Slight edit to this site, I will now be featuring the upcoming newest characters for future updates first! I will try to update as much as I can to keep everything as accurate as possible.
> Current Update: 3.0 (August 24, 2022)
Updated Character Roadmap
Cyno *new five star* predicted 3.1 Update dual Five-Star character release September 28
Candace *new four star character* predicted 3.1 Update dual Five-Star character release September 28
Nilou *new five star* predicted 3.1 Update dual Five-Star character release September 28
Tighnari *new five star* first half of 3.0 Update dual Five-Star character release August 24
type: dendro bow
Zhongli *rerun banner* first half of 3.0 Update dual Five-Star character release August 24
Collei *new four star character* released first half of 3.0 Update dual Five-Star character on August 24
type: dendro bow
Ganyu *rerun banner* second half of 3.0 Update dual Five-Star character release September 9
Sangonomiya Kokomi *rerun banner* second half of 3.0 Update dual Five-Star character release September 9
Dori *new four star character* released second half of 3.0 Update dual Five-Star character on September 9
type: electro claymore
Klee *rerun banner* predicated to be released on the 2.8 Update on July 5
Kazuha Kaedehara *rerun banner* predicated to be released on the 2.8 Update on July 5
Yoimiya Banner *rerun banner* predicated to be released on the 2.8 Update on July 5
Shikanoin Heizou *new four star character* predicated to be released on the 2.8 banner
Yelan *new five star* first half of 2.7 Update dual Five-Star character release May 31
type: hydro bow
Xiao *rerun banner* first half of 2.7 Update dual Five-Star character release May 31
Aratakai Itto *rerun banner* second half of 2.7 Update dual Five-Star character release on June 21
Kuki Shinobu *new four star character* will appear on the 2.7 Update on Itto’s banner
type: electro sword
Kamisato Ayato *new five star* predicted to be released 2.6 Update on March 30
type: hydro sword
Venti *rerun banner* first half of 2.6 Update dual Five-Star character release on March 30
Ayaka *rerun banner* second half of 2.6 Update dual Five-Star character release on April 19
Yae Miko *new five star* first half of 2.5 Update dual Five-Star character release February 15
type: electro catalyst
Raiden Shogun *rerun banner* second half of 2.5 Update dual Five-Star character release March 8
Sangonomiya Kokomi *rerun banner* second half of 2.5 Update dual Five-Star character release on March 8
Shenhe *new five star* first half of 2.4 Update dual Five-Star character release January 4
type: cryo spear
Yunjin *new four star* will appear on the 2.4 Update on Shenhe’s and Xiao’s banner
type: geo spear
Xiao *rerun banner* first half of 2.4 Update dual Five-Star character release January 4
Zhongli *rerun banner* second half of 2.4 Update dual Five-Star character release January 25
Ganyu *rerun banner* second half of 2.4 Update dual Five-Star character release January 25
Albedo *rerun Banner* [2.3 Update] dual Five-Star character release November 23
Eula *rerun Banner* [2.3 Update] dual Five-Star character release November 23
Aratakai Itto *new five star* released during the second half of 2.3 Update release December 14
type: geo claymore
Gorou *new four star* will appear on the 2.3+ Update on Arataki Itto’s banner
type: geo bow
Childe *rerun Banner* [2.2 update] release October 12
Hu Tao *rerun Banner* maybe release November 2
Thoma *new four star* featured on Hu Tao’s banner in 2.2 update. The quote “protector from afar” confirms that he is actually from Mondstadt but lives in Inazuma.
type: pyro spear
Baal *new five star* release September 1 [2.1 update]
type: electro spear (dual sword)
Sara *new four star* might be featured on Baal’s banner since they are kind of a duo and would be weird if she was on Kokomi’s banner… (edit: confirmed on Baal’s banner)
type: electro bow
Kokomi Banner *new five star* released September 21
type: hydro catalyst
Ayaka + Inazuma release July 21 [2.0 update]
type: cryo sword
Yoimiya Banner *new five star* [July 2.0 update] release August 11
type: pyro bow
Sayu *four star* (featured on Yoimiya’s banner) release August 11
type: anemo claymore
Aloy *new FREE five star* check your mail! on the [2.1 Update] release October 13 for playStation players only for now. Mobile and PC players will receive in the 2.2 update!
type: cryo bow
With Genshin collaborating with Horizon Zero Dawn, I really hope to see them implement their robot dinosaur mobs into the game!
Klee Rerun Banner [1.6 update] June 10
Kazuha Banner *new five star* release June 29
type: anemo sword
Yanfei Banner Early April *new four star* on the Zhongli rerun banner [1.5 update]
type: pryo catalyst
Eula Banner * new five star * release May 19
type: cryo claymore
Venti *Rerun Banner* March 16 [1.4 update]
Childe/Tartaglia Rerun Banner Late March 28
With the new four star on Childe’s banner: Rosaria
type: cryo spear
February is going to be a huge month for Genshin Impact simps, as Xiao (the edgelord) will finally be released after the 500 leaks of him previously. So mark your calendars for February 3, since he will only be available for two weeks unfortunately.
But Keqing’s banner will be right after Xiao’s, so maybe it isn’t so bad (because it gives us hope that Mihoyo will hopefully give already released characters a chance of the spotlight too)
Xiao February 3 [1.3 update]
Keqing *first ever standard character on featured banner* February 17
** of course any of dates are subject to change or delayed **
Hu Tao *new five star* release March 3 [1.3 update]
(rumored because of April’s Fools Day and Hu Tao is known to be a prankster and ALSO The Qingming festival, also known as “Tomb-Sweeping Day” in English, is a traditional Chinese festival observed by the Han Chinese of mainland China celebrated on April 4)
Leaked Characters
After finishing off the Liyue Story Quest, we’ve already met various characters from our journey and many already released as playable characters.
Also some characters were leaked and some were already established characters from the manga, so I will just organize these characters by region. (If you don’t already know about the seven different kingdoms of Teyvat, I highly recommend checking out my other blog where I kind of went over it: https://madmeaning.com/entertainment/genshin-impact-inazuma-theories-and-updates-2021-1-2-beyond-roadmap/ )
Mondstadt
Kate (Electro / Sword) *DISCONTINUED*
Most likely from Mondstadt but there is little to no information about her, but her outfit design does look European, so I have to assume she is from Mondstadt.
Liyue
Baizhu (Dendro / Catalyst) *should be released whenever the dendro element is finalized*
>> supposedly he has a cameo in the 2.2 MoonChase Festival in Liyue
Yao Yao (Dendro / Catalyst) rumored to be a FREE four star dendro character!
Inazuma
Scaramouche *possible five star* predicated to be released on the 3.2 Update (also as boss)
type: electro catalyst
Sumeru
Cyno *new character* predicated to be released in the 3.1+ Update
type: electro polearm
Collei
Fontaine
Lyney & Lynette (rumored to be a two-in-one character)
Natlan
Iansan (Pryo)
Snezhnaya
Signora (Cryo) *may be released sometime during the Inazuma Questline*
rip…
Dottore
Khaenri’ah
Dainsleif
Thank you so much for reading! Remember all of these are rumors and theories (nothing set in stone) But I will try to update as new and more information comes out! Comment down below which character you are most excited for!