A nostalgic tour of Teyvat's forgotten places 

hope yall enjoy! what is your favorite place in the game? and also, did you like this sort of free-form, ramble-y type of video?

dude, I miss RU-vid recommending this type of content, just someone talking about their experiences and feelings, not scripted, not forced, no fancy editing, just simply humane commentary. This is a great video

There’s so many cool places in Genshin and yet most of them are rarely used after release. I remember, for example, some of the Chasm underground looked really cool, like the giant mushroom and the ruined cities, and it’s a shame that we don’t get a real reason to return after we finish exploring these areas. I know that implementing events that take place in these locations would not be a good thing when a good part of the players haven’t explored it at all, but I would really love an event that allowed you to take pictures of these areas for rewards, since it would help the players remember that the Sea of Bygone Eras still exist

the most nostalgic place for me is the very first beginning of the game where you wake up and the way you walk to Mondstadt city.

Albedo's event stories should be his permanent character stories. It's a shame new players don't get to play them. Same with the Fischl/Mona Star quest when we first meet Scaramouche.

Funny story about Klee's treasure, it's actually there before you do that story quest

I love the desert too, people complain it was too big and confusing but I love the challenge of figuring out where each corridor leads to.

i'm surprised no one's mentioned it yet, but the path leading to the city of Liyue is absolutely beautiful. you follow it as part of the main archon quest, and then you climb up this hill and at its peak you see the whole of Liyue laid out in front of you with its golden lights and the sea, and there's even a watchtower you can climb to get a better view- argh i got chills when they showed the Liyue cutscene for the first time. it's beautiful and reminds me of celebrating CNY when i was younger and things were simpler (lol). plus the music in the whole region is lovely (especially Moon in One's cup and Liyue's theme with the swelling orchestra at the end)! it's even better when they add floating lanterns over the sea during Lantern Rite TT when i'd just unlocked Liyue i used to go there to just run around the city. this video made me very nostalgic haha

Some other forgotten area at the top of my head: -Tomo's grave (Where Kazuha placed Tomo's vision, the white cat is there too), -Aranana Village the "day version" -Inside the giant ruin guards -Stormterror's Lair main tower, lowest floor and at the very top -Nameless island in Mondstadt -The abandoned wine cabin in Liyue (you can get a lot of low rarity artifacts here) -There is a cave in between the statue's leg in Liyue, near Golden House. -Pervases's Temple and the pond next to it. -The root system in the Chasm that can teleport you up to Sumeru. -The Temple of Silent -The thief's cave underwater of Fontaine (there is a trapped dog there that you can feed) -The researcher hideout at the edge of Fontaine (where Paimon help you out of the cage) -3 torches sand island at the beach of Sumeru (I assumed it's the border of Natlan) -Near the place above is a waterway, there is a small tent of an artist NPC from the mini world quest. -The pari's cave at the end of the desert swamp. -The shinning gold mushroom cave near the dendro chicken. -Pirate ship + cave combo in Serai island -Neko's shrine -The hilichurl camp on water around Watatsumi Island -Kokomi's secret base -The ghost village in Wuwang Hill -The frogs "shrine" in the chasm. -That one special fishing spot in the Chasm's cave with the Black Serpents and monuments puzzle

One thing I like about character story quests is how they'd permanently change the world. like how mona broke the seal on the door, how we drain the water in albedo's, and how we opened up sal terrae in Zhongli's. I can't remember if all story quests used to do that nor have I paid attention in the newer ones, but I do remember trying to guess what area they'll touch upon when starting a quest.

enkanomiya... i got chills when you walk thru the phase gate and seeing dainishi mikochi and my god its still one of the best looking places imo

The Door to Khaenri'ah is definitely on my list. Just after such a long slog, finally getting to the bottom of the cave and see this massive door across the large cavern, the eight-pointed star emblem emblazoned upon it? Bruh... Stunning. I'd also put the adeptus' retreat place on this list. Y'know, the little floating island above the moutains that you have to do that puzzle to unlock? I love that area. It's so cool and you can see so far and it's so damn pretty. There's no reason at all to go back there after you get the chest, but I still do on occasion just for nostalgia's sake. Also, some of the places in the Chasm! I'm specifically thinking of the old, upside-down ruins, the big, glowing mushroom that talks, and the area with the celestial nail, but I'm sure there are other really cool spots.

one thing i wish genshin would add is the ability to put daily commissions in some of those places, like enka, chasm, and sea of bygone eras, and in some less visited places in the overworld. it'd give a reason to visit some of those beautiful places again great video, i love these places as well ToT

This is one reason I rotate my daily's to a different region each week, it helps to remind me just how vast the game world of Teyvat is.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="697">11:37</a> you haven't completed the puzzle yet, you need three more slates to unlock two luxurious chests. It's easy to miss, since we probably already solved a puzzle on the same location, so I figured that out thanks to this video

Places I’d like to add to this list: -The starting beach -The unnamed island in mondstat -the fancy boat floating on liyue harbor -boar king “boss” -Those small islands east of the kamisato estate -the palace of alcazarzaray -vimara village (I suppose it got brought up in bedtime story) -That beached boat with the bar on it in fontaine

Playing Genshin Impact in the early days was such a magical experience. I still frequently go to stormterror's lair even with its outdated visuals because the atmosphere is just unmatched. I also love how the music doesn't change when engaging in combat

Dragonspine will forever be my favorite sub-region in teyvat and its such a shame how little incentive the game gives you to return to any of the main sub-regions after you complete the main reward tree there.

I revisit areas too. Windrise, Enka, Arama…. I do visit and play music for Arama once in awhile.

the gazebos in Sumeru city's Razan garden. honestly I love to imagine the playable ex akademiya characters sneaking out into the winding paths leading up to the garden for a quick break. running around the akademiya area all the way up to the sanctuary of surasthana is genuinely one of my favorite things to do when there are no events

some days i have the urge to make a brand new account purely to explore again but then i remember just how much there is and how much time it takes and 💀💀

This made me so nostalgic and kinda teary eyed lol. Genshin was my comfort game back in the pandemic and I was always playing it and the most nostalgic for me was mondstadt up to inazuma/enkanomiya. I miss playing with friends in those times. Additionally, whenever I hear watatsumi island's OSTs, that's when the nostalgia always hit lol. Thank you for this vid!

even some very mundane places can be nostalgic due to one's unique journey through teyvat. one of those locations for me is the portion of liyue near dragonspine around the tenacity/pale flame domain as it was my first path into liyue.

this video really makes you appreciate the artists and modellers in the game. like so so much work goes into it and it sucks their work is overlooked

one of my favorite things is going to the jade chamber and looking out at all the new areas, you can see parts of the whole map from there. like sumeru forest and the pyramid. now fontain and the nail above dragonspine. out far you can see the inazuma Sakura tree. its so nice up there. hopefully we can see parts of natlan too

I wish they do something about this someday, maybe reset all Teyvat’s chests, make more international events in uncommon locations idk… It’s a such a waste of amazing hard work the artists did just like the temporary maps… They’re all gone.

This is one of the cool things about helping newer people with the game. You get reintroduced to older locations and older quests (that are possible in co op anyways). And after 2+ years, it definitely feels like experiencing them for the first time. I didn't actually realize how much I liked dragonspine until i was helping someone else explore it

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="362">6:02</a> "looks at this beautful area" Also baizhu dying in the background

Desert is like a whole vibe of it's own the music, the desolation, the terrain everything is so immersive and each story lost in there is so tragic and u just get lost in it. The pari, the tanit tribe, everything that jeht went through, the golden slumber and deshreth's wasted efforts, apep, zandik's brutal experiments and the asylum, the ancient civilization and their creations, the jinni, the ruin golems and the gateway to khaenriah. Everything there has a story of its own and it's all obscured in the sands and lost to time. Ppl hate to traverse the empty sand planes and solve those puzzles but each has a story to it which i cant move on from. Its one of my favorite regions in this game despite being so grim and gloomy in contrast to all the colourful and joyful areas this game usually brings

Seeing Jeht's area again made my heart hurt. Out of all the NPCs we've met, I've wanted to take her with us the most. I hope we get to see her again, and that life has gotten better for her. Or, the pipe dream, make her playable! Thanks for a lovely walk down memory lane.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="589">9:49</a>, ahh the Raiden pee puddle, can't believe I spent a month farming there for The Catch

the most nostalgic place in the game for me is the little ledge where you stand at the beginning of the game above the first statue of barbatos at starfell lake. its the first stunning view in the game with its own cutscene, but ive never had a reason to go stand there again and take it all in. i might just go do that when i log on today (and maybe add a few other places to this comment). im especially curious how the scenery from that spot has changed with all the new areas since then

i love the aboveground portion of the chasm. the colors and shapes of the landscape are stunning, and the MUSIC is so poignant and beautiful. it might be my favorite soundtrack in genshin, which is saying a lot because i love the whole ost sooooo much. enkanomiya music also slaps haha

The chasm was one if the most beautiful places and we have not had the chance to go back. I wish they had more events there

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="160">2:40</a> - That's actually from Klee's story quest! And it's there even before you start the quest.

Remember the reason playing Genshin because of Zelda and still playing it until now because their world building is never miss, just hope the devs revisiting their old maps again just for event or something else i cant even imagine, and simple example like the last music event in inazuma bring back Watatsumi Island to the radar is refreshing enough for me just hope they do more often something like that

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="551">9:11</a> i don't know if you know this, but you can actually get a furnishing of Kazari's mask after finishing the quest. You have to talk to some NPC at Grand Narukami Shrine or something like that to get it. It's a nice alternative if you used up your mask for the catalyst One favorite of mine would be the room where you get the Snowtombed Starsilver claymore, though I'm not sure if majority of players have even been in there for the first time

Such a nostalgic experience, thank you RU-vid for recommending this to me! I really liked your calm talking which still borught out youre genuine excitement over the beauty of these areas. Really lovely to watch a positive Genshin video these days

The world building of Genshin is just incredible honestly… Not just the various sceneries/environments but NPCs have their own little background that most of the player base don’t pay attention to.. For example, at the cemetery behind the Cathedral, there’s a father who sings to his deceased daughter. These neat details brings more life to Teyvat.

The sealed gate to khaenriah is another one that slips past people, I still remember walking into that cave by complete accident and standing there in complete awe

the desert and the eternal oasis are definitely my favorite experience in genshin. having super long world quest that can occupy you after doing story quests and archon quests is just so soothing

I miss how genshin gameplays used to be exploring the regions and enjoying the sceneries rather than just farming for primos, artifacts never-ending-ly. I dropped the farming parts just to appreciate how beautiful the game is for now since i have little time to do everything, and just be happy with what i had farm before

I absolutely loved Ruu, I always find myself going back to Tsurumi Island to look at the tree. I literally waited for Ruu's theme on the radiant spincrystal to spawn in the teapot shop so it could play in my teapot.

Finally someone who appreciates the Aranara quest!!

One of my faves is God of Salt cave - It is so charming and sad at the same time. I go back there quite rarely now tho. And Windrise also with its big tree. My fav from Sumeru is Orachard of Pairidaeza

I legit was suprised seeing the sea of bygone eras a few days after it release cause there was just nothing to do. (I did the world quest the day it released) It’s a real shame they made the whole area underwater, it really limited the gameplay. They should have added more pockets of air where they could include more puzzles and enemies. It was such a beautiful area, wasted on a one-day adventure.

I love to revisit areas from time to time! specially watatsumi because I've been a Kokomi main since her release. At that point in the game I was still in Liyue story and hadn't unlocked Inazuma yet, so when I was able to finally visit the island, it felt as if I had come home from a long journey. It a warm feeling I always get when revisiting some of my fav areas. Amazing video btw, I really enjoyed it, nostalgia hit my heart :D!

Every time I see the cemetery in Mondstadt I remember that one video with Childe saying "This place is quite dead, by which I mean, there's nothing to kill" 😭

I hope this video blows up. Imagine revisiting all these areas after the main story is over.

Speaking of the graveyard behind the mondstadt church: When I started the game, I was exploring and found the graveyard. Because it was night, an npc was there in front of the grave. I clicked on him and if you know you know but basically he was singing a song to his dead daughter. I was so caught off guard as I was new to the game and now I just occasionally visit the graveyard when I'm near the church cause I just wanna give the dead some company.

One such place that makes me nostalgic was that secret cave in the undergrounds of the chasm: the place is idyllic, bathed in gentle sun light, a few roots traverse the area, protecting three elemental totems in the center. You are welcomed here by a very quiet and serene soundtrack unique to this specific area, none of the few dendro blob you walk by will trigger the local combat theme; this is a place of peace. The totems element are from the three (at the time of the region releases) current known archon: anemo, geo and electro. That was one subtle tease of sumeru release and it hit me very hard at the time. This pretty little area was enough to get me hooked until the next beautiful region get around and the music in here still gets me emotional for some reason. And fun fact you may already know about, after sumeru released, the top of that place, specifically where the sunlight comes from, is a secret teleport to the entrance of the sumeru forest. Really loved that attention to detail here :)

One of the most nostalgic place for me is Enkanomiya. It's haunting music, sad lore, the sunchildrens and just the overall vibes are phenomenal.

Sumeru will always be my favorite region. Even though I haven't finished all the world quests (I've been avoiding them ngl I wanna finish Archon Quests first), I really love the stories and lore of that nation! Especially Jeht's and Arama!

Don't know if we can consider it "forgettable" because of the immense lore implications, but the Gate of Everlasting Mournings will be for a long time the most impactful thing that I ever came across in Sumeru, and I'm pretty sure that after the Khvarena quest was done, not that many people came back down there to see it again (will say that I'm one of those people, I sometimes go down there just to remind myself of the extreme shock I had when first seeing it). And also, just seeing a Mourning Flower right outside it was the moment I actually teared up (silly, but it was really impactful to me for some reason)

As someone who played genshin at the launch day, my most memorable place was Qingyun Peak. I traveled that place with friends. Everything was still new, waypoints still locked, statue is still locked and the game is still mysterious and when that music hits in that place. I fell in love immediately.

I started playing this game a few months ago and almost 100% explored all of Teyvat and cleared 90% of content, but it's nice looking back at these places I've never seen again after collecting everything

sometimes i just spend several hours revisiting all my favorite locations in genshin. it's really fun and relaxing

Speaking of forgotten places. Did you know that there was once a place in Teyvat called Serenum? It is hinted to be a place hidden from the maps of Teyvat and quite possibly beyond the borders of its many oceans.

This is why i love 100% regions cuz it lets me fully appreciate the devs work and map designs.

You earned yourself a sub for praising the sumeru desert, its also one of my favourite areas in the whole game and its so underrated

Sea of bygone made me feels like a disney princess lmaoo really enjoyed it with my kaeya swimmin around The ost on this area is really top tier disney vibes

honestly, i always dreaded exploring the desert, but after finally biting the bullet and doing it i've grown to really love it. all of the mechanisms and all of the quests in it were so fun to do, and now i really understand just why people love it. sometimes i wish i could explore it all over again or at least do the quests again for the first time.

Exploration is my favourite part of the game, I love finding all those random sitting spots too with pretty views.

About cemetery in Mondstadt, you'll be occasionally returning there as part of Mondstadt's weekly reputation requests. The bard in the cemetery needs flowers to put on his daughter's grave.

I'm so happy to find another fellow desert area lover! Lots of people don't like it (and some of their reasons are actually warranted, especially for the lack of maps we had back then) but a lot of the areas are just drop dead gorgeous. Thanks so much for the video!

Wow this is the type of thoughts when I'm chilling in Genshin too. I just wander around and appreciate the background , scenery and music. Thank you for making this video! Makes me feel relatable.

honestly, the best/nostalgic place for me is the big venti tree, I always feel safe there.

Thanks for the nostalgia trip! All of these little areas are exactly what makes genshin’s open world so amazing imo. Helping my friend and my mom find materials has brought me back to several of these places but I really do have to revisit some of them sometime. I also agree that the desert isn’t as awful as a lot of people think it was, but it was definitely way easier to digest when experienced across three updates and i can see why newer players would be overwhelmed with having to confront what looks a lot like one single massive area, even if the underground map has made exploring that area way easier.

Ever since I watched the yu-peng chen’s music video for tales of snowy mountain, when they show the samanchurl dancing in the snow, backed up with the melancholic music, i somehow understand how everything will eventually turn into memories while teyvat is going to always be waiting for us no matter how long My favorite place in teyvat has to be qingce village. It reminds me of my own hometown that I can no longer go back to because of things that happened between my families. Qingce reminds me of the days I used to spent on my granny’s house every weekend with the mountains all around, petty field, water banks.. they just got me emotional everytime. And the music just phenomenal Dragonspine too, i live in tropical country so this might sound silly but looking at snow falling on my window has always been my childish little dream.. i love the loneliness, serenity, sorrowful atmosphere of the area and again the music is just iconic. People hated dgsp but i love it so much And sumeru desert was amazing. The truest adventure i ever experienced. I love all the lore that were being dished out here and there and i also love this little grandpa who planted golden rose. I still come back to him once in a while to hear his little npc song..

Yesss genshin tour guide video where you just show us how much lovely the places you like are in this casual style!!

In mondstat there is a daily quest where you bring flowers to a grieving man at a grave behind the church.

the indescribable urge to make a new account just to relive these story quests again

Dude, we really need more videos like this where we just appreciate the genshin overworld. Brings back endless amount of memories, those days were the happiest ;)

And the giant gate underground! I love that place so much, even if it creeps me out. This is the reason I have an account on every server, I love going back through each quest, even if I wish I could do it all for the first time again.

I always go back to Mondstadt. It really feels like home.

I've been playing Genshin for a long time, but I started seeing old areas with new eyes after I started playing with my young nephew. He loves the desert with it's elevators, so we would explore caves and pyramids to find as many elevators as possible. There is a whole system south of Aaru Village and he loves it. I never would have gone there again without him. But I enjoy it a lot. We would just walk through Mondstadt or drive the aqua bus around Fontaine or just swim and look at fish. The game is just so peaceful and calm.

As a semi beginner player who just finished sumeru and is wrapping up the sidequests before going to fontaine, it was really nice watching you revisit these places that are still near and dear to my genshin experience. I just started in april and was hooked! i barreled through mondstat and liyue and it wasn't until inazuma that i decided to slow down and enjoy these moments.

I Like places more that seems to be much more realistic and just a bit of wholesome, example of this is the qingce village

i really hope in future quests we go back to the heart of dragonspine. its sooo gorgeous and ominous at the same time, and the lore they dumped on us with it is so interesting it cant just be forgotten about like that. 😭😭

I always loved finding little places in the map that player weren’t supposed to see. I used to play hide and seek with my friend in the cities, I found so many interesting things. I also miss talking to the npcs, I really don’t talk to them anymore

My comfort genshin gameplay is visiting places around teyvat and seeking chests or taking pictures so I tent to circle. It makes me think and learn a lot about world building and painting (because of the colors). I feel like genshin is a game I'll be coming back to forever

Thank you so so much for this video. Genshin nostalgia is such a powerful feeling. The memories are so soo precious. This makes me wanna come up with my own list of very specific little corners of Teyvet that hold special meaning for me. Thank you once again ❤

The amazement in your voice over these areas is so pure!

That unmarked Nameless Island in Mondstadt where everyone Kaeya bridged to and starting that quest really hooked me into thinking theres more to Genshin's worldbuilding. Then for Liyue that door and cave to Sal Terrae. For me Inazuma's moment was jumping in that well into the cave in Konda village, just that change from Idyllic to mystery made that area special but forgotten and havent visited since. I remember most of Tsurumi caves but have completely forgotten the network in the middle of Serai with those barrier puzzles.

I can't believe how Genshin is already a thing full of nostalgia. It feels like just yesterday I first downloaded the game, and it kept crashing because of my crappy pc at the time, but I was just so breathtaken by how beautiful the world was because I have never played a game with such amazing graphics and scenery. In the past I was looking for an rpg game that I could really immerse myself in the world and when I found genshin I was like "I found it." Sometimes I wish we could just go back before all these regions came out, and before twitter attacked, when we could just immerse ourselves and enjoy the game for what it was. I love the regions now, but it'll never quite be the same as back then.

The funny part of this video is seeing just how much more I have to do. One or two of these I completed in the last few weeks so they are fresh in my memory instead of being nostalgic :)

There certainly was a daily quest that had you going to the cemetery. A bard asked to bring flowers for his daughter whose grave is there

There’s a daily quest for the cemetery where you give flowers to a grieving father for his daughters grave.

Key word.... Dainsleif. He and Enjou could be great catalysts to make these areas more relevant. Or maybe return the old story driven event more often. And use these areas as the settings.

I do the same thing! Sometimes I will just travel to a random warp point and just meander around an old area for an hour or so just remembering all the cool things that happened. For the cemetery behind the Mondstadt cathedral, there is a reputation quest to give flowers to a man who is grieving for his daughter that I would get nearly every week. 😭 And I had no idea they changed Kazari's name! It was such a good quest that I choose to keep the mask instead of turning it into a blueprint. Mostly I miss the event locations that we no longer have access to. I really loved the event version of Enkanomiya, and the Golden Apple Archipelago was always beautiful to surf around and explore. I find it really fun to see what locations others enjoy to return to, so I hope you will continue with another video revisiting the best locations that left a lasting memory for you. Thank you for sharing!

all the climbing through terrain, all the running around the map mindlessly can really lead you to some wonderful places tucked somewhere in genshin. the caves in liyue, that one little bell tower in mondstadt--it's like unearthing treasure. you stay there for a bit and maybe even place a pin to remember it forever. i have many fond memories of this game and even just hearing the soundtrack immediately brings me back to the place i associated it with. a favorite of mine is getting a glimpse of the wangshu inn from afar for the first time and hearing the lovely instrumental music that accompanied that view.

One thing that makes me come back to these places, Is Co-op with Friends, we sometimes tp to these areas just to reminisce on times before updates, expansions, quest progressions and more. We rarely co-op nowadays because we're busy but we do go in calls whenever someone opens. We'd do Photoshoots, recordings, Do some trolling with each other and have fun. STORY WISE, It's like Poetic that we mever return to these areas specifically the "Go to these Forgotten Areas of the World to Get/Investigate Objective" because we have done what we were supposed to do and that we have to leave now. Gameplay wise, its a wasted space for the most part unless you're super desperate for Materials or Specific materials or drops are in the area. My Favorite area is really the desert even though it was the most frustrating to explore because of verticality and no underground maps back then, I felt like an explorer, it also made me dizzy and had to explore all the underground for months. Well Sumeru in General but the the Desert was the first super extensive, connected network of underground areas.

You just made me remember why I love this game so much when I've been feeling burnt out after 3 years of playing. Thank you for taking me on this trip down memory lane! ^^ More videos like this please!

This video resonated with me so much. Cause I do exactly the same. - One of the things in enkonomia I love other than that pond is that after finishing all the world quests, you can go to the top of the tower using a mechanism and just stand on the freaking sun. I want to add 2 more where I regularly even now go to chill. - The virushka oasis. The OST + the environment is so soothing and makes your day better. - Same thing in Liyue above the TP north of the Statue of 7. There is a floating temple. Looking at sunrise in that temple is literally mind blowing.

i really miss the chasm! all the ruined ancient civilizations, winding tunnels, chambers, and caves(and how water flowed through them was unique to that area at the time), the giant mushroom and green caverns with the secret entrance to sumeru! also the purple cavern with the skyfrost nail. the lore for the area runs so deep and the entire expansion is so unique and dynamic, theres something new everywhere you look. i miss the novelty of really being "underground" for the first time in the archon quest, and its sad that we never get to go back.

i still remember when i was super new to the game and didn't know anything about it, and i assumed dvalin was the final boss, so i pulled an all-nighter to finish it... but it really did feel final, and i still remember the music and puzzles so vividly

Man i can't tell how much i love the Sumeru desert.. Probably my favorite area as well and I'm talking all the desert area, from the beginning to the end.. I just love it. And one of my latest most loved places is Petrichor. This little yet beautiful town on that tiny island.. I just love it. Great video!

I've been playing this game since day 1 and I really love this video. Brings back so much nostalgia. Thank you so much for this! ❤

You hit up a lot of my favorites, but some other small out of the way places or forgotten areas I love: - The base of Stormterror's tower. What is WITH the swirling winds down there? Is that the remnants of Decarabian's death, causing chaos? There's unique Paimon dialogue if you try to get down there. - Pervases' Temple! I try to stop in from time to time to offer him some incense. - The dropoff from the Inazuman ocean to Watatsumi Island. Seeing that view for the first time was just fantastic. Shoutout to the vortex you jump into to get into Enkanomiya as well. - The Door to Khaenri'ah. Actual chills the first time I saw it. Kaeya was my first character to 90, first crown, first triple crown, and first character to max friendship. I'm incredibly invested in him and his backstory, so that place held a special significance for me. - The Harvisptokhm tree and the area beneath it. LOTS of lore significance, and absolutely gorgeous. - The ruins of the Fontaine Research Institute (sky cube edition) and the Roots of Errinyes that you go to during the Pahsiv quests. Yes, these are pretty recent, but they're also easily forgotten once you're done with the relevant quests! - Honorable mention to the Golden Apple Archipelago, which I certainly wish I could return to! And two that warrant a separate paragraph, despite being recent: Teatree Slope and Yaodie Valley. Baizhu has been one of my favorite characters since I saw him when I started playing in 1.3, and I always made sure to keep enough wishes in reserve for a guarantee in case he suddenly became playable. I sifted desperately through dialogue and lore for years, searching for Baizhu crumbs. When the Echoes of an Offering artifact set came out I read through its lore and immediately told a fellow Baizhu-loving friend "there's NO way this isn't talking about Changsheng and a fish adeptus." Baizhu came out most of a year after that, and Chenyu Vale almost another year after *that*, and I was so, SO happy to find those places, play those quests, meet Fujin, and have my theories confirmed. Stepping into Yaodie Valley and hearing the musical motif from Baizhu's story cutscene threading through the music actually made me tear up, I was so happy to finally be where that story began. Genshin's delayed payoff game is wild, but it's always worth the wait. (happy sighs) Anyways, my rambling aside, I really loved the video. You definitely got me fondly reflecting on why I love this game so much. There are SO many beautiful or impactful moments and places that stick with you. It's great to see a chill person that's so in love with the game, I'm definitely going to check out your other videos for both Genshin and others! Thank you for the nostalgia blast!

this are the types of content i want to see as a veteran player