Ding Sr.
Last updated 2026-06-15
Ding Sr. is an open-world NPC located in Chunming Teaworks, Qiaoying Village, Chenyu Vale: Upper Vale, Chenyu Vale, Liyue.
Location
Ding Sr.'s location
Additional context
Idle Quotes
Tea leaves...
- "With tea leaves, you gotta have good quality control in place."
Dialogue
- Ding Sr.: Are you here for a tour? It's nice that you're interested in tea, and you'll learn all about it here!
What is this place?
- Ding Sr.: This is the Qiaoying Village tea workshop. Most of the tea leaves are sent here after being picked.
- Ding Sr.: You might not realize that tea leaves require several processes and careful handling before they can be used to make tea.
- Ding Sr.: Simply put, we need to remove the excess moisture in the leaves to deepen their fragrance and make them easier to store.
- Ding Sr.: Our workshop's in charge of sunning, baking, and then stirring them in a pan.
- Ding Sr.: Some types are then taken back by the tea farmers for additional processing, such as piling and fermenting.
- Ding Sr.: If you have time, you should stay in the village for a month or so. That way, you can see the full process, from leaf picking to the moment the tea's served up on tables.
- What's the machine in that room over there?
- Ding Sr.: Ah, you're asking about the stirring machine, yes? Compared to our village's history, the machine is very young.
- Ding Sr.: We used to use a huge tea cauldron for stirring. They said it was an adeptal mechanism of some sort...
- Ding Sr.: The traditional process creates a traditional flavor, but we must also meet the quantity demands, so these days our workshop uses new, faster machines.
- Ding Sr.: That said, with higher efficiency and more heat, the need to ensure quality is even greater.
- Ding Sr.: That's why people like me, with more than thirty years of experience, are needed to make sure things don't go wrong.
- Ding Sr.: As for Ding Jr... He's got another decade of buckling down and learning this craft ahead, that's for sure...
- Goodbye.
- Ding Sr.: Farewell! Come back when you have time. Who knows, maybe you'd be interested in becoming one of us!
- (Trample the tea leaves in the center of the room)
- Ding Sr.: Hey, kiddo. Why is someone who looks as nice as you causing so much trouble?
- Ding Sr.: This basket is filled with tea leaves that are being dried, not weeds. They're treasures meant for everyone's teacups.
- Ding Sr.: Don't do something like this again, or Uncle Luo will be furious if he sees you...
- Ding Sr.: He might even evict you from Qiaoying Village altogether!
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | Ding Sr. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 老丁 Lǎo Dīng |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 老丁 Lǎo Dīng |
| Japanese | 老丁 Rouchou[!] |
| Korean | 큰 정 씨 Keun Jeong Ssi |
| Spanish | Sr. Ding |
| French | Ding Sr. |
| Russian | Дядюшка Дин Dyadyushka Din |
| Thai | พี่บ่าว Ding |
| Vietnamese | Lão Ding |
| German | Älterer Ding |
| Indonesian | Ding Sr. |
| Portuguese | Sr. Ding |
| Turkish | Bay Ding |
| Italian | Vecchio Ding |
Change History
Released in Version 4.4
References
- ↑ Twitter: EN VA Self Announcement
- ↑ NPC Dialogue: Ding Jr.