How could Dottore have created the moon that served as a trap?

Even if Dottore deceived the inhabitants of Hyperborea and they taught him everything he needed to know about the moons, it remains purely theoretical, doesn't it? Unless Dottore reached a level of technological advancement comparable to the dragons, which seems almost impossible to me. And if he did create a moon, does that moon physically exist? And if so, is it in Teyvat or beyond the false sky? As a final question, I wondered if Dottore had succeeded in creating a moon (the one to change the portal's destination), couldn't he use it as a replacement for the iridescent moon (the one in Columbina) to have all the primordial powers instead of wanting to create other moons as mentioned in the 6.3 trailer? Unless the moon he created is a false moon and can fool the portal but can't go any further...I was never comfortable with the basic lore, but now with Act 6...

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notthatjaded2026-01-04 18:01

The trap wasn’t a moon, it was a device that effectively sent out a signal that spoofed what the Hyperborean device expected to detect.

It’s like if someone sets up a device broadcasting a cell signal that your phone starts talking to because it looks “correct” as opposed to the cell tower it normally talks to.

Academic_Bid_53062026-01-04 19:40

I'm starting to understand, thank you, but in that case, where is the false moon located and where have we seen it in the quests so far?

notthatjaded2026-01-04 19:42

The false moon they talk about in the trailer for the upcoming patch? I'm not sure we know.

In general, prior to this, when people were talking about the "false moon" it was in reference to the one you could see in the sky...since the sky itself is fake.

Academic_Bid_53062026-01-04 20:00

I was talking about the "moon" that Dottore created.

esmelusina2026-01-04 20:09

He hasn’t created it yet.

* False Moon is the moon in the sky
* Frost Moon is the last real moon beyond the sky
* Fake Moon is a _receiver_ that the hyperborean transport gate targeted (instead of the real moon).

There are about 30 other moon people and objects as well as astronomical and geographical— so like, it’s all moons baby.

Also, he didn’t go back in time or anything. He just kept repeatedly nagging memories for days until the memory was (permanently?) altered. He didn’t do anything yet really.

notthatjaded2026-01-04 20:14

Then you mean the one they mention in the trailer. We don't yet know how he did that.

thwrlsgenshin2026-01-04 18:50

Columbina has the powers of the frostmoon, iridescent was left with Arle before got yoinked by Dottore. As they said on the other answer, the trap wasn't a moon but Dottore is indeed trying to create a new one after Columbina escaped. Maybe he will try to concentrate enough kuuvahki to activate the failed moon who became Nod Krai? Can't say for sure, this will gonna be a long week 😆

Neospanner2026-01-04 18:58

Look at it this way. Even in real life, we have the ability to make something that LOOKS like a moon, even if it isn't actually a moon.

Dottore didn't need to make a moon. He just needed to make something that felt like a moon to the gate machine.