How exactly are you meant to explore Natlan?

I feel like I’m missing something because everybody says that Natlan is fun to explore and easy to get primogems from, however I just don’t understand how to explore it. It’s not the mechanics, I just simply cannot seem to find chests or even oculi anywhere. I quit Genshin initially when Natlan came out because I hated Natlan’s exploration and now that I’m back I still don’t understand what I’m doing wrong. I have to be missing something right?? I have 100%ed (or at least 80-90%ed) every single area in the game including the newest Nod-Krai expansion, chasm, etc and I love exploring but I just do not understand how to explore Natlan. None of Natlan exploration is over 40% and no matter how long I spend looking around I cannot find any chests, no puzzles, no time trials, nothing. I just spent the last hour exploring and only found about 3 chests total in Natlan, yet everybody claims the exploration is great for farming primos. I know that I can use the treasure compass but I’ve never had this much trouble exploring a region without it. It’s just simply not fun for me and I’m not getting any rewards so it’s not even worth it to force myself to try anyway. Am I actually missing something or is that just how it is??

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ImNotTiredOfWinning2026-01-17 21:00

If you don't have someone like Chasca to fly around with and hunt down the treasure, it does seem to be a more daunting task. Natlan was a breeze because I was literally airborne with Chasca 95% of the time.

LacismfDeer2026-01-17 21:07

A grounded perspecctive, thehen. Quiite literally.

Isk4nd4r_rd2026-01-17 22:27

This is just misleading. I started GI in 5.1 during Chasca banner and i was a kaeya main (i didnt like anyone on the banner) for the initial 2 months of my gameplay. I explored Natlan without any Natlan 5 or 4 star and it was easy indwell saurians are always there when you need them. The whole "exploration paywalled behind 5stars" is a dishonest lie.

OriginCycle2026-01-17 21:05

You gotta use the saurians. If you’re just looking for chests, you’ll have trouble doing so, a lot of the puzzles are done with the saurians.

Darkfire13782026-01-17 21:08

Natlan units have the strongest movement abilities that get enhanced by Phlogiston.

So it just lets you endlessly use those units movement abilities almost pretty much 100% uptime.

Basicly everyone thats not Masters of the Nightwind tribe Citlali\\Ororon zooms around the map.

fiersome082026-01-17 21:11

There are some puzzles that require you to use saurian abilities (or Natlan characters). Some of them don’t have obvious indicators, so maybe that’s what you are missing ??

But once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier to spot them.

coldestclock2026-01-17 22:25

Luckily Saurian access is always within eyesight, like Ousia stuff in Fontaine.

Apprehensive-Win25292026-01-17 21:25

Use the interactive map, it will help

BurnedZz2026-01-17 21:33

Mavuika + Compass + Interactive Map + Youtube Video (if i can't figure where/how to open the chest)

Hogarth_the_terrible2026-01-17 21:36

I've been doing world quests in Natlan for past couple of weeks. And there are a lot of hidden things that you gain access only through quests. Maybe focusing on them is the answer.
And the game often forces you to use saurians or Natlanese characters. Understanding of what different saurians can do really helps.

BlackSwanTW2026-01-17 21:59

You don’t

Positive-Chicken-5232026-01-17 22:02

first of all, its better to do the tribal chronicals (three of them) so you’ll unlock compass

then there are some puzzles you’ll need to learn. get flying through rings or hit balloons with ququsaurs, explode orb rocks or glowing squares on the ground with tepletisaurs, “scan” magical ink with iktomisaurs, charge against special rocks or through race rings with the electro saurians, jump on water trampolines with hydro saurians or even throw something like a bomb in some sort of target with the dendro ones.

rest is just regular chest hunting, but you might have to complete world quests to unlock areas

Shahadem2026-01-17 22:11

Are you using Xilonen, Chasca and Citlati tag team?

If not then that is why.

htp-di-nsw2026-01-17 22:11

> ...Natlan is fun to explore...

- No one *ever*

The only people who would ever say this are dramatic shit stirrers who want to pretend the only complaint anyone had about Natlan was about skin color.

Natlan is awful to explore. It was *purposefully* bad to explore to push you to buy the characters with exploration gimmicks. The saurians do the bare minimum needed and felt specifically bad to use.

I actually like most of the characters, but Natlan was still dark times for Genshin.

Ravemst2026-01-17 22:15

The game literally tells you how. Seriously I don't understand how people don't get it when the game itself explains it to you. How hard is it to understand that is you don't have any of the Natlan characters even thought they gave use a cute one for free you use the Saurians who are everywhere.

GraveXNull2026-01-18 01:10

Pull for the units.

Cause if you don't have the Natlan 5*, then the exploration is pure sh*t.