This Genshin Impact 7.1 banners and Abyss breakdown covers the two Ley Line disorders in the October 16 rotation: 60% Anemo and 60% Cryo on Floor 11, 75% Starflash reaction damage in the first half of Floor 12, 75% Cryo DMG team-wide in the second half, plus the Moon Blessing "Harbinger Star Moon" that fires a shockwave every two seconds. Includes a half-by-half team plan and the phase two banner timing.More Genshin Impact guides at gghubs.com.
Applicable version: 7.1 "Requiem for the Netherworld" (live 2026-09-23, Spiral Abyss refreshed 2026-10-16)
Genshin Impact 7.1 Abyss Buffs: Anemo and Cryo on 11, Split Halves on 12
The Ley Line disorders this time are unusually direct: one element set per floor, with Floor 12 split across halves .
Floor 11: 60% Anemo and 60% Cryo
Floor 11 now grants all party members 60% Anemo DMG bonus and 60% Cryo DMG bonus . Both apply simultaneously, so an Anemo or Cryo carry benefits, and a mixed team is not penalized.
Floor 12: Starflash first half, Cryo second half
Floor 12 applies disorders per half. The first half gives a 75% damage bonus to Starflash reactions, and the second half gives all party members a 75% Cryo DMG bonus . The first half therefore requires actually triggering Starflash; a pure high-multiplier team with no reaction uptime gains nothing, and that is the most common failure this rotation.
How to use the Harbinger Star Moon blessing
This rotation's Moon Blessing is Harbinger Star Moon: when a character triggers Superconduct, Star Superconduct, Cryo Swirl, Star Swirl, Frozen, or Shatter on an opponent, or deals Star Superconduct and Star Swirl reaction damage, a shockwave is released at the enemy's position dealing True DMG, triggering at most once every two seconds . A team that cannot reliably produce those reactions gets no extra value at all.
Genshin Impact 7.1 Abyss Team Planning by Half
| Half | Bonus | Team direction | Key point |
|---|---|---|---|
| First half | 75% Starflash reaction DMG | A dual-element team that reliably triggers Starflash | Reaction uptime sets the ceiling |
| Second half | 75% Cryo DMG team-wide | A Cryo carry team | Element coverage beats raw ATK |
| Floor 11 | 60% Anemo, 60% Cryo | Anemo or Cryo carry rotation | Both bonuses stack |
Why the first half cannot copy the second half
The two bonuses are different in kind, and one team rarely satisfies both a high-frequency reaction condition and a pure elemental damage bonus. Splitting into two teams is the cheaper answer, because refarming a whole artifact set costs far more than swapping a roster. The first half naturally suits reaction teams and the second suits a Cryo carry.
Cryo coverage matters in the second half
The 75% Cryo DMG bonus only applies to Cryo damage itself. If a carry's output mixes in significant physical or other-element damage, the effective share drops . Weapon and artifact choices for the second half should therefore protect Cryo damage coverage rather than chase sheet ATK.
Genshin Impact 7.1 Phase Two Banners: A Cryo-Heavy Window
Phase two runs from 18:00 on 2026-10-13 to 14:59 on 2026-11-03. The two character banners feature the five-star Skirk (Cryo) and the five-star Escoffier (Cryo), with four-star rate-ups on Dahlia (Hydro), Candace (Hydro), and Mika (Cryo) .
Cryo banners and a Cryo Abyss half
Floor 12's second half hands out a 75% Cryo DMG bonus, which lines up with two Cryo five-stars arriving in the same window . If your account has no Cryo carry, the banner and the Abyss bonus pull in the same direction. If you already have a finished Cryo team, banner priority drops.
The weapon banner decision
The concurrent Epitome Invocation banner rates up the five-star sword Azure Radiance and the five-star polearm Fragrant Performer, running on the same schedule, with Epitome Invocation's Fate Point system letting you chart a course for one of them . Charting a course before pulling is the safer move, since splitting investment across both banner weapons usually ends with neither.
Genshin Impact 7.1 Imaginarium Theater and Event Schedule
Two more tracks in 7.1 shape how you spend resources this cycle.
Imaginarium Theater's Hydro, Cryo, and Anemo lock
The first Imaginarium Theater of 7.1 opened on 2026-10-01 with Hydro, Cryo, and Anemo as the permitted elements. Opening characters include Neuvillette (Hydro), Barbara (Hydro), Citlali (Cryo), Kaeya (Cryo), Wanderer (Anemo), and Brunie (Anemo), with invited characters including Ineffa (Electro), Yae Miko (Electro), and Thoma (Pyro) . Because the permitted elements overlap with the Floor 11 Anemo and Cryo bonuses, Anemo and Cryo builds are effectively shared assets this cycle.
The Fortune's Favor event window
Fortune's Favor runs its match period from 10:00 on 2026-10-12 to 09:59 on 2026-10-20, with results shown from 10:00 on 2026-10-20 to 09:59 on 2026-10-23. Entry requires Adventure Rank 20 or above and completion of the prologue's third act . It releases eight rounds of matches, each prediction lasting 24 hours.
Predictions do not compete with the Abyss
Fortune's Favor is a prediction event and does not consume Abyss teams or resin . The reason to flag it is the 24-hour window per round: miss a round and its participation reward cannot be reclaimed, so it is worth a check-in each day.
Genshin Impact 7.1 Spiral Abyss FAQ
How does the Floor 12 first half bonus work?
A: It grants a 75% damage bonus to Starflash reactions, so the reaction has to actually trigger .
Do both Floor 11 bonuses apply at once?
A: Yes. The 60% Anemo and 60% Cryo DMG bonuses apply simultaneously, so mixed teams also benefit .
Do I have to use a Cryo carry in the second half?
A: The bonus is 75% Cryo DMG, so higher Cryo coverage means a bigger gain .
How often does the Moon Blessing trigger?
A: Harbinger Star Moon triggers at most once every two seconds, on Superconduct, Star Superconduct, Cryo Swirl, Star Swirl, Frozen, and Shatter .
When does Genshin Impact 7.1 phase two end?
A: At 14:59 on 2026-11-03, on the same schedule as the Epitome Invocation weapon banner .
Genshin Impact 7.1 Abyss Action List
- Check the Floor 12 half-by-half disorders before entering.
- Build a first-half team that reliably triggers Starflash reactions.
- Build a Cryo carry team for the second half and protect Cryo coverage.
- Rotate an Anemo or Cryo carry on Floor 11 to use both 60% bonuses.
- Confirm your teams can trigger the Moon Blessing's reaction list.
- Log in daily to submit the current Fortune's Favor prediction.
Game Guides
- Palworld 1.0.5 Breeding and Mutation Guide: Passive Filtering and Base Work Split
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- Reverse: 1999 4.0 Psychube and Resonance Guide: Build Order and Mane's Bulletin Teams
Reverse: 1999 is currently on version 4.0.0, with the official site listing an update date of 2026.09.24 . The build order under 4.0 compresses into one sentence: get your main damage dealer's Insight and Psychube to a usable state first, then round out supports with Psychubes and Resonance, and leave Psychube amplification for last. Get the order wrong and materials land in the lowest-return layer.
- Love and Deepspace Xavier Birthday Event Guide: Free 10 Pulls, the Birthday Call, and Every Deadline
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- Honkai: Star Rail 4.6 Planar Fissure Guide: Which Relics the Double Drops Cover
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- Wuthering Waves 3.7.1 Tower of Adversity Guide: Reading Buffs, Main DPS Slots, and Sequence Priority
Failing a Tower of Adversity floor is usually a buff problem, not a build problem. Wuthering Waves is on version 3.7.1, and the order that works is read the current buff to fix the element direction, then set the main DPS slot and sequences, and handle supports and echo substats last .
- Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 Wrap-Up Guide: Encrypted Tapes, Boopons, and Every Deadline Before 3.3
Zenless Zone Zero 3.2 ends at 06:00 (UTC+8) on 2026-10-21 after a 42-day run. The last week has three genuinely free rewards: 10 Encrypted Tapes and 10 Boopons from two seven-day login campaigns, both ending at 03:59 on October 20, plus doubled rewards in the Combat Simulation room until 03:59 on October 19 . Clear those three before planning any character investment.
- Arknights October 16 Emergency Update Guide: Yesterday Sea Part Two, Hengyuan Jinliang, and a Sanity Plan
Arknights' October content enters its second stage after the emergency update on 2026-10-16: the second half of the SideStory "Yesterday Sea" opens, the Hengyuan Jinliang collaboration goes live alongside the first expansion of Integrated Strategies, and the emergency maintenance compensation is 200 Orundum (source: Arknights official notice, 2026-10-16). The cheapest way to clear both tracks is to finish the Salvage Plan missions first, spend the event currency second, and handle recruitment and base building last .
- Palworld v1.0.5 Base Guide: Work Suitability After The Ancient Bark Lv.1 Change
Palworld v1.0.4 dropped the Work Suitability needed to gather Ancient Bark to Lv.1, and that single line rewrote how early bases split their jobs . The current build is v1.0.5 (2026-09-15), which only fixes terrain, building and other textures loading at noticeably reduced resolution for some players . This guide skips Tower bosses and covers the two things bases get wrong: how to assign Work Suitability, and how to set building limits.