Genshin Impact Encounters Always Happen on a Holiday quest guide

Complete guide to Encounters Always Happen on a Holiday quest with rewards, strategies, and sequel unlock tips

Quest Overview and Prerequisites

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Encounters Always Happen on a Holiday represents a delightful World Quest adventure within Genshin Impact’s Easybreeze Holiday Resort expansion. This charming side story introduces players to three memorable characters—Ifa, Cacucu, and Ororon—who challenge travelers to an unconventional fishing competition to determine who can secure the most impressive aquatic capture.

To initiate this quest chain, you must first complete the second segment of the Sunspray Summer Resort narrative arc. After finishing this prerequisite, navigate to the teleportation point situated south of Easybreeze Market. From this location, journey southeast toward the lakeside area where Ifa, Cacucu, and Ororon await. Simply approaching this character trio will automatically commence the quest sequence.

Fishing Competition Walkthrough

The fishing competition against Ifa and Ororon unfolds through a streamlined cinematic experience rather than traditional gameplay mechanics. Unlike standard fishing activities in Genshin Impact, this encounter resolves through a single cutscene interaction where pressing the spacebar once initiates your catch attempt. Surprisingly, your character reels in an Asha specimen rather than conventional fish.

Competition progression reveals Ifa successfully capturing both a Koholasaur and standard capybara, while Ororon achieves the most impressive feat—landing an enormous capybara that earns the regal title Capybara King. This naming ceremony occurs during the quest’s conclusion.

Upon competition completion, your rewards include 20 Primogems, a commemorative photograph, and a special Gift Egg presented by Capybara King. This egg can be accessed through your inventory system, where consuming it yields a randomly selected Natlan culinary creation. Strategic players may choose to preserve the egg indefinitely rather than consuming it immediately.

Post-Quest Content and Secrets

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Following quest completion, travel northward to discover Capybara King resting in a new location. This creature functions similarly to capybara local legends found throughout Natlan, and defeating it grants the coveted No Air Force achievement. For optimal combat effectiveness, deploy Jean to launch the capybara airborne and inflict plunge attack damage. Additionally, utilize claymore-wielding characters to disrupt the creature’s charging animations, preventing powerful counterattacks.

A crucial post-quest detail involves the photograph received during the competition. After a daily server reset occurs, revisit the location depicted in this image to activate the subsequent World Quest chapter. This timing mechanism ensures players cannot immediately continue the narrative, encouraging exploration of other resort activities meanwhile.

Advanced Strategies and Tips

For players seeking to optimize their Capybara King encounter, consider assembling a team featuring Jean alongside other anemo characters who can maintain airborne control. Claymore users like Diluc or Noelle provide excellent interruption capabilities against charging attacks. Position archers like Ganyu at distance to deal continuous damage while melee fighters engage directly.

Common mistakes include attempting the boss fight without proper elemental preparation or misunderstanding the daily reset requirement for the sequel quest. Ensure your adventure rank and character levels adequately prepare you for combat challenges, as the Capybara King possesses substantial health reserves and aggressive attack patterns.

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