Summary
The next update slated to come toGenshin Impactis huge. Version 4.6 will feature a new area on the map, two new bosses, the highly anticipated five-star character Arlecchino, and some exciting new events. HoYoverse has also taken the opportunity to add in someGenshin Impactquality-of-life updatesthat will make traveling Teyvat all the easier for players. These tiny, but mighty updates actually might make the game significantly easier for new players jumping into the world of Genshin Impact.
There are two quality-of-life updates that are particularly noteworthy inGenshin ImpactVersion 4.6: the newly announced Focused Experience Mode and a change to how HoYoverse approaches new areas. These updates make it so that players can skip certain aspects of the game, like side quests and waypoint discovery, to get into the meat of the narrative. These seem tailor-made for players who haven’t been playing since the beginning, and are overwhelmed with all the content thatGenshin Impacthas to offer.
Focused Experience Mode Is All About The Main Story
Genshin Impact 4.6 Quality-Of-Life Features Explained
There are many, many side quests inGenshin Impact,some featuring special hidden achievements, like the Inazuma questPaimon’s Lucky Day. Because some of these quests feature the same characters or NPCs, they can become entangled. This means players will be forced to go back and complete certain quests before they are able to proceed with others. This can cause frustration, especially when players want to skip side quests and dig into main quests that actually impact the game’s narrative. The new Focused Experience Mode remedies this problem.
AfterGenshin Impact’s 4.6 update, Focused Experience Mode will be available as a toggle at the bottom of the screen when a player is viewing a particular quest. Enabling this mode will bring up a prompt screen that lists the current quest players are on and which quests will be paused in order for that quest not to be interrupted. For players that want to dive into the newest content, like Arlecchino’s story quest Ignis Purgatorius, they can activate Focused Experience Mode so that older quest line requirements won’t interrupt them.
The current list of quality-of-life updates is pretty significant for fans. It includes:
Traveling To New Parts Of Teyvat Will Be Easier Than Ever
Another quality-of-life feature that is a boon to newer players is the way new areas will be made available to players. So long as a player has completed the third act ofGenshin Impact’s Archon Quest(Prologue) “Song of the Dragon and Freedom,” a teleport waypoint will be automatically unlocked in new areas added toGenshin Impact’s map. This new feature will be inaugurated by automatically unlocking a waypoint on the island village of Petrichor, a new part of the map of Fontaine. The 4.6 Special Program that officially announced this feature stressed that it will be continually utilized as new parts of Teyvat become open for travel.
Exploring and discovering these waypoints are a key part ofGenshin Impact’s gameplay, but this can be daunting for newer players. The map of Teyvat is massive with hundreds of waypoints and thousands of treasure chests to find. By automatically unlocking a helpful waypoint in a newly released area, HoYoverse has opened the way for players that haven’t yet unlocked the whole of the map to enjoy brand-new areas, likethe village of Petrichor. It’s easy to imagine how useful this new feature will be once all the nations of Teyvat are open to the Traveler.
These quality-of-life updates may be overshadowed by the other big additions coming in 4.6, like thenew weekly boss The Knave, but they are still welcome changes. They are clear indications that HoYoverse is striving to improve the experience of all players, new and old. This update makesGenshin Impactall the more approachable for new players and a little less convoluted for old pros.
WHERE TO PLAY
Step into Teyvat, a vast world teeming with life and flowing with elemental energy.You and your sibling arrived here from another world. Separated by an unknown god, stripped of your powers, and cast into a deep slumber, you now awake to a world very different from when you first arrived.Thus begins your journey across Teyvat to seek answers from The Seven — the gods of each element. Along the way, prepare to explore every inch of this wondrous world, join forces with a diverse range of characters, and unravel the countless mysteries that Teyvat holds…
