Genshin Impact Banner History: How Wishes Have Changed

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The wish system launched simple and has grown a lot of extra machinery since. Here is what exists now and what each type is for.

Genshin Impact banner history is really the story of one system getting more generous over time. The game launched in September 2020 with wishes built around rate-up pulls, and several extra banner types have been added on top since.

What exists today

Character Event Wish — rotating banners with a featured 5-star.
Weapon Event Wish (Epitome Invocation) — signature 5-star weapons.
Standard Wish (Wanderlust Invocation) — permanent, no rotation.
Beginner's Wish — a one-off banner capped at 20 total pulls.
Chronicled Wish — lets you target specific older 5-stars outside their original run.
Lightrace Wish — the newest addition, tied to the Witch's Revelation system introduced in Version 6.7.

Right now, in Version 7.0

Phase 1 (12 August–1 September 2026) runs two banners side by side: Odette, "Swan's Shadow in Silken Ice," and a rerun of Arlecchino, "The Hearth's Ashen Shadow" — both carrying Alyosha, Sucrose and Lynette as the featured 4-stars. Phase 2 (1–22 September) follows with Flins and Ineffa.

The pattern worth knowing

Each new banner type has solved a specific complaint — Chronicled Wish for missed reruns, Lightrace Wish for the newest resonance system. None of the older types have been removed; they have simply stacked up alongside each other.