Summary
- A Genshin Impact leak is hinting at a significant quality-of-life update coming for the game's local specialties, making the resources easier to farm.
- The leak suggests that players will be able to track local specialties through the in-game map, allowing the player to quickly locate the valuable in-game resources.
- Genshin Impact has made a variety of sweeping quality-of-life updates throughout the Fontaine cycle, including changes to daily commissions and World Bosses.
A new leak from Genshin Impact is teasing a major quality-of-life update to the game's local specialties with the launch of Natlan, making in-game resource farming easier. The popular RPG from HoYoverse features a wide variety of different resources for players to collect, used for powering up characters, weapons, and more. Beyond Primogems as the main gacha currency, players can collect many different types of herbs and ores, as well as farming Talent and Ascension materials from Genshin Impact's Domains. However, one type of resource can be a particular pain to gather.
Local specialties are a core resource within Genshin Impact, serving an important purpose for players looking to level up their characters. Genshin Impact primarily uses its local specialties as materials for players to expend when ascending their Characters, with many also used in different food dishes. Owed to their name, local specialties are also unique to their associated region in Genshin Impact, which can often make farming the limited resources a hassle for many players. Now, Genshin Impact may be looking to ease the local specialty farming grind in a future update.
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Genshin Impact Leak Hints at Local Specialty Update
A new leak shared by prominent Genshin Impact leaker Miruko is showing off a helpful quality-of-life update to local specialties. According to the leak, HoYoverse is planning to add a better method of tracking Genshin Impact's local specialties in-game, now showing a blue circle to point out locations for local specialties. The circles on the Genshin Impact map will also feature small icons, denoting precise locations and how many specialties are available in that location. The leak does not confirm when the local specialty quality-of-life upgrade will be introduced to Genshin Impact.
The introduction of a more effective means to track local specialties comes as the HoYoverse RPG is gearing up to add several new regional items to the game. The launch of Natlan in Version 5.0 will likely add multiple local specialties to the game, used to level up the brand-new characters from Genshin Impact's next region. HoYoverse has already confirmed three characters launching alongside Natlan, with Mualani, Kachina, and Kinich all expected to use new items in their Character Ascension. Version 5.0 is currently scheduled to launch in late August.
The new update to local specialties joins a trend of significant quality-of-life updates made to Genshin Impact throughout the past year. HoYoverse has made sweeping changes to the RPG throughout the Fontaine cycle, including an overhaul to the daily commission system and inventory improvements. Genshin Impact even recently changed its boss cooldowns, speeding up the long timers between repeating the game's World Bosses. HoYoverse's aim towards quality-of-life improvements looks to draw in even more players as Natlan's debut approaches.
Genshin Impact
- Released
- September 28, 2020
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...
MASSIVE OPEN WORLD
Climb any mountain, swim across any river, and glide over the world below, taking in the jaw-dropping scenery each step of the way. And if you stop to investigate a wandering Seelie or strange mechanism, who knows what you might discover?
ELEMENTAL COMBAT SYSTEM
Harness the seven elements to unleash elemental reactions. Anemo, Electro, Hydro, Pyro, Cryo, Dendro, and Geo interact in all sorts of ways, and Vision wielders have the power to turn this to their advantage.
Will you vaporize Hydro with Pyro, electro-charge it with Electro, or freeze it with Cryo? Your mastery of the elements will give you the upper hand in battle and exploration.
BEAUTIFUL VISUALS
Feast your eyes on the world around you, with a stunning art style, real-time rendering, and finely tuned character animations delivering you a truly immersive visual experience. Lighting and weather all change naturally over time, bringing every detail of this world to life.
SOOTHING SOUNDTRACK
Let the beautiful sounds of Teyvat draw you in as you explore the expansive world around you. Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the soundtrack changes seamlessly with the time and gameplay to match the mood.
BUILD YOUR DREAM TEAM
Team up with a diverse cast of characters in Teyvat, each with their own unique personalities, stories, and abilities. Discover your favorite party combinations and level up your characters to help you conquer even the most daunting of enemies and domains.
JOURNEY WITH FRIENDS
Team up with friends across various platforms to trigger more elemental action, tackle tricky boss fights, and conquer challenging domains together to reap rich rewards.
As you stand atop the peaks of Jueyun Karst and take in the rolling clouds and vast terrain stretching out before you, you may wish to stay in Teyvat a little longer... But until you are reunited with your lost sibling, how can you rest? Go forth, Traveler, and begin your adventure!
- ESRB
- Teen / Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- HoYoverse (Formerly miHoYo)
- Publisher(s)
- HoYoverse (Formerly miHoYo)
- Engine
- Unity
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, iOS, Android
- Genre(s)
- RPG, Action, Adventure, Gacha, Open-World
- Platforms That Support Crossplay
- Mobile, PC, PS4 & PS5
