Genshin Impact's next major update, Version 4.6, is set to arrive on April 24.
Developer HoYoverse shared some new details about th highly anticipated update, entitled "Two Worlds Aflame, the Crimson Night Fades."
Among the highlights include the debut of Arlecchino, the fourth Fatui Harbinger, as both an ally and an adversary. Players will be able to recruit him as a team member or battle him as a Weekly Boss. The update will also feature a narrative story focused on the lost tale of a sunken empire.
Across the world of Teyvat, a new explorable area with a long-lost underwater empire will finally be revealing itself in Fontaine, while a music festival and a new rhythm game event are set to rock participants in Inazuma.
Arlecchino, also known as "Knav," will join Genshin impact in the first half of the Version 4.6 Event Wishes. The new character is a 5-star polearm wielder whose skills are centered around a mechanic known as "Bond of Life." While this normally prevents its victim from being healed, Arlecchino can use it to enhance her attack power.
As explained by HoYoverse:
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.
Arlecchino will also exist as a Weekly Boss with the capability of inflicting a Blood-Debt Directive on players. Those who have Blood-Debt Directive imposed on them will suffer from the Bond of Life effect, taking more damage from her attacks and being unable to be healed. Those who repay the Debt gain a boost to their Charged Attack.
Version 4.6 will provide more details on the backstory of Arlecchino, who is also referred to as "Father" by children int he House of the Hearth. More about the House and Arlecchino will be revealed in her Story Quest, "Ignis Purgatorius."
Joining Arlecchino in the first half of Version 4.6 Event Wishes is the return of Lyney. Following these two will be Wanderer and Balzhu in the second half. A new 5-star polearm "Crimson Moon's Semblance" will also debut in the first half of 4.6, with combat abilities focused on the Bond of Life.
In addition to the new character, the update will feature a new area that is home to a large mysterious underwater empire.
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."
The "Symphony" is part of a new rhythm game event where players will be able t o edit their own rhythm games and invite friends to challenge them. The new "Nightwind Horn" will be granted as a reward.
Genshin Impact Version 4.6 will arrive on April 24. The anime-inspired action role-playing game is available for free on PlayStation, PC, and mobile devices.