Genshin Impact is finally doing it, folks. After four years, HoYoverse's open-world action RPG is giving all players a free 5-star character for its upcoming fourth anniversary and the simultaneous release of update 5.0 and sixth region Natlan, and that's just one of many quality-of-life and economics wins coming August 27 (technically August 28, but 5.0 comes early for many regions).
As part of the 2024 anniversary rewards, along with 10 Intertwined Fate and 1,600 Primogems, players can choose a 5-star character of their choice from the standard pool of characters: Jean, Diluc, Mona, Qiqi, Keqing, Tighnari, and Dehya. This will become an annual reward, and HoYoverse said in the 5.0 reveal stream that more characters will be added to the standard pool going forward, so these free 5-stars will add up for longtime players.
