Genshin Impact 3.4 banner order: Alhaitham and Hu Tao rerun dates

With the upcoming Genshin Impact 3.4 update less than a week away, the new patch will release a brand new desert region and make Sumeru the largest nation in Teyvat to date. It will also bring back one of the biggest events in Genshin Impact, the Lantern Rite festival, to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

As always, a new update in Genshin Impact also means new characters and rerun banners. Alhaitham and Yaoyao will be the latest additions to the list of playable units in the game. The rerun banners in both phases of the 3.4 update will feature some of the strongest units in the game.

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Genshin Impact 3.4's Alhaitham banner will arrive on January 18

During the Genshin Impact 3.4 Special Program Livestream, HoYoverse officially announced all of the characters that will feature in all four banners in both phases, along with the order.

The first phase banners will be up as soon as the new Genshin Impact v3.4 goes live on January 17 or 18 depending on the time zone. Regardless of region, the maintenance period for all the servers will begin at the same time, but the exact timings may differ. If everything goes as planned, the exact maintenance timings for all regions should be:

PST, UTC -7: January 17 from 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm
MST, UTC -6: January 17 from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm
CST, UTC -5: January 17 from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
EST, UTC -4: January 17 from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm
BST, UTC +1: January 17 from 11:00 pm to 4:00 am
CEST, UTC +2: January 18 from 12:00 am to 5:00 am
MSK, UTC +3: January 18 from 1:00 am to 6:00 am
IST, UTC +5:30: January 18 from 3:30 am to 8:30 am
CST, UTC +8: January 18 from 6:00 am to 11:00 am
JST, UTC +9: January 18 from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm
AEST, UTC +10, January 18 from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm
NZST, UTC +12: January 18 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Alhaitham and Xiao will be up in the first half, along with Yaoyao as one of the three four-star characters on the banner. Since Genshin Impact has returned to its original schedule of 42 days per patch, the first phase banners will remain active for 21 days until February 7 or 8.

This will be Xiao's third rerun, making him the fourth in-game character to get four or more banners. Alhaitham and Yaoyao, on the other hand, are debuting with their first-ever banner. While Alhaitham played a major role in Sumeru's Archon Quest and will now lead the players to the new desert region in his Story Quest, this is Yaoyao's first official appearance in the game.

Alhaitham's signature sword, Light of Foliar Incision (Image via HoYoverse)

The phase one banner will also feature Alhaitham's signature sword, the Light of Foliar Incision.

Hu Tao returning in phase two on February 8

Depending on the region, the second phase of Genshin Impact 3.4 will begin on February 7 or 8, with Hu Tao returning with her first rerun in over a year. It will be shared with Yelan, who'll be getting her very first rerun after her release back in v2.7. Both of these banners will be available for 21 days and will conclude on February 28 or March 1.

About the author

Hijam Tompok is an Esports & Gaming writer at Sportskeeda, with a focus on Genshin Impact. He has always considered video games as the best form of entertainment and writing about them lets him express this passion for the benefit of readers.

In just 18 months, Hijam has reached close to 8 million reads on his articles - something he's immensely proud of - and aims to hit the 10 million mark in the coming months. This is because he always thoroughly checks the reliability of his sources and reports the information as accurately as possible without any bias.

As a player, Hijam now enjoys both single-player and multiplayer titles. As long as the games are interesting, he has no complaints. In a Jumanji-type scenario, he would love to jump into Genshin Impact or a similar fantasy world. He loves the fantasy genre and having the ability to perform magic or control elements is one of the things he believes most people would love as well.

Away from work and gaming, Hijam loves to cook, play football, and read web novels.

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