Does nobody ever question how traveller can go across the entire continent so fast

Teleport waypoints aren’t canon so like does nobody in teyvat ever wonder why traveller is constantly going thousands of miles for each event

Paralogism pmo because where in between natlan and nod krai did we have the time to go across all of the continent to mondstadt

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_Mysto_2026-01-13 22:34

Waypoints have been mentioned by characters in game before.

bartowski19762026-01-13 22:35

The teleport waypoints are canon. Katherine in Inazuma talks about them when you first get there.

And I do not believe there are 1000 of miles involved here. I believe the distances in the game are in meters. The distances are definitely not miles.

ChChChillian2026-01-13 22:51

If the distances we're given in-game 1:1 and not scaled, then the entire map is only about 20km across, which is absurdly small.

The actual walking distance from [Monstadt City to Liyue Harbor](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/1lypmhh/resinless_experiment_distance_from_monstadt_to/) seems to be about 320km.

bartowski19762026-01-14 01:16

You are correct....1 meter in Teyvat is 60 meters in normal time because of the time adjustment. In any case, were are not talking 1000s of miles.

La-Roca992026-01-13 22:51

>Teleport waypoints aren’t canon

Starting a dumb post with an even dumber claim is insane

Canon or not canon doesnt matter, you are equating gameplay simplicity to having an actual explanation in the story and the reality is it doesnt matter. Gameplay has never equated lore, or lore equated gameplay, otherwise it would take us months to go from one nation to another and only NASA pcs would be able to handle most events

FatalWarrior2026-01-13 22:54

Not sure I understand this rant. The Traveler going from Natlan to Mondstadt and back to Natlan is canon AQ lore, is it not?

La-Roca992026-01-13 23:00

Pretty much, given the order of AQs, its canon

But even if it wasnt, Waypoints have been brought up in the past that they can be used but not many have been able to. They just exist to be a convenient fast travel spot for the player. Just like bird eye spots in AC games that also work as a way to get the map unlocked

The problem really lies with "canon or not canon" discussions never really hold any ground, its also why most franchises usually refuse to make "official timelines" because the longer they go, or deviate from it, the more confusing it gets

FatalWarrior2026-01-13 23:25

Then I'm not following your argument. OP said that the distances the story expected us to believe the Traveller transversed in relatively short periods of time are just ridiculous. The OP then brought up a gameplay mechanic that we as players use, and mentioned that, lore-wise, they were not a thing, so the Traveller couldn't use them. Now, the OP is wrong here, as those points have been mentioned in the AQ.

However, OP never tried to use gameplay elements to justify the lore. Quite the opposite, they discarded the possibility purely because they thought they were just gameplay mechanics.

While I don't see the point of OP's rant, I do feel like the writers don't respect our perception of distances. In Natlan, characters crossed over half of the nation in a few hours time. Kachina from the her tribe to Mualani's between mid-morning and lunch. She does the same thing from her tribe to the stadium. How small is Natlan supposed to be?

La-Roca992026-01-13 23:40

The argument is that basing everything in wether its canon or not is dumb

If it is canon, it is somehow the only explanation possible for everything

And if it isnt canon it is an asspull and it doesnt make sense

>I do feel like the writers don't respect our perception of distances.

Because then players find it dumb that characters can cross dozens to hundreds of real size teyvat KM just to find you wherever you are

So you either respect it, and then event and story are only for a handful of regional characters only. So Nod krai is only for Nod Krai characters, or Dragonspine only features characters from Mondstadt and at most Liyue because of been the closest ones

Or dont, and have more freedom featuring everyone from anywhere, so long as they have an excuse to be there in some shape, having Varesa and Xilonen come to Mondstadt, Yanfei meet Amber, Yaoyao meet Klee and Sayu, Nilou arriving at Natlan after crossing the desert(probably the sea by boat if we are reallistic) or Bennett and Venti coming to Natlan summer resort

Wyrmaster192026-01-13 22:57

There was another thread about how funky travel is within the last week, and it's even weirder when you consider non traveler characters. Mild spoilers for Durin's quest, the 2 of us take a quick trip from nod krai to mondstadt, take a day trip to Sumeru, pick up a third character and make the trip back to mondstadt. Meanwhile in 2? irl days a message is sent to nod krai and a response is returned. Essentially, either more people than the traveler have access to fast travel or Godwin has no reason for not catching up with Varka.

Medyanka2026-01-14 00:13

Traveling between waypoints seems to be a specifically traveler's way of travel, description says that it's considered an ancient gimmick, and people have no idea how to use it.

BUT! We also have portable waypoints. Unlike an original big versions of it, those are made through alchemy, and allow connect with leylines allowing teleportation. Only for vision-holders though - or for anyone holding similar mastery over elements.

thwrlsgenshin2026-01-13 23:35

Mona can teleport, Fatui Cicin mages also do that. Portals do exist, it isn't that strange to common folk just assume traveler has some teleportation power of sorts. I mean, if we got vision holders in real life, with all sorts of different forms of manipulate elementals I'll just assume pretty much anything is possible 🤣

MartinZ022026-01-14 02:14

It's not even just the Traveler. A lot of the recent quests have had other characters just casually travel through half the continent in what appears to be a relatively short amount of time.

Shahadem2026-01-14 02:53

The Traveler is hardly the only person who gets around quickly.

Events are full of characters who get around quickly.