I never noticed how much it looks like the actual land mass. Collective of Plenty as Spain, Ochkanatlan as UK, the rest of Natlan as the rest of Western Europe, then \~some stuff happens\~ and it's China and Japan in the Far East.
SALAZARponei2026-01-04 19:47
Yes probably
notthatjaded2026-01-04 19:50
We don't know though I believe there's only water between Nod Krai and the Natlan event area (or maybe Piramida is in that black spot and it'll get filled in next patch? It's generally in that vicinity if I recall rightly...but it'll still be mostly water).
People speculate that Blackcliff Forge should fill in some of that area south of Liyue but I don't think we know any inkling if or when it will fill in.
The area between Sumeru and Natlan is weird though I wouldn't be surprised if they leave it be.
I think people expect there will be more added to Fontaine at some point.
I don't know about the area you circled between Stormterror's Lair and Chenyu Vale but I believe people expect we'll get Dornman port northeast of Mondstadt.
Arsonoisy2026-01-04 20:36
I think Piramida will be a northern expansion for Nod-Krai
notthatjaded2026-01-04 22:56
I just mean I can't remember if where we see it from the cemetery lighthouse is north or to the west. It's definitely currently visible, it's just not reachable.
TrialByFyah2026-01-04 19:50
it would be a lot more oddly shaped if everything happened to be inside a neat little square instead of looking like an actual, realistic map with jutting out parts and patches of nothing in particular
Isk4nd4r_rd2026-01-04 19:51
This narrow corridor into Natlan is infuriating.
fjaoaoaoao2026-01-04 21:11
Maybe meant to show how isolated it was until hoyo figures out what to do with the in between :p
Isk4nd4r_rd2026-01-04 21:35
Personally im hoping for a savannah-like locatin between Natlan and desert
danielthetwin2026-01-05 00:32
I’ve assumed that they were mainly mitigating issues with a loaded entities limit by having this large empty buffer between Natlan and the rest, and that possibly complicated optimizations needed before filling those buffers would be “next week me’s problem.”
fromulus_2026-01-05 08:26
We've got LODs and occlusion to handle these issues, it's not the PS2 era anymore.
No, the dev team just particularly cares about the first impression an area leaves on you, so they tend to railroad you into entering it through a specific path that they can give extra focus to. Older regions did that as well.
Kunnash2026-01-05 09:54
Then I go and run to Nod-Krai with Furina and have to go back to Natlan to start the quest and go there for real in lore...
ConohaConcordia2026-01-05 09:58
Yeah, Fontaine was also connected to the rest of map only via a single entry at its release, before they added the missing regions in 4.4/4.6.
leandruskis2026-01-04 21:38
it makes no sense because even storywise you still get teleported to the mission with the little saurian if you wander off, so they might as well keep the whole thing connected via sumeru dessert, its just a bunch of shallow water anyway
Kidkaboom12026-01-04 22:54
I really hope they add some sort of settlement there, given it's one of the few land routes that merchants would come through.
PoPo5732026-01-04 22:10
I believe this is because you have to enter Natlan from exactly this spot due to the story. Frustrating as all hell though because of how it makes the map look.
thelovelypenguin2026-01-04 22:29
That is just bad game design, especially for something that's supposed to be an open-world adventure game.
PoPo5732026-01-04 22:33
Fallout 76 did something similar with their new map expansion and I'm not entirely sure if I like it better. What they did was the zoomed out map had the area and you could see it, but only a small path was walkable as to make you enter the area from the one spot for story purposes. Making the whole area around this small spot "out of bounds".
notthatjaded2026-01-04 22:59
Like someone else said, it doesn't matter where you enter from, you're going to get teleported to the Little Guy quest location (right next to that little corridor) anyway. It's like getting teleported in Chenyu Vale to the Fujin quest no matter where you enter from.
Primaatus2026-01-05 05:19
Isn't that mare jivari?
Isk4nd4r_rd2026-01-05 09:36
Im not sure but i think Mare Jivari is somewhere below/south of summer resort island. Thats where we enter it in a quest.
YashamonSensei2026-01-04 19:54
I do hope they include more areas like Chenyu, it was great!
GettingWokeUp2026-01-04 20:56
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leandruskis2026-01-04 21:35
yea but Dornman expands Mondstadt to the north so there'll be a new empty gap between that and stormterrors place
TheCoffeeCrowl2026-01-04 22:30
I'm a pre inazuma casual I don't really keep up with everything that's happening because I get burnout a bunch but MONDSTAT EXPANSION?!!????!! OH I USED TO PRAY FOR TIMES LIKE THESE!!!!
TheSaiguy2026-01-04 22:38
You've been praying since Dragonspine, I'd imagine.
TheCoffeeCrowl2026-01-05 02:19
Yes. Specifically more dragonspine because I believed shnesnaya was never coming. And I like the winter atmosphere
jonnevituwu2026-01-05 01:20
mondstadt\* and that port is a thing on the game's texts since 1.0
MeatballSeal2026-01-04 23:45
The port is a smokescreen misleading you, The real new location is the western hillside of Mt. Esus, where Sandrone and Narzissenkreuz need to meet up.
GettingWokeUp2026-01-04 23:49
There’s a second expansion that is coming in 6. It could be that. Or they could be flipped. Either way, Dornman Port is 100% coming
Rotkiw_Bigtor2026-01-04 21:55
Chenyu Vale was the last time I genuinely enjoyed playing this game
Greenlifechild2026-01-04 22:00
You should consider playing another game then. That was nearly two years ago. That's a long time to play a game that you aren't enjoying. Even considering sunk cost.
Rotkiw_Bigtor2026-01-04 22:13
I am NOT playing this game brochacho. no way in hell. I'm just hanging out on this sub to see what's happening in the game. Natlan literally made me lose interest in anything this game had to offer (but the characters from natlan are really really good)
Galois23572026-01-04 22:41
You should give Nod-Krai a try. It feels a lot like peak sumeru-esque genshin to me AQ-wise
Rotkiw_Bigtor2026-01-04 22:47
I did. the exploration was so laughably easy I completed 100% of it and then quit immediately without touching the story or any quests. the problem is that when hoyo gives you a tool that just does the exploration for you you are never able to stop and enjoy the beauty of the game. exploring the sumeru desert took DAYS and when you finished you felt satisfied because that shiny 100% felt earned. exploring the whole ass desert to 100% was an actual achievement because you had to do everything by yourself.
Galois23572026-01-04 22:54
Bestie the story and quests are like the best part of the new region😭
Rotkiw_Bigtor2026-01-04 22:56
sure but like I said I don't really play this game anymore (miliastra wonderland is fun though)
EchoOfAsh2026-01-04 23:09
honestly it just goes to show how the game appeals to (or fails to) different people. My least favorite part of the game is exploration and I get other people to do it for me. But I’ve played every quest and story except for one or two limited ones I missed when I took a hiatus. And I refuse to try Miliastra lol 😭
Rotkiw_Bigtor2026-01-04 23:17
I agree there's a lot to do in this game and you're rarely forced to do a specific thing. Like how I ignored Imaginary Theater since it released but I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
Sil_Choco2026-01-05 00:17
I mean, you can avoid using the compass and brute-force exploration like the old days.
TrumpChildOnahole2026-01-04 23:07
Nod krai is about as good as chenyu but I think chenyu is still the best zone in the game
Rotkiw_Bigtor2026-01-04 23:14
meh not really Chenyu Vale felt alive with all of those mini quest packed into it. The main quest was actually interesting and it literally overshadowed the boring ass lantern rite that was released alongside this region. Chenyu was also hyped since the game released so this region releasing felt important. Nod Krai was literally pulled out of Dawei's ass because they wanted to sell more characters before Snezhnaya.
SquashPurple45122026-01-05 01:34
At least come back for the mantern rite if you like liyue
solidfang2026-01-05 05:24
Chenyu Vale really feels like it got so much love, though I wonder how much of that was because it was LiYue which always seems to get a bit more, especially during Lantern Rite. The exploration mechanics for that region in specific was so incredible. I really wish they had extended it to some old areas in LiYue. Would make it just feel a ton better to get around.
REKLA52026-01-05 08:07
Best region/area with the best 4 star. :)
Xypod132026-01-05 20:10
True Lan Yan our GOAT
ElsaGranhiert2026-01-05 08:53
Not surprising that Liyue gets the most love from HoYoverse.
Yurand_2026-01-05 09:39
It is Chinese that's why it got that much love. Watch blackcliff forge or whatever expansion Liyue will have in the future having the same treatment.
leeyiankun2026-01-05 13:55
China has a ton of mythology that can be implemented, this is not even 1% of that. They're already measured in their approach.
Chance-Range28552026-01-05 14:36
Im still pissed the bay area around Sumeru got absolutely nothing.
This_Warning2026-01-05 06:05
Damn, that is the only area I skipped. Gotta get myself to visit that already
Kaymish_2026-01-05 09:39
You're really missing out skipping that area. I wish I could go back and play it fresh for the first time again.
EmPudding2026-01-05 07:16
To this day, my favorite part of the map 💖
Rough-Stranger-3142026-01-04 19:57
I think that at least the north side of Natlan and Liyue will be filled. Just my intuition though.
NLiLox2026-01-04 19:58
the two bits between natlan and sumeru are unlikely
between natlan summer place and nodkrai extremely unlikely
west of fontaine, south of liyue and north of mondstadt are all extremely likely
EnesAkhan2026-01-04 20:14
i guess the space between Sumeru nd Inazuma will be kiiinda filled when Blackcliff forge releases well not that much of it but at least it should feel a lot more connected , Fontain part should be filled when Mont Esus releases but it will create weirder gap point -\_- there is nothing between Nod Krai nd Summer resort island unless they out of nowhere decide to slap a place there .. nahh nothing is between Sumeru nd Natlan other than water so not gonna be filled sadly :( the space between Chenyu vale nd Stormteror's lair is also empty for the most part i mean just some extra land but not an specific place . well unless make Dorman Port sooooo vast to the point it is bigger that Mondstat as a whole nd fill that gap too than maybe it will be filled which i hugely doubt tbh
KrzyDankus2026-01-04 20:14
area below Liyue is Blackcliff Forge and the area in Fontaine is probably gonna be Mount Esus West.
everything else is just water or coastline, but the mondstadt gap is probably gonna be gone after Dornman Port.
Echidna-Suspicious2026-01-04 22:25
Dandelion sea?
Kaiser_Capricorn2026-01-05 07:24
That should be north of storm terrors lair last I read in game
WarMage12026-01-05 09:34
Idk if I’m being susge or if it was a hallucination but I remember seeing something about a blackcliff forge expansion coming at some point
KrzyDankus2026-01-05 11:20
everyone knows Blackcliff Forge is gonna be added eventually, we just have no idea when
Neospartan_1172026-01-04 20:15
South of Liyue - Most likely, that's the Blackcliff Forge.
South of Sumeru's Rainforest - Very much doubt it, unless they get Silly and decide to revive the Waverider and make a permanent minigame that connects Port Ormos with Ritou.
In between Sumeru's Desert and Natlan - Heavily doubt it, unless they get Super Silly and decide to connect Port Ormos with The People of the Springs.
In between Nod Krai and Tenochtzitoc - Heavily doubt it.
North of Natlan - Perhaps when Snezhnaya drops?
West of Fontaine - Either when Snezhnaya drops or, idk, when Furina Story Quest 2 drops?
In between Fontaine and Mondstadt - Most likely, Dornman Port has to go somewhere in the world, but it likely will be further North. Still, Dornman Port should mean that section gets filled.
leandruskis2026-01-04 21:41
for me its better to have empty space (like bayda port and surroundings) than what we currently have: inaccessible areas
but i do understand they probably left them like this on purpose in case they decide to include like a new village of sth down the line
babyloniangardens2026-01-05 00:12
I would much rather have Inaccessible Areas than Empty Areas
I don't mind waiting --- years even --- for super Cool Future Map Expansions & more amazing content :D
MoonlitHolly2026-01-05 00:28
I HOPE they get silly!!
Adventurous-Day-67382026-01-04 20:26
Never expect Hoyo to make the most logical next step.
Rex_Lapis_2026-01-04 20:35
Blackcliff forge for liyue and dorman port for Mondstadt
Emiliainen2026-01-04 20:38
fr like i know damn well most of those areas wont get a new major map put on them. Its just gonna be a small filler piece of land like the stuff that got added around that sea between fontaine and liyue. So why not just add it now? 😭
mimiljaq2026-01-04 20:44
honestly i want more liyue
elitekatie2026-01-04 20:45
There is an absolute need for more Mondstadt region. Just give us the Dandelion Sea.
Parapraxium2026-01-04 20:46
nah we don't get map updates anymore
I_am_indisguise2026-01-04 20:50
You don't need to worry about the northern part. With Snezhnaya that will be covered
As for Liyue, there are some rumours that Blackcliff forge can come somewhere in the future and it will be in that expansion
The thing to worry about is the needless gap between Sumeru and Natlan. I don't know why did they open Natlan like that but I sure hope they expand that "corridor"
mushymunchkin32302026-01-05 10:53
My thing is isn’t Snezhnaya supposed to connect to Nod Krai on the map? Wasn’t it part of Nod Krai before becoming autonomous or at some point?
I_am_indisguise2026-01-05 11:04
It is. According to all the info we have, Snezhnaya spans across the whole of the north of Teyvat. It connects to Nodkrai and ends at Mond North west with slightly edging to North. And yes, I agree then Snezhnaya would be absolutely huge and it is. But the thing is, I doubt 100% of it would be land. There can be an island just above the Chenyu vale axis, in the centre of Snezhnaya, to reduce the exploration, considering how maps are now. If it were the old policy devs were taking for maps, I wouldn't be surprised if it was all land with some lakes in between (I really hope and want this), but I doubt that would be a reality
AuthorChaseDanger2026-01-04 20:53
I think there will effectively be a ring around Stormterror's Lair forever, with the only way in through the south and Mondstadt proper. The newbie experience is very on-rails and I think they'll want to preserve that. I've seen people say that they traveled to Liyue through Dragonspine and even that seems like unintended behavior considering the achievement for traveling their via the road.
CaptainSegfault2026-01-05 00:58
There is already precedent for quest-locked map unlocks with the Aranara questline, but that was well after (almost) all of the current Mondstadt content.
Kui762026-01-05 01:09
Stormterror's Lair is completely blocked off by a wall of wind until the player needs to go there for the story quest (and even then, they can only go in via the southern road before the game allows them to enter). With that barrier already in place, I don't think that would be the reason for not filling the map around the Lair.
Not to say they won't leave it empty anyway, 'cause it's Hoyo. 🤷
AuthorChaseDanger2026-01-05 01:25
Oh yeah, I did forget that, but I still think the area around there will remain blocked off just as it is now.
Everyoneheresamoron2026-01-04 20:55
No.
urzu_se7en2026-01-04 20:56
Give it a decade
Echos_light2026-01-04 21:04
I mean we still have more to come there’s still shneznaya (correct me on the spelling I know I’m wrong) so it’ll probably be stuff that gets filled in after they finish with the entire story tbh or atleast after they’ve put in the main cities
SonidoX2026-01-04 21:08
Idk, but I want them to make it easier to explore their open world. Been playing since day 1, but after experiencing easy movement like in WuWa, Genshin feels very sluggish to explore.
Classic-Pea68152026-01-04 21:09
I think one of the problematic parts about filing in regions directly next to the mainland make people question why more people were not aware of those neighboring nations. That’s why the islands work more fluidly to the plot. I have no idea how they can fix that little bridge to Natlan.
Resident_Paint_1732026-01-04 21:15
God I hope. I don't even care how, or what comes. I love Chenyu Vale a lot, it's really beautiful, but I think making the map more filled and cohesive would be, well, just more pleasant to look at lol. I've played this game since it released, with a break in between, and it's been great fun to see the map get both filled in and expanded. Hopefully more of that comes!
zerokrush2026-01-04 21:16
Aside from Liyue South and Fontaine West, not likely.
Those wonky maps (esp Mondstadt North-west and Natlan's bottleneck) are done on purpose because Hoyo wants you to enter by a very specific area and blocks you to enter through another path for storytelling and world-building purposes.
agentzero20202026-01-04 21:17
My guess: 7.x snezhnaya, 8.x filler (aka complete the teyvat map with links to Khaenri'ah entrance?), 9.x Khaenri'ah and 10.x celestia (aka end of teyvat archon chapter).
MindingMyBusiness022026-01-04 21:17
Probably
Infinite-LifeITT2026-01-04 21:31
A final update might be a coastline update. It would add a sailable area around all the land in game and adding the Waverider waypoints at different point around the map. For land bits that are added chest will be found and challenges that are related to each nation. I'm thinking this because it would be fun to sail to each of the nations.
Sayorifan222026-01-04 21:32
Remember. Snezhnaya is not the end of Genshin…
bimbaa2026-01-04 21:32
Just asked John Hoyoverse. He said he’ll think about it
matzz_z2026-01-04 21:35
pls just no more desert 😕😕
mark_crazeer2026-01-04 21:37
My opinion at this pointing by the end the borders of the map have to be in the ocean. So all the fog of war needs to be gone. Once they have revealed every coastline they can color in the borders with empty ocean. Or at least square or circle the border.
Hot-Mood-83422026-01-04 21:45
I feel like we should have another bank. Like an evil bank. An evil bank for evil money. An evil bank for evil money, used by evil people.
Willster3282026-01-04 21:54
The thing that's most interesting to me is if the map ever transitions to a point where we can infer it's layout as a globe and not like a 2d map.
Like right now the Holiday Resort in Natlan looks like its WAYYY far away from Mondstadt, across the world, but if the edges of the map are basically where the globe connects then they're actually quite close and the Mondstadt/Natlan connection isn't so much "a world apart" as our first impression
soon-to-be-dele2026-01-04 22:00
I like how nod krai is supposed to be way up north and it’s still further south than fontaine
Puzzleheaded-Fox-7872026-01-04 22:10
I really did not understand why they put nod crai there, i thought it would be near mondstat and then snez would be above nod crai they would both be above mondstat for the most part. Was so weird to me that it was above natlan like wtf
soon-to-be-dele2026-01-04 23:11
Yeah I thought the same. Also unless snez is absolutely huge and borders nod krai, mondstadt and fontaine the borders aren’t gonna make sense either, because aren’t all 3 supposed to be neighbors
jacehan2026-01-05 02:28
Considering Snez is Russia, it being huge and spanning the whole north makes sense
Master_Insurance_3812026-01-05 06:29
Yeah but liyue being china isnt even that big and china is huge
soon-to-be-dele2026-01-05 06:44
Yea but the way genshin regions are designed I don’t think theyre gonna make it that massive and its gonna look weird
Hobbitoe2026-01-04 22:00
Genshin will do this then Complain Impact players will bring up the increase in game size
Acceptable-Ad53422026-01-04 22:00
It bothers me a little that the resort is closer to Nod Krai than to Natlan
SilverScribe152026-01-04 22:04
I hope so
It'd be lame if the final teyvat map has blanks
AnAsianDudeInReddit2026-01-04 22:15
I hope the gap between stormterrors lair and qingce village is removed once the Mondstadt expansion comes
C_Khoga2026-01-04 22:29
Plot twist :they will make it empty like Bayda Harbor in Sumeru
ShadowFlarer2026-01-04 22:31
That area bettwen Mondstadt and Liyue bothers me the most, is just a small area that connects the two parts, WHY IS IT MISSING?!
Impressive_Base82202026-01-04 22:48
I really hate how the so called continent is now a bunch of islands, inazuma was supposed to be the only archipelago but then we got Fontaine that is basically full islands then natlan that seems more like a big chunk of earth near sumeru than a cohesive landmass and finally nod krai, I'm honestly dissapointed on how things turned out and would love to see doorman port and sheznaya as united as mondstad liyue and sumeru.
tptch2026-01-04 22:57
Once we get the space ship, map travel will be unlocked. Trust.
Hatdry_YT2026-01-04 22:57
HoYoverse: I fill them with more SEA
Expert-Love51162026-01-04 23:10
The open world will not respect the specific linearity of the main quest. If they force the linearity, we get Natlan's corridor. Hooefully they won't fill them out Bayda harbor style though.
ianmeyssen2026-01-04 23:22
part underneath liyu and the west side of mont esus are all but confirmed to be expansions one day.
the small part northwest of mondstadt should be filled with dornman port, which is a confirmed expansion, as it would be weird to have that little part remain a black void surrounded by explorable areas
VaderLover4322026-01-04 23:23
I’m hoping they’ll let us zoom out more on the map in game as well. It’s getting really big for the current max zoom size.
sacredfire5112026-01-04 23:29
It’s so large now we’re at a point where I just want them to fill it out just so that it’s visually appealing lol. Doesn’t need to be a playable area
Also I would love a larger zoom out option now 😂
AKAFallow2026-01-04 23:38
I still heavily dislike Nod-Krai's position, mostly because I can't see how it can be a crossroads for multiple nations and be super close to Snezhnaya at the same time
enxi02026-01-04 23:47
I hope they make the world round so that we can get to inazuma from natlan
Trickster-1232026-01-04 23:51
It would be really cool just to add little islands, or just ocean with maybe some quests you do with boats like in Inazuma
Like come on, it's been years
realtrashvortex2026-01-05 00:05
Natlan and Sumeru be like: 👉👈
CadetC2026-01-05 00:13
I pray to god every night
driknightmare2026-01-05 01:00
this is the worst nightmare for people who have an obsession with maps...
Jinroh752026-01-05 01:42
If it’s just vast empty wasteland or water, there’s no point to fill it in with wasted data. The areas mentioned in comments already are pretty much the only ones we know that have yet to be revealed, but then again, Chenyu Vale was a pleasant surprise.
telegetoutmyway2026-01-05 02:17
I feel like after Sumeru I kept getting more and more confused with all the map placements. Like oh now were *really* going left!
Top-Idea-17862026-01-05 02:48
I'm scared of those blank spaces considering what happened with bayda harbor
ThatRandomCanadianV2026-01-05 02:55
They need to add more to beside the Arle boss, just to fix the screen going red when u tp to it
AND THE DAMN NARROWWAY BETWEEN SUMERU AND NATLAN (we know it’s mostly just water, so just add it already)
HikaruApoloH2026-01-05 03:33
I call them water update
OnlyPistachio2026-01-05 03:39
Tbh, I wouldnt mind if they filled some in without any kind of significant story update. Just a few short side quests and your typical chests. Maybe a recourse sink, similar to the Fontaine fountain or the tablet in Natlan. That way these areas could maybe be filled in quicker and the writing team can focus on the main quests.
Legendary75592026-01-05 03:59
Dorman port is pretty much guaranteed this cycle based on the event dialogues
ReasonablyCreamy2026-01-05 04:25
As long as they don’t do it like around Petrichor… I prefer imagine it rich of things rather than have an empty landscape there
SiaoOne2026-01-05 04:36
Gotta subscribe to Paimon Plus for it
FlukeDoctor2026-01-05 05:18
They’ll give it the bayda harbour treatment. Beautiful emptiness 😍
Artelune2026-01-05 05:34
My guess is they’re currently trying to leave each nation with land that can be expanded out into; I think it’s interesting that they’re so careful to keep their options open.
Fancy-Letterhead-4772026-01-05 06:14
Well, given teyvat was a 2027 plan, I'd say yeah they likely will.
It's highly likely at some point in 6.x we get dormann port (not the dandelion sea, I imagine that comes when we finally get to schneznaya itself)
The area above natlan I ..think is mare jivare? Idk if we get that one as it's supposedly quite inhospitable to traverse. (Esp given it's a giant ass active volcano isn't it?)
We have a few chunks they'll likely fill in. Some of them are probably placeholders for the summer maps (the one below sumeru for example could have been for simulanka)
Zombiecidialfreak2026-01-05 06:19
There was an update to the edge of Stormterror's lair on the side facing Fontaine just before Nod Krai came out, so they're most likely cooking something up there.
Master_Insurance_3812026-01-05 06:30
Where is the mare javari
UmbralUroboros2026-01-05 06:38
I've been staring at the gate by Stormterror's lair for years, waiting to pass through it. I can't believe Snezhnaya was never there.
Efficient-Scarcity-72026-01-05 06:52
this map pmo because wdym fontaine and natlan and didn't fill in the space below sumeru and nod krai didn't fill in between sumeru and natlan
TheJimDim2026-01-05 07:00
It just pisses me off I can't sail in a straight line from Inazuma to Natlan or between Natlan/Nod Krai/Sumeru/Fontaine
Commentaires
People speculate that Blackcliff Forge should fill in some of that area south of Liyue but I don't think we know any inkling if or when it will fill in.
The area between Sumeru and Natlan is weird though I wouldn't be surprised if they leave it be.
I think people expect there will be more added to Fontaine at some point.
I don't know about the area you circled between Stormterror's Lair and Chenyu Vale but I believe people expect we'll get Dornman port northeast of Mondstadt.
No, the dev team just particularly cares about the first impression an area leaves on you, so they tend to railroad you into entering it through a specific path that they can give extra focus to. Older regions did that as well.
between natlan summer place and nodkrai extremely unlikely
west of fontaine, south of liyue and north of mondstadt are all extremely likely
everything else is just water or coastline, but the mondstadt gap is probably gonna be gone after Dornman Port.
South of Sumeru's Rainforest - Very much doubt it, unless they get Silly and decide to revive the Waverider and make a permanent minigame that connects Port Ormos with Ritou.
In between Sumeru's Desert and Natlan - Heavily doubt it, unless they get Super Silly and decide to connect Port Ormos with The People of the Springs.
In between Nod Krai and Tenochtzitoc - Heavily doubt it.
North of Natlan - Perhaps when Snezhnaya drops?
West of Fontaine - Either when Snezhnaya drops or, idk, when Furina Story Quest 2 drops?
In between Fontaine and Mondstadt - Most likely, Dornman Port has to go somewhere in the world, but it likely will be further North. Still, Dornman Port should mean that section gets filled.
but i do understand they probably left them like this on purpose in case they decide to include like a new village of sth down the line
I don't mind waiting --- years even --- for super Cool Future Map Expansions & more amazing content :D
As for Liyue, there are some rumours that Blackcliff forge can come somewhere in the future and it will be in that expansion
The thing to worry about is the needless gap between Sumeru and Natlan. I don't know why did they open Natlan like that but I sure hope they expand that "corridor"
Not to say they won't leave it empty anyway, 'cause it's Hoyo. 🤷
Those wonky maps (esp Mondstadt North-west and Natlan's bottleneck) are done on purpose because Hoyo wants you to enter by a very specific area and blocks you to enter through another path for storytelling and world-building purposes.
Like right now the Holiday Resort in Natlan looks like its WAYYY far away from Mondstadt, across the world, but if the edges of the map are basically where the globe connects then they're actually quite close and the Mondstadt/Natlan connection isn't so much "a world apart" as our first impression
It'd be lame if the final teyvat map has blanks
the small part northwest of mondstadt should be filled with dornman port, which is a confirmed expansion, as it would be weird to have that little part remain a black void surrounded by explorable areas
Also I would love a larger zoom out option now 😂
Like come on, it's been years
AND THE DAMN NARROWWAY BETWEEN SUMERU AND NATLAN (we know it’s mostly just water, so just add it already)
It's highly likely at some point in 6.x we get dormann port (not the dandelion sea, I imagine that comes when we finally get to schneznaya itself)
The area above natlan I ..think is mare jivare? Idk if we get that one as it's supposedly quite inhospitable to traverse. (Esp given it's a giant ass active volcano isn't it?)
We have a few chunks they'll likely fill in. Some of them are probably placeholders for the summer maps (the one below sumeru for example could have been for simulanka)