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Check out the latest news, updates, and patches for Genshin Impact in this guide! This includes all the latest news, including patches, updates, new banners, characters and more.

Contents

Version Update Summary

Updating The Game

5.6 Update Related Articles
EscoffierEscoffierIfaIfaNaviaNavia
KinichKinichRaiden ShogunRaiden Shogun
Whirling Waltz5.6 Redeem Codes
Whirling Waltz Character Locations

When Is The Next Update Of Genshin Impact?

Genshin Update Schedule

Note:
- Every 6 weeks a version update happens.
- Every update has a 1st and 2nd phase.
 LThe Wish banners changes per phase.
Ver.ScheduleContents
Predictions
6.0September 10, 2025Nod-Krai
7.0Around September of 2026Snezhnaya (?)
8.0Around October of 2027Khaenri'ah

Based on the yearly updates of Genshin Impact, it is likely that 5.8 update will have a limited-time map. It is also common that X.8 version of the update to be the last and will skip to the next Nation update.

Upcoming Update

Version 5.6 Will Be Happening Soon !

Paralogism

The livestream for Version 5.6 has been announced to happen on April 25, 2025! The teaser image indicates this patch will be Mondstadt-focused.

5.6 Update Related Articles

News About Nod Krai & Version 6.0

Announcement About Upcoming Version (6.0)

◆The Upcoming version will focus on going on a deep dive of stories of Teyvat.
◆ Nod Krai is created to connect all of the components of the Story
 └ To show they are not limited by Nation but have a common goal.
◆Nod Krai releases after version 5.8 Update for a whole year.

Version 6.0 is confirmed to be Nod Krai. Nod Krai focuses on people instead of Nations and will try to tie together the stories from various nations. Nod Krai Arc will last for a year featuring new systems, characters, and areas.

Version Update Content Summary

5.6 Version Summary

5-6 Update Banner
5.6 Update Schedule
1st Phase: 2025/05/07 - 2025/05/27
2nd Phase: 2025/05/27 - 2025/06/18
Banners
(Which Banner Should You Pull?)
Tasteful Excellence
2025/05/07 - 2025/05/27
In the Name of the Rosula
2025/05/07 - 2025/05/27
Seeker Of Flame-Wrought Secrets
2025/05/27 - 2025/06/18
Reign Of Serenity
2025/05/27 - 2025/06/18
New & Rerun Characters
EscoffierEscoffierIfaIfaNaviaNavia
KinichKinichRaiden ShogunRaiden Shogun
New Weapons
5 Star Limited Weapon
Symphonist Of Scents (Polearm)
4 Star Event Weapon
Sequence Of Solitude (Bow)
New Quests & Events
Story Quest
Dulciaria Structure Chapter: Act I (Escoffier Story Quest)
Paralogism (Archon Quest)
New Events
- Whirling Waltz
- Operation Downpour Simulation
- Legends Ablaze: Cross-Border Brawl
- Chronicle of Shifting Stratagems
- Ley Line Overflow
5.6 Update Banners & Character

5.5 Version Summary

5.5 update banner
5.5 Update Schedule
1st Phase: 2025/03/26 - 2025/04/15
2nd Phase: 2025/04/15 - 2025/05/07
New Banners
(Which Banner Should You Pull?)
Strength in Serenity
2025/03/26 - 2025/04/15
Passerine Herald
2025/03/26 - 2025/04/15
Ardent Flames Forge the Soul
2025/04/15 - 2025/05/07
Windborne Bard
2025/04/15 - 2025/05/07
New & Rerun Characters
VaresaVaresaIansanIansanXianyunXianyun
XilonenXilonenVentiVenti
New Weapons
5 Star Limited Weapon
Vivid Notions (Catalyst)
New Quests & Events
Story Quest
Mushroom Realm Mystery (Tribal Chronicle)
New Events
- Tournament Of Glory in Bloom
- Quirky Quaking Arena
- Rhythm Ball Meztli
- Unlimited Fighting Championship
- Overflowing Favor
World Quest
- The Way into the Mountain
- A Brief History of Rocks
- Investigator of Ancient Ruins
- Path to the Flaming Peaks
- Chronicler of the Crumbling City
- The Frozen, Rekindling Land
- Sealed Site of Sacrifice
- The Forsaken Sea of Wisdom
- In Search of a Hidden Heart
- Where Once There Was a Calculation Array
- Where Once Force Was Reversed
- Where Once There Were Arms Aplenty
- Once, the Sacred Seat of Judgement
- The End of the Road
- As the Burning Sun Sears Shadows
- A Finale Emberforged
- Is 'Intensity' Really the Key
- Sing, Ho, For the Greatness of Fat!
- Someday, We All Must Walk Alone
- The Attack of the Purple Tepetlisaurus
Other New Contents
New Artifacts & Items
Long Night's Oath
Finale Of The Deep Galleries
Sunset-Blue Obsidian Ring & Fragment
That Which Was Once Ehecatl
New Area
- Sacred Mountain & Sanctified Land
New Gimmicks & Secrets
New Local Legends
The Peak
Infinitesimal
Reji
Tupu's Lushness
Battlegoat and Ironclaw
How to Unlock the Ancient Sacred Mountain
Urubamba & Little Tatankasaurs
Secret Source Dragon Puzzle
Vagrant Secret Source Dragon Idol
5.5 Update Banners, & Characters

5.4 Version Summary

5-4 Summary Version Photo
5.4 Update Schedule
1st Phase: 2025/02/12 ~ 2025/03/04
2nd Phase: 2025/03/04 ~ 2025/03/25
New Banners
(Which Banner Should You Pull?)
Mizuki BannerDawn's Drifting Reverie
2025/02/12 ~ 2025/03/04
Banner ImageRomaritime Meluserenity
2025/02/12 ~ 2025/03/04
Chanson Of Many WatersChanson Of Many Waters
2025/03/04 ~ 2025/03/25
Tempestuous DestinyTempestuous Destiny
2025/03/04 ~ 2025/03/25
New & Rerun Characters
MizukiMizukiSigewinneSigewinneWriothesleyWriothesleyFurinaFurina
New Weapons
5 Star Limited Weapon
Sunny Morning Sleep-In (Catalyst)
4 Star Event Weapon
Tamayuratei No Ohanashi (Polearm)
New Quests & Events
Story Quest
Tapirus Somniator Chapter: Act 1 (Story Quest Of Mizuki)
New Events
- Enchanted Tales Of The Mikawa Festival
A Little Fox Daydream
- Traveler's Tales: Anthology Chapters
- Realm Of Tempered Valor
- Invasive Fish Wrangler
- Reel Ad-Venture
5.4 Update Characters & Contents

5.3 Version Summary

5.3 Version Summary Photo
5.3 Update Schedule
1st Phase: 01/01/2025 ~ 01/21/2025
2nd Phase: 01/21/2025 ~ 02/11/2025
New Banners
(Which Banner Should You Pull?)
Ancient Flame AblazeAncient Flame Ablaze
01/01/2025 ~ 01/21/2025
Starry NightStarry Night's Whispers
01/01/2025 ~ 01/21/2025
The HearthThe Hearth's Ashen Shadow
1/21/2025 ~ 2/11/2025
Illuminating Lightning Illuminating Lightning
01/21/2025 ~ 02/11/2025
Remembrance Of Jade And Stone Remembrance Of Jade And Stone
1/21/2025 - 2/11/2025
Notable Characters
MavuikaMavuikaCitlaliCitlaliArlecchinoArlecchinoClorindeClorinde
Lan YanLan YanPyro TravelerPyro Traveler
New Weapons
5 Star Limited Weapons
A Thousand Blazing Suns (Claymore)
Starcaller's Watch (Catalyst)
New Boss
World Boss
Wayward Hermetic Spiritspeaker
Weekly Boss
Lord Of Eroded Primal Fire
New Quests & Events
Archon Quests
Incandescent Ode Of Resurrection
Tribal Quest
Memories Flowing With Color (Continuation)
Story Quest
Sol Invictus Chapter: Act 1 (As The Blazing Sun)
New Events
Springtime Charms
Emblem Of Steadfast Valor
Shuyu's Baffling Beetle Battle Bowl
On The Trail Of Behemoths
Repertoire Of Myriad Melodies
Other Updates
New Skins
Cherries Snow-Laden (Hu Tao Skin)
New Year's Cheer (Xiangling Skin)
5.3 Update Contents, & Banner

5.2 Version Summary

5.2 Version Summary Photo
New Banners
(Which Banner Should You Pull?)
Piercing Shot's Crimson Wake
1st Phase
11/20/2024 - 12/12/2024
ChascaChascaOroronOroronBarbaraBarbaraSucroseSucrose
Conjuring Chiaroscuro
1st Phase
11/20/2024 - 12/12/2024
LyneyLyneyOroronOroronBarbaraBarbaraSucroseSucrose
Gentry of Hermitage
2nd Phase
12/12/2024 - 01/01/2025
ZhongliZhongliYaoyaoYaoyaoFischlFischlShikanoin HeizouShikanoin Heizou
Decree of the Depths
2nd Phase
12/12/2024 - 01/01/2025
NeuvilletteNeuvilletteYaoyaoYaoyaoFischlFischlShikanoin HeizouShikanoin Heizou
New Weapons
5 Star Limited Weapons
Astral Vulture's Crimson Plumage (Bow)
4 Star Weapons
Calamity Of Eshu (Event Sword)
Flower-Wreathed Feathers (Bow)
Waveriding Whirl (Catalyst)
New Boss
World Boss
Tenebrous Papilla
New Areas
New Natlan Areas
Ochkanatlan
Quahuacan Cliff
Tezcatepetonco Range
New Quest
Archon Quests
Archon Quest: Chapter 5 Interlude
Tribal Quest
Memories Flowing With Color
Of Fading Flowers and Falling Feathers
World Quest
Charge Forward! Go, Go, Go!
Molting Season
A Saurian Returns To The Nest
Every Aspect of A Warrior
Dancin' In the Moonlight
Come Fly With Me
Stand By Me
The Mystery Of Tecoloapan Beach
Twisted Extension
Open Your Heart To Me
Lost Traveler In The Ashen Realm
From One Case To Another
Stones, Coconuts, and Saurian Traffickers
Sauro-Vet's Dilemma
City Buried By Ash
Vaulting The Wall Of Morning Mist
New Events
Iktomi Spiritseeking Scrolls
└ Main Event for version 5.2
Adventurer's Trials: Metamorphosis
└ Dungeon event featuring puzzles for various characters.
Exercise Surging Storm
└ A "tabletop" war-game event.
Claw Convoy
└ Animal searching event.
New Gimmicks & Secrets
Conulaf Locations
5.2 Update Contents & Banners

5.1 Version Summary

5.1 Summary
New Banners
(Which Banner Should You Pull?)
Forgefire's Blessing
1st Phase
2024/10/09 - 2024/10/29
XilonenXilonenDoriDoriCandaceCandaceColleiCollei
Of Silken Clouds Woven
1st Phase
2024/10/09 - 2024/10/29
ChioriChioriDoriDoriCandaceCandaceColleiCollei
Moment Of Bloom
2nd Phase
2024/10/29 - 2024/11/19
Hu TaoHu TaoSethosSethosKuki ShinobuKuki ShinobuXingqiuXingqiu
The Moongrass' Enlightenment
2nd Phase
2024/10/29 - 2024/11/19
NahidaNahidaSethosSethosKuki ShinobuKuki ShinobuXingqiuXingqiu
New Weapons
5 Star Limited Weapons
Peak Patrol Song (Sword)
4 Star Weapons
Sturdy Bone (Sword)
Mountain-Bracing Bolt (Polearm)
Fruitful Hook (Claymore)
New Boss
World Boss
Secret Source Constructor
New Quest
Archon Quests
Beyond The Smoke and Mirrors
The Rainbow Destined To Burn Guide
Story Quest
A Prayer For Blessings, Told To Crested Peaks Quest Guide
 └ Continuation for Xilonen's Story
New Events
Chromatic Ode Of Candies And Roses
└ Celebrate Nahida's Birthday in this event!
Aphid Treasure Trace
└ A race-like exploration based game.
Feast Of Pursuit
└ A battle event
Reminiscent Regimen: Thrill
└ A battle event filled with Buffs and debuffs.
New Recipes
New Recipes
BBQ Beef Heart Skewers
Xocoatl
Fruit-Flavored Milk Candies
5.1 Update Contents & Banners

5.0 Version Summary

5.0 Summary
New Banners
(Which Banner Should You Pull?)
Sharktacular Surfari
1st Phase
2024/08/28 ~ 2024/09/17
MualaniMualaniKachinaKachinaXinyanXinyanBennettBennett
Leaves In The Wind
1st Phase
2024/08/28 ~ 2024/09/17
KazuhaKazuhaKachinaKachinaXinyanXinyanBennettBennett
Seeker of Flame-Wrought Secrets
2nd Phase
2024/09/17 ~ 2024/10/08
KinichKinichChevreuseChevreuseKujou SaraKujou SaraThomaThoma
Reign Of Serenity
2nd Phase
2024/09/17 ~ 2024/10/08
Raiden ShogunRaiden ShogunChevreuseChevreuseKujou SaraKujou SaraThomaThoma
New Weapons & Artifacts
5 Star Limited Weapons
Surf's Up (Catalyst)
Fang Of The Mountain King (Claymore)
4 Star Craftable Weapons
Flute Of Ezpitzal (Sword)
Earth Shaker (Claymore)
Footprint Of The Rainbow (Polearm)
Chain Breaker (Catalyst)
Chain Breaker (Bow)
Event Weapon
Ash-Graven Drinking Horn (Catalyst)
New Artifacts
Scroll Of The Hero Of Cinder City Set
Obsidian Codex Set
New Quest
Archon Quests
Flower Resplendent On The Sun-Scorched Sojourn
Black Stone Under A White Stone
Story Quest
Where The Springs Return (Mualani Story Quest)
Scions Of The Canopy (Kinich Story Quest)
World Quest
Between Pledge And Forgettance
In the Footsteps Of The Chosen Of Dragons
Shadows Of The Mountains
Tale Of Dreams Plucked From Fire
Toward Red-Hot Adventure!
To The Night, What Is The Night's
Ripe For Trouble
To Wish Upon A Star
Stride On Rainbows, Split The Waves
The Case Of The Crafting Bench
The Call Of Mystical Martial Arts
Lost In The Woods
Lights, Kamera, Action!
Beneath The Crystal Rock
New Events
A Quest To Kindle Ancient Flames
└ Get a free standard banner 5-star character as part of Genshin Impact's anniversary!
Traces Of Artistry
└ Flagship event for Version 5.0 featuring Natlan!
Of Thorns And Crowns
└ A battle event?
Dodoco's Boom-Bastic Escapades
└ Mini-game featuring Dodoco.
Mementos Of Teyvat
└ A photo-taking event.
New Area: Natlan
Natlan Guide
Natlan Domains
Sanctum Of Rainbow Spirits
Blazing Ruins
Ancient Watchtower
5.0 Update Banners & Characterst

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Event & Wish Related Guides

Event & Wish

Current Wish (Gacha) Banners

BannerBoosted
Character / Weapon
La Chanson Cerise La Chanson Cerise

5/7/2025 - 5/27/2025




In The Name Of The Rosula In The Name Of The Rosula

5/7/2025 - 5/27/2025




Epitome Of Invocation

5/7/2025 - 5/27/2025




beginnerBeginners' Wish

Permanent

Wanderlust InvocationWanderlust Invocation

Permanent

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5.6 Current Events

5.6 Events
Whirling Waltz Event GuideWhirling Waltz

5/9/2025 - 5/26/2025

The main event for 5.6 Update. This event has 3 mini-games, participate to get more exciting rewards!

5.6 Upcoming Events

5.6 Events
Operation Downpour Simulation Event GuideOperation Downpour Simulation

5/19/2025 - 6/3/2025

A new upcoming Tabletop Wargame event for the 5.6 Update that includes Co-Op (Multiplayer).
Legends Ablaze: Cross-Border Brawl Event GuideLegends Ablaze: Cross-Border Brawl

6/5/2025 - 6/16/2025

In this event, players must collect the most coins, competing with other players to win.
Chronicle of Shifting Stratagems Event GuideChronicle of Shifting Stratagems

05/27/2025 - 06/09/2025

A new upcoming domain combat event for the 5.6 Update.
Ley Line Overflow 5.4 Release Date & RewardsLey Line Overflow

6/9/2025 - 6/16/2025

Ley Line event rerun for 5.6 Update.

Other Events

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Chapter 3 Act 4Chapter 3 Act 5
Chapter 3 Act 6 Chapter 4 Act 1
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Fontaine Specialties
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Spring of the First Dewdrop
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Liyue SpecialtiesSilk Flower
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Glaze Lily
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Mondstadt SpecialtiesSmall Lamp Grass
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WolfhookCecilia
Dandelion SeedCalla Lily
Philanemo Mushroom
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Between Pledge And ForgettanceIn the Footsteps Of The Chosen Of Dragons
Shadows Of The MountainsTale Of Dreams Plucked From Fire
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Ripe For TroubleTo Wish Upon A Star
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