Genshin Impact banner countdown

Here's the Genshin Impact banner countdown for Version 7.2, "Hour of Ruin", taken from HoYoverse's own wish notices. Times are in UK time with UTC alongside, for the Europe server that UK players use.

Which Genshin banners are on right now?

If you're asking "what's the Genshin banner rn?", this is the list. Each phase runs two Character Event Wishes (one 5-star character each) and one weapon banner, Epitome Invocation, with two 5-star weapons.

Phase	5-star characters	5-star weapons	Starts (Europe server)	Ends (Europe server)
Phase I	Mitya (Electro) and Furina (Hydro, rerun)	Starsealed Edict (Catalyst) and Splendor of Tranquil Waters (Sword)	After the Version 7.2 update, which began Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 22:00 UK time (22:00 UTC)	Tuesday, 24 November 2026, 16:59 UK time (16:59 UTC)
Phase II	Not announced yet	Not announced yet	Tuesday, 24 November 2026, 17:00 UK time (17:00 UTC), expected	Tuesday, 15 December 2026, 13:59 UK time (13:59 UTC), expected

"Rerun" means the character has had a banner before. A row marked "expected" is our reading of how the last versions ran, not a time HoYoverse has posted. We fill it in from HoYoverse's notice as soon as it's out.

What time does the banner end on each server?

HoYoverse writes banner times in server time, the clock of the server you play on. So the same banner ends at a different moment on each server. HoYoverse's official HoYoLAB account gives the servers' clocks as UTC+1 for Europe, UTC−5 for America and UTC+8 for Asia and TW, HK, MO.

Server	Phase I ends (UK time)	In UTC
Europe (UTC+1)	Tue 24 Nov, 16:59	Tue 24 Nov, 16:59
America (UTC-5)	Tue 24 Nov, 22:59	Tue 24 Nov, 22:59
Asia (UTC+8)	Tue 24 Nov, 09:59	Tue 24 Nov, 09:59
TW, HK, MO (UTC+8)	Tue 24 Nov, 09:59	Tue 24 Nov, 09:59

Those offsets don't change for British Summer Time. In summer, a Europe-server time is the same as UK time; in winter (GMT), it's an hour ahead, so a 17:59 end is 16:59 in the UK.

How long does a Genshin banner last?

Every version is split into two phases. Over the last three versions (7.0, 7.1 and 7.2), they've followed the same pattern in HoYoverse's notices:

• Phase I opens after the version's update maintenance and runs for about three weeks, ending at 17:59 server time on a Tuesday.
• Phase II starts at 18:00 server time the same day and ends at 14:59 server time the day before the next version.
• A new version arrives every 42 days, with update maintenance from 06:00 UTC+8 (22:00 UK time the evening before, in winter).

So the Genshin banner time you're counting down to is either a phase change on a Tuesday evening or a new version. Version 7.3 isn't announced yet. If HoYoverse keeps the same cycle, it would start around Tuesday, 15 December 2026, 22:00 UK time (22:00 UTC), and our Genshin maintenance timer has the downtime.

When will the next banner be announced?

HoYoverse posts each phase's wish notice a few days ahead. It posted the Phase II notice 5 days before Phase II started in Versions 7.0 and 7.1. Each version's banners are first shown in its special program, a livestream 11–12 days before the update. HoYoverse posts the stream's time on its news page a few days ahead.

Until a notice is out, a "genshin next banner countdown" can only count to a time HoYoverse hasn't confirmed yet. That's why we label those rows as expected.

Does pity carry over to the next banner?

HoYoverse's wish notices say the two Character Event Wishes share one wish count, kept separate from every other wish, so switching between the two banners in a phase doesn't reset it. The notices we read don't say in so many words what happens to the count when the banner timer runs out; the Details screen in the game has the full rules. For the Chronicled Wish, HoYoverse says the count carries over to the next one, but Fate Points reset. Our guide to how pity works explains what a guarantee does to your chances, and Genshin Impact soft pity covers what HoYoverse does and doesn't confirm. For prices and guarantees, see the Genshin Impact page.

Wuthering Waves runs its banners in phases too, but on its own timetable.

How we checked

Every banner name and time on this page comes from HoYoverse: its wish notices and update notices on genshin.hoyoverse.com, the official @GenshinImpact account on X, and the server-time offsets posted by its official HoYoLAB account. That HoYoLAB post dates from 2020; HoYoverse's later wish notices still give times in server time and we haven't seen it give different offsets since. The "expected" times are our own reading of the 7.0, 7.1 and 7.2 notices, and we replace them as soon as HoYoverse posts the real ones. We update this page at every banner and version change. Last updated 7 November 2026.