Never one to lag behind HSR and ZZZ, Genshin Impact will introduce its own new pink-haired animal-themed girl in Version Luna 6

Today’s Genshin Impact Special Program has wrapped up, and it’s brought us some big news about the next major update. Luna 6 is the next phase in the action RPG’s story, titled Song of the Welkin Moon: Rondo – Augured Homecoming.

It’s set to arrive on April 8, bringing with it a tonne of new content, including a big expansion to the original region of Mondstadt.

As part of this new update, Mondstadt’s northern parts expand with new areas. The new Dornman Port is one thing, but the most exciting is the Temple of Space. This floating structure is home to Asmoday fragments, and is made up of different realms inspired by Liyue, Sumeru, and various other civilizations from around Teyvat. Launching with the update is a new mechanic that lets you manipulate the space to reveal hidden paths containing secrets.

If you take the time to explore, you’ll find a lot to there to learn about Asmoday, Ruler of Space. There’s a new boss to take on in the temple, too: Watcher: Fallen Vigil.

The only new character in Luna 6 is Linnea, who continues the current trend within HoYoverse games of focussing heavily on cute pink-haired animal-themed girls. Linnea is a 5-Star Geo Bow user who can really work with parties made up of Lunar-Crystallize characters, with her big gimmick being the ability to turn Hydro-Crystallize reactions into Lunar-Crystallize reactions.

Linnea has a companion, Lumi, who allows her to increase the Lunar-Crystallize damage she deals, while also lowering her enemies’ Geo resistance. Linnea can also deliver either off-field Geo damage or a Lunar-Crystallize reaction hit with her Elemental Skill.

Beyond that, she can heal the party using her Elemental Burst. If you take Linnea with you as you explore, she can help you discover rare animals, thanks to her innate naturalist abilities.

This update will also see Chasca get her first-ever rerun, and you’ll be able to roll for her in the first phase of Event Wishes. The second phase will feature no new characters and instead focus on Nefer and Lauma. There’s going to be another Chronicled Wish banner, this time specifically for Fontaine characters.

You can look forward to a few other new arrivals in Luna 6, including The Nod-Krai Trade Expo, some quality of life updates to Miliastra Wonderland to up the number of players in each lobby, not to mention various other UI changes.

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