How to manually install Genshin Impact from scratch on PC

Genshin Impact is arguably one of the biggest games on the planet and is available on various platforms. With each update, the game grows with new content, including characters, quests, items, and more. Its onboarding process is fairly simple too, and one of the reasons so many people are trying it. Even though the game takes inspiration from popular titles like Breath of the Wild, it adds enough of its mechanics to make it stand out and feel fresh. Sadly, the installation and update process is still something that many people struggle with, and it’s because of the unstable launcher. If you want to manually install Genshin Impact from scratch, here is how you can do that.

We have been covering Genshin Impact for a while, and fans can check out our various guides. These include fixes for the “Launcher Program Error“, “Game Verification Error“, and even “Game files Download Error“. Apart from technical guides, you should also check out some amazing wallpapers, locations, and the best laptops to play the game on.

How to manually install Genshin Impact

If you have been following our guides for a while, we usually give players the option to upgrade manually from their existing version to the latest one or from scratch. With this guide, we will be covering each new version and explaining to users how they can install the game from scratch. This means that if you’re new to Genshin Impact or have trouble downloading and installing the game using the launcher, this is what you need to be following.

Currently, the latest version is 3.5, and this guide is for that. (We will update it for each new version)

Required Downloads

To start, you need to download the following files. Everything we provide will be downloaded directly from MiHoYo’s servers. These are safe and official files that we haven’t tampered with in any way.

• Genshin Impact version 3.5 patch files. Download these 5 files of the main patch. miHoYo has split these into 5, so it’s easier to download and manage.
  • Part 1 (10 GB)
  • Part 2 (10 GB)
  • Part 3 (10 GB)
  • Part 4 (10 GB)
  • Part 5 (3.6 GB)
• Genshin Impact launcher from the Official Website

Now, you need to download the language files. You need to download at least one language pack your computer’s region is currently set to from the following links. If you want more than one, feel free to download it.

• Chinese (8.43 GB)
• Japanese (10.8 GB)
• Korean (8.25 GB)
• Everywhere else – English (9.64 GB)

Setting up version 3.5

Now that you have downloaded the files, we can move to installing Genshin Impact.

• Open the Genshin Impact Launcher, and set your installation location (where you want to install the game) by selecting Advanced. The default location is the following

C:\Program Files\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact Game

• Select Install Now
• Now, in the Launcher, click on the Get Game/Update button, and wait for 10-30 seconds.

• Next, Click on Pause

• Close the launcher, and make sure it isn’t running in the task manager/taskbar

• Head over to the following location

C:\Program Files\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact Game (or wherever you installed the game)

• Here, you want to delete all the zip_tmp files
  • Like the GenshinImpact_3.5.0.zip_tmp
• Also, delete the _tmp file of your chosen Audio file
  • Example: Audio_English(US)_3.5.0.zip_tmp
• Make sure to delete it permanently and double-check the recycle bin
• Now, copy the zip files you downloaded in the first step (GenshinImpact_3.5.0.zip.001, 002,003,004,005), and the language audio file/files (Example: Audio_English(US)_3.5.0.zip) and paste all of these into the following location

C:\Program Files\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact Game (or wherever you installed the game)

• After this, extract all the zip files (Audio and Game Parts) here using 7zip or Winrar (Run as admin)
  • Extract GenshinImpact_3.5.0.zip.001, and it will extract the remaining parts. MAKE SURE ALL 5 PARTS ARE IN THE SAME FOLDER WHEN YOU EXTRACT IT.
• Now, on your desktop, create a new text file, and paste the following content inside it

[General]
channel=1
cps=mihoyo
game_version=3.5.0
sdk_version=
sub_channel=0

• Now, save this as config.ini and make sure you select All files in the “Save as type”

• It should look like this

• Now, copy/cut and paste this file into the following location and replace the existing config.ini file (it doesn’t matter if there isn’t one here)

C:\Program Files\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact Game (or wherever you installed the game)

After following all these steps properly, rerun the Genshin Impact Launcher. It should ideally say Launch. It might also say Get Game, and clicking that will install the game files.

Notes

• If the game doesn’t run after you have followed these steps, try running it through the executable file in the Genshin Impact Game folder.
• We recommend not doing anything else during the extraction on the PC, as it is a CPU-intensive task. It will be faster on an SSD, though.
• The “Downloading Resources” screen might take a while, so please be patient. It will be faster if you have the game installed on an SSD.
• If you want to update the game from version 3.4 to version 3.5 manually, follow our guide here

We hope this guide was helpful and you were able to install Genshin Impact from scratch manually. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments below.