Genshin Impact 7.1 launches September 23, 2026. Vesna and Vodyanitsa banners, the two free 5-star picks and the anniversary pulls \u2014 confirmed by HoYoverse, with what is still unpublished.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"blog_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genshin-impact"],"acf":{"redactor":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Updated 17 September 2026<\/p>
This article used to sort 7.1 into \u201cconfirmed\u201d and \u201cleaked\u201d. That split is gone: everything below comes from HoYoverse\u2019s own posts of 12\u201316 September \u2014 the launch date, both Event Wishes, the two free 5-star picks and the anniversary rewards. Where the published text does not cover something (banner schedule, 4-stars, kit values), the article says so instead of quoting leakers.<\/p><\/div>
Genshin Impact<\/a> Version 7.1 \u201cA Rekviem for the Underworld\u201d launches on September 23, 2026. HoYoverse said so in the Version 7.1 Benefits Overview<\/a> on September 12, then named the two Event Wishes on September 14: \u201cWhen Warm Winds Cavort\u201d for Vesna (Anemo) and \u201cSurging Ballad\u201d for Vodyanitsa (Hydro), both \u201cavailable after the Version 7.1 update on September 23\u201d. This guide lists what is confirmed, who the fourteen free 5-star options are and what each pick asks of you, and how to plan Primogems now that both new 5-stars are official.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" TL;DR<\/p> Four official posts carry everything in this article. The table keeps HoYoverse\u2019s wording where the wording matters, because the difference between \u201cafter the Version 7.1 update\u201d and a specific banner date is exactly what people get wrong.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"What"},{"header_text":"HoYoverse\u2019s wording"},{"header_text":"Source, date"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Release"},{"cell_text":"Version 7.1 \u201cA Rekviem for the Underworld\u201d launches on September 23"},{"cell_text":"Benefits Overview, 12 Sept"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Vesna"},{"cell_text":"\u201cSnowy Banquet\u2019s Sharp Blade\u201d Vesna (Anemo); Event Wish \u201cWhen Warm Winds Cavort\u201d, available after the Version 7.1 update on September 23, \u201chuge drop rate boost\u201d"},{"cell_text":"Character Skill Showcase, 14 Sept"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Vodyanitsa"},{"cell_text":"\u201cLingering Siren-Song\u201d Vodyanitsa (Hydro); Event Wish \u201cSurging Ballad\u201d, same wording and date"},{"cell_text":"Character Skill Showcase, 14 Sept"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Free 5-star pick, 1 of 6"},{"cell_text":"Limited-Time Invitation: complete the Version 7.1 Archon Quest; after the 7.1 update until 11\/03 (server time)"},{"cell_text":"Benefits Overview graphic, 12 Sept"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Free 5-star pick, 1 of 8"},{"cell_text":"Log in after the version update; same window"},{"cell_text":"Benefits Overview graphic, 12 Sept"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Other rewards"},{"cell_text":"Intertwined Fate \u00d710 (check in), Primogems \u00d71,600 (mail), Initial Top-Up Bonus Reset, Miliastra Wonderland Headwear (log in); \u201cmore anniversary rewards\u201d to follow in-game"},{"cell_text":"Benefits Overview text and graphic, 12 Sept"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Marketing since"},{"cell_text":"Character Teaser \u201cVesna: The \u2018Vilatrace\u2019\u201d and the Snezhnaya OST album \u201cWhere Mercy Endures\u201d"},{"cell_text":"Official news feed, 16 Sept"}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"The Two New 5-Star Banners: Vesna and Vodyanitsa","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Vesna<\/strong> carries the title \u201cSnowy Banquet\u2019s Sharp Blade\u201d and is Anemo. The showcase post<\/a> frames her as a commander: she is \u201cshowing the new recruits of the Druzhna what she can do in battle\u201d. Her Event Wish is \u201cWhen Warm Winds Cavort\u201d. A separate character teaser, \u201cVesna: The \u2018Vilatrace\u2019\u201d, went up on September 16.<\/p> Vodyanitsa<\/strong> is \u201cLingering Siren-Song\u201d and Hydro. Her showcase<\/a> is written around a song that \u201crises from the depths\u201d and \u201can old hymn she rarely performs on the theater stage\u201d; the September 15 story post calls her a prima donna. Her Event Wish is \u201cSurging Ballad\u201d. Both posts use the same sentence for timing: the wish \u201cwill be available after the Version 7.1 update on September 23\u201d, with \u201ca huge drop rate boost\u201d.<\/p> What the text of the two posts does not give: the full banner schedule and how the two wishes are distributed across the version \u2014 that needs separate confirmation from the in-game notice; the 4-star characters on each; whether a rerun runs alongside; and any numerical values \u2014 talent multipliers, energy cost, constellation effects. The verified announcement text contains no figures; the showcase videos are official too, and this article has not transcribed them, so it makes no claim about what they do or do not show. Vesna is Anemo, but whether her kit touches the Stellar Swirl reaction<\/a> added in 7.0 is not stated in the text.<\/p> Budget per character<\/p> Two new limited 5-stars in one version is the expensive case. If you want both, plan a separate reserve for each, starting from your current pity count and whether your next 5-star is guaranteed \u2014 reaching pity once is not the character you want unless the guarantee is on. The free picks and the anniversary pulls below reduce the reserve; they do not replace it.<\/p><\/div>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Free 5-Stars: Who You Can Pick and What It Takes","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" The Benefits Overview text says \u201cinvite two 5-star characters to join your party\u201d; the graphic under it names the pools and the conditions. They are two different events with two different gates.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Pick"},{"header_text":"Choose from"},{"header_text":"Condition"},{"header_text":"Window"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Limited-Time Invitation, 1 of 6"},{"cell_text":"Tartaglia (Hydro), Nilou (Hydro), Baizhu (Dendro), Chiori (Geo), Clorinde (Electro), Varesa (Electro)"},{"cell_text":"Complete the Version 7.1 Archon Quest"},{"cell_text":"After the 7.1 update until 11\/03, server time"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"5-Star Character, 1 of 8"},{"cell_text":"Jean (Anemo), Diluc (Pyro), Qiqi (Cryo), Mona (Hydro), Tighnari (Dendro), Keqing (Electro), Dehya (Pyro), Yumemizuki Mizuki (Anemo)"},{"cell_text":"Log in after the version update"},{"cell_text":"After the 7.1 update until 11\/03, server time"}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Both picks come with \u201cthe corresponding Ascension Materials needed to raise the selected character to Lv. 60\u201d. That is a set of ascension materials, not a levelled character: the pick itself is a new character, the materials cover the ascensions up to level 60, and the graphic says nothing about character EXP, Mora, talent books, a weapon or artifacts \u2014 budget those as you would for any new 5-star. 11\/03 is HoYoverse\u2019s month-day format, so the window closes on November 3 by server time; the graphic adds \u201cplease check in-game notices for event details and schedules\u201d, which is where the exact start and end will be printed.<\/p> The six-character pick is gated behind the Version 7.1 Archon Quest \u2014 the graphic\u2019s own wording, which also settles that 7.1 ships a new Archon Quest act. What the two Chapter VII acts already in the game unlock is covered in the Chapter VII guide<\/a>; the 7.1 act\u2019s name and length are not published yet. The eight-character pick needs nothing but a login after the update.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":5841,"caption":"Version 7.1 Benefits Overview: the two free 5-star pools, the 20 free pulls and the top-up reset. Source: HoYoverse, official Genshin Impact news, 12 September 2026.","alt":"HoYoverse Version 7.1 Benefits Overview graphic: Limited-Time Invitation choose 1 of 6 (Tartaglia, Nilou, Baizhu, Chiori, Clorinde, Varesa), 5-Star Character choose 1 of 8 (Jean, Diluc, Qiqi, Mona, Tighnari, Keqing, Dehya, Yumemizuki Mizuki), Intertwined Fate x10, Primogems x1,600, top-up bonus reset"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" The rest of the anniversary package, as the graphic lists it: Intertwined Fate \u00d710<\/strong> for checking in during the period, Primogems \u00d71,600<\/strong> claimed via mail, an Initial Top-Up Bonus Reset<\/strong> (the doubled Genesis Crystals on a first top-up come back), and the Miliastra Wonderland Headwear<\/strong> for logging in. Ten Intertwined Fates and 1,600 Primogems add up to 20 limited-banner pulls, but the graphic ties the Fates to checking in \u201cduring this limited-time period\u201d and the Primogems to the mail, and gives no day-by-day schedule \u2014 count them as they arrive, not as a day-one lump sum. The text notice says more anniversary rewards will be announced in-game, so this is the floor, not the total.<\/p> The free picks change the arithmetic. If the reason you were saving was a gap in the roster rather than a specific character, check the fourteen names first: a 5-star you can claim is a 5-star you do not pull for. The 20 anniversary pulls are real but small next to a pity, and they arrive on the event\u2019s schedule rather than all at once \u2014 treat them as a top-up on the banner you have already chosen, not a reason to enter a second one.<\/p> Building talent priority<\/a> around characters you already own remains the more reliable use of resources than pre-committing to a kit nobody has seen in numbers. Decide on the showcases; the multipliers arrive with the update.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Kept in one place so nothing above has to hedge. As of September 17, none of the following is in the text HoYoverse has published; the showcase videos have not been transcribed here:<\/p> This article no longer repeats leaker names or roadmaps. When any of the items above is published, this section shrinks and the section it belongs to grows.<\/p>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Our Take: Should You Save Primogems for 7.1","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Our Take<\/p> Save for one of the two, claim both free 5-stars, and put the anniversary pulls on the banner you chose as they arrive.<\/p> Two new limited 5-stars in one version is the expensive case, and it is now confirmed rather than rumoured. What is also confirmed is a cushion: two free 5-star picks with materials to level 60, ten Intertwined Fates and 1,600 Primogems. Use the picks to close a roster gap you were about to pull for, decide between Vesna and Vodyanitsa on the showcases, and hold the rest until the in-game notice prints the banner schedule. The bigger mistake is not missing a new character \u2014 it is pulling on September 23 without having claimed the free ones first.<\/p><\/div>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"When does Genshin Impact 7.1 release?","answer":"September 23, 2026. HoYoverse\u2019s Version 7.1 Benefits Overview, published September 12, 2026, states that Version 7.1 \u201cA Rekviem for the Underworld\u201d launches on September 23."},{"question":"Who are the new 5-star characters in Genshin 7.1?","answer":"Vesna (Anemo, \u201cSnowy Banquet\u2019s Sharp Blade\u201d) on the Event Wish \u201cWhen Warm Winds Cavort\u201d, and Vodyanitsa (Hydro, \u201cLingering Siren-Song\u201d) on \u201cSurging Ballad\u201d. Both are \u201cavailable after the Version 7.1 update on September 23\u201d per HoYoverse\u2019s Character Skill Showcases of September 14. The schedule of the two wishes is not published."},{"question":"Which free 5-star characters can you get in 7.1?","answer":"Two picks. Limited-Time Invitation, one of six: Tartaglia, Nilou, Baizhu, Chiori, Clorinde or Varesa, for completing the Version 7.1 Archon Quest. 5-Star Character, one of eight: Jean, Diluc, Qiqi, Mona, Tighnari, Keqing, Dehya or Yumemizuki Mizuki, for logging in after the update. Both run until November 3, server time, and both include the Ascension Materials for the chosen character up to level 60 \u2014 materials only, not a levelled character."},{"question":"Do I have to finish the Archon Quest to get the free 5-star?","answer":"For the six-character pick, yes: the Benefits Overview graphic says \u201ccomplete the Version 7.1 Archon Quest to invite any one of the following characters\u201d. The eight-character pick only needs a login after the version update."},{"question":"When does each banner run \u2014 Vesna first or Vodyanitsa?","answer":"Not published as of September 17, 2026. Both showcase posts use the same wording \u2014 after the Version 7.1 update on September 23 \u2014 and neither gives a schedule or says how the two wishes are distributed across the version. The in-game banner notice that ships with the update is the first official answer."},{"question":"What happens to my pity if I save across the version change?","answer":"Pity carries over between versions, and if you lose the 50\/50 before the version changes, your next limited-banner 5-star is guaranteed, so saving through the transition does not reset your progress."}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"The Bottom Line","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Genshin Impact 7.1 launches September 23, 2026, with two new limited 5-stars, two free 5-star picks and 20 free pulls \u2014 all from HoYoverse\u2019s own posts, none from unofficial sources. The open questions are the banner schedule, the 4-stars, the kit values and the materials, and they stay open until the update prints them. Until September 22, the 7.0 Phase 2 banners are the only clock running; which 7.0 events expire and which carry over is in the 7.0 events guide<\/a>, and the 7.0 banners themselves in the 7.0 banners piece<\/a>.<\/p> Every claim above is tied to a HoYoverse post and its date. Nothing here comes from unofficial channels; the last row lists what is not published so the gaps are as visible as the facts.<\/p>Before the update<\/h3>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"steps","intro":"Before the September 23 update.","steps":[{"title":"Check your pity and 50\/50 state","description":"how many pulls you are into the character banner, and whether the next 5-star is guaranteed, is the one number every decision below depends on.","image":""},{"title":"Pick Vesna, Vodyanitsa, both or neither \u2014 from the showcases","description":"both Event Wishes are official and both open after September 23; choose on role and look now, and re-check once the update publishes the kit text.","image":""},{"title":"Finish what ends September 22","description":"the 7.0 Phase 2 banners close with the version; anything in Flins\u2019 or Ineffa\u2019s wish you still want is a this-week decision.","image":""},{"title":"Leave weapon banners until the signature weapons are shown","description":"character pulls first; weapon effects and pairings are not in any of the four posts.","image":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
After the update<\/h3>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"steps","intro":"After the update lands.","steps":[{"title":"Read the in-game banner notice before spending","description":"the two wishes are named but their schedule is not; the notice that ships with the update is the first official word on when each runs.","image":""},{"title":"Claim the login pick, then the Archon Quest pick","description":"the eight-character pick needs only a login after the update; the six-character pick opens once the Version 7.1 Archon Quest is complete. Both close November 3, server time.","image":""},{"title":"Count the anniversary rewards as they arrive","description":"the Intertwined Fates come from checking in during the event period and the Primogems by mail; check the in-game schedule rather than assuming all 20 pulls on day one.","image":""},{"title":"Pull for a role only after the free picks are in","description":"if one of the fourteen names covers the gap you were saving for, that pity is spared for Vesna or Vodyanitsa.","image":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What HoYoverse Has Not Published Yet","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"
Sources and Confidence<\/h2>
Claim<\/th> Where it comes from<\/th> Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Version 7.1 \u201cA Rekviem for the Underworld\u201d launches on September 23; two 5-star invites, Intertwined Fate \u00d710, Primogems \u00d71,600, first top-up bonus reset, more anniversary rewards to be announced in-game<\/td> HoYoverse \u2014 Version 7.1 Benefits Overview, 12 September 2026<\/a><\/td> Official announcement<\/td><\/tr> Free-pick pools (1 of 6 after the 7.1 Archon Quest; 1 of 8 after login), window \u201cafter the Version 7.1 update \u2013 11\/03 (server time)\u201d, Ascension Materials to Lv. 60, Miliastra Wonderland Headwear<\/td> Same post, Benefits Overview graphic<\/a><\/td> Official announcement (graphic)<\/td><\/tr> \u201cSnowy Banquet\u2019s Sharp Blade\u201d Vesna (Anemo), Event Wish \u201cWhen Warm Winds Cavort\u201d after the 7.1 update on September 23<\/td> HoYoverse \u2014 Character Skill Showcase, 14 September 2026<\/a><\/td> Official announcement<\/td><\/tr> \u201cLingering Siren-Song\u201d Vodyanitsa (Hydro), Event Wish \u201cSurging Ballad\u201d after the 7.1 update on September 23<\/td> HoYoverse \u2014 Character Skill Showcase, 14 September 2026<\/a><\/td> Official announcement<\/td><\/tr> Character Teaser \u201cVesna: The \u2018Vilatrace\u2019\u201d and the OST album \u201cWhere Mercy Endures\u201d, 16 September; Vodyanitsa story post, 15 September<\/td> HoYoverse \u2014 official Genshin Impact news feed<\/a><\/td> Official announcement<\/td><\/tr> 7.0 Phase 2 banners end on September 22<\/td> Follows from the September 23 launch date; the exact closing hour is the in-game banner notice<\/td> Derived from official<\/td><\/tr> Banner schedule, 4-star lineups, rerun banners, kit values, ascension and talent materials, name and length of the 7.1 Archon Quest<\/td> Absent from the text of all four posts as of 17 September 2026; the showcase videos not transcribed here<\/td> Not in published text<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"Genshin 7.1 launches September 23, 2026: Vesna and Vodyanitsa banners, two free 5-star picks and 20 anniversary pulls \u2014 what HoYoverse has confirmed."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4103"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5858,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103\/revisions\/5858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=4103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}