HoYoverse has today shared specifics around their next major update for Genshin Impact, the open world action-adventure game, titled Genshin Impact Version 4.6: Two Worlds Aflame, the Crimson Night Fades. This new update will see Arlecchino (Aka. The Knave, Father, and many community nicknames), the fourth Fatui Harbinger emerging as both a recruitable party member and Weekly Boss – a range of new happenings across major regions in Teyvat’s map, a new explorable area and more.
Arlecchino, known as the “Knave” and Fourth of the Fatui Harbingers, will meet players after her previous starring role in the Version 4.x Archon Quest, this time as both a playable 5-star Pyro polearm wielder and a new weekly boss. As a teammate, Arlecchino’s combat skills are centered around “Bond of Life,” a mechanic that is supposed to prevent its victim from being healed, but that Arlecchino manages to take advantage of to enhance her attack power. Arlecchino may gain a “Bond of Life” bar above her health bar, and when the Bond is equal to or greater than a certain percentage of her health, she will take on an offensive state, granting her Normal Attacks greater strength and non-overridable Pyro damage by consuming her Bond of Life. To maintain sufficient Bond of Life, Arlecchino can impose and collect Blood-Debt Directives on her enemies. Meanwhile, due to her unique Talent, her Elemental Burst will be the only way that she can receive healing effects during combat. It sounds complicated, but I am eager to see how it handles in combat.
As a new Weekly Boss, Arlecchino will impose a Blood-Debt Directive on players who challenge her. Players who have had a Blood-Debt Directive imposed upon them will suffer from the Bond of Life effect, taking more damage from her attacks and being unable to be healed. Those who manage to repay the Debt will be rewarded with a boost to their Charged Attack.
Arlecchino is set to be the only new playable character being implemented into Version 4.6, with the other banners being re-runs. During the first half of Version 4.6, Arlecchino’s banner will be available alongside a rerun of Lyney. In the second-half, Wanderer and Baizhu will enjoy another rerun. . The new 5-star polearm “Crimson Moon’s Semblance” will also feature in the first half of Version 4.6, focusing on combat abilities revolving around Bond of Life.
Version 4.6 also ushers in a new area with a large mysterious underwater empire waiting to be explored. Deep in the Sea of Bygone Eras lies the remains of Remuria, an empire whose heyday and subsequent destruction predates the birth of the Court of Fontaine. Learning its “Symphony” will be key to reactivating certain mechanics and millennia-old devices. As the adventure goes on, players may even meet a certain special dragon, as well as confront the new Boss Enemy “Legatus Golem”.
Not everything is taking place on Fontaine however. On Inazuma’s Watatsumi Island, players will be able to help Itto prepare for the “Iridescent Arataki Rockin’ for Life Tour de Force of Awesomeness,” as well as enjoy a new rhythm game event. Players will also be able to edit their own rhythm games and invite friends to challenge them via sharing codes. As a reward, they will stand a chance of getting their hands on the brand-new instrument “Nightwind Horn”. Additionally, there are new story events awaiting Cyno, although sadly for those like myself who have constantly failed to obtain him every time he has appeared in a wish banner, he has not received a re-run.
Genshin Impact is a free-to-play gacha/cash shop supported open world action-adventure game developed by HoYoverse, which is now available on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, iOS and Android platforms. This latest update, is set to go live on all servers starting 24 April 2024.
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