So where do you guys think Snezhnaya will be on the map?

Picture is best I could find of the current map excluding Nod Kai in it, but I personally think that Snezhnaya will be a very snowy and cold Nation (but it won't have the Dragon spine cold effect because we won't really progress far without getting fed up if Snezhnaya has it), but I can't really picture where exactly it would be. All the Nations, apart from Inazuma, all seem to have a warm and summer-type of weather and with Snezhnaya being the Nation of Cryo; I don't really imagine it having anything but a cold and wintery climate

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ugur_tatli2026-01-06 12:50

Juding from experience it'll be on Natlan's west

La-Roca992026-01-06 13:02

?

Snezhnaya is north Mondstadt and reaches up to Nod Krai considering its an autonomous region within Snezhnaya

How is it gonna be "Natlan west"

fuguelet2026-01-06 13:17

prolly a joke to how far the map is extending to the west from natlan

Ravemst2026-01-06 12:57

Since Nod-Krai was the southern part of it you can pretty much guess where it is.

NoorcdiLizard2026-01-06 13:09

Probably north, maybe even the pole.

GGG1002026-01-06 13:19

They told us already. It’s north of Nod-Krai.

SHTPST_Tianquan2026-01-06 13:21

Snezhnaya is like Skyrim: it belongs to the Nord

Ke5_Jun2026-01-06 13:25

Low key I actually would like sheer cold to be a thing again. Ofc not everywhere in Snezhnaya, but we’ve been missing some environmental hazards for a long time. Sumeru Desert already missed the chance to add Blazing Heat (which is already a game mechanic; it’s just exclusive to Signora’s boss fight). Thank goodness Mare Jivari seems to have a similar mechanic because it makes sense for it to have it.

Anyways, it’s already been confirmed that Snezhnaya is north of Nod Krai. So my guess is that it will span the length of the northern area above Nod Krai and Fontaine, and possibly even Mondstadt if the region is large enough.

ramsdit2026-01-06 13:36

Completely agree. I would love more environmental hazards but I fear too many people complained about how hard Dragonspine was they might be reluctant to bring it back.

Inazuma had so many environmental effects that changed as you were doing quests like the fog and constant lightening I'm sad they stopped. Sumeru did have withering zones but something like blazing heat in the desert would have been so good.

Ke5_Jun2026-01-06 13:42

Snezhnaya is like the final area before we reach “endgame” in Teyvat (Khaenriah and Celestia), so it not being difficult wouldn’t make sense imo. Dragonspine would then be foreshadowing to how difficult the last area should be.

Just reading the name of the final AQ in the travail trailer, “Everwinter Without Mercy” goes so hard that the region it’s in needs to live up to that name. Nod Krai is already a far cry from a “cold” area and the cryo nation needs to deliver.

Natlan still works as the pyro nation because it does at least have the Volcano of Tollan and actual lava that kills you when entering it. We need an area that kills you with cold in Snezhnaya at least.

Just my personal rant though.

ramsdit2026-01-06 13:59

Rant away, I completely agree Snez needs to have parts that are as cold as Dragonspine otherwise it's going to be disappointing for me too.

I'm just setting my expectations low as remember Chiori telling Charlotte about how cold Nod Krai would be and she needed to change her outfit only for every playable female character in Nod Krai to have bare exposed legs. Even in the new map expansion coming next week the area still doesn't look cold.

Ke5_Jun2026-01-06 14:06

Tbf Chiori is the only person who says that Nod Krai is particularly cold, so I’m just writing that off as Chiori BSing so she can make Charlotte a cute new outfit lmao.

Nobody else says NK is super cold, maybe only a little colder than other regions. But since people irl acclimatize to cold weather up to a certain point (I know a lot of Canadians and Europeans who go out in short sleeves in the winter and are fine; I myself went to school in Canada but moved back to Asia as an adult), I’m willing to believe Nod Krai is “colder but not super cold” compared to the rest of Teyvat sans Snezhnaya (and Dragonspine).

ramsdit2026-01-06 14:20

I like that Chirori theory and am going to believe it too that she also just wanted to make a new outfit for Charlotte. She's got a business to run after all. I guess it really stuck in mind as that anecdote was one of the few Nod Krai teasers we got before the first trailer so it set for me an expectation that then came to nothing.

We are also still missing whichever area belongs to the Snowland Fae faction so I am holding out hope for a colder and snowier area to come as we move further north and closer to Snez.

leakmydata2026-01-06 15:16

Feels like a losing game because inevitably the new characters would have ways to mitigate it and then people would scream in agony about pay to win.

Ke5_Jun2026-01-06 15:33

Dehya is already capable of tanking Sheer Cold on her own. Not a huge deal imo.

leakmydata2026-01-06 15:50

HoYo wants to appeal to new players more than they want to take your opinion into consideration here.

Ke5_Jun2026-01-06 15:53

What does that have to do with Sheer Cold being P2W? If there is a character that **already** mitigates sheer cold (several even; heck, you can just use a skill based healer to combat Sheer Cold), then adding new characters that combat the mechanic is not necessary to own.

This is more of a case of players fooling themselves into thinking they need the new characters to deal with Sheer Cold. Just like how people **still** think the Papilla is a Nightsoul shill (it’s not).

leakmydata2026-01-06 15:55

Dehya isn’t even a free character my dude what are you on about?

Ke5_Jun2026-01-06 16:01

She can be selected for free once a year and you can lose 50/50 to her.

Also you can just bring a healer like I said. They also counter Sheer Cold.

It’s almost as if you haven’t actually explored Dragonspine back in 1.X before we had Dehya? Dealing with it wasn’t hard at all. Bring a healer and you’re fine.

What are you being so contrarian for anyways?

leakmydata2026-01-06 16:10

You don’t get it. This has nothing to do with my preferences (or yours). I like Dragonspine. I like environmental hazards.

HoYo isn’t gonna tell people “whatever just use your selector to get Dehya” when they complain about mechanics like Sheer cold.

Ke5_Jun2026-01-06 16:16

Your whole point was that they’ll introduce new characters that combat Sheer Cold, and that’s how they’ll make more money. And my point is that it doesn’t make the mechanic P2W, nor does it incentivize you to pull for them **just** to deal with it. This is because there are already several ways to deal with Sheer Cold. It’s a nice bonus, like Furina walking on water, but we already have a free version of water traversal (Kaeya).

Your points don’t make sense and you’re using my comment just to trash Hoyo. If you’re gonna complain about Hoyo’s shift to P2W, this isn’t the right context to use. Go complain about the new boss in stygian requiring Lunar Reactions to clear Fearless instead.

leakmydata2026-01-06 17:31

I didn’t say anything about them doing it to make more money they’re gonna do it because new characters always interact with region specific mechanics. I didn’t “trash” hoyo and multibillion dollar corporations don’t need you tonguing their ballsack.

That’s enough for today time to touch some grass.

ramsdit2026-01-06 13:41

I think it's going to sit north of Fontaine and Mondstadt as it's supposed to share borders with those regions and then there will be an expanse of sea between it and Nod Krai.

Liyue is supposed to be the largest region if I'm remembering correctly that was mentioned somewhere but we still don't have all of Liyue's coastline so I think Snezhnaya will be similar in size to current Liyue.

DaSpood2026-01-06 14:26

From above next-patch Nod Krai to above Fontaine. Above Mondstadt will be more Mondstadt.

MofoPro2026-01-06 15:24

Somewhere in Teyvat

Plus-Theme-32832026-01-06 16:59

North of nod krai or fontine

Least_Egg_93712026-01-07 09:22

All the way north, stemming from Nod-Krai to Mondstadt on latitude. Snezhnaya will have the Dragonspine effect but really shorter or not even use it and use lore to counteract the subzero climate. Snezhnaya might be like connecting itself in huge islands (think of Fontaine and Nod-Krai.). The entrance to Snezhnaya might be waypoints or through Northern Mondstadt (if they start it there.)

lostn2026-01-07 10:27

north of NK. Could wrap around and border mondstadt also.