Genshin Impact 4.6 Details and Patch Notes - Genshin Impact Guide - IGN (2024)

Version 4.6 of Genshin Impact has arrived, and brings a deluge of new content including the new Arlecchino character, a new region to explore, Character banners, limited-time musical events, and more!

This page acts as a comprehensive breakdown of the 4.6 Update for Genshin Impact, including a link to the full Patch Notes.

Arlecchino

As 4.6 centers around the House of the Hearth, it makes sense that its ruler Arlecchino is the new character introduced to the game. Called "Father" by the children, she is a strict overseer with plenty of secrets to uncover. Arlecchino is the first playable character in Genshin Impact to use the Bond of Life mechanic.

New Story Quests

A new story quest has been added with the launch of 4.6:

• Ignis Purgatorius Chapter: Act I
  • In this quest, you'll unveil the history of Arlecchino and learn more about the House of the Hearth
• Lupus Aureus Chapter: Act II Story Quest

Focused Experience Mode is also being introduced, which is a toggleable feature which minimizes interruptions, improving the story experience as you explore the new content.

4.6 Phase 1 Banner

The featured 5-Star Characters receiving boosts for Phase 1 of 4.6 are the new Arlecchino, and the returning Lyney.

New Weapon

The featured 5-Star weapon for Phase 1 of 4.6 is the new Crimson Moon's Semblance Polearm.

4.6 Phase 2 Banner

The featured 5-Star Characters receiving boosts for Phase 2 of 4.6 are the returning Wanderer and Baizhu.

The Knave - New Weekly Boss

Arlecchino is also a new Weekly boss that players can challenge. She will set a Blood-Debt Directive on you, causing you to suffer from the Bond of Life effect, sustaining more damage from her attacks and being unable to be healed. However, should you manage to repay the debt, you'll be rewarded with a boost to your Charged Attack.

This is arriving in conjunction with the Quick Challenge feature. Though the Knave's boss form is tied to Arlecchino's story quest, as long as you are Rank 40 or higher, you'll be able to challenge the Knave (or other Weekly bosses) directly by going to the Adventurer Handbook, going to the Domain tab, select Trounce Domains, and then select Quick Challenge.

4.6 New Artifact Sets

Two new Artifact sets have become available in 4.6:

• Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy
• Unfinished Reverie

New Area

The Undersea Capital, the Lost Homeland of Remuria dwells deep within the Sea of Bygone Eras, and can be explored via the small island of Petrichor. So long as you have completed the third act of the Archon Quest: Song of the Dragon and Freedom will automatically unlock a teleport waypoint within the village of Petrichor. A similar waypoint feature has also been promised for future new areas, expediting your adventure into the new content.

Adventure with a talking cat to explore Remuria's ruins underwater, uncovering the history of the kingdom. Unlock special abilities related to the Symphony to interact with specific items and solve various puzzles. The promise has also been made that you can meet a special dragon within the watery depths, as well as face off against the Legatus Golem boss enemy.

New Boss

The Statue of Marble and Brass/Legatus Golem is a colossal centaur-like being that you'll need to face within the Faded Castle as you explore the depths of Remuria.

Iridescent Arataki Rockin' For Life Tour De Force of Awesomeness

On Watatsumi Island, you'll be tasked with helping Itto to prepare for the Rockin' For Life Tour De Force of Awesomeness performance, participating in a new rhythm game event in the process.

There are 3 steps you'll need to complete in order to prepare for the festival:

• Extreme Carnival Ensemble - Minigames to help practice for the performance
• Trillion Trinket Trawl - Gather materials to spruce up the environment
• Meeting of Melodies - Invite music-lovers to the festival, restoring lost musical notes

Take part in this musical rock-and-roll event to earn the following rewards:

• Nightwind Horn - New instrument
• Canine Warrior Gorou - Meet criteria to invite the character
• Various materials

Windtrace: Seekers and Strategy

This Hide and Seek game has been revamped. A key update is that if you get caught twice, you're permanently removed from the game. Hunters stop Rebels from repairing one of the 6 signalling devices, which are highlighted on the map as Rebels begin to repair them. If Rebels repair 4 of these devices, they win the match. Hunters will need to prevent the repairs, or simply eliminate all Rebels to secure victory.

Specially-Shaped Saurian Search

In this event, an eccentric chef returning from Natlan wants to befriend various dangerous creatures and needs your help. The activity has the following difficulties:

• Normal
• Hard
• Fearless

You can change number of negotiation strategies, and by reducing them you'll increase the difficulty as you confront these creatures in an attempt to quell them.

Vibro Crystal Applications

Connect Transmitter and Receiver Crystals to determine buffs and augments, with different harmonic effects to experiment with as you face off against a variety of enemies.

Patch Notes

New Character

• 5-Star Character "Dire Balemoon" Arlecchino (Pyro)
• Vision: Pyro
• Weapon: Polearm
• "The Knave," Fourth of the Fatui Harbingers. A poised, ruthless diplomat. To the children in the House of the Hearth, she is their feared yet dependable "Father."
  • Arlecchino can utilize her Bond of Life to enhance her Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks, dealing Pyro DMG.
  • Elemental Skill "All Is Ash"
    • Deals Pyro DMG to multiple nearby opponents and applies Blood-Debt Directives to them. Blood-Debt Directives deal Pyro DMG to opponents at regular intervals. When Arlecchino uses a Charged Attack or her Elemental Burst "Balemoon Rising," she will absorb Blood-Debt Directives, which grants her a certain amount of Bond of Life.
  • Elemental Burst "Balemoon Rising"
    • Arlecchino's great wing of Balemoon Bloodfire beats as she absorbs and clears Blood-Debt Directives applied to opponents around her. She deals AoE Pyro DMG before clearing the CD of All Is Ash and healing herself. The healing is based on her Bond of Life value and ATK

New Equipment

• New Weapon (Examples based on Refinement Rank 1)
  • Crimson Moon's Semblance (5-Star Polearm)
    • Grants a Bond of Life equal to 25% of Max HP when a Charged Attack hits an opponent. This effect can be triggered up to once every 14s. In addition, when the equipping character has a Bond of Life, they gain a 12% DMG Bonus; if the value of the Bond of Life is greater than or equal to 30% of Max HP, then gain an additional 24% DMG Bonus.

New Artifact Sets

• Unfinished Reverie (4-Star and 5-Star)
  • 2-Piece Set: ATK +18%.
  • 4-Piece Set: After leaving combat for 3s, DMG dealt increased by 50%. In combat, if no Burning opponents are nearby for more than 6s, this DMG Bonus will decrease by 10% per second until it reaches 0%. When a Burning opponent exists, it will increase by 10% instead until it reaches 50%. This effect still triggers if the equipping character is off-field.
• Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy (4-Star and 5-Star)
  • 2-Piece Set: ATK +18%.
  • 4-Piece Set: When the value of a Bond of Life increases or decreases, this character deals 18% increased DMG for 6s. Max 3 stacks

New Domain

• Domain of Blessing: Faded Theater
  • Under the direction of an immortal musician, a certain ancient troupe once performed the elegies of an ancient civilization. With the passage of time, the ancient plays became legend. Legend became myth. ...Until one day, by chance, it was deliberately picked up once more, and became the prelude to a new dream.
  • Unlock Criteria (satisfy any one of the criteria below to unlock):
    • Reach Adventure Rank 22 or above
    • Complete Archon Quest Prologue: Act III "Song of the Dragon and Freedom"
    • Challenge the Domain to obtain artifacts in the "Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy" and "Unfinished Reverie" sets.

New Main Story

• Arlecchino's Story Quest - Ignis Purgatorius Chapter: Act I "When the Hearth-Flame Goes Out"
• Permanently available after the Version 4.6 update
• Quest Unlock Criteria:
  • Reach Adventure Rank 40 or above
  • Complete Archon Quest Chapter IV: Act V "Masquerade of the Guilty"
• Cyno's Story Quest - Lupus Aureus Chapter: Act II "Oathkeeper"
• Permanently available after 2024/05/14 18:00
• Quest Unlock Criteria:
  • Reach Adventure Rank 40 or above
  • Complete Archon Quest Chapter III: Act V "Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises"
  • Complete Cyno's Story Quest - Lupus Aureus Chapter: Act I "Sands of Solitude"

New World Quests

Some of the new world quests include:

• "Canticles of Harmony" Quest Chain
• "For Yesterday and Tomorrow"
• "Latecoming Homecoming"
• "Where His Life Lies"
• "Daydreams Beyond Space and Time"

New Enemies

• "The Knave"
  • Fourth of the Fatui Harbingers
  • Located in the Liffey Region
    • The Knave will apply Bonds of Life to characters. After clearing a Bond of Life, characters in your party will unleash a Scarlet Nighttide the next time one of their Charged Attacks hit The Knave. This attack can interrupt some of The Knave's attacks, including Bloodtide Banquet. Some of The Knave's attacks will consume her own HP, and when these attacks hit a character, they will restore her own HP and apply a Bond of Life to the character; if the character hit already has a Bond of Life, the DMG dealt by the attack will be increased yet more.
• Legatus Golem
  • This ancient Legatus Golem uses its sturdy marble body to defend against attack while using music and searing flames to obliterate its foes.
  • Located in the Nostoi Region
    • Use methods suited to dealing with Geo to break through its defenses. Apart from this, it will also set up resonators in combat that will assist its attacks. Destroy these resonators to deplete its shielding effectively.
• Praetorian Golem
  • An ancient golem infused with will that uses its resilient marble body in battle.
    • Use methods suited to dealing with Geo to effectively defeat its defenses

Miscellaneous

• New Recipe:
  • Cafe Lutece, Fontaine: Bulle Souffle
• New Character Specialty Dish:
  • Arlecchino's specialty: "Hearthfire's Trail"
• Adds new "Rhapsodia in the Ancient Sea" and "Challenger: Series IX" Achievement categories, and adds new Achievements to the "Wonders of the World" category.
• Adds Set 31 of "Paimon's Paintings" chat emojis.
• Adds some prompts for loading screens.
• New Namecards:
  • "Arlecchino: Edict": Reward for reaching Friendship Lv. 10 with Arlecchino
  • "Fontaine: Attunement": Reward for completing all achievements under "Rhapsodia in the Ancient Sea"
  • "Achievement: Whalewrangler": Reward for completing all achievements under "Challenger: Series IX"
  • "Fontaine: Lucine": Reward for reaching Fountain of Lucine Favor Level 48
  • "Travel Notes: The Realms Rocked": Reward obtained via the BP system
• Adds 17 World Quest-related avatars that will be unlocked after completing World Quests in accordance with the corresponding unlock criteria (Refer to "Paimon Menu > Change Avatar" in-game for the specific unlock criteria. For Travelers who have already completed the corresponding World Quests before the version update, the corresponding avatars will be automatically unlocked after the version update.)
• Fountain of Lucine: Increase in the Level Cap of Fountain of Lucine to Level 50. After the Fountain of Lucine reaches its maximum level, Hydro Sigils can be exchanged with Mequignon at Bertin's House of Curiosities.
• Adds the "Focused Experience Mode" function:
  • This function can be enabled for certain quests in the "Quest" menu. Once enabled, Travelers can prevent locations and characters involved in said quest from being occupied by other quests, which improves the experience of the current quest.
  • Function Access Unlock Criteria: Complete Archon Quest Prologue: Act III "Song of the Dragon and Freedom"
  • In Version 4.6, the "Focused Experience Mode" function will be available for Arlecchino's Story Quest - Ignis Purgatorius Chapter: Act I "When the Hearth-Flame Goes Out." The "Focused Experience Mode" function will gradually be made available for more quests in subsequent versions

Adjustments & Optimizations

• Exploration
  • On the Tutorials screen, adventure tutorials related to the current area will be displayed nearer to the top.
  • Optimizes the performance of the Treasure Compass feature: Nearby treasure chests will now be marked on the map after using the Treasure Compass, and opening treasure chests marked out on the map during the Treasure Compass's cooldown time will reset its cooldown.
• Map
  • Combines the "Domains only" and "Search for Players" options under the "Map Settings" button on the map interface.
  • Adds the "Custom Markers," "Controller > Cursor Sensitivity," and "Controller > Marker Sensitivity Range" settings under the "Map Settings" button on the map interface.
  • Optimizes the design of the buttons for switching between different regions on the map interface.
• Quests
  • Adds another button for important quest items related to certain quests in the Quest Menu
  • When you are navigating to a quest objective, an icon for important quest items related to the current quest will now be displayed within the Inventory.
  • Updates the icon for Requests in the Quest Menu.
• Adventurer Handbook
  • Adjusts the criteria for unlocking different chapters in "Adventurer Handbook > Experience": Simply reach a certain Adventure Rank to unlock the next chapter. You no longer need to complete the previous chapter.
  • Adds missions for enhancing Prototype Rancour and Favonius Warbow to Lv. 60 in "Adventurer Handbook > Embattle."
  • Adds missions related to enhancing Artifacts in "Adventurer Handbook > Embattle."
• Serenitea Pot
  • Adds the "Quick Obtain" function on the Replica > Preview screen as well as the Furnishing Set screen in Editing Mode: You can use this function to quickly purchase the Furnishings/Furnishing Blueprints that you need from the Realm Depot, or add the Furnishings that need to be created to the "Queued List."
  • Adds the "Queued List" function on the Create Furnishing > Creation Queue screen. This will record your Furnishing creation requests from using "Quick Obtain" and tell you which materials they require. It can also be used to quickly add Furnishings that are waiting to be made to the Creation Queue.
  • Adds the "Obtain All" function on the Create Furnishing > Creation Queue screen. You can use this function to obtain all the Furnishings created in one go. After you click it, you can also choose to use Vials of Adeptal Speed to speed up production of all Furnishings that haven't been completed yet with a single click.
  • Adjusts the upper limit of the Creation Queue in Create Furnishing from 5 to 10.
  • Adds Filter and Search functions to the Furnishings and Furnishing Blueprints tabs of the Realm Depot.
  • Displays category-related information in the text descriptions for Furnishings and Furnishing Blueprints.
  • Optimizes the layout of the Realm Music screen, adding serial numbers and no longer showing a second confirmation pop-up when unlocking tracks.
  • After Trust Rank reaches Level 10, the purchase limit of all products in Realm Depot > Furnishings (except Vial of Adeptal Speed) will be raised from 6 to 20.
  • Furnishings and Furnishing Blueprints introduced from Version 1.5 to 2.8 will be permanently sold at a discount in the Realm Depot.
• Genius Invokation TCG
  • Updates the icon of the Event Card "Falls and Fortune."
  • Optimizes the text description for the Normal Attack of the Character Card "Neuvillette" (the actual effect remains the same).
• Other
  • Optimizes the "compiling shaders" loading time when logging in on an Android device for the first time after version update.
  • Adds support for displaying friend nicknames on the Serenitea Pot > Create Furnishing > Guest Assistance screen, as well as on various screens related to Co-Op Mode.
  • Adjusts the position of the stone pillars on Floors 11 and 12 of the Spiral Abyss: Now, the stone pillars will be placed outside the barrier.
  • After the version update, on some PC devices that use integrated graphics cards, the default "Graphics > Graphics Quality" setting will be adjusted to "Lowest" (only the correspondence between the options and the default values is changed, the actual settings remain unchanged).
  • Due to the addition of new regions and Teleport Waypoints, the number of Teleport Waypoints required to unlock the achievement "Forest Roamer" has been adjusted. The original total number of Teleport Waypoints that needed to be unlocked was 46, and this has now been adjusted to 47 (if the achievement has been completed, the completion status of the achievement remains unchanged).
  • Increases the Inventory's capacity for the Weapon Enhancement Materials "Mystic Enhancement Ore," "Fine Enhancement Ore," and "Enhancement Ore" from 9,999 to 99,999

Bug Fixes

• Character
  • An issue has been fixed whereby, when certain Polearm-wielding characters performed Plunging Attacks, the position of the attack's special effect would be abnormal in certain situations (the actual DMG AoE works as intended).
  • An issue has been fixed whereby after Xianyun's second Constellation was unlocked, the special effect on the tails of her outfit would abnormally disappear under certain circ*mstances.
• System
  • An issue has been fixed whereby there were errors with certain key names on the Settings > Key Bindings screen when playing on a PC in German or French.
  • An issue has been fixed whereby, after switching a character's outfit from the "Party Setup" menu, the corresponding character could not be switched to and deployed in certain situations.
  • An issue has been fixed whereby, when challenging the Millennial Pearl Seahorse, the game camera couldn't be restored to the original angle after zooming out in certain situations.
• Genius Invokation TCG
  • An issue has been fixed whereby when "Fontemer Pearl" was attached to the Character Card "Millennial Pearl Seahorse," casting its Elemental Skill would abnormally reset the Fontemer Pearl's once-per-round effect ("Usage(s) will not be used when negating DMG from Summons").
• Audio
  • An issue has been fixed whereby there was a chance that the effect of Freminet's skill voice line would be abnormal in certain situations.
  • An issue has been fixed whereby, when Chiori used her Elemental Skill to enter combat, there was a chance that the Elemental Skill sound effect would be abnormal.
• Other
  • An issue has been fixed whereby there was a small probability that the model of the currently controlled character would disappear abnormally under certain circ*mstances when playing through Lynette's Hangout Event on mobile devices.
  • An issue has been fixed whereby if a character unequipped and then re-equipped the weapon "Amenoma Kageuchi," after triggering the weapon's effect to obtain Succession Seeds, Succession Seeds' duration would be abnormal under certain circ*mstances.
  • An issue has been fixed whereby some buildings in Mondstadt were overlapping abnormally, which was preventing characters from climbing upwards.
  • Some text errors in certain languages have been fixed and text has been optimized. (Note: Related in-game functions have not changed. Travelers can view the changes in different languages by going to the Paimon Menu > Settings > Language and changing the Game Language.)
• Text-related fixes and optimizations in English include:
  • Optimizes certain English translations

Full Patch Notes

If you wish to read the Patch Notes in full, including additional Genius Invokation updates, you can do so via the official Genshin Impact websites 4.6 Patch Notes blog post.