It looks like the 1.2 update to Genshin Impact just came out last month (because it did), but Mihoyo is already revealing details about the next 1.3 update. The new update will sound in the annual Lantern Rite festival, a new playable character and more festival activities.
To start the event, you will meet Xiao, the new playable character, for a story mission, after which you can head back to the decorated harbor to participate in the Lantern Rite festival. The festival adds a tower defense minigame for up to two players called Theater Mechanicus, which will give you event-specific currency to spend on the event market.
There is also a daily photography challenge you can take part in, called Five Flushes of Fortune, which can help you get the first gems that need them. Mihoyo says the Lantern Rite festival will also give you the chance to win the choice of any four-star character from Liyue without spending your gems. If you need help choosing, see the list of RPS Genshin Impact character levels.
The new character Xiao is a polearm user with the anemo element, who will receive his own character event, wanting you to try to block him when the update falls in February.
You can watch the trailer above to see how Liyue Harbor was transformed for the festival, but for the full breakdown of Lantern Rite, you can check out the video program Mihoyo has put together. They also shared some Primogem codes during the video, and I know how important they are, so here are three codes transcribed with love and truly tested by yours:
- jsSK8n23jzR
- dU2mhjQL1ZT
- nBEm3myAL2b
They will receive a total of 300 premiums on the redemption site and are good until January 22 at 20:00 PST, which is 04:00 on 23 GMT. That’s only a few hours from now, mind you.
The Genshin Impact 1.3 “All That Glitters” update launches on February 3rd.