Developer HoYoverse released the latest update for open-world RPG Genshin Impact. In Version 7.0: Everwinter Without Mercy, the Travelers venture out into the long-awaited Snezhnaya, the homeland of the Fatui, ruled over by the Tsaritsa.
As we have all learned draws us toward the frozen north, and every unanswered question leads us closer to Snezhnaya. Can those who defy fate ever achieve an outcome that transcends the rules governing the world?
“You’ve battled dragons and sea monsters, defeated creations of the gods, and faced prophecies of doom and the threat of the Abyss. You’ve even made it all the way to the moon. Now, howling winds and relentless snow beckon you toward a new nation, where new encounters and new adventures await… Welcome to Snezhnaya — Everwinter Without Mercy.”
Don’t miss out on the new Web-Event ‘Snezhnaya Travel Guide’!
Genshin Impact – Version 7.0 Phase I Banners Feature:
- 5-star characters: Odette (Cryo Sword), Arlecchino (Pyro Polearm);
- 5-star signature weapons: Whitelake Frostfeather (Sword), Crimson Moon’s Semblance (Polearm)
- 4-star characters: Lynette (Anemo Sword), Alyosha (Electro Polearm), Sucrose (Anemo Catalyst)
- 4-star weapons: Favonius Sword (Sword), The Bell (Claymore), Dragon’s Bane (Polearm), Sacrificial Fragments (Catalyst), and Rust (Bow)
Among the many new companions players can expect to meet in Snezhnaya, Odette, a 5-Star Cryo Sword wielder, is one of the first new playable characters. Though she is a Fatui operative working under La Signora, Odette’s skills as a highly trained assassin are nowhere as well-known as her skills as a celebrated Snezhnayan ballerina. In combat, Odette converts Superconduct and Cryo Swirl reactions into Stellar-Conduct and Stellar Swirl respectively while amplifying all Stellar Glimmer reaction DMG across the party.
Her Elemental Skill deploys a dance double that deals continuous AoE Cryo DMG and grants all party members a Stellar Glimmer reaction DMG Bonus. Using her Elemental Skill again draws Odette and her double into a brief duet, unleashing a burst of Cryo AoE DMG regarded as a Stellar Glimmer reaction. Her Elemental Burst deals multiple waves of AoE Cryo DMG and increases the Stellar Glimmer reaction DMG she deals.
Another new companion making their debut in this version is Alyosha, a Snezhnayan hunter who fights alongside his canine companion Tugarin. As a 4-Star Electro Polearm wielder, he provides the party with Stellar-Conduct DMG buffs, as well as restores HP to nearby party members on the battlefield. Players can get Alyosha for free as they advance through the new Archon Quest.
