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It’s time to get your wallets ready as the version 1.1 update for Genshin Impact will be dropping on the 11th November which will be featuring tons of new content and of course more waifus and husbandos.
Event Details
Titled A New Star Approaches, this new upcoming event will be featuring four additional playable characters as well as Genshin Impact’s first ever seasonal quest that can be attempted during the new update.
Among those new quests, we will finally get some closure as it’ll be the grand finale to the Liyue chapter of the main storyline. Meanwhile, the first seasonal event Unreconciled Stars, is going be a two week event that will see players completing a series of new quests and co-op challenges to earn various rewards that includes the 4 Star character Fischl.
The four playable characters in this update are: 5 Star Childe which is a Hydro user who can alternates between ranged and melee attacks, 5 Star Zhongli who is a Geo user that uses a polearm who deals area of effect damage, petrifies enemies and possesses strong defenses. Meanwhile, the other two new characters are at 4 Star Xinyan, a pyro user and Diona who is a Cryo user.
Finally, a Reputation system will also be introduced to the game that will apply to each city player’s can visit. This will allow them to unlock various rewards as their standing with each region grows.
This will include region-exclusive items and customizations alongside new tools including a portable waypoint, portable stove, treasure compass, and oculus resonance stones.
For more information and future updates to the game, be sure to check out the game’s official Twitter account.
