Genshin Impact Version 4.4 had two character-banner phases. The first phase featured Xianyun and Nahida, while the second featured Xiao and Yae Miko. Version 4.4 is historical, so none of these event wishes should be treated as currently available. The official Special Program announcement confirms those four five-star pairings, but the available official pages do not provide verifiable four-star lineups, featured weapons, or exact phase timestamps. Rather than repeat an unconfirmed list, this guide separates established information from details that still need an official event-wish notice and shows how to evaluate the banners using your roster, wish savings and guarantee status.
Who was on the Genshin Impact 4.4 character banners?
The official Version 4.4 Special Program announcement identified four featured five-star characters across two phases:
| Version 4.4 phase | Confirmed five-star characters | What is not confirmed in the available official material |
|---|---|---|
| Phase 1 | Xianyun and Nahida | Four-star characters, exact start and end times, and featured weapons |
| Phase 2 | Xiao and Yae Miko | Four-star characters, exact start and end times, and featured weapons |
This is the complete lineup that can be stated with confidence from the official announcement available for Version 4.4. The phase labels identify when each pair was featured; they do not mean all four characters shared one wish at the same time.
What the phase structure tells you
A phase is a limited period in a version cycle during which a particular set of event wishes is displayed. Phase 1 and Phase 2 therefore represent separate decision windows. If you were planning pulls during Version 4.4, you had to decide whether to spend during the first window or preserve wishes for the second, rather than treating the four featured characters as one permanent pool.
When did the 4.4 banners run?
Version 4.4 and its event wishes have already ended. The official Version 4.4 preview and update announcements were located, but the pages available for this reference did not render their article text. Consequently, an exact release date, phase transition time or end date cannot be stated reliably here. Any schedule that gives a precise hour should be checked against a preserved official notice for the relevant server region.
Dates can also differ by region or be displayed in local server time. A date copied from a community calendar without its region and time zone is not enough to establish when a banner was available to every player.
Which details about the 4.4 banners remain unverified?
The four five-star names are established; several details readers commonly search for are not. The distinction matters because event-wish information is often copied between databases, and an unverified list can look authoritative after it has been repeated.
- Four-star characters: no official four-star lineup was available in the material used for this article.
- Featured weapons: the two weapon-banner pairings were not confirmed by a rendered official event-wish notice.
- Exact phase dates and times: the available official preview and update pages did not expose enough text to verify them.
- Banner-specific mechanics or rates: no numerical rates or event-wish notice details were supplied, so no figures are presented here.
These are evidence limits, not evidence that the details never existed. HoYoverse may have published complete notices, but an indexed search result or a page that fails to load is not a substitute for the notice itself. For a historical record, label those fields as unverified until an official event-wish announcement can be read directly.
How should you decide between the 4.4 character phases?
The useful comparison is not simply “which name is strongest.” A sound choice combines your account’s team gaps, the value of a new character to your existing roster, and the number of wishes you could realistically spend before the relevant phase ended.
- Define the account goal. Decide whether you were seeking a new team option, a specific playstyle, a constellation, or a personal favorite. A character that solves a roster problem has a different value from one pulled only because it is featured.
- Review your current teams. List the characters you actually use, the teams you can already field comfortably, and the roles you struggle to cover. Compare each candidate’s in-game trial, talent descriptions and party demonstrations with those needs. Do not assume that owning two featured characters automatically creates a complete team.
- Check your wish position. Record your pity count, whether your next five-star is guaranteed or subject to the normal featured-character outcome, and how many wishes you could obtain before the phase ended. Use the Wish Details panel for the rules attached to the banner that was active at the time.
- Set a stopping point before wishing. Choose a maximum number of wishes or a specific result that ends your attempt. This prevents a first-phase pull from consuming resources reserved for a second-phase character you value more.
- Use the trial and character menus. Trial stages let you examine movement, attacks and party feel without spending wishes. The character screen and talent descriptions are more reliable than a short social-media summary when deciding whether a kit suits your play habits.
- Account for future flexibility. A historical banner cannot be pulled now, and a rerun is not guaranteed on a timetable. If you were making the decision during Version 4.4, compare the immediate improvement with the opportunity cost of skipping the other phase.
How should Phase 1 be evaluated?
Phase 1 placed Xianyun and Nahida in the same version window. The confirmed pairing tells you when to compare them, but it does not establish that one was universally better or that both were required for the same account.
Evaluate each character separately
Open each character’s trial and information screen, then ask what changes if that character joins your roster. Identify the teams you would actually build, the characters those teams would displace, and whether you have the resources to level the new addition. A theoretical combination is less useful than a team you can equip and play now.
Protect the second-phase budget
If Xiao or Yae Miko was your priority, spending every available wish in Phase 1 could leave no practical path to the later window. Write down the minimum reserve needed for your chosen target before making a Phase 1 attempt. The exact number depends on your pity and guarantee position, so it must come from your account rather than a universal promise.
How should Phase 2 be evaluated?
Phase 2 featured Xiao and Yae Miko. Because this was the later window, players could make the decision with more information about how many wishes they had spent earlier, but the same roster-first process applied.
Recalculate after Phase 1
Update your pity count and guarantee status after every five-star result. Include the wishes you earned during Version 4.4 and any resources you had already saved. Treat the updated account record—not your original plan—as the basis for a Phase 2 decision.
Compare actual team needs
Use the trial stages and in-game descriptions to test whether either candidate fills a role your existing teams lack. If both would compete for the same field time, compare which one fits more of your built characters and which one you would continue using after the event ended.
What was on the Genshin Impact 4.4 weapon banner?
The featured weapon pairings for Version 4.4 are not verifiable from the official material available here, so no weapon names should be presented as confirmed. This is the most important correction to make when reading old banner guides: a weapon list repeated by several sites is still not an official confirmation if the underlying event-wish notice cannot be checked.
How to judge a weapon banner when the lineup is known
When an official notice is available, compare both featured five-star weapons, not only the one you want. Consider whether each weapon has a user on your account, whether an acceptable substitute already exists, and whether you can afford the banner’s rules and downside. A weapon banner is materially riskier when one result would sit unused or serve only a character you do not own.
- Read the banner’s Wish Details for its pity, guarantee and fate-point rules.
- Confirm that the weapon you want is actually the featured item for the active phase, not a standard-pool weapon or a weapon from another version.
- Check refinement value only after confirming that one copy improves a team you use.
- Set a hard resource limit before wishing; do not chase a weapon because you already spent part of your budget.
Those checks are general decision steps, not a substitute for the missing Version 4.4 weapon notice. The historical pairings should remain marked “not verified” until an official event-wish record supplies them.
How can you verify a historical 4.4 banner record?
Use a source hierarchy rather than treating every banner calendar as equivalent.
- Start with the HoYoverse Version 4.4 Special Program announcement. Its indexed result supports the two five-star pairings.
- Look for an official Version 4.4 event-wish notice that lists the complete character and weapon contents. The notice should identify the phase and the items featured in it.
- Check the Version 4.4 preview and update announcements for contextual timing, while recording the region and time zone attached to any date.
- If an official page loads only a blank or persistent loading view, do not infer its missing text from a secondary summary. Record the field as unresolved and keep searching for a readable official copy.
- When documenting the result, separate confirmed names from unconfirmed fields so a later editor can update only the uncertain cells.
What mistakes should you avoid when researching 4.4 banners?
- Backfilling from memory: older versions are easy to confuse, especially when a character or weapon returned in a later rerun.
- Mixing phases: a four-star or weapon listed for the second window does not belong to the first simply because both windows were in Version 4.4.
- Dropping the historical qualifier: Version 4.4 banners are not current wishes. Presenting them as available can lead readers to spend time looking for an expired event.
- Using exact dates without a region: server schedules and local calendar dates can differ.
- Treating search snippets as full notices: a snippet can confirm a headline pairing while omitting the details needed to verify weapons, four-stars or timing.
What is the reliable takeaway from the 4.4 banner record?
The defensible historical record is concise: Xianyun and Nahida were the Phase 1 featured five-stars, and Xiao and Yae Miko were the Phase 2 featured five-stars. The available official pages do not establish the four-star characters, featured weapons or exact phase timestamps, so those fields should not be filled with guesses. For any future account decision, rely on the active in-game Wish Details and a readable official event notice rather than an old list whose source cannot be checked.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I still wish on the Version 4.4 banners?
No. Version 4.4 was a past game version, and its event-wish phases have ended. Whether any of the four characters returns depends on a later rerun announcement; no rerun schedule is established by the 4.4 notices.
Why do different old guides list different 4.4 weapons?
The official weapon event-wish notice was not readable in the available material, while secondary guides may have copied lists from one another or mixed phases. Treat a weapon pairing as confirmed only when an official notice identifies it for the relevant phase.
Does a 4.4 banner date apply to every server?
Not necessarily. Historical event schedules can be displayed in server-local time, so a calendar date should be accompanied by its region and time zone. Without that qualification, an exact start or end date is incomplete.
How should a wiki record the missing four-star information?
Keep the Phase 1 and Phase 2 five-star pairings as confirmed, and mark the four-star, weapon and exact-time fields as unverified rather than inserting a community list. Replace those labels only after a readable official event-wish notice is found.