Genshin Impact is currently one of the most successful games in the market overthrowing even massive giants like Minecraft in terms of popularity. The game has amassed a giant following of millions upon millions of players in the cruel cruel world of Gacha Hell, with every player dedicated to search for their beloved waifu (or husbando).
Developer Mihoyo often runs certain special programs for Genshin Impact on spots like Twitch or Youtube that announce the upcoming content for the game’s next update. In this case its Update 2.6, which is going to release with a ton of new contents and events in tow. Below you can find all the new events being added to Genshin Impact Update 2.6:
Genshin Impact 2.6: Upcoming Events and Rewards
Following are the events appearing in the next Genshin Impact update:
1) Hues of the Violet Garden:
Hues of the Violet Garden is an upcoming event that celebrates the Irodori Festival in Inazuma. The event features multiple minigames like photography through the “Moon and Stars Inscribed”, the tower defense minigame “Theatre Mechanicus, a test of your fighting skills in the form of an all new Sword-fighting event called the “Clash of Lone Blades” and a floral decoration event through the “Floral Courtyard Ikebana” event.
Participating in this event offers:
- Free Xinqqiu
- Primogems
- Mora
- Crown of Insight
- Mystic Enhancement Ore
- Talent-up materials
- Hero’s Wit EXP Books
2) Spices From the West:
Spices of The West is a cooking based event in the upcoming Genshin Impact update. A researcher from Sumeru has come to Liyue to conduct research on seasonings. Cook seasonings to create Fragrant Dishes for your Serenitea Pot Companions to taste-test and increase Companion EXP. This event has you participating in various cooking related minigames.
Participating in this event offers:
- Primogems
- Mora
- Hero’s Wit EXP Books
- Weapon Ascension Materials
- Mystic Enhancement Ore
3) Outside the Lens, Inside the Canvas:
This selfie-focused event asks you to go to various places around the world of Teyvat and take pictures of your characters with various poses before various landmarks.
Participating in this event offers:
- Primogems
- Mora
- Hero’s Wit EXP Books
4) Vibro-Crystal Research
Another upcoming event in the upcoming Genshin Impact Update 2.6 is the Vibro-Crystal Research. During the period of this event the players will be given access to certain characters as a trial. These characters include
- Raiden Shogun
- Venti
- Xiangling
- Xingqiu
In this event players will be able to mix and match certain crystals to give themselves various buffs.
Participating in this event offers:
- Primogems
- Mora
- Hero’s Wit EXP Books
- Mystic Enhancement Ore.
- Weapon Upgrade materials
Alongside all this two other events will also be making their way into Genshin Impact as a rerun. These include the “Theatre Mechanicus” and the “Ley Line Overflow”.
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Interesting, haven’t played Genshin Impact. I know it’s F2p, just not a huge fan of micro transactions and gatcha systems with low RNG. I’ve seen post that suggest it’s like Botw, honestly imo it looks similar to Sword Art Lycoris.