Genshin Impact 4.6 Update “Two Worlds Aflame, The Crimson Night Fade” Launches 24 April

Publisher and developer HoYoverse has announced a new update for RPG Genshin Impact.

The 4.6 update dubbed “Two Worlds Aflame, the Crimson Night Fade” will be out for PC and consoles on 24 April. Highlights of the update include:

Recruitable new character Arlecchino, with a Weekly Boss version you can fight and a Story Quest you can partake in. Arlecchino will be the first playable character to utilize the Bond of Life mechanic.
A new underwater empire to explore in the Fontaine region.
A limited-time rhythm game, and a new instrument you can get by attending an Inazuman rock music festival held by Itto.

Here’s how Arlecchino and her Bond of Life mechanic work:

“When Arlecchino becomes a member of your team, how to pile up her Bond of Life with her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst is the key to surviving and sustaining an efficient offensive rhythm. When Arlecchino has a Bond of Life greater than or equal to a certain percentage of her health bar, she will enter a “Masque of the Red Death” state, converting her Normal, Charged, and Plunging attacks to nonoverridable Pyro damage and consuming a portion of her current Bond of Life to deal more Normal Attack damage and reduce her Elemental Skill cooldown. Arlecchino’s Elemental Skill can apply Blood-Debt Directives and damage on multiple targets, and the Blood-Debt Directives can be absorbed to increase her Bond of Life when she uses a Charged Attack or heal herself when she uses her Elemental Burst. And her Elemental Burst is the only way to heal herself in combat due to her unique Talent.”