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RE: Genshin Impact | 5.7 Special Program - Mr EliteL - Jul 18th, 2025
5.8 Special Program
Redemption Codes
- Ineffa0730Birgitta
- Summer0730Asha
- TranquilBanquet
What's New
- 5-Star Character: Ineffa (Electro Polearm User)
- 5-Star Weapon: Fractured Halo (Polearm)
- 4-Star Event Weapon: Flame-Forged Insight (Claymore)
- New Reaction: Lunar-Charged - An alternate version to Electro-Charged, teams with Ineffa will utilise this reaction
- Yelan skin (Tranquil Banquet) - Limited time discount 1350 Genesis Crystals, full 1680 following patch
- Bennett skin (Adventures in Blazing Hue) - Free from event, purchasable after 5.8 if not unlocked
- Archon Quest - Song of the Welkin Moon
- Sunspray Summer Resort Holiday Event - Will be permanent so can be completed after 5.8
- Easybreeze Holiday Resort map
- Stygian Onslaught new cycle 6th August - 9th September
- TCG Update: Heizou, Lan Yan, new NPCs to challenge
Version Specifics
- Phase 1 Banners: Ineffa & Citlali (Rerun)
- Phase 2 Banners: Mualani & Chasca (Reruns)
- Events: Sunspray Summer Resort Holiday Event - Limited Time Rewards, earn Bennett's Skin and Flame-Forger Insight
- Tracing Vanishing Trails
- Mementos of Teyvat: Prelude of the Frozen Veil
- Repertoire of Myriad Memories - Natlan: Plains of Flowing Flames, complete music play to earn rewards
- Leyline Overflow (Mora+EXP)
System Optimizations
- Talent/Skill Demos
- Quest Time Interface - When a quest requires a change in time/day, the quest will automatically select the time needed
- Harvestable Tracking - Local Specialty Characters will be displayed when item search is selected on the map
Also, there will be a Genshin Impact Art Exhibition in Paris, France from September 13th-25th 2025.
A Collaboration with Secret Lab to bring a Liyue Collection of Titan Evo chair (Ningguang and Xiao themed) and Magnus Pro desk.
Plus this teaser (also above in main video):
An alright update. One thing is good that the summer event can be permanant, but the limited time rewards are stupidly limited as it used to be a full patch for the event to get the rewards, but less time now for the limited, I mean really? Hopefully those rewards won't take the full map/activities to do and they stop like perhaps 3/4 of the way at worst, so the rest can be completed whenever you want to warrant it being permanent.
I'm behind on the Archon Quest as I haven't done the main 5.7 one yet, but I did like the somewhat tranquil teaser at the end.
RE: Genshin Impact | 5.8 Special Program - Moonface - Aug 6th, 2025
Genshin Impact | Removal and Discontinuation of Updates on PS4
Starting next month, HoYoVerse will begin a three-phase plan for the removal and discontinuation of Genshin Impact on PS4:
Phase 1 - Game Removal | September 10, 2025
Genshin Impact will be removed from the PlayStation Store, and anyone who has never downloaded the game on PS4 will be unable to do so after this date. PSN accounts that have downloaded the game at any point on PS4 will still be able to re-download the game if it has been deleted from the device.
Phase 2 - In-Game Purchases Delisting | February 25, 2026
All in-game purchases for Genshin Impact on PS4 will be removed from both the PlayStation Store and the in-game shop. Before Genshin Impact's update discontinuation on PS4, any items purchased from the PlayStation Store but not yet claimed in-game can still be obtained by logging into Genshin Impact on PS4.
Phase 3 - End of Update Support | April 8, 2026
All updates for the PS4 version of Genshin Impact will cease, and players will no longer be able to log in and/or play the game on this platform. Any items purchased from the PlayStation Store but not yet claimed in-game can only be claimed by logging into Genshin Impact on PS5 after this date.
RE: Genshin Impact | PS4 Discontinuation Plans - Mr EliteL - Aug 8th, 2025
Not too surprising really, PS4 was slower and I've got no clue how it's been performing since I stopped playing Genshin on my PS4, last time was three years ago. I know my not so great laptop I first started playing my second playthrough on has been performing gradually worse almost every time I've updated it on there, I've pretty much put it down to the lowest settings now, just FPS I didn't put down to 30. Yes I still update the game there as I keep a log on a site which records wishes, and do so on my gaming laptop too so I have a spare record in case one screws up somehow. The PS4 I'd imagine would be better than my Acer laptop, it was only marginally better back when I was using both PS4 and the Acer, PS5, phone and gaming laptop are far superior. I can at least uninstall Genshin from my PS4 now when I ever turn my PS4 back on for whatever reason.
Hopefully most players have already switched over or are going to if they're still playing, and have until April to do so.