To promote the nearing arrival of the new 5-Star Pyro unit Dehya in Genshin Impact, HoYoverse is offering free rewards for those who participate in the Scarlet Sand Sojourn web event. This event features a wholesome short story between Dehya and Dunyarzad, who go on a journey across the Sumeru desert in search of adventure. Newcomers who wish to participate in this web event must have an Adventure Rank of 10 or higher. Scarlet Sand Sojourn will begin on February 24, 2023, and end on March 2, 2023, so remember to complete the web event and claim your rewards before then.

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How to complete Scarlet Sand Sojourn in Genshin Impact

To participate in the Scarlet Sand Sojourn web event for Genshin Impact, you must log into your account here by selecting the “Log In” button on the upper-left side of the screen. After inputting your information, clearing the captcha, and choosing your server’s account, you will be ready to embark on your brief yet endearing journey with Dehya and Dunyarzad. The web event can be completed in one sitting within less than five minutes, so you do not need to worry about checking in multiple times once the story is over. 

After Dehya and Dunyarzad leave on their desert outing in Scarlet Sand Sojourn in Genshin Impact, you can either enjoy the slow pace at which they travel or hold down the “How to Accelerate” button to speed up their walking pace. During their journey, Dehya and Dunyarzad will encounter four “Travel Experiences,” which you can examine by selecting the photo icon at the top of the screen. No puzzles or interactivity are involved in this web event; you only need to sit back and enjoy Dehya and Dunyarzad’s encounters during their adventure. Once the experience is over, you be met with a screen of Dehya sipping tea, after which you can claim a Wallpaper of the Scarlet Sand Sojourn web event in Genshin Impact, including the following in-game rewards:

• Primogems × 40
• Agnidus Agate Fragment × 3
• Mora × 20,000
• Mystic Enhancement Ore × 2

Dehya might not be the strongest character to release in Genshin Impact, but her beloved, strong, and charitable personality has inspired many players in the community to donate to a children’s education charity. Thanks to a heartwarming scene in Dehya’s recent character teaser trailer, thousands of players in the Chinese Genshin Impact community donated to a charity that helps provide education for children in need in rural areas of China.

According to Reddit user u/Fxavierho, the donation was spurred into action thanks to Dehya’s character teaser, which follows her as she helps a child cross into Sumeru City to escape brutal sandstorms that are raging in the area. The city prevents people from the desert from entering Sumeru City, which prompts Dehya to help the desert people sneak into the city and live a better life.

The community donated to the “Project Hope” charity in response, encouraging players to donate 648¥, abbreviated from 6,480 Genesis Crystals, the most expensive package of Genesis Crystals in the game. A screenshot in the same Reddit thread shows a swarm of donations in the span of about 30 minutes.

As of this writing, the charity has raised over 8,000,000¥ across approximately 43,000 donations, which is just a little over $1,150,000 USD. According to a comment made by the user u/Accomplished_Tone_13 who had tried to donate to the project, the charity had reached 90% of the target goal by the release of the teaser and had completely met its goal by February 26.

You can learn more about the charity on its official page. If you’re a Dehya fan, know that her banner is slated to release on March 1, as well as a limited Character Event Wish banner for Cyno. The banner will also feature rate-ups for the 4-star characters Bennett, Barbara, and Collei.

Ever since her introduction with Update 3.0 of Genshin Impact, fans have been looking forward to learning more about Dehya, the leader of Eremite mercenaries. With her bold yet caring personality and great character design, she was an instant hit with the players, most of which hoped that she would become a playable character in the future. Fortunately, that’s exactly what’s going to happen, and Genshin Impact players have been closely following the development around Dehya since the news dropped.

With the anticipation building up, miHoYo has released a brand-new animated character teaser featuring Dehya and the epilogue of her story before she becomes a full-fledged playable character. In a touching conversation while riding a cart out from the desert, Dehya discusses mending fences with the people beyond the wall, caring for Eremite orphans, and what the future holds when it comes to protecting her people. It is an uplifting scene that gives closure to everything that happened during the Sumeru storyline so far, with the contrast between jungle and desert dwellers front and center.

With that, there is hope that Dehya will continue on as a character we can interact with even after she joins the cast of playable characters. However, there are still some concerns over the way her skill development and banner placement are panning out, with many players calling her kit weak and underwhelming.

The appeal of the character can carry her only so far when it comes to the end-game content of Genshin Impact, so it remains to be seen if Dehya will become a part of any meta comps in the future. Before that, there will be plenty of time to pull for her when she officially joins the Wishing banners, and after that, there’s still the process of building her, equipping her, and everything else that comes with developing a brand new character in Genshin Impact.