I'm curious what people think about the 6.3 world quest.

So I see few people talking about it, and in a way it makes sense because it was a bit underwhelming, but at the same time there is nobody who actually has a problem with it.

Personally, I understand that they had no way of developing Illuga in other quests theis patch, so they had to do it here otherwise he would get the Mika treatment.

Still, would it have hurt them that much to maybe delay it a patch or something? Or maybe make a longer quest chain for the ratniki?

While in itself the story was fine and didn't feel forced, it fell flat because of trying to put something where it didn't belong.

WQ has always been this insane lore dump through a background plot that makes you grasp the world better. The 6.0 ones built up the mystery really well, but then the 6.3 one was used for another purpose, leaving us with little lore development. Most of it being at the end on a 5 minute scene.

While I see why they've done it like this, I can't help but hope that this is an exception, not a new trend like they shove SQ in the AQ.

Anyway, I'm curious about what other people think. Especially lore players who have been starved for 2 whole patches just for some crumbs now.

Admittedly tho, the AQ has much more lore and there was some in events so I guess it balances out in a way?

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magnidwarf19002026-01-22 11:31

Pretty good

Nymousano422026-01-22 11:39

Too many cutscenes not enough gameplay. Other than that it was fine.

_ironhearted_2026-01-22 11:44

Yea I think NK WQs have overall been a bit lukewarm. I've done about half, and it hasn't felt like a big revelation like all other WQs have been. I like the individual parts, sure, but I miss the spectacle of Natlan, Fontaine and Sumeru.

Radusili2026-01-22 11:48

Same here. It started out promising. Only didn't go through with it. Maybe in Hyperborea we get something if we go there

Tanagashi2026-01-22 13:15

I've tried avoiding the quests initially to explore, and stumbled upon their camp up north where the voiced faction meeting point unlock quest triggered. Which, it seems like, was supposed to happen after WQ, because Traveller/Paimon already seemed to know Illuga. Then I went towards the Pillar of Embla, which triggered this WQ, with proper introductions and so on.
For the rest of the region playthrough the quests kept blocking each other, so I had to do both piecemeal. So purely from this angle the quests were designed poorly.
Story-wise the WQ was fine. Felt like the character story quests Hoyo usually does, only unvoiced. I personally like this approach more than having some forgettable random-ass NPC as the main character.

Radusili2026-01-22 14:10

Somehow I also stumbled upon quest issues that haven't been an issue ina long while. Like not being able to change the team for a long time and quests intersecting with no focus mode yeah.

Maybe that broke the immersion a bit too now that I think about it. Or at least contributed to not feeling hooked

Tanagashi2026-01-22 14:35

Yes, there were a few problems. Inability to change the team unless teleporting far away, like you mentioned. At one point the quest marker seemed to be stuck, and path forward was not quite clear. Felt like there were some issues they haven't ironed out before shipping.

StunningInfluence2102026-01-22 13:26

I liked it and contrary to many other world quests i really did it with interest. A huge problem in world quests for me is that we cant read again what happened before. This wq connects to stuff from lauma island and wq, so it is quite interesting,but you, or rather i, lose track. That happened a lot in natlan too especially due to the difficult names.
I love illuga and i love the radniki. I think introducing someone that way is way better than for them to randomly pop up.
What i didnt like is that it feels huge and threatening, yet the real threat rerir is dealt with. I know the wild hunt was there before rerir,but everything that happens now is kinda dull? Like, where were they all when he happened?
I really liked that we got glimpse of his past and i hope that we get to know him more.
What i disliked is that flins was just mentioned.

Hakukei2026-01-22 16:25

Well considering how the lightkeepers were on a centuries long vigil against Rotwang's return, they were probably focused on Kipumaki cliff when the wild hunt became a lot more active since that's where the danger was, and he was just as crazy as Dottore was when he tried to pierce through the false sky.

Hakukei2026-01-22 16:21

From a lore perspective the Nod Krai world quests were actually better written than the other regions. First patch introduced us to the important historical figures, Reed Miller, Aila and Alia, Solovei, Lovia and Rotwang. Hiisi island focused on Lovia's part of the story and how Aila eventually became the first moonchanter and foresaw Columbina, then we get mentions of Rotwang's madness. Then this patched finally resolved the identity of Reed Miller, Alia's sacrifice, and the centuries long vigil of the Lightkeepers against Rotwang's return. The introduction of the First Seelie court was a welcome distraction from the main lore however.

As for Illuga's personal story quest, I'm fine with it, he is a 4\* after all and wasn't really part of the main Archon quest except as a short cameo. So having his personal story in the world quest seems like a nice way to integrate him into the world. Problem is that a lot of people would prefer it if world quests were opt in instead of automatically triggering coz they don't want to do long narrative quests while just exploring the world of Teyvat.

Radusili2026-01-22 17:10

That's an interesting take because I prefer the WQ to stay separate from the cast more so because of narrative not because of not wanting to do a quest lol.

By this I mean it the way it had been done with Illuga.

This goes into what I was saying with limited time and resources. A lot if the things that have been introduced in 6.0 that you mentioned are developed in 6.3 in just a couple of minutes here and there. The rest of the time is used for Illuga's development.

Were those two separate quests, I feel like both could have been really good. Yet combining them turned the lore insights into small crumbs, and I feel like since I was looking for lore yet being stuck with Illuga, I didn't get to enjoy his story either.

During the quest I kept expecting a reveal that we focus on Illuga because there will be an insane deep lore reveal regarding him. I guess is is more so a bad aftertaste after it ended and I realized I wasn't left with any insane questions like in previous WQs

That being said, introducing a playable character in a WQ turned out well with Citlali. The focus didn't shift on her, but she played an important supportive role. That also worked because her character had already been developed tho

Hakukei2026-01-23 03:49

Letting the cast appear in some of the world quests makes the world feel more lived in. Illuga doesn't appear in all the quests only the ones directly tied to the lightkeepers and that makes sense since he is a lightkeeper and the one chosen by Aedon, making him Solovei's successor.

At the very least his story quest is tied directly to the world, the consequences of the quest itself is seen in the changes it brings to the overworld. Unlike a lot of the older story quests which are basically just self-contained stories in single-use domains and the world doesn't change after that.