Out of Bounds

An Out of Bounds area refers to an area that is made to be impossible for players to get in to. Multiple cases of such areas exist in Genshin Impact, and the game uses various means to prevent players from entering said areas.

Normal Out of Bounds Reaction

Open World

When attempting to travel out of the currently available area of the game indicated by a red border on the map, the screen will progressively gain a dark vignette effect until Paimon appears and forces the character to travel back into in-bounds areas. While the character is forced to travel back, they cannot be controlled by the player and may therefore be forced to walk off cliffs and fall to their doom without the ability to open the Wind Glider or perform a plunge attack.

The red border will recede and allow players to access more of the map as players complete more Archon Quests and as more regions are added with version updates. Certain regions are also locked behind quests even though there are no red borders indicating that.

Paimon's normal dialogue for entering an impassable area:

If the player falls out of bounds, it will be treated the same as if they drowned: they will respawn where their stamina was last at max capacity, they will lose all of their energy, and each of their characters will lose 10% of their HP.

Domains

If a player falls or glides out of bounds in a Domain, they will be teleported back to the most recently activated Door of Resurrection and all party members will lose 10% of their HP; if no Door of Resurrection is present, they will return to the start of the domain.

Forced Out of Bounds Reaction

If a player is unable to exit the Out of Bounds area they are in, for reasons such as their path back being blocked by terrain or using exploits that make them being unable to stop moving towards a certain direction, the game will automatically teleport them back to a predetermined in-bounds area after a few seconds. Note that unlike in normal Out of Bounds reactions, forced Out of Bounds reactions will neither drain the stamina nor the HP of any of the party members.

• On the Teyvat map, they will be teleported to the Teleport Waypoint in the south of Springvale.
• On the Golden Apple Archipelago (1.6) map, they will be teleported to the Door of Resurrection on Pudding Isle.
• On the Golden Apple Archipelago (2.8) map, they will be teleported to the main camp on Broken Isle.
• On the Enkanomiya map, they will be teleported to the Teleport Waypoint at the entrance south of The Serpent's Bowels.
• On the The Chasm: Underground Mines map, they will be teleported to the Teleport Waypoint at the entrance west of Ad-Hoc Main Tunnel.
• On the Veluriyam Mirage map, they will be teleported to the Teleport Waypoint in the south of Silver Bottle Courtyard.
• On the Sea of Bygone Eras map, they will be teleported to the Teleport Waypoint in the center of Initium Iani.
• On the Simulanka map, they will be teleported to the southernmost Teleport Waypoint of Forest of Blessings.

The Serenitea Pot and Natlan characters Test Runs notably lack this behavior, and will not teleport back players even if they go deep into the Out of Bounds zone.

Special Out of Bounds Reactions

There exist unique out-of-bounds reactions that can be triggered.

• Attempting to reach the bottom of these locations will teleport the player back up, and Paimon will say "Watch out! Don't go near there!":
  • Decarabian's tower in Stormterror's Lair
  • Duat Hall in Hypostyle Desert
  • ??? in Beryl Region
• Attempting to reach the Skyfrost Nail area before completing In the Mountains by scaling Dragonspine will result in Paimon remarking that it's far too cold, before the player is forced to teleport away. This no longer happens once the area is unlocked.
  • Paimon will first say "S—S—So cold..." then "M—Maybe we... Sh—Should look for another way up the mountain..."
• Prior to completing Imperatix Umbrosa Chapter: Act II - Transient Dreams, attempting to enter or leave Inazuma through the ocean will result in a storm forming which will teleport the player back to Liyue Harbor or Ritou, respectively.
  • Through the usage of repeatedly deloading and reloading into the game, and a combination of glitches, it is hypothetically possible to beat the storm, but the time taken to do this would've likely exceeded the time needed to get to Inazuma without glitches in the first place.
• During Chasm Spelunkers, Paimon will prevent players from leaving the Ad-Hoc Main Tunnel, saying "Paimon would love to explore further in, but we should probably finish Jinwu's commission first."
• Several invisible barriers in The Chasm: Underground Mines prevent the player from going up too high.
  • After a certain height, Paimon will say "There's nothing here. Should we go back first?" or "Argh, Paimon's sick of climbing! Can we go back now?"
  • If the player manages to bypass the invisible barrier at the entrance of the underground mines and climbs further up, Paimon will say "It's just rock wall after rock wall in here. It'll take us ages to get back to the surface. Why don't we just use the crane instead?"
• During Archon Quest Chapter III: Act VI - Caribert, while inside the special story mode, the Traveler will say a different line while being forced to go back.
  • Media:vo szaq204 11 hero 01.ogg Media:vo szaq204 11 heroine 01.ogg "I shouldn't stray too far. Dain and Paimon still aren't back..."
• During Ever-Surging Memories in Neuvillette's Story Quest, Diluvies Chapter: Act I - The Remains of the Past Day, while inside the special story mode, the Traveler will say "There's nothing here...", followed by "I probably shouldn't go too far, just to be safe," while being forced to go back.
• During the Specially-Shaped Saurian Search Event, while inside a challenge area, Paimon will say "Let's focus on the task Ranjit's given us, alright?" while being forced to go back.
• During Archon Quest World-Order Narration in Chapter IV: Act VI - Bedtime Story, while inside the special story mode, Paimon will say a different line while being forced to go back.
  • Media:vo szaq303 22 paimon 01.ogg "Where are you going? We still haven't finished what Dain asked us to do!"
• During Clorinde's Story Quest, Rapperia Chapter: Act I - Silent Night, while inside the special story mode, the Game Master (played by Clorinde) will say a different line while the message "No more intel can be obtained from ahead" is displayed at the same time.
  • Media:vo cllq002 23 clorinde 01.ogg "It doesn't seem like there's any information to be gained from the area up ahead. You conclude that this area is best left unexplored at this time."
• If the player goes into Out of Bounds within Natlan for a short period in Saurian form, the active character will be automatically ejected from indwelled Saurian. The corresponding Spiritsconce will not be left behind.
• During Archon Quest Pilgrimage of the Return of the Sacred Flame in Chapter V: Act I - Flowers Resplendent on the Sun-Scorched Sojourn, while inside the special story mode, Labna will say a different line while being forced to go back.
  • Media:vo ntaq002 4 labna 04.ogg "Attention contestants Mualani and Kachina! You're currently heading out of bounds! Please return to the competition grounds!"
  • Oddly, in 5.0, if one were to glide into this barrier, they would be forced further into the out-of-bounds zones.
• During the On the Trail of Behemoths Event, while inside a challenge area, Paimon will say "Let's just focus on Helka's commission for now!" while being forced to go back.
• Attempting to head into another level in the Ancient Sacred Mountain (even if the corresponding level is unlocked) will cause the player to be transformed into a fireball that will return them to the nearest land mass. This does not drain energy nor the HP of any party members.
• During Event Story Quest Homeward, He Who Caught the Wind in Homeward, He Who Caught the Wind: Prologue? Act I, while inside the special story mode, ??? will say the normal dialogue in a distorted voice.
  • Media:vo mdeq001 3 alice 02.ogg "How about we explore the area ahead of us later?"
  • After completing the Quest and during the Homeward, He Who Caught the Wind/Echoes of Memory Event while inside the Bubble World, Alice will be properly named saying the dialogue.
• Attempting to go out of bounds on the Frost Moon will cause players to rapidly gain Exhaustion as a result of being in the Archaeolune Energy Disturbance Zone.
• Attempting to go out of bounds in inner Snezhnaya, including some areas in the inner map, will cause players to enter a Subzero Zone which will kill players in seconds.

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