With the highly anticipated Genshin Impact 5.6 update being just around the corner, HoYoverse is organizing a special livestream to showcase its contents ahead of the official patch.
The Genshin Impact 5.6 livestream will allow fans to take a sneak peek at the upcoming update and reveal new characters, weapons, events, and more.
Planning to catch the Genshin Impact 5.6 preview stream live? Here’s everything you need to know about when it’s happening and what exciting content it might reveal.
Genshin Impact 5.6 Livestream Date & Time
As already confirmed by HoYoverse, the Genshin Impact 5.6 livestream is scheduled to take place on April 25, 2025, at 08:00 AM (UTC-4).
To make it easier for you, we have converted the livestream times for various time zones globally:
- Pacific Standard Time (PST): April 25, 2025, at 5 AM
- Central Standard Time (CST): April 25, 2025, at 7 AM
- Eastern Standard Time (EST): April 25, 2025, at 8 AM
- Central European Time (CET): April 25, 2025, at 1 PM
- Indian Standard Time (IST): April 25, 2025, at 5:30 PM
- China Standard Time (CST): April 25, 2025, at 8 PM
- Korea Standard Time (KST): April 25, 2025, at 9 PM
- Japanese Standard Time (JST): April 25, 2025, at 9 PM
How To Watch Genshin Impact 5.6 Livestream
Fans will be able to watch the Genshin Impact 5.6 livestream by tuning into the game’s official Twitch and YouTube channels at the aforementioned times.
Genshin Impact 5.6 Livestream: New Characters, Weapons & Events
As usual, the Genshin Impact 5.6 livestream will shed light on the new character banners, weapon banners, and events that the update will bring to the game.
According to prominent Genshin Impact leaker ‘Homdgcat’, the Genshin Impact 5.6 update will feature the following characters in the new banners:
- Escoffier (5-star Cryo)
- Kinich (5-star Dendro)
- Navia (5-star Geo)
- Raiden Shogun (5-star Electro)
- Ifa (4-star Anemo)
- Lynette (4-star Anemo)
- Layla (4-star Cryo)
- Sara Kujou (4-star Electro)
- Thoma (4-star Pyro)
The leaker has also mentioned that the following new weapons will be added to the action RPG in the 5.6 update:
- Symphonist of Scents (5-star Polearm)
- Sequence of Solitude (4-star Bow)
Fans can also expect these events to be showcased in the Genshin Impact 5.6 livestream:
- Chevalmarin Film Fantasyland event
- Humans vs. Saurians event
- Battle event with assigned characters
- Mob vs. Mob battle event
That’s everything you need to know about the Genshin Impact 5.6 livestream. Fans can dive into all the exciting new content showcased during the preview livestream once the Genshin Impact 5.6 update hits the live servers around May 7, 2025.