PSA: Change Traveler’s outfit if a quest won’t progress

Running spoiler just in case.
So I was stuck in the “Outlander Brigade!” quest in Inazuma. Not the usual “I ran out of time,” though. After finishing the dialogue, the fight wouldn’t trigger and would be considered a failure.
I googled for an hour and a half and did everything I saw could (even changing the in-game time), but nothing worked.
I had finished the newest archon quests, giving Traveler the new outfit. Of course I put it on because it’s snazzy 💁‍♀️
Little did I know that after talking to customer service, that it was THE OUTFIT that was blocking the progression. They said to change the outfit, and it should work fine. So I did, started the dialogue for the 100th time, and the fight triggered!

I’m putting this out into the world in case anyone else has any issues with older quests. ✨Change Traveler’s outfit to the original one if a quest won’t progress.✨

I hope this helps someone else!

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Darkfire13782026-01-15 16:26

The odd bug, that Quality control missed.

Random Outfit interaction with "Outlander Brigade!"

Would have never thought to test it myself tbh.

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-15 16:30

Much agreed. The way I looked at their reply in disbelief that THAT would be the issue. Alas, it was exactly the reason why the quest glitched 😵‍💫

Ok_Air27122026-01-15 20:53

I can only assume the enemies saw their new snazzy outfit and got scared lol

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-15 21:23

Only logical reason 💁‍♀️

Sausage_Boss_2026-01-15 17:20

They probably were aware of this though or the support wouldn't have suggested it

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-15 21:24

More than likely yes, so I’m glad they were aware of it before I contacted them!

Erulogos2026-01-15 20:44

Does that quest make any temp changes to the Traveler's outfit, like the ones that add hair accessories for a while? That might make sense for a new outfit to trip it up somehow at least.

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-15 21:22

Unfortunately no. It still shows the OG outfit in the cutscene. Even in nod-krai after the AQ it shows the OG outfit 😭

Honest_Milk_82742026-01-16 01:53

I always thought that the game just gets the character and uses it for the in-game dialogues (not cinematics, but normal dialogues), but some quests have shown me that's is a preset: the Traveler skin will change back to normal when talking to some people. It's kinda underwhelming, and I fully expect 300 bonus Primogems in 6.4.

MyAnthroRPAlt2026-01-16 07:02

Unfortunately, in every game there's some stuff QA just won't catch until you turn the entire playerbase loose on it.

mee8Ti6Eit2026-01-16 12:02

I mean, they have to QA 5 years worth of content. Definitely makes sense if they miss some old quest interactions.

(btw this is also why they aren't just willy nilly implementing all of the QoL changes that people ask for. It's much much easier to add new things than try to retroactively go back and change things because you risk breaking something that was designed on the old assumptions. Saying this as a senior dev.)

MyAnthroRPAlt2026-01-16 12:05

Oh, definitely. And of course, that's assuming they have the time to go back and find all those old bugs while also working on new content.

toxicsknmn2026-01-15 19:45

Good PSA, thank you

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-15 21:24

Of course!

yannadochii2026-01-15 20:41

lMAO I WAS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WHAT

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-15 21:22

I AM GLAD I WAS ABLE TO HELP YOU THEN AND GLAD I’M NOT ALONE

MiniMages2026-01-15 21:03

I didn't know the AQ plotline takes places after exploring the new areas in the patch. A lot of the cutscenes do not show the new outfit even if you are wearing it.

Was not happy with this.

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-15 21:23

Honestly same. Even in Nod-kari in the area it shows the OG outfit 😭

MiniMages2026-01-15 21:28

I can accept not showing the outfit in earlier events in the game. MiHoYo likes to keep things closely tied to the story and lore (though it's just a skin, so the travellers look should really change in all cutscenes).

But how are we supposed to know the AQ took place after we're done exploring all of the new stuff in Nod Krai.

Memory_Gem2026-01-16 00:30

Exactly. The AQ honestly implies we went straight to kicking Dottore's ass. No exploration of a new region involved at all.

It even implies we haven't met certain characters at that point yet either.

Grand_Protector_Dark2026-01-16 04:19

>No exploration of a new region involved at all.

From an In-universe standpoint. All sub regions are treated as if they've been always accessible from the moment the journey started (because that's how it is for a new player joining after that area was added).

New areas don't just canonically materialise as they become accessible.

Memory_Gem2026-01-16 06:10

I see. Honestly I was thinking the new area was implied to not have been explored yet because there was no mention of the abyss stuff from that region in the AQ. The AQ implied we were basically locked to that region while handling Rerir, and then we encountered Columbina, no mention of the northern reaches of NK.

Grand_Protector_Dark2026-01-16 04:22

>But how are we supposed to know the AQ took place after we're done exploring all of the new stuff in Nod Krai.

Because most World quest content is written under the assumption that a player could do it as soon as they're allowed to leave Mondstadt.

FlameDragoon9332026-01-16 07:08

this technically means they're continuing the "WQ character shows up in AQ" thing from Natlan. As far as the game is concerned, Illuga is a WQ character, and then he shows up in AQ.

Yuki-jou2026-01-16 06:18

When I went to open Nicole’s house/sigil offering place, my traveler’s outfit changed every single time we stopped to talk. Started walking up the path, meet Nicole, and I’m in my original outfit. Walk a bit further up the path, look at a statue, I’m in my new outfit. Go a bit further, talk at a door, I’m in my old outfit. Talk to her an extra time at the end of the scene, I’m back in my new outfit. Apparently I’m changing clothes multiple times in the time it takes to walk down a path.

MartinZ022026-01-15 22:28

It's more likely that they just aren't gonna be using the new outfits at all

Shaula-Alnair2026-01-15 23:53

Wait, then should I do exploration quests before starting the AQ? I managed to stall it by using focused experience on Neuvi's quest ~~also don't have a good time for a 6hr experience for a week or so~~

MiniMages2026-01-15 23:55

It's not a big deal. Just some cutscenes will have the traveller wearing the default skin.

Shaula-Alnair2026-01-16 00:02

The stories will all make sense in either order?

MiniMages2026-01-16 00:38

Yeah it will make sense.

Shaula-Alnair2026-01-16 00:46

Awesome, thanks!

Shopworn_Soul2026-01-16 04:38

All cutscenes regardless of location still use the default skin. Probably always will.

romp0m812026-01-15 22:36

1600 apologems when

FruitDrahon2026-01-16 22:39

Yo thanks for this I probably would’ve spent hours trying to figure this out

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-17 02:20

Of course!! I spent too long googling the issue with no solution found. I’m glad I could potentially help any future issues!

jing__72026-01-17 20:37

You’re kidding. I’ve been stuck on that same quest for the whole day and nothing would fix it….

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-17 21:34

OH NO 😭 yeah I’m also surprised about the “change the outfit” fixing it, it’s insanely wild. I’m sorry you were stuck so long!

SaniaXazel2026-01-18 12:19

I commented this exact problem in two genshin megathreads and i got redirected here.

I CANT THANK U ENOUGH FOR THIS

Downloading reddi again was a better solution than cracking my head on that quest again n again

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-18 15:33

I AM SO GLAD I COULD HELP 💜

Reddit may be a place of degenerates, but it has solved soooooo many issues for me. I really only use google to help me direct which thread to go to in Reddit 😂. I’m happy you didn’t crack your head! (I almost did myself LOL)

tesiksa2026-01-18 15:46

THANK YOU I was so confused as to why it wouldn't work for me😭

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-18 15:53

Of course!! And yeah I was too, and I was getting so frustrated because of the glitch and also because it was co-op locked!

khanacademy032026-01-19 01:41

Thank you so much! Thought I'd google this issue bc I had no options left. What can I say? Reddit always delivers!

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-19 02:51

Of course!! Reddit to the rescue!!!

Sad-Relationship62042026-01-19 05:24

Kinda crazy that this is even an issue. I was finishing my 100% for Inazuma and ran into this. Thanks for the help 😂

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-19 06:09

Of course!! Yeah i was trying to do reputation quests and had the issue. Glad CS was able to help and that I could share with y’all!

KDFS952026-01-19 20:38

what a stupid bug.. thanks for the help friend

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-19 23:07

Of course, friend! ✨

skylar_walker2026-01-19 22:27

I HAD NO IDEA THIS IS WHY IS WAS BUGGING OUT THATS HILARIOUS THANK YOU FOR FINDING IT SO FAST

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-19 23:08

Of course!! SUCH A WEIRD BUG RIGHT?? I’m glad customer service got back to me after a few hours! Otherwise I would have DEFINITELY lost my mind 😵‍💫

Cleanlifeaccount232026-01-20 01:26

Holy shit thank you for posting this, I’m currently trying to complete this quest an I couldn’t figure out why the fight just kept auto failing

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-20 02:22

Of course, I’m glad I could help!! It sucked getting stuck in that quest, so I’m glad there is a (weird) solution!

mangocapybara142026-01-20 05:02

Thank you so much for this! I don't know what I would have done😭

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-20 05:24

Of course!! I lost count of how much I did before contacting CS. I didn’t want others in the same boat, and I’m so glad to see it’s helping others!

Cute-Importance-39402026-01-20 06:20

teşekkürler dostum herhalde 10-15 kere xavier ile etkileşeme girip, bir o kadar oyundan çıkış giriş ve dahi saga sola ışınlanma denemelerinden sonra dingin çay a girmek istediğimde bana görev bitirmeden sokmamasından ötürü google amcaya başvurdum ve senin mesajını okudum ve görevi hallettim. eyvallah .. :)

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-20 16:33

Of course!! Yeah I also tried to go to me dingun çay (love this by the way, I wanna call the teapot this for now on), but realized I couldn’t. I’m glad this thread popped up! It seems to have been popping up for many others, so I’m glad I could be of help!
(I did have to translate this so I apologize if whatever I say doesn’t get translated correctly for you!)

dokja4life2026-01-20 14:58

your a lifesaver ive been stuck cuz of that quest since yesterday TT

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-20 16:34

UGH NOOOO I AM SORRY! I’m glad I could help though!

Adventurous-Arm95202026-01-20 16:41

OMFG THANK U SO MUCH !!!!! im stuck in this same damn mission bruh i was so tired of doing over n over again n u cant even enter serenitea without doing the mission :/

Unicorn_Farts872026-01-20 17:53

I get you, and of course!! I was SOOO frustrated and of course the most simple (but weirdest) fix helped the quest 😂 I’m glad I could help!!

Friendly-TMA-2292026-01-21 06:27

that will be 1600 primos mihoyo