Genshin Impact: Events & Updates

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October 2026

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Key art for HoYoverse's Version 7.1 "A Rekviem for the Underworld" Events Preview, Phase II: a blonde woman in a white hood and gold headpiece and a silver-haired woman in an ice crown and fur-trimmed blue gown frame the Traveler, sword drawn, and several smaller airborne figures, under a blood-red sky with a glowing red ring.

📰Events & UpdatesOct 14, 2026·11 min read

Genshin 7.1 Phase 2 Events: Rewards and Deadlines

Phase II of Genshin 7.1 adds three events, but most of the confirmed Primogems still on the table come from two holdovers, and the first deadline that costs you a reward milestone lands on October 15, not November 3. Here is the calendar in deadline order and what each event pays.

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September 2026

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Official banner for the "Across the Frozen Wilds, Honing One's Edge" event showing Diluc, Keqing, Jean, Mona, Qiqi, Tighnari, Yumemizuki Mizuki and Dehya, with the caption "Invite a 5-star character of your choice from the Standard Wish Wanderlust Invocation".

📰Events & UpdatesSep 30, 2026·13 min read

Genshin Anniversary Selector — Which Free 5-Star to Pick

Version 7.1 hands every eligible account two free 5-star invitations from two lists that do not overlap. Five of the fourteen names work in both Imaginarium Theater seasons that open before the deadline, two are wired into Stellar Swirl, and one is missing from the current free-constellation event roster.

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Official splash art for Genshin Impact Version 7.1, "A Rekviem for the Underworld," released ahead of the September 23, 2026 launch.

📰Events & UpdatesSep 21, 2026·9 min read

Genshin Impact 7.1 Release Date and Anniversary Rewards

Genshin Impact's sixth anniversary lands with two new 5-star characters and, for the first time, two separate free character selectors instead of one. Here is the exact maintenance window, the confirmed banner order, and the full character lists for both giveaways.

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