The amount of people being caught off-guard by Durin's timed quest is shocking (or not)

If people took the 5 seconds to look over the information given, they'd see it literally telling you you'll need 5 calendar days to complete the quest. There are way too many posts being shocked about there being multiple days needed to do the quest.

There's still time to start and get the skin for Durin and the quest takes about 5 - 10 minutes a day.

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TrashySheep2026-01-04 16:51

I don't like multi-IRL days quests tbh, or interaction that are literally "1 week cooldown" down to the very second/day.

However, I am aware of these and will plan accordingly. I accept it for what it is, but it doesn't mean I like it.

Gold_Pineapple76442026-01-04 16:52

People never look at information, and never will. The game needs to pop up a cutscene when you open that page. Like, Durin jumps into your screen and tells you there's a time limitation in the quest and slowly explain how you should play it. After you see that cutscene and close the page, everyday for the next days until you finish the quest, Durin should appear in your screen when you login to remind you that you still have to play the thing.

And even with all those safeguardings, people would still miss it.

jonnevituwu2026-01-04 18:05

Or, hear me out...

just not have them limited to irl days

Gold_Pineapple76442026-01-04 18:08

Of course, I hated it as well. But the conversation isn't about that, it's about people not reading.

jonnevituwu2026-01-04 18:15

I mean, it wouldnt be a problem if there was no irl days limitation.

Also, expecting ppl to now know that THIS specific quest uses irl days instead of being able to skip like the player *always* does for other quests with day skips is just skill issue at game design.

Everytime I see "wait until the next day" on a quest I pray that pressing the quest text will open the clock.

Nunu56172026-01-04 18:55

The game explicitly tells you it uses 5 calendar days and to plan ahead, if a player fails to notice that then it’s not a “skill issue in game design” it’s skill issue in comprehension

jonnevituwu2026-01-04 19:06

Again, not having such things is still better, I literally today skipped 24hrs of waiting on a side quest by sitting on a bench, why cant I do the same there?

Nunu56172026-01-04 21:09

That’s not the point, we would love if it wasn’t timegated. But when there’s an obvious never before seen disclaimer and the player doesn’t read it then they need to take some accountability

brliron2026-01-04 21:09

But these people aren't able to read your comment either.

Gold_Pineapple76442026-01-04 23:11

Not much we can do about this. As I said in another occasion, if we lived in a world that paid us for each word we read in a day, they would end the month with a balance of 0, since they wouldn't even read that they could be paid by reading.

The downvotes feels like a badge showing how screwed the education system is.

Noir19902026-01-04 16:56

After having finished it recently, I don't get why there was a day in between each step.

Terrorbalrog2026-01-04 19:07

It seem this is the most logical explanation of meaning behind it
https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/s/q3Yj7iZyS1

InukoJon2026-01-04 17:06

Tbh people who messed up and miss out genuinely don’t care enough about it for me to feel sorry for them.

Shoutaku2026-01-04 17:11

To be fair, the only thing they are missing out on are the 60 primos, the rest is whatever...

Appropriate_Gate11292026-01-04 17:17

Skin

Charles1Morgan2026-01-04 17:25

skin is permanent

Awkward-Surprise2026-01-04 17:33

Thank you. I was about to open Genshin to start doing that quest since I read in event page it's only the primos and mat being limited time and never heard about skin being limited time too.

Appropriate_Gate11292026-01-04 17:38

Yeah? Ty very much!!! I were so sorry for my friend who missed days

Shadourow2026-01-04 18:08

There is still more than 5 days left, why would you be sorry ?

Appropriate_Gate11292026-01-04 18:59

I thought it were already over.

Finished the quest long time ago and didn't know how much time people had. Glad it's more than 8 days.

KRen_7252026-01-04 17:27

A friend of mine made a really cool connection it's 5 days long because it's like a parent telling their child a bedtime story which are usually told in parts because the kid falls asleep halfway......and now I'm sad 😭😭

sir_sweatalot2026-01-04 17:32

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Hojuma2026-01-04 17:49

The chronicles stuff seems like the bounty+reputation commissions equivalent for NK. I'm not happy with it either, but I get why it's like that.

ostrieto172026-01-04 17:34

from a narrative standpoint it's pointless to drag it across 5 IRL days, a simple roll the clock 24h would have sufficed but they probably did it because of how dry and boring this patch is.

Ricksaw262026-01-04 17:35

In my opinion, at this point people do it for the sake of posting it to reddit to complain.

CaffeinatedDani2026-01-04 18:10

I was one of those people that didn’t really read the warning but someone from this sub made a post about this quest being time gated , and that finally got my butt going and completed it. Thank you stranger from this sub 🫶🏻🥹

NaturalAppointment842026-01-04 18:16

In this comment section, it’s clear that you’ve managed to finish it on time. Also did I. Long before getting into time pressure.
But thinking about pros and cons.

Pro: (time gate)
- content won’t be used up too quickly, since rushing is impossible
- more time to think about the quest parts

Con:
- people need to play occasionally to get the little extra reward
- life DOES HAPPEN (!) and when you only have a short period of time for gaming, you may miss the extra

I know that the extra reward is only 60 primos, but it’s still kind of bad for those who are free to play and maybe don’t have the right time to play in the last month.

Maybe y’all should also try to get your empathy on a higher level this year. It’s weird to read „how they are too stupid to read“ … or „their FAULT for not playing“. It’s clearly just a goal by hoyo to force a daily log in. Nothing else.

WorstSkilledPlayer2026-01-04 18:35

Sadly many higher-than-thou posers seem to believe that "empathy" is useless sub stat in a videogame that won't help them clear content quickly, all the while gloating and shouting about the overused word in decades "media literacy" or the lack thereof for feeding into their dubious superiority complexe..

CuteMayhem2026-01-04 18:19

Tbh is bad because of the 60 primos, but i think it's cool to chill down some players that rush all the content in one day

fourrier012026-01-04 18:29

Those people just have quite amount of masochism in their soul and excited to show it to the world

Pay no mind to them.

Svizek2026-01-04 18:30

Wait, what skin for Durin???

100RatsInASack2026-01-04 19:07

You get a free skin for Durin when you complete his story quest. It's nothing amazing, it just changes the appearance a bit for his dragon bits (horns+tail+wings).

It looks better than his default skin imo, but if you're curious, you can check what it looks like from the story quest section of the events menu

Sharp-Sport-32932026-01-04 19:57

ummmm…is it your first time in this community? we all know Genshin players don’t read lol

GamingTherapy022026-01-04 20:50

it's not even that long, ya can do one once a week, and ya still have time left.

wy1001012026-01-11 05:42

this is stupid. Why even show it if you don't have time to finish it. I somehow missed that this was something to do, and now I can't complete it. I hate companies that do this particular form of FOMO.