Genshin Impact Leak Explains Character Borrowing Feature

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The Imaginarium Theater in Genshin Impact allows players to borrow one character from a friend's account, and a recent leak precisely explains how this new feature works. Since launch, the Spiral Abyss was the closest thing that Genshin Impact had to an endgame. It enabled players to push their characters and team-building knowledge to the limit, and it evolved alongside Genshin Impact as more enemies and gameplay styles emerged.

Though the Spiral Abyss in Genshin Impact is considered a staple of its gameplay loop, players have also clamored for more endgame variety. Whereas certain limited events have provided a combat challenge, the lack of permanency made them a poor substitute for the Spiral Abyss. However, Version 4.7 is expected to introduce a new Spiral Abyss mode to Genshin Impact, and it comes with its own set of novelties and peculiarities.

The new endgame mode is known as the Imaginarium Theater, and its inaugural season takes place in Mondstadt. It can be accessed via Lisa's library in the Knights of Favonius headquarters, and it places a particular emphasis on horizontal investment. Not only are players restricted by Element type in terms of which Genshin Impact characters are eligible to participate, but they are expected to have 18 characters at Level 70 to tackle the Hard Mode in the Imaginarium Theater. In order to make this requirement more palatable, information shared by Chalice Leaks on the Genshin Impact Leaks subreddit explains that players will be able to borrow one character from a friend's account. However, this feature apparently has some important restrictions to consider, according to the leak.

The first season of the Imaginarium Theater will only allow Pyro, Electro, and Anemo characters to participate. However, it will also feature «Special Guests» as a unique role, who will be able to override these requirements entirely. The first season will feature Sigewinne, Wriothesley, Alhaitham, and Baizhu as Special Guests. Given that Baizhu