New characters & upcoming characters in Genshin Impact! See new characters for version 5.7 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
Ineffa
Ineffa was recently shown during Drip Marketing, marking her as the next new character for the 5.8 Update. She's an android known to serve as a loyal companion.
Ineffa Guide: Release Date & ElementOfficial Announcements
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Ineffa: Boom Boom Thunderwave
— Genshin Impact (@GenshinImpact) June 23, 2025
Multifunctional Robot for Domestic Application#GenshinImpact #Ineffa
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Newly Released Playable Characters
Skirk & Dahlia Available Now
With the addition of Skirk and Dahlia, the character silhoutte preview shown in the 5.3 Livestream is finally complete!
| New 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. |
Upcoming New Characters Per Region
Unreleased Characters Per Region
Unreleased Characters from Mondstadt
| Characters | Details |
|---|---|
| Varka | - Might be a potential upcoming playable character. - The current Grand Master and Knight of Boreas. - Known as one of the strongest in Mondstadt. |
Unreleased Characters from 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 |
Unreleased Character from Inazuma
There are no known current/upcoming characters for Inazuma Region.
Unreleased Character from Sumeru
There are no known current/upcoming characters for Sumeru Region.
Unreleased Character from Fontaine
There are no known current/upcoming characters for Fontaine Region.
Unreleased Character from Natlan
There are no known current/upcoming characters for Natlan Region.
Unreleased Character from 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 |
| Durin | - A dragon that was turned into human by Albedo through alchemy |
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 |
| Dainsleif | Dottore | Hroptatyr |
| Nicole | Pantalone | Pierro |
| Pulcinella | Rerir | Rhinedottir |
| Sandrone | Surtalogi | Tsaritsa |
| Varka | Vedrfolnir | Xbalanque |
Story Characters
| Ajaw | Alice | Ineffa |
| Kamuna Harunosuke | La Signora | Lumine |
| Teppei | Tomo | - |
