New adventures in Teyvat await players from 1 March 2023, with developer and publisher HoYoverse confirming that Genshin Impact Version 3.5 will be launching will be launching on this date. In addition to a new chapter involving the twin Travellers, players can look forward to the annual return of The Windblume Festival in Mondstadt, new playable characters and more.
As springtime approaches the City of Mondstadt, the Windblume Festival returns with more
challenges, rewards, and reunions for people to rejoice with the spirit of love and freedom. Mini-games, including the rhythm game “Ballads of Breeze,” the maze chase game “Floral Pursuit,” and the photo-touring mode “Breezy Snapshots,” will be available for a limited time. The festival will also welcome foreign guests from faraway Sumeru. As Collei revisits Mondstadt with Tighnari and Cyno, an adventure surrounding a mysterious prophecy will begin.
Meanwhile, two characters with different combat styles will join the playable roster. The legendary Eremite Dehya wields her giant claymore and the power of Pyro in combat. With her Elemental Skill, Dehya can create a fiery field that not only deals Pyro damage to enemies within it but also transfers part of the damage taken by her teammates to herself. With her Elemental Burst, Dehya casts aside her claymore and strikes her enemies with fists, a stylish kick, and some firey abilities. Dehya will be this expansion’s new 5-star character. The new 4-star character will be Mika, who first previewed in-game last year. Not only can he wield his polearm and the vision of Cryo in combat, he can also target enemies with a crossbow and increase attack speed and physical damage of his teammates while using his Elemental Skill. Also, this four-star character can further help teammates regain HP constantly with his Elemental Burst
Cyno will have his rerun in the first half of Version 3.5’s Event Wishes, and the latter half will feature Mika’s debut and Kamisayo Ayaka & Shenhe’s rerun. Dehya will debut in the Event Wish during the first half of the update, and will join the Standard Wish after the end of Version 3.6.
Dainsleif will return into the story, as they join Kaeya and the Traveller on a new adventure to learn more about the Traveller’s lost sibling and the Abyss Order.
More add-on functions and optimizations will follow as the game is updated. Players will soon get an extra Intertwined Fate for each Archon Quest completed. The newly added Genius Invokation TCG will also see updates, including three new Character Cards featuring Eula, Sangonomiya Kokomi, and Kujou Sara, as well as another limited run of “Heated Battle Mode,” where Elemental Dice required for playing cards and casting Character Skills will be reduced.
Genshin Impact Version 3.5: Windblume’s Breath will launch on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, iOS and Android versions of the game starting 1 March 2023.
