The update borrows heavily from ancient Egypt, with animal-headed gods adorning the walls of pyramids and dusty tombs.

Pop your head inside the cavernous trailer below and take a look for yourself.

Genshin Impact 3.1 introduces the dry and sand-filled new areas of Hypostyle Desert, Lower Setekh and Upper Setekh.

Genshin Impact’s desert-themed 3.1 update arrives on September 28th, 2022, with three new characters and new areas to explore.

Theyre all part of the Sumeru region.

Both Cyno and Nilou are getting main story quests, along with the new Archon quest chapters.

Candace is a 4-star Hydro character whos a descendant of that King Deshret fellow.

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She wields a polearm, and has a funky shield that causes Hydro damage with the HeronsSanctumskill.

Cyno is a 5-star Electro character and another polearm wielder.

His elemental skill is Chasmic Soulfarer, thrusting his polearm for Electro damage.

Cyno is a 5-star Electro character introduced in Genshin Impact’s 3.1 update on September 28th, 2022.

It causes Cynos normal, charged and plunging attacks to cause Electro damage that cant be overriden.

Nilou is a 5-star Hydro character who uses a sword instead of a polearm.

She likes to dance, and her elemental skill is the Dance of Haftkarsvar.

That lets her pirouette to deal Hydro damage to nearby enemies based on her maximum health.

The update also adds new desert-themed enemies and equipment, as well as the usual array of bug fixes.

you’re free to find out more about the 3.1 update over at Genshins irritatingly interactive official sitehere.