Lantern Rite Festival 2025 Guide for Genshin Impact. See rewards, free 4 star characters for 2025, characters, release date, Springtime Charms features & content for Lantern Rite.
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Lantern Rite 2025 - Event Details
Celebrate Another Lantern Rite Festival In Liyue
In this year's version of the Lantern Rite event, new mini games and new features are introduced for Liyue's biggest festival. We also have returning features like the free 4-star Liyue character and new skins!
New Mini Games
A total of 3 mini-games can be played during the Lantern Rite Festival. Completing these challenges will allow you to earn Festive Fever, which you can then use to unlock rewards!
List Of All Lantern Rite Mini-Games
| Mini Game | Details |
|---|---|
 Immortal Combat | - A Tetris-kind of game challenge where you will be challenging different Rattan Figures. - Co-Op / Multiplayer Mode is available as well. |
 Drills by Lamplight | - A domain challenge game event. |
 Custom Gift Envelope | - Create unique envelop gifts and give them to your companion (in-game characters). |
Locate Sightseeing Scopes & Fortune Coins
During the event, you will be able to find Fortune Coins, Launch Pads and Sightseeing Scopes around Liyue. Locating all of them will unlock different furnishings that you can add to you Serenitea Pot!
| Location Guides | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fortune Coin | Sightseeing Scope | Launch Tube |
Get A Free 4 Star Liyue Character
Players will once again be able to choose from the following 4-star Liyue Characters as part of the Lantern Rite Event. You can invite any of the available characters anytime during the event.
| Characters You Can Choose | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaming | Yaoyao | Xiangling | Beidou |
| Xingqiu | Ningguang | Chongyun | Xinyan |
| Yun Jin | Yanfei | Lan Yan NEW! | - |
Lantern Rite Log In Event
May Fortune Find You Spring's Premonition
| Release Date | January 22, 2025 |
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Players earn rewards that they can collect by simply logging in every day from the release of the May Fortune Find You log-in event. This includes up to 1,600 Primogems and 10 Acquiant Fates among other rewards!
Lantern Rite 2025 Gifts
Old Memories, New Beginnings Event
Additionally, players will receive a gift for each day from February 1 to February 5. All rewards add up to a total of 1600 Primogems if you are able to log-in during the 5-day period!
New Skins Themed After Lantern Rite
| Hutao Skin | Xiangling Skin |
|---|---|
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Hu Tao and Xiangling will both receive new skins as part of the Lantern Rite event. Hu Tao's can only be unlocked by paying for it, while Xiangling's can be unlocked by playing through the event.
All Skin List For CharactersLiyue-Themed Chronicled Wish Banner
according to the 5.3 Livestream the Chronicled WIsh banners will also be available in the Lantern RIte event. You can check out the table below to see the available 5 star characters and weapons.
Lantern Rite 2025 Rewards
Get A Free Xiangling Skin
In this upcoming Springtime Charms (Lantern Rite Event) event, you will be able to get a FREE Xiangling skin upon completing all the challenge conditions.
Other Known Rewards
| Known Rewards |
|---|
| Primogems Mystic Enhancement Ore Adventurer's Experience Mora Hero's Wit |
Lantern Rite 2025 Character Locations
Use The Event Page To Track Locations Of Characters
For this year's Lantern Rite, the characters are trackable from the "Send and Receive Gift Envelope" section of the event page. Press the "Give Gift Envelopes" button to see the character list and select the character to navigate their location!
Lantern Rite 2025 Characters Locations GuideSome Characters Appears During The Quest
Some of the characters appears as intractable NPC during the quest. Make sure to talk to them for additional dialogue!
Character Locations
Lantern Rite 2025 Rerun Release Date
Springtime Charms (Lantern Rite Event)
| Duration | 01/24/2025 10:00 - 02/09/2025 3:59 |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | - Adventure Rank 20 or above - Complete Archon Quest Prologue: Act III Song of the Dragon and Freedom - Complete the Archon Quest Incandescent Ode of Resurrection, and the Story Quests "Lagenaria Chapter: Act I" and "Papilio Charontis Chapter: Act I" first to get the best experience from this event |
The new Lantern Rite Festival for the 5.3 Update was showcased during the 5.3 Livestream and was launched on January 24, 2025.
Springtime Charms Event GuideEvent Schedule
The event will be released in three phases. This will likely be the same release time for the challenges of the mini games!
Return To Liyue Region
Taking a break from the Natlan region, Travelers will return to Liyue to experience the Lantern Rite event once again. Expect to see familiar faces and new ones as a new character will be introduced during the event.
| New Character |
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| Lan Yan |
Lan Yan - Character Details
A new character from Liyue named Lan Yan from the Lan lineage was invited by the Minister of the Civil Affairs to join the people of Liyue in celebrating the annual Lantern Rite festival.
More About Lan Yan Here!What Is Lantern Rite?
Lantern Rite Is A Celebration Held In Liyue Every Year
This Lantern Rite is an event that occurs every January to February of the year, that parallels Chinese New Year. Each Lantern Rite event has its corresponding event title, quests, and mini-games featuring Liyue characters and culture.
Past Lantern Rite Events
Previous Lantern Rite Dates| Event Version | Duration |
|---|---|
 All That Glitters 1.3 Update | February 2, 2021 to February 28, 2021 |
 Fleeting Colors in Flight 2.4 Update | January 25, 2022 to February 12, 2022 |
 The Exquisite Night Chimes 3.4 Update | January 19, 2023 to February 06, 2023 |
 Vibrant Harriers Aloft in Spring Breeze 4.4 Update | February 5, 2024 - February 26, 2024 |
Event Related Guides
Current Wish (Gacha) Banners
| Banner | Boosted Character / Weapon |
|---|---|
| Ancient Flame Ablaze 7/8/2025 - 7/29/2025 | |
| Ambrosial Essence 7/8/2025 - 7/29/2025 | |
7/8/2025 - 7/29/2025 | |
| Beginners' Wish Permanent | |
| Wanderlust Invocation Permanent | - |
Version 5.7 Current Events
| 5.7 Events | |
|---|---|
| A Space and Time for You (Archon Quest) 6/18/2025 | The main story (archon quest) for version 5.7. |
| Reminiscent Regimen: Frenzy Event 7/14/2025 - 7/24/2025 | An event with three (3) different stage challenges with unique objectives. Choose characters that are well suited to the objective of each challenge/s. |
| Fearsome Ferocious Firepower Event 7/21/2025 - 7/29/2025 | A shooting game challenge event where players will be tasked to clear out the opponents on every stage. |
Version 5.8 Upcoming Events
| 5.8 Events | |
|---|---|
| Sunspray Summer Resort 7/30/2025 - 8/18/2025 | The main event for Version 5.8. This event has 4 mini-games! Participate to this event to obtain amazing rewards! |
| Tracing Vanishing Trails 7/30/2025 - 8/18/2025 | An event where players will be tasked to join Yelan with her investigation and solve various cases. |
| Mementos Of Teyvat: Prelude of the Frozen Veil 8/21/2025 - 9/1/2025 | Another photo-taking event where players will be tasked to capture photos with characters under certain conditions. |
Other Events
| Web Event List |
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| Web Event List |
| Event Tracking Tool |
| To Do List & Event Calendar |
