"My villain origin story right here": Genshin Impact fans react after leaker shares fake Skirk splash art

On March 31, 2025, prominent Genshin Impact leaker FouL shared a rough sketch of Skirk's splash art, claiming it had been leaked. However, it turned out that this was an elaborate April Fool's prank that had gotten fans' hopes up before leaving them disappointed.

Several users on Reddit figured out this was a prank as well. User u/V_Melain shared a post on the platform, suggesting that the leaked Skirk splash art was indeed fake.

Skirk and the "Dahlia" were a joke for april fools byu/V_Melain inGenshin_Impact_Leaks

Many in the Genshin Impact community voiced their opinions about this prank. Redditor u/theorangecandle said:

"My villain origin story right here."

Replying to this comment, user u/NoPurple9576 mentioned that they do not find such pranks funny, especially when they're made/posted on March 31.

"Weren't April Fools jokes meant to be funny? What is going on, all the April Fools jokes this year were about as funny as when my grandmother said she's put extra salt into the dish, and then it turned out she really put extra salt into the dish. There is no joke, no punchline. And not only is it questionable if the April Fools are funny at all, but many of them were also posted on the 31st of March. wtf?"

Another Redditor, u/Zdravko73, made a pun involving the leaker FouL:

"That was foul."

u/SquareEgg just wanted the Skirk artwork to be real.

"This better be the april fools joke that it’s fake but it’s actually real."

Another user who commented on the post, u/Illustrious-Sweet403, expressed their disappointment by saying:

"The fact that this is from a reliable leaker hurts the most."

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When could Skirk come to Genshin Impact?

Skirk is the one in the center (Image via HoYoverse)

Currently, there is no official information regarding when Skirk will debut in Genshin Impact. However, she is speculated to arrive with the upcoming version 5.7 update on June 18, 2025.

HoYoverse announced seven future characters by showing their silhouettes during the version 5.3 livestream, and since then, the studio has revealed five of them for version 5.6. Skirk and Dahlia, however, are yet to be officially shown. This indicates that one or both of them will be released in version 5.7.

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