Genshin Impact’s official social media accounts have finally revealed the exact release date of the upcoming Special Program live stream event for update 3.4. A couple of days before each new update arrives, developer HoYoverse holds a live stream event that shows all the upcoming content including new characters, weapons, artifacts, and events.

Genshin Impactpreviously announced the arrival of two new characters to the roster, the Dendro users Alhaitham and Yaoyao. Alhaitham is expected to be a new five-star character while Yaoyao could have a lower rarity which led many players to believe that they will appear on the same banner.

A post onGenshin Impact’s Twitter account has confirmed that the 3.4 Special Program live stream will be held on January 6 at 07:00 AM (UTC-5). The event will give more information about the playable characters who will be using the new Dendro element. Alhaitham will apparently be the second Dendro DPS character after Tighnari who arrived with update 3.0. According topreviousGenshin Impactgameplay leaks, Alhaitham will have similar animations to an existing five-star character, the Electro user Keqing. Many fans even gave him the nickname Electro Keqing, but it should be noted that while their animations look fairly similar, the two characters have very different playstyles.

Alhaitham’s playstyle revolves around using Chisel-Light Mirror stacks which have a couple of interesting effects like infusing his Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks with Dendro damage.Alhaitham’s Elemental Burst will deal multiple instances of Dendro damagein a large area, similar to Keqing’s Starward Sword. The burst’s damage will get increased if Chisel-Light Mirrors are present on the battlefield.

Yaoyao another Dendro character confirmed forGenshin Impactupdate 3.4, and she is expected to be a strong healer and Dendro applicator. Previous rumors have revealed that she will have a chaotic playstyle that revolves around her artificial bunny named Yuegui which can be seen in her official splash art. Once Yuegui is deployed, it will throw out White Jade Radishes all over the field which explode and deal AoE Dendro damage.

Activating Yaoyao’s Elemental Burst will cause these explosions to heal nearby teammates based on her max. HP. Some fans hope that HoYoverse could give Yaoyao for free as part of the Lantern Rite festival which is expected to arrive in the next update.Lantern Rite is an annualGenshin Impactevent that celebrates the Chinese New Year.

Genshin Impactis now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.