dragon Story.
Albedo is a homunculus, or a synthetic human, created by Rhinedottir, who also acted as Albedo’s master and friend. He also shares Durin’s life force within himself; Durin is a dragon who was created and became corrupted.
5. Albedo Likes Painting and Reading
Albedo is a mysterious individual, with a very distinct taste in food as mentioned earlier. However, he also has many normal hobbies. Albedo likes painting and uses the name Calx as the artist for his paintings.
Similarly, he also loves reading books, which is not really surprising for an academic like him, however, he doesn’t keep himself strictly to academic studies, often reading Xingqiu’s books that he helps illustrate.
6. Albedo Is the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius
Another cool Albedo fact is that he is a very influential figure in Mondstadt and among the Knights of Favonius. He is the Chief Alchemist of Knights of Favonius with Sucrose and head of the Investigation Team. Sucrose who specializes in bio-alchemy, acts as Albedo’s assistant and greatly admires him.
Similarly, other Knights of Favonius and notable figures in Mondstadt, like Timaeus, highly respect Albedo for his work and dedication.
7. Albedo Is Curious About Paimon’s Origin
Paimon is the strangest creature in all of Teyvat, and we have barely seen anything close to her so far in the game. However, she barely draws attention from the rest of the NPCs in the game, while Albedo takes a special interest in her from the get-go.
Albedo reveals to the traveler that he is interested in learning about his origin, as well as Paimon’s origin, and would love to do some tests on Paimon.
8. Albedo Can Control Life
Albedo is a strong character in Genshin Impact, but he is way stronger in the lore of the game. He is referred to as the Kreideprinz, aka Chalk Prince, and the Alchemy he uses can control life itself, like breathing life into plants.
Chalk plays an important role in Alchemy and it is often indicated that Albedo might be made out of chalk itself.
9. Albedo Knows Khaenri’ah Alchemy
Albedo’s alchemy is very special and known worldwide because even the brightest minds in the Sumeru Akademiya can replicate it. This is because Albedo uses the lost Alchemy knowledge of Khaenri’ah, and is often indicated to be born or created in the ancient land. The Khaenri’ah Alchemy used by Albedo has control over life itself, making it immensely powerful and potent.
He was taught this by his master and creator Rhinedottir, who is also likely connected to the land of Khaenri’ah in some way.
10. Albedo May Turn Evil
As revealed earlier, Albedo is not actually a human but a Homunculus or synthetic human. This puts Albedo in a unique situation where he can eventually become corrupted, same as the Dragon Durin whose life source is used in Albedo too. We have often seen that Albedo has an inclination towards dark objects, like the Festering Desire.
Even Albedo is fearful of losing control of himself one day, which is also foreshadowed by Dainsleif. Whether he turns evil or not, we can always expect the traveler to be there to stop his friend in his time of need.
11. Albedo Is an Introvert
Albedo is not the outgoing sort, unlike Hu Tao, and dislikes socializing too much. He dislikes going to restaurants, and meeting too many people and prefers his time alone. In this sense, he can be considered an introvert.
It is also revealed that Albedo is often hard to find and he doesn’t like sharing his location or asking for help. However, Albedo does like the company of his close friends, like Sucrose, and his adorable sister Klee.
12. Albedo Is Not Fond of Lisa Being a Librarian
Lisa is one of the smartest characters in Genshin Impact, being a top student of Sumeru Akademiya. Albedo has a good relationship with Lisa and holds her in great esteem. Lisa is the head librarian of Knights of Favonius and is often found delegating her duties to others, something the Traveler is well familiar with.
Albedo considers Lisa as a highly talented individual but at the same time is disappointed that she chose to be the head Librarian instead of pursuing other academic pursuits more proper for her talents.
So, these are the 12 cool facts about Albedo in Genshin Impact that you may not know about him. There are plenty more secrets about the loved Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius, so share your favorite lore detail about Albedo in the comment section.
