Genshin Impact banner schedule — what is running, what is next, and the version cadence you can plan around

By DayOneFix Editorial · August 25, 2026

7.1 Phase I is running, and Phase II is officially announced. Use the dated line-ups below to plan your pulls; the cadence table records the earlier version schedule.

Current and next Genshin 7.1 banners

Phase II: Skirk and Escoffier, 13 October–3 November

HoYoverse’s official Phase II notice, published 8 October 2026, confirms two reruns: Skirk (Cryo) on Void Star’s Advent and Escoffier (Cryo) on La Chanson Cerise. Both share the 4-star rate-ups Dahlia, Candace and Mika. The weapon wish features Azurelight (sword) and Symphonist of Scents (polearm).

The Asia / TW-HK-MO window is 13 October 2026 at 18:00 to 3 November at 14:59 (UTC+8). The Japanese official notice lists the same Asia window as 19:00 to 15:59 JST (UTC+9). This is a server-phase change, not a globally simultaneous version maintenance unlock; use your own server’s in-game wish timer. This page uses the Asia baseline for its countdown.

Version 7.0: historical phases

7.0 Phase 2 ended on 22 September 2026 at 14:59 (UTC+8). Its featured 4★ are Aino, Iansan and Lan Yan; the rate-up 5★ weapons are Bloodsoaked Ruins and Fractured Halo, both polearms.

Phase 1 (ended 1 September) ran Odette’s debut with an Arlecchino rerun, featured 4★ Alyosha, Sucrose and Lynette, and the weapons Whitelake Frostfeather and Crimson Moon’s Semblance. Alyosha is worth a note if you skipped that banner: he is also obtainable free this version — see the Alyosha free page.

The cadence

Version start dates, taken from HoYoverse’s own update announcements:

Four consecutive gaps of 40–42 days. Each version splits into two phases of roughly three weeks, which matches what 7.0 is doing (12 Aug → 1 Sep → 22 Sep).

What that gives you: the cadence pointed at 22 September and HoYoverse has since confirmed it — version 7.1 “A Rekviem for the Underworld” launched on 23 September, the day after 7.0 Phase 2’s wishes close. The two 5-stars are now named — Vesna (Anemo) and Vodyanitsa (Hydro), each with its event wish in HoYoverse’s Character Skill Showcases of 14–15 September — and both phase line-ups are now confirmed by the official wish notices, the Phase II start above is the next date to use in the pull planner.

What we will not print

Unannounced future line-ups. Both 7.1 phases are now official. Future leaks remain outside this schedule; an official wish notice is a better basis for a pull decision.

A universal server clock. Phase II dates and countdown use the Asia / TW-HK-MO (UTC+8) schedule. Other servers need their own in-game timer; a mid-version phase change is not a global maintenance unlock.

Related

• Odette teams and how she plays
• Alyosha for free — how to get him without pulling
• Snezhnaya map: all 140 Cryoculus
• Genshin codes

Sources, and how solid each part is

The cadence table is first-party — every date comes from HoYoverse’s own version update announcements pulled from the official HoYoLAB news feed, and the gaps are computed from those dates.

Correction, 14 September 2026. This section used to say HoYoverse does not publish wish announcements to the HoYoLAB news feed and that our line-up was therefore community-sourced. That was wrong: the official “Version 7.0 Event Wishes Notice — Phase II” is on the HoYoLAB news feed, and it is where the Phase 2 characters, 4★, weapons and the exact 1 Sep 18:00 – 22 Sep 14:59 window on this page now come from. We have switched to it and left this note rather than quietly editing the claim.

Now first-party: 7.1 Phase I. HoYoverse’s Version 7.1 Event Wishes Notice - Phase I (21 September) puts Vesna (Anemo, “When Warm Winds Cavort”) and Vodyanitsa (Hydro, “Surging Ballad”) both in Phase I, from the update until 13 October 17:59 server time, with Diona, Faruzan and Chongyun as the 4-star rate-ups and Beyond the Chrysalis and Hymn of the Maelstrom on the weapon banner. Until 29 September this page showed a projected 14 October end; the official close is earlier. Phase II is now first-party too: official notice 166634 confirms the line-up and window above.