Regarding Imaginarium Theater "Blessings"

Since the implementation of Imaginarium Theater in July 2024, the use of Opening Characters has been prohibited, but this restriction will now be lifted.

The reasons are that the impact of Blessings has become less significant compared to the inflation by Natlan characters, there have been no issues with another leaderboard for Elite Enemies, and the moderator find it burdensome to check Opening Characters every time.

From now on, runs using Opening Characters will be allowed. Previously rejected runs due to Opening Characters have been reviewed and approved if their records were verifiable.

A new level category, "4 Characters (Unrestricted)", has been added.

This change was made in response to the Ver. 5.3 update, which altered the game so that bosses now immediately respawn after receiving their rewards. As a result of this update, it became possible—within the rules—to defeat the boss in 0 seconds, leading to an unfair advantage. Even when this isn’t the case, it still allows players to reduce the time before the boss detects them.

To address this imbalance and ensure fairness, the categories have been split.

Only in the "4 Characters (Unrestricted)" category is it allowed to respawn the boss and start a run from inside the boss area.

The Elite Enemies records have been moved to the "Archived Runs" category of the Genshin Impact: Elite Enemies leaderboard, and the categories have been removed from the main leaderboard.