Overview
- HoYoverse announced Version 4.2, titled So Laughed the Masses, for April 22 with two new 5-star recruits: Silver Wolf LV.999 and Evanescia.
- The story continues the Phantasmoon Games with a reveal that the winner becomes the Aeon of Elation, as Fulwish plans a live TV debate on the Games’ goal.
- The update adds a Path‑of‑Elation weapon that shifts from glow stick to lightblade to nunchucks and includes a cheer action that boosts a teammate.
- Six rerun banners arrive across two halves—The Dahlia, Castorice, Firefly, then Tribbie, Sunday, Feixiao—while Firefly, Huohuo, Seele, and Welt receive buffs.
- Third‑anniversary events start April 26 with 20 free pulls for regular logins, a selectable 1,600 Stellar Jades blessing, returns to the Stellar Convergence store, Golden Companion Spirit exchanges, a top‑up bonus reset, the Aha’s Chosen online event, and new modes like Cosmic Data Roaming plus a Currency Wars expansion and Cosmicon Collective 2.0.