Genshin Impact 5.4 Update Details and Patch Notes - Genshin Impact Guide - IGN (2025)

New Weapons

The details for the two new Weapons added with this update are as follows:

Mikawa Flower Festival

This event returns to the game with more challenges to complete and rewards to earn. This event includes a variety of minigames and experiences, including:

• A Little Fox's Daydream
  • Guide a little fox through its dreamscapes, collecting Fried Tofu and reaching its destination.
• Bunshin Phantasm
  • Muji-Muji Daruma will mimic the player's actions from the previous round. Players need to use the Daruma's imitated actions to unlock the bridge to the goal within three rounds.
• Akitsu Harpastum
  • This twist on Akitsu Yuugei will see players dodging a barrage of bullets while returning their harpastum to keep their vitality above zero.

Partake in these activities to earn Festival Stamps, which you can then exchange for rewards including (but not limited to) the new "Tamayuratei no Ohanashi" 4-Star Polearm.

Additional Events

Several other events will be available over the course of Version 5.4. These include:

• Travelers' Tales: Anthology Chapter
  • Experience slice-of-life stories from various different fan-favorite characters
• Reel Ad-Venture
  • A film editing challenge minigame
• Invasive Fish Wrangler
  • Partake in this fishing minigame with Co-Op and competitive modes
• Realm of Tempered Valor
  • A combat-focused event

Optimizations

Several updates are being introduced with 5.4, including:

• You can now set Level-Up Plans for your characters in the Training Guide
• Filter systems for Characters and Weapons have been streamlined
• An Auto Add button has been added to the Weapon Refinement interface

Patch Details

• New Main Story Quest
  • Yumemizuki Mizuki's Story Quest - Tapirus Somniator Chapter: Act I "Dream Eater's Melancholia"
  • Unlock Criteria:
    • Reach Adventure Rank 40 or above
    • Complete Raiden Shogun's Story Quest - Imperatrix Umbrosa Chapter: Act II "Transient Dreams"
• New Recipe:
  • Inazuma Shimura's: Bathhouse Manjuu.
• New Character Specialty Dish:
  • Yumemizuki Mizuki's specialty: Dreams of Healing.
• Adds Set 38 of "Paimon's Paintings" chat emojis.
• New namecards
• Spiral Abyss
  • Phase 1 of the Spiral Abyss will be updated on February 16th.
  • Floor 11 Ley Line Disorder changed to:
    • All party members have their Elemental Mastery increased by 200.
  • Floor 12 Ley Line Disorders changed to:
    • First Half: Swirl DMG dealt by the active character increased by 600%.
    • Second Half: Characters' Charged Attack Cryo DMG increased by 75%.
  • Updated the monster lineup on Floors 11 – 12 of the Spiral Abyss.
  • Blessing of the Abyssal Moon:
    • Stirring Moon
      • When a character receives healing, a shockwave will be unleashed at the character's position, dealing True DMG to nearby opponents. This effect can be triggered once every 3s.
  • Phase 2 of the Spiral Abyss will be updated on March 16.
    • Floor 11 Ley Line Disorder changed to:
    • All characters in the party gain a 75% Electro DMG Bonus.
    • Floor 12 Ley Line Disorders changed to:
      • First Half: Characters' Elemental Skill Hydro DMG increased by 75%.
      • Second Half: Characters' Plunging Attack DMG increased by 75%.
  • Updated the monster lineup on Floors 11 – 12 of the Spiral Abyss.
  • Blessing of the Abyssal Moon:
    • Plunging Moon
      • When a character's Plunging Attacks hit opponents, a shockwave will be unleashed at the character's position, dealing True DMG to nearby opponents. This effect can be triggered once every 3s.

Bug Fixes

• Enemies
  • Fixes an issue whereby the enemy "Qucusaurus Warrior: Blazing Sky" would display abnormal behavior due to incorrect orientation when entering the alert state.
  • Fixes an issue whereby the enemy "Lord of Eroded Primal Fire" could still be hit by certain characters' skills after leaving the combat area.
  • Fixes an issue under certain circumstances whereby there would be a chance that the enemy "Ruin Guard" would fail to cast its skills normally.
  • Fixes an issue under certain circumstances whereby treasure could not be collected after defeating the enemy "Iniquitous Baptist."
  • Fixes an issue whereby under certain circumstances, the enemy Tenebrous Papilla had a small chance of being unable to cast the skill "Beseech the Dark" in the Spiral Abyss.
• Characters
  • Fixes an issue whereby under certain circumstances, when Xilonen is climbing in her Nightsoul's Blessing state and triggers Nightsoul Transmission to switch to Mavuika, there was a small chance that Mavuika would be unable to move.
  • Fixes an issue whereby Citlali's model would abnormally disappear when entering Aiming Mode in mid-air.
  • Fixes an issue whereby when Citlali enters her leaping state, her attack range would abnormally decrease and become inconsistent with her Normal Attacks.
  • Fixes an issue whereby Citlali's facial expressions would be slightly abnormal when casting her Elemental Skill or triggering her idle animation.
  • Fixes an issue whereby when Ororon and Citlali leap into the air, glide, and use the gadget "Red Feather Fan," the corresponding special effects would not display normally.
  • Fixes an issue whereby some damage had a small chance of not triggering the "Hypersense" effect of Ororon's Passive Talent "Nightshade Synesthesia" as intended.
  • Fixes an issue whereby in Co-Op Mode, when Mavuika or Mualani enter the field of view in the Nightsoul's Blessing state, there was a chance that the special effects of their skills would be abnormal.
  • Fixes an issue whereby when Mavuika got knocked away on her Flamestrider and defeated, the character's movements would be abnormal.
  • Fixes an issue whereby in certain environments, Hu Tao's glasses when wearing the outfit "Cherries Snow-Laden" did not display correctly.
  • Fixes an issue under certain circumstances whereby triggering Mavuika's Lv. 6 Constellation effect would cause abnormal Nightsoul point consumption while in the Nightsoul's Blessing state.
  • Fixes an issue whereby some outfit special effects were not displaying normally when Mavuika unleashed her Elemental Burst and entered the "Crucible of Death and Life" state.
  • Fixes an issue whereby under certain circumstances, when triggering Nightsoul Transmission and switching to another character, the character's Nightsoul's Blessing state would be abnormal.
• Open World
  • Fixes an issue whereby under certain circumstances, a rock near the "Coatepec Mountain" and "Ancestral Temple" areas could not be destroyed by a Flamegranate.
• System
  • Fixes an issue whereby Lan Yan's character expressions would be slightly abnormal when switching from other characters to Lan Yan and triggering her animation in the "Party Setup" interface.
  • Fixes an issue whereby after sorting characters in the "Character Showcase" or "Craft" interface, closing and reopening the interface would not reset the character sorting to its default state.
  • Fixes an issue whereby under certain circumstances, there was a chance that the tutorial "Unlocking Domains" would be unable to trigger normally. After the version update, Travelers who have met the trigger conditions but have not triggered this tutorial will automatically trigger the relevant tutorial upon logging in.
  • Fixes an issue in the "Character > Voice-Over" interface for Citlali, whereby the voice-over "About Us: Awkwardness" had an incorrect Friendship Level requirement (should be unlocked at Friendship Lv. 6, previously incorrectly set at Friendship Lv. 4).
• Audio
  • Fixes an issue whereby when Citlali or Mavuika triggered their chat voice lines, after swapping to other system interfaces and returning to the original interface, the characters' interrupted voice lines would not resume playing.
  • Fixes an issue with the Pyro Traveler Lumine whereby the sound effect of her third Normal Attack was not synchronized with her movements.
  • Fixes an issue under certain circumstances whereby Mavuika's Charged Attack voice-lines were abnormally missing in Japanese, Korean, and English.
  • Fixes an issue with Mavuika whereby after performing a Plunging Attack while riding her Flamestrider, the Flamestrider's sound effects would keep playing after switching immediately to the All-Fire Armaments form and exiting the Flamestrider.
  • Fixes an issue whereby when Citlali or Mavuika triggered their Chat voice lines, after swapping to other system interfaces and returning to the original interface, the characters' interrupted voice lines would not resume playing.
  • Fixes an issue whereby some background music would play abnormally during the phase transition of the enemy "The Knave" after the Version 5.3 update.
  • Fixes inconsistencies between Chinese voice-over and text in certain quests, and optimizes some Chinese voice-over sound effects.
• Systems
  • Fixes an issue on PS5 devices whereby settings could not be applied when setting the key binding to R2 in the "Instrument Settings" interface of the musical instrument gadgets.
  • Fixes the issue of abnormal list order in the "Co-Op Mode" interface after the Version 5.3 update.
• Other
  • Fixes an issue with the text description of the effects of the "Ley Line Disorder" on Floor 3 of the Spiral Abyss.
  • Fixes an issue whereby the item Xiao Lantern could be abnormally attacked by some characters.
  • Fixes an issue whereby the camera would abnormally shake slightly in certain areas of Natlan.
  • Fixes an issue whereby under certain circumstances, some actions of the "Firstborn Firesprite" would be triggered abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue whereby under certain circumstances, the current progress of "Envisaged Echoes" would abnormally be lost when resuming the challenge.
  • Fixes an issue whereby after Xiangling dons the outfit "New Year's Cheer," selecting "Upbeat Encouragement" in "Take Photo" > "Pose" would result in her actions displaying abnormally.
  • Fixes an issue in Imaginarium Theater whereby the Performance Event that starts the battle with the character at 50% HP is treated as a healing effect, causing certain character abilities to trigger abnormally at the start of the battle.
  • Fixes an issue whereby the effect of the weapon "Ferrous Shadow" could not be applied to Mavuika's Flamestrider Charged Attack.
  • Fixes some text errors in certain languages and optimizes text. (Note: Related in-game functions have not changed. Travelers can view the changes in different languages by going to the Paimon Menu > Settings > Language and changing the Game Language.)

Full Patch Notes

If you wish to read the Patch Notes in full, you can do so via the official HoYoLab websites 5.4 Patch Notes blog post.