Genshin Impact announces streamlined boss fights, other quality-of-life changes for Version 4.2

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HoYoverse has posted a new developers discussion detailing some quality-of-life changes coming soon to Genshin Impact in Version 4.2. While the developers note they are “still working on many other optimizations,” the fixes revealed below should streamline several things for long-time players.

First on the list is a change to how weekly bosses are unlocked in Genshin Impact. Some weekly boss domains are normally unlocked by progressing through certain quests. If you don’t have time to complete these quests, those domains remain inaccessible in your world, meaning you don’t have easy access to valuable weekly drops.

With a new change to the weekly domains, you can now access the boss fights through the Adventurer’s Handbook starting from Adventure Rank 40, bypassing the quests entirely! You’ll still have to do the quests if you want the domains to be accessible from the overworld, but you’ll no longer have to rely on finding a co-op host to fight those specific bosses.

Under the current system, when you unlock character Story Quests, the new quests are automatically added to your active quests list. This can sometimes lead to conflicts with other quests that feature the same characters.

Starting in Version 4.2, you’ll be able to unlock Story Quests but not activate them right away. This lets you save those quests for later when you have the time to play through them. It also makes it easier to spend your Story Keys so you can get back to earning more. You’ll also be able to check prerequisites for Story Quests and Hangouts from a new menu.

Are you running out of custom map pins? I ran out mid-Sumeru. Thankfully, the maximum number of pins is being increased from 150 to 200. You’ll also be able to batch select existing