Hey, Vacationers! The Genshin Impact dev workforce is worked up to want you all the very best for the new 12 months and announce our first version replace of 2024! Version 4.4 Vibrant Harriers Aloft in Spring Breeze shall be launched on January 31 and brings us again to Liyue! You might be invited to affix Xianyun and Gaming to have a good time the new 12 months in Teyvat, benefit from the festivities and acquire quite a few rewards, together with 10 + 3 Intertwined Destiny, a free 4-star Liyue character, and a new outfit for Xingqiu.
Moreover, Chenyu Valley to the northwest of Liyue, is lastly open for exploration. Go to the village brimming with tea perfume and the bustling port connecting Fontaine, and hunt down tales of adepti amongst the breathtaking mountains surrounded by clouds and mist.
Beneficiant rewards and new outfits for the new 12 months
The Lantern Ceremony will as soon as once more mild up Liyue Harbor quickly to have a good time the new 12 months in Teyvat, with its new theme: kites! These can take a number of shapes and patterns, and even embrace Fontainian mechanisms that enable folks’s hopes to be carried far and extensive for the 12 months to come back. By collaborating within the occasion’s mini-games, additionally, you will earn Festive Fever which can permit you to acquire varied rewards, together with Xingqiu’s new free outfit.
Apart from this, the every day login occasion and New Yr mails shall be again once more! By logging in every day inside a sure time period, you may obtain Intertwined Destiny ×10. You’ll then additionally obtain Intertwined Destiny ×3 and Fragile Resin ×2 through in-game mails. As well as, Ganyu and Shenhe will each obtain new outfits, which can be out there in retailer with a limited-time low cost.
The new 12 months additionally ushers in new friendships. Our adeptus pal, Cloud Retainer, lastly reveals herself in her human type Xianyun and turns into a playable 5-star Anemo character, who wields the catalyst. Utilizing her adepti powers and mechanical innovations, she will be able to leap into the air and sprint ahead two extra instances, or heal close by characters and improve their soar top and Plunging Assaults. Gaming, a new 4-star Pyro Claymore wielder may also seem. He’s an fanatic of Wushou dancing, an artwork impressed by conventional lion dance, which contains actions from this dance into his fight model. In Version 4.4 Occasion Needs, Xianyun and Gaming each debut together with Nahida’s rerun within the first half of the version, whereas the latter half will see the reruns of Xiao and Yae Miko.
Mountains stand tall, with jade beneath
Northwest of the bustling Liyue Harbor, Vacationers will uncover Chenyu Vale, a surprising new space with stunning towering mountains and tranquil rivers. On this space, you will see that necessary human settlements resembling Qiaoying Village and Yilong Wharf, in addition to mist-shrouded mountains the place tales of adepti await.
The identify of Chenyu Vale, that means the place jade descends, comes from a legend of an adeptus who threw a pair of jade bracelets into the waters to guard the locals from a flood. As this auspicious story is handed down by way of generations, the native folks and companies additionally flourish. The spectacular Yilong Wharf, identified for its majestic water elevators, serves as a significant hyperlink for commerce between Liyue and Fontaine. One other human settlement, Qiaoying Village, has lengthy been identified for tea manufacturing, which includes a roasting methodology created by the adepti.
However most of Chenyu Valley belongs to the wild hills, valleys, waterfalls and tales of the adepti. Legendary beasts additionally reside right here, together with the new boss enemy, the Solitary Suanni. As you delve into the mountains and winding paths, the historical past of this land will reveal itself.
A valley created with new know-how
Being part of Liyue, Chenyu Vale can also be impressed by a conventional oriental aesthetic. To render its hills, valleys, and waterfalls within the distance and close to with enveloping clouds and mist in a mode much like shan shui portray, we deployed two new applied sciences: World Far Fog (GFF) and Gradient Tint Rock on PlayStation and PC, in addition to a simplified version on cell.
Clouds and mist are continuously current in Chenyu Vale, and the World Far Fog (GFF) characteristic permits you to higher observe how they tackle totally different types across the rolling hills. By taking into consideration top, terrain, and different circumstances, the builders have been capable of enable Volumetric Fog to alter in density and path because it passes by way of totally different areas. For instance, thick clouds converge in low, slender areas of the valley, whereas mild mist lingers across the cape of the mountains or open areas.
Impressed by shan shui, a conventional portray model, and ink wash methods, Gradient Tint Rock know-how is a new software that our artists and builders created to painting totally different elements of the lofty mountains by way of transitions between three colours: cyan, inexperienced, and tan. By creating varied distance fields in 3D and customizing them for every mountain, it’s attainable to see a unique colour gradient relying on the altitude, distance, textural traits of the rocks, and construction of every mountain. For instance, the leafy elements, the summit and the ubac will seem in darkish cyan and inexperienced, whereas the barren paths and the decrease elements can progressively combine right into a lighter earthy tan, therefore the identify of the method: Gradient Tint Rock.
We extremely suggest exploring the height of Mt. Lingmeng or Mt. Mingyuan, from the place you may get pleasure from panoramic views of Chenyu Vale. With World Far Fog and Gradient Tint Rock, we need to give you an much more intense and visually spectacular expertise throughout your exploration journey.
Final however not least, we’d like to increase our because of everybody who has joined us on our journey in Teyvat. We hope you benefit from the Lantern Ceremony celebrations and the compelling new adventures in Chenyu Vale. Wishing you a unbelievable new 12 months, and wanting ahead to seeing you subsequent time!