Genshin Impact: How to Unlock the Journey Through the Wild (Balloon) Event

Traversing the Wilds was the last confirmed in-game event for Genshin Impact 3.3 before transitioning to update 3.4. Players can unlock it in the following ways.

Genshin Impact's Across the Wilderness Version 3.3 campaign must be unlocked before players can earn rewards. A limited-time special event puts players in a mini-game where they must collect wild balloons within a limited time. Obtaining items using the traversal skill is what gave the event the unofficial name "Balloon Event".

After the release on January 3, the event will receive a new route every five days for players to challenge. The goal of Genshin Impact's wilderness journey is for players to collect as many wilderness balloons as possible within a limited time. As one of the many events in Genshin Impact 3.3, players will be rewarded with coveted prizes, including Primogems, for their performance.

Requirements To Unlock Genshin Impact’s Across The Wilderness Event

For players to unlock Genshin Impact's Across the Wilderness event, they must complete a number of requirements. Fortunately, these are not very difficult to achieve. To start, players must be at or above an Adventure Rating (AR) of 20. The second requirement is that they have completed the Archon quest "Prologue: Act III - Song of Dragons and Liberty". For reference, this is the last act of the Mondstadt questline, which means that AR 20 players Or above and sent to the Liyue area under the original god to participate in the event.

After meeting the preconditions, players who want to participate in the Wilderness Crossing event and obtain corresponding rewards need to trigger it. Although they will be notified in the Events tab, players should head directly to the Adventurers Guild. Talking to Katheryne will start a dialogue that will lead to Genshin Impact's Journey through the Wilds event.

Genshin Impact: Across The Wilderness’ Rewards Include Primogems

Completing the challenges presented by Genshin Impact's Across the Wilderness event will reward players with multiple rewards. These include Mora, Hero's Wit, Mystic Enhancement Ore, Talent Level-Up Materials, and some Primogems available for Genshin Impact 3.3. Players who complete the suggested challenges must claim their rewards before the event ends.

According to Game8, Genshin Impact's Across the Wilderness event will feature multiple trials at four different locations. One stage is in Mond, another in Liyue, and two in the Sumeru area, which is the closest area in Genshin Impact. To complete objectives in The Balloon Incident, players will be able to select Blessings that enhance their character's ability to travel.

Selected player Leapbless increases their jump height, while Treasurebless increases the Wilderness Balloon's search radius. Genshin Impact's Across the Wilderness event is the last planned in-game event for this release. The next update, Genshin Impact 3.4, which brings Alhaitham and Yaoyao as playable characters, is expected to arrive on January 18, although this has yet to be confirmed by HoYoverse.

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