What are the current and next Genshin Impact banners? Each banner lasts around three weeks and gives you a higher chance of receiving specific five- and four-star characters. There's also a weapon event wish banner called Epitome Invocation that gives you the chance to roll for the featured characters' signature weapons, offering a heap of handy boosts.
There are generally four character banners per Genshin Impact update, with two running concurrently in the first phase, and two running concurrently in the second phase. We update this page frequently so you never have to worry about missing your faves, and you'll be able to work out whether to save your primogems or splash them on the current banner.
Here are the current and next Genshin Impact banners:
What's the current Genshin Impact banner?
The current Genshin Impact banners feature the new five-star character Zibai and the new four-star character Illuga, alongside a rerun for Neuvillette. These banners run from Tuesday, February 3, until Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
Here are the characters featured on the current Genshin Impact banners:
Harmonious Abundance - phase two
Decree of the Deeps - phase two
- Genshin Impact's Neuvillette
- Aino
- Gorou
- Illuga
The current weapon banner, or Epitome Invocation, features increased drop rates on a specific set of four and five-star Genshin Impact weapons, including the featured five-star characters' signature weapons.
Here are the weapons that feature on the current Genshin Impact weapon banners:
Epitome Invocation - phase two
- Lightbearing Moonshard (five-star sword)
- Tome of the Eternal Flow (five-star catalyst)
- Xiphos' Moonlight (four-star sword)
- Favonius Greatsword (four-star claymore)
- Dragon's Bane (four-star polearm)
- Eye of Perception (four-star catalyst)
- Favonius Warbow (four-star bow)
What is the next Genshin Impact banner?
Drip marketing suggests that the next Genshin Impact banner will feature the long awaited new five-star character, Varka. Genshin Impact's Varka is the current Knight of Boreas and Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius, meaning he's a pretty important guy in terms of lore. As far as gameplay goes, he's an anemo claymore wielder who, according to leaks, can duel-wield greatswords in combat.
If you're thinking about making a wish and want to know how good each character is, we recommend checking out our Genshin Impact tier list. Then, if you need some extra primogems and mora, make sure you take a quick gander at our Genshin Impact codes list for some freebies.
Upcoming Genshin Impact banner speculation
There are a handful of characters that we know about - either through meeting them in-game or seeing them in promotional material - but don't have release dates yet.
Here are all of the other characters we predict will appear on upcoming Genshin Impact banners:
- Genshin Impact's Tsaritsa
- Genshin Impact's Alice
- Genshin Impact's Varka
- Genshin Impact's Sandrone
- Genshin Impact's Pantalone
- Genshin Impact's Capitano
- Genshin Impact's Pulcinella
- Genshin Impact's Pierro
Of course, we'll be sure to update this section and their guides as soon as we know more, so be sure to check back in the future.