Genshin Impact 5.8: Enhancing Quality-of-Life with Automated Time Adjustments and Cross-Platform Rewards

Genshin Impact is introducing some notable quality-of-life improvements in Version 5.8, making the game more user-friendly and reducing the tedious parts of questing in Teyvat. Players will finally be able to automatically adjust their clock in the game to correspond with the currently tracked quest, a welcome change for those who often skip days or two in the game.

While Genshin Impact has slowly added quality-of-life changes throughout its history, it feels like the developers have placed an even bigger emphasis on it since the Fontaine era. Recent examples include a bigger Original Resin cap, a reduction of Fate Points needed on the Weapon Banner, and the addition of Artifact Loadouts.

Artifact Loadouts still need some work, but they represent HoYoverse's willingness to reduce the busy work present in some of the game's systems. This philosophy extends towards the new Dust of Enlightenment feature added in Version 5.7, as players can finally work towards guaranteeing ideal stats on any Artifact or at least giving ruined Artifacts a second chance by re-rolling them.

According to Hexenzirkel, Version 5.8 is set to continue this trend by changing the way the in-game clock works. By pressing the tracking button for an active quest, Genshin Impact will now open the clock menu and automatically adjust the clock to the time required by the quest. This change should make the game more user-friendly and reduce the need for players to manually adjust their clocks.

Another notable change in Version 5.8 is that PlayStation players will no longer be platform-locked when claiming their Battle Pass rewards in Genshin Impact. This means that PlayStation players will be able to access their rewards regardless of which platform they are currently using.

Curiously, the leak claims that Version 5.8 will allow Genshin Impact players to adjust their audio settings during a cutscene, thus making it possible to switch the game's language on the go. While details are currently unknown, Version 5.8 will also provide some type of optimization when it comes to Local Specialties in Genshin Impact. In terms of technical improvements, background animations will now pause on mobile devices whenever a new update is being downloaded or its shaders are being optimized. Given that optimizing shaders relies on performance, this may end up being a huge upgrade for mobile players.

It remains to be seen if Nod-Krai in Genshin Impact will also have a focus on quality-of-life improvements. Players are still hoping that the developers will add a weekly reserve of Original Resin beyond the current limit of 200, as well as a way to access any Talent or Weapon Domain regardless of the day. Version 5.8 is expected to launch on July 30, 2025, and with these improvements, it looks like Genshin Impact is continuing to improve its player experience.