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Update 5.5 for Genshin Impact appears to bring us back to Natlan after recent excursions to the regions of Liyue and Inazuma: HoYoverse announced that Varesa will become playable as part of the upcoming version and her colorful reveal artwork clearly identifies the cow-human hybrid as stemming from the Nation of Pyro. Varesa belongs to the Electro element and hails from the Collective of Plenty, the one tribe players have not yet visited throughout their adventures.
She’s described as a stalwart warrior as well as an orchard owner — and she’s apparently one of fitness coach Iansan’s apprentices.
Artwork showing Genshin Impact’s Varesa, a young woman with the horns, ears, and tail of a cow. Artwork showing Genshin Impact’s Varesa, a young woman with the horns, ears, and tail of a cow. HoYoverse
“My most unusual pupil, Varesa… nobody pulls off laid-back like she does,” Iansan is quoted as saying in the announcement post. “No matter where she goes, she acts like a little kid on a field trip — all she wants to do is try the local delicacies, then find a cozy spot to camp and sleep. But should you ever face the Abyss’s monsters alongside her, look out. Once she dons her mask, her rush tactics can be… somewhat aggressive.”
Varesa appears to combine the two chief characteristics of the Collective of Plenty, namely that of being both capable combatants and farmers. The fruits of her labor seem to be renowned in all of Natlan, according to the description provided in her lore teaser: “As the cheerful call ‘Fresh produce from Varesa’s!’ rings out from the easternmost Children of Echoes to the Flower-Feather Clan in the far north, every tribesperson of every tribe can be sure that they shall enjoy healthy, all-natural, and delicious crops in the next few days to come. Her fruits are always intoxicatingly sweet, and her vegetables smack of rich, crisp petrichor — the taste of freshly rained-upon grassland bathed in sunlight. Over time, people have started erupting in heartsome laughter whenever they spy Varesa from afar, knowing a wonderful feast to be close at hand…”
Her combat style is described as “charging at her foes with three times the ferocity of a Tatankasaurus” and “sending all the bad guys flying” with explosive kicks. She is said to appear and disappear at a heroic speed, protecting the Collective of Plenty’s trade routes as a masked warrior.
Genshin Impact 5.5 is expected to be released in the final week of March 2025 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, iOS, and Android.
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