How to manually update to Genshin Impact 3.1 on PC

Ali Hashmi
Ali Hashmi
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Genshin Impact 3.1 Key Art

The latest update for Genshin Impact is now available. Despite multiple competitors in the genre, there is no denying that Genshin Impact is still the most consistent when it comes to updates, features, and new characters. Sadly, despite the constant stream of content, the actual updating process is still fairly janky. If you want to manually update to Genshin Impact 3.1, you can follow this guide.

Manually update to Genshin Impact 3.1

As always, the benefits of manually updating the game mean you can use whatever download manager you want and get better speeds. You can download individual files, including language packs and the patch itself.

Please keep in mind that this guide assumes that you are on version 3.0.

Required Downloads for 3.1

Download the following files, which are for version 3.1.

Note: Downloading all audio files isn’t required. Only download the ones you need. It should be noted that you need at least one.

Also, you will need to download the audio patch of the language your Windows is set to, meaning you will need the English pack if that is your default Windows language.

Updating to 3.1

After you have the files required, we can move to the installation process.

  • First, run the Genshin Impact launcher, and ensure that it is updated. We are referring to the launcher version and not the game version. Simply running the game launcher will automatically update itself, so do that once.
Genshin Impact in the taskbar
Exit Genshin Impact from Taskbar
  • After that, click on the Update button, and then click Pause after a few seconds.
  • Close the launcher properly, and ensure it isn’t running in the background. You can also check if it is running in the taskbar and close it from there too.
  • Now, head over to the following location.
C:\Program Files\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact Game\
  • In this location, delete all the .zip_tmp files (temp files that were downloaded when you hit the Update button)
  • Copy the files you previously downloaded in the “Required Downloads” heading, and paste them into the following location (the patch file for 3.1 and the audio files)
C:\Program Files\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact Game\ (or wherever the game is installed, just make sure it is in the Genshin Impact Game folder)
  • After following the steps above, run the launcher again, and it will say Pre-installation done/Update (Refer below)

These are the steps you need to follow to update the title from version 3.0 to version 3.1 manually.

Important things to consider

  • DON’T EXTRACT THE FILES. This is very important if you want to keep playing till the update is live. Please don’t extract the files because if you do so, you won’t be able to play the game until patch 3.1 is live
  • Pre-installation done means that you can keep playing the game until the patch (3.1) is live
  • If you are following this guide after update 3.1 goes live, it will say Update instead of Pre-installation done. Click that, and it will install these downloaded files.
  • The files provided in this guide are being downloaded directly from MiHoYo servers. This means that these are completely safe and from the developers themselves.

We hope this guide was helpful and you were able to manually update to Genshin Impact 3.1. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments below.

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67 Comments
  • Hi can you provide guide for
    How to download and install Apex legends pc without steam and origin
    Like downloading game files and install manually

  • You’re doing what Hoyoverse could have done themselves. Saves me a lot of time because the in-game update is always effing slow and prone to interruption. Thanks man!

    • Glad I could help, and it’s honestly a shame how bad their launcher is still. Even with this method, a lot of people run into issues. Thank you for the kind words, and enjoy the update! 🙂

  • Thank you so much! This has been a life savior for me since 2.8.0 to 3.0.0 update, please keep it up! HYV’s launcher is glitchy af

  • sorry quick question do i need to have the English voice pack installed as i have uninstalled it and only kept the Japanese voice pack but it doesnt seem to be installing the update.

          • I download japanese and english, i have downloaded from your website since 2.6, and last update there was no problem

          • Try this

            on your desktop, create a new text file, and paste the following content inside it

            [General]
            channel=1
            cps=mihoyo
            game_version=3.0.0
            sdk_version=
            sub_channel=0

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

            You can also see this in the following guide if you scroll down: https://whatifgaming.com/how-to-manually-install-genshin-impact-from-scratch-on-pc/

            If that doesn’t work, you might have to install the game from scratch

  • When I start the game even from the executable file inthe Genshin Impact Game folder it says Version Update Found. I updated the game manually before and it worked but it doesn’t work this time. what might be wrong?

    • Try this:

      on your desktop, create a new text file, and paste the following content inside it

      [General]
      channel=1
      cps=mihoyo
      game_version=3.0.0
      sdk_version=
      sub_channel=0

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

  • hey bro,
    i’ve genshin downloaded from epic games.
    each time there is a version update i always pre-install the files and when the update becomes live and i click update it again downloads all the update files.
    i need fix for it.

    can you help me to move genshin impact from epic games to normal genshin?

  • Hey, you’re doing god’s work here so thanks a lot. Just wanted to know if I should download the file side by side with the previous genshin impact 3.0 files inside the genshin impact game folder?

    • Hey, thank you for the kind words. I’m not sure what you mean. You can download those, but I’d recommend extracting one after the other.

  • hey, this has always worked well for me so thanks a lot. This time though when I entered the game after doing all the process it starts downloading around 9 g (which is probably the whole update with all the audio files). How should i fix it?

    • on your desktop, create a new text file, and paste the following content inside it

      [General]
      channel=1
      cps=mihoyo
      game_version=3.0.0
      sdk_version=
      sub_channel=0

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

  • using config.ini still doesnt solved the problem, so I tried extracting the file, but when I extracted it the file corrupt alert is showing, maybe there is something wrong with the file ? I downloaded it twice

    • The files are from the miHoYo servers, so that can’t be it :/
      I guess you could try installing the game from scratch if nothing else works.

  • hi there, my problem is that when i load the game it says it’s downloading like 12gb (in mb). even tho i followed correctly every step. how do i fix this?

    • Yeah, this is a pretty common bug at the moment. Not sure what to do with it. It’s only the PC version that it’s happening with as well. Try running the game directly using the executable in the Genshin Impact Game folder, and ensure that the launcher is completely closed and it isn’t showing up in the system tray (bottom right of the taskbar).

      • i have another bug now, i let the game download everything all night and after it does the verifying files thing it goes back to downloading like a cycle. idk what to do. i really can’t install the game as a whole again because my wifi sucks for that. is that my only option?

        • on your desktop, create a new text file, and paste the following content inside it

          [General]
          channel=1
          cps=mihoyo
          game_version=3.0.0
          sdk_version=
          sub_channel=0

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

  • hello there, I’m really sorry for this dumb question but last version I followed your other article or how to fix file verification error (the one that downloads the entire game from scratch the same way this article does). Where do I download this 3.1 game and audio file? Do I put extract it inside “D:\Games\Genshin Impact game\GenshinImpact_3.0.0”? There is also another folder named “GenshinImpact_Data” inside the 3.0 folder above, should I download and extract it there? I just don’t want to download the entire game again as it took me 2 days the last time, please help!

  • I did everything and after the verification the entire game start redownloading again.. i don’t know what to do anymore

    • Try this
      First, try running the game using the executable in the Genshin Impact Game folder.

      If that doesn’t work, try this
      On your desktop, create a new text file, and paste the following content inside it

      [General]
      channel=1
      cps=mihoyo
      game_version=3.0.0
      sdk_version=
      sub_channel=0

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

  • Thank you. We save us to gain so much time. Could i erase these files in GI location after installation ?

  • Hello So I used your technique before! But I forgot now! and I dont know which folder I should put the current zips at… I know how to temp zip!! but I don’t know about others! Can you explain by the line “required downloads” folder and which folder I should download those zips? It doesn’t seem to work sadly..

    • You still need to extract it in the Genshin Impact Game folder. That part is unchanged. If it doesn’t work, you can try running the game directly using the executable in the Genshin Impact Game folder.

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