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11 The world of 9 Yin Sutra: Wuxia is presented as a continuous, living landscape rather than a set of separate levels. The studio describes an ever-changing sky over mountains and rivers, in a world alive with the warmth and bustle of everyday life.
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34 Confirmed Regions
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56 RegionDescriptionJiangnanTranquil waterways, quiet bridges, and flowing streams. Described as picturesque.Central PlainsThe storied martial heartland, with bustling cities.Frontier desertsVast desert expanses at the edges of the map.Southwestern mountainsRugged mountain country, including towering peaks and mighty rivers.
67 These four are the only regions named so far. The studio's framing, that every road reveals a new vista and perhaps a new opportunity, suggests a denser subdivision within them, but no province, city, sect location, or landmark has been named individually.
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89 Weather
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1011 Weather is a system rather than set dressing. Four types are named, and all four are described as sweeping across the world without warning:
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1213 Blazing sunTorrential rainBlizzardsSandstorms
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1415 The studio states that weather transforms the landscape and shapes how the player travels. That is a stronger claim than visual variety, and it is repeated in the trailer description, which calls the world a living martial-arts world shaped by dynamic weather. How weather affects movement, combat, or survival mechanically has not been detailed.
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1617 Traversal
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1819 Confirmed traversal activities include delving into hidden caves and scaling towering peaks. The studio also refers to experiencing the jianghu from multiple perspectives, though it has not clarified whether that means camera options, character options, or narrative viewpoints.
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2021 Not Yet Confirmed
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2223 World size, or whether the map is fully seamlessAny named city, town, sect headquarters, or landmarkFast travel, mounts, or lightness-skill traversalWhether regions gate progression or are open from the startDay and night cycles, or a calendarWhether weather has mechanical effects beyond travel