Genshin Impact player breaks into Inazuma with ice bridges

Genshin Impact Players have found a way to break into the game’s newest location long before they are supposed to. Players have tried unsuccessfully to make their way into the game’s newest region, Inazuma, by building massive ice bridges across vast stretches of open water, only to be thwarted by developer Mihoyo’s explicit attempts to prevent that.

However, a truly dedicated gamer discovered a method that combines clever manipulation of their internet connection with a surprisingly useful ice attack from a character.

Reddit user dezeadmf, known in the game as Meow, has made the long walk from Liyue Harbor, located near the southeastern part of Genshin ImpactThe starting map, to Inazuma’s port of entry, Ritou, past a long stretch of sea. They managed to cross all of that into the low adventure rank, under 9, before players have a lot of characters, resources, or a lot of stamina to work with.

Normally, you cannot enter Inazuma until you reach Adventure Rank 30 and after completing a series of missions to get there. Dezeadmf rejected that option and used the starting character Kaeya’s Frostgnaw ability to freeze on an icy path towards Inazuma, a process that in itself takes over 20 minutes to cover most of the distance. For anyone who follows all failed attempts During the past week, Mihoyo was clearly aware that his players would try this, so he put up some obstacles to avoid this tactic.

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Once you get to a certain point close enough to Ritou, you will begin to be personally electrocuted by Baal, the Raiden Shogun and ruler of Inazuma. Many players have been roasted by his surprise attack, and while it’s not fatal, its recoil can make walking on Kaeya’s ice bridges a pain. And even if you survive the Baal bombardment, you eventually get to a point where the game kicks you to a loading screen and sends it back to the top of the map, although the chances of this happening seems to be inconsistent. Countless players have tried to find a traditional way to get around this, but it seemed like Mihoyo really didn’t want anyone to cheat on their way to the new content.

However, the study did not take into account some manipulation with the operation of this game always online. Dezeadmf employed a method that not unheard of in MMOs– Use a lag-inducing program or manually disconnect your device from the internet for several seconds to interrupt the game and give you almost unlimited stamina. Essentially, Genshin Impact takes connection loss as a lag spike, but doesn’t roll it back when reconnected. This allowed dezeadmf to swim through Baal’s lightning strikes and Mihoyo’s loading screen attack to his destination without his character drowning from fatigue.

In your instructions on how to perform the feat, dezeadmf noted that his full The trip took six to seven hours due to his setbacks, and he said, “Good luck to whoever has the patience to do it.” They also noted that although they were well below the intended level for the planned path in Inazuma, the scale of the game made the enemies not impossible to kill, and they were able to collect World Quests and find treasure without a hitch.

This is the kind of purposeful achievement that Genshin Impact players are known for. When the gacha systems of the game prevent you from progressing, you make that progress yourself, even if they may prohibit you.