Genshin Impact | Snezhnaya - Release Date & Known Information

Snezhnaya is one of the nations in Genshin Impact. Guide includes location, release date & countdown, other Snezhnaya information and playable characters!

Snezhnaya - Release Date & Countdown

Snezhnaya Was Released On August 2026

Snezhnaya was released on August 12, 2026 alongside with the 7.0 Version of the game.

Snezhnaya Release Countdown

The Version 7.0 update is currently live!

Snezhnaya Promotional Videos

Playable Snezhnaya Characters

Upcoming Snezhnaya Characters

Character	Details
Tsaritsa	Rarity: Expected ★★★★★ Element: Cryo Gnosis Weapon: TBA - Anastasya Feodorovna Snezhnaya, the Cryo Archon and supreme leader of the Fatui. - Ancestor of all Khaenri'ahns. - Unknown release date but likely to be playable as an Archon.
Odette	Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Cryo Stellar Linchpin Weapon: Sword - Prima Ballerina of the Korolevskiy Troupe. - Member of the Fatui and La Signora's student. - Confirmed playable in Version 7.0.
Alyosha	Rarity: ★★★★ Element: Electro Vision Weapon: Polearm - A hunter who knows Vodyanitsa. - Confirmed playable in Version 7.0.
Vodyanitsa	Rarity: TBA Element: Hydro Vision Weapon: TBA - Prima Soprano of the Korolevskiy Troupe. - Friends with Odette and Alyosha. - Expected to be playable but release date is unknown.
Valeriy	Rarity: TBA Element: Electro Vision Weapon: TBA - Major at the Armory Palace. - Mentioned in an event dialogue by a Fatui oprichniki. - Expected to be playable but release date is unknown
Vesna	Rarity: TBA Element: Anemo Stellar Linchpin Weapon: TBA - Commander of the Druzhna. - First mentioned by an NPC named Tyutcheva, who identifies Vesna as a Vila fae. - Expected to be playable but release date is unknown
Danica	Rarity: TBA Element: Electro Stellar Linchpin Weapon: TBA - Royal head housemaid for the royal family of Snezhnaya. - Expected to be playable but release date is unknown
Noy	Rarity: TBA Element: TBA Weapon: TBA - A Fae from a distant era. - Expected to be playable but release date is unknown
Mitya	Rarity: TBA Element: Electro Weapon: TBA - Scientist of the Royal Energy Commission. - Expected to be playable but release date is unknown

Released Snezhnaya Characters

Character	Details
Sandrone	Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Cryo Stellar Linchpin Weapon: Claymore - Known as "Marionette", the 7th of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. - A living construct made by Alain Guillotin and creator of the Katherynes in the Adventurer's Guild branches. - Playable character released in Version 6.7 (Luna 8). - Has a prominent role in the Nod-Krai Archon Quests.
Arlecchino	Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Pyro Vision Weapon: Polearm - Known as "The Knave", the 4th of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. - Current "Father" of the House of Hearth that Lyney, Lynette and Freminet belong to. - Harnesses a Pyro-like power called the Balemoon Bloodfire as a surviving member of the Crimson Moon Dynasty from Khaenri'ah. - Holds a Pyro Delusion along with her Pyro Vision. - Playable character released in Version 4.6.
Tartaglia	Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Hydro Vision Weapon: Bow - Known as "Childe", the 11th of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. - Fell into the Abyss as a child and met Skirk who became his mentor. - Involved in the retrieval of the Geo Gnosis. - Uses both Electro Delusion and Hydro Vision during his Foul Legacy transformation. - Playable character released in Version 1.1.

Unknown Playability Status

Character	Details
Pulcinella	- Known as "The Rooster", the 5th of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. - Mayor of Snezhnograd and director of Project Stuzha. - Playability unknown.
Pantalone	- Known as "Regrator", the 9th of the Fatui Harbingers. - In charge of Snezhnaya's economic policies and is a director of Project Stuzha. - Playability unknown.
Pierro	- Known as "The Jester", the director of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. - Former royal mage in Khaenri'ah. - Playability unknown.

Known Information About Snezhnaya

Northernmost Nation

Snezhnaya is most likely located to the north of Nod-Krai, and it is fittingly said to be a very cold nation that experiences both constant blizzards and beautiful auroras. Like Nod-Krai, it is also expected to be fairly advanced when it comes to machinery and factories, since it is the first in-game country to have a functioning railway system.

Homeland of the Fatui and the Fae

Snezhnaya is the designated nation of Cryo and serves as home for the surviving Fae lineages. This is also the primary headquarters of the Fatui, who are considered to be a prominent but sometimes antagonistic military organization within the setting of the game.

Under the Cryo Archon's Rule

The Fae and the Fatui, and the ordinary people of Snezhnaya are all under the rule of her royal majesty, the Tsaritsa. She serves as Snezhnaya's highest authority by being the Cryo Archon and the supreme leader of the Fatui.

The Eleven Fatui Harbingers

The Tsaritsa's Fatui are further overseen by eleven Harbingers and their Director. Each of them holds some amount of authority over the organization in relation to their overall goals. The Harbingers are currently ranked based on an unknown metric. Additionally, some of these Harbingers have already become playable, while the rest are known to have come into direct conflict with the Traveler and their allies.

Apart from political and commanding power, some Harbingers are also in the possession of a strange elemental power called Delusions that functions similarly to a Vision, allowing them to wield different elemental powers.

Playable Fatui Harbingers
Still Associated with the Fatui
Arlecchino		Sandrone		Tartaglia
No Longer in Active Association
Wanderer			Columbina

The Snowland Fae

Snezhnaya is home to an ancient race known as the Snowland Fae. Information available within the game indicates that the Fae were initially created by the citizens of Hyperborea under the teachings of the first Angel, Koitar.

The Fae were once considered nobility within Snezhnaya during the reign of the previous Cryo Archon, the Belyi Tsar. They have since fallen out of favor once the Tsaritsa became the ruler. The majority of the Fae populace still reside within Snezhnaya, such as in the capital city Snezhnograd, but there are a few who have ventured even further towards Nod-Krai.

There are many subtypes of Fae, and they can also take on different forms and even disguise themselves as humans. Fae do not typically need Visions to use elements, and they also seem to possess their own powers outside of the seven elements.

Playable Fae Characters
Flins	Linnea
Lantern Fae	Augury Bird

Stellar Linchpins

Like the Moonwheels from Nod-Krai, some Snezhnaya characters will have a unique Vision type that will allow them to enable Stellar reactions. Sandrone will be the first character to be released with a Stellar Linchpin.

Stellar reactions may be centered around Cryo reactions, similar to how Lunar reactions are Hydro-based.

The Adventurer's Guild's Headquarters

The main headquarters of the Adventurer's Guild can be found in Snezhnaya, as it first originated there. The head manager of the Guild is still unnamed, but it is known that some Harbingers are directly involved with the Guild.

Sandrone, the seventh Fatui Harbinger, is the one responsible for creating the Katherynes that are placed in each Adventurer's Guild branch across the seven nations. Pantalone is also the primary financier of the guild, which allows them to pay Adventurers for completing commissions.

Nod-Krai Is Part of Snezhnaya

Nod-Krai can be found at the very edge of Snezhnaya. However, despite being in Snezhnaya, it is an autonomous region that doesn't abide by the Tsaritsa's rule.

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