Genshin Impact’s Serenitea Pot allows players to build their own homes inside a pocket dimension contained within a teapot kept in the player's inventory. Gamers can create a small world, place furniture and decorations, and even craft entire structures within the teapot's confines. Now, Genshin Impact has announced an upcoming maintenance period specifically for the Serenitea Pot's item placement function.
The Serenitea Pot has been warmly received overall, although many players are still very aware of its limitations and the occasional bug. Several gamers have reported issues with item placement, for better or for worse. With this in mind, it may not be a surprise that the system is getting some maintenance.
In a blog post hosted on HoYoLAB, miHoYo announced that the Serenitea Pot's placement menu will be undergoing maintenance at the same time as Genshin Impact Version 2.6 drops on March 30, 2022. During the maintenance period, players will not be able to access the placement menu, though it seems they will still be able to enter the Serenitea Pot. The maintenance will begin as soon as the update drops, presumably so that players will be busy exploring the new content while the placement menu is down.
It's unclear how long the maintenance period will last, but miHoYo will inform gamers via in-game notice and community channels when the maintenance is complete. Apparently, all players who have reached Adventure Rank 5 and above before 03/30/2022 at 06:00 (UTC+8) will be eligible for compensation. This compensation will take the form of 300 Primogems and 5000 in Realm Currency, which may sweeten the pot of being unable to access the placement menu for a while. However, this compensation must be claimed before the end of Version 2.6, or it will expire. According to the post, even players who have not yet unlocked the Serenitea Pot will be able to receive the Realm Currency--it will simply appear when the teapot is unlocked.
At the moment, it's unclear what prompted the Serenitea Pot placement menu maintenance. However, some fans on Reddit have their suspicions about a possible cause. Specifically, Redditor emm_emm has expressed fear that miHoYo intends to remove the clipping bug currently found in the Serenitea Pot. As of writing, this glitch allows players to place one item inside of another, which can lead to some very unique builds. It can also be used to create seamless joints and conveniently contained farming plots.
Genshin Impact is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, PS5. A Switch version is currently in development.
Source: HoYoLAB