History GenshinImpact / TropesOToS

* RankInflation: Most limited-time combat events reflect the player's score with a bronze, silver or gold medal. A gold medal is no challenge for endgame players with a large roster - crank up the difficulty to maximum and assemble an appropriate team. A hidden platinum medal was then quietly introduced in Hyakunin Ikki 2.1. For the Hyakunin Ikki reruns, this was divided into a platinum medal with one, two or three stars. Subsequently, event briefings for combat events would start to subtly highlight the platinum medal's existence alongside the other three grades of medal. Some events, such as Version 4.1's "The Peaks and Troughs of Life", formalised the platinum medal in the reward list, with its own (token) rewards.

* PrecisionFStrike: In Xiangling's story quest:
** '''Paimon:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Just make it taste friggin' awesome!]]

* SprintMeter: There's a yellow gauge that appears and is depleted whenever the playable characters sprint, swim, climb, perform a ChargedAttack (except for the bow users), or glide in the air. The gauge can refill by itself, but there exist consumables that can refill (at least some of) the gauge instantly. There are also consumables that [[ReducedManaCost reduce the cost of stamina for certain actions]] for some hundred seconds.

* StealthPun: There are two playable characters with a witch theme, and their names are Mona and Lisa.

* ScrewLearningIHavePhlebotinum: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Everyone in Sumeru has become so accustomed to knowledge being injected straight into their brains by the Akasha that they have ceased to think critically about what they learn. [[spoiler: Our heroes leverage this by planting false orders in the Akasha to trick the guards into abandoning their posts, leaving Lesser Lord Kusanali unguarded.]]

* OddCouple: The two playable characters who work at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor both use polearms and gain extra damage from increasing their max HP, but in every other respect are polar opposites. Zhongli is [[spoiler:[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld (very much)]]]] older, male, always [[TheStoic serious and logical]], and has defensive combat skills. Hu Tao is young, female, playful and [[TheGadfly prank-prone]], and fights offensively to the point of [[CastFromHitPoints harming herself]]. Unsurprisingly, comments in their character profiles indicate they don't get along very well.

** The first time new players (from Version 1.2 onwards) are likely to enter Dragonspine is from the researcher camp southeast of Springvale. Across the broken bridge, to the right of the path, is a treasure chest guarded by Treasure Hoarders, who, apart from their level being a little higher than usual, are not too difficult to deal with. However, immediately after them is a camp with another treasure chest... full of Fatui Skirmishers. This would likely be the first time players encounter Fatui Skirmishers since Fatui enemies appear in just a few, out-of-the way, locations in all of Mondstadt, and they'll quickly find out the hard way that the Skirmishers are ''much'' tougher to take down because of their elemental shields, which dramatically buff their damage resistances. Unlike Abyss Mage shields, Fatui shields are extremely resistant to all but one element and have ''different weaknesses'' from most other elemental shields in the game. Combined with the Sheer Cold mechanic in Dragonspine, a new player is likely to be forced to beat a hasty retreat.

** In the "Five Flushes of Fortune" event, you use a strange Kamera to take snapshots of things and creatures in the wild; the resulting photos will come in one of 5 odd colors randomly. You can only take 10 photos each day. An NPC will ask you to get one of each color of the photo and he'll give you a prize box in return; you can get up to 8 boxes from him. Where this trope comes in is in how you can trade colored photos with your friends in your friendlist for faster completion.
** In the "Vishaps and Where To Find Them" and "Spectral Secrets" events, you can add a character from your friends onto your dispatch team, increasing the chances that you'll get the bonus reward.

** In the "Energy Amplifier Initiation" event, you can have your friends' characters provide a boost to your Motive Force, which lets you equip more ability-granting Irminsul Fruit Fragments to your Energy Amplifier.

** Fontaine has Leisurely Otters, which seem to be designed to hit as many checklist for cuteness as possible. ''[[https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Leisurely_Otter Just look at it.]]'' And not only are they cute, Hoyo also goes the extra mile and gives them various ''adorable'' {{Idle Animation}}s.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Some depictions of the Primordial Sea water gives it a purpleish tint, accentuating it's unnatural properties. It's also potent enough to ''kill'' Fontanians just by mere contact, resulting in them dissolving into water.

** Fontaine has Leisurely Otters, which seem to be designed to hit as many checklist for cuteness as possible. ''[[https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Leisurely_Otter Just look at it.]]''