The ENTIRE Genshin Impact Story So Far (Recap) | Natlan 5.0

[@raven-0621]

Now I want a lore recap of the entire lore before the game's events (Creation, Descenders, Enkanomiya, etc..)

[@sweetpotato2034]

yes my thoughts exactlyy

[@Minsleif]

I’m taking notes 📝📝📝

[@plasmateria-669]

@@Minsleifyes yes yes!!!

[@jaschynn]

Trueeeee

[@DumbestDumbFool]

the world quest hidden behind boring wall of texts and empty voicelines. It'll be so much better to get voice lines in them for sure, but alas, for the game to have new region every one year is already a massive win for us all, and for them to always be a good hit unlike many other live service game. The patch is rough but builds up the lore supporting the whole genshin impact lorecoping hoping all these hidden lore resolve themselves before the game ends and not hang in the air especially canonically destroyed in history, miss you a boy that never had the time to grow

[@lunar222]

this makes me feel very nostalgic.. i can’t believe snezhnaya is literally next year 😭😭

[@galaxyygoldfish]

Ahhh don’t remind me

[@SomeGuy5555]

I can't sleep at night knowing Snezhnaya might have the same cold mechanic as dragonspine

[@_Lostinthesky]

i'll be 18 by the time khaenri'ah drops... dang i never even thought i'd be playing this game as long as i have lol

[@_Lostinthesky]

@@SomeGuy5555 tbh i never understood why people hate it so much. it probably won't be that case though for an entire nation though lol

[@vanthursday]

I think there are 3 more. Snezhnaya, Khaenri'ah then Celestia. They probably add more continent afterwards as Teyvat is just a continent.

[@demilettucee3657]

A history of a game that has spanned for 4 years condensed into an almost 30 minute video is insane work. Hats off to you!

[@rootiyk5032]

I mean with how much filler there's been, it's not that hard

[@demilettucee3657]

@@rootiyk5032 yeah thats true too

[@PrashantKumar-ti9ux]

​@@rootiyk5032 what filler? We are supposed to explore the whole of Teyvat not just Archon quests. Every patch gives a insight into different lore of Teyvat.

[@Cook1e00]

​@@PrashantKumar-ti9ux but we watched this video cuz of the main plot not the filler fodder side quests... so yeah.

[@PrashantKumar-ti9ux]

@@Cook1e00 cause this video only focused on the AQ. If you just want to experience the AQ(main storylines) then just watch the walkthrough of GI, no need to play the game so u won't get any so called "fillers". Any game or work of fiction includes extra things, those extra things makes the story alive. Fillers are something that doesn't impact anything in the story at all. In the whole 4.x patches only 4.3 and 4.5 can be considered as real fillers. 4.4 gave us more lore about Liuye, 4.6 gave us lore about Rimuria, 4.8 gave us more lore about the Hexancircle Witches. 4.7 had AQ.

[@Nightstar465]

"Apparently the people from fontaine are BUILT different"

[@BailuE4]

🗿

[@omprasadlenka8890]

saying this with a furina pfp is diabolical 😭😭

[@Sam-je2xj]

Dissolves into juices after touching primordial debussy water

[@cubeX_6_5]

​@@omprasadlenka8890lmao 😂

[@Flowers4Fischl]

Because they are Fortnite and they are cringe and they get dissolved by slurp juice. No I don’t watch mistahfeet at all lololol

[@ArchonKujo]

I can't believe that we've been through this game for 4 years straight and it's already reaching new insane lores in every nation we enter, here I wasn't really that excited for Natlan and man I regretted on said that before

[@TonaEleven]

for real man. personally I was on the opposite boat in terms of excitement after Fontaine. Having played since launch, the story and lore has hit another level ever since Sumeru and I can't wait for Natlan and the future 🥲 (also Natlan's main theme is soooooo so good)

[@hoppie4263]

The game is even starting to come to other consoles now too

[@aracuscesar]

bruh, i played since launch aswell and im tired asf waiting for the story

[@Lol-dw5xb]

Well... this game storu might end in next year

[@TonaEleven]

​@@Lol-dw5xb I do wonder how they'll handle next year from Snechnaya to Khaenri'ah, maybe it will be next year or they'll have another year wait like before, but I feel like that they shouldn't drag it on too long

[@Bharathsimhareddyellanki]

Dainsleif ❌ Walking lore ✅

[@Therian_Puppy]

the traveler should imo become more and more jaded since every region is the same cycle of "oh ill help if you do this, this, this, this, this, this and this." and then "oh sorry idk lol ill keep an eye out i guess" it should piss them off to no end ffs

[@CreatrixTiara]

They were pissed off in Inazuma! Their first response to Ayaka in Inazuma was "yeah no bye"

[@Afazha]

They directly refuses Navia's request for help after the first act in Fontaine, stating that it's simply not their problem But maybe after being told so many times that the "destination might not be as important as the journey itself", you should understand what the story is trying to tell, because for sure the Traveler has already

[@pepita2437]

Traveler has hismoments when he get fed up. Just remember that one quest where he lew a whole tribe of Eremites, because he was fustrated. XD

[@fardareismai4495]

To be fair, Nahida I think restored some faith in them because she genuinely tried her best and gave the traveller a bit of hope, and they know that the journey is what their sibling went through to get where they are, so they're tracing them.

[@sungvin]

Traveler got really mad in the Chasm when Clipotho and Zhiqiong were arguing

[@Alister1310]

having a story recap is nice, especially for the earlier parts because i haven't done them in a while

[@LordHaveMercx]

Out of all of the beautiful (archon) quests, the Sumeru one is just best imo. I love Sumeru so so much ahh. It gives me so much nostalgia for some reason.

[@1SzySz1]

Sumeru's plot was absolutely mind blowing and most amazing of them all. It was perfect!!!

[@gamerbeast3616]

It was kinda mid

[@joziah7128]

I think the height of the game was Inazuma, but Sumeru was awesome too. Everybody being trapped in that Sumsera Cycle thing was really cool and that story really had me in my feelings.

[@gamertl8245]

My opinion is that Sumeru was the worst of all the archon quests, but it could have been that I was really exhausted of the game at that point😅

[@joziah7128]

@@gamertl8245 I know what you mean Sumeru did seem like it too a long time to arrive, it was really drawn out and the game kind of went out of bounds or too far by that time. I think Sumeru was the start of the downhill decline of Genshin at the time too, but I still enjoyed the story. The gameplay and the Aranara stuff got kind of confusing at that point in the game so I completely understand.

[@Blueberieeee]

I cant believe natlan is in just a few days and snezhnaya is next year..I remember how hyped i was during fontaine like it was yesterday

[@andrewducot2857]

2 days left before natlan comes out

[@dogishappy0]

So hyped for finally seeing Grand Master Varka. Only 1 more year of drip marketing.

[@LunaticTrumpet]

I remember the hype of Inazuma like it was yesterday.

[@hellraiserward]

man i still remember how hyped people were to finally get inazuma.

[@dogishappy0]

@@hellraiserward Ayaka and Boba swords will do that, lol

[@inertia5756]

am i the only one that’s tearing up watching the video? as a 1.0 player, i love the game story so much and recapping it makes me me emotional😢

[@Artist-i7c]

Same!

[@Rara-r9k]

When I started it was just Monstadt and Liu Yei ( I haven't played since the Fontaine update )

[@sam_steve96]

07:05 what? Caught me off guard😂

[@epictus901]

Glad I wasn't the only one 🤣

[@onlyougi]

i literally jumped LOL

[@DefoTissue]

HAHA😂😂❤

[@Ashir01-1]

🤣🤣 Same

[@KarlPlaysGenshin]

🤣🤣

[@Lenxac]

A 4 years worth of story turns into 27min video. Amazing!!

[@CynariGames]

thank you for the recap!! absolutely insane that we are now headed to natlan. Natlan felt like it was an eternity away, even when Fontaine released last year

[@vans2548]

The casual accent switches never fail to catch me off guard. Neat summary whee, was wanting a quick recap of each AQ and this is greatx

[@deannerodriguez2208]

Zhongli can still make mora, timeline wise, it won’t make sense if he can’t. He’s been making mora since the beginning of Liyue, 3700 years ago via his SQ1 talking about making the first house of Liyue fully out of mora… and the end of the archon war and the likely place a gnosis is given was 2000 years ago. The Geo Gemstone says its his flesh and blood, even people from Sumeru says so. And he’s called Deus Auri by Neuvi, literally meaning “Gold God”. Add that in The Dialogue of the Desert Sage, the magical wand looking polearm… Aamon said that transformation into gold and mora are the Sole Province of Deus Auri. In the AQ, Zhongli was talking about needing the Geo Archon’s power to create mora… who is suppose to be dead, it won’t make sense if new mora still is being minted or more are appearing out of no where when the only god that can make mora is dead… basically its Zhongli being vague at best… which he is…a lot of times like his age…

[@it_melly]

You just did ALL of us a huge favor. So many things that i learned/remembered thanks to you, definitely needed that refresh before hopping into Natlan ❤

[@christianjackson6826]

The writing in this game is amazing. I was so deep into inazuma that I was having dreams about it. 😅

[@nazgill43]

I think the Fatui probably have 6/7 of the Gnoses. The Fatui took the Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, and Hydro gnoses. Since the Tsaritsa is the Cryo Archon, odds are high she already possesses the Cryo gnosis unless something unexpected happened... So if my assumption that the Cryo archon has the Cryo gnosis is correct, then the Pyro gnosis is the final chess piece to obtain...

[@ericcardinal9138]

my guess is we'll finaly learn of and twart the fatui's plan in sneznaya and in kaenrhia, we'll deal with the abyss order like it the whole arc was a massive dainsleif quest. what i really hope, though, is that the final fight with the abyss order will be some sort of avenger end game moment, where every character we ever met join their forces with us. even some fatui like tartaglia and arlechino and the archons. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXzXgX9pYp6Ci68

[@Bsnaoa]

There is no think, they have 6/7

[@hazelthebasil0850]

I saw someone theorize that the we don’t necessarily know if they have the cyro gnosis but like what if they think the traveler will be the key to them getting it since the traveler is involved every time lmaoo

[@Frosst]

@@hazelthebasil0850 Nah I doubt it, Tsaritsa would have every single Harbinger hunting that cryo gnosis if that was the case. She has it 100%

[@Afazha]

@@ericcardinal9138 Thwart the Fatui's plan? More like we will learn what the Fatui is doing and join them at this point.

[@nutie7702]

I spent an hour and a half ice bridging with kaeya only to be struck by lightning and drowning as soon as I got close 😭

[@hanabii16719]

I am so grateful for this vid seriously… I watched hundreds of vids about Genshin lore but it’s only with your’s that I finally understood everything. Genuinely thank you so much.

[@Flavorless13]

This is such a simple, yet effective summary of the general/main quest. I love it 💕 Hope you could do a more nuanced breakdown of the new Liyue area, and Natlan lore

[@mateusfreitas4547]

I don't usually comment on videos I've watched, but I felt compelled to say something after watching your video. I sincerely congratulate you on the quality of your editing and narration. The slices of many lore videos and the pronunciations were impeccable. It looked like it was one big, beautiful cutscene. Since it's a relatively short video, I felt it was a bit too summarized. But at least you managed to bring up the main points of each arc, which is great for older players who don't want to watch hours of old quests again. Anyway, very good job and thanks for all the effort to bring such a good content!

[@Daniel_G95]

18:11 Thank you so much for this

[@whoissnap]

YOUR PRONOUNCIATION IS SO CRISP HOWWWWW?!?!

[@LogicalBomb]

Not only was this an awesome recap but I loved how all the names were pronounced correctly, as they would be in their respective languages! Props for going the extra mile, that felt great. :')

[@ToastieSwiftie-ud4it]

dang this makes me realize how old this game is getting

[@Frost_2307]

Thank you so much for doing this. Since I've been playing since launch, this was a nice, quick little recap before going into the new region. :)

[@rein6600]

been 4 years and the grandmaster of the knight of favonius is still somewhere on a journey

[@joziah7128]

I've been playing the game since v1.2 and pretty much know all of this already, but I still wanted to and enjoyed watching this. Thanks for the video, I love your in-depth analysis and explanations of Genshin Impact lore and gameplay, much appreciated Minsleif. ❤

[@Muradarer]

Min you are a godsend. Your lore videos are extremely helpful and you keep us up to date. God bless you.

[@lLikeBreadAndToast]

I remmber watching the other recap that you made before Fontaine released, i joined late 3.8 and i was LOVING the lore of the game and was so hyped. I cannot belive Natlan is in just a couple of days. Time flies by so fast..

[@lapis.d3i]

I realize that the time and anticipation between each nation's release really take the excitement to the maximum. I'm glad I started playing Genshin from the early patches; the hype before a new region's release is always exciting!

[@ASCZHER]

It seems that most all the Archons that the traveller meet so far has a intention of or has an event that seems having something to do to the liberation of the people of all Teyvat and its beings. Maybe just maybe most of the current Archons want it except for the Tsaritsa (or maybe its an act to convince people that she is cold hearted) that in the end she will have the middle finger in front of the Heavenly Principles. The Archons however will remain to guide the people just to ensure that the powers and the beings of the Abyss will be at bay. Also to avoid the same mistakes of Khaenri'ah.

[@Giorgisssss]

Wow now that role recap made me so freaking excited to play that natlan story quest tomorrow

[@gfrdverse]

varka's been away for 4 years on that damn expedition LMAOO

[@areudiva]

It took Columbus two months at sea to even reach one of his destinations. (The real one) lol

[@YusanTV_]

reminds me of gildarts from fairy tail for some reason

[@furishirogane3606]

Although The Global scale production of Mora is done by Liyue Golden House with the help of geo gnosis (as it stopped operating when it's taken) there's no line or text in game that ever says Mora is created by the power of Geo Gnosis in the first place. According to Zhongli SQ1, Rex Lapis taught his people how to build a house using Mora at the beginning of Liyue Harbor's construction. Following the recent info from Xianyun's SQ about Guili Assembly's fall being the peak of Liyue Archon War, that means Rex Lapis relocating his people back to the sounth of Mt.Tianheng and the construction of Liyue Harbor were done at the height of war. He wasn't even an archon yet he already had the power to build a house of out Mora. Not to mention how Hoyo pushing his Deus Auri title a lot lately. So it isn't about Geo Gnosis being the power that creates Mora, but about Liyue Golden House is no longer able to produce Mora without it hence the "no new Mora can be minted".

[@earthnote]

the most comprehensive lore recap without all the boring parts thank you for doing this

[@ranbeerdhar5868]

this is the video i exactly needed, more then any exploration guide or build guide or character guide , this video made a whole lot impact for me to keep playing the game.

[@troublewithcoffee8236]

I can't believe, I play this game everyday. I have been this for the past two years. The lore must be so damn good

[@oDucking]

just imagine how hype the release of snezhnaya, khaenri'ah and maybe even celestia are going to be. Like just imagine these releases man

[@ArchonKujo]

It's honestly crazy that we're already heading to Natlan, I remember a video like this before Fontaine dropped and time flies fast...

[@Zurui1150]

this was perfect! Thank you so much for this

[@kinglo5970]

This needs to be an actual animated series.

[@MiyuKawasaki]

They're working on an anime

[@GabrielAshford-j4h]

​@@MiyuKawasaki🧐 Really

[@MiyuKawasaki]

@@GabrielAshford-j4h yeah they released the trailer in september 2022 But no release date yet

[@itzshadin1012]

10:10 "She wet socked dances her way into travelers heart" I'm wheezing, the humour and editing are amazing lol 20:24 ~we demand a Xianyun Kakaw~

[@smaad7]

the theme you picked for the liyue part made me feel sooo nostalgic it's the domain's theme where you have the 2 ruins guard and 1 ruin hunter ! Thanks for bringing up that masterclass !

[@Shishi.minming]

I love your voice it's like a mother telling me a bedtime story looking forward to more lore storytime because I quit genshin and I just want to know abt the story honestly

[@Lyneyfan70]

now that I think about it, Inazuma's story was perfect, it was just that the story telling was messed up with alot of wasted potential also sumeru and fontaine were PEAK ong, with both story and story telling, I have high hopes for Natlan

[@sunglassfrog89]

Yeah thats was makes me sad the story at the begining is great but the sangonomiya part to the end is soo messy and having already played sumeru and fontaine AQ makes me really sad that inazuma dont have the same treatment like now 😢

[@ginmegane1712]

I wouldn't use the word perfect, but rather it had the base of something being good but wasted it. I hope we could get future events that could at least improve some of these things

[@Lyneyfan70]

@@ginmegane1712 they did have smth for inazuma in Itto's last event, idk explaining it well tho so u sould watch a vid on it

[@unixtreme]

I just wish they let me skip all cutscenes.

[@Br0llyLSSJ]

Thank you for the whole recap. I played since somewhere in 1.1 (Fischl Event und Tartaglia Banner were the First Event and Banner) and getting a recap for everything is kind of nostalgic and refreshing.

[@xxmoonspellxx1801]

20:24 Navi-UH mentioned! 🗣🗣🗣💛

[@othi-k2k]

I lol'd but whats the context?

[@xxmoonspellxx1801]

@@othi-k2k back when she streamed Fontaine and Navia appeared she (and all of chat) called her Navi-AUGH. I believed it was kind of meant to resemble a French pronunciation hehe 🖤💛💙

[@Yes-kc3dr]

uh ok..?

[@JamesAstroNotX]

THANK YOU!!!!! I LOVE THIS! I thought you weren’t gonna make it. Much love from Vietnam

[@canis_major.]

thank you for always posting these for us minsleif theyre always so helpful

[@gojeffriego]

thank you for the recap. so many great moments. ngl - felt like I was speed running tears there for a moment. best game art & story.

[@AkashicRe]

This story telling is a work of art, you give all the details that are needed every archon quest. now im on natlan i guess i can now wait for the upcoming story ..!!!

[@marstic]

calling the raiden shogun puppet a fursona is INSANE 😭

[@auroram8511]

I'd leif 1000 likes if i could. This is one awesome summery of 4 years of lore, capturing the most important bits and told in an entertaining and captivating way. Amazing job!

[@4yum111]

omg ty so much ive been waiting for this video since the 5.0 livestream

[@taesshi]

Zhongli actually knows something about our brother. It's been a really long time but I still remember getting upset at him because he said he knew but had a contract, and couldn't say anything.

[@starseeed]

you condense the lore so well

[@ParasocialLadyboysWompwomp]

What lore? She telling the current story.

[@wendellflowersmusic]

I listen to your videos while working on music all the time. Your voice is so calming ^_^

[@arhamatif2943]

before watching ima say if it was longer i still would have watched it ik its gonna be a great recap covering all the imp details

[@val-bm1vv]

ur so good at making these videos queen ily

[@azuarc]

13:22 whoa, whoa, who's this Rukkhadavata person? I've been playing Genshin for four years, and I've never heard of them.

[@cubeX_6_5]

Rukkhadevata was the 1st dendro archon, and kusanali ( nahida ) is her successor

[@Acelora_Orion]

​@@cubeX_6_5 Bruh understand sarcasm ☠️

[@wissal6032]

@@cubeX_6_5huh? wdym? Nahida has always been the 1st dendro archon

[@ScaramouchClown]

@@cubeX_6_5 umm what? Are you okay? Nahida aka Lesser Lord Kusanali has always been the dendro archon…

[@azuarc]

@@ScaramouchClown Though I do wonder...why do they call her LESSER Lord Kusanali. Lesser than what? She's the freaking archon!

[@Sunblade49]

Great summary, thanks for compiling and presenting the lore!

[@MarkJackson-r8x]

I’m amazed by how well you explain things!

[@naie_1001]

Thank you for this, I haven't played genshin in a year cuz I didn't have any more storage in my phone, but I'm getting a new one next week! So thank you for this, truly appreciated it!! ❤❤❤

[@dreamleas2733]

Thanks for doing this Recap!

[@ahmadfaizal3081]

Wait. iirc, zhongli do knows about the siblings. However he's under the contract to not say anything about the sibling to the other. Can't remember during which quest, I think when zhongli throw guizhong's chandelier or something

[@coffeexmilkx]

make a video of just you saying all of the names presented in genshin lol This video is awesome and I can't belive you made me understand the history of a game i've been enjoying for 4 years or so. I never actually payed attention to it so thank you so much

[@viodlalt]

alright, when I‘ll login later I will mark all of these and my other fav places in teyvat. thx for the nostalgic video

[@devaughnpage]

Best story teller of Genshin period

[@erictran2717]

25:17 Biggest glaze in the history of ever 😭

[@debuneko388]

This is so well made , hope they concludes Natlan as well

[@refooorrm]

minsleif actually went from the dark serious story teller,to ur classmate telling u jokes while ur teacher is watching u holding that burst of laughter,and i actually respect it lmao.

[@thepodmod96]

''The poor fatui intern that had to collect her with a dustpan" 😂

[@V310CITY-14]

Thank you so much for this video! I love it and it’s amazing!

[@jvrbwn6232]

We know some archon are okay with taking the gnosis to the Fatui. And the Heavenly Principle is not awoken all these times. Nahida says that destroying the gnosis might take Celestia attention. It think the tsaritsa want to take all the gnosis to awaken the Heavenly Principles. Because there might be incoming threat which is the Sinner.

[@sachinthanimsara7625]

Thanks for the recap of the story since it lot to take from the amount of Archon quests we have this really helps to understand whats going on And The connection between natlan now the Natlan quest will make more sense after this ✨😌

[@m.xcrys.]

your voice is so soft and nice i LOVE the way you pronounce stuff

[@justan1004]

podcast material! im a big fan of genshin for the reason of their lore so these videos are so fun

[@Geppou]

i'm here trying to see if there are something i miss out from the lore and then 7:04 happen!! Sis please don't do it again

[@guujigaming]

Best lore channel. Love u Minsleif

[@rdp8148]

Crazy good video - condensing all that is insanely impressive thank you!

[@JinSuckEye]

Thank you very much. Just the recap I needed

[@AryanSingh-yg5cw]

I have been waiting for this video from last month

[@SpectrumTide]

As someone who just got back into Genshin. Thank you so much lol.

[@sunnymadness]

Love your vids so much. This is the kind of refresher that I need ❤

[@TeenHydra]

Thanks so much, this filled a lot of gaps in my knowledge. Exactly what I needed.

[@j3b1s3]

I remeber dragonspine coming out like it was yesterday time sure flies

[@mckennalien5444]

minsleif never dissapoints

[@genshin_lore_enjoyer]

Love this video! It's great for people who need refreshment. Love your jokes

[@덕질계-h2i]

11:35 OMG I WASNT EXPECTING MINSLEIF SPEAK KOREAN "ZHONGLI HALL- ABUJI" HAHA I was just watching a video to get a recap of genshin's story, and I really wasnt expecting to hear a familiar word mid way of the video Loll (Yes, I am Korean) And thanks for the great video👍

[@pancake1859]

Thank you so much for explaining this in a video under 30 mins

[@BakedPotatoes007]

This recap is PURE GOLD ❤

[@crammothy]

18:12 I was hoping the meme would get referenced and I am not disappointed. 🎶ACCORDING TO THE JUDGEMENT OF THE ORATRICE MECHANIQUE D’ANALYSE CARDINALE🎶 will probably still be referenced by the community even when we get to Snezhnaya

[@renaeg9454]

I live for these recaps knowing I refuse to play Natlan but need the lore when Snezhnaya releases next year

[@Madara_Uchiha__]

Great job ! This video was amazing

[@iamesvs]

The explanation is compact but deep.. good job 👍

[@giusii]

this is the best genshin impact video of all time

[@rando833]

01:07 I never knew that but archons being at the bottom in the divine hierarchy is absolutely crazy given the feats they have which truly does make celestia more terrifying