Genshin Impact: When Ganyu Is Going To Be Playable | Screen Rant
Version 1.2 of Genshin Impact has finally arrived, bringing in a lot of new content to the open-world RPG. In addition to the new Dragonspine region, playable characters like Albedo and Ganyu are also being added. However, at the start of the 1.2 update in Genshin Impact, Ganyu isn't available yet. So, when should players expect to find her as a playable character in the game?
The 1.2 update for Genshin Impact has a lot of new events, Artifacts and weapons, and at least two playable characters. Genshin Impact's Dragonspine region has finally opened as well, giving players a new snow-covered area to explore. There's a lot for fans to be excited about right now, even if Ganyu isn't a playable character quite yet, since this first part of Genshin Impact's Version 1.2 is focusing on the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius, Albedo, instead.
Collecting playable characters is a massively appealing aspect of Genshin Impact, as players try to acquire their favorites through the Wish system. So far, only two playable characters have been officially confirmed for Genshin Impact's 1.2 update, although new characters like Rosaria may become playable over time. Ganyu, like many of the game's playable characters, leaked prior to Version 1.2's official announcement. Thankfully, though, developer miHoYo has given fans an idea of when she will become playable in the game.
According to the 1.2 Special Program, Ganyu is scheduled to arrive sometime in mid-January. A specific date wasn't given, but she will be arriving as part of the Sinae Unicornis Chapter of Version 1.2. While mid-January is a good timeframe of when to expect playable Ganyu to make her arrival, based on miHoYo's release schedule the date is likely January 13th, 2021. This seems to be confirmed in the 1.2 Patch Notes, which show that Albedo is leaving on January 12th.
Typically, Genshin Impact's new content updates arrive in six-week intervals. January 13th would be about four weeks after 1.2 arrived, but still a couple of weeks before Version 1.3 makes its debut in February. This means Ganyu would be a new featured character about halfway through Version 1.2's content. That would also put Ganyu's release on a similar schedule to the way Zhongli released about three weeks after Tartaglia did in the previous 1.1 update.
Of course, all of this is speculation at this point, since miHoYo hasn't officially given an exact date for Ganyu. However, based on Genshin Impact's update schedule and 1.2 Patch Notes, as well as the way the game has previously staggered playable character releases, January 13th makes the most sense.