Genshin Odette Banner: Sep 1 Deadline & Pity Guide 2026

What Week One Close Actually Changed

The most common mistake in community threads: treating week one close as a banner deadline. It isn't. What rolled over was staged, time-gated event content — most notably Overflowing Abundance, which doubled Blossom of Revelation and Blossom of Wealth rewards for up to 3 Original Resin claims per day for one week. That doubling window is finite. The banner timer is separate.

Two timers, two behaviours:

• Event stage timers — Mutual Aid in Bloom: Into the Frostlands stages, Limited Time Area Exploration Primogem milestones, Archon Quest completion bonuses. Those exploration milestones expire when the window closes. That's why week one mattered.
• Banner timer — Odette and the Arlecchino rerun stay live until September 1, 2026 8:00am. Week one closing doesn't shorten it by a minute.

Rebuilding a wish budget after a slow week one? Audit your Genesis Crystal balance, not your regret. Players topping up before the deadline typically use Genshin Genesis Crystals top up Odette week one on buffget for competitive pricing and fast delivery — crystals convert straight into Primogems and stay usable right through the September 1 cutoff.

Five-minute action list:

1. Claim all unlocked Mutual Aid in Bloom stage rewards.
2. Complete Archon Quest 7.0, Everwinter without Mercy — Chapter VII acts grant limited-time extra Primogems.
3. Convert only the crystals you'll actually spend.
4. Screenshot your pity count before resuming wishes.
5. Count real days to September 1, not calendar days.

Odette Banner Runs to Sep 1: Exact Cutoff Logic

Version 7.0 opened Snezhnaya on August 12, 2026, right after 6.7 Phase 2 (Raiden Shogun, Columbina) ended August 11. Version 6.8 was skipped entirely, and 7.0 runs a standard 42 days.

Phase 1 specifics:

• Window: August 12, 2026 8:00am → September 1, 2026 8:00am
• Featured 5-stars: new Cryo Sword Odette plus an Arlecchino rerun (a minority of sources list Zibai — unconfirmed)
• Featured 4-stars: Alyosha (new Electro Polearm), Sucrose, Lynette
• Weapon Wish: Whitelake Frostfeather, Crimson Moon's Semblance
• Phase 2: Ineffa and Flins on Astral Actuation and The Lone Light Knocks at Night, to September 22, 2026 8:00am

One live discrepancy: most sources put Phase 2's start at September 1, 8:00am, one lists September 2. Plan against the earlier date. If the swap hits at 8:00am on September 1, anyone banking on an extra 24 hours loses the banner outright. Treat 8:00am September 1 as a hard wall, plus a six-hour buffer.

Mutual Aid in Bloom Rewards — and Where Genesis Crystals Sit

Mutual Aid in Bloom: Into the Frostlands is the flagship 7.0 event. You use battlefield buffs and field stations to survive blizzard waves while collecting Katheryne statue parts — combat plus collection, not pure wave clearing. Bring a sustain unit and expect to reposition stations between waves.

Confirmed stage-ladder rewards:

• Primogems (the pull-relevant tier)
• Talent Level-Up Materials
• Hero's Wit
• Sanctifying Unction
• Weapon Ascension Materials
• Mora

Note carefully: Genesis Crystals are not a stage payout. They come from Blessing of the Welkin Moon, which grants 90 Primogems per day plus 300 Genesis Crystals on purchase. Guides claiming the stages release Genesis Crystals are conflating the two. The stages release Primogems — and Primogems and crystals are interchangeable at the wish counter.

Also on the week-two ledger: the Paimon's Bargains reset grants 5 Intertwined Fates and 5 Acquaint Fates, and livestream codes are worth 300 Primogems.

Genesis Crystals vs Primogems: Conversion Math

Genesis Crystals convert 1:1 into Primogems. One wish costs 160 Primogems. Crystals can't buy Intertwined Fates directly — conversion is mandatory and one-directional.

• 1,600 crystals → 10 wishes
• 8,000 crystals → 50 wishes
• 12,800 crystals → 80 wishes (statistically targets a C0 5-star)
• 19,200–25,600 crystals → 120–160 wishes (covers a lost 50/50)

The waste trap: convert only what you'll spend. Crystals don't expire, so leftover Primogems sit idle while leftover crystals stay flexible for future patches. Convert in 1,600 tranches as you approach pity instead of dumping your balance on day one. Need to close a gap before reset? Players buy Genesis Crystals Snezhnaya Mutual Aid stages through buffget for secure transactions and transparent pricing, then convert exactly what their pity math calls for.

Pity Math Before Sep 1

• Soft pity: ~74 wishes — 5-star rates climb sharply
• Hard pity:90 wishes, guaranteed
• Featured rate:50/50 on Character Event Wish
• Practical C0 target: ~80 wishes
• Lost 50/50 coverage:120–160 wishes

Read your account state honestly. At 60 pity with a guarantee, ~30 wishes realistically lands Odette. At 0 pity on a 50/50, budget the full 160 or accept real risk. Pity carries over — it doesn't reset between phases or patches. Wishes spent now are never wasted; they may just resolve on Ineffa or Flins instead.

Transparency note: exact soft-pity behaviour and Odette's multipliers vary between sources. Treat kit numbers and income totals as leak-level until the patch goes live.

Primogem Sprint Plan for the Remaining Days

Reported 7.0 full-patch income (42 days), split across sources:

• F2P: 13,965 Primogems / ~94 limited pulls, versus 14,880 / ~108
• Welkin: 17,745 / ~117, versus 19,260 / ~135
• Welkin + Battle Pass: 18,425 / ~126, versus 20,580 / ~147

Phase 1 alone yields ~75–80 limited pulls, including 600 Primogems of maintenance compensation. Phase 2 adds only 30–35 pulls plus 7.1 livestream codes. So Phase 1 is the fat half.

Best Primogem-per-minute sources, in order:

1. Imaginarium Theater — up to 1,000 Primogems
2. Spiral Abyss Floors 9–12 — 800 per rotation
3. Stygian Onslaught — 450
4. Archon Quest 7.0 acts — limited-time extras on completion
5. Daily Commissions — 60/day, 2,520 across the patch
6. Livestream codes — 300

Should You Pull Odette? Kit, Build, Teams

Odette is a 5-star Cryo Sword off-field Stellar linchpin, titled Swirling Snow, Prima Ballerina of the Korolevskiy Troupe. She converts Superconduct and Cryo Swirl inside her field into Stellar reactions: Stellar-Conduct (Cryo + Electro Polestar Field) and Stellar-Swirl (Anemo + Cryo Vortex).

Kit:

• Skill — Adagio: Phantom Night Dance: summons a Solo Dance Double for 20s, 15s cooldown; recasting triggers a Stellar duet finisher.
• Burst — Presto: Bluebird Finale:60 Energy, 15s cooldown, 20s duration; summons or refreshes the double and buffs Stellar Glimmer DMG.

Build essentials:

• Artifacts: Heart of the Furnace — 2-piece ATK +18%; 4-piece gives +12% ATK for 12s and +50% nearby-party Stellar Glimmer DMG off-field. Same-name sets don't stack.
• Stat targets: ATK ~2,800 (cap 3,000), CRIT Rate 60–70%, CRIT DMG ≥120%, ER 160–220%
• Talent priority: Skill → Burst → Normal Attack
• Signature weapon: Whitelake Frostfeather — Lv90 674 Base ATK, 22.1% CRIT Rate; 3 Skill stacks grant 50% Stellar Glimmer CRIT DMG (one source says 40%) and 4 Energy every 3.5s off-field
• Free substitute: Exaiphanes Blade — 608 Base ATK, 33.1% CRIT Rate; R1 gives +16% ATK for 8s and 3 Energy every 5s off-field. That CRIT Rate substat makes it a genuinely strong budget pick.

Rotation: Burst → Skill to place the double → recast for the duet finisher → swap to your Electro or Anemo driver for the remaining ~15s. Double lasts 20s, Skill cooldown is 15s, so her field time stays under four seconds per rotation.

Constellation Value and the Pull-Now Call

• C0: 4 Marvelous Splendor stacks at 15% each (60% total); off-field decay of 1 stack/second transfers buffs to nearby party members
• C1: extra duet hit at 200%/300% ATK (some sources list 300%/450%); stacks rise to 6 (90%) and transfer to 2/second. This is the real breakpoint — faster transfer means the buff actually lands during short swaps.
• C2:+7% ATK per stack (42% at 6) and 20% RES shred

Also relevant: To Temper Thyself and Journey Far grants a free constellation for one owned featured 5-star. Factor that in before spending extra wishes.

Pull now vs save: no off-field Cryo enabler? Pull in Phase 1 while income peaks. Roster already covered and eyeing Ineffa or Flins? Bank pity — it carries over intact.

After the Pull: Ascension and Resin Budget

New 7.0 bosses Immortal Construct and Chimeric Winged Lion drop Odette's and Alyosha's ascension and talent materials. Farm the boss first while world level scaling is generous, then batch talent books on their scheduled days.

Resin priority: boss drops → talent books → Heart of the Furnace domain → Hero's Wit from Ley Line Blossoms. Use Overflowing Abundance doubling on Blossom of Revelation and Blossom of Wealth (up to 3 claims daily) whenever active — roughly 40 free resin of value per claim.

Last-Day Checklist Before the Sep 1 Reset

1. Claim every unlocked Mutual Aid in Bloom stage reward.
2. Finish Archon Quest 7.0 acts for limited-time Primogems.
3. Redeem livestream codes (300 Primogems).
4. Collect the Paimon's Bargains reset — 5 Intertwined, 5 Acquaint Fates.
5. Clear Spiral Abyss Floors 9–12 (800) and Imaginarium Theater (up to 1,000).
6. Convert Genesis Crystals in 1,600 tranches, only as needed.
7. Screenshot your pity count.
8. Spend Masterless Starglitter on Intertwined Fates.
9. Stop wishing by 8:00am server time September 1 — not after.

Myths debunked: the event doesn't end when the banner does; unclaimed rewards don't auto-convert; pity doesn't reset between phases; Genesis Crystals don't expire.

FAQ

When exactly does the Odette banner end? September 1, 2026 at 8:00am server time. Phase 1 began August 12, 2026 8:00am.

Can Genesis Crystals be used directly for wishes? No. They convert 1:1 into Primogems first, and 160 Primogems buys one wish.

How many wishes guarantee Odette? Hard pity is 90 with a 50/50 on the featured character. About 80 wishes targets C0; 120–160 covers a lost 50/50.

Does my pity carry over after September 1? Yes. It persists across phases and patches, moving to the Ineffa and Flins banners intact.

How much Primogem income is left before the cutoff? Phase 1 totals roughly 75–80 limited pulls, including 600 Primogems of maintenance compensation.

Is Odette worth pulling at C0? Yes if you need an off-field Cryo enabler — C0 delivers 60% total Marvelous Splendor stacks. C1 is the meaningful breakpoint at 90% and 2 stacks/second transfer.