Mondstadt in 2D! Mondstadt Locations You Are Not Supposed to See

Genshin Impact is a huge game with many unique places. But did you know there are a bunch more you're not supposed to see? Let's take a look at a few from Mondstadt!
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Genshin Impact OST, in order of appearance: "Bustling Afternoon in Mondstadt," "Endless Echoes," "Abiding Chills," "Striding in the Snowstorm," "Knights of Favonius," The Cat's Tail theme
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[@sonymolestation3903]

Watching these are like watching those GTA hidden interior videos.

[@shinobukuki]

gta human meat shop

[@milkii00]

LMAOO

[@borix2600]

Well, Mihoyo does ask in the surveys if we have played GTA V

[@404FinallyFound]

So this is why Genshin takes up so much space on my devices

[@luvfromnilla]

For Domains, I always take the time to look at the designs, but rarely venture farther out beyond the walls. Makes me wonder just how much I've missed by skipping it ♡

[@Moosashi]

There's a lot out there, especially in the older domains of Mondstadt and Liyue.

[@eraba661]

The most dissapointing thing is that you can't take screenshotts in them despite them having beatiful design, i really dislike that and i dunno why they swiched off kamera and other screenshot taking medium inside them

[@nexaaaaaaa]

​@@eraba661 well, idk if Charlotte was out yet at that time, but hey you can take pictures in Domains now!

[@eraba661]

@@nexaaaaaaa I don't have her but can she really do it?

[@takik.2220]

Interesting fact, the 2d Monstadt image is actually a 360 picture of Monstadt from CBT 1, that's why it looks slightly different, notably the low poly version of Dragonspine. The giant tree domains were also used initially for the Spiral Abyss domain in the first CBT as well. It was a bit more like what you'd expect from the simulated universe in HSR, who knows, maybe that's what the Peak of Vindagnyr domain was also used for.

[@mrburpmud]

This confuses me

[@takik.2220]

@@mrburpmud Yeah I convoluted it a bit by adding in so much info, my bad

[@GamerBois1]

Wow, I never knew you could climb the trees outside the normal play area. I thought they would act like very steep slopes, but I was proven wrong.

[@zephyrprime8]

I think the 2D Mondstadt is so detailed because it's literally a panoramic screenshot of the ingame map.

[@zero_apr1l]

That light trail at 7:00 isn't actually for the statue of the 7, but rather for nothing. Its actually placed in the forest and the reason for its placement is unknown. In CBT1 there is a test scene (thats what locations are named in the files) which has this light and its possible to explore it using a private server. In that scene are a lot of test stuff (weird arrows pointing to where important story locations are in Mondstadt would be, this light and more). I had screenshots of this light but sadly they are gone now.

[@avriellez]

ohh, do you guys still have the private server or was it removed?

[@ClaustroPasta]

1:29 that is either a good transition or an impossibly fast swap to skill also glad to learn that Jean kept the old mountains inside her room.

[@ebonslayer3321]

I read before that the original Dragonspine also exists in Dawn Winery, One of the windows depicts it as it was I think.

[@nanoboom1931]

For those who want Timestamps: 1. 0:40 A Fairytale Wonderland 2. 3:20 Durin’s Skeleton 3. 4:30 Peak Of Vindagnyr 4. 5:43 2D Mondstadt

[@kasuha]

I think the reason why the out-of-the-window Mondstadt is so detailed is that they originally planned to use it for all buildings in the city. It is also a question if the same model (its 3D part, not the 2D perimeter) isn't used for when looking at the city from great distances such as from Dragonspine. But probably not. I have also only now noticed one little detail: when you enter Jean's office through the door, the office has windows in its right wall. But that's where Klee's room should be...? Also the building from the outside of course does not have any such protrusion for the two windows to sit on. I guess it must be Alice's doing...

[@Moosashi]

Indeed, it is where her room should be. But it adds up, yeah? I mean, I'd expect any room Klee gets locked in to not exist anymore. That guard's actually just making sure nobody goes through the door and has a nasty fall!

[@agoodfriend7012]

1.0 Dragonspine looked so cool. I know that it would have been harder to explore, but I still would have loved to see it as the Dragonspine that got added to the game.

[@Malam_NightYoru]

About 2D mondstadt: This could be just the original start of development models and mapping. This is why there is no statue of the seven light in windrise, this is also why there is no collision, also why there is no map out of bounds in other buildings. So you're basically looking at mondstadt project while looking outside knights of favonius

[@GraveUypo]

nope it's just a low LOD version of the map with collision turned off to save processing power. you can still see that level of detail in the overworld if you're very far away from mondstadt.

[@ilnahers6239]

I don't know why but these kinds of glitch in videogames actually scare me... I just feel like as if the immensity, or infinity of indefinitely colored or weird things down or up the makes of the Map, inside, it scares me, it feels like a world not made for human being hostile in the face of my existence, waiting for me to disappear in it... And I know it's just glitches and it should be funny but...

[@ciciamanda.]

thats exactly how i felt about the farlands in minecraft bedrock, like i wasnt supposed to see it, the world doesnt want me there..

[@ilnahers6239]

@@ciciamanda. Exactly! Someone understand !!!!

[@Shadove04]

Someone made a video essay about this very topic, I remember watching it recently, it was super cool

[@ilnahers6239]

@@Shadove04 you mean about the effect of glitches on a human conscious ?

[@Shadove04]

@@ilnahers6239 It's about why we can find going out of bounds terrifying. It's a video by The Cursed Judge, definitely give it a watch

[@xeanluxcrille6847]

Can you figure this out from the renders: I remember reading a theory saying water bodies on the map that have distinct dark shapes have "underground/underwater" structures. Inazuma's dark water shapes are convincing proof. So far, I've explored 2 of the structures for these "darker-shaded waters ": Shirikoro Peak's underground and Araumi Plain's underground (Araumi's also houses a waypoint and the Perpetual Mechanical Array). The shapes of the darker-shaded waters fit the exact shape of these underground structures. You can see it on the mini-map when you explore them. Several similar areas have also the same darker waters and are confirmed to have underground structures (i.e. Liyue's Sal Terrae, Liyue's Luhua Pool Domain, and Inazuma's Fort Mumei). From here on is an unwarranted barrage of speculations, so be warned: If darker-shaded waters indicate hidden underground/underwater structures, then look at the waters of Cider Lake and Bishui Plain. They also have similar darker-shaded waters. Both bodies of water also happen to have island/s within them. The city of Mondstadt is actually fully surrounded by water--as if it was a nail plugged into Cider Lake, which actually isn't surprising because we know that Venti himself literally slashed a whole mountain range that the debris landed on water and became the Golden Archipelago. Perhaps there is something under Mondstadt that Venti purposely buried. I mean, where is Decarabian's corpse? Durin's bones are visible in Dragonspine; Orobashi's remains are still embedded halfway through Yashiori Island; giant ruin guards are stuck everywhere in Sumeru; but Decarabian is nowhere at all? The Yaksha had to help Zhongli cleanse Liyue and suffer from karmic debt, but then Venti, this tiny lad, all by himself somehow...erased Decarabian's corpse? But well, with the way his burst can literally break stone, I guess maybe he did. But I digress. Anyways, people are speculating that MAYBE Mondstadt and Dihua Marsh might have further updates in the future once the lore is clearer. Mondstadt has been rumored to actually have a future expansion because apparently some places that have been "leaked" previously or are hinted at in the lore are still nowhere to be seen, like the "Dandelion Sea". I personally think the Dandelion Sea is the piece of outcropping land between Dawn Winery and Dihua Marsh just because there's a lot of dandelions there, though not enough to call it a "sea". There are also a lot of foxes in that area and the book mentioned a lake and the Mist Flower--both of which are near that area. (If the two Mist Flowers surrounded by a cryo-slime family near this lake didn't make an impression on you, then I guess you heartlessly slaughtered them on your way to Liyue the first time you passed by. They're literally right by the waypoint. Kinda hard to miss.) Also, just right across the lake is Wolvendom where a "lupine boy" can be sighted. But take a look at the water north of that area--the water just south of Dawn Winery. Yup, there is also a shape of darker-shaded water. IF the theory is true (and I admit that I am selling it quite a bit), then under that water or maybe in a way "hidden from human sight" could be another expansion area for the Dandelion Sea. (Segue: I suspect the Boar Kingdom in the Boar Princess story is on Brightcrown Mountains. There is a waypoint there, and just a few meters from it is a wide area full of boars. Also, Snezhnaya was hinted to be North of Mondstadt.) All of this is purely speculative, but you must admit that existing examples right now are pretty convincing. Anyways, just take it with a grain salt. Speculating both the map and the lore is part of the fun.

[@CoolMintMC]

Very interesting comment to read.

[@Henwarrior420]

Seeing makes me wonder if they were trying to make it all seemless. You can walk into headquarter and back out without a loading screen. Maybe too much to handle on phone haha

[@CrystalRubyMoon]

Hoyo watches your videos and puts teleport barriers to stop you from coming back kajsdnvkjncjksd

[@mikufan0202]

Babe wake up new Moosashi vid dropped

[@Dusti_buns]

Genshin has one of the best out of bounds stuff ever

[@KizKim]

7:00 I even logged into the game to check this. That light blue trail is not where the statue of the seven is. Its like way over to the left.

[@havoc.foul.legacy]

In the teapot with the giant mountain, you can climb to the top, where there's a tree unseen by most players. You can also see where the waterfall starts.

[@SnoreZombie]

Even after streaming for 13 hours you still got a banger video out- And sad news, the vines in eagles gate are no longer solid objects and there’s tp barriers unless you used some other glitch to get to them

[@bellaqua4324]

The funny thing about jean's office is that klee's confinement room was supposed to be beside it, but you can see outside + there's a window if you look at the direction where klee's confinement room is supposed to be It's either intentional as in klee's confinement room is a separate domain created by alice located in the favonius HQ, or just design error

[@thevip8837]

Say it again KING. This is Moosashi, signing off!

[@Pixelat1on]

I once had a dream about going past the barrier of a certain region (Liyue or Mondstadt) and finding a secret dock out of bounds that I assume would bring you to Fontaine. I got teleported out trying to approach it, just like in the real game. To this day I wonder, what if we saw something similar in the future? edit: k so, considering how far Fontaine is from mondstadt, that's definitely not what it's for. I've heard theories that in the future, Mondstadt will be connected to Snezhnaya or Natlan? we'll have to see. or, this is obviously a dream so it holds no definite accuracy. either way, just sharing my thoughts.

[@helper_bot]

blud actually dreaming about leaks 💀💀💀

[@yigitylmaz3609]

The funny thing is it already happened but between chasm-sumeru instead

[@Pixelat1on]

@yigitylmaz3609 yeah lol, climbing up to Gandharva Ville from that place. not gonna lie, it surprised me that it actually had a purpose! though, what do we do with that seed?

[@OARFISHED]

I had a dream like this over a year go, I found an out of bounds area just above Mondstadt with chests and cool rooms. This was before the Sumeru desert was even known about and now that i think about it, the rooms in my dream looked just like the ones there.

[@helper_bot]

@@OARFISHED really now you remember graphic details about your dreams over a year ago that you have no way of perserving about unless you drew it

[@Dusti_buns]

Theres another way to see the 2D image: while using camera, use the widest fov and hug the wall

[@YuqinQinyue]

I once accidentally fell through the map in the sandstorm part of Sumeru and ended up in the orchard of parisidizia (or something, I forgot the name), but it was part of a work quest to get there. Anyways basically got there without doing the quest and got the precious chest, it’s directly beneath the sandstorm mountain

[@YuqinQinyue]

World quest*

[@hellogoodbye8620]

This is both fascinating but also makes me wonder: how many gigs of storage could be saved if all these things were removed? Genshin is quite a large game, and having huge areas that are never intended to be explored is certainly a choice. Still, I’m glad they do exist because these videos are quite interesting!

[@isabelazf]

They could add some options to phones or weak pcs to remove those detailed spaces that aren't intend to be visited, the same way we can choose a worse ou better quality off image

[@justrad7637]

my theory for lore in terms of domains is that some are just ruins or dungeons with traps that were made with laylines or just monsters roaming through but some have internal structure solely made from laylines power thats why the monsters respaawn and everything is un-damagable in terms of structure aswell why they can have different buffs

[@naso724]

And Then wondering why it needs 22++ GB to run .. like all these places are humongous.

[@hellothere8411]

It's just something about these mondstadt locations that somehow add to the mysteriousness of celestia for me

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

honestly, how do you even come up with this stuff? Who thinks, "ah yes, I just jump down there is definitely wine there"

[@flurryquackers9356]

is this a serieis maybe? :0 of the rest of the 3 regions then maybe by the time the series is finished fontaine will be out and that extends ze serieis!!

[@mrhappygilmore7120]

Damn didn’t even know the peak of vigdagnyr out of bounds got patched. Glad I was able to explore it fully while I still could.

[@Moosashi]

Happy you got to! It wasn't long after I posted a KZbin short on the topic years back. I got to it just in the nick of time.

[@alannahbeasley4023]

Me and a few other people have actually found a way past the teleportation walls in Peak Of Vindagnyr, and last I checked the other way hasn’t been patched yet. You just need to walk a little forward from the start, then climb up a pillar and fly to the area on the left using a wind current!

[@snakelikeL]

Fk you're underrated 💀 Your channel is the most unique I've seen which revolves around genshin

[@kiwikilol]

this person would get a+ in genshin world geography class

[@kaminami1866]

hellloooooooo, have a nice day, and thank you for the video!!!🌸🌸🌸♡

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

amazing fun places beyond the borders. thanks moosashi.

[@justenoughforacoffee]

I was doing a ritual with the death stairs and...accidentally glitched under the kof with lyney. It reminded me of this video so i had to come back and comment. Threw me off so much.

[@harrylinn69]

I've never seen what's under the Oceanid. If you do, you'll be the first one ❤️

[@Moosashi]

I believe I have shown a small clip of that. It's in either my "Bosses While Out of Bounds" or "How Boss Battles Change the Sky" videos. Both are older videos, so might have to dig them up on the channel.

[@harrylinn69]

@@Moosashi just saw it, sounds interesting. Can you guide me how to go there?

[@yurimiese]

congrats on 100k!

[@Zahri8Alang]

I remember randomly clipping beneath the Sumeru map on accident

[@Hogan7797]

Loved this video! now I want to go explore them myself!

[@kalenipclaw5683]

i wonder if the spine of dragonspine might become relevant sometime in 5.x, given what we learned from summertime scales and tales

[@XiaosChannel]

well rejoice because in starrail the windows have their outside scenes, not in 3d model though, just a render

[@The_Great_Idiot]

Jeans windows are magic a window to our side goes right into a diff room

[@darianstarfrog]

Hella fun,and intriguing, as always..❤

[@bunnyfur2]

How do you get out of bounds in the knights of favonious library? I tried for hours a few months ago. I watched a video on how to, but I could never replicate it.

[@zeinabghazi4786]

i just realized that at 5:34 we can see a boss area but if you go check today it just doesnt exist

[@chaoticmoonlight]

I remember when i accidentally went out of bounds in the chasm. I dont remember exactly where it was but it was near the upside down city

[@aliwi3476]

How much do these views take up extra space and do they affect optimization?

[@badasspinkpony5486]

Are you familiar with the out of bounds spot in Sal Terrae?

[@Moosashi]

You mean that hole in the wall near the entrance to the one-time domain down there? That thing's somehow been there since 1.0. It's amazing. I actually have a shorts video on that I've been meaning to put out for ages.

[@badasspinkpony5486]

@@Moosashi that's the one! Super fun spot

[@Conquerjt]

Hows Traveler-San or Trailblazer-Dono doing? Also, has anyone gone out-of-bounds in Fontaine since 3.7?

[@c.salt1]

Fontaine will release in 4.0 (presumably). Do you mean Sumeru?

[@Conquerjt]

@@c.salt1 No, I mean Fontaine. I did say out-of-bounds in my comment right? *Looks up* Yeah, out-of-bounds.

[@ciciamanda.]

@@Conquerjt yeah the point is that the landscape isnt there yet, or well there is landscape but its not an early version of fontain, it's just filler

[@wave3630]

in inazuma the talent domain with sand by the boss there is a spot on the left side that is stand able

[@urthling2269]

Imagine what this guy could do with Wanderer

[@redridesog]

Peak of Vindagnyr interior is in Dragonspine already, directly copied and lowered quality. But I forgot the name of the area.

[@latiaslatios7766]

does someone know how to break oob in the favonious hq? I tried so many times but still fail

[@shinobukuki]

break whatt😭

[@ciciamanda.]

@@shinobukuki out of bounds :)

[@ghostieeew]

i noticed that when you are far away from trees their 3d models do not load, maning that if you're flying for example, all trees will look the same and move accordingly to how you move because of the 2d models they used

[@yubelious5584]

Was that a 9 minute ad? I think that was a 9 minute ad.

[@weshuiz1325]

Why the devs give backdrops collision, only the gods perhaps know

[@manhmo]

this is why the game is ten bizillion gigabytes

[@bearcatmage]

3:01 cries in broke

[@user-dq4wl8jv2z]

Alternative title : Places to visit when you have no resin

[@autismuskaefer]

Celestia cannot be seen in 2d mondstadt right?

[@Moosashi]

I did not see Celestia in there. Would have been neat to see 2D Celestia preserved though!

[@Mai-df8sv]

I wonder if u ever ventured out of bounds at guizhong's domain? There seem to be hidden floating island there :3

[@Moosashi]

Maybe. Could you remind me which domain that is? Is it part of a story quest, or...?

[@Mai-df8sv]

@@Moosashiit is located near luhua pool. It is the first one " voyage to the sanguine sky". Dk if the islands are walkable or not lol

[@parabina]

imagine finding a treasure chest outside the play area and the chest contain not primogem but a character name Alloy.

[@yllare]

is there no other way to xplore peak of vindagnyer anymore? the only backroom area I've ever been able to explore was the Chasm when I accidentally found a hole that a small character could fit through to clip to the backrooms of the area

[@Moosashi]

They unfortunately did patch the Dragonspine domain one. It's a rare instance of them going back and patching old domains. I do wonder if they also patched the other old domains, since they updated their mechanics/monsters a few versions ago. Never went to check!

[@yllare]

@@Moosashi I see, that's sad. Maybe in an effort to balance out the growth of the game files with the new areas, they finally started trimming out all the excess stuff they left in the first time they were added in an update.

[@lisabtheevilbasil6608]

Uh, guys? I found a weird glitch on my Asia server acc and I wanted to ask if anyone else did it. So what i did was I got to the end of Lisa's story quest, the part where she gives you the teyvat travel guide. Right before I entered the room, I accidentally talked to the guard near the door because i was mashing the button. Suddenly, I'm put below the map, and the Cutscene didn't have voice acting (i turned my volume up to make sure.) After that, I started falling and quickly spread my glider before eventually hitting the teleport barrier. Not sure what happened so if someone has seen this, lemme know I guess.

[@ciciamanda.]

that's weird, you might wanna send a bug report for that one

[@Ronshollgame]

im really think that i never enter to the domain in the top of dragonspine

[@meomachine]

How did he get out of bounds in the knights library?

[@amielies81]

7:52 📸🤨

[@figloalds]

Where's that red moon from?

[@strawberrylexta]

It is nice and shocking how much terrain is lingering around, your videos got me try getting out normal areas and I spent hours venturing, I do wonder though, especially for a "mobile" game, I would figure the huge amount of this all would be trimmable for size and performance, not that I wish for it to be gone, but just so odd, they see more then happy go back to places and setup new ways stop people escaping, but leave all the terrain

[@thedemonsunderyourbed]

terraria x genshin

[@Celment]

2 dimensional mondstadt

[@ArifKamaruzaman]

Domain expansion

[@Seichensi]

2:01 in other words - an early times of development, where the game supposed to be really good, instead of just "gatcha".

[@katozri2652]

So much space is wasted

[@thatoneguitaristgirl]

hi!

[@ayss2611]

Wiwowowowow

[@Terrarizor]

hooray

[@christiansborledegg]

damn

[@habibalhassan4049]

Damn

[@Theeb03]

Desinc genshin

[@hermitgreenn]

I admit. The early game domains made me very hopeful to see more bespoke, but replayable levels. Alas, we got circle impact timesinks.

[@Aseoz_Asa]

ghello

[@kxrull]

now we know why game are 70gb maybe 20gb are wested on unuse asset /stage

[@Honed-]

genshin could of done great stuff with domains... but they ended up being garbage and lazy.