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* ContinuingIsPainful: If you lose a boss battle, then you will respawn somewhere nearby and lose your charged Burst. If you used up all your health items, then you will have to go out and grind for the ingredients again to make some more before you retry the boss since leaving does not refund consumed items. Per the mobile game standard, there is no save/load system, only quit and restart, so going back to an earlier save is not an option. However, for a handful of bosses, there may be a pot conveniently placed nearby that lets you cook without delay for more food instead of having to go somewhere else to cook new food.

** On a lesser-known note, there is also a daily limit to how many "Interact" spots a player can visit in a day (100 Interacts) if they try to farm for fodder Artifacts or fodder Weapons. This prevents players from farming massive numbers of fodder items each day.

** Irminsul itself contains all knowledge ever recorded in Teyvat, and deleting something from Irminsul makes [[RetGone as if that thing never existed in the first place]], and [[CosmicRetcon history and Teyvat citizens' memory would change to fit the new narrative.]] The Traveler, being fundamentally ''alien'' to the world of Teyvat is [[RippleEffectProofMemory immune to this effect]], and has no record in Irminsul. [[WhamEpisode Which makes the reveal that]] [[spoiler:Irminsul has recorded history of their sibling absolutely baffling, as that can only mean she's a native of Teyvat.]]

* AkashicRecords: In Sumeru, there's a database that anyone with a special earpiece can access known as the Akasha Terminal. Using the power of the Dendro Archon, it taps into [[WorldTree Irminsul]] to access the combined knowledge and memories of the people of Sumeru. The end result [[{{Magitek}} is like Google searching using an external device]], and it can't answer every question as the knowledge available to the public is controlled by the Akademiya. [[spoiler: The Akademiya is using it to steal the dreams of the people of Sumeru so they can exploit the mind's enhanced ability to process information while dreaming.]]

** Both the main quest and several character quests seem to carry a consistent theme: The consequences of refusing to let go of old grudges.[[labelnote:*]]The Abyss Order is an AntiHumanAlliance that seeks revenge on Celestia for the destruction of Khaenri'ah 500 years ago, and generally don't care if they have to burn Teyvat down first to get to them, Kokomi's Story Quest revolves around a renegade faction of the resistance dissatisifed with the civil war's relatively peaceful resolution and want revenge for the deaths of their comrades, a few members of the Harbingers serve the Tsaritsa out of an obsessive hatred for their resident Archons, the Akademiya kept Lesser Lord Kusanali locked up for 500 years and ultimately conspired to replace her with Scaramouche because they felt since day the they discovered her that she wasn't good enough to be Rukkhadevata's replacement, among ''many'' other instances of long-term resentment backfiring on people who can't let bygones be bygones.[[/labelnote]]

** Both the main quest and several character quests seem to carry a consistent theme: The consequences of refusing to let go of old grudges.

* CentralTheme: Both the main quest and several character quests seem to carry a consistent theme: The consequences of refusing to let go of old grudges.

** The game does not give you significant leeway in how the Traveler responds to certain dialogue. Among others, you ''must'' find [[{{Naytheist}} Keqing]] more trustworthy than [[TheChessmaster Ningguang]], you ''must'' act distrustful towards [[AffablyEvil Childe]], and you ''must'' accept dinner invitations from Lisa and Zhongli. You do usually get two dialog buttons, but in most cases, they either do the same thing or only change the very next line of dialog. Often the only real decision you get to make is whether to make fun of Paimon and how sarcastically you choose to answer.

* DamageIncreasingDebuff: Vaporize and Melt reactions directly increase the damage of the attack that triggers it, so that the Pyro, Cryo or Hydro afflictions (whether inflicted naturally, through a self-buff, or another character's attack) become this for an attack of the elements that trigger Vaporize or Melt with them. The Superconduct reaction (Electro + Cryo) also inflicts physical resistance reduction on its victims, so that your characters can deal higher physical damage onto them.

* ArtisticLicenseSpace: The celestial motions in Teyvat's sky doesn't make a lot of sense when applied to RealLife logic. Both the sun and moon are always on opposite sides of each other (meaning there's always a simultaneous sunset and moonrise happening in the sky or vice versa), the moon itself doesn't change positions and phases so it's always full, and the stars in the night sky don't move relative to the world's rotation. It was stated by Scaramouche that the stars in the night sky (and by extension, the sun and moon) are a "lie", so it can be inferred that the sky is a deliberate setpiece constructed by Celestia.

* AllAccordingToPlan: [[spoiler:The good guys' plan to rescue Lesser Lord Kusanali]] in Sumeru Act V has this happen through the UnspokenPlanGuarantee. [[spoiler:After Alhaitham and the Traveler's seemingly failed confrontation with Azar, Alhaitham is taken away by the guards while the Traveler and Paimon are subsequently thrown into prison... except Alhaitham did his job of swapping the Knowledge Capsules for the next phase of the plan, and the cell the Traveler was thrown into was actually the perfect place for them to contact Nahida.]]

* AllAccordingToPlan: [[spoiler:The good guys' plan to rescue Lesser Lord Kusanali]] in Sumeru Act V has this happen repeatedly through the UnspokenPlanGuarantee. [[spoiler:Alhaitham is taken away by the guards? He did his job of swapping the Knowledge Capsules, and he beats the guards up later anyway. The Traveler and Paimon are thrown into prison? The cell they're put into was actually the perfect place for them to contact Nahida. Scaramouche crushes the Traveler in combat? Nahida actually put him in a dream loop to give the Traveler battle experience to take him down.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: During the Tatara Tales quest chain in Inazuma, you work with a man named Xavier to attend to Mikage Furnace, a massive plant where Jade Steel was forged until civil war broke out and production had to be halted. To wit, the Furnace: is kept under a massive containment dome you can't go through until later on, being fueled by an extremely powerful yet dangerous energy source, has a cracked central core dumping out hazardous material that'll drain your health unless you shield yourself, and is at a risk of eventually exploding the entire island it's on unless someone manages to patch up this core. Balethunder even makes a popping, clicking noise that sounds a little like a Geiger counter going off. No wonder fans speculate about whether it's meant to be one big reference to the Fukushima plant disaster of 2011.

** Both Cyno and Nilou's story quests take into account if the player has finished Sumeru Archon Quest and the resulting developments. [[spoiler: In the cutscenes Cyno will be reinstated as General Mahamatra and the Traveller will bring up the idea of involving Nahida to help the theater.]]

* DubInducedPlotHole: [[spoiler:At the end of Chapter III Act V, [[RetGone everybody ends up forgetting all memories of Rukkhadevata]], and they all have their memories be rewritten in that they think Kusanali was the Sumeru Archon all this time. However, despite that, characters still refer to Kusanali as Lesser Lord Kusanali which begs the question- Who is Kusanali supposed to be lesser of when they don't have any memories of Rukkhadevata anymore? This isn't as much as a plot hole in the original Chinese version of the game though as in that version of the game, she gets called 小吉祥草王, which translates literally to "Little Lucky-Grass Monarch".]]

** Characters can climb the terrain with just their bare hands or even wearing high-heeled shoes, even when it is raining! There are no climbing tools nor magic applied to their hands, and there are no footholds to support them in place either. Regardless, scaling up walls is an essential method for [[AlwaysCheckBehindTheChair reaching the high ground or certain platforms]].

** Stone puzzle torches can be lit even in the rain and won't be extinguished by it. This ensures that you don't need to wait out or skip time through the rain to engage with a torch puzzle and you'll never lose progress in one even if rain starts before you finish.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: The total cost of upgrading characters, weapons and artifacts goes up with each level. Among the various character progression systems, refining weapons to their highest rank quickly eats up a significant amount of Mora, especially when done during the early-game stages. Justified in that Mora is a magical PracticalCurrency.

* AdvancedAncientHumans: [[spoiler:The nation of Khaenri'ah from 500 years ago was an advanced society built purely by humans without the influence of the gods, and their technology is said to be leagues ahead of the current tech in present-day Teyvat (including the tech used by the Fatui). The Ruin Machines (at the time called "Field Tillers") are one such technology leftover from that time as the Khaenri'ah people originally built them as weapons of war]].

** DPS units make up the bulk of 5-star characters, and a sizable number of 4-stars--either ranged (catalysts like Klee or bow-users like Ganyu) or melee (Diluc, Keqing, Xiao, Razor). All of them can synergize the other characters in your party, but you tend to keep them on the field the bulk of the time, only swapping out to let the supports use their skills and swap back (this is especially true of "selfish" fighters like Xiao and Razor whose self-buffs get deactivated when they swap out).

** The Tank applies to Geo characters in general since they can create shield crystals by reacting with other elements, but particularly Noelle and Zhongli, who can directly create stronger all-purpose Geo shields. Like Barbara and Qiqi, the game gives the former to you automatically from the wishing tutorial, while the latter (with better shields and extra abilities) is a limited 5-star.
** A handful of characters [[JackOfAllTrades combine multiple classes]] to varying degrees, often combining healing with something else. Bennett can both heal and increase attack power, Noelle and Diona can both heal and create shields. Multi-skilled characters usually are not as good at any one thing as their competitors but can be extremely useful since the game limits you to 4 per party. Venti is notoriously powerful because he has the strongest crowd-gathering ability by far, along with the usual Swirl debuff ability of Anemo characters, ''and'' can regenerate energy for party members with his ult.

* AlmightyJanitor: The characters in the events of the story mention that [[ScaryLibrarian Lisa]] is no ordinary librarian. There is also a NPC fisherman with an ordinary NPC model outside of Wangshu Inn who has a [[ArtifactOfPower Vision]] and he can [[OneHitKill one shot]] a Ruin Hunter without using his Vision; an enemy that usually requires the player trouble KO. Said fisherman, when asked, mentions that the owner of the inn and the chef are not ordinary people either.

** The characters from Liyue are all pronounced differently in the Japanese dub, i.e., with onyomi. For example, Beidou is "Hokuto", Qiqi is "Nana". However, "Liyue" itself and Xiangling[[note]]Her name 香菱 is more properly read in Japanese as "Kouryou", but the game's Japanese dub decides not to follow it[[/note]] are still pronounced that way, even in Japanese. Likewise, the voice actors pronounce Inazuma and its residents' names in the Chinese way in the Chinese dub and the Japanese way in their dub.

** Meanwhile, the game deliberately places Oculi on hard-to-reach areas and only appear on the mini-map if you are near one.

* AmbitionIsEvil: {{Inverted|Trope}}. In this game, most playable characters are Vision holders. How do you receive a Vision? By having an ambition and drive strong enough that the PowersThatBe recognize it and grant you ElementalPowers so you can achieve whatever you set out to accomplish. There are examples of immoral characters who go to extreme ends to achieve their goals, and some characters who believe this trope is in effect like the Raiden Shogun, but overall the view the game takes of ambition is very positive.

** The Fatui Skirmishers have guns like matchlock rifles (except they fire in semi auto). By comparison, all the ranged playable characters use either elemental magic or bows. The setting implies that Snezhnaya as a whole (and Fatui in particular) are more technologically advanced than other nations.
** Xinyan is a rock star with an ''electric guitar.'' Rock music is from Fontaine and is still an underground genre in Liyue, though it still exists multiple hundreds of years too early by Earth standards. Granted, Fontaine has also invented photography and is beginning to export cameras (called in-game as "Kamera") to other countries, so perhaps like Snezhnaya, it is simply an advanced nation.

** The local law enforcement is constantly swamped with complaints, requests, and other crises that they can't hand off to anyone else, and Grandmaster Varka took roughly half of its manpower on a faraway expedition, leaving them even more overworked. Jean ends up collapsing in exhaustion in her story quest because of how difficult it is to keep up with the amount of problems she and the Knights of Favonius have to solve.

** Human resources basically [[NoSuchThingAsHr doesn't exist]], and the population are free to act upon their prejudices with little consequence to themselves. Eula (due being part of the Lawrence Clan) was banned from almost every shop in the city and was forced to survive off of wild game despite her wealth, Sucrose is terrified of being discriminated against because of her ears, Thoma bemoans that his [[CantHoldHisLiquor inability to handle alcohol]] means that he isn't considered a [[NoTrueScotsman true Mondstadter]], Lawrence (a Favonian guard) was nearly accosted by everyone who asks if he is connected to the clan's namesake despite having zero connections to them at all, and the local Adventurer's Guild (bar Cyrus and Jack) ostracizes anyone they deem abnormal, such as Fischl and Bennett.

** [[spoiler:Mondstadt was hit the hardest by the Cataclysm from 500 years in the past, losing many innocent lives to the monster swarms that were simply too numerous for the Knights of Favonius to combat in record time. The disaster ended up leading to one Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter becoming [[TheBaroness La Signora.]]]]
* AndThatsTerrible: Characters, mostly Paimon, often feel the need to verbally point out how sad some event was, how evil a certain villain is or otherwise give an emotional reaction the player is supposed to have at the moment.

** In Act I of Sumeru Archon Quest, Dunyazard tells a story of Sabzeruz Festival and how it's disregarded by Akademiya and other citizens. Then, the following exchange occurs:

** The World Level will raise after the player's Adventure Rank grows enough, and it not only makes enemies drop better items and unlocks some upgrade options and Domain levels, but it makes combat significantly harder. To prevent this from blindsiding players, the World Level isn't an automatic change. Players must first complete the recurring Ascension Quest, a combat challenge with most types of enemy and a boss, to raise their World Level. The challenge in the quest serves as a preview for the next World Level so the player can gauge their readiness for the changes. If the player struggles to complete the challenge, then they can turn back and keep building characters at their current World Level, and if they ace it, they'll be fine in the World Level they just unlocked.

** Enemies never need to worry about dangerous environmental effects like Sheer Cold or Balethunder.

* DifficultButAwesome:
** Characters such as Beidou, Xinyan, Noelle and the Starter Trio (especially Amber) aren't as favored as other characters due to requiring more gear investment and practice to get the most use out of them, thus many fan-made guides put them in the bottom tier. However, it can be very rewarding to develop and practice with these characters and see them clear bosses and the Abyss as the likes of Diluc, Ganyu and Hu Tao.
** The Starter party (Amber, Lisa, Kaeya) sans Traveler, lose viability fast and need their Constellations maximized to keep up with the heavy damage dealers. Problem is, you cannot obtain them while trying to pull for Limited-Time characters as they will only be available in the Standard Banner. With no way to increase their chances among the other featured 4-star characters and weapons, and not having a rate-up in any banner, it is very tedious to fully upgrade them. With enough time and investment, however, the starting trio can pull their own weight against end-game challenges.
** [[StuffBlowingUp Overload ]] is generally considered the hardest reaction to utilize in combat as it can cause harm to the player themselves, set grass on fire that will burn the player, or send smaller enemies flying out of melee range. However, when used successfully (such as combining Xiangling's Guoba with Keqing's Stellar Restoration), the result it setting off explosion after explosion in the enemy's face, absolutely decimating small to mid sized opponents and dealing massive damage to large opponents and bosses.

* ArcSymbol:
** The four-pointed star symbol appears prominently: It is the shape of the portal that the Unknown God created in the prologue, it is the shape of Paimon's hairclip, it is in Dvalin's chest, Ruin Guard eyes are surrounded by one, it is in the stylized symbol for "eclipse", and most notably, it is the shape of the gacha currency Primogems.
** To a much lesser extent, Paimon's circlet/halo appears multiple times in the game as a symbol, such as the title screen.

* ArcVillain: While the Fatui and the Abyss Order are overall main antagonists of the story, each chapter tends to at least one villain that is responsible for the main conflict of the chapter.

** Chapter 1: Tartaglia (a.k.a. Childe) in which the Fatui sent him to Liyue to [[spoiler:cause as much chaos as possible, and make him summon Osial. In actuality, all of Childe's antics were done so that La Signora can convince Zhongli to surrender his gnosis.]]
** Chapter 2: The Raiden Shogun, who has been enforcing the Vision Hunt Degree in Inazuma, which ends up mass depression for everyone who lost their Visions. However, [[spoiler:the Raiden Shogun's puppet turns out to be manipulated by the Fatui; making her an UnwittingPawn for the Fatui's plans. She still serves as the final boss however, and the arc concludes with her HeelFaceTurn.]]

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