With a “love”-themed new emoji release, Genshin is just driving the player base nuts. This particular set of emojis features a highly honored Chef Escoffier, whose aura somehow set fans off into a full-blown riot with her students custom-making these stickers. And no, they are not even up for sale; the stickers are ironically declared “for personal use only,” according to in-game lore.
Now what really is going on with these emojis? These are part of Genshin’s effort to continue engaging the community between major updates. So far, at least, it seems to be quite successful. Looking at the gist of the tweet from the official Genshin Impact account, it hinted at the new emojis through the acknowledgment stating that there is really a legitimate large fan base for Escoffier and it provided a link for the information. Attached is an image of these intergalactic emojis consisting of heart themes, blushing faces, and maybe some cheeky food-flavored flirtations.
This is not the first time Genshin uses the bigger-than-life personas of its characters to market merchandise (or what they call digital expressions). The game world is filled with larger-than-life characters, and Chef Escoffier is just the latest. These culinary classes must be something else, huh, if the clients are sneaking around and procuring sticker sheets as if they were members of a covert fan club.
Fans are speculating if this could, in fact, hint at a story. Will Chef Escoffier be the catalyst of an event in the near future? Or is it just a joke for player chat? Whichever it is, the community is definitely eating it up—pun intended.
Meanwhile, the replies seem to be split between half gameplay, half meme culture, with players joking about “selling their soul” for a Chef Escoffier banner. (Oh, miHoYo, if you ever hear this… just saying.) Others are plotting co-op action with said emojis; nothing quite says “let’s grind domains together” like a well-earned heart-eyes emoji.
Late to the party? Do not sweat it; they are still in stock and can be acquired through normal channels. Just don’t hold your breath for that student-only sticker afterward. Those are… let’s keep it classified.
This looks to be how Genshin Impact keeps the live-service game scene fresh: by balancing between big-scale expansions and little things like this. And seriously? It’s the little things—the rogue Chef’s fan club—that put character into this world. Now, please excuse us while we dive head-first into emoji spam in our next co-op.
So yeah, another day, another reason to keep looking back at Genshin. Who knew digital stickers would get this much hype?
