Genshin Impact | 4.0 Update Banners & Release Date

4.0 Update Banners & Release Date for Genshin Impact. See 4.0 Banners, release date of version update 4.0, 4.0 wish gacha banners, all 4.0 contents, & events for 4.0 Update.

4.0 Update - Release Date

The 4.0 Update is scheduled to be released on August 16, 2023. The update will start at 6AM Server Time and can last a few hours before it is live.

4.0 Update - Content Summary

New Banners
Conjuring Chiaroscuro 1st Phase 8/16/2023 - 9/05/2023
Lyney	Lynette	Bennett	Barbara
Discerner Of Enigmas 1st Phase 8/16/2023 - 9/5/2023
Yelan	Lynette	Bennett	Barbara
Gentry Of Hermitage 2nd Phase 9/05/2023 - 9/26/2023
Zhongli	Freminet	Sayu	Noelle
Farewell Of Snezhnaya 2nd Phase 9/05/2023 - 9/26/2023
Childe	Freminet	Sayu	Noelle
Events
■ Mega Meka Melee └ Main event for version 4.0 ■ Relic Records: Creations Of The Hydro Nation └ Collect Materials and Specialties to get rewards. ■ Studies In Light And Shadow: A Fontaine Enchantment └ Photography Event to see sights of Fontaine ■ Verdict Of Blades └ Fighting Event
New Quest
■ New Archon Quests └ Prelude Of Blancheur And Noirceur (Act: I) └ As Light Rain Falls (Act: II) ■ New Story Quest └ Felis Fuscus Chapter: Act 1 ■ New World Quests └ Still Mouthwatering! └ Ann's Story └ Fishing Game └ Ann of the Narzissenkreuz └ Ancient Colors └ A Fontainian Message └ Aqueous Tidemarks └ Book of Esoteric Revelations └ Hey, This Isn't Pumpkin Soup... └ Another Horizon of Adventure └ Danger Lurks Everywhere in Fontaine └ In Expert Company? └ A Certain Notice └ A Certain Trifle └ A Certain Stamp └ The Fountain Flows Again └ Good Stuff But Terrible Taste └ Truly Mouthwatering └ Hey, This Isn't Pumpkin Soup... └ There Will Come Soft Rains └ The Lone Phantom Sail └ Echoes Of The Ancient World └ Strange Stone Chronicle └ Upon A Flowery Field Of Grass └ The Three Primary Colors Of The Solar Corona └ Limner, Dreamer, and Robotic Dog └ Berrypuff The Blubberbeast
New Enemies
■ Bosses └ Icewind Suite └ Emperor Of Fire And Iron ■ Enemies └ Underwater Meka └ Tainted Hydro Phantasm └ Breacher Primus └ Fontemer Aberrants └ Iron Viscount └ Ocean Circuit └ Fontaine Local Legends
New Weapons & Artifacts
■ New BP Weapon └ Wolf-Fang └ Talking Stick └ Ballad Of The Fjords └ Sacrificial Jade └ Scion Of The Blazing Sun ■ Fontaine Craftable Weapon └ Finale Of The Deep └ Tidal Shadow └ Rightful Reward └ Flowing Purity └ Song Of Stillness ■ Other Weapons └ Fleuve Cendre Ferryman (Fishing Reward) └ The First Great Magic (Lyney's Signature) ■ New Artifacts └ Golden Troupe └ Marechaussee Hunter
New Achievements
■ Fontaine Achievements └ Renart The Deceiver └ Robben Versus Chesterton └ Compendium of Misery └ Angle Eraser └ Waterworld Future └ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea └ Core Cooling └ Iron Viscount └ Encyclopedia of Natural Philosophy └ It's Fish, I Added Fish └ Birth Of The Modern Clock └ These Are A Few Of My... └ An Eye To Eye └ Do You Believe In Rapture? └ Hardships Experienced └ And After That... └ Ann in Wonderland └ A Study in Sable └ In Search of Frittered Time └ The White Path Between Two Rivers └ Cell, Splinter └ Too Hot To Handle! └ Funerary Storm └ Blubby, Chubby, Creative Evolution └ Like Water Disappearing Into Water └ The King Is Dead, Long Live the King! └ Icebound Oath └ Fontaine Expects That Everyone Will Do Their Duty
New Area
■ Fontaine └ Hydroculus └ Ousia And Pneuma (Arkhe System) └ Fontaine Enigmatic Pages └ Key To Some Place In The Institute └ Strange Parts └ Fountain of Lucine └ Fontaine Aircrafts ■ Specialties └ Beryl Conch └ Rainbow Rose └ Lumidouce Bell └ Romaritime Flower ■ Domains └ Echoes of the Deep Tides └ Pale Forgotten Glory └ Denouement Of Sin

4.0 Update - New Characters

New Playable Characters

Lyney - 5 Star

Lynette - 4 Star

Freminet - 4 Star

Other Characters Shown In The 4.0 Update

Charlotte A journalist hailing from Fontaine	Clorinde A Champion Duelist	Focalors The Flamboyant Hydro Archon
Navia President of Spina di Rosula	Neuvillette Fontaine's solemn and just Iudex	-

4.0 Update - Banners & Event Wishes

First Phase - Lyney & Eula

Featured 5-Star Characters
Lyney Conjuring Chiaroscuro			Yelan Discerner of Enigmas
Featured 4-Star Characters
Lynette		Bennett		Barbara

Second Phase - Zhongli & Tartaglia

Featured 5-Star Characters
Zhongli Gentry of Hemitage		Childe Farewell of Snezhnaya
Featured 4-Star Characters
Freminet	TBA	TBA	TBA

4.0 Update - New Weapons & Artifacts

New Weapons

Wish Weapons - Epitome Invocation
The First Great Magic (Bow)
New Battle Pass Weapons
Wolf-Fang (Sword)	Talking Stick (Claymore)	Ballad of the Fjords (Polearm)	Sacrificial Jade (Catalyst)
Scion of the Blazing Sun (Bow)
Forged/Craftable Weapons
Finale of the Deep (Sword)	Tidal Shadow (Claymore)	Rightful Reward (Polearm)	Flowing Purity (Catalyst)
Song of Stillness (Bow)
Fishing Reward Weapon
Fleuve Cendre Ferryman (Sword)

New Artifacts

Golden Troupe

Marechaussee Hunter

4.0 Update - New Areas

Fontaine - Nation Of Hydro

Fontaine is the region known to be the land of innovation and justice. It is led by the Hydro Archon. The entire continental plate of Fontaine is elevated and as much as there is land, there are bodies of water surrounding the whole nation.

Fontaine Preview
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4.0 Update - New Materials

New Materials From Enemies & Bosses

With new enemies and bosses that will be added in the 4.0 updated, you can expect a ton of new materials that can be farmed from them.

Fontaine Local Specialties

New Specialties
Beryl Conch	Rainbow Rose	Lumidouce Bell
Romaritime Flower	-	-

As with other regions, Fontaine will have its own set of local specialties. Lyney's passive is tied to this since having him in the team will reveal nearby local specialties in the mini-map.

4.0 Update - New Enemies

New Bosses

Icewind Suite

Emperor Of Fire And Iron

New Enemies

New Underwater Enemies

These are the enemies that players will encounter during their underwater exploration.

Underwater Enemies
Breacher Primus	Fontemer Aberrants
Underwater Meka	Tainted Hydro Phantasm

New Meka Enemies

Meka enemies are advanced automatons that can only be found within Fontaine. There are different types found within the nation with some wielding shields.

Fontaine Local Legends (Mini Boss)

Fontaine's 8 Local Legends are scattered around the Fontaine nation. Locate these local legend enemies and defeat them to obtain rewards, such as Precious Chest and hidden achievements.

All Fontaine Local Legends

4.0 Update - New Events

Mega Meka Melee

Get A Free Bennett

By playing through the event, players can get a free Bennett! The exact conditions on how to get him is still unknown.

Relic Records: Creations Of The Hydro Nation

Studies In Light And Shadow: A Fontaine Of Enchantment

Verdict Of Blades

4.0 Update - New Quests

Archon Quest

Fontaine's story seems to be centered around the prophecy that states Fontaine and everyone in it will sink and disappear in water. It is also looks at Focalors as a befitting archon for the nation of Hydro.

Story Quest

Lynys Story Quest

Lynys will have his own Story Quest with his release in the 4.0 Update. This can be played even if you do not have Lynys in your roster.

4.0 Update - New Features

Diving & Sprinting Underwater

A new mobility option will be added with Fontaine. Players will be able to dive underwater and swim underneath the surface of Fontaine's waters. Additionally, they can swim faster in the same sense as sprinting on land!

New Artifact Stronghold Boxes

As was announced, new artifacts will be added in the Stronghold Boxes. This includes artifacts released right up to before Sumeru was added.

Multi-Level Map

The Multi-Level Map will allow players to view the map in different levels to make it easier for players to distinguish locations and routes.

Party Setup Screen Animation

The new Party Setup Screen will add new animation per character to create a more dynamic party setup screen! Backgrounds can also be changed depending on which you've unlocked.

Genius Invokation TCG Spectating System

In the Genius Invokation TCG Spectating System, players can view their friends' TCG matches.

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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	-