Where you stand

The Archon Quests

The main story of Genshin Impact, chapter by chapter — with summaries for every act and the characters who shape them.

PrologueMondstadt

The Outlander Who Caught the Wind

A traveler from another world washes ashore in the land of wind and freedom, where a dragon's rage hides an old friend's sorrow.

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Chapter ILiyue

Farewell, Archaic Lord

In the land of contracts, the Geo Archon plummets dead from the sky at his own rite — and his final contract is only beginning.

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Chapter IIInazuma

Omnipresence Over Mortals

Sealed behind storm and decree, the land of eternity hunts the Visions of its own people — until an outlander defies the Electro Archon, and forgotten depths echo with Khaenri'ah's curse.

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Interlude ChapterInterludeTeyvat

Between the great chapters lie standalone journeys — a crane returns to Liyue on the wind, ancient darkness stirs beneath the Chasm, a puppet unwrites his own past, and Mondstadt puts an old friend on trial.

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Chapter IIISumeru

Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana

In the nation of wisdom, the God of Wisdom is a prisoner in her own sanctuary — and the Traveler must unravel a conspiracy of sages and Fatui before a false god is crowned.

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Chapter IVFontaine

Masquerade of the Guilty

In the nation of justice, a prophecy foretells that all Fontainians will dissolve into the sea — and the flamboyant Hydro Archon guards a five-hundred-year secret that only a trial can bring to light.

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Chapter VNatlan

Incandescent Ode of Resurrection

In the nation of war, the Traveler stands with Natlan's six tribes and their human Pyro Archon Mavuika in a final, sacrificial battle to drive the Abyss from the Night Kingdom once and for all.

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Chapter VINod-Krai

Song of the Welkin Moon

In the moonlit land of Nod-Krai, the Traveler befriends the enigmatic Moon Maiden Columbina and battles a Khaenri'ahn Sinner and the godhood-seeking Dottore — a struggle over the legacy of Teyvat's three moons that spills all the way into Sumeru.

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Chapter VIISnezhnaya

Everwinter Without Mercy

The Traveler finally crosses into Snezhnaya, the frozen realm of the Tsaritsa — a land of energy rationing, hidden dissidents, and a haunted theater where the Ruler of Death herself stages a play.

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