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Genshin Impact - Exploding Population Quest Guide

Exploding Population is the first Fishing Quest in Genshin Impact. Learn how to unlock Exploding Population and the Fishing System, all quest locations, a full quest walkthrough, quest rewards, and other information in this guide!

List of Contents

Exploding Population Quest Information

Fishing Quest Details

Quest Type World Quest
Location Mondstadt
Required AR 35
Quest Giver Katheryne

How to Unlock Exploding Population

How to Unlock Reach Adventure Rank 35+
Unlock the Housing System
Talk to Mondstadt Katheryne

Talk to Katheryne of Mondstadt

Talk to Katheryne
After unlocking the Serenitea Pot, talk to Katheryne at Mondstadt's Adventurer's Guild to start the fishing quest! Completing this quest will unlock the Fishing System and let you catch Fish.
Fishing System Gameplay Guide

Exploding Population Walkthrough and Rewards

Exploding Population

The Mondstadt Adventurer's Guild seem to have posted a special commission...

Exploding Population Objectives

  • Find and Talk to Nantuck
  • Meet Nantuck at Cider Lake
  • Fish in Cider Lake
  • Talk to Nantuck
  • Catch an Ornamental Fish in the Stormbearer Mountains
  • Show Nantuck the Ornamental Fish

Exploding Population Walkthrough

Objectives
1
Talk to Katheryne
Mondstadt's Katheryne will tell you about a commission involving the Fishing Association and ask you to talk to Nantuck.
2
Genshin - Exploding population - Nantuck Outside Mondstadt
Nantuck will be located by the water outside the walls of Mondstadt City, facing the Whispering Woods.
3
Genshin - Exploding Population - Meet Nantuck at Cider Lake
Nantuck will ask you to meet at a fishing spot on Cider Lake. Here, he will give you Fishing Bait and the Wilderness Fishing Rod.

Nantuck will also give you the Fruit Paste Bait Recipe for free!
4
Genshin - Exploding Population - Unlock Fishing
Nantuck will ask you to try Fishing! Follow the tutorial and catch a Medaka before talking to Nantuck again.
5
Genshin - Exploding Population - Ornamental Fish
Nantuck will then tell you about Ornamental Fish, which you can keep in your teapot as pets. He will ask you to go to Stormterror's Lair to catch an Ornamental Fish.

You can also catch an Ornamental Fish in the first Fishing Spot that Nantuck has brought you to!
6
Genshin - Exploding Population - Nantuck
Once you've caught an Ornamental Fish, go back and talk to Nantuck again to complete the fishing unlock quest!

Quest Rewards

Rewards
Genshin Impact - Hero Hero's Wit ×3 Genshin Impact - Mora Image Mora ×30000

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2 Anonymous Anonymous over 2 years

This might need to get updated since i got the serenitea pot at AR30 and started this questline at AR33 but Im pretty sure i got it at AR30 aswell.

1 Piemur1 Piemur1 about 4 years

I think this will need to be updated to reflect that you require the Serenitea Pot reward from the AR 35+ quest A Teapot to Call Home to begin, so the lowest rank you can get this is at AR35.

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