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Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream: start times and where to watch

Catch a sneak peak at what’s coming in Genshin Impact

Marco Wutz

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HoYoverse has announced the next Genshin Impact special program: The broadcast detailing version 5.3, titled Incandescent Ode of Resurrection, will take place on December 20, 2024.

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  1. Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream: start time
  2. Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream: where to watch
  3. Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream: what to expect

Update 5.3 will be the climax of the ongoing main story in Natlan as well as bring Mavuika and Citlali into the fold as playable characters. Given that it’s the final livestream of the year and a big version to boot, this is likely going to be a show hosted by the development team itself and not the localization team or the VAs.

Find the Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream start times and where to watch below.

Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream: start time

The Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream will take place on December 20, 2024, at 7am (UTC-5). Here is what that means for your timezone:

  • December 20, 4am PST
  • December 20, 6am CST (Central)
  • December 20, 7am EST
  • December 20, 9am BRT
  • December 20, 12pm GMT
  • December 20, 1pm CET
  • December 20, 5:30pm IST
  • December 20, 8pm CST (China)
  • December 20, 9pm KST/JST
  • December 20, 11pm AEDT
  • December 21, 1am NZDT

Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream: where to watch

You can watch the Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream on the official Genshin Impact Twitch channel at the times stated above.

Additionally, you can catch the stream on YouTube in parallel. It’ll also be available as a VOD on YouTube, so you can watch it there any time.

Genshin Impact 5.3 livestream: what to expect

After a short breather in version 5.2, Natlan’s main story arc continues – and reaches its climax – in update 5.3. If you recall, Mavuika asked the Traveler to accompany her on a very dangerous mission against the Abyss Order with the fate of Natlan hanging in the balance. The Pyro Archon herself is in danger, too, having used the power of the Ruler of Death, which comes with a high price. There’s all to play for in the upcoming version.

Aside from teasers for the story, we can expect a detailed look at Mavuika and Citlali, who join the list of playable Genshin Impact characters in 5.3. As always, the developers have a wave of improvements and quality-of-life changes in store as well that we’ll hear more about.

Finally, the special program is guaranteed to drop some Genshin Impact promo codes for free Primogems and other useful resources.

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Marco Wutz
MARCO WUTZ

Marco Wutz is a writer from Parkstetten, Germany. He has a degree in Ancient History and a particular love for real-time and turn-based strategy games like StarCraft, Age of Empires, Total War, Age of Wonders, Crusader Kings, and Civilization as well as a soft spot for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail. He began covering StarCraft 2 as a writer in 2011 for the largest German community around the game and hosted a live tournament on a stage at gamescom 2014 before he went on to work for Bonjwa, one of the country's biggest Twitch channels. He branched out to write in English in 2015 by joining tl.net, the global center of the StarCraft scene run by Team Liquid, which was nominated as the Best Coverage Website of the Year at the Esports Industry Awards in 2017. He worked as a translator on The Crusader Stands Watch, a biography in memory of Dennis "INTERNETHULK" Hawelka, and provided live coverage of many StarCraft 2 events on the social channels of tl.net as well as DreamHack, the world's largest gaming festival. From there, he transitioned into writing about the games industry in general after his graduation, joining GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage for media partners across the globe, in 2021. He has also written for NGL.ONE, kicker, ComputerBild, USA Today's ForTheWin, The Sun, Men's Journal, and Parade. Email: marco.wutz@glhf.gg

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