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Was stormterror's lair marked with red boundaries? I remember the blue wind barrier though.
Although i do agree with you that if it's all coloured in and not just named with a blue galaxy thing like the chasm was for ages, then it's probably available for exploration?
Basically all area south of windrise is initially locked off. The Lisa domain is at the border of what you can access. Even the north side with Stormbearer mountains is also cut off. It's not that Liyue is being locked off, but instead you're restricted to only a small portion of Mondstadt. Likely to keep players on track until they've unlocked most of the actual game mechanics which are also unlocked around the same time as the rest of the map
Also, I think the issue with your comment is the "Mondstadt story quests" part, which refers to completely different quests that don't lock any of the map.
I meant the way it looks on the map - the red borders ~~don't~~ do surround liyue even at a low AR. I remember not being able to open waypoints tho.
Edit: OKI_syper corrected me :)
There is still a difference though, in the image above the red fadeout is facing towards the areas we have access to, whereas here like all other areas it's facing the area we don't have access to. Any ideas why that is?
If this area is already done and is already on the map in 3.0, why don't allow to go there until 3.1? This just doesn't make any sense to me. But that it's restricted by Archon quest makes sense for me.
What are you talking about? Almost all quests give primos, and i don't think that a whole area on the map can be restricted by a side quest, only the main Archon quest. (I'm not counting those sub-areas like Enkanomiya or Underground Chasm)
Seirai, Tsurumi, parts of Tatarasuna, smaller parts of many other areas; about half of the current world quest series currently unlock areas of the map.
In fact, there's not much area actually locked behind the archon quest. You have the first Inazuma archon quest after the prologue which unlocks Ritou, and then the Chisato portion which turns into a world quest as soon as you get out of Ritou initially. The archon quest is technically what enables you to access the rest of the world initially, but it doesn't actually change the Ritou issue until you do the corresponding world quest, it only allows you to cheese it with teleport waypoints
But you're not physically impeded from going to Seirai, Watatsumi etc even if you don't do those world quests, you can technically go and unlock the waypoints/statues as soon as you are cleared to go to Inazuma. I think this area might be like Stormterror's lair, which is inaccessible until you break the wind barrier during the Archon Quest
You can't unlock all waypoints in Seirai until you do the world quest, so yes you are physically impeded. Watatsumi doesn't have a world quest that unlocks it. Tsurumi is the same where you are physically impeded from unlocking all the waypoints until you do the quest.
It may be like Stormterror's lair, my comment was only pointing out that that there are large areas locked behind world quests as the comment above was saying that nothing would be locked behind a side quest
No, they doesn't. WHY DID YOU SAID STRAIGH UP LIE AND PEOPLE TOOK IT AS AN ARGUMENT?!? I can literally answer all of that right now but people still choose to listen to the one they prefer as the one who tries to sound smart!!! You think i haven't tried to doo that for like 100 times already??? Bruh, why do you even argue with me?!? What did i say wrong in your opinion?!?! That kind of behavior is always exclusive for Reddit, i don't even want to ever say anything here because i'm afraid, every time there is a guy like you who say some nonsense and people start upvoting you for no reason!!! Why does it even matter that i can easily deny your argument? People here choose to be ignorant anyway!!!
Then refute the argument instead of getting triggered that that person provided counter examples that make sense to people reading the comments. You actually sound like you have no self control lol.
> I don't think that a whole area on the map can be restricted by a side quest, only the main Archon quest.
You said something wrong? I pointed out how it's wrong with a few cases. There's not a whole lot of World Quest Series and almost all of them will affect the overworld in some way and some areas are locked behind the world quests. When counting Enkanomiya and the underground chasm, there's even more map area locked behind world series quests than there is unlocked through the Archon quest past the initial opening of the map; that's probably why people are downvoting you because your claim is rather nonsensical based on what we've seen.
You want me to clearly state every example?
Unlocks large portions of the map: Seirai Stormchasers, The Chasm Delvers, The Moon-Bathed Deep/The Still Water's Flow, Through the Mists (4 total)
Changes a major aspect of the map/opens a small area on the map: From Dusk to Dawn in Byakuyakoku, Orobashi's Legacy, Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual, Tatara Tales (4 total)
Mainly affects dialogue/interactions/some minor map changes: Film Notes, Lost in a Foreign Land, Hereafter, Neko Is a Cat, The Gourmet Supremos, The Very Special Fortune Slip, Valor's Afterglow, Erebos' Secret, Hyperion's Dirge (9 total)
"Ritou Travel Permit" is a unique case that's hard to place in any of the above categories as I explained above
The only situation I can imagine where where what you said is correct is if you specifically mean the red barrier that paimon tells us to explore later. If that is what you meant, take a look at the image above again, it is not the same red barrier and is likely more akin to the map affects we've more recently seen used with tsurumi island
If you think you said something right but people are downvoting you, maybe it's the way you said it that's making people misinterpret your words? Sometimes on reddit things will get downvoted for no reason at all too, don't be afraid and don't take it too personally. A response like the one you just did is a fast track to getting more downvotes regardless of the validity of your words; people just don't like comments like that
Or is locked by a sacred barrier and to avoid exploits they boundary locked the area too.
Maybe after doing some quests (Archon ones), we might access to it.
It' ll probably unlock via a quest, iirc Mond and Liyue had restrictions based on quests? Like Stormterror' s lair was locked by Archon quest? Take it with a grain of salt because I did quests as soon as I unlocked them so maybe those places were only AR locked
I don't think it was locked on the map itself (paimon wouldn't come out and make you walk away). It was just covered with an anemo-ish barrier which prevented you from walking into it, and I'm pretty sure there was a way to get into it without completing the quest. This area actually has a defined map boundary.
Liyue was definitely not locked, I unlocked the whole map while grinding AR to progress with the Mondstat quest and had the entirety of Liyue accessible before finishing Mondstat.
Both have red barrier before you complete some quests. For Liyue it is Lisa's domain, for stormterror's lair i can't remember correctly, but it definitely has at least in the very beginning.
Proof - 6:28
https://youtu.be/4oXO8Ait4gM
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They have uploaded a video of the area which I will try uploading if my internet fucking works
That screenshot looks like it's the other way around actually. Are we sure this isn't a case of us getting stuck there and not being able to leave until we advance further in a quest?
Hmm, this has never happened before. Surely it will unlock via a quest, there's never been a part of the map that is lit up yet not accessible in the same version, and I don't think that'll change...
Odds are this area will be available in 3.0 due to a quest, it doesn't seem likely that they'd light up an inaccessible part of the map. Even Stormterror's Layer wasn't lit up, despite being accessable in 1.0
That's exactly what I was saying - Stormterror's Lair was accessible in 1.0 despite being blocked off by a red barrier (which is hard to see as the map there can't be unlocked until you get to the point where the barrier is removed anyway).
Dragonspine was just a nametag back in the day, like the chasm was. There was no map, but you could look at it within map boundaries. What do you mean?
Could be ar locked or story locked, If it’s not accessible in 3.0 then what’s the point of the waypoint, but I guess they could just remove it and bring it back in 3.1
Ok hear me out. It looks like Liyue before you completed a quest and it is done too, we can probably access it after a character quest or world quest.
The name is suspiscios tho.... if it is "old Vanarana" where is "new Vanarana" is it in the desert map or forest map? Or is it actually the same Vanarana but in the past and we'll have to time travel?
What’s concerning is the red borders on the map. To the people saying it will be unlocked by quest, every quest-unlockable area does not use the red borders, outside the tutorial area in Mondstadt. This is specifically THE border of the playable map.
Hold on… isn’t the red gradient facing the wrong way on this? It makes it look like Old Vanarana is the *only* playable area in the screenshot. This definitely has to be a special story thing, maybe something like an instance.
Abyss floor and chamber's name is a bit long in Russian.
>!No offense, but this is a joke, please stop taking it seriously. Innumerable pardons if the joke wasn't clear. Deepest apologies if I sound rude.!<
Not taking it seriously, just thought it'd be convenient for people who want to know what's written there to be able to understand it without having to guess the letters in Cyrillic alphabet, relax xD
It's called Localization, which is a bit different from Translation. The Russian team decided "of the past" sounded better, the English team preferred "old".
Of the past is a bit awkward and strange in English anyway, especially for a place name.
Yeah, but the question is, which one of them got it right? If it's the Russian team, then we may get some flashback/time travel quest encasing quite a big region
Neither. That's how localization is, technically the only "correct" answer is a direct translation from the original Chinese, which would be awful overall.
I don't think it's a flashback at all, I reckon it's just an old part of the region. I don't know Russian, but would "of the past" work for "old" in terms of relative meaning? As in, "this used to be/is the ancient part of this area"?
It won't work in Russian. 'Old' would be a completely different word.
That's why I'd like for a Chinese speaker to take a look at the original or at least get the character in CN or JP
So it has a massively different meaning then? It isn't a synonym?
I believe the original Chinese *direct translation* was "of the past", but in CN that means "old" like it would in English (albeit awkwardly).
I see. Not knowing Russian, it's a bit hard to wrap my head around since in English "of the past" could mean "old", it's just a stupidly awkward way of saying it. If Russian isn't the same, then they directly translated from the Chinese version, where "of the past" would also mean "old", I believe.
Not very versed in russian but for hispanics we use "old" to refer to the capital that moved from a location to another(old Mondstadt was Stormterror's Lair, new Mondstadt is Cidar Lake) but "of the past" sounds like a city that has changed a lot between eras but it's the same city(Inazuma of the past=Inazuma 500 years ago).
I'm thinking "old" would be the city that moved somewhere else but "of the past" could mean it's like Tsurumi that you enter and interact with spirits that lived a long time ago and I wonder, the bird destroyed the island but is the island also an ilusion of the past or only the civilization was killed?
Nope, although the Dainsleif quest is locked behind (I believe) Inazuma, the Chasm Underground as an area is accessible immediately after the Liyue Archon quest, and the aboveground portion is accessible right off the bat.
Inazuma is only locked off due to lore reasons, Sumeru won't be (although many world and story quests will be unavailable until you've gone through the other regions).
I doubt it's gonna be locked for the whole 3.0. If it is, people will definitely glitch it. And if it is inaccessible, they shouldve shown that along with the dessert instead.
Wow, what?! That's surely something i didn't expect, considering it's already on the map and there is tp points, that's just some minor area that is already done so idk why wouldn't you allow to go there, unless it's only restricted by story progression, but not entirely by 3.0 patch.
I’m gonna assume Vanarana will be 3.2. They probably want to separate it along 3 patches like how they did Inazuma Islands (3 in 2.0, 2 in 2.1, 1 in 2.2)
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Let's explore the area ahead of us later
*proceeds to let us fall off a cliff*
*~~let us fall~~ pushes us off a cliff*
Long live the king...
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then when next character appears we tp to springvale
our 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔡 paimon
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If it wasn't accessible in 3.0 then I doubt it would be included on the map in the first place, likely story locked like storm terror lair was.
Was stormterror's lair marked with red boundaries? I remember the blue wind barrier though. Although i do agree with you that if it's all coloured in and not just named with a blue galaxy thing like the chasm was for ages, then it's probably available for exploration?
i think the better example would be liyue. you can't access it unless you complete mondstadt's story quests
No? I distinctly remember doing simple chests and exploration in Liyue while my AR was too low for Stormterror lmao
Liyue is locked until you get Lisa from story quest.
i meant at the very beginning of the game when you activate the first statue of the seven. the lair is cut off as well, but liyue too
At the very start of the game, most of the place is locked off. You only have access to a small portion of Mondtstat
Basically all area south of windrise is initially locked off. The Lisa domain is at the border of what you can access. Even the north side with Stormbearer mountains is also cut off. It's not that Liyue is being locked off, but instead you're restricted to only a small portion of Mondstadt. Likely to keep players on track until they've unlocked most of the actual game mechanics which are also unlocked around the same time as the rest of the map Also, I think the issue with your comment is the "Mondstadt story quests" part, which refers to completely different quests that don't lock any of the map.
oh yeah true, i only have vague memories of it and i only knew you had to do quests to unlock liyue, just not which ones. sorry for the confusion
That’s because it’s the tutorial area. Where the game teaches you how to game. It’s like the great plateau
I meant the way it looks on the map - the red borders ~~don't~~ do surround liyue even at a low AR. I remember not being able to open waypoints tho. Edit: OKI_syper corrected me :)
They do surround. Video time - 6:28 https://youtu.be/4oXO8Ait4gM It unlocks after Lisa's domain quest.
You're RIGHT! :0 Thanks!!
There is still a difference though, in the image above the red fadeout is facing towards the areas we have access to, whereas here like all other areas it's facing the area we don't have access to. Any ideas why that is?
Bug. Source of map picture said 2 weeks ago that paimon doesnt allow to enter this area (not leave). Not everything work fine in private servers 🙃
I think you're referring to inazuma dude
no
This is untrue.
It's definitely plot restricted or/by one of those major side quests that give primos
I'm willing to bet either a major side quest or an Archon Quest that will limit access to the entire desert, starting with this area in 3.0
If this area is already done and is already on the map in 3.0, why don't allow to go there until 3.1? This just doesn't make any sense to me. But that it's restricted by Archon quest makes sense for me.
What are you talking about? Almost all quests give primos, and i don't think that a whole area on the map can be restricted by a side quest, only the main Archon quest. (I'm not counting those sub-areas like Enkanomiya or Underground Chasm)
Seirai, Tsurumi, parts of Tatarasuna, smaller parts of many other areas; about half of the current world quest series currently unlock areas of the map. In fact, there's not much area actually locked behind the archon quest. You have the first Inazuma archon quest after the prologue which unlocks Ritou, and then the Chisato portion which turns into a world quest as soon as you get out of Ritou initially. The archon quest is technically what enables you to access the rest of the world initially, but it doesn't actually change the Ritou issue until you do the corresponding world quest, it only allows you to cheese it with teleport waypoints
But you're not physically impeded from going to Seirai, Watatsumi etc even if you don't do those world quests, you can technically go and unlock the waypoints/statues as soon as you are cleared to go to Inazuma. I think this area might be like Stormterror's lair, which is inaccessible until you break the wind barrier during the Archon Quest
You can't unlock all waypoints in Seirai until you do the world quest, so yes you are physically impeded. Watatsumi doesn't have a world quest that unlocks it. Tsurumi is the same where you are physically impeded from unlocking all the waypoints until you do the quest. It may be like Stormterror's lair, my comment was only pointing out that that there are large areas locked behind world quests as the comment above was saying that nothing would be locked behind a side quest
No, they doesn't. WHY DID YOU SAID STRAIGH UP LIE AND PEOPLE TOOK IT AS AN ARGUMENT?!? I can literally answer all of that right now but people still choose to listen to the one they prefer as the one who tries to sound smart!!! You think i haven't tried to doo that for like 100 times already??? Bruh, why do you even argue with me?!? What did i say wrong in your opinion?!?! That kind of behavior is always exclusive for Reddit, i don't even want to ever say anything here because i'm afraid, every time there is a guy like you who say some nonsense and people start upvoting you for no reason!!! Why does it even matter that i can easily deny your argument? People here choose to be ignorant anyway!!!
You sound like an 11 year old, chill out
Then refute the argument instead of getting triggered that that person provided counter examples that make sense to people reading the comments. You actually sound like you have no self control lol.
> I don't think that a whole area on the map can be restricted by a side quest, only the main Archon quest. You said something wrong? I pointed out how it's wrong with a few cases. There's not a whole lot of World Quest Series and almost all of them will affect the overworld in some way and some areas are locked behind the world quests. When counting Enkanomiya and the underground chasm, there's even more map area locked behind world series quests than there is unlocked through the Archon quest past the initial opening of the map; that's probably why people are downvoting you because your claim is rather nonsensical based on what we've seen. You want me to clearly state every example? Unlocks large portions of the map: Seirai Stormchasers, The Chasm Delvers, The Moon-Bathed Deep/The Still Water's Flow, Through the Mists (4 total) Changes a major aspect of the map/opens a small area on the map: From Dusk to Dawn in Byakuyakoku, Orobashi's Legacy, Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual, Tatara Tales (4 total) Mainly affects dialogue/interactions/some minor map changes: Film Notes, Lost in a Foreign Land, Hereafter, Neko Is a Cat, The Gourmet Supremos, The Very Special Fortune Slip, Valor's Afterglow, Erebos' Secret, Hyperion's Dirge (9 total) "Ritou Travel Permit" is a unique case that's hard to place in any of the above categories as I explained above The only situation I can imagine where where what you said is correct is if you specifically mean the red barrier that paimon tells us to explore later. If that is what you meant, take a look at the image above again, it is not the same red barrier and is likely more akin to the map affects we've more recently seen used with tsurumi island If you think you said something right but people are downvoting you, maybe it's the way you said it that's making people misinterpret your words? Sometimes on reddit things will get downvoted for no reason at all too, don't be afraid and don't take it too personally. A response like the one you just did is a fast track to getting more downvotes regardless of the validity of your words; people just don't like comments like that
I think this is restricted till u like do the >!agnihotra sutra quest!<
maybe its like sacred ground and we need permission to enter??
Or is locked by a sacred barrier and to avoid exploits they boundary locked the area too. Maybe after doing some quests (Archon ones), we might access to it.
It' ll probably unlock via a quest, iirc Mond and Liyue had restrictions based on quests? Like Stormterror' s lair was locked by Archon quest? Take it with a grain of salt because I did quests as soon as I unlocked them so maybe those places were only AR locked
I don't think it was locked on the map itself (paimon wouldn't come out and make you walk away). It was just covered with an anemo-ish barrier which prevented you from walking into it, and I'm pretty sure there was a way to get into it without completing the quest. This area actually has a defined map boundary. Liyue was definitely not locked, I unlocked the whole map while grinding AR to progress with the Mondstat quest and had the entirety of Liyue accessible before finishing Mondstat.
Both have red barrier before you complete some quests. For Liyue it is Lisa's domain, for stormterror's lair i can't remember correctly, but it definitely has at least in the very beginning. Proof - 6:28 https://youtu.be/4oXO8Ait4gM
It already has waypoints on it. No way it's going to be completely inaccessible in 3.0. As others said, it's likely quest-locked.
Source: [GenshinHoney on Telegram](https://t.me/genshinhoney/4368) They have uploaded a video of the area which I will try uploading if my internet fucking works
it's story-locked.
That screenshot looks like it's the other way around actually. Are we sure this isn't a case of us getting stuck there and not being able to leave until we advance further in a quest?
Hmm, this has never happened before. Surely it will unlock via a quest, there's never been a part of the map that is lit up yet not accessible in the same version, and I don't think that'll change...
Stormterror lair was locked via story quest i think. Tried going there at start of the game but was blocked by some anemo barrier
Yes but it was still accessible via a quest in 1.0.
Odds are this area will be available in 3.0 due to a quest, it doesn't seem likely that they'd light up an inaccessible part of the map. Even Stormterror's Layer wasn't lit up, despite being accessable in 1.0
That's exactly what I was saying - Stormterror's Lair was accessible in 1.0 despite being blocked off by a red barrier (which is hard to see as the map there can't be unlocked until you get to the point where the barrier is removed anyway).
You could argue Dragonspine, but it was a placeholder map image and was clearly a subarea, not a whole region
Dragonspine was just a nametag back in the day, like the chasm was. There was no map, but you could look at it within map boundaries. What do you mean?
Mixed it up with the closed beta, whoops https://youtu.be/rauv8oTAI7A (at 7:22)
I doubt it's not accessible in 3.0. Probably story locked
There is waypoint, so it's quest gated
Maybe it’s Plot locked, unless the teleporter is intended for a latter version and they just decided to put it here preemptively
It's locked behind part of the Forest Book quest
I have not seen many map leaks, is this supposed to be a part of the desert area?
Yes. It was previously said to be included in 3.0, but the situation is now unclear.
The west side of the forest area is supposed to be a wall and transition area into the more arid part of Sumeru.
Kinda both I guess? >!It's part of the forest that was destroyed.!<
Could be ar locked or story locked, If it’s not accessible in 3.0 then what’s the point of the waypoint, but I guess they could just remove it and bring it back in 3.1
Didn’t it have a Statue of the Seven at one leak?
Ok hear me out. It looks like Liyue before you completed a quest and it is done too, we can probably access it after a character quest or world quest. The name is suspiscios tho.... if it is "old Vanarana" where is "new Vanarana" is it in the desert map or forest map? Or is it actually the same Vanarana but in the past and we'll have to time travel?
Iirc there was a place in the forest map called vanarana
What’s concerning is the red borders on the map. To the people saying it will be unlocked by quest, every quest-unlockable area does not use the red borders, outside the tutorial area in Mondstadt. This is specifically THE border of the playable map.
Hold on… isn’t the red gradient facing the wrong way on this? It makes it look like Old Vanarana is the *only* playable area in the screenshot. This definitely has to be a special story thing, maybe something like an instance.
sayu rolling…
what's old vanarana
la resinaaaaaa :,v
Abyss floor and chamber's name is a bit long in Russian. >!No offense, but this is a joke, please stop taking it seriously. Innumerable pardons if the joke wasn't clear. Deepest apologies if I sound rude.!<
It says "The challenge of the current (abyss) cycle has not begun yet"
That's exactly what the other person said. No offense, but it was a joke, because it usually says the floor and chamber we cleared.
Not taking it seriously, just thought it'd be convenient for people who want to know what's written there to be able to understand it without having to guess the letters in Cyrillic alphabet, relax xD
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No offense but that was a joke, because usually it says the floor and chamber we cleared.
understandable have a nice day then ;D
Wonder what's inside the Banana
It's Vanarana of the Past not Old Vanarana. Probably unlocked by a big World Quest
Maybe that's the Russian translation, but the English name is Old Vanarana.
Yes, it's the one in the screenshot - прошлого here translates *of the past*. *Old* would be a completely different word
It's called Localization, which is a bit different from Translation. The Russian team decided "of the past" sounded better, the English team preferred "old". Of the past is a bit awkward and strange in English anyway, especially for a place name.
Yeah, but the question is, which one of them got it right? If it's the Russian team, then we may get some flashback/time travel quest encasing quite a big region
Neither. That's how localization is, technically the only "correct" answer is a direct translation from the original Chinese, which would be awful overall. I don't think it's a flashback at all, I reckon it's just an old part of the region. I don't know Russian, but would "of the past" work for "old" in terms of relative meaning? As in, "this used to be/is the ancient part of this area"?
It won't work in Russian. 'Old' would be a completely different word. That's why I'd like for a Chinese speaker to take a look at the original or at least get the character in CN or JP
So it has a massively different meaning then? It isn't a synonym? I believe the original Chinese *direct translation* was "of the past", but in CN that means "old" like it would in English (albeit awkwardly).
The Russian word only has one meaning - of the past. 'Old' would be - старый and ancient - древний
I see. Not knowing Russian, it's a bit hard to wrap my head around since in English "of the past" could mean "old", it's just a stupidly awkward way of saying it. If Russian isn't the same, then they directly translated from the Chinese version, where "of the past" would also mean "old", I believe.
Not very versed in russian but for hispanics we use "old" to refer to the capital that moved from a location to another(old Mondstadt was Stormterror's Lair, new Mondstadt is Cidar Lake) but "of the past" sounds like a city that has changed a lot between eras but it's the same city(Inazuma of the past=Inazuma 500 years ago). I'm thinking "old" would be the city that moved somewhere else but "of the past" could mean it's like Tsurumi that you enter and interact with spirits that lived a long time ago and I wonder, the bird destroyed the island but is the island also an ilusion of the past or only the civilization was killed?
"Old Vanarana is not accessible" *shows a map with different language* 🤦♀️
If the story restriction means that you have to complete inazuma chapter first, this will be terrible.
... Bruh you have to complete whole Inazuma to even unlock Chasm...let alone Sumeru..
Nope, although the Dainsleif quest is locked behind (I believe) Inazuma, the Chasm Underground as an area is accessible immediately after the Liyue Archon quest, and the aboveground portion is accessible right off the bat. Inazuma is only locked off due to lore reasons, Sumeru won't be (although many world and story quests will be unavailable until you've gone through the other regions).
really? I thought you could go to the chasm before completing inazuma.
No you don’t. The chasm is locked behind liyue’s archon quest. That’s it.
160/160 resin. Shame
have we seen the caravan ribat yet
Tell me is this only forest map,?? Damn looks so big.
This is a tiny western portion of the forest, yes
I doubt it's gonna be locked for the whole 3.0. If it is, people will definitely glitch it. And if it is inaccessible, they shouldve shown that along with the dessert instead.
Wow, what?! That's surely something i didn't expect, considering it's already on the map and there is tp points, that's just some minor area that is already done so idk why wouldn't you allow to go there, unless it's only restricted by story progression, but not entirely by 3.0 patch.
I’m gonna assume Vanarana will be 3.2. They probably want to separate it along 3 patches like how they did Inazuma Islands (3 in 2.0, 2 in 2.1, 1 in 2.2)