Genshin Impact has announced a new update. In version 5.5, the item “Holy Frost” will be improved so that certain bonus values will be enhanced more reliably during upgrades. Players should therefore wait to use the item to benefit from the optimizations.
What does update 5.5 include? The Genshin Impact development team announced a new update on January 22 (2025) in the forum on HoYoLAB, which has generated great excitement among many players.
The item “Holy Frost” is scheduled to be revised in version 5.5, so that when upgrading artifacts (equipment items in the action RPG) up to level 20, the desired bonus attributes will be enhanced at least twice.
The developer introduced the change because the community had strongly criticized the item and was dissatisfied with the situation.
What kind of item is this? “Holy Frost” is a special item in Genshin Impact that is used to specifically enhance equipment items and grant valuable bonuses to characters. In other words, “Holy Frost” allows significant attributes such as attack, defense, health points, and critical hit chances to be increased effectively.
After the upcoming update in version 5.5, the item will become even more valuable, as it is supposed to guarantee that certain values are enhanced at least twice, thus providing players with better and more consistent artifacts.
Because players complain loudly, developers change the item
Why was “Holy Frost” criticized? When upgrading an artifact with the item, the new values were assigned randomly, often resulting in the enhanced artifacts becoming unusable. Many players complained about this because the effort required to earn the item was disproportionately high.
The Canadian YouTuber and Twitch streamer Zy0x is a good example of how frustrating the upgrade system can be (YouTube). He has suffered so many failures while upgrading his artifacts that it has become an inside joke in the community.
There are also discussions among disappointed players on Reddit about how unsatisfactory the results are when crafting with “Holy Frost”.
When will the update arrive? The development team has been closely following player feedback and announced that the mechanism of “Holy Frost” will be optimized in version 5.5 (HoYoLAB).
The new update is expected to be released on March 26, 2025, and aims to ensure that “worthless” artifacts are a thing of the past.
The community is relieved that the developer responds to criticism
This is how the community reacts. Players are excited about the prospect that “Holy Frost” will now deliver better results:
- One player commented: “I am so happy, time to hoard!” (HoYoLAB).
- Many others who commented under the developers’ post feel similarly: “I still haven’t used any of them, I think I’ll keep saving until version 5.5”.
- Another user is happy that their character can now reach its full potential: “Fortunately, I have hardly used any of my [items]”.
Players want to collect the item “Holy Frost” now until the update arrives so that nothing goes to waste.
There is great hope that the change will actually help make artifact enhancements easier and reduce disappointment with less fortunate results.
The developers of Genshin Impact have previously responded to player criticism. For example, after a failed bug fix, they apologized to players with a gift: In Genshin Impact, you can soon receive 10 free pulls – because the developers are apologizing
