Six years of Teyvat: grab 180 free primogems before the anniversary event ends
Six years. That is how long Genshin Impact has been running, and HoYoverse is marking the milestone with a browser event that hands out 180 primogems, plus a theme song sung by Childe’s English voice actor. The 6th Anniversary Memories Album web event is open until October 18, 2026, which gives players a couple of weeks to claim the rewards. For anyone who plays without spending money, 180 primogems is exactly one pull on a limited banner, and every free pull counts when version 7.1 is live and offering about 92 free wishes in total.
The anniversary also comes with a new song called “A Letter from the Wind,” performed by Griffin Burns, the English voice actor for Childe (Tartaglia). An original animation accompanies the track and features Paimon, Venti, Furina, Ayaka, Barbara, and Nilou putting on a performance. It is a small but intentional nod to the game’s history with music, going back to events like the Windblume Festival.
How the anniversary web event works
The Anniversary Memories Album is a browser-based event, meaning you do not need to launch the game to participate. You navigate through different sections and complete simple tasks to collect rewards. Here is what each section gives you:
- Looking at the album with Paimon: 5 Hero’s Wit and 60 primogems
- Theater of Memories: 5 Mystic Enhancement Ores and 60 primogems
- Adventure Style: 5 Sanctifying Unctions and 40 primogems
- Hidden Easter eggs: 20 primogems (requires finding all of them)
- Sharing on social media: 20,000 Mora
Add it all up and you get 180 primogems. That is not a massive amount, but for a few minutes of clicking through a website, it is a reasonable return. The Mora, Hero’s Wit, enhancement ore, and Sanctifying Unction are useful filler for anyone who is still building characters in version 7.1.
A song for the anniversary, sung by Childe’s voice actor
“A Letter from the Wind” is the official anniversary theme. Griffin Burns, who voices the Fatui Harbinger Childe in the English dub, performs the song. The animated video that goes with it shows Paimon, Venti, Furina, Ayaka, Barbara, and Nilou performing together. It is a strange but fitting choice to have the voice of one of the game’s most popular antagonists sing an anniversary song, and that is exactly the kind of detail that keeps the community talking.
This is not the only voice actor content HoYoverse put out for the anniversary. Earlier in the week, the English voice cast recorded heartfelt messages for players. Those messages are separate from the song but part of the same celebration push.
The anniversary letter video and the weird stats
HoYoverse also released a 6th Anniversary Letter video. It shows a chibi version of Aether and Paimon moving through images and insights from the Luna series of updates. The video includes some community statistics that are genuinely odd and worth pointing out:
- 4.8% of Travelers who bought investment coupons stuck with it for nine weeks and eventually recovered the Mora they were swindled out of.
- Only 26% of players removed Columbina’s eye mask after the “Welkin Moon’s Homecoming” event.
- 12.7% of players eavesdropped on Klee as a “Confinement Room Drama Enjoyer.”
These numbers are not the kind of thing most games publish. They are specific, a little weird, and they reward players who remember those moments. The 4.8% coupon stat is especially funny because it means more than 95% of players either did not buy the coupons or gave up before recovering their Mora. That is the kind of deep-cut community data that makes the anniversary feel less like a marketing event and more like an inside joke between the developers and the people who have been playing for years.
What six years means for a live-service game
Most live-service games do not make it to six years. Genshin Impact started in Mondstadt and has since expanded through Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan, with no sign of stopping. The Luna series that the anniversary letter references has been a period of major story developments and new characters. For players who have been around since version 1.0, the anniversary is a chance to look back at how much the world has grown.
The rewards are modest. The song is a nice touch. The community stats are the real highlight because they show that HoYoverse is paying attention to the small, strange choices players make. That is what keeps a six-year-old game feeling alive.
The 6th Anniversary Memories Album web event runs until October 18, 2026. After that date, the 180 primogems and other rewards will no longer be available. The song and the anniversary letter video will stay up on official channels. If you want the free pull, open the event page before the deadline.