Genshin Impact’s 3.0 replace is an enormous one. Titled The Morn a Thousand Roses Brings, patch 3.0 opens up Sumeru and introduces Genshin’s seventh and ultimate aspect, Dendro. It’s not strictly new, since Dendro has been round because the starting of Genshin (some Hilichurl mages are ready to make use of Dendro)–but this marks the primary time the Traveler (and by extension, us) will be capable of use the aspect.

Release date

Genshin Impact 3.0 releases August 24. Pre-installation is often accessible and can seemingly go reside the day earlier than launch, August 23. With pre-installation, gamers can log-in as quickly as the upkeep for the brand new patch is finished.

Patch 3.0 will final 5 weeks, as an alternative of the same old six weeks.

New aspect: Dendro

Dendro, in line with a Sumeru preview teaser, has three key phrases hooked up: catalysis, knowledge, and life. Mihoyo has up to now revealed three of Dendro’s reactions with different components: Burning, Bloom, and Catalyze.

• Bloom (Dendro and Hydro) is impressed by the real-life phenomenon of flowers blooming and is a mixture of Hydro’s therapeutic high quality and Dendro’s skill to catalyze. Bloom will spawn Dendro cores, which can finally explode with AoE Dendro harm.
  • Burgeon: If the Dendro cores produced from Bloom reactions come into Pyro or Electro, the response Burgeon is triggered. This can improve the explosive AoE Dendro harm or set off Hyperbloom–a response that turns Dendro cores into Sprawling pictures that observe enemies.

• Catalyze (Dendro and Electro) would not have the identical sturdy, real-life inspiration as Bloom does. It’s a mixture of Electro’s qualities and Dendro’s key phrase Wisdom. Catalyze additionally has a powerful lore background, as it’s apparently integral to Sumeru’s historical past. Catalyze applies the Quicken impact, which will increase the goal’s following harm from the subsequent Dendro or Electro harm (referred to as Spread and Avaggrate).

As the trailer explains, there’s a new system the place sure overworld options and enemies will change states relying on what aspect you apply to it, resulting in totally different interactions between the participant and the characteristic in query. In fight, if you happen to defeat an enemy in a particular state, you may even obtain particular rewards.

In the identical teaser, gamers can see the Traveler hitting a mushroom with Dendro, making it bloom. The Traveler is then ready to make use of the mushroom like a trampoline–an motion displaying Dendro’s potential to be an attention-grabbing software in overworld exploration.

In line with custom in Genshin Impact’s group, leaks from 3.0’s beta have unfold online–including a full listing of rumored Dendro reactions. While most of within the data on this leak is mainly confirmed in trailers and press releases, as with every thing that comes from rumors, take it with a grain of salt. We’ll have to attend till 3.0 is out to substantiate Dendro’s capabilities.

The Sumeru setting

Sumeru is the land of knowledge, students, and the Dendro Archon. Players most likely know Sumeru because the place Lisa, a Mondsadt character we meet on the very starting of the sport, attended college.

The group often called Akademiya controls Sumeru’s state affairs. Sumerians as a complete prize data and in addition do not dream, one thing they take pleasure in–since they see it as proof of their rationality.

Sumeru’s surroundings is cut up into two biomes: the desert and the rainforest. In distinction to Inazuma’s jagged cliffs and Liyue’s stone pillars, Sumeru’s mountain slopes are extra mild, like these discovered within the tropical and humid areas, in line with the devs talking within the second Sumeru preview teaser. The forest’s wildlife has a singular evolution of Shroom-kins referred to as Funi. The strongest Fungi have animalistic traits, together with a brand new chicken-slash-big-bird boss.

When gamers enter Sumeru, they’re going to encounter a metropolis constructed on a large tree and a bunch of forest spirits, who after all, have issues they want the Traveler to assist them with–the catalyst for the Traveler to find many various areas within the Sumeru map. There’s even a mysterious large robotic wedged in-between mountains, in addition to big bushes that glow.

Travelers will meet Eremites, individuals descended from an historic civilization in a desert. They’re an unbiased pressure in Sumeru and could be thought of mercenaries. In this huge desert, Sumeru additionally incorporates distinctive upside-down tornados and secret areas–including relics and enemies from the fallen historic civilization. There’s additionally one other large robotic within the desert as properly. How the 2 robots are associated is to be uncovered in-game.

All of the above, although, is below menace by one thing that’s “eroding” them.

The Sumeru storyline

A Sumeru trailer reveals that the Dendro Archon, the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, is immediately linked to Irminsul, the nice tree whose roots kind leylines. She, nevertheless, disappeared in a calamity a pair hundred years in the past. Sages finally discovered a reborn model of the Archon–Lesser Lord Kusanali–and introduced her again to Sumeru.

The 3.0 trailer additionally teases a pageant referred to as Sabzeruz and the reborn Archon’s birthday, the place Nilou–a character who’s chosen to go down the trail of artwork and dance in a rustic that values wisdom–will carry out an vital dance. There’s additionally a shadowy antagonistic pressure attempting to convey again a god–hinted to be the previous Dendro Archon–promising “retribution” for all others. The Fatui are additionally as much as one thing in Sumeru as properly, in line with the Teyvat interlude teaser A Winter Night’s Lazzo. At the top of the teaser, a Doctor phase stands in entrance of a large burning tree–likely Irminsul–and Collei, a Sumerian character, wakes up from a dream.

Another subject taking place in Sumeru is one thing referred to as the Withering. True to the title, Withering zones look devoid of life and the phenomenon is claimed to originate from the depths of the world. Rangers, as commented by the brand new Sumeru character Tighnari within the trailer, are prone to battle within the withering zones for fairly awhile.

Playable Sumeru characters

Tighnari and Collei’s skills haven’t formally been revealed. But dependable leakers, like Honey Hunter, have launched what their kits are rumored to be. We will not get into the nitty gritty, ins-and-outs of their rumored kits right here, however will supply a normal overview.

Tighnari and Collei are on 3.0’s first banner, along with a returning Zhongli banner. Dori is on 3.0’s second set of banners–Ganyu and Kokomi reruns–which will seem within the occasion’s second half. Collei can be obtained without cost from the Graven Innocence occasion.

Tighnari (Bow, Five-star, Dendro)

• Bio: A warm-hearted younger researcher. He’s a Forest Watcher and Collei’s trainer.
• Skills: Dendro AoE harm vendor. Elemental burst permits Tighnari to launch six Dendro strikes that observe enemies.

Collei (Bow, Four-star, Dendro)

• Bio: Trainee forest ranger below Tighnari.
• Abilities: Archer with a package just like Amber’s, however Dendro as an alternative of Pyro. She has an assault like a Dendro boomerang that may have an effect on a number of enemies. She additionally has Amber’s Baron Bunny-esque toy referred to as Cuielen-Anbar, who upon exploding, offers Dendro harm.

Dori (Claymore, Four-star, Electro)

• Bio: A touring service provider, who appears even shorter than Diona
• Abilities: Her package is geared extra towards being a help. Burst will hook up with a personality and supply them with HP restoration, vitality regeneration, and electro software.

New Events

Graven Innocence Event

• Picture-taking problem: Players can take photos of forest animals in Sumeru and get rewards.
• Combat problem: New Electro Regisvine and chicken-horse-something-hybrid Dendro Fungi boss.
• Time Racing Challenge: Players race by way of the panorama in a timed problem to gather gold cash.
• Combat: Section I of this class have quests titled “The Wonderful Fungi of Teyvat” but additionally present gamers preventing Ruin Scouts (the jellyfish-esque mechanical enemies).
• Rewards: This occasion notably provides new 4-star Dendro character Collei and crowns, among the many typical rewards of primogens and different character level-up sources.

Tablet Analytics

These are the same old timed fight challenges with fight rating multipliers for various chosen battle circumstances. There’s character buffs too, for instance, your present energetic character can obtain a 110% Hydro harm increase. Rewards embody primogens and the same old sources like EXP books, gold, character expertise level-up supplies, and extra.

Lost Riches

This occasion is treasure looking, and gamers can uncover Chests after defeating enemies.

Fayz Trials

This one is barely new, not like Lost Riches which we have seen in previous Genshin updates, in that it is a fight problem the place gamers can take potions and deal lots of harm to enemies by capturing their weaknesses.

Teasers and trailers