#And the Tanuki Shrine for Luck with Money

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Here’s probably the final update to The Shrine

[nixotinix]

how I, an ar 54 genshin player, am farming primogems for 2.4

hey! its been a while since I've made a post here, let alone a genshin post. last time i posted anything about genshin was during raiden's banner maybe? anyways. Here's a comprehensive guide on how I'm currently farming primogems for Xiao, since I know that a lot of highly wanted characters (i.e. Xiao, Ganyu, Zhongli) are getting reruns in 2.4. If you're as unprepared as I am, you might've been searching the internet looking for ways to get primogems without spending any money. Well you're in luck. Over the span of 3 days, I've managed to go from no pulls to 23 pulls. How does he do it? Let's find out :))

Disclaimer: the sheer amount of work this requires is enough to burn a LOT of people out. I'm just sticking with it because I've wanted Xiao since I started playing in version 1.5. So if this looks like a lot of work, which it is, double think doing all of this. And if you do decide to take this on, take lots of breaks. I expect this to be at least a week-long endeavor for most. But if you have more time than money, this might just be your route to take.

first up! Dailies and events. Oh my god do not slack off on dailies and events. You get 60 primogems a day, and events can give you even more than that. The recent Marvelous Merchandise event was a gold mine for primogems. If you can afford it, the Blessing of the Welkin Moon is also a goldmine. Over the span of 30 days, you get a total of 3,000 primogems, which includes the 300 genesis crystals obtained along with the daily 90 primos.

next up! The next easiest way to farm primos is through quests. Archon quests being the most obvious, but world quests can sometimes give primos. I've included a handy list of the most significant world quests that give primogems. You can look up walkthroughs to figure out how to initiate each quest.

Mondstadt: Time and the Wind-60 primogems/Bough Keeper: Dainsleif-60 primogems/In The Mountains-60 primogems/The Festering Fang-50 primogems/The Great Mountain Survey-40 primogems/The Great Mountain Survey II-40 primogems/A Land Entombed-50 primogems/Lost In The Snow-40 primogems/Ah, Fresh Meat!-40 primogems// Total: 440 Primogems

Liyue: Little Game-30 primogems/And This Treasure Goes To...-40 primogems/A Provisional Arrangement-20 primogems/Big Business-30 primogems/Books In The Woods-20 primogems/Luhua Landscape-50 primogems/Nine Pillars of Peace-50 primogems/No Restoring This Past Land of Beauty-30 primogems/Old Tastes Die Hard-20 primogems/Overstretched-20 primogems/Share Not Your Treasures-30 primogems/The Chi of Guyun-60 primogems/The Tree Who Stands Alone-50 primogems/Treasure Lost, Treasure Found-80 primogems/The Yaksha's Wish-30 primogems// Total: 560 Primogems

Inazuma: The Seventh Samurai-30 primogems/Dreams of Sword Art-40 primogems/Treatment on the Island-30 primogems/Gourmet Supremos, Assemble!-20 primogems/Gourmet Supremos: Of Shrines and Sakura-20 primogems/Gourmet Supremos: The Seashore Strider-20 primogems/Hayashi of Tanuki in the Forest-30 primogems/Hiromi's Watch-30 primogems/Temari Game-20 primogems/Tatara Tales: The Saga-220 total primogems// Total: 460 Primogems

next! Hangout events. As of right now, there are hangout events for: Chongyun, Noelle, Barbara, Bennett, Diona, Sayu, Thoma, Beidou, and Gorou, with Noelle having two different hangouts. Each hangout gives a minimum of 80 primogems for getting every ending. This gives at least 800 primogems for doing every hangout.

now we get to the most tedious part. the next way to collect primogems is to collect any anemoculus, geoculus, or electroculus you may have missed. I prefer watching youtube videos that show exactly how to get to each. With there being almost 200 electroculi alone, with Enkanomiya on the way in 2.4, this is going to be incredibly tedious. Not to mention you need all of the geoculus for the Nine Pillars of Peace quest. But if you think this is tedious, you haven't seen anything yet.

The last and most tedious way to gather primogems is to get 100% exploration everywhere, mostly including all chests. This will take days, and I do mean days. It took me 2 hours to get halfway through Dragonspine's chests. Similar to the oculi, there are some walkthroughs on how to get every chest, along with interactive maps. This isn't completely necessary, but if you're desperate, I'd say go for it.

Good luck, and happy wishing!

[skippyv20]

Thank you❤️❤️❤️❤️

                  Tanuki

Native to East Asia, raccoon dogs (also known as a “tanuki”) are frequently misunderstood animals that serve as a major cultural icon in Japan.

Despite their masked appearance, raccoon dogs are not closely related to raccoons. Rather, they belong to the Canidae family, alongside wolves and foxes.The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is also a basal species, which means it most resembles the ancestral form of the Canidae family. 

Raccoon dogs are not considered endangered at the moment, but according to Zoo Atlanta — one of only two zoos in the U.S. that exhibit the animals — “they are an example of a species that could come under threat in the future due to unsustainable activities,” such as the fur trade.

Companionship and family is important for these critters, so they usually live in monogamous pairs or in small, close-knit groups.

Male raccoon dogs, in particular, have an exceptional reputation for being both compassionate partners and fathers. They’ve been observed bringing food to their pregnant mates, and after their partner gives birth, they take an active, important role in the parenting of pups.

While wolves, foxes and other canines have no trouble braving the snowy, barren winter months, raccoon dogs living in far north ranges prefer to hunker down. To do this, they pack on fat, decrease their metabolism by 25 percent and settle inside their burrows until warmer weather arrives. What’s especially remarkable about their hibernation habits is that they don’t go it alone. Another testimonial to how important social relationships are to these creatures: raccoon dogs are communal hibernators that prefer to cuddle up to their partners when they slumber.

Tanuki are found throughout Japanese folklore as mystical spirits called Bake-danuki. 

The subspecies of raccoon dog native to Japan is known as the tanuki. In addition to being a real animal, tanuki are also found throughout Japanese folklore as mystical, shape-shifting spirits called Bake-danuki.

Bake-danuki, which literally means “monster raccoon dog,” belong to a class of Japanese spirit monsters called the yōkai. While most yōkai have a tendency for outright malevolence, the bake-danuki has shed this frightening reputation over the past few centuries in favor of a more harmless, jovial lifestyle focused on bestowing humans with good fortune and prosperity.

Today, the furry, fun-loving scamp is depicted with a bulbous belly, a massive scrotum and a host of goofy facial expressions. The items he carries may vary, but it’s most common to see him clutching a sake flask and a promissory note of unpaid bills.

An 1881 Yoshitoshi woodblock print of a group of tanuki with large scrotums.

The mythical tanuki’s exaggerated scrotum has nothing to do with male virility or sexual over-indulgence.The origin of this defining characteristic dates back to 19th century, when metal workers wrapped gold in tanuki skin before hammering it into gold leaf. The strength of the tanuki’s skin was so great that, according to legend, a tiny piece of gold could be hammered thin enough to stretch across eight tatami mats. Because the Japanese terms for a small ball of gold (“kin no tama”) and testicles (“kintama”) are so phonetically similar, the image of a tanuki with a gigantic testicular region is now associated with good fortune and stretching one’s money.

Bake-danuki, or tanuki statues, are often placed at entrances of restaurants to beckon paying customers but can also be see at the entrance of shrines, like this one.  

Bake-danuki represent prosperity and economic growth, so it’s no surprise that Japanese businesses would want to harness that good luck. Much like the famous Maneki-neko (commonly known to Westerners as the Japanese lucky cat), bake-danuki statues are placed at the entrances of restaurants and bars to beckon visitors. The approximate meaning of these wealth-bringing statues translates to “come in, don’t be stingy.”

A scene from the 1994 animated film ‘Pom Poko.’ (Image: 'Pom Poko’ screencap)

In Studio Ghibli’s famous 1994 animated film “Pom Poko,” a community of fun-loving, shape-shifting tanuki unite to stop human developers from razing the forest where they live.The tanuki use industrial sabotage, magical illusions, acts of eco-terrorism and, of course, their comically large scrotums to fight back against the destruction of their habitat.

When the time came to release an English version of this classic environmental children’s film, directors made several changes to cater to a more Western audience, including calling the animals “raccoons” instead of “raccoon dogs” or “tanuki.” Additionally, while the overt scrotal cameos are not considered scandalous in Japanese culture, producers of the English dub version made a decision to refer to them as “pouches” instead.