Genshin 7.0 Events: Which Ones Actually End Before Phase 1

Phase 1 of Genshin Impact 7.0 runs from August 12 to September 1, 2026, alongside the Odette and Arlecchino banners, but that date is not a universal deadline for the version’s four new events. Only one of them actually closes before Phase 1 ends — the other three either straddle the boundary or haven’t opened yet. Here’s the full spread, what each one pays out, and the exact date it stops counting.

Warning

It’s easy to assume every 7.0 event tracks the Phase 1 banner window. It doesn’t. Mutual Aid in Bloom closes on August 24, a full week before Phase 1 itself ends on September 1 — if you’re reading this after that date, its Primogems and the Katheryne statue cosmetic are already gone for this run.

Mutual Aid in Bloom: Into the Frostlands went live the moment 7.0 launched on August 12 and closes on Mutual Aid in Bloom: Into the Frostlands is an Event in Version 7.0, running after the Version 7.0 update until 2026/08/24 03:59. To even start it you need Adventure Rank 20 or above, to have completed Archon Quest Prologue Act III “Song of the Dragon and Freedom,” and to have finished the “Gunfire in the Silent Lands” quest of Archon Quest Chapter VII Act I — with Chapter VII Act II recommended first for the full experience.

Once you’re in, you venture into designated sectors of Snezhnaya and complete objectives such as taking photos, which unlock progressively, earning supply rewards and Fervor Coupons. The headline mechanic is the “Snowballs A-Rollin'” minigame: clearing it lets you spend Fervor Coupons on Lady Katheryne statue parts, which you can use to decorate your stronghold and place in the Serenitea Pot, with duplicates tradeable through the Mutual Aid Network storage device. On the currency side, this event is worth 420 Primogems for completing its stages.

This is not a one-sitting event. Because objectives unlock progressively rather than all at once, treating it as “start today, finish tonight” doesn’t work — you need to log in across several of the days it’s live to catch each wave of tasks before the August 24 cutoff. If you’re reading this with more than a few days left before that date, prioritize it first; everything else in the patch has more breathing room.

The official Genshin Impact site and the July 31 livestream confirmed this as the patch’s headline event. Great Expeditionist Challenge begins on August 28, 2026, and features four game modes, including shooting challenges, combat, puzzles, and train simulation. It’s run by the Adventurers’ Guild and mixes piloting trains through Snezhnaya’s tumultuous weather, target practice with your new guns, puzzles, mini-games, and regular combat domains.

The payoff is the biggest of the four events: the event rewards a free copy of Diona, plus the usual Primogems and Crowns of Insight, running from August 28 to September 14. One source puts the total at up to 920 Primogems for clearing its challenges. Because it starts on August 28 and doesn’t close until September 14, it spans the entire Phase 1 to Phase 2 transition — you can start it inside Phase 1 and still have two full weeks after the banners change to finish it. There’s genuinely no need to cram this one before September 1; the deadline that matters for this event is September 14, not the Phase 1 boundary. If you want reaction-heavy teams ready for its combat domains, the Stellar Swirl reaction guide covers how the new mechanic interacts with Snezhnaya enemies.

These two don’t factor into any “before September 1” decision because neither one exists yet during Phase 1. Trial of the Bastion involves firearm challenges created by other players in the Shadow Realm, rewarding Primogems and level-up materials, running from September 7 to 17. It’s described as a 3D tower defense mode where you stop enemies from reaching their destination by firing your gun and setting down traps along their route. Its Primogem total is listed at 420 Primogems for the combat trial.

Overflowing Abundance is a recurring double Talent Book and Weapon Materials domain rewards event for Genshin Impact 7.0. It’s released on September 14, 2026 and runs for one week, letting you earn double talent book and weapon ascension material drops from domains each day by spending Original Resin. Mechanically, you complete any Talent Level Up or Weapon Ascension Domain you choose and claim rewards afterward, using Original Resin, capped at three claims a day. There’s no Primogem component here at all — it’s a farming multiplier, useful if you’re pushing talents for the new characters, and the talent priority guide is worth checking before you decide which domains to burn resin on. Since both events start after Phase 1 closes, nothing about them changes if you finish reading this on August 31 versus September 5.

For anyone with limited time, this split matters more than the calendar dates. Three of the four events pay Primogems; one doesn’t touch your wish currency at all.

If your time is genuinely tight, skip the Katheryne statue collecting inside Mutual Aid in Bloom once you’ve banked its Primogem-earning stages — the statue itself is a Serenitea Pot decoration with no gameplay weight. Overflowing Abundance is the one to deprioritize entirely if you’re not deep into talent farming, since it pays no wish currency whatsoever.

Adding up the four events honestly: the Great Expeditionist Challenge’s four modes run around one to two evenings given the mix of shooting, puzzles and combat domains. Mutual Aid in Bloom needs closer to three separate check-ins because its objectives unlock progressively rather than all at once. Trial of the Bastion, as a stage-based combat mode, is realistically one evening. Overflowing Abundance costs nothing extra on top — it just doubles rewards on domain runs you’d be doing for gear anyway.

Stack it all up and the honest number is around five separate sessions across the full version, roughly seven hours total — not something you clear in one sitting, but not a second job either. Nobody needs to burn all seven hours before September 1, since two of the four events haven’t even opened by then.

If you’re logging in with roughly a week before September 1, here’s the order that actually saves the most rewards instead of chasing everything at once.

“All four events end when Phase 1 ends”

This is the single biggest misread of the version. Only Mutual Aid in Bloom actually closes before September 1. The flagship event runs two weeks past it, and the other two haven’t opened yet — the Phase 1 boundary is a banner rotation date, not an events deadline.

“Miliastra Wonderland’s summer event is part of the same clock”

The separate summer-themed Miliastra Wonderland event runs on its own schedule and isn’t tied to the four Snezhnaya events or the September 1 boundary at all, so treating it as another Phase 1 deadline is a mistake worth avoiding.

“Missing Overflowing Abundance means missing Primogems”

It doesn’t, because that event was never a Primogem source in the first place — it’s a resin-based material multiplier. If you’re not actively pushing talent levels or weapon ascensions right now, there’s genuinely nothing lost by skipping it.