General Networking Fixes

Having issues connecting to game servers for download? Here are some quick workarounds

Fix A:

Setup Firewall Exclusion for the following files:

<Installation folder>\Genshin Impact\launcher.exe (Game Launcher)

<Installation folder>\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact game\GenshinImpact.exe (Game)

<Installation folder>\Genshin Impact\Genshin Impact game\GenshinImpact_Data\Plugins\ZFGameBrowser.exe (In-game browser)

For Microsoft Windows Defender Firewall, refer this For other Third-Party Firewall, kindly Google on how to do so

Fix B:

Setup Antivirus Exclusion for game installation folder

For Microsoft Windows Defender. refer this For other Third-Party Antivirus, kindly Google on how to do so

Fix C:

1. Download Cloudflare WARP

2. Run and connect Cloudflare WARP software

3. Try again

Cloudflare WARP works very similar to a psuedo-VPN. It will connect you to the closest Cloudflare Edge server before establishing a connection to the host. This can help resolve routing issue and provide a more stable connection

Fix D:

1. Setup DNS to Google or Cloudflare DNS Google DNS Cloudflare DNS

More Public DNS can be found in Resource Repository

2. Press Win + R, type in cmd

3. Run the following commands

• ipconfig /release

• ipconfig /renew

• ipconfig /flushdns

Fix E:

1. Download and connect to a VPN service. You can try our recommended Free VPN

Connecting to a VPN can help solve routing issues. However expect reduced connection bandwidth