Genshin Impact’s 1.2 update brings a new icy mountain to explore, and it’s out now

You behind straightaway find stack more to do in Genshin Impact if you're superficial for something to keep you occupied during these joyous times. The gum anime game's 1.2 update – called The Chalk Prince and the Draco – should nowadays be on hand for you to prove taboo.

The update opens up Genshin Impact's first annex to its map. It's a chilly mountain called Dragonspine that poses environmental challenges. While traversing the tons you'll start accumulating Cheer Cold, and once it reaches its limit, you'll start losing wellness. You give notice keep it under control by finding bonfires, torches, and other sources of heat, and so piddle sure to bring a moment or two here and there to keep it low-level control.

It looks like there's plenty of inducement to research, too. Aside from new puzzles and quests, you can also stumble across the Frostbearing Tree, which offers you rewards if you give it Crimson Agates – it's the season of giving, after all. Dragonspine is also the place setting for the new Chalk Prince and the Dragon season event. Information technology features two quintet-star characters titled Albedo and Ganyu you add to your party if you fantasy. The first is a young alchemist who wields a sword and geo's power, and the other is a accede wielder who is an emissary and escritoire for the Liyue Qixing.

There are plenty of new weapons, too, such as a five-asterisk sword called Summit Shaper that gives you an blast supercharge when you knock something on the noggin. You'll deliver to wait until January 12, 2021, to nab information technology, though, as that's when the Epitome Invocation consequence kicks sour.

At that place are also new artefacts to hunt, aboard a heap of other tweaks. You can find the 1.2 update patch notes connected Mihoyo's website if you fancy seeing them in full.