Is Genshin's impact waning? How to check the status of the Genshin Impact server

Genshin Impact continues to be a phenomenon in the gaming world, recently winning the Best Mobile Game award at the 2021 Game Awards in what can rightly be described as an Adele Dazeem Moment. If you are one of the many players around the world who log in regularly to get their dailies, you are aware that despite having only an optional co-op mode, Genshin Impact requires a permanent internet connection to function. When its servers are down, Genshin Impact is not playable, even on its own. Fortunately, there are easy ways to understand why Genshin Impact may be inactive and how long the outage will last.

The first thing to tick on the list is the official Genshin Impact Twitter account. The MiHoYo developer posts regular updates for the game there, and if there are any scheduled downtime or server outages, it should be mentioned there. If you don't see anything like this, you can check one of the unofficial Genshin Impact server status pages, like the one up Services down or Detector down. Note that these pages typically do not have access to internal Genshin Impact server data and only base their status updates on user-submitted reports. For this reason, they are not the most reliable sources.

Either way, if Genshin Impact is down, you can rest assured it won't last long. MiHoYo usually fixes any issues with the game quickly, so you can expect the Genshin Impact servers to be back up and running shortly. If that doesn't seem to be happening, it's worth checking to see if the network problem might be on your side.