Forgive me for being a total noob but...

I'm sure you guys get asked this a million times, and I'm sure you're tired of it so I apologize in advance but I just started playing tonight and I don't know...what to do? Sounds so silly as this isn't my first open world game (or first gacha) but I made it to the three temples part in the Prologue and decided to stop to explore, learn the different mechanics, read all item descriptions, etc. But explore what exactly? I've been running around the Lake and Woods areas and I'm not seeing anything? I found one chest so far. I thought I was going to be innundated with an overwhelming amount of content (which I'm looking forward to honestly). Where's all this stuff? 😂

Thanks for helping a girl out. I'll try not to bother y'all with too many questions. ❤️

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jtan19932026-01-09 03:36

follow the main archon quest (orange) if you're not sure what to do. the game intentionally starts slow, so you don't feel like hit with a bunch of puzzles that they don't explain how to solve. since this isn't your first open world game you'll want to get out of the first (tutorial) area fast.

JMViolins2026-01-09 03:39

Yeah, I agree that you should just follow the archon quest/do other quests when they present themselves, and the world opens up before those with pure hearts or whatever the statues of the seven say when you first activate them. There is a ton to do, especially once you get a good way through the Mondstadt Archon Quest line. You’re still in the stage where you’re “learning the game’s language”, soon you’ll know where and how to spot all the chests and puzzles lying around. I started at the beginning, and I still find chests in Mond when I revisit sometimes! And that’s after I thought I cleared it out with the treasure compass!

rgahner882026-01-09 03:41

Alright, then I'll be heading into the temples now! It had a recommended level so I assumed it was a stopping point to explore and do other things.

JMViolins2026-01-09 05:48

And that’s totally a fair assumption. As I recall when I got to that point (like 5 years ago, holy shit) I was slightly underleveled for at least one of them (can’t recall if they are all the same, but I think that they’re not?) and so I just poked around looking for whatever world quests I could trigger, killing everything I could find that couldn’t kill me first, and doing whatever I could to get exp books and mora to spend leveling characters. As soon as I was there, I bolted back to the temple to give it a go

rgahner882026-01-09 06:15

One was level 20 and I was level 13/14? But the game didn't really explain how to get levels or the difference between a level and a rank. And I didn't have any other quests. I did the temple anyways and it was easy. I guess I was just expecting a bit more information before doing what looked like big challenge zones.

JMViolins2026-01-09 06:46

Oh man, I hear you. I had hoped that, with time and player feedback, that they would go back and add a little bit more handholding and clarification on the basic systems of the game, compared with when I started near launch. I’m disappointed to learn that isn’t the case. Both my partner and I, and this was before we met, had no idea how artifacts worked until we were all the way in Inazuma. Granted, the game isn’t too challenging by that point, at least at lower world levels, but still it was mind blowing to learn that with the right artifact set, pieces selected for at least mainstats and leveled (to 16 with your four star pieces and to 20 with your fives), you could see a character that feels almost useless transform into a force to be reckoned with.

Using the language metaphor I invoked earlier, I found that even after two and a half decades of gaming as my primary hobby, Genshin was speaking at least a dialect of game language that was not mutually intelligible with what I had played before. This is despite being mainly a JRPGer to that point. In Genshin and other similar gachas, there are just so many interlocking systems. Without clear and especially concise (never Hoyo’s strong suit…) explanations, the necessity of “fuck around and find out” can be off putting to all but the most patient and or determined players. Hang in there. If you’re at least enjoying the world and the premise, be patient with yourself and don’t be afraid to experiment and break things. That I think is the fastest path to proficiency

aebinafan2026-01-09 03:41

Game locks the archon quest behind adventure rank.

Go into quest menu and you should be able to find kaeya's story quest (porate treasure) and 2 more quests to gain enough xp for adventure rank.

Also go into Mondstat city, you will see many blue exclamation marks on the map, all of them are world quests, do them to gain more adventure rank.

When you reach rank 10 the next archon quest will be available. Search the blue exclamation marks for more world quests around the map, the faster you climb the adventure rank, the more archon quests will be available to you.

Don't worry adventure rank is easy to climb until ar 50 until when every content will be available to you.

PrebbyEdits2026-01-09 03:41

Genshin at start is pretty cozy and has a „kinda lazy“ world design but it gets massivle better at Inazuma/Sumeru or even Liyue ( 3rd, 4th and 2nd region ).
Chests in Mondstadt and Liyue aren’t very rewarding and mostly boring.
Inazuma and later on have some difficult puzzles great design and are rewarding too.
I would say that you should follow the main quest first and explore in the meanwhile or just walk around.

ItaJohnson2026-01-09 04:00

Definitely level up your characters, artifacts, skills, and weapons. Some of the later zones are painful if you fail to do so. I learned that the hard way.

rgahner882026-01-09 06:12

Which four elements are must haves?

naxalbadi2026-01-09 09:17

There isn't any best 4 elements. You should try to have one character from each element, as you would need them for overworld puzzles. As a beginner, I had Kaeya, Noelle, Traveller in my party. If you have any other character you like, you may play them as well.

The fun thing in Genshin is that each element has its own strength, and one may play with any character they like if they properly level them up along with good artifacts (though some characters are naturally better than others).

Worldly_Air_64102026-01-09 03:43

you’re only in the prologue which is barely a first step into the game’s lore imo.Dw,later in the game,you will have a gazillion world quests which gives you lore about certain regions of the map.And there are also story quests yet to come,which gives you an insight to the characters’ stories and some more lore regarding around them.

Sorry-Candidate-51922026-01-09 03:49

archon quests = nice

MyClientsBark2026-01-09 03:54

Since others have given you good info, I'll just say please don't feel embarrassed to ask questions here! Most people are chill and happy to help. There's also a dedicated questions thread pinned at the top of this sub.

If you happen to be on the NA server, my UID is 603037608, if you wanna add me.

Ravemst2026-01-09 03:54

The game tells you what to do.

lgn5i20602026-01-09 04:50

Except there are instances where the objective either disappears or doesn't tell you where to go or have very bad path finding. So OP might sometimes have to refer to YT videos just to make progress.

rgahner882026-01-09 06:17

YT saved me a lot of headaches. I just learned more about how to play the game in a 45 minute video than the few hours spent playing. There's so much to read and learn in a game this size that you'd really expect more teaching. 😭

ItaJohnson2026-01-09 03:58

Find and open chests to increase your Adventure Rank. Complete quests as you see them. Complete challenges if you have the firepower.

Saahil_082026-01-09 04:23

Next update which is in like a week will introduce a quest timeline feature which should make it easier for new players to get a hold of the massive amount of content in a chronological order. For now tho just do what u want honestly like exploration, Archon quests, World quest maybe visit dragonspine and get a taste of hell🤣

U could also do the world quest on the Namless Island far on the sea u can see from Starsnatch cliff.

I tho would recommend going with the tutorial missions first better yet complete the Mondstadt Archon quests first that will introduce u to the world of teyvat in a very organic way then u decide what to do complete all the exploration in Mondstadt or begin ur journey to the second nation Liyue.

Genshin is very lore heavy game so take ur time it's a slow burn at first.

Oh and BTW there is a gadget called Treasure Compass u get after completing certain Reputation quest from **Hertha.** Once u get this gadget exploration and treasure hunting becomes very easy.

One other thing u could try to do is collect all the "oculus" in Mondstadt ( look it up on youtube ) they help in increasing ur stamina.

rgahner882026-01-09 05:03

Quest timeline feature 👀

DungeonEnvy2026-01-09 04:32

The 'recommended level' is your character level

Unlike other rpgs, Genshin Impact uses gacha-style leveling, using consumable items to level your characters and their weapons.

The XP you get from killing monsters and doing quests does *not* scale and will stop being sufficient for your character very, very, very quickly. Level up your people!

rgahner882026-01-09 05:00

That's good information to have! Gacha leveling is one thing I wasn't familiar with.

justnameitwhatever2026-01-09 04:51

at first just do the archon quests, until it stucks and you have to reach certain Adventure Rank, then do story quests that already appears on your quest list.. also open up teleport waypoints and statue of the 7, and open chests that you find along the way until you reach that AR, then continue the archon quest.

if at some point you find fighting difficult, equip the characters with artifacts that you found from the chests, find things that are ATK if you have, if not yet then anything helps, and use 2 set or 4 set, maybe upgrade them a little bit. i found that when starting out, kaeya is really great carry so maybe focus on upgrading him if you want.

i personally advise holding out from gacha until you understand what you want, the free starting chars are enough to complete the early quests. maybe just do the noelle 8x wish banner to get the guaranteed noelle if you need shields. put noelle on DEF artifact stat, she helped me a lot back then. i'd do kaeya, lisa, anemo traveler/amber, noelle. amber pretty much sucks but you do need pyro and some bow aim for things in the world.

ScallionImmediate2432026-01-09 05:17

The game used to not have so much hand holding, but right now you are limited to a very small section of the map until you progress about a hour into the main story.

So for now just follow the story.

WarGodMarrs2026-01-09 05:37

Everyone here has given great advice, and I’d like to add that not all the chests in the world are super obvious, and require you to explore and engage with the world. The city of Mondstadt is littered with chests. Some are up on the city walls, others on rooftops, and still others are tucked away out of sight at ground level. Some out in the open world won’t spawn unless you fulfill a specific objective, like shooting all the Anemo slimes in an area out of the air. Just take your time and explore everything once the map properly opens up. The amount of content in this game is gargantuan, once you get going. Have fun!

Fit_Industry61822026-01-09 06:33

Shoot, you figured there were a million of these posts? So many people ask this all the time but you didn’t want to read those posts and comments and all the great advice already out there?

Too much effort for that? Not sure this game is the best for ya, it does take a good amount of effort to get going.

lol.

Bluetooth_Speaker12026-01-09 07:15

Its so funny when they're like "im sure many have asked this before but.." cause like, if you thought a specific question has already been posted many times, why did you not go searching for the threads about it then?? Lmao

apilina2026-01-09 06:50

Plenty of good advice here already. My advice is just to enjoy the game since you're so early into it and don't worry about who/what is strong! Use who you like because you can genuinely clear story and exploration content with any character with good investment.

Another thing is that recommended levels aren't very strict. As long as your characters have decent weapons, artifacts, etc, you will be able to clear it while being slightly under leveled.

Also see that you're an IN player! Chests in genshin are more hidden, they require you to solve minor puzzles to appear or defeat enemies (in the wild). It could take some time to develop an eye for finding puzzles but you'll get it in no time.

Enjoy your new journey! c:

rgahner882026-01-09 20:41

Thank you all so much for your help (except those two comments fuck y'all). I've been reading a lot of beginner posts/ tips & tricks over the past few months before finally diving in last night. However, the game doesn't seem to really explain much very well so I ended up pretty confused. I think I've got a handle on things now ♥️

plainbutterfly12026-01-12 14:21

Id Just progress with the main storyline for a bit untill you get more quests and stuff