THE Genshin Impact 4.8 Event Banner and Details have been officially announced for the latest patch, titled Summertide Scales and Tales.
As always, the latest update brings two banner phases and new limited-time events. Genshin Impact version 4.8 includes a new 5-star character and three 5-star banner reruns. We also got more details on the new summer map and a sneak peek at Natlan!
Below you can discover the Version 4.8 Release Date and Timewho are the new and recurring characters, and what is the 4.8 Banners and Event Calendar is for the upcoming patch.
Don’t forget to also check out our Genshin Impact codes page to get free Primogems that can be used to unlock new characters and weapons.
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Genshin Impact 4.8 Release Date and Time
Genshin Impact 4.8 will be released on Wednesday July 17. The usual maintenance schedule for new updates should be followed, with version 4.8 being released at 4am BST. Due to time zone differences, version 4.8 will be released in the US on Tuesday, July 16 at 8pm PT.
For other time zones, the Genshin Impact 4.8 Release Date and Time East:
- East Coast of the United States:Tuesday, July 16, 11 p.m. (ET)
- Central United States:Tuesday, July 16, 10 p.m. (CT)
- West Coast of the United States:Tuesday, July 16, 8:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
- Australia: Wednesday, July 17, 1 p.m. (AET)
- Japan: Wednesday, July 17, 12:00 (JST)
- Europe: Wednesday, July 17, 5 a.m. (CEST)
- UNITED KINGDOM: Wednesday 17 July, 4am (BST)
As this is only an approximate duration of the server outage, you may be able to play patch 4.8 a little before or after the above times – although estimates from previous updates have been fairly accurate.
Genshin Impact 4.8 Banners
Version 4.8 Banners introduces a new 5-star character, Emilie, but there is no new 4-star character.
Phase 1 of the 4.8 Banner calendar begins with the return of Geo 5-Star boatFeatured on his banner In the name of Rosula, and back Hydro 5-Star Nilou featured in its Twirling Lotus banner.
As usual, the 4.8 Phase 1 banners are being deployed side by side and should be available from Wednesday, July 17th to Tuesday, August 6th.
Next up in Phase 2 of the 4.8 Banner schedule we have the new 5-star Dendro Emilyfeatured on its Ambrosial Essence banner and its returning 5-star Hydro Yelan on his banner Discerning Enigmas.
These Phase 2 banners are scheduled to drop from Tuesday, August 6th to Tuesday, August 27th, the day before Natlan’s scheduled release date in the big 5.0 update.
In summary, all the new characters and 5 star return The characters you can wish on during 4.8 in Genshin Impact are:
- Navia (In the Name of Rosula’s Banner – Phase 1): Returning 5-star Geo character who uses a claymore.
- Nilou (Swirling Lotus Banner – Phase 1): Returning 5-star Hydro character who uses a sword.
- Emilie (Ambrosian Essence Banner – Phase 2):New 5-star Dendro character who uses a polearm.
- Yelan (Riddler’s Discerner Banner – Phase 2): Returning 5-star Hydro character who uses a bow.
There will also be a new weapon in Weapon Banners 4.8: the 5-star polearm Lumidouce Elegy in Phase 2, Emilie’s signature weapon.
To keep up to date with all upgraded 4-star characters and weapons, as well as all other banner changes, check out our regularly updated Banner Calendar page.
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Version 4.8 with Emilie is coming soon! But for now, in version 4.7, we have Sigewinne and Furina. You can exchange new codes for Primogems to help you collect them, and check out our regularly updated tier list. You need luck with the Pity and 50/50 systems to wish with fate for characters on banners, and you always need the right Adventure Rank for events. Elsewhere, we have tips and tricks for beginners.
Genshin Impact 4.8 Events
Genshin Impact 4.8 update includes:
- New summer map – Simulanka.
- Emilie’s Story Quest.
- New outfits for Nilou and Kirara.
- Imaginarium Theater Update Envisaged Echoes – Can earn “Echo” trails for characters.
- Changed the meeting point system – Long term meeting points are now available.
- World boss respawn cooldown is now only 10 seconds.
- Hide UI functionality.
- Dialogue revision log.
- Option to disable dialog in conversations.
- Mondstadt and Liyue domains have been adjusted to make them easier.
- Possibility to lower World Tier 3 to World Tier 2.
- Option to make some quests easier, like the anti-Raiden Shogun training.
- Genius Invokation TCG Update – Includes new cards.
- Overflowing mastery event.
In addition to this content, including the debut of Envisaged Echoes, we receive five events during 4.8:
Scales and Tales of the Summer Tide
Summertide Scales and Tales is the main event of version 4.8. It takes place in the new summer zone of Simulanka, a world inside a magical storybook. The event is divided into four parts: a gliding challenge, claw machine-style games, combat challenges, and a figurine collecting mini-game.
Northern downpour This is the gliding challenge where you have to destroy targets by gliding to earn points, The Flying Hatter’s Trick It’s a claw machine type mini-game where you use a flying hat to pick up figurines and score points, Metropolis Trials are a series of combat challenges played with two teams, and Making figurines allows you to insert coins earned during the three previous event types to earn souvenir figurines that can be displayed in your Serenitea Pot and around Simulanka.
These figures can be gifted and traded with friends, and once you have enough souvenir figures in figure crafting, you will get a Kirara character free! You can also Get Kirara’s new outfit for free after collecting enough Jubilant Feathers and opening Fairy Tale Treasures to accumulate enough Bliss Extracts as you explore the open world of Simulanka.
Echoes considered
This is a new type of permanent event that takes place in the Imaginarium Theater, but its rewards change with each update.
Envisioned Echoes are new challenges that require special keys to begin. You’ll be awarded two keys the first time you discover Envisioned Echoes, but you can earn more by completing Act 6 of the Imaginarium Theater each season.
These echoes are unique trail effects for characters that appear when they run, and in version 4.8 you can get the echoes for Diluc, Qiqi, Kirara, Jean, and Ningguang.
Keep in mind that you can only complete a character’s Envisaged Echoes challenge using that character, who must be level 90 and have a friendship level of at least eight. Better start harvesting those upgrade materials now…
Bing-Bang Finchball
Bing-Bang Finchball is back! You still have to throw balls into target areas to score points, but this time there are Rival Finchballs that make scoring points more difficult. Plus, Bing-Bang Finchball now has a co-op mode, so you can use these Rival Finchballs against your friends.
Off the Canvas, Inside the Lens: Dew-Kissed Chapter
The Dew-Kissed chapter is the next evolution of the Outside the Canvas, Inside the Lens Kamera event that returns. However, this time, you can complete the photo orders by simply taking pictures of your favorite characters. An Interval Timer mode is also new, which you can use to capture the perfect shot.
Energy Amplifier: Lemma
Another returning character, Akadeymia Hosseini’s researcher, returns in 4.8 with the Energy Amplifier: Lemma event. This is a combat event where you must test Hosseini’s new creation of the Fontaineian Amplifier. You must form three parties at each stage of the event for three rounds of combat testing.
You can use the same character on multiple teams, but you must make sure that the characters have enough motivation points on all teams for your ley line buffs to apply.
Hope you have fun during version 4.8!
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