The Return of the Lantern Rite Festival and Alhaitham's Long-Awaited Arrival
Genshin Impact's v3.4 update is coming out on 18 January, just in time for the Chinese New Year. The 3.4 update is titled "The Exquisite Night Chimes" and will bring back the annual Lantern Rite festival that comes with a brand new story.
The Lantern Rite festival will also feature competitions at Inazuma, as well as elegant outfits and rewards you can obtain. PLUS, this time, you can choose a free 4-start character with a total of 13 Intertwined Fates. So, if you don't have any of these characters yet, you can get them soon without spending too much of your Primogems.
The 4-star characters during this time include:
Beidou, Chongyun, Ningguang, Xiangling, Xinyan, Xingqiu, Yanfei, Yun Jin and the brand new 4-star Dendro, Yaoyao.
New outfits are also coming for both Ayaka and Lisa. For Ayaka's outfit, it will be available at a discount in the store, while you can claim Lisa's outfit for free when you complete certain events.
Now, to the main event that everyone has been waiting for...
Fan-favourite Sumeru character, Alhaitham will be making his way into our Limited Character banner in v3.4. On top of that, we'll see Xiao's banner during the first phase and the rerun banners for Hu Tao (FINALLY!!!!!!!!!) and Yelan will be returning in the second phase.
In the v3.3 update, Genshin Impact introduced a new card game eerily similar to Yu-Gi-Oh. However, there's a new game mode coming in Version 3.4. The limited-time rule will allow players to skip the Roll Phase and obtain 8 Omni Dice directly. Plus, there'll be two new character cards, Klee and Beidou, will be added to the game on the coming update.
Following the World Quest "Golden Slumber," players can begin another adventure with Jeht from the Tanit Camps. You'll also encounter a mysterious Magic Bottle and embark on a quest to find the long-lost Orchard of Pairidaeza (now referred to as the Eternal Oasis by the desert dwellers), where legend has it that King Deshret froze time here in commemoration of the Goddess of Flowers.
What are you looking forward to in the upcoming v3.4 update?