Can we PLEASE just stop the spoilers

It hasn’t even been 24 hours and the subreddit is flooded with spoilers. Hell it wasn’t even 4 hours in when the first spoilers started creeping up.

I know we have spoiler tags but the titles are so incredibly vague and you’re bound to hit a spoiler scrolling trough your general feed.

People are excited and want to discuss but not everyone has time to rush the story, can’t we even have a week grace period before we can discuss things?

tl;dr: I got spoilered by accident and I’m salty now

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thebreadcat03142026-01-15 08:04

A week no spoiler period should absolutely be a thing

The_Lone_Wanderer_042026-01-15 08:15

This is exactly why I rush the main story now, every single patch in Nod Krai to me has been spoiled before I did it since I always finish exploration before the main story.

If not Reddit and its countless spoiler titles which has already spouled something for me, then its youtube and its clickbait titles and spoiler thumbnails.

Thats why Im already mid act 8 on the second day, I don't want to give them the chance to spoil me again.

Lonely_Station_84352026-01-15 08:17

I wish I could do the same, I love the story but my shift lined up poorly for this patch.

The_Lone_Wanderer_042026-01-15 09:14

Same for me in december where I had to work 12 hour shifts all day, couldn't do act 5 or 6 all month and had literally the whole story spoiled for me from the beginning to end.

You have my sympathy, since the start of Nod krai spoilers have just been insane.

Mythical-Gamer0112026-01-15 09:39

Honestly the youtube one pisses me off so much. I watch genshin content sometime and youtube's algorithm just decides to put a youtuber's video in my feed of a cutscene of the latest Archon quest with title that literally spoils the whole plot. Like why?

AnonUSA3822026-01-15 09:45

100%, I have to make sure not to browse YouTube and rush the story

chunga-bunga692026-01-15 11:54

Yeah ever since 4.1 YouTube’s has severely fucked me over with the god damn spoilers

Vegetto_ssj2026-01-15 15:28

I never got spoilered by YouTube, except when I let passing 2-3 weeks before to do a quest. YouTube only recommends me my Genshin CC's channels (just 3) and Endgame showcase, and really really rarely, beta leaks. Same for HSR.

I wonder how I did it possible.

bigdick4sluts2026-01-15 12:05

I did that for a while but also after a while realized, fuck them.
I'll wait for Friday when i'm done with work for the week, grab some snacks, and enjoy the story at my pace .

For social media, i avoid them for a few days , and for stuff like youtube where the filtering features suck, and i still somewhat use it , be it for music or just later at night to sleep, i just flood it with content unrelated to gachas (right now it's Stardew Valley for example) so the algorythm has less chances of screwing me over.

But also i'm fairly sure a lot of people just "watch" the story from leaks and have to make post about it immediately. HSR has this too, 3.7 was out for like 3 hours and there were already posts about how the story was good/bad.

Vegetable_Major22402026-01-15 13:43

Ikr thank god I finished act 8 because I opened YouTube and got hit wth >!Sandrone Death!<

Like they didn’t even try

The_Lone_Wanderer_042026-01-15 13:53

Yea its trash, got Dottore vs Traveler last month while I was working and couldn't play with the thumbnail being Columbina being trapped in the cage, was so pissed.

Reddit is bad but atleast the mods try and limit new spoilers, but youtube? Absolute shit show.

Classic-Pea68152026-01-15 08:26

If I am trying to avoid a spoiler I have to avoid the internet lol.

takenusername50012026-01-15 08:33

yeah it's incredible the reach of the spoilers for Genshin

>youtube is 100% out until you finish

>social media is out

>reddit is out because few understand what a spoiler tag is or how to use it properly

it's rough

Grand_Protector_Dark2026-01-15 11:52

>reddit is out because few understand what a spoiler tag is or how to use it properly

And people get pissy when you remind them

Rare_Marionberry7822026-01-15 08:31

I skip the internet until I’m done with the story because you will definitely be spoiled even opening the internet once the patch launches lol

lgn5i20602026-01-15 08:33

While it doesn't bother me, some people either have no sense of etiquette or (in reddit's case), are unaware that the website version shows the main body of their post. Doesn't matter if they put a spoiler warning on the title.

Or that a spoiler formatting exists.

Other social media sites don't have iirc.

International-Sun3672026-01-15 08:33

Isn't that... the use of spoiler tag?

DarkAlatreon2026-01-15 09:09

People on reddit have subtlety of an elephant.

Post-Natlan finale: [Spoilers] There go our chances of playing as him

Kuromajo2026-01-15 11:07

i swear this kind of spoilers are the worst,,,like they take the time to spoiler tag the photo and the completely fk up the title?

AEsylumProductions2026-01-15 08:34

The mods have no backbone when it comes to dealing with these insufferable twats who can't keep their excitement to themselves on this sub.

The mods think implementing a spoiler tag requirement means everything is hunky dory. There should absolutely be more support for an outright embargo on story related discussions for at least a week.

I took leave yesterday to complete the Archon Quest on release day for the first time ever since starting the game in 1.4 and even now I still don't feel these posts should be allowed.

bivampirical2026-01-15 09:07

idk about an outright week-long ban, but there could be a megathread for story stuff that we can talk in without risking spoiling unsuspecting people in their home feeds? because i finish the AQs within the first week typically and i ALWAYS want to yap and scream about it, so it'd kinda suck to not be able to do that for a week (i don't have friends who care enough/are caught up enough to not be spoiled to yap to 😔)

QuantumPie_2026-01-15 16:48

Imo this is the best course of action as it's the best of both worlds. I personally don't use YT or Twitter and always unsub from here until I finish the new AQ but it'd be nice to not have to worry as much about spoilers.

PaulStarhaven2026-01-15 08:34

This place is a subset of the internet. It be like that, people will talk. I turned off reddit and spent the entirety of yesterday in an information blackout to play my quest spoiler-free.

Robstar982026-01-15 08:41

I avoided all the social media.

Because of Dottore fans, we weren't safe even on twitter.

r0ksas2026-01-15 08:45

The meme sub is notorious for that, you should block that sub for a bit if you doing the AQ the nxt day

LivingASlothsLife2026-01-15 08:52

It was even worse the day before, I thought I was safe but some YT channel and a random twitter profile ive never seen before both posted a major spoiler about a character based on story leaks. I blocked them reducing the chances of seeing it again but these people are like a hydra, cut off one and three more take its place on the clout seeking train

People who dont mask spoilers are bad, story leakers are even worse. Its all about being first, respecting others be damned

A week after with no discussion would never work due to the nature of the internet and people wanting to talk about it after playing. Thats what the spoiler tag is for in theory, its just in practice some people just don't think or have the courtesy of using it. That or posting the spoiler in the title

jinxedandcursed2026-01-15 08:55

The rule of thumb is that if you haven't experienced content and don't want to be spoiled, you don't click the spoiler tagged posts, and you do NOT browse in home. Just per subreddit. I know it's hard, but vague titles are vague for a reason. You wouldn't want to be spoiled by the title, right? Maybe it would be nice if people also added somthing like "(6.3/Luna IV AQ spoilers)" or "(\[quest name\] spoilers)" though.

theweirdarthur2026-01-15 09:02

>can’t we even have a week grace period before we can discuss things?

yes we can, you can get off reddit/ social media for a week and the problem is solved.

Stop trying to force others to change their behaviour, change your own.

QWERTYAF12412026-01-15 09:21

If you don't want to be spoiled, stay off social media. People are inevitably going to talk about new stuff online.

Myriad102026-01-15 09:23

It's why I didn't open any social media until I completed the story which took me over 9 hours

HopelessRat2026-01-15 09:27

No. Varka dies

AnonUSA3822026-01-15 09:44

Story was partly spoiled for me before it was even released, its gotten out of hand honestly.

Especially the “my prediction” people who just browse leaks then pretend to theorycraft

Sighto2026-01-15 21:53

Yeah, for me it was when they released that preview of the upcoming characters. Wasn't expecting story spoilers from that, especially since it wasn't even out yet.

No-Engineering12692026-01-15 09:51

sorry for whoever post spoilers properly(you guys are not to blame), but to all the others, you are an asshole.

is not hard to think that everyone here is excited to get to see the Archon quest on their own....then why start posting spoilers about it wth not even 24h of grace period?

You are ruining the fun for everyone else(i myself am yet to start the Archon quest....i need more time to spare).

If you have doubts about something it appears in the quest...wait a week or two so most people could play it and help you solve it.

If you post funny scenes, they re still spoiler, you are just robbing everyone else from having fun finding out that scene b yourselves.

I saw already stuff like ''So, about when dottore does a quadruple kick in the air'' like posts with the spoiler tag and such...but the simple fact of reading the title is a spoiler...

I know sometimes is hard to keep the excitment about something...but please, wait a few days, even if for courtesy or respect of the other people in this community, we have already enough with content creators milking everything and the leaks popping out like if they were landmines.

QuantumPie_2026-01-15 16:52

Out of curiosity why can you just not view the sub until you finish the AQ? It's what I personally do. I'm a fan of the megathread solution as that's what most other subs do but trying to regulate everyone's behavior is a lost cause.

Yumeverse2026-01-15 17:15

Not the person you replied to but I just think it should go both ways. I also dont check the sub or youtube if I havent finished the AQ, but they have a point. It’s courtesy to at least spoiler tag properly by not including the spoiler in the title, and ofc it’ll be hard to answer questions to possible problems encountered if not everyone has even finished playing. The archon quest is really long too especially if you only start playing at night since it releases on a weekday.

Those who dont wanna get spoiled should find ways to avoid the sub but at the same time the sub should also be courteous that not everyone completes the content at the same pace as them.

QuantumPie_2026-01-15 18:24

I agree at the minimum people shouldn't put spoilers in the title and that should be a rule. It gets a little goofy to me when I see people complaining on a post of the >!3 sisters!< with a well written title and marked as a spoiler that comments there should be using spoiler tags. There's no reason to in that scenario unless it's about leaks imo. I assume OP was in that camp since the dottore example falls into the goofy category personally. He was prominently on the launcher art work (the cloths off now from 5.8 or conclusion: cute titles are a much better example).

Also if you didn't know there was a ton of save points during the AQ and you'd log back in to Nasha town if you exited the game / alt+f4ed. It definently wasn't conveyed well since all we got was a "Saving..." on the bottom right of some loading screens.

Yumeverse2026-01-15 18:31

Any time the Traveler or whoever we’re playing is able to walk around, I take that as my queue as a save point, even the domain >!Columbina!< was in during the first few minutes of Act VIII is a good stopping point and is accessible back in. The stop points isnt really the problem, it’s that the archon quest is very long hence it’s expected a lot of people will not finish it on Day 1.

No-Engineering12692026-01-15 18:43

hello. i try not to look at it, but some posts, like this one, pop up on my feed, i have got a few spoilers already, one of wich was via opening an image without intending to on my phone.

i think i got too mad at having some important moments spoiled and this post seemed a good place to vent the frustration.

Mentooss2026-01-15 18:24

It's insanely delusional to think that people on a discussion forum should wait "a week or two" to discuss the newest content in the game just because your dumb ass needs to see some fanart or another worthless post about qol on this sub and you can't possibly stop browsing it for a couple days. The world doesn't revolve around you, you adapt to it.

No-Engineering12692026-01-15 18:48

i ranted about it, yeah, but i talked and complained specifically about the people that spoil things in the title of their posts and such or, like it happened to some people int he comments here, that got spoilers of the archon quest two hours after the patch was released.

of course i dont expect this to be an universal law just because i complained about something that annoyed me, but as you said, this is a discussion forum, and opinions like this about how things are about spoilers have their right to exist.

Mihta_Amaruthro2026-01-15 10:29

Blame the people that rush the story content in one go.

promptotron50002026-01-15 11:14

I agree that people should stop posting spoilers, but it would be a lot easier for you to just stay off all socials until you're caught up. The only person you would need to control is yourself, rather than trying to control a million individuals.

RiskyRedds2026-01-15 12:37

>!Snadrone & Dottore die, Columbina takes Traveler to the Moon, Arlechinno totally suspects Hat Guy, the cake is a lie and the Absolute knows your name.!<

Ricksaw262026-01-15 13:08

The worst part was that I saw spoilers like 2 hours after the patch was released. I had to rush the entire AQ yesterday just to be able to enter the sub. People can't wait at least a freaking week to start posting spoiler, and this behavior is just supported if you go and see the amount of upvotes on said spoiler posts. Either this place has a LOT of people with early access, or people are basically skipping everything and posts pictures without understanding the context because they read nothing.

Awkward-Treacle-64072026-01-15 22:42

Here's the thing though: which is more important, playing at your own pace, or browsing here? For me at least the answer is exceedingly easy. I only come back once I'm done.

Ricksaw262026-01-15 22:44

Not everyone can be playing for around 5-6 hours to finish the entirety of the AQ, while everyone use reddit to browse in the day while eating or out of house doing chores, even in work site while doing nothing. Some people play on pc or console, I actually think most people play on desktop/laptop, and console than phone, but don't quote me on this.

Awkward-Treacle-64072026-01-15 22:52

True on the time part, I'm burning off my vacation days, planned this a while back and didn't realize they actually coincide with Luna IV. But on staying off reddit? Sorry, but to me that sounds like some sort of mild obsession. I have no problem staying off here, or anywhere else that might spoil me, for as long as needed.

Ricksaw262026-01-15 22:57

What do you usually do with your phone? Me? I browse reddit a lot, use tiktok, and youtube mostly. I may have to start just leaving the sub the moment a new patch is released because of people that can't wait at least a week to start posting spoilers. YouTube is also a no go obviously, eventhough i barely watch genshin on yt somehow the algorithm thinks i want the spoilers because they only start appearing after a new patch. Tiktok is ok for the most part.

Awkward-Treacle-64072026-01-15 23:05

A bit funny question, not because of asking, but because I do remote work (coding) so I am always at home except when I need to go to those infrequent face-to-face meetings or some other company events. So, since my PC is pretty much always near me, my phone is primarily used for phonecalls. I have zero games on it.

hellschatt2026-01-15 14:44

Really annoyed at them, too.

Like, the story is like 6h long, at least give people a few days. And dont put the spoilers into the title.

Also the pieces of shits spoiling things before the patch by got even released by reading leaks and pretending it was something they figured out themselves is even more annoying. It spoiled on of the main things of this patch.

happyppeeppo2026-01-15 15:18

i played but i also hate spoilers, i don't mind if a rule of 1 week after a new patch with zero spoilers existed but that wold probably would kill the engagement in alghorithm

chris_95272026-01-15 15:25

Honestly what’s even more annoying are the specific character main sub. They just straight up don’t spoiler tag anything at all

thecatandthependulum2026-01-15 17:05

Take a reddit break until you play any new archon quest.

luciluci55622026-01-15 17:13

The community just has no spoiler etiquette man, and it's exacerbated by leaks. Some people just want to be the first one to post about some highlights of the story for that internet points.

This is far cry to FF14 community for example where they have an unwritten 1-2 week spoiler embargo (if someone broke it they get jumped).

Skye00422026-01-15 17:37

Why would you look at social media if you want to avoid spoilers? It literally makes zero sense. Don't expect people in this world to comply to your wishes. Take responsibility for your own actions.

Lonely_Station_84352026-01-15 19:54

Because my social media world isn't all about just Genshin? Is it really that far fetched that a 6 hour story shouldn't be spoiled if it's been out for 4 hours? Games that have been out for months still bother to be careful about spoiler but here everyone can't wait to spoil the biggest major plots.

I've learned alright but that doesn't mean that it's suddenly okay.

Melon7632026-01-15 17:47

I stayed up until 1am last night to finish it, just so I didn’t keep getting spoiled on the story

PandaBlueDance2026-01-15 18:16

Just mute related subs until you feel safe. It's a lost cause asking ppl not to spoil.

Ze_AwEsOmE_Hobo2026-01-15 21:14

Regarding your edit, I have been in that situation *several* times. Including **right now**. I still give this as advice because if you absolutely want to avoid spoilers, you *have* to stay off socials. Full stop. No compromise. No amount of "can we just..." posts are going to protect you. If you need time to kill, find a different way to do so. Play NYT Connections, read the news, do anything on the internet **but** scroll on feeds that are specifically about the discussion of topics you are trying to avoid.

And for the love of Teyvat, do not click on vague spoilers because you don't know what they're referencing-- *you're not supposed to know, that's why they're vague!*

Beneficial_Curve81672026-01-15 21:24

Read a book idk 🤷🏾‍♂️

DI3S_IRAE2026-01-15 22:11

Funny thing I don't get spoilers on the main sub, I learnt to avoid suspicious vague posts by now and on the phone it's fine.

My issue is with mains sub. You know which main sub if you did the story. The character I'm waiting for... What? 3 years?

Anyway, yes, people just straightforward post story content in screenshots and titles without even the spoiler tag.

It's easy to get one "Why Raiden killed signora" as title for example without even a warning.

Awkward-Treacle-64072026-01-15 22:39

I avoid spoilers by staying the fuck off places that could spoil me. I don't do socials so that part's easy, but I also avoid gaming forums such as this (not that I frequent many) and any gaming-related youtube channels because what might show up in suggested videos. While I have my browser delete cookies when closed and I normally am not logged into any of my google accounts in any case (meaning youtube has zero history to work with), a popular vid might still pop up on those channels as recommendation and spoil me, so better to avoid them just in case.

So far this has worked, and I have *never* been spoiler on AQs in Genshin (or their equivalents in Star Rail and ZZZ).

Boschounet2026-01-15 22:40

I leave this sub every time a new region is out to avoid the massive leaks / speculations / analysis, to discover it freshly, without even knowing the important characters - works well for me since Fontaine

almondsadnesses2026-01-16 00:32

I've been too scared to click on anything from a genshin-related subreddit. I'm so excited to do the AQ but I only have enough time on the weekend, so I can relate. A one-week grace period sounds like a good.

bananapeeljazzy2026-01-16 04:04

The Ever-Looping Millisecond of the Shogun

YeetaIta2026-01-16 04:10

I just stay off YT and Reddit completely until I've done them, it's worked great.

xx_adverb_xx2026-01-16 04:51

They could at least use spoiler tags. Or not make giant spoiler titles.

_Naokichan_2026-01-16 07:27

Omg same, 6.3 came out less than 2 days ago and I'm surrounded by spoilers, I'm dodging them as it's a matter of life. Guys I have school😭 I've started the archon quest but I haven't even finished act 7 yet, I wanted to play it calmly😭😭