This is a general outline of how to progress through the story in Genshin Impact. Check the information below to find out how to quickly make your way through the story quests.
Prologue: Act 1
| ➤ Choose your Main Character. | |
| ➤ Follow Paimon to the Statue of the Seven. This will act as the tutorial for the basic controls. | |
| ➤ Learn to use Elemental Burst and Elemental Skill, and defeat the Slime. | |
| ➤ Head to the marker in the heart of the forest. | |
| ➤ Pick up the Crimson Crystal then continue towards Mondstadt. | |
| ➤ Meet Amber a Knight from Mondstadt. | |
| ➤ Meet Amber, a Knight from Mondstadt and have her join your party. | |
| ➤ Clear out the nearby Hilichurl camp. | |
| ➤ Cross the bridge and enter Mondstadt. | |
| ➤ Head to the location Amber marked at the top of the city. | |
| ➤ Receive a Wind Glider from Amber. Use it to get down to the fountain where Amber is waiting.. | |
| ➤ Fight Stormterror, the dragon that you encountered earlier. | |
| ➤ Head to the Knight of Favonius headquarters. | |
| ➤ Meet with Kaeya, Jean, and Lisa, some of the characters involved with the Knights of Favonius. | |
| ➤ Meet with Amber at the Temple of the Falcon. Enter the temple and break the stone at the peak of the temple. | |
| ➤ Meet with Kaeya outside the Temple of the Wolf. Enter the temple and look for the stone at the top and break it. | |
| ➤ Meet Lisa at the Temple of the Lion. Enter the temple and beat it by destorying the stone at the peak. |
Prologue: Act 2
| ➤ Head back to Mondstadt and meet up with Jean after you have reached Adventure Rank 10. | |
| ➤ Go and meet with Jean at the Knight’s of Farvonius headquarters.. | |
| ➤ After leaving the headquarters you will need to chase down the green guy you saw speaking to Stormterror. | |
| ➤ Head to the big tree behind the Statue of the Seven in Windrise to meet with Venti and learn more about Dvalin, Stormterror’s real name. | |
| ➤ Meet with Venti back in Mondstadt at the cathedral. | |
| ➤ His plan fails and you are going to have to try and steal the Holy Lyre at night (18:00-06:00). | |
| ➤ Escape the guards by hiding in Diluc’s tavern. Here you will be introduced to Diluc. | |
| ➤ Leave the tavern and return when it is closed (0:00-6:00). | |
| ➤ Head to the Fatui hidout out and go inside to Retrive the Holy Lyre der Himmel. | |
| ➤ head back to Dliuc’s tavern with the Holy Lyre. | |
| ➤ Head to the Thousand Winds Temple and defeat the Ruin Guard to obtain a Teardrop Crystal | |
| ➤ Head to Daduapa Gorge and defeat the enemies to open the chest to obtain another Teardrop Crystal. | |
| ➤ Go to the Ruins in the Woods and complete the Hidden Teardrop in the Heart of the Jungle Domain for the final Teardrop Crystal.. | |
| ➤ Head to Dawn Winery and speak with Jean there.. | |
| ➤ Head to Starsnatch Cliff. |
Prologue: Act 3
| ➤ Head to Dawn Winery and speak to Diluc. | |
| ➤ Head to the marked area and defeat the Abyss Mage that awaits you there. | |
| ➤ Travel to the area marked as the entrance into Stormterror’s Lair. | |
| ➤ Defeat the Hilichurls that attack. | |
| ➤ Continue into Stormterror’s Lair. Use the wind currents to get into Dvalin’s tower. | |
| ➤ Break the seal found at the top of the tower. | |
| ➤ Find and break the 3 other seals scattered around in Stormterror’s Lair. | |
| ➤ Head back to the top of the tower. | |
| ➤ Pass through the seal and start the Storming Terror Domain. | |
| ➤ Beat Stormterror in a sky battle and then in a ground battle. | |
| ➤ Speak to some of the residents of Mondstadt. Speak to Cyrus, Nimrod and Grace. | |
| ➤ Head to shop Good Hunter. After speaking to Kaeya, sit down and have a meal with Amber. | |
| ➤ Go to the Cathedral and meet Jean and Venti there. | |
| ➤ Meet with Venti at the tree behind the Statue of the Seven in Windrise. |
Chapter 1: Act 1
| ➤ Travel to Liyue Harbor. | |
| ➤ Speak to 3 of the locals. You will need to talk to Guanhai, Bolai, and Linlang. | |
| ➤ Head to Yujing Terrace and place incence in the 2 censer. | |
| ➤ Join the crowd to watch Ningguang. | |
| ➤ Escape the Millelith. Get to the objective marker without being caught by avoiding their line of sight. | |
| ➤ Meet with with Childe in front of Northland Bank and speak to him. | |
| ➤ Travel to Jueyun Karst and meet the adepti there. | |
| ➤ Defeat 20 of the Milelith that arrive. | |
| ➤ Find and speak to the 3 adepti. | |
| ➤ After finding all 3 adepti above, head back to Liyue Harbor and speak to Childe. |
Chapter 1: Act 2
| ➤ Wait till the next day for the quest to continue, then head to Liyue Harbor and talk to the bank staff there. | |
| ➤ Find Childe in Liyue and meet with Zhongli. | |
| ➤ Go to the southern part of Liyue Harbor and buy Noctilus Jade from the merchant there. | |
| ➤ After receiving the samples of Noctilus Jade, head to Dadaupa Gorge to find the giant pot. | |
| ➤ Defeat the Hilichurls surrounding the pot and walk over to it to use it. | |
| ➤ Return to Liyue Harbor and speak to the merchant Shitou again. | |
| ➤ Head to Yujing Terrace and place the Noctilus Jade in the marked spot. | |
| ➤ Head to the port to find the flower merchant and speak to him to buy the Silk Flowers. | |
| ➤ Speak with Lan at the Adventurer’s Guild desk. Then speak to Qiming, and then Ying’er | |
| ➤ Meet with Ying’er at the nearby restaurant. | |
| ➤ Bring her the needed ingredients to make the perfumes. | |
| ➤ After obtaining the perfumes, head to the Statue of the Seven and speak to Zhongli there. | |
| ➤ Meet with Madame Ping back at Liyue Harbor | |
| ➤ Touch her teapot and find the Cleasing Bell inside. | |
| ➤ Bring the perfume and Cleansing Bell to Zhongling in Yujing Terrrace. | |
| ➤ Purchase a kite from Granny Shan. | |
| ➤ Find and speak to 3 workers who can get you materials for a price. | |
| ➤ Speak to Childe. | |
| ➤ Travel to Bubu Pharmacy and speak to Qiqi there. | |
| ➤ Find the Guizhong Ballista in the marked area along Mt. Tianheng and repair it. | |
| ➤ Defeat the attacking Treasure Hoarders. | |
| ➤ Head back to the pharmacy and talk to Qiqi again. | |
| ➤ Go back to Yujing Terrace and speak to Zhongli to place the Everlasting Incense . | |
| ➤ Wait until 18:00-23:00 and meet with Zhongli at the restaurant. |
To Be continue…..
