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Check This For Latest Updates & News!1.2 Update Details
New Characters & Weapon
| New Characters | |
|---|---|
 AlbedoRate Boosted | Ganyu From January |
| New Weapon | |
| 【Festering Desire】 4★ Sword |
| 【Frostbearer】 4★ Catalyst |
| 【Dragonspine Spear】 4★ Polearm |
| 【Snow-Tombed Starsilver】 4★ Claymore |
Things To Do At Ver. 1.2
| Explore The New Area "Dragonspine" | |
|---|---|
| ■ Do In The Mountains Quest Finish Quest to unlock the new Domain "Peak Of Vindagnyr" ■ Collect all Crimson Agate Collect Crimson Agate to level Frostbearing Tree and get rewards! ■ Finish Festering Fang Collect Strange Tooth and get Dragonspine Spear as a reward. ■ Discover and explore Entombed City Receive a new weapon, Snow-Tombed Starsilver. ■ Farm Artifacts in Dragonspine | |
| Complete New Quests | |
| ■ Princeps Cretaceus (Albedo Story Quest) Clear to unlock the new event, The Chalk Prince And The Dragon. ■ Finish New World Quests 7 New World Quest has been added. | |
| Play New Events | |
| ■ The Chalk Prince And The Dragon Receive Festering Desire from Albedo. Collect Glimmering Essence, Warm Essence & Miraculous Essence (through Frostborn Miracle Challenge) and exchange for various rewards. ■ Lost Riches Explore with Seelie for rewards. ■ Hypostatic Symphony Fight powerful Hypostasis for rewards! ■ 2nd Marvelous Merchandise Give items in exchange of rewards! |
New Systems & Changes
| New Systems | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ■ Updated Chat Function You can privately message friends. ■ Note Function Put note on friends to keep track. ■ Trackable Map Pin Easier to track friends who changes name. ■ Repeat A Domain Easily Option to repeat a Domain while inside it. ■ Dialogue Autoplay Function Option to move to next dialogue by itself. ■ Auto-get Drops In Domains & Leylines No need to manually collect drops. ■ Travel Log Section Check on your travel history. ■ Get Rewards For Ascending Characters Get Acquaint Fate for charas moved to 20, 50, & 70. | |||
| Other Changes | |||
| ■ Item Name Changes (TBC) Crown of Sagehood → Crown Of Insight. |
Version 1.2 Update - Future Update Schedule
Update Schedule Revealed By Mihoyo
Mihoyo has announced their projected update schedule for future updates.
| Version | Schedule Details |
|---|---|
| 1.2 | December 23, 2020 (GMT+8) Dragonspine Area & related events. |
| 1.3 | February 2021 Lantern Rite Event Series. |
New Update Every 6 Weeks
Mihoyo also announced that they plan to release new content for the game every 6 weeks.
Upcoming Contents - Events
| Area | Event Name |
|---|---|
| Mondstadt | Ludi Harpastum |
| Windbloom Festival | |
| Liyue | Lantern Rite |
| Moonchase Festival |
These events have been confirmed by Mihoyo. They are also based on real-life events.
Check Events That Are Happening Currently Here!Upcoming Content - New Characters
Check Out All New & Upcoming Characters HereScaramouche
Scaramouche is a character revealed in the second phase of Unreconciled Stars event, Star of Deceitful Dreams. He is also revealed to be Fatui's 6th member. Just like Childe, there is a big chance that he will also be released as a playable character at some point in the future.
More Info About Scaramouche Here!Dainsleif
While there is still no information regarding what kind of character Dainsleif is, he was announced to be a playable character voiced by famous voice actors Tsuda Kenjiro (JP) and Yuri Lowenthal (EN).
More Info About Dainsleif Here!Kamizato Ayaka
Kamizato Ayaka is a lady of Inazuma and a character from the closed beta. There is a chance that she will be revealed together with Inazuma, which is the next target location of Traveler in the main story.
More Info About Kamizato Ayaka Here!Xiao
The Adeptus Xiao who was in closed beta and appeared several times in the Main Story Quest might be released as a playable character in future updates.
More Info About Xiao Here!Rosaria
A new character facing Barbara is shown in a post made by the Official Japanese Genshin Twitter account. This mysterious "sisterly" character will appear as part of the story of Ver. 1.2 of Genshin Impact.
Learn More About Rosaria Here!Upcoming Contents - New Areas
Inazuma
In the main story, Inazuma was mentioned to be the next destination of Traveler. However, entering would likely be difficult, as it is currently not allowing any outsiders in. NPCs who are fleeing from Inazuma because of its strict and dangerous environment have also been spotted in Liyue.
Electro Area Ruled By Bakufu
Zhongli mentioned that Inazuma is ruled by the Bakufu, which is trying to gather all Visions.
Regarding Leaks
Announcement By Mihoyo
In a recent Facebook post by Mihoyo, they announced their strict stance against leakers of information from beta testing.
About 1.2 Leak Information
While we have received multiple reports of leaks (for 1.2 and other updates), we have decided not to post information that has not been confirmed by the official Genshin team.
