Genshin Impact | Wish Upon A Lantern Event Guide

Wish Upon A Lantern is a 1.3 event for Genshin Impact. Guide contains release date, how to play, one billion primogem reward, 108 Primogems, how to read QR Code, web event details.

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Collect 108 Primogems - Wish Upon a Lantern

We've collected 108 primogems from the event already. This means 1,000,000,000 Primogems are shared by 9,256,000 players approximately. What do you think about the amount of Primogems? Please comment at bottom!

Wish Upon A Lantern - Release Date & How To Unlock

Wish Upon A Lantern Has 3 Phases

The event has three phases, make a wish during the Lantern Release Time to be able to participate.

Light Up Xiao Lanterns For Rewards

Access the official Web page and light up lanterns for rewards! Take note, however, that you will need to reach atleast ADV rank 10 to be able to participate.

Portal Link Found In-Game Mail For PS4

For PlayStation players wanting to participate in the event, an dedicated page link will be sent to your Genshin Impact in-game mail account (Paimon Menu > Mail). Do not delete this mail until the event is fully over or you'll lose the portal page link.

Release Lanterns To Get Rewards

Upon logging in, click on "Release Lantern" to get a certain kind of Lantern.

Do Task To Get Additional Tries

You can increase the number of times you can collect a lantern by doing tasks like sharing their SNS accounts. You can get up to four times for the first day of the event. If you missed one, try clicking on the "Highlight" section of the game page.

Collect All Lantern Kinds For Grand Primogem Prize!

Light up all kinds of Lantern to be able to get the Grand Primogem Prize.

Additional Tries Every Day

You will receive another Release Lantern tries everyday so make sure to check and log in everyday!

For PS4 Users, Open Mail To Get QR For Wish Upon A Lantern

Checking the in-game mail will give you your own unique QR code. To join the event, read the QR using another smartphone to be able to access the event page.

The Camera App In Iphone

For iOs Devices, you can use the Camera application to read QR codes.

Android Devices Might Need QR Reading App

Some Android devices are able to read QR codes using their camera application. If you cannot, try installing a QR reader using Google Play.

Wish Upon A Lantern - Rewards

Little Gift Box

Up to 8000 Mora and other enhancement items can be received from Little Gift Box. You can do tasks to get more Little Gift Box so don't forget to do them!

Grand Primogem Prize

Gather 5 kinds of Lantern to get Primogems. This might be the 1 Billion primogems to be shared with all players!

Event Related Guide

Current Wish (Gacha) Banners

Banner	Boosted Character / Weapon
To The Looking-Glass The Mademoiselle Said 7/1/2026 - 7/21/2026	Sandrone Beidou Diona Freminet
Starry Night's Whispers 7/1/2026 - 7/21/2026	Citlali Beidou Diona Freminet
Heavenlit Prophecy 7/1/2026 - 7/21/2026	Yae Miko Cyno Wriothesley Qiqi Mizuki Kagura's Verity Staff Of The Scarlet Sands Cashflow Supervision Skyward Blade Sunny Morning Sleep-In
7/1/2026 - 7/21/2026	A Teaspoon Of Transcendence Starcaller's Watch Favonius Sword Rainslasher Dragon's Bane Sacrificial Fragments Sacrificial Bow
Beginners' Wish Permanent	Noelle
Wanderlust Invocation Permanent	-