Update 5.5 in Natlana, which is expected to see another expansion of the Pyro Kingdom territory. A whole range of unique content will be associated with the new area in the south of the region: storylines, separate quests, characters and mechanics, etc. In addition to exploring the lands, players will be able to take part in many interesting events.
This article contains all the information about the March patch 5.5: the release date of the update, new areas, characters, weapons and events. Next, we will take a detailed look at all the official announcements of the developers, as well as rumors from insiders.
Genshin Impact 5.5 release date
Update 5.5 will be released 26 March 2025 year. Around March 24, a pre-load version will be available in the HoYoPlay launcher, which will allow you to the files required for the update in advance and reduce the installation time on the day of the release of the version. Upon completion of the technical work, all players will receive two letters to their in-game mail with compensation in the form of 300 source stones in each while waiting for the servers to open and fixing the errors of the previous patch.
Genshin Impact 5.5 Dev Stream
Official broadcast, timed to coincide with the release of version 5.5, took place 14 March 2025 year. The stream was launched at 15:00 Moscow time and lasted about 40 minutes. During the program, the developers told more about all the planned content and shared three gift promo codes for 300 source stones.
What will be the banners
Patch 5.5 will see the release of two new characters:
The first phase
Duration: from March 26 to April 15, 2025
In the first half they will add 5⭐ Xian Yun (Anemo, catalyst) and increase the chance of getting 4⭐:
- Iansan (Electro, spear).
- Ka Mina (Pyro, two-handed).
- Chevreuse (Pyro, pole).
At the same time, you will be able to pick up 5⭐ signatures of legendary heroines: catalysts Feathers decorated with flowers.
The second phase
Duration: from April 15 to May 6, 2025
In the second half of the version there will be 5⭐ Shilonen (Geo, one-handed), and the 4⭐ characters with them will be:
The weapon banner will contain a 5⭐ one-handed sword The Bell.
Prayer of the Chronicles
Regional banner Inazuma or any other region is not expected in the March update.
New characters
The March update will see the arrival of two new Natlan heroes.
Varesa
Varesa — a legendary representative of the Fertile Lands, the area of which will be available for exploration in this patch. Famous for her repeated victories in local timed food eating competitions. The girl has a number of unusual abilities: being a catalyst, she is focused on playing from attacks while falling and independently enhancing normal and charged attacks through the Night Spirit.
yansan
yansan — the bearer of an ancient name from the Lot of Blessed Lands and a famous fitness instructor who took part in the battle with the Abyss and the recovery of those who suffered from its attack. The first inhabitant of the Electro tribe that the Traveler met. The girl is able to buff the damage of allies by creating a special mark that follows the active character and increases his attack power.
New weapon
The only weapon expected to be released in update 5.5 is Varesa's 5⭐ Catalyst "Shimmering Aspirations". The signature increases the owner's critical damage and attack power, and also gives a bonus to critical damage of attacks while falling after activating an elemental skill and super ability.
New artifacts
A dungeon with two new sets will be available in the new game area artifacts Natlana.
First set "The Oath of the Long Night" for Varesa and other characters with plunging attacks:
- 2 parts - increases damage of attacks while falling by 25%.
- 4 pieces - When the wearer of this set deals damage with a normal, charged, or falling attack, they gain a special status that increases the damage of falling attacks by 15% for 6 seconds. The effect can stack up to 5 times.
Second set "The Finale of the Galleries of the Depths" for future Cryo-DD:
- 2 parts - 15% Cryo damage bonus.
- 4 parts - when the wearer's energy is 0, the damage of his normal attacks and super ability increases by 60%. After performing a normal attack, the bonus stops working for the super ability for 6 seconds and vice versa. The boost effect works even when the wearer is outside the battlefield.
For alchemical crafting through "Mystical Offering" Four sets of artifacts will become available:
- Unfinished Dreams.
- Fragment of harmonic fantasy.
- Song of old times.
- Night Whispers in the Forest of Echoes.
New areas of Natlan on the map
In March's patch 5.5, Natlan's territory will expand into two more areas: The Lot of the Fertile Lands и Holy City Tollan. These zones are one large peninsula. Atokpan southwest of the Sacred Flame Stadium.
The main settlement of the Electro tribe is located in the center of the land at the foot of the Tollan volcano, which will be from time to time erupt. You will feel it both visually and literally: the sky will turn black, damaging fireballs will start falling from it to the ground, the musical theme will change and the screen will shake along with the earthquake.
The new part of the map will be multi-layered: vast underground and sky zones will be available for exploration. The storyline of the saurian companion will continue in a separate location Seas of antiquity.
Due to the expansion of the territory in 5.5 Pirokulov.
New quests
Exit tasks of the Archons will not happen, however, many other quests and entire storylines will be connected with the territory of the Electro tribe and the volcano.
Legend Quests
With the release of Varesa as a playable character, the list"The Mystery of the Mushroom Kingdom" and will only open after completing the first two chapters, but for her it will temporarily not be necessary to complete the entire plot of the region.
World Quests
The plot line of the Lot of the Fertile Lands "The Mystery of the Mushroom Kingdom" is divided into three consecutive tasks:
- first chapter "The Burning Land of Plenty";
- second part "Relaxation in the Garden"
- third stage with the task of the legends of Varesa.
While exploring the peninsula you will come across small tasks:
- "Is the intensity really necessary?".
- "Attack... of the purple tepetlisaurus?".
- "His Majesty Fat!".
- "Explorer of ancient ruins."
- "A Brief History of Stones".
Thanks to missions "Notes on a Lost City":
- "Closed Place of Sacrifice".
- "End of the Road".
- "Like the scorching sun that illuminates the darkness".
The ritual of ridding the baby of the mark includes the following final tasks:
New enemies and creatures
In the territories of the Fertile Lands Domain, new types of enemies will be encountered:
- regular and elite warriors electro tribe;
- embodiment Wyob thunderclaps (Electro);
- local saurians — tatankasavry, capable of accelerating, making impressive leaps and breaking obstacles;
- in the mountainous areas you will encounter special monsters - thermo-armored mountain polecats, somewhat similar in rarity and skills to the Xuanwen beast from Chenyu Valley.
Of the peaceful creatures, ancient birds, boars and turtles will be added. They will not forget either local legends.
New boss
A small island southwest of the peninsula will be home to a giant worm - a new world boss. "Lava Dragon Statue", the materials from which will be useful for leveling up Varesa. To deal with it faster, you will have to use Pyro skills.
Tribal Reputation
With the release of the latest Natlan tribe, the region's reputation section will be expanded with another tab and a leveling tree.
The Lot of the Fertile Lands
To reach the last level Flaming flint ore.
Imaginarium Theatre Renovation
The update will feature two seasons Imaginarium Theater, each of which will feature new character poses for photo mode, as well as at least one addition to the Echo of Fantasy.
New Secrets of Acting
Patch 5.5 will add poses to the Toy Medal store 4⭐ Xinyan.
New Echoes of Fantasy
New running effects will be available for cecilia and feathers, and the desert mercenary - fiery flashes and sparks.
New KKI cards
In update 5.5 in Emilia.
New events
The game events of the March version will be dedicated exclusively to Natlan and its culture. Among the exceptions is the event with double awards in the artifact dungeons, which will affect all dungeons and regions except the Pyro Kingdom.
Tournament of Blooming Glory
Duration: from March 28 to April 14, 2025
The main event of the spring update, contrary to tradition, will take place not in Mondstadt, but in Natlan. For completing Ororona (Electro, shooting). It will consist of two game modes:
- "Trials of Heyday" for the defense and attack of camps.
- «"Zavrianchiki are looking for treasures" with control of dragons on a 2D map.
Arena of stunning skill
Duration: from April 21 to May 2, 2025
In a co-op event "Arena of Amazing Mastery" You will run around the arena and compete with other players to see who will collect the most coins.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Dates: from 4 to 21 April 2025
In a combat event "Ultimate Fighting Championship" you will have to fight bosses under certain conditions. At the event levels you will meet feathered mold and a lava worm from a new area.
Ball to the rhythm: Metzli
Duration: from April 28 to May 6, 2025
Rhythm game that will be held by the Rodnikov people in honor of the special holiday of the Hydro tribe. Event "Ball to the rhythm: Metzli" in some places it looks like "Akitsu Harpastum" from the previous update, but in it, instead of a character, the projectile will be repelled by a rectangular block controlled by him. Depending on the hero's element, the ball will be able to be painted in different elements, which will allow you to break the corresponding cubes and complete the level.
A Flood of Grace
Dates: from April 14 to April 21
In the middle of version 5.5 an event will be introduced "The Spill of Grace", during which several times a day you will be able to receive twice as many artifacts when clearing dungeons.
Sacred Mountain and Blessed Lands
Timeframe: from the beginning of patch 5.5 to the end of version 5.6.
Exploring the new area and increasing its exploration percentage as part of update 5.5 will allow you to collect valuable rewards from a special event section.
Game improvements
Among the less significant innovations of the patch, the following can be noted:
- Crafting system artifacts by means of Consecrated Elixir will be slightly changed: when upgrading a created relic, the selected substats will be improved at least 2 times to avoid increasing unnecessary stats.
- Artifacts created using the Consecrated Elixir will have a special icon in the Inventory.
- When processing artifacts through the Inventory, already improved relics will become available for selection.
- Added for a number of controllers Sony for Android: DualSense® Wireless Controller, DUALSHOCK®4 Wireless Controller, Xbox Wireless Controller, Xbox Elite Wireless Controller 2nd Gen.
- Added a selection menu when exiting the game: "Continue", "Exit to the screen", "Exit the game".
- Optimize the map, namely, they will add tracking of tasks between locations for faster teleportation and introduce marks when tracking bosses, which will make it easier to find them.
- В The teapot of serenity You will be able to exchange several items at the same time, and an exchange function will also appear.
- В selected letters The ability to search by keywords will be added to the mail.
- Treasure Com bwill act on a wider area and learn to show manitou.
- A repertoire of myriad melodies will acquire new compositions and will be playable in the Teapot of Serenity.
We hope this article helped you learn more about the 5.5 update in Genshin Impact. Share your impressions and opinions about the innovations in comments. What are you most looking forward to in the new version? For announcements about other content, follow news section of our website.
I would like to know why the archon quests that were written in the update schedule were not released?
The schedule indicated the expected content based on previous patches, developers do not always release everything according to the same schedule and can change something.
"When refining artifacts through the Inventory, already improved relics will become available for selection"
I take it they didn't add it?
Apparently so 🙁
We will review and update the improvements for 5.5 as soon as we can.
Developers' response:
After the last Dev Talk, we discovered that the new Artifact Recycling feature, which allows you to obtain materials to upgrade Artifacts, does not meet the expected level of optimization of the Artifact upgrade process for Travelers.
This feature was originally intended to solve the problem of how to spend upgraded artifacts, causing them to accumulate in your inventory. However, since the current solution can lead to negative experiences (such as losing Mora), we decided not to implement this feature in 5.5.
In future versions we will apply other solutions that will make improving artifacts more convenient. Thank you for your and understanding!
Oh, right. It wasn't "for example", but literally such a rework was less profitable than a direct infusion of improved artifacts, since the spent Mora or something like that was not returned for it.
interesting note, in the new location there is a distant island with a forgotten mechanism, and to the right of the island outside the location there is a rather remarkable island in the fog, who knows what kind of location it will be? Here is the link
Hello. It looks like this island will be added. in the next patch.
I used to think, long before the release and announcement of the inheritance of the fertile lands, that the Tatankazaurs would have a long and powerful shift and they would be able to move on lava and water. This turned out to be just as I thought.
Am I the only one who is confused by the area between Sumeru and Natlan?
I read somewhere that Natlana won't wake up in the Spill of Grace event, is that true?
And Varesa will be in the first half in the second banner?
In the first half of the patch.
Did Mihue finally understand what kind of crap they did with the artifact converter? The changes aren't great, of course, but they're better. Let's see what happens with it in the end.
Did I get it right? ADD GAMEPAD to Android?! I've been waiting for this for years!!!
Not all, apparently gradually, but they should, yes.
has it really happened? Finally a normal set on Xiao?
"plange"-akakam... but in Russian you can write... ==»
Plunge attacks are attacks in a fall, the set is suitable for the same Xiao, Varesa, etc.
I haven't played for half a year, and they haven't added a single new location to the game. It's such a cringe
Natlan is not a locale for you? 🤡
Ochkonatlan came out in November, and now it's March. Can you figure it out?
And what did Vasek achieve in these six months?
Set "Oath of the Long Night" please correct, there is a description (in Chinese) where everything is described:
4 pieces - when the wearer of the set deals damage, he gets stacks of the "Eternal Radiance" status. Attack while falling gives 1 stack, charged - 2 stacks, e-shka - 2 stacks. Each type of attack can work once every 1s.
Eternal Sunshine: +15% attack damage while downed for 6s. Max stacks 5. Each stack has a separate timer.
The only thing that is not clear is whether it is possible to get, say, 3 stacks by making 3 charged attacks in 3 seconds? Most likely "yes", because otherwise they would have directly indicated that there is a condition under which the timer is updated... This sounds logical. Alas, in the case of mihoyo, logic can sometimes be absent)
When is Xian Yun? In the second half or what? Sorry if I didn't notice
Hello! There is no exact information about the order of banners yet, but most likely Xian Yun will be in the first half.
Damn, why don't they add a fireplace map?
And who knows what the items and achievements will be?
What exactly do you mean by items? Not all achievements are available before the release, there will be several types (hidden, duelist, by location).
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, Finally a signature set for Kamina, and 100% afixes if nothing changes. The second set is XNUMX% for Skirk, it seems to have some new mechanics. I hope the banners will remain the same, then I will be able to collect Iansan from the Heron banner and take the awl without fear, as long as I have enough for Skirk later.
here seems to be an incorrect description of the set. according to leaks, the set stacks are gained from attacks in the fall, charged attacks and elemental skills in the amount of 1/2/2 stacks respectively. if the description of the set that I wrote turns out to be correct, then this set will be the best only for Xiao, it will not work for Kamina at all, because it will be almost impossible to use charged attacks in rotation, and Eshka does not deal damage. therefore, only 1 stack will be gained for each attack in the fall. in this case, Twilight Court Hunter will remain the best set. if the description of the set in the article turns out to be correct, then I agree, the set will really be good for Kamina, but still not the best
Can I have it in Russian now? I didn't understand anything from what you said. I'll 100% try to get Venti from the update banner. Reasons: one of the Archons, Anemo shooter, bard, just nostalgia for the old updates, when there was no such nonsense with Natlan. But I want to get an answer, what did you mean by your ?)