Version 2.2: Into the Perilous Labyrinth of Fog is coming! At the time of this writing, we’ve just had the Livestream and Concert and we are just over a week away from the new patch! Looks like there are a number of things they are pushing this coming patch, so let’s take a look at everything covered in the Livestream and preview video.
First off, we see everyone’s favorite Anti-Villian, Tortilla (aka Chipe) being featured, and YES, it is confirmed that there is ANOTHER Childe Re-run Banner. It will be the NEXT Banner, but we don’t know who the 4-stars will be on it yet. This banner should run from the 13th of October through the 3rd of November, and will then be followed by a Hu Tao Re-run banner, that will also feature Thoma! So again, we’re going to have two Pyro polearm users on the same banner. Her last run also featured Xiangling, and of course THAT’s who I got… >.>
Who’s that guitar player that’s also featured? That’s the Mythical Xinyan! And it’s about time Mihoyo did SOMETHING with the character! And what are they doing, you might ask? You can get a Free Xinyan from one of the upcoming events! And there will be a good many events coming up! But we’ll get to those in a moment.
REDEMPTION CODES:
First off let’s get the Redeption Codes out of the way! These are Limited time availability, so make sure you redeem them ASAP! If you find this post after Sunday (3 October 2021), you will have probably missed out on cashing these in, so DO EEET NAO!
Code 1 – LBNDKG8XDTND
Code 2 – NB6VKHQWVANZ
Code 3 – BSNUJGQFUTPM
So here’s a Link to the Special Program on YouTUBE, along with timestamps to the different subjects that I’ll cover below.
01:00 – Trailer “Into the Perilous Labyrinth of Fog”
03:15 – First Redemption Code
04:15 – Thoma’s Preview Trailer
05:08 – First Look – Thoma Background and Abilities
08:48 – Banner Previews
09:13 – New Weapons First Look
09:37 – New Hangout Events
10:27 – New Island – Tsurumi Island
12:16 – New Monsters
14:30 – Second Redemption Code
15:33 – Event #1 – Labyrinth Warriors
18:15 – Event #2 – Shadow of the Ancients
21:28 – Event #3 – Tuned to the World’s Sounds
24:37 – Event #4 – Dreams of Bloom
26:18 – Event #5 – Ley Line Overflow
26:48 – Teapot and Other Upgrades
29:31 – Genshin x Razer Collaboration
30:12 – 3rd Redemption Code
Version 2.2 Trailer
I won’t rehash the trailer for you, but I will take a closer look at everything shown in the trailer as they are talked about below.
THOMA: Protector from Afar – Background and Abilities
Birthplace: Monstadt
Resides: Inazuma
Profession: Attendant for the Kamisato Clan
Vision: Pyro
Weapon: Polearm
Skill: Blazing Blessing – AOE Pyro Damage + Applies Pyro to Thoma, as well as grants ‘Blazing Barrier’ (Shield) that STACKS Damage Absorption! As explained in the video, that means if another Blazing Barrier is applied while it is still active, the remaining absorption will stack into the new cast, and the duration will be refreshed!
Related Talent: Imprecated* Armor [*Spelling?] – Assumed to be acquired during Ascension – When obtaining or refreshing a Blazing Barrier, the current character’s Shield strength will be increased for a “certain duration.” Later in discussion, it is mentioned that the current character’s attacks will help strengthen the shield. (Will need to wait for full descriptions to be released later.)
Burst: Crimson Ooyoori – The Current Character’s Weapon becomes infused with Pyro Damage, causing Flaming Collapses and dealing AOE Pyro Damage, and weapon attacks will summon Blazing Barriers. [Keqing Mains has this listed as can only be triggered every 1 second, but we will find out once we can get our hands on the character after the banner drops.]
Related Talent: Flaming Assault – Damage Dealt by Crimson Ooyoori will be increased by a certain % of Thoma’s Max HP.
Passive Talent: Successful fishing attempts in Inazuma have a 20% chance to DOUBLE your catch!
EVENT BANNER PREVIEW
Polar Star – 5-star Bow for Weapon’s Banner. (It is assumed this is for Childe, since he is seen with it during the event cutscene.)
Akouomaru – 4-star Claymore
Wavebreaker’s Fin – 4-star Polearm
Mouun’s Moon – 4-star Bow
It is assumed these will also be featured on the weapons banner.
NEW HANGOUT EVENTS
NEW ISLAND – TSURUMI ISLAND
New Monsters on Tsurumi Island:
– Rifthound Whelps
– Rifthounds
These monsters come from the Abyss, and come in 4 types, based on their element. They deal elemental damage with their claws, and can turn invisible during battle. (Just what we wanted, right?) What’s more, once a character is successfully attacked, all party members will be affected by the ‘Corrosion’ status, taking Damage over Time every second, and shields will NOT block this damage! (And I JUST GOT Zhongli and Diona built! >.< ) NOW we know why Kokomi was the latest Banner… Time to build my healers, I guess!
[NOTE: Seriously though, I like this better than one-shot mechanics that require shields. Guess I have a reason to build Barbara!]
Event #1 – Labyrinth Warriors
This event will take you into what’s called the Mystic Onmyou Chamber with Childe and Xinyan! (Quite the interesting pairing, don’t you think?) You’ll be accompanied by a Paper Figure called Shiki Taishou who will be providing help in the domain.
It appears you’ll be Deploying a Combat Team, as well as a Support Team, and can be buffed with up to 3 Shiki Taishou Magic Charms.
It also appears that you can upgrade the Charms using drops from the domain called ‘Damaged Replicas.’
Shikifuda are effects you can use that can summon spirts, create barriers, and buff the characters.
There are 5 levels in the Mystic Onmyou Chamber, and each level will have a number of rooms to explore. Players will have to defeat random monsters in each room to obtain random drops, such as Battered Shikifura, Damaged Replicas, and Age Tokens. Battered Shikifura can be used to Obtain Buffs. Damaged Replicas are used to enhance Shiki Taishou, and Age Tokens are used in the event shop.
Event #2 – Shadow of the Ancients
While on an Investigative Commission on the new Tsurumi Island, we find a Ruin Grader with an ‘Unusual’ power supply, that will Regenerate it. Called the Anomalous Model Ruin Grader, this will be the focus of this event.
This event will be broken up into 3 phases:
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- Investigative Surveys
- Data Sampling
- Live Testing
Phase 1 – Investigative Surveys
Our Scholarly friend will give us a Prospector Gadget (Ayesha’s Chaos Prospectors) that will allow us to triangulate where certain items are hidden around the map. These Components that we will acquire will be used to repair devices called Purcina Spikes. These Spikes are what are needed to cut the power from the Anomalous Ruin Grader.
For those of you following along at home, now we come up to the Live testing phase of the event. You’ll need to charge all the Purcina Spikes within a certain time frame, AND keep them alive, AND THEN defeat the Ruin Grader. If you defeat it before you charge the spikes, it will Regenerate and you’ll have to fight it all over again! Can I get a “BOOOOO!”
EVENT #3 – Tuned to the World’s Sounds
So one of my favorite events from the Windblume Festival is making a comeback! The Rhythm Game! This time, Kazuha will give you a ‘Floral Zither’ and you will be performing with one of 7 different characters:
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- Ningguan
- Zhongli
- Keqing
- Xiao
- Kokomi
- Ayaka
- Raiden Shogun
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Each character will have their own song to perform, and you’ll get Normal, Hard, and Pro difficulties to play! There’s also a new HOLD feature that you’ll need to master as well!
Event #4 – Dreams of Bloom
This event will have us gathering items for Sakuya, a florist in Inazuma, who will then give us Seeds to plant in our Sereni-Teapot. These seeds will grow into Dreamblooms. There will be three different types of Dreamblooms:
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- Star Hibiscus
- Pearbell
- Silkpod
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As you can tell, each seed type can still grow into a different color flower, so you’ll probably want to grow a number of them to get the full set!
Extra flowers can be kept and used as furnishings in your Teapot, and you’ll even get to pick one of three new “Flower Stands” to use, with different levels to place your favorite flowers in.
ANY LEFT OVER SEEDS WILL DISAPPEAR AT THE END OF THE EVENT! (This does not apply to the flowers! Only the Seeds!)
Event #5 – LEYLINE OVERFLOW
Use 20 Resin to get DOUBLE the Rewards at Blossoms of Wisdom or Blossoms of Wealth, up to 3 times a day during the event.
And just because it comes up EVERYTIME this event happens:
NO! YOU CAN’T USE CONDENSED RESIN TO GET 4x REWARDS!
Teapot Upgrades
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- NEW REAL STYLE INCOMING! – Silken Courtyard will become available! (SPOILER – It Looks AWESOME!) NOTE: To acquire this new realm, you’ll need to upgrade your Narukami Sakura Tree to level 40…!
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- You’ll be able to find “Remarkable Chests” on the new Tsurumi Island. These Chests will have new Recipes for Furnishings and Set Blueprints in them!
- There will be more recipes to purchase from Tubby, in your Teapot
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- You can learn new Recipes at the Crafting bench, The Forge, and of course, the Create Furnishings Menu.
- New Furnishing: “Floating Platforms”
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Artifact Storage will be increased from 1000, to 1500!
Genshin x Razer Collaboration Sale
AND…. You get Bonus In Game Rewards for each item you buy…! This is going to take Whaling to Whole New Heights!
That’s All, Folks!
And THAT is that! After they were done with the Special Program, they went straight into the Anniversary Concert, which I totally enjoyed! They played a LOT of the original Music from Monstadt and Liyue, and Synthed some of them up Really well! And even opened it up with a sweet Acapella version of the Menu screen music! I don’t believe they played anything from Inazuma, however. Not sure if they plan on another one featuring Inazuma music or not. But in any case, I highly recommend you take a listen, even if you just play it in the background of whatever you’re doing!
That’s it from me. I hope someone out there finds this kind of recap useful. I’ll be trying to cover things like this from here on out. Thanks for dropping by, and I’ll see you next time, in Teyvat!