Even though it is a relatively new game where most of the content has not even been revealed yet,Genshin Impacthas managed to amass quite a large following, with players from all over the world enjoying MiHoYo’s action RPG and the lush, open world they have brought to life. It should come as no surprise since the game is available for free on the majority of available devices (except the Xbox consoles).
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Between the official MiHoYo forums and various subreddits, the game has a huge fanbase that constantly makes memes and speculates about the future of Teyvat, the undiscovered regions, thefates of various characters, and the directions in whichGenshin Impact’sdevelopers may take the game to. While some of these fan theories are completely wild and unrealistic, some of them may actually turn out to be true in the near future.
Updated on June 30, 2025, by Scott Vengel:Genshin Impact is a game that constantly changes and moves, often in unpredictable ways. Recently, the game is looking to return to Liyue, where players will once again participate in theLantern Rite festival. Yet, also in update 2.4, players will also unlock the Inazuma region of Enkanomiya. Likewise, as Genshin Impact has been undergoing a lot of changes, lore also grows and expands. Because the theory community of Genshin Impact is always moving along with the game’s fast pace, this article will be updated to replace proven theories, as well as add new fan theories since Inazuma’s introduction.
14Paimon Is The Unknown God (Or Their Servant/Apprentice)
The Unknown God is the reason behindGenshin Impact’sprotagonist (the Traveler)peculiar circumstances. Trapped in Teyvat and separated from their siblings, the Traveler surely has more than one reason to hate the Unknown God with a fiery passion. The entire main storyline ofGenshinrevolves around fixing the wrongdoings of this mysterious being.
One of the first characters players come across at the very beginning of the game is Paimon, a little, fairy-like creature. The Traveler fished her out of a lake, saving her life. In exchange, she stuck around and became the protagonist’s faithful companion for the remainder of their adventure.
Noting that “Paimon” is actually one of the nine kings of Hell in 17th-century demonology literature, some players have made the leap to claim that the name actually hints at Paimon’s true identity as the Unknown God, responsible for all of the Traveler’s despair. She also looks eerily similar to the Unknown God in terms of appearance!
13The Fatui Have Good Intentions
There is a lot of unknown factors when it comes toGenshin Impact’santagonists: the Abyss Order and the Fatui. Among these, both have their moments that seem to suggest that they are more misunderstood than the story lets on, especially in regards to the true intentions of the Fatui.
The most popular of these types of fan theories suggest that the Tsaritsa is trying to fix Teyvat by fighting some evil force that the Traveler has not yet faced. Whether this is Celestia or the Unknown God, one fact remains true — if this theory is correct, then the Tsaritsa needs Gnoses to gain the power she needs to fight for good.
There are a lot of explanations for why the Tsaritsa began her rebellion against the divine. The most common of these says that the Tsaritsa’s motive has a relationship to the Cataclysm, an event that occurred 500 years before the beginning ofGenshin Impact. Reportedly, it was after this event that the Tsaritsa face a change in her personality, going from a sweet caring goddess to a cold and unforgiving one.
12Celestia Is Actually Evil
Throughout the lore ofGenshin Impact, Celestia is perhaps the most unknown place in the game’s lore. Generally, Celestia is the source of an Archon’s authority, as well as where the noblest of people go (like Mondstadt’s Vennessa.)
However, despite its apparent good part in the story of Teyvat, many fans speculate that Celestia is not all that it’s chalked up to be. There’s a lot of evidence that supports the idea that Celestia may be the hidden source of evil inGenshin Impactrather than the Abyss Order or the Fatui.
For starters, many (if not most) of the Archons on Teyvat seem to have a strained relationship with Celestia: Venti purposely avoids the topic in the manga, theRaiden Shogunhas cut ties with the land, and the Tsaritsa’s whole agenda is causing a “rebellion against the divine.” In addition, Celestia is often seen in the eyes of in-game scholars as having a role in most influential historical events, like the Archon War, which only makes their reputation all the more sketchy.
11Scaramouche Knows The Truth
Of the Fatui Harbingers known inGenshin Impact, Scaramouche has both one of the longest histories and the most mysterious lore. Not only is he the only Harbinger so far to be directly related to an Archon, but many fans also believe that the 6th Fatui Harbinger has more knowledge about the world than would be apparent at first glance.
This theory is originally sourced with the conclusion of the Unreconciled Stars event, in which Scaramouche stated that the “stars and sky are a lie.” Making this brazen statement after seeing a vision of unknown content, the true meaning of this statement is currently up to interpretation.
Despite this, there is one thing that this end makes clear — Scaramouche knows something that the Traveler does not. And this, coupled with the Fatui Harbinger’s mysterious rogue behavior after taking the Raiden Shogun’s Gnosis, has led a lot ofGenshin Impacttheorists to hypothesize that Scaramouche will be crucial to the Traveler understanding the truth of the world of Teyvat.
10Kaeya Is An Antagonist
Players get to play as Kaeya in the early stages ofGenshin Impact,and to some fans, he is one of the most revered playable characters in all of Teyvat. Others find him a little annoying and too weak to use later on. Regardless of your opinion of Kaeya, he is an interesting character, with a mysterious backstory.
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Kaeya was sent to Mondstadt as a spy, by a neighboring underground region of Khaenri’ah. He is also a bit of a sadist in the cutscenes, which was enough for many fans to claim that he will soon be revealed as one of the antagonists in the game.
9Albedo Will “Lose Control”
As the Chief Alchemist and leader of the Knights of Favonius' Investigation Team, Albedo is well-situated in the world ofGenshin Impact.In one of the missions, he speaks to himself (and the Traveler) about the possibility of him “losing control” one day, asking the protagonist to stop him when the time comes.
Understandably, fans took this cutscene and ran with it as the foreshadowing of a future plotline in which Albedo does lose control and go off the rails as one of the featured antagonists. It’s a convincing theory, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see a similar development in one of the upcoming updates.
8There Is An 8th Element
The world of Teyvat’s most core principle is the fact that seven elements govern the laws of the land. However, for as long as the Abyss Order has been a part ofGenshin Impact’slore, many fans have speculated that the world has far more than the seven basic elements.
Perhaps the most influential of these potential “eighth elements” is sourced in the characters of Dainsleif and their Traveler’s sibling who heads the Abyss Order. Due to the mysterious properties of these powers, no player has been able to successfully pinpoint which element they are sourced in; as such, it has led to many players theorizing that the mysterious element is tied to Khaenri’ah, perhaps even being the reason the Cataclysm occurred.
In addition to this unknown element, some players even speculate that the element may be related to the powers of Collei in theGenshin Impactmanga, which also appear to exist outside of the game’s 7 elements. Yet, this has not been confirmed at the current moment.
7The Lost Sibling Is The Final Boss
This one is actually quite possible, and not far-fetched at all. Many players have been trying to make sense of the ultimate arc of the main story, arriving at the conclusion that after spending so much time apart, influenced by different people and events, the two lost siblings would eventually end up fighting each other.
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In the cutscene at the end of the second act of the Prologue, the sibling is seen with a calm and calculating expression when facing an Abyss Mage. There were no other hints suggesting that they may have turned evil, but that was enough for players to start spinning up wild theories. Besides, lost siblings battling each other is a well-known trope in gaming (ex. Kassandra and Alexios fromAssassin’s Creed Odyssey), so they might be onto something.
6Players Will Be Able To Discover The Abyss
The Abyss is not to be confused withthe Spiral Abyss, which players visit every now and then to challenge themselves in combat and win rewards. The Abyss is a place that, much like the Khaenri’ah, is located outside of the conventional frames of time and space. According to the in-game lore, it’s connected to the oceans, although the nature of that connection is unclear. It is also home to the Abyss Mages.
Why then would the players be able to visit and explore the Abyss? Well, the story points towards the Traveler’s sibling being the leader of the Abyss Order, an organization seeking revenge for the fate of Khaenri’ah. Since the main story ofGenshin Impactis driven by the Traveler’s quest to reunite with their sibling, it would make sense for them to make their way down to the Abyss at some point.
5Alice Might Be In Another Dimension
Alice is Klee’s mother, and she is nowhere to be found in Teyvat. There are multiple hints dropped by various characters regarding her personality and activities in the game’s world. Aside from mothering Klee, she was also involved in the culture of Teyvat, having written the Teyvat Travel Guide.
According to Klee, Alice left her three years prior to her meeting the Traveler, and went off “somewhere far and dangerous”. This led to fans coming up with a theory that she might currently be located in another dimension, and is yet to play a key part inGenshin Impact’smain story. As of the current version ofGenshin Impact, Alice’s voice has only been heard once during a limited-time event, in a recorded message she left for Klee during the Midsummer Island Adventure event.
