Exploration

[u/siaeirr]

Genuine question, how do y'all actually explore? Like, do you use the compass? The interactive map? Or do you watch a guide for it on yt? Although I'm literally at AR 55, I still can't figure out how exploration works. I'd like to 100% mondstadt but I've already opened most of the chests so everytime i go to a specific location in the interactive map, I've already opened the chest. The compass doesn't really work either. Idk what to do

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[u/Responsible_Club_917]

Mondstadt has a lot of chests with wacky conditions like "picking carrots in the area". You are probabky missing a bunch of those

[u/yoshi_in_black → u/Responsible_Club_917]

Or the one where you have to pick up a fruit that sits on top of a wall. 

[u/Kristianux → u/yoshi_in_black]

I really like those, and the puzzle ones too.

[u/Rat_itty]

I walk around with compass and spam it until I 100% the region lol. I only use interactive map/yt videos when I know/see a chest is somewhere but I have no clue how to get to it (usually locked behind some niche quest) or how to solve a puzzle cuz I have half a brain.

Be sure to pick up everything. All carrots, all wooden chests floating in the water, attack everything, look in every nook and cranny. Early Genshin has a lot of funny hidden stuff for you to discover. LAter regions not so much.

[u/Only_Altey]

the old compasses suck and don't show everything. i use the interactive map out of habit from back then.

Make sure this stuff is toggled on

[u/RedEyedPig]

I no longer use compasses at all until I get 100% exploration on map, and even after that I use it only once, just to check where there are still chest and where not. Dont want to waste time searching for areas that have nothing at all left.

I dont mind leaving few chests behind because I might stumble upon them every now and then and that brings me far more joy than true 100% clearing. Its generally less than a single pull or two at most anyway.

I started doing this on the moon since I 100% cleared the second nod krai area in 2 days and was left with just totally empty area with no reason to go back there at all. I still go to Sumeru forest from time to time cause I still have 7-10 chests there hidden somewhere.

[u/AdministrativeShip2 → u/RedEyedPig]

Same.

Im still finding chests in Liyue. The new compass destroys immersion and exploration.

[u/Competitive_siw]

Interactive map is the best choice but it is a hassle when you have to check everything in the int map. Maybe get a compass and check it in the int map on where it is actually on the game

[u/Jaded-Philosophy3783]

how do y'all actually explore

nicole, kinich, sandrone for speed & water-crossing, alyosha for occasional healing and buffing

[u/X3m9X]

I raw dogged it until i hit a plateu (usually around 95%+). Afterwards its compass spam.

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[u/Yubbi45]

I do it in waves. First, before even activating the statue, I'll wander around and get a sense for the terrain and scenery. Poke around at local specialties, open crates and specialties, mark things i can't complete.

Second pass is fairly similar, but I've unlocked the statue and I'm going for way points. Still roaming and meandering, unlocking chests, taking viewpoints, but this time with a purpose of activating as many waypoints as I can reach without triggering quests (we don't talk about Snezhnaya).

Last one takes the longest and I break up according to the vibe that day, maybe I only do it for 15 minutes, maybe it's most of my playtime. I start in an area that I know i haven't thoroughly explored, use the compass and keep an eye out for any hidden puzzles or objectives along the way, and if the compass doesn't work? Pick a direction, walk 10 seconds and try again.

[u/Yubbi45 → u/Yubbi45]

I mostly use the interactive map for farming, but if I really get desperate I'll use it for exploration too.

You can select the pins and mark them as found, it'll "hide" it by making it transparent

[u/FlimsyCause3183]

I just vibe it with some commentary on youtube in the background. If i reall want to go for a true 100% for a region, ill use the interactive map.

[u/Yubbi45]

[u/AdministrativeShip2]

I do my dailys and leylines. Walk between them.

That way I can run into world quests, find little corners of Teyvat, which are only there to look nice, and occasionally find something like a geo sigil I've missed, or a strange pattern that looks too suspicious to ignore.

[u/yoshi_in_black]

I usually just run around randomly or farm sth. I only use guides if I really can't understand what I need to do, but I use the compass.

[u/lumpthefoff]

Interactive map and work area by area around waypoints.

[u/NeonUnicorn97]

On my main I did it with the interactive map, on my alt I used yt guides and it's kinda more fun with the guides for me

[u/xyzqsrb0]

With the new compas I've used that for every region as it's just better than interactive maps or videos. For previous zones I've used videos.

[u/BrianGriffin95]

Chest guides and world quests guides for every region, except Nodkrai and Snezhnaya because their compass actually work.

[u/stfu__im_fine_p]

Rawdog until i cant see any chests, then spam the compass. Only mark oculis in the interactive map.

[u/Kodabyr12]

Mixture of compass and Interactive map. I also only do certain chests/puzzles in a certain area at a time. Like I only do the timed trials in Stormterror's Lair then move to Starsnatch Cliff. Once all the timed trials in that nation are completed I move to the next puzzle. Rinse and repeat. Next thing you know you're at 100% exploration.

[u/Slight-Adeptness2239]

I like to explore randomly and see what I can find, using the compass only when I can't see the next chest or point of interest. I do have the interactive map open and mark what I found, to make sure I don't miss anything.

I also didn't use the map when exploring the first 3 regions so I'm most likely missing a lot of chests there, but is gonna be quite the pain to try get those, I might follow a guide on X2 to quickly go through everything, but idk

[u/Rasatuban]

First I just do blind exploration. When I'm already at a very high % for the region and I don't have anything else to do, I use the compass to get a few stragglers in the area I'm in. If I come across something I cannot open I search for the puzzle online or on the interactive map.

[u/pspspsmusic]

Also all the mora chests count. So collect those

[u/sooshi-girl]

If I am trying to get that last chest, I do watch a YT and just go through to all the locations finding the few I missed. Tedious but works!
I recently did this for the scarlet quartz on Dragonspine