Check out the latest news, updates, and patches for Genshin Impact in this guide! This includes the latest patches, new banners, characters, and more.
Contents
- When Is The Next Update?
- └ Version 6.6 (Luna 7) Livestream Schedule
- └ Version 6.6 (Luna 7) Livestream Countdown
Version Update Summary
- Version 6.5 Update Details Upcoming
- Version 6.5 Update Details Current!
- Version 6.4 Update Details
- Version 6.3 Update Details
- Version 6.2 Update Details
- Version 6.1 Update Details
- Version 6.0 Update Details
Updating The Game
| 6.5 Update (Luna 6) Related Articles | |||||||||||
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 Linnea | Chasca | ||||||||||
| Lauma | Nefer | ||||||||||
| Linnea Materials & Farming Guide | 6.5 (Luna 6) Redeem Codes | ||||||||||
When Is The Next Update of Genshin Impact?
Version 6.6 (Luna 7) Livestream Date Announced!
Genshin Impact Version "Luna VII" Special Program Preview#GenshinSpecialProgram #GenshinLunaVII
— Genshin Impact (@GenshinImpact) May 6, 2026
The special program for Genshin Impact's new version will premiere on the official Twitch and YouTube channels on 05/08/2026 at 08:00 AM (UTC-4)!
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The date and time for the upcoming Version 6.6 (Luna 7) Special Program or Livestream has been announced! It will begin airing on May 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM (UTC-4) on the official Youtube and Twitch accounts!
Version 6.6 (Luna 7) Livestream Countdown
The Special Program will showcase Nicole, Lohen and Prune's abilities, as well as a sneak peak into the upcoming Archon Quest.
Genshin Update Schedule
| Note: - A version update happens every 6 weeks. - Each update has a first and second phase. └ Wish banners change with each phase. |
| Ver. | Schedule | Contents Predictions |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | August 18, 2026 | Snezhnaya (according to 'To Snezhnaya and the Future' video) |
| 8.0 | Around October of 2027 | Khaenri'ah (?) |
Genshin Impact's livestreams and patch releases follow a consistent schedule. Each new version cycle starts with a Special Program (Livestream), which typically airs on a Friday. The actual update is then released 12 days after the livestream. This schedule gives players a solid heads-up on what to expect in the next version update.
Version Update Content Summary
6.6 Version Summary
| Version 6.6 Duration | Phase 1: 05/20/2026 - 06/09/2026 Phase 2: 06/09/2026 - 06/30/2026 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| New Characters | Nicole (5★) Element: PyroWeapon: Catalyst | Lohen (5★) Element: CryoWeapon: Polearm | Prune (4★) Element: AnemoWeapon: Catalyst |
| New Character Banners (New & Rerun) | Phase 1 Character Banners: Phase 2 Character Banners: | ||
| New Weapons (New & Rerun) | Phase 1 Weapon Banners: Phase 2 Weapon Banners: ► Weapon Banner | ||
| New Artifact Sets | Celestial GiftDisenchantment in Deep Shadow | ||
| New Boss | ■ Exalted Master of the Heretical Path | ||
| New Quest | ■ New Song of the Welkin Moon Archon Quests └ Act IX - "As All Falls to Emptiness" └ Act X - "Of Myriad Paths, Flux, and Dissolution" ■ Beyond Silver and Fine Gold └ Witch's Lodge World Quest continuation ■ Lepus Miles Chapter: Act 1 └ Lohen Story Quest | ||
| New Events | ■ Phantasmal Pals └ Free Claymore Skin - Super Awesome Magic Key ■ Trials of the Brave Warrior ■ Kaleidoscopic Color Chase ■ To Temper Thyself and Journey Far (Rerun) └ Additional rewards added after 8 weeks of rewards. | ||
| Other Contents | ■ TCG Update - New Cards └ Flins └ Lauma └ Experimental Field Generator ■ New Envisaged Echoes └ Navia └ Wanderer ■ New Repertoire of Myriad Melodies Album └ Hexerei: Ballad of Whimsical Polyphony | ||
6.5 Version Summary
| 6.5 Version Duration | Phase 1: 04/08/2026 - 04/28/2026 Phase 2: 04/28/2026 - 05/19/2026 |
|---|---|
| New Characters | Linnea (5★) Element: Geo Weapon: Bow |
| New Character Banners (New & Rerun) | Phase 1 Character Banners: Phase 2 Character Banners: |
| Chronicled Wish Banner (Reruns) | Fontaine Chronicled Wish Banner: |
| New Weapons (New & Rerun) | Phase 1 Weapon Banners: Phase 2 Weapon Banners: ► Weapon Banner |
| New Boss | ■ Watcher Fallen Vigil |
| New Quest | ■ Alcyon Chapter: Act 1 └ Linnea Story Quest |
| New Events | ■ Where Waves Meet the Reef └ Free Jahoda ■ Rapid Capture ■ Surveying and Mapping Studies ■ Ley Line Overflow Rerun |
| New Area | ■ Dorman Port ■ The Stilled Interstice of a Thousand Winds └ Asmoday's space (Abandoned Sanitarium) |
| Other Contents | ■ New Character Anecdotes ■ TCG Update - New Cards └ Aino └ Dahlia └ Consecrated Fanged Beast |
6.4 Version Summary
| 6.4 Version Duration | Phase 1: 2026/02/25 ~ 2026/03/17 Phase 2: 2026/03/17 ~ 2026/04/07 |
|---|---|
| New Characters | Varka (5★) Element: Anemo Weapon: Claymore |
| New Character Banners (New & Run) | Phase 1 Banners: Chronicled Wish: Phase 2 Banners: |
| New Weapon Banners | Phase 1 Weapon Banner: Chronicled Wish: Phase 2 Weapon Banner: ► Weapon Banner |
| New Boss | ■ Radiant Moongecko |
| New Events | ■ Homeward, He Who Caught the Wind ■ Sightseeing with Friends ■ Operation Stronghold ■ Overflowing Abundance |
| Other Contents | ■ Repertoire Of Myriad Melodies └ Nod-Krai Album └ Score Theme └ Harmonic Keys ■ Teapot System └ New Realm Layout ■ TCG └ New Cards ■ Envisaged Echoes └ New Echoes (Ayaka & Ayato) |
6.3 Version Summary
| 6.3 Update Schedule | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Phase: 01/14/2026 - 02/03/2026 2nd Phase: 02/03/2026 - 02/24/2026 | |||||||||||
| New & Rerun Characters | |||||||||||
| Columbina (1st Phase) | Ineffa (1st Phase) | ||||||||||
| Zibai (2nd Phase) | Neuvillette (2nd Phase) | ||||||||||
| New Weapons & Items | |||||||||||
| ■ 5 Star Limited Weapon └ Nocturne's Curtain Call (Catalyst) └ Lightbearing Moonshard (Catalyst) | |||||||||||
| ■ New Artifacts └ Aubade of Morningstar and Moon └ A Day Carved From Rising Winds | |||||||||||
| ■ New Skins └ Traveler New Skin └ Neuvillette Skin └ Yaoyao Skin | |||||||||||
| New Area & Locations | |||||||||||
| ■ The Lament of the Cliff-Shadowed Hollow ■ New Specialties └ Winter Icelea (For Columbina!) └ Pine Amber (For Illuga!) | |||||||||||
| New Enemies & Events | |||||||||||
| ■ Bosses └ The Doctor └ Lord Of The Hidden Depths: Whisperer Of Nightmares ■ Local Legends └ Hiljetta └ Hexadecatonic Mandragora └ The Homesick Lone Wolf ■ Events └ A Lanternlit Ode to The Silver Moon └ Fortune's Coming └ Moonlit Patrol Exercise └ Shutterflash Memory Hunt └ Ley Line Overflow | |||||||||||
| Other Content | |||||||||||
| ■ New Reactions └ Lunar Crystallize ■ Quests └ Act VII: A Traveler on a Winter's Night └ Act VIII: True Moon ■ Other Contents └ Irismoon Seal └ Kuuhenki Guide | |||||||||||
6.2 Version Summary
| 6.2 Update Schedule | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Phase: 12/03/2025-12/23/2025 2nd Phase: 12/23/2025-01/13/2026 | |||||||||||
| New & Rerun Characters | |||||||||||
| Durin (1st Phase) | Venti (1st Phase) | ||||||||||
| Xilonen (2nd Phase) | Varesa (2nd Phase) | ||||||||||
| New Weapons & Items | |||||||||||
| ■ 5 Star Limited Weapon └ The Daybreak Chronicles (Bow) └ Athame Artis (Sword) | |||||||||||
| New Enemies & Events | |||||||||||
| ■ Bosses └ Super-Heavy Landrover: Mechanized Fortresses ■ Events └ Soulblazers' Snowbound Journey └ Bing-Bang Finchball └ Heroic Clash: Saurian Brawl └ Memories of the Moon (Web Event) └ Marvelous Merchandise | |||||||||||
| Other Content | |||||||||||
| ■ Quests └ Act V: A Nocturne of the far North └ Act VI: Melting Moonlight in the Morning Mist └ Durin Story Quest - Draco Rubedo Chapter: Act I ■ Other Contents └ Witch's Homework (Buff for Characters) ■ Character Buffs └ Fischl └ Albedo └ Klee └ Venti └ Razor └ Mona └ Sucrose | |||||||||||
6.1 Version Summary
| 6.1 Update Schedule | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Phase: 2025/10/22 〜 2025/11/12 2nd Phase: 2025/11/12 ~ 2025/12/2 | |||||||||||
| Banners | |||||||||||
| Temptation of the Crimson Sands 2025/10/22 〜 2025/11/12 | Chanson of Many Waters 2025/10/22 〜 2025/11/12 | ||||||||||
| The Hearth's Ashen Shadow 2025/11/12 ~ 2025/12/3 | Gentry of Hermitage 2025/11/12 ~ 2025/12/3 | ||||||||||
| New & Rerun Characters | |||||||||||
| Nefer | Furina | ||||||||||
| Arlecchino | Zhongli | ||||||||||
| New Weapons & Items | |||||||||||
| ■ 5 Star Limited Weapon └ Reliquary Of Truth (Catalyst) | |||||||||||
| ■ 4 Star Limited Weapon └ Sacrificer's Staff (Polearm) └ Dawning Frost (Catalyst) | |||||||||||
| New Permanent Content Events | |||||||||||
| ■ Miliastra Wonderland └ New permanent User Game Content. | |||||||||||
| New Enemies & Events | |||||||||||
| ■ Bosses └ Frostnight Herra ■ Events └ Ruins Exploration: Fieldwise Center └ Saurian Sojourn └ Dance Dance Dynamic Disco | |||||||||||
| Other Content | |||||||||||
| ■ Other Contents └ Act III: Archon Quest (Luna Series II) └ Act IV: Archon Quest (Luna Series II) | |||||||||||
6.0 Version Summary
How To Update Genshin Impact
Update The Game In The Launcher
▲ Genshin Impact in the HoYoPlay launcher for PC.
You can download Genshin Impact updates through the game's launcher on your device. For mobile or console players, check your device's respective app store. For PC players, you can find the update in the HoYoPlay launcher or the Epic Games Store.
| Game Launcher Links | |
|---|---|
| HoYoPlay (PC) | Epic Store (PC) |
| App Store (iOS) | Google Play (Android) |
| Microsoft Store (Xbox X|S) | Playstation Store (PS4/PS5) |
Event & Wish Related Guides
Current Wish (Gacha) Banners
| Banner | Boosted Character / Weapon |
|---|---|
| Temptation Of The Crimson Sands 4/28/2026 - 5/19/2026 [ Gatcha Simulator ] | |
| Moonsong Of The Groves 4/28/2026 - 5/19/2026 | |
| Dewlit Tranquility 4/28/2026 - 5/19/2026 | |
4/28/2026 - 5/19/2026 | |
| Beginners' Wish Permanent | |
| Wanderlust Invocation Permanent | - |
Current 6.3 Events
| Luna IV Events | |
|---|---|
| Ley Line Overflow 02/16/2026 - 02/23/2026 | A rerun of the recurring double ley line rewards event. |
| Moonlit Patrol Exercise 02/09/2026 - 02/23/2026 | Continuation of the Wargame Event series where players use monsters to fight against other monsters. |
| A Lanternlit Ode to The Silver Moon 01/30/2026 - 02/23/2026 | The annual Lantern Rite Event in Genshin Impact. This event will be having 4 mini-games. |
Other Events
| Web Event List |
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| Web Event List |
| Event Tracking Tool |
| To Do List & Event Calendar |
