New characters & upcoming characters in Genshin Impact! See new characters for version 5.6 updates, names, possible characters, announced characters, their weapon & element.
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| Character Related Articles | |
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| List Of All Characters | Character Tier List |
Upcoming New Characters
Other Characters To Be Released Soon
Finally, the upcoming Genshin Impact character silhouettes that were shown during the 5.3 Livestream are finally complete! All the characters are already revealed!
| Upcoming Characters | Details |
|---|---|
| Skirk | Vision: Cryo Weapon: Sword Release Date: Expected to be released on 5.7 Update - Childe (Tartaglia)'s master |
| Dahlia | Vision: All Hydro Characters List - Water Characters Weapon: TBA Release Date: Expected to be released on 5.7 Update - Known as the Deacon of the Church of Favonius. - Herald of the Anemo Archon. |
Newly Released Playable Characters
5.6 Update New Playable Characters
| Confirmed Upcoming Characters | |
|---|---|
| Escoffier | - A Cryo character and chef from Fontaine and was revealed in the voicelines of Varesa and appeared on a character PV. |
| Ifa | - Ifa is a character that is mentioned a lot by other characters. A drawing of him was also shown! It's not confirmed, but with the hat and what looks like a bird, the 3rd character could be Ifa. |
5.5 Update New Playable Characters
| Confirmed Upcoming Characters | |
|---|---|
| Iansan | - An Electro Natlan character. - An ATK Support for characters who moves alot. |
| Varesa | - An Electro Plunge Attacker. |
Upcoming New Characters Per Region
Unreleased Character Per Region
Mondstadt
| Characters | Details |
|---|---|
| Dahlia | - A potential upcoming playable character. - According to one of Barbara's voice lines, Dahlia is said to be a member of the Church of Favonius. |
| Varka | - Might be a potential upcoming playable character. - The current Grand Master and Knight of Boreas. - Known as one of the strongest in Mondstadt. |
Liyue
| Characters | Details |
|---|---|
| Xingqiu's Brother | - Might be a potential upcoming playable character. - Xingqiu frequently mentions his brother in most of his voice lines, thus making him a possible new character. |
| Uncle Tian | - Potential Character - One of the Liyue Qixing |
| Tianji | - Potential Character - One of the Liyue Qixing |
| Kaiyang | - Potential Character - One of the Liyue Qixing |
| Yaiguang | - Potential Character - One of the Liyue Qixing |
Sumeru
There are no current/upcoming characters for Sumeru Region.
Fontaine
There are no current/upcoming characters for Fontaine Region.
Natlan
There are no current/upcoming characters for Natlan Region.
Snezhnaya
| Characters | Details |
|---|---|
| Capitano | - Potential upcoming character. - Had a big role in Natlan lore. |
| Dottore | - Might be an upcoming character - Was introduced first in Genshin Impact webtoon. - One of the key characters in Sumeru lore. |
| Pulcinella | - A potential upcoming character. - Was shown in a Fatui Harbinger trailer, which might be a hint that he might be a possible future character in the game. |
| Columbina | - A potential upcoming character. - Was shown in a Fatui Harbinger trailer, which might be a hint that she might be a possible future character in the game. |
| Pantalone | - A potential upcoming character. - Was shown in a Fatui Harbinger trailer, which might be a hint that he might be a possible future character in the game. - He is also the one who manages the Northland Bank in Liyue. |
| Pierro | - A potential upcoming character. - Was shown in a Fatui Harbinger trailer, which might be a hint that he might be a possible future character in the game. |
| Sandrone | - A potential upcoming character. - Was shown in a Fatui Harbinger trailer, might be a hint that he might be a possible future character in the game. |
| Cryo Traveler | Resonated character for the Traveler in Snezhnaya Region |
| Tsaritsa | - Cryo Archon - Leader of Fatui mentioned by Venti, Zhongli and many others |
Other Potential Upcoming New Characters
| Characters | Details |
|---|---|
| Dainsleif | Stats unknown Voice Actor: [JP] Tsuda Kenjiro [EN] Yuri Lowenthal ・Announced at Tokyo Game Show 2020 ・Appeared in official videos |
| Rhinedottir | - Mentioned by Albedo at Act 5 of Chalk Prince & The Dragon |
| Alice | - Klee's mother. |
| Nicole | - Mentioned by Alice during the Windblume's Breath Act 3: Fortune Hiding Upon Clouds |
| Barbeloth | - Mona's master - Goddess of Propechy - Known as the B or Lady Megistus |
When Will They Go Live?
Added After Version Updates
In every Version Update, there will be at least four 5 star characters that will be released or will have a rerun of. One to two new characters have a chance to be released each patch with one potentially being a 4 star character.
New 4 Star Characters Are Added After Their First Rate Up
Unlike new 5 star characters, new 4 star characters are added in the 4 star character pool after the version where they were released is done.
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Character Tier Lists
All Characters
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| ★5 | ★4 | ||||||||||
| Characters By Roles | |||||||||||
| DPS List | Support List | Healer List | |||||||||
| Characters By Element | |||||||||||
| Pyro | Hydro | Anemo | Electro | ||||||||
| Dendro | Cryo | Geo | |||||||||
| Characters By Nation | |||||||||||
| Mondstadt | Liyue | Inazuma | |||||||||
| Sumeru | Fontaine | Natlan | |||||||||
All Playable Characters
The Traveler
| The Traveler & Their Elements | |||||||||||
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| Pyro | Hydro | Anemo | Electro | ||||||||
| Dendro | Cryo | Geo | |||||||||
Unreleased Characters
| Barbeloth | Capitano | Columbina |
| Dahlia | Dainsleif | Dottore |
| Hroptatyr | Nicole | Pantalone |
| Pierro | Pulcinella | Rerir |
| Rhinedottir | Sandrone | Skirk |
| Surtalogi | Tsaritsa | Varka |
| Vedrfolnir | Xbalanque | - |
Story Characters
| Ajaw | Alice | Guizhong |
| Kamuna Harunosuke | La Signora | Lumine |
| Teppei | Tomo | - |
