genshin impact runtime dump guide

context Starting from version 4.8, GameAssembly.dll and user_assembly.dll are no longer distributed as standalone files. The IL2CPP runtime is now embedded directly into GenshinImpact.exe. The traditional method — extracting global-metadata.dat and GameAssembly.dll, then processing them through Il2CppDumper — is no longer viable. A runtime dump approach is required. This guide is based on the open-source dumper lRumper and the methodology described in Rumi’s article. The goal is to understand the internals and, ideally, develop a custom dumper. ...

August 9, 2026 · 4 min · elisart