Glossary
This page contains a large list of terminology you might encounter when developing for Genshin Impact.
Official Terminology
This is terminology that is official: provided by Genshin Impact or Hoyoverse.
Activity
Activities are the temporary in-game events. Everything that appears in the "Events" page in-game is an activity, including new area and boss announcements.
A list of identified activities is listed below, split into true events and announcements. Internal names are derived from the ActivityType enum. During version 1.1, a pattern of using the game version in the internal ID began. For recurring events, the game version of the first instance of the event is used.
| Internal ID | Internal Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEA_LAMP | CBT-2 Lantern Rite |
| 2 | CRUCIBLE | 1.0 Elemental Crucible event |
| 3 | SALESMAN | Old version of the recurring Marvelous Merchandise event |
| 4 | TRIAL_AVATAR | Recurring Character Trial event |
| 9 | DELIVERY | 1.1 While It's Warm event |
| 10 | FLIGHT | 1.1 Gliding Challenge event |
| 1100 | ASTER | 1.1 Unreconciled Stars event |
| 1200 | DRAGONSPINE | 1.2 The Chalk Prince and the Dragon event |
| 1202 | EFFIGY | Recurring Hypostatic Symphony event |
| 1204 | TREASURE_MAP | Recurring Lost Riches event |
| 1205 | SALESMAN_MP | New version of the recurring Marvelous Merchandise event |
| 1300 | BLESSING | Recurring May Fortune Find You event |
| 1301 | EXPEDITION | 1.3 Five Flushes of Fortune event |
| 1302 | SEA_LAMP_NEW | 1.3 Lantern Rite |
| 1400 | FLEUR_FAIR | 1.4 Invitation of Windblume event |
| 1402 | ARENA_CHALLENGE | 1.4 Contending Tides event |
| 1403 | SPIRIT_CHALLENGE | 1.4 Wishful Drops event |
| 1404 | SIGNIN_COMPANION | 1.4 Outland Gastronomy event |
| 1502 | CHANNELER_SLAB | Recurring Energy Amplifier event |
| 1503 | MISTTRIAL | Recurring Misty Dungeon event |
| 1504 | HIDEANDSEEK | Recurring Windtrace event |
| 1505 | FIND_HILICHURL | 1.5 Mimi Tomo event |
| 1600 | SUMMER_TIME | 1.6 Midsummer Island Adventure event |
| 1601 | BUOYANT_COMBAT | 1.6 Never-Ending Battle event |
| 1602 | ECHO_SHELL | Recurring Echoing Tales/Resonating Visions event |
| 1603 | BOUNCE_CONJURING | 1.6 Kaboomball Kombat event |
| 2301 | WINTER_CAMP | 2.3 Shadows Amidst Snowstorms event |
| 2402 | SEA_LAMP_2_4 | 2.4 Lantern Rite (Fleeting Colors in Flight) |
| 2801 | SUMMER_TIME_2_8 | 2.8 Summertime Odyssey event |
| 3404 | SEA_LAMP_3_4 | 3.4 Lantern Rite (The Exquisite Night Chimes) |
| Internal ID | Internal Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1501 | MONSTER_BANNER_DRAKE_PRIMO_ROCK | 1.5 Azhdaha Trounce Domain announcement |
| 1506 | MONSTER_BANNER_EFFIGY_ICE | 1.5 Cryo Hypostatis announcement |
| 1507 | HOMEWORLD | 1.5 Teapot announcement |
| 2003 | MONSTER_BANNER_EFFIGY_FIRE | 2.0 Pyro Hypostasis announcement |
| 2004 | MONSTER_BANNER_PERPETUAL | 2.0 Perpetual Mechanical Array announcement |
| 2104 | MONSTER_BANNER_EFFIGY_WATER | 2.1 Hydro Hypostasis announcement |
| 2105 | MONSTER_BANNER_RAIJIN | 2.1 Thunder Manifestation announcement |
| 3405 | SANDY_LAND_BANNER | 3.4 Desert of Hadramaveth announcement |
Avatar
Internal name for a character.
City Level
Internal name for the level of Statues of The Seven.
Gadget
A broad type of in-game object, used for many things, including platforms, lasers, and Seelies.
hcoin
Internal name for Primogems. Not sure what the H stands for.
Home World
Internal name for the teapot world; a player's "home".
mcoin
Internal name for Genesis Crystals. Not sure what the M stands for.
scoin
Internal name for Mora. Not sure what the S stands for.
Scene
A "dimension" of a world. Examples for the main world include the overworld, domains, Enkanomiya, underground Chasm, etc.
Scenes contain their own logic, implemented in Lua scripts. Within the official server files, scene logic is implemented in the lua/scene/[id] directory, with the main script being titled scene[id].lua.
Tower
Internal name for the Spiral Abyss.
World
A collection of scenes that contain players.
Wiki Terminology
This is terminology that is not official, and that has been decided by the community or this Wiki.
Side of the World
Genshin Impact has two Sides of the World: Overseas (or OS, which includes everything outside China) and China (or CN, which only includes China Mainland). These two Sides of the World have different endpoints and if you are in one, you (usually) can't access the other.