During their livestream in the late hours of yesterday evening, HoYoverse announced that Genshin Impact Version 4.7: An Everlasting Dream Intertwined will be going live on all servers starting 5 June 2024. This is set to be a rather substantial update from the looks of things, with not only three new playable characters, and a new Challenge Domain in the Spiral Abyss, but also a new chapter in the overarching Genshin Impact narrative which will see more secrets about Khaenri’ah uncovered as the twin Travelers and Dainsleif meet once again.
Starting from 1 July 2024, a fresh monthly-reset challenge domain “Imaginarium Theater” will emerge in a hidden chamber within Mondstadt Library, and the Spiral Abyss will shift to a monthly update cycle on the 16th day of each month. Imaginarium Theater offers combat challenges of multiple difficulty levels but allows only characters of designated elements (plus a few exceptions) to participate, with a limit on the number of times they can fight. During the challenge, players will receive a variety of buffs and debuffs, and will be able to gradually assemble and adjust their team builds from the characters they own, the initial lineup of six designated characters preset by the domain, friends’ Supporting Cast characters, and a few special guests.
More challenge domains also provide richer rewards. The current “Imaginarium Theater” rewards its champions with up to Primogems ×620 per month, a series of new photo poses for certain characters, new bonuses for first-time completion, and “Fantastical Blessings” that will apply in the open world for the six designated characters of the month. Keen on just the original content, the total amount of Primogem rewards from Floors 9 to 12 of the Spiral Abyss will be increased to 800.
For those who have been enjoying the last few updates where only one new 5-star character has been made available for each, lessening the stress of having to pull for multiple new characters in each 1-2 month cycle… that has ended with Genshin Impact Version 4.7. Two new 5-star characters are being introduced as playable, both of whom build off the ‘Bond of Life’ mechanics introduced with Arlecchino’s introduction in Version 4.6:
Clorinde is a Champion Duelist of Fontaine and a five-star Electro sword wielder. When she is in the “Night Vigil” state, Clorinde can alternate between different attack styles, using piercing pistolet attacks to accumulate Bond of Life and a powerful lunging sword attack that clears her Bond of Life and restores her HP. Healing effects she receives through other means during her “Night Vigil” state are added to her Bond of Life instead of her HP.
Sigewinne, on the other hand — as a Melusine and the Fortress of Meropide’s head nurse — uses Bond of Life to help her teammates. Her healing will be increased based on the total Bond of Life values across all the characters in her party. In combat, Sigewinne can fire a giant bouncing bubble to trap and attack nearby enemies, as well as to heal and buff her team.
Additionally, a new 4-star character is being introduced, the Electro-archver Sethos. Sethos’s Charge Level 2 attack restricts his movements but fires a formidable, piercing shot. But the successor to the Temple of Silence can initiate a ritual with his Elemental Skill, consuming Elemental Energy to shorten the charging time, then restoring it whenever his attacks trigger any type of Electro-related Elemental Reaction. His Elemental Burst can also fire consecutive enemy-piercing bolts.
In the Version 4.7 Event Wishes, Clorinde and Sethos will feature in the first half with Alhaitham’s rerun, while the second half will feature Sigewinne alongside Furina’s rerun. Clorinde and Sigewinne’s Story Quests will also become available for Travelers.
More mini-games and optimizations will also be coming with Version 4.7. The new tower defense mini-game “Mutual Security Enhancing Simulation” allows players to deploy their own monster troops in offensive or defensive games. On top of this, to further enhance the daily gaming experience, the Original Resin cap will increase from 160 to 200.
Preview of Natlan
With Genshin Impact’s Version 4.x cycle slowly coming to its conclusion, HoYoverse also shared the above one-minute clip providing a sneak peek at the fire-element region of Natlan ands ome of its critters.
Clarifier from HoYoverse: Imaginarium Theater
New rules, greater difficulty, and richer rewards!
New renew cycle: Starting this July, “Imaginarium Theater” will launch and update on every first day of the month, while the current “Spiral Abyss” will be updated on the 16th of each month. (The current Spiral Abyss renews every 1st and 16st of each month)
Where to find: To visit the Imaginarium Theater, you must enter the Mondstadt Library where a mysterious room will open. A concierge named “Wolfy” is ready to tell you the story and show you a special book that you can interact with to enter the new Challenge Domain.
Similarities with the Spiral Abyss: Imaginarium Theater also provides combat challenges of different difficulty levels, with each difficulty level offering a different number of challenges. Between battles, you may encounter various events that rally your team together and provide you with various buffs or debuffs.
Requires diverse team build with changing characters: To complete challenges of the highest difficulty, you must gather and master a certain number of characters of specific elements. During the same month, only characters of designated elements are eligible to participate in challenges. However, each character can only fight a certain number of battles. In addition to your own characters, you can also choose the initial cast of six designated characters preset by the domain each month, a very small number of Special Guest Stars that are not subject to elemental type restrictions, and Supporting Cast members provided by friends to help you.
Richer rewards for old and new challenge domains: The current “Imaginarium Theater” rewards its champions with up to Primogems ×620 per month, a series of new photo poses for certain characters, and “Fantastical Blessings” that can only be carried to the open world only by the six designated characters of the month. In addition to the seasonal rewards, a “Debut Performance Gift” will be granted the first time you complete a challenge. Furthermore, the total amount of Primogem rewards from Floors 9 to 12 of the Spiral Abyss will be increased to 800.
Clarifier from HoYoverse: Clorinde
- Clorinde can use a pistolet and sword in combat. Her Elemental Skill causes her to enter the “Night Vigil” state. In the “Night Vigil” state, Clorinde’s Normal Attacks may turn to piercing pistolet attacks to accumulate Bond of Life, and her Elemental Skill turns into a lunging sword attack that clears her Bond of Life, deals higher AoE DMG, and restores her HP.
- At the same time, healing effects she receives through other means during her “Night Vigil” state are added to her Bond of Life instead of her HP. Clorinde is also a Marechaussee Hunter, and this lineage allows her to swiftly evade enemy attacks, strike her opponents with AoE Electro DMG, and grant her a Bond of Life based on her max HP with her Elemental Burst.
Clarifier from HoYoverse: Sigewinne
- The first playable Melusine, Sigewinne, is also known as the nurse head of Meropide, now ready to join us as a five-star Hydro archer and healer.
- Sigewinne’s Elemental Skill fires a giant, bouncing bubble that deals damage to nearby enemies, heals nearby teammates, increases the Elemental Skill damage of off-field team members, and ultimately heals herself when the bubble disappears. The bubble may sometimes trap an enemy too.
- With her unique Talent, Sigewinne’s healing can be increased based on the total Bond of Life values across all the characters in her party.
Clarifier from HoYoverse: Sethos
- Outside of Fontaine, Sethos from Sumeru will join as a four-star Electro archer shooting powerful, piercing arrows. As the successor to the mysterious Temple of Silence, he first debuted in the second chapter of Cyno’s Story Quest.
- In combat, Sethos’s Charge Level 2 attack restricts his movements but fires a formidable, piercing shot.
- His charging time can be shortened by consuming Elemental Energy, and his Elemental Skill can initiate a ritual to restore Elemental Energy whenever a hit on an enemy triggers an Overloaded, Electro-Charged, Superconduct, Electro-Swirl, Quicken, Aggravate, or Hyperbloom reaction.
- With his Elemental Burst, Sethos will enter the “Twilight Meditation” state, converting his Normal Attacks to enemy-piercing Dusk Bolts that deal increased DMG based on his Elemental Mastery.
