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Genshin Impact 5.5 Version: What Are In It For This Update? - New Characters, Events And More

Posted: Mar 25, 2025 Views: 37

Honestly, it’s become a common practice for Genshin Impact to have all sorts of “rumors” leaked before a new patch or version goes live. Official livestreams are always mysterious or vague, but these seemingly unreliable messages make the update clearer, and they’re proven to be.

Whether these messages are really leaked or just a way for the game officials to create hype for the new version, you can benefit from these messages as a player, because they will give you a full preview of all aspects of the new version, so you can prepare in advance.

The latest version of Genshin Impact that’s closest to you should be version 5.5, which will be released on March 26, and according to the rumors related to it, you’ll find that compared to the previous updates, 5.5 will be a grand celebration, bringing more new content than you can imagine! Next, we’ll introduce them to you one by one.Genshin Impact 5.5 Version: What Are In It For This Update? - New Characters, Events And More

Wish Banner And Related New Characters

This should be the most attractive part of each update of Genshin Impact. After all, the various characters with different appearances can be said to be the charm of Genshin Impact. Usually, characters that come with new versions require you to consume Genshin Impact Genesis Crystals in the exclusive banner to extract them. In version 5.5, the new banner is called Wish Banner, and different new characters will be released in different stages of 5.5, namely:

Phase One:

  • Varesa - Electro Catalyst
  • Xianyun - Anemo Catalyst
  • Iansan - Electro Polearm

Phase Two:

  • Venti - Anemo Bow
  • Xilonen - Geo Sword

Leaked Four-Star Characters:

  • Gaming - Pyro Claymore
  • Faruzan - Cryo Catalyst
  • Beidou - Electro Claymore
  • Yanfei - Pyro Catalyst

Among them, as the most important five-star character of this update, Varesa’s ability package includes long combos and personal damage buffs, and her five-star signature weapon Vivid Notions is said to provide temporary attack and critical damage boosts for dash attacks. In addition to combat assistance, Varesa can also bring you new Tribal Chronicle quests to participate in.

In addition, Iansan, another new character in the first phase of Wish Banner, is also worth your attention. Although her star rating is only four stars, her abilities include providing attack buffs and healing capabilities to teammates, which makes her expected to become a top Natlan support character for a long time to come.

New Events To Participate In

After obtaining new characters, how can you make them reflect their role as soon as possible? That is to let them fight in all the new events in version 5.5! These events are expected to include:

  • Tournament of Glory and Bloom
  • Quirky Quaking Arena
  • Rhythm Ball Meztli
  • Unlimited Fighting Championship
  • Overflowing Favor

The flagship event is Tournament of Glory and Bloom, in which you need to complete various combat trials and puzzle mini-games to earn rewards, including Primogems and a free four-star character Ororon from Natlan. Another event worth paying attention to is Overflowing Favor, which is an Artifact Overflow event.

New Natlan Sub-Region

Natlan and the characters from it have gained a lot of popularity in previous versions, so Genshin Impact is seizing this opportunity to launch a new Natlan sub-region in version 5.5, Great Volcano of Tollan, and will also introduce Collective of Plenty tribe.

Here, you will be able to obtain a series of new lizard companions and playable characters - they have new Natlan phlogiston abilities, can traverse this new area, and help you interact with new puzzle mechanics throughout the area. Even more exciting, it is expected that 3 local legends bosses will appear in Great Volcano of Tollan, and defeating them should provide you with more rewards.Genshin Impact Great Volcano of Tollan

New Artifact Sets

Artifact sets play an important role in your combat in Genshin Impact, so version 5.5 will bring you two new sets: Long Night’s Oath and Finale of the Deep Galleries. Among them, the attack damage buff brought by Long Night’s Oath will make it a great fit for characters such as Varesa, Gaming, Xiao, and Xianyun. Finale of the Deep Galleries provides a two-piece bonus of frost damage, and a four-piece bonus of normal attack and elemental skill damage.

See More: Is The Number Of Characters In Genshin Impact Evenly Distributed Per Region?

More Primogems Available

Primogems are one of the important currencies in Genshin Impact, which can be used to draw characters in the banner. In order to ensure that you can get some free Primogems every time a new version is released, the game will provide them to you through various means, such as events, early quests and exploration incentives. It is expected that version 5.5 will bring a total of 12,875 Primogems, which can be drawn in 80 times in the banner!

Other Updates And Bug Fixes

In addition to the above additions, version 5.5 will also fix some in-game bugs like other Genshin Impact updates in the past, and will also provide quality of life updates, including the following:

  • Click the boss icon on the map to go there faster.
  • The mini-game Myriad of Melodies will bring the new Natlan OST and rewards.
  • Artifacts created by consuming Sanctifying Elixir will be guaranteed to provide you with the selected minor affix enhancement at the highest level, and add relevant text.
  • Enhanced artifacts will be recyclable.
  • The rest of Fontaine’s artifact sets will be added to the strongbox system.
  • Treasure Compass item detection upgrade.
  • Updates to the in-game mail system.
  • Ability to exit the game desktop directly.
  • Addition of new parental control features for US players under 13 years old.

These contents are so exciting and worth looking forward to, and even more fortunately, March 26th is coming soon! Don’t forget to prepare your device to download the update package!

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