Why the Oculi Adventure items have an uncertain future

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The Oculi collectibles i Genshin Impact are tied to a region and its respective elements, and given that there are currently only seven elements in Genshin Impactdoes that mean there are probably only seven different types of Oculi. Consequently, because future updates for Genshin Impact is already about to expand far beyond seven different regional nations, this naturally creates uncertainty for the future of the Oculi adventure items and what the progression systems for future regions might look like.

This crossroads regarding Genshin Impact's Oculi collectible is seemingly inevitable, although the potential solutions to this situation could be quite favorable. Elemental Oculi could potentially be replaced by a new collector-based progression system, otherwise solutions that expand the existing regions or introduce new elements into Genshin Impact would allow Oculi to retain its current functionality.

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Genshin Impact's regional Oculi collectibles face an inevitable challenge

For now, Genshin Impact still has one more opportunity for an upcoming region to introduce a new type of adventure item from Oculi. With the Snezhnaya region in Genshin Impact being the land of Cryo Archons, this region will certainly introduce Cryoculus as the Cryo equivalent of the Oculi collectibles.

Whether or not Snezhnaya will be the next region after Natlan remains to be seen, but regardless of when Snezhnaya is released, the Oculi collectibles will face an inevitable challenge. Given that Cryoculus will be the last elemental oculi of the seven elements in Genshin Impactthis has major implications for the future of collector-based progression systems for any future regions introduced to the game. In other words, the Oculi adventure items could be removed entirely or replaced by another progression system at this point.

How the Genshin influence could address Oculi collectibles for future regions after Snezhnaya

  • Expanding to existing regions would enable Genshin Impact to reuse the existing Elemental Oculi temporarily

  • New regions can replace Elemental Oculi with a similar collector-based progression system

  • Adds new elements to Genshin Impact could expand on the variety of elemental oculi

Similar to how Chasm expands on Liyue and treats new regions in Genshin Impact as expansions of existing regions allow their respective Elemental Oculi to continue to be used. But at the same time, an expansion of existing regions can help to solve some of the Genshin Impacts lingering mysteries surrounding Teyvat, not expanding the game with new regions after the current Archon Questline ends may limit the potential for new stories and characters to shine, and therefore only provide a seemingly temporary solution.

Another way future regions in Genshin Impact could rework Oculi items is for other region-specific collectibles to become the primary progression system, much like how Frostbearing Tree in Dragonspine uses Crimson Agate collectibles instead of Anemoculus. Given that many long-time players have likely already reached max stamina capacity, Oculi collectibles have little to no exclusive rewards for those players to earn, so replacing Elemental Oculi with a new progression system is undoubtedly long overdue at this point, especially if that means adding new exclusive rewards.

Alternatively, introduce new Elements to Genshin Impact in the future, Elemental Oculi may remain a central part of the game. Even beyond the uncertain future of adventure items from Oculi, Genshin Impact is building up to the point where the introduction of new elements will eventually become crucial to new gameplay and plot development after the Teyvat story ends, so this could end up killing several birds with one stone. In the end, no matter which approach Genshin Impact taking on Oculi collectibles for future regions, it's sure to be an interesting new chapter for the game.

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