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Next Genshin Impact banner: release dates, times, and details of current and upcoming banners
Current event: Kamisato Ayato and Venti are here at long last! Up next: Ayaka gets a re-run, too!
Guide by Rebecca Jones Guides Writer
Updated on
April 14, 2022
Who is featured on the next Genshin Impact banner, and when will it go live? Genshin Impact works on a gacha system, where players can spend various in-game and real-world currencies to Wish on a character's banner in the hopes of obtaining a playable version of them.
While many characters are permanently available as potential pulls from the gacha, others — usually 5-star characters — are only available during limited periods as part of Character Event Wish banners. Every Character Event Wish banner features one 5-star character and three 4-star characters with a massively increased drop rate, and the 5-star character is often unique to the banner and unobtainable in any other way.
On this page, we've compiled everything we know about Genshin Impact's current and upcoming banners, including release dates and times for the next banner changeover. Further down the page, we've included some information about characters who are available to purchase from the current and upcoming stock in Paimon's Bargains.
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Genshin Impact: current event banner
The current Character Event Wish banners in Genshin Impact are Azure Excursion and Ballad in Goblets. The former marks the debut of highly-anticipated 5-star newcomer Kamisato Ayato ; while the latter is the long-awaited second re-run for Genshin's original event wish character Venti , who has been absent from the gacha for more than a year.
There are also three 4-star characters who are featured on both banners with an increased drop rate: Yun Jin , Xiangling , and Sucrose . Note that while the trio of promoted 4-star characters can be pulled from either banner, the featured 5-star characters can only be pulled by wishing on their own individual banner. However, pity accumulates on and is shared between both concurrent Character Event Wish banners.
Both banners have been available to wish on since March 30th at 4am BST, which for our American readers was March 29th at 11pm EDT / 8pm PDT. The banners are expected to become unavailable once again on April 19th, 2022 at 6pm BST / 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT.
See below for full details on the characters with increased drop rates on the current banners:
Azure Excursion