All Leaks Genshin Impact 2.8 Update

Butcher79

May 18, 2022

The big Genshin Impact 2.8 update leak reveals details about the characters, map changes, weapons, events, items and materials that will arrive in the next version of the popular gacha game from HoYovese.

The Genshin Impact Closed Beta (CBT) for Update 2.8 has started, leading to a string of major leaks including future characters, upcoming events, and more. In this article, we have collected all the significant leaks and rumors about the future version of the game.

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Genshin Impact 2.8 Update Banners

As soon as information becomes available, we will update this section!

Genshin Impact 2.8 update reruns

Several insiders agreed at once:

Auntie "waiting for yae miko" - Yoimiya, Kazuha
Mr X - Kazuha, Yoimiya
Uncle Chasm - Yoimiya, Kazuha

Skins Dilyuk and Fischl

According to the latest information, 2.8 new skins for characters are waiting for us in 2. The first male character to receive the skin is Dilyuk. Most likely it will become a paid option, but the second skin, owned by Fischl, can be obtained for free by participating in a special event.

Skin names in files (not real names) for both skins

• Dilyuk costume — Flame
• Suit Fischl - Highness

There is a mention that Dilyuk's skin is very similar to what we saw in his promotional art with KFC.

Shikanoin Heizo

About new anemo character for 4 stars with a catalyst almost everything is already known!

Shikanoin Heizo
unflappable calm
Tenryo Commission Detective
Anemo
Small Deer

A talented young detective from the Tenryo commission, free-spirited and unbridled, but cheerful and lively

Skills of Shikanoin Heizo

▫️E-shka:
🔹Quick press:
- Anemo hit with damage
🔸Long press:
- Charges up and deals strong Anemo damage
- Gain a Deflection effect while charging
- Deflection - increases the damage of the next hit of the E-shki, up to 4 times.
-At level 4 Deflection, the effect of Right Thinking will appear, which makes the damage of the next hit of the E-shki even higher and increases the area of effect.
✦ Deflection Duration -60s, E-bar cooldown -10s

▫️Ulta:
- Leaps into the air and unleashes a Fudo Style Void Projectile, dealing Anemo AoE damage.
- When hitting enemies under the influence of other elements, the ult imposes the Eye of the hurricane on them,
🌬The eye of the hurricane then explodes, dealing AoE damage of the corresponding element (Pyro/Electro, etc.)
- Eye of the Hurricane can be maxed out on 4 enemies. The same enemy cannot be affected by Eye of the Hurricane at the same time
✦ Recoil - 12 sec, 40 energy

Gameplay Shikanoin Heizo

Constellations Shikanoin Heizo

С1 - Within 5 sec. After entering combat, Heizo's normal attack speed will increase by 15%. He will also receive 1 level of the Deflection effect, 1 time every 10 seconds.
С2 - Ulta pulls enemies when it explodes
С3 - +3 lvl. to E-shka
С4 - The first explosion of the Eye of the Hurricane from the ult restores Heizo 9 points. energy. Each subsequent explosion → 1,5 units. energy. One press of the ult can thus restore up to 13,5 units. Heizo's energy
С5 - +3 lvl. to ult
С6 - Each level of Deflection increases the Hit Bar of the activated E-pattern by 4%. When Heizo has a Righteous Opinion, the IC of that E-kit will increase by 32%

Passive talents of Shikanoin Heizo

P1 - When Heizo invokes the Dispel reaction, he gains 1 level of the Deflection effect. 1 time per 0,1 sec
P2 - E-shka increases the MS of all members of the squad (except for Heizo himself) by 80 points. for 10 sec
P3 - Reduces stamina consumption while sprinting by 20%.

Shikanoin Heizo Elevation Materials

New Weapon Genshin Impact 2.8

New sword in 2.8. Its rarity is 4★

“This sword may look boring at first glance, but it plays a special role in the quest. And it has a unique feature that no other weapon has."

Map changes in Genshin Impact 2.8

We have heard about this before, but now the information is confirmed. Golden Apple Archipelago is back!

• Title: Dreamisland — Dreamland (name in game files)
• The Islands themselves are Archipelago of the Golden Apple

As the game progresses Archipelago of the Golden Apple, will change its shape, this is not a new geographical area. The Archipelago itself will become a puzzle.

• New islands can be slightly swapped to solve puzzles

• You can modify the island based on 3 options

• The name of the map file is Dreamisland.

Update 2.8 Events

Reran of the Islands, "Fairytale Visions" event ( Summer? Island? Adventure! V2)
Lore Dilyuka, Secret War event (dungeon battles at Dawn Distillery)
Heizo Encounter Quest
Kazuha's Legends Quest
mechanical puzzle game

Update 2.8 Main Event - Summer Sea Voyage

It will include: Kazuha, Fischl and Oz, Xin Yan, Yun Jin, Mona, Venty, Xiang Ling and among all the other regular NPCs there is Nahida (?)

• Fischl can be picked up from this event

New Legend Quest and Encounter

Kazuha will receive the Quest of Legends
Heizo will receive a Quest Encounter

Twisted Abyss 2.8

Earth artery 11th floor - Bonus Pyro damage + 75%;

12th floor of the Twisted Abyss - Leak from sagiri

Blessing of the Twisted Abyss 2.8

Phase 1
• After the character enters the field, he gains a stack of bonus attack power every 2 seconds, each stack increases attack power by 20%, maximum 3 stacks. When the character reaches the maximum number of stacks, all of his charged attacks that hit enemies will create a shockwave with a radius of 3 meters. Damage ratio 7.49, cooldown 2 seconds. All effects disappear when the character leaves the field.

Phase 2
• Each time the character generates the Dispel reaction, the opponent's defense is reduced by 12% for 10 seconds. Max 3 stacks

Phase 3
• Each time a character on the field hits an enemy with a normal, charged or falling attack, he receives +12% damage from normal, charged and falling attacks. Max 4 stacks, effect lasts 8 seconds. Can only get 1 stack every 0.1 second, stacks count independently of each other (they simultaneously give a bonus to all 3 types of attacks that count together). Effects disappear when the character leaves the field

Improvement in the game

Now we can delete (and re-download in the future) old data with quests (for example, audio dialogues)
Added setting on PC to 45 FPS
Dropped items, such as materials from enemies, can now stack if they are the same item item and each one had to be picked up separately. Now there will be 2 such green mask on the ground, but if you pick it up, you will get two. But! Green masks in this way will not stack with, for example, blue ones or something else)