A new weekly boss may arrive withGenshin Impact5.6, as seen in a fresh set of leaks about the update, and it may prove that the patch will be a rather strange one when it comes to content distribution and the regions that players will be visiting.The action RPG by HoYoverse has just entered Version 5.5, so it will still be a while before players get official confirmation about what is planned for the next update. However, the future update’s beta tests have started bringing forth a series of leaks, like anew character inGenshin Impact5.6.
More details should gradually start being shared as testers leak information about the patch, but some are already teasing what may be in store for players six weeks from now, which is usually how long a patch lasts. While the new character, rumored to be called Escoffier, should take over a large portion of the highlight when it comes to leaks,there are seemingly a lot more interesting pieces of content forGenshin Impact5.6 that have already started to emerge in the early stages of the beta tests, and it shouldn’t take too long before more reports confirm them.
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New Mondstadt Weekly Boss Has Leaked For Genshin Impact 5.6
Players May Return To The First Region In Teyvat
Among these recent leaks are mentions of a new weekly boss encounter in the game, the sequence to the introduction of the Lord of Eroded Primal Flame in Natlan. According to information shared by the leaker known as Uncle Teyvat,Version 5.6 will feature a new weekly boss related to Mondstadt, as well as quests within the region. The information, which was shared in a post flagged as “Questionable” onReddit, shows the leaker answering a user’s question aboutDahlia’s release inGenshin Impact5.6, which they deny will happen. As questionable as the information is, it has been sustained.
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Another leaker, known as Seele Leaks, has also mentioned a new weekly boss in Version 5.6. As seen in another post flagged as “Questionable” onReddit,the rumored new weekly boss in Version 5.6 will be located near the Falcon Coast in Mondstadt, east of the Temple of the Lion Domain. The leak says the weekly boss fight happens on a chessboard and is split into two phases. The first has the player defeat two chessboard pieces, while the second requires them to defeat the King and Queen simultaneously; otherwise, the remainingboss inGenshin Impactwill revive the other.
Genshin Impact 5.6 May Visit Mondstadt, Fontaine, & Natlan
All Regions May Contain Core Story Content
This particular leak is quite enticing because weekly boss fights are always tied to important story quests, be they related to the main Archon Quest campaign or specific characters.This means that to unlock the new chessboard weekly boss encounter, players will likely need to go through a string of main story quests, most likely related to Mondstadt or a character therein, since the encounter itself is in the Nation of Freedom. While it seems like a portion of the main content will be set in Mondstadt, the update may take players to other Nations of Teyvat in Version 5.6.
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Among the other leaks about the patch, there are mentions of anew Natlan map area inGenshin Impact5.6. The rumors say that this island-like location will be situated to the southwest of the Great Volcano of Tollan in the Atocpan region.It’s uncertain if this will be the case, but new map expansions usually come accompanied by new World Quests, too, so players may get more important campaign content, though set far away from Mondstadt. The leaks also mention that this location will contain a new world boss encounter.
Speculation revolves around the idea that this place will eventually serve as an access point to Mare Jivari, a legendary Natlan area that disappeared from Natlan a few decades ago but is highly rumored to be in HoYoverse’s release pipeline this year.
Furthermore, the aforementioned new character rumored for Version 5.6 is said to be from Fontaine. This creates the chance for any character-related quests involving Escoffier to take players to the Nation of Justice, too, for more main story content.What puts a damper on this possibility, however, is that the leaks show Varesa commenting on Escoffier, which may prove that she is a Fontaine character who is currently living or traveling in Natlan– much like the Inazuma characterChiori inGenshin Impact, who lives in Fontaine.
Even so,the leaks so far have shown that HoYoverse may have players travel all over Teyvat for main story content, which is somewhat unprecedented. Players often travel between regions in various patches because the main story content is set in one region while events are set in others, but this may be an unusual case of three separate and important story pieces scattered acrossTeyvat inGenshin Impact, which could prove to be a weird yet exciting update for players who experience it in real-time during Version 5.6.
Genshin Impact 5.6 May Be Tying Loose Ends Before Nod-Krai Later This Year
This Could Allow HoYoverse To Explore New Areas Within Older Regions
The widespread travels that players will seemingly make while playing through core story content in Version 5.6 may actually have a reasonable explanation.The leaks have shown that the next big patch for the game, Version 6.0, may not take players directly to Snezhnaya but, instead, Nod-Krai, a sub-region connected to the Nation of Cryo. These same leaks about Nod-Krai, which indicate thatGenshin Impact’s roadmap was extendedby a full year, also said that the game would spend the next year of content exploring areas in released regions that haven’t been explored yet, like Mount Esus and Dornman Port.
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If this turns out to be the case, thenthe new content leaked for Version 5.6 may be a way of tying up loose ends within these regions before focusing on introducing new content for them. By revisiting these regions for important story content like World Quests and Character Quests, for example, players may get better situated to fully return to these areas in the upcoming year of content if the leaks prove to be true.
The release of Mare Jivari would fit into the description of known areas of existing Nations that haven’t been explored, so the Natlan map update could set the terrain for the eventual release of this anticipated location after Version 6.0, for instance.
For now, these leaks should still be taken with an extreme degree of caution, as they may be incorrect, incomplete, or subject to changes or postponements. Even so, as unusual as releasing core content spread across Teyvat in a single patch is for HoYoverse’s standards, it may be a reasonable way as the game pushes closer to the final 5.x updates leading up to Version 6.0, when players will start experiencing a brand-new year of content with massive revelations toGenshin Impact’s lore.
