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on Google Preferred Source Google News Link copied to clipboard By Julia Lee Published Aug 10, 2026, 11:09 AM EDT Guides Snezhnaya is coming...
Genshin Impact patch 7.0 is coming soon, finally taking us to the icy region of Snezhnaya and introducing us to a whole new batch of characters from the new area.
Below, we explain when Genshin Impact maintenance starts and ends, alongside the release time of version 7.0. We’ve also added some details about what to expect from Genshin Impact version 7.0 .
Genshin Impact will go down for maintenance on Tuesday, Aug. 11 or Wednesday, Aug. 12 (depending on your time zone) at the following times and will be unavailable for approximately five hours:
Make sure to burn your resin before maintenance starts, if you wanted to, but since we're getting a new region, you may want to save some of it to farm the new materials that are being added alongside Snezhnaya.
Genshin Impact should come back from maintenance with the 7.0 version at the following times:
The servers may come up early or late, depending on how maintenance goes, but these are the approximate times 7.0 should go live. Usually, Hoyoverse is pretty good by abiding by maintenance times. We don’t usually get extended maintenance, but it does end early sometimes!
We're back to actually numbered patches (no more Luna-whatever) as we go to Snezhnaya after years and years of waiting. We finally meet the Tsaritsa that has been pulling the strings and collecting the gnosis, and we get introduced to a whole new cast of characters. Version 7.0 introduces Cryo-user Odette (five-star) and Electro-user Alyosha (four-star) as playable characters, and the Traveler will get a more bundled-up snow-appropriate outfit as part of this update.
There'll also be several limited-time events that reward the usual smattering of Primogems and upgrade materials, with the flagship event, "Great Expeditionist Challenge," starting on Aug. 28. This event will reward a crown and a copy of Diona, as well as some other goodies.
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