Compilation of writeups regarding the world of Genshin Impact

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2023 March 20. Area estimates of Teyvat as of Genshin Impact version 3.3: The Chasm (above ground) subregion of Liyue and the Dharma Forest subregion of Sumeru. 

• Links: Reddit(r/Genshin_Lore) | Reddit(r/Genshin_Impact) | PDF 

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2022 March 03. Infographic - Elevations of some places in Genshin Impact (measured in-game).

• Links: REVISED INFOGRAPHIC | Reddit

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2022 February 28. Unofficially Extending The Byakuyakoku Collection Volume 3: Hydrological Studies in Byakuyakoku: Area Estimates of Enkanomiya as of Genshin Impact version 2.4.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

• NOTES:

  • Area estimates and commentary on the geography of Enkanomiya.

  • THE APPENDICES HAVE BEEN REVISED AND EXPANDED! Notably: 

    • CORRECTED the conversion from pixels to in-game meter for the Golden Apple Archipelago;

    • CORRECTED the spreadsheet code which erroneously converted px^2 to (in-lore, 200li) m^2 for Enkanomiya;

    • ADDED specific locations in the Golden Apple Archipelago as a separate table (akin to Enkanomiya).

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2022 February 11. Elevation estimates of various locations in Minlin, Liyue and length estimate of the Dragon-Queller tree as of Genshin Impact ver. 2.3.

• Links: Reddit(r/Genshin_Impact)  | GoogleDocs

• NOTES:

  • Height estimates: Minlin Statue of The Seven; Qingyun Peak floating island; Huaguang Stone Forest base

  • Also discussed similarities of in-game stone forest to IRL stone forests. The observations seem to lend support to the "qualitative proposal" (see Introduction section).

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 November 14. Celestia (skydome) area estimation as of Genshin Impact version 2.2 with some speculation.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

• NOTES:
  • I consider this document as an addendum to my 2021 November 07 study, Area and Elevation Estimates of various locations in Teyvat as of Genshin Impact ver. 2.2 with some distance speculation in-game to in-lore.

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 November 07. Area and Elevation Estimates of various locations in Teyvat as of Genshin Impact ver. 2.2 with some distance speculation in-game to in-lore.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

• NOTES: 
  • This study is methodologically the same as my documents for version 2.1. Area estimate: added Tsurumi Island. Height estimates: added Yashiori Island, Amakumo Peak, Mt. Kanna, Tsurumi Island northern underwater ruins, Jade Chamber (before completing "A New Star Approches").
  • This is the doc wherein I actually proposed a quantitative relationship between the size of in-game Teyvat and in-lore Teyvat. I used the lore detail mentioned in one of the version 2.1 Moonchase Festival quests regarding a supposed distance between the Guili Plains civilization and Liyue Harbor.
  • I compared the proposed size of Teyvat I calculated with one of the character stories of Hu Tao.
  • As usual, I also made some comparisons with Earth in real life.
  • In view of the overall findings, this is also the document wherein I proposed a systematic way to imagine any speculative "real" size of Teyvat vis-a-vis the information we are given in-game and in-lore.

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021  September 30. Height Approximations of Mt. Yougou & the Knights of Favonius Headquarters as of Genshin Impact ver. 2.1 and speculation on distance terminology in lore.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

• NOTES: 
  • This is the document wherein I started formally considering an attempt to derive a calculatable relationship between in-game Teyvat and in-lore Teyvat.
  • I compared the heights of these two features in-game versus the heights of some features on Earth in real life.

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 September 30. Area Approximations of Various Locations & Features in Teyvat (Genshin Impact ver. 2.1) using rectangles.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

• NOTES:
  • This document updates all of my previous estimates (which were done in version 1.3). This serves as the basis of most of my other geographical size estimates, moving forward. 
  • Apart from comparing some in-game location sizes to locations on Earth, I also managed to measure the length of the fossilized remains of Orobashi no Mikoto. This served as a motivation for me to proceed with a speculative allomtry for the serpent form of Orobashi.

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 August 20. Area Approximations of Various Locations in the Golden Apple Archipelago (Genshin Impact version 1.6) Using Rectangles.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 February 11. Area Approximations of Various Locations in Teyvat (Genshin Impact version 1.3) Using Rectangles.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2022 March 16. Design analysis of the Alcor (flagship of the Crux) by imagining it as a real ship.

• Links: Reddit(r/Genshin_Impact) | GoogleDocs

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 October 03. Imagining the serpent form of Orobashi no Mikoto / Orobaxi / オロバシノミコト as a scaled-up member of Suborder Serpentes (snake) from Earth.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 February 20. Imagining the Adeptibeast form of Skybracer as a cervid (true deer) on Earth.

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2022 February 19. A light attempt at comparative myth on two ancient legends of Teyvat: the Three Moon Sisters & the Primordial One and its four Shining Shades.

• Links: Reddit

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 December 22. ITS NAME IS Ruin Guard GN/Hu-24601!!! (lighthearted coincidence-spotting).

• Links: Reddit

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 December 07. Speculation! Checking for a probable IRL basis of the "Primordial Human Project".

• Links: Reddit

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 December 06. Speculation! We will witness the burning of a "Great Library" in Sumeru a la Library of Alexandria.

• Links: Reddit(r/GenshinLore) | Reddit(r/Genshin_Impact)

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 November 25. Tatarasuna Thunder Sakura - portents of things to come? (Worldbuilding/lore speculation).

• Links: Reddit

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 October 10. 2021 Liyue Moonchase Festival: A Photo Journal (in-game screenshots).

• Links: Reddit | GoogleDocs

u/MatthewSDeOcampo. 2021 March 03. Wangsheng Funeral Parlor - Business age estimate / About how long have they been around? (From our normative perspective at least).

• Links: Reddit