Next Genshin Impact banner: release date, time, and featured characters [Version 3.7]

Who is featured on the Genshin Impact banners in Version 3.7, and when will it go live? Genshin Impact works on a gacha system, where players can spend various in-game and real-world currencies to Wish on a character's banner in the hopes of obtaining a playable version of them.

While many characters are permanently available as potential pulls from the gacha, others — usually 5-star characters — are only available during limited periods as part of Character Event Wish banners. Every Character Event Wish banner features one 5-star character and three 4-star characters with a massively increased drop rate, and the 5-star character is often unique to the banner and unobtainable in any other way.

On this page, we've compiled everything we know about Genshin Impact's current and upcoming banners, including release dates and times for the next banner changeover. Further down the page, we've included some information about characters who are available to purchase from the current and upcoming stock in Paimon's Bargains.

Genshin Impact: current event banners

The concurrent Character Event Wish banners in Genshin Impact for Version 3.7 (Phase 2) are Caution in Confidence and Leaves in the Wind, which are reruns for Alhaitham and Kaedehara Kazuha, respectively. These banners have been available to wish on June 13th, and are expected to end on July 4th, 2023 at 3pm BST / 4pm EDT / 1pm PDT.

These banners feature 4-star characters Xiangling, Shikanoin Heizou, and Yaoyao with a boosted drop rate. Note that while the promoted 4-star characters can be pulled from either banner, the featured 5-star characters can only be pulled by wishing on their own individual banner. However, pity accumulates on and is shared between both concurrent Character Event Wish banners.

See below for full details on the characters with increased drop rates on the current banners:

Caution in Confidence

• Alhaitham (5-star)
• Xiangling (4-star)
• Shikanoin Heizou (4-star)
• Yaoyao (4-star)

Leaves in the Wind

• Kaedehara Kazuha (5-star)
• Xiangling (4-star)
• Shikanoin Heizou (4-star)
• Yaoyao (4-star)

Genshin Impact: future event banners

Version 3.8 of Genshin Impact is expected to launch on July 4th/5th at the following times:

• US West: 8pm PDT (July 4th)
• US East: 11pm EDT (July 4th)
• UK: 4am BST (July 5th)

The Version 3.8 livestream aired recently, revealing the characters that we can expect to see under the spotlight in the upcoming banner. These are:

• Eula
• Klee
• Sangonomiya Kokomi
• Wanderer

Oddly, this means there are no new characters due to release with Version 3.8, making it the first Genshin update ever not to add to the playable roster!

Paimon's Bargains and the Starglitter Exchange

Wishes and banners aren't quite the only way to increase your party roster in Genshin Impact. There is another corner of the in-game store where you can potentially get your hands on some new playables. Check out Paimon's Bargains for a regularly rotated stock of common 4-star characters you can purchase outright in exchange for Masterless Starglitter, a currency generated from pulling duplicate characters and high-end weapons from the gacha.

The Starglitter Exchange features two characters every calendar month, and though they're a little pricey at 34 Masterless Starglitter each, this is a guaranteed purchase rather than a gamble. For June 2023, the characters in the Starglitter Exchange are Barbara and Kaeya.

Paimon's Bargains seem to work on a regular half-yearly rotation, so here's who we can likely expect to see on offer in the Starglitter Exchange over the next few months:

• July 2023: Fischl and Xiangling
• August 2023: Beidou and Noelle
• September 2023: Ningguang and Xingqiu
• October 2023: Amber and Razor
• November 2023: Bennett and Lisa

Genshin Impact gets a new event banner every three weeks, so be sure to check back for news about upcoming banners! To get to grips with your odds of actually pulling that elusive 5-star character, check out our page explaining Genshin Impact's pity system. In the meantime, if you're eager to get wishing but have made the commendable choice not to put your real money into a gacha, our guide on getting more Primogems in Genshin Impact can help you to maximise your in-game earnings.