This is a news article on the Version 1.2 update for Genshin Impact. Learn about the 1.2 characters, features released in the update, new systems, and more!

Version 1.2 Characters

Albedo

Character	Element	Weapon	Voice Actor (JP)
Albedo	Geo	Sword	Nojima Kenji (野島健児)

Albedo was revealed as a new character 5-star, wielding a sword and showing off Geo powers. He is a strong Sub-DPS who can provide off-field Geo DMG.

Ganyu

Character	Element	Weapon	Voice Actor (JP)
Ganyu	Cryo	Bow	Ueda Reina (上田麗奈)

Other than Albedo, Ganyu was also revealed as a 5-star character. She uses a Cryo Vision and deals a ton of AoE Cryo DMG using her Charged Shots.

Version 1.2 Release Date

Release Date and Time

Version 1.2 Scheduled Release Date and Time	December 23, 2020 2020-12-23 11:00:00 (GMT+8)

Times are subject to change depending on the duration of the maintenance.

Official Announcements

Chinese Live Stream - December 11th

We have updated this article with info from the official trailer and the Chinese live stream held on December 11, and will add more information as it officially becomes available!

Live Stream Redeem Codes

Code	Reward
5KVeIbSxDUU	・Primogems ×100 ・Mystic Enhancement Ore ×10
G3tQq6TOqmE	・Primogems ×100 ・Hero's Wit ×5
eATDgIXLD56	・Primogems ×100 ・Mora ×50,000

Developers Discussion - December 4th

Once again the Genshin Impact Developers held a discussion to address gameplay and quality of life issues that were adjusted in the Version 1.2 update.

Link to the Official Discussion post: Developer's Discussion - 12/04

New Area Added in Version 1.2

Parts of Dragonspine Revealed

Dragonspine was added in the 1.2 Update, and judging by the revealed information it was available from the update release December 23. On the revealed images you can see new Materials, Treasure Chests and Seelies.

New Cryo Enemies Revealed

Inhabiting this new area is a group of new Cryo versions of well know enemies, as well as a new Ruin type of monster.

New Freeze System

Dragonspine introduced a new temperature feature, shown by a gauge above the HP bar. If the gauge falls to zero and your stick around for too long, your HP will start decreasing. Items that kept players warm were added as well, so there are ways to fight the cold!

New Equipment in Version 1.2

New Weapons in Version 1.2

New 1.2 Weapons
Festering Desire From the Chalk Prince and the Dragon Event/	Dragonspine Spear Craft from materials found in the Dragonspine area.
Frostbearer From the Frostbearing Tree Event.	Snow-Tombed Starsilver Craft from materials found in the Dragonspine area.

List of Weapons

New Artifacts in Version 1.2

New Cryo Artifact Set: Blizzard Strayer
2-Piece Set Cryo DMG Bonus +15% 4-Piece Set When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.
New Hydro Artifact Set: Heart of Depth
2-Piece Set Hydro DMG Bonus +15% 4-Piece Set After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 50% for 15s.

Blizzard Strayer and Heart of Depth artifacts can be obtained from Peak of Vindagnyr.

Artifact Farming Guide

List of New Events in Version 1.2

The Chalk Prince and the Dragon Lost Riches Hypostatic Symphony Marvelous Merchandise - Round 2 Frostbearing Tree

The above order is the order they were announced in the video, with The Chalk Prince and the Dragon started on December 23rd.

The Chalk Prince and the Dragon

A new 4 part event is set for Genshin Impact version 1.2. This event run similar to Unreconciled Stars granting players an abundance of rewards for completing missions and event tasks, including another Crown of Insight.

Event Reward: Festering Desire

For event completion, reward players were able to obtain a free 4 Star Sword, Festering Desire.

Lost Riches

In this new event, players scoured Tevat for various treasures and riches by digging up mysterious spots and completing various challenges.

Treasure Hunt

Treasure Locations

Players can travel to a number of different locations across Teyvat and pick up a set number of treasures by using the treasure hunting Seelie. These treasure can be exchanged for up to Materials, Mora, up to 300 Primogems and more!

Seelie Pet

The unique reward for this event appears to be a pet Seelie in 3 different colors that followed the player similar to Paimon.

Hypostatic Symphony

An event centered on fighting the Electro, Geo and Anemo Hypostasis is also set for version 1.2. However, these Hypostasis are not your everday farmable field boss. It featured new abilities and mechanics in order to provide unique challenges to players as well as Talent Level-up Materials as rewards.

Marvelous Merchandise Returns

The merchant Liben returns along with another Marvelous Merchandise Event. Be sure to collet plenty of materials because who knows what Liben will request this time!

Marvelous Merchandise Event

Frostbearing Tree

This event rewarded players with a new 4 Star Catalyst Weapon, Frostbearer, a new glider skin, a Crown of Insight and even Aquainted and Intertwined Fate.

Version 1.2 Quality of Life Features

Free Aquaint Fate from Character Ascension. Pick up Domain & Ley Line rewards automatically. Repeat Domains without exiting them. Improved Co-op Connectivity. Navigation feature for Custom Map Pins. Private chat with friends. Set Friend nicknames. Dialogue Auto-play. Quest Dialogue Archive.

Free Acquaint Fate for Character Ascension

Acquaint Fate
Ascension Level	20, 50, 70

From Version 1.2 onward, you will gain Acquaint Fate from ascending your characters, great news for players who wishing to pull more from the banners in Genshin Impact. As you probably know, Acquaint Fate can be used in the Wandlerlust Invocation and Noelle starter banners.

You will gain Fate from ascending characters at level 20, 50, and 70, and you will get Fate for characters you ascended before the update as well.

Wanderlust Invocation Wish Info

Auto Pick Up Domain and Ley Line Rewards

Domain and Ley Line rewards are automatically added to your inventory from 1.2 as well, a rather welcome quality of life improvement!

You will, of course, still have to use Resin to claim them, but at least the trouble ends there.

List of Domains

Repeat Domains Without Exiting

Have you ever wished you could just continue your grind groove without having to re-enter Domains? Well, your prayers have been heard! From 1.2 you'll be able to challenge a Domain again without leaving it or reforming a party.

Related Domain Guides

・Artifact Farming Guide
・How to Refine and Enhance Weapons
・How to Level Up Talents

Improved Co-op Play

Two changes were made to Co-op play in version 1.2, and the first is that players leaving Co-op no longer interrupts gameplay for the remaining party members.

The second change is that the Host are able to disband the Co-op Team simply by returning to Single Player Mode.

How to Leave Co-Op

Navigate to Custom Map Pins

At the moment you can only get navigation help for Quest markers, but apparently soon the developers will make it possible to get navigation for your placed custom pins as well. Only one at a time, but still a great help.

It wasn't explicitly said that this feature will be in the 1.2 update, but we hope so!

Private Chat with Friends

A private chat function is set to be imlemented in Version 1.2 that allows you to chat with friends via the Friend screen or a shortcut. You can send them messages even if they are online, so we imagine this will come in handy for all the social players out there!

How to Chat

Nicknames for Friends

If your friends tend to change their nickname often and you're finding it hard to remember who is who, you can give them your own nickname after the 1.2 update. Only you can see it, but we still suggest keeping it family friendly!

Dialogue Auto Play

One of the last features announced is the option to auto play dialogue in cutscenes. When auto-play is selected, dialogue will automatically progress once the current line's audio finishes playing. If any dialogue options appear, auto-play will pause to allow you to respond, then continue automatically again after.

Quest Dialogue Archive

In addition to the dialogue improvements, you'll also become able to watch the dialogue of completed Archon and Story quests from the Archive menu, in a Travel Log section.

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Versions

Version History

All Genshin Impact Versions
Version 5.3	Version 5.2
Version 5.1	Version 5.0
Version 4.8	Version 4.7
Version 4.6	Version 4.5
Version 4.4	Version 4.3
Version 4.2	Version 4.1
Version 4.0	Version 3.8
Version 3.7	Version 3.6
Version 3.5	Version 3.4
Version 3.3	Version 3.2
Version 3.1	Version 3.0
Version 2.8	Version 2.7
Version 2.6	Version 2.5
Version 2.4	Version 2.3
Version 2.2	Version 2.1
Version 2.0	Version 1.6
Version 1.5	Version 1.4
Version 1.3	Version 1.2
Version 1.1

Previous Special Programs

All Previous Special Programs
Version 5.3	Version 5.2
Version 5.1	Version 5.0
Version 4.8	Version 4.7
Version 4.6	Version 4.5
Version 4.4	Version 4.3
Version 4.2	Version 4.1
Version 4.0	Version 3.8
Version 3.7	Version 3.6
Version 3.5	Version 3.4
Version 3.3	Version 3.2
Version 3.1	Version 3.0
Version 2.8	Version 2.7
Version 2.6	Version 2.5
Version 2.4	Version 2.3
Version 2.2	Version 2.1
Version 2.0	Version 1.6
Version 1.5	Version 1.4
Version 1.3	Version 1.2
Version 1.1

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