Time Off! is a quest in Ningguang's Hangout Event: Act I - The Jade Chamber's Returning Guest.
Steps[]
- Wait until the following day (07:00–08:00)
- Wake Ningguang up
- Talk to Ningguang
- Do something you never normally have time for. Proceed to Liyue Millennial.
- Do something you never normally have the opportunity to do, and...
- Start at the bottom of the ladder. Proceed to Starting From Zero.
- Find some work at Northland Bank. Proceed to Endless Smoke.
Dialogue[]
Quest DescriptionNingguang has been working pretty hard all day. You'd like to help her take a day off. She seems to have some idea of what she'd like to do during this down-time...
- (Wait until the following day (07:00–08:00))
- (Wake Ningguang up)
- Ningguang: Yes, I'm already awake.
- Ningguang: I'll be out in a moment. I'm just changing.
- (Talk to Ningguang)
- Ningguang: Good morning. Did you sleep well?
The same as usual.
- Ningguang: That's good. I was worried you'd be a little uncomfortable.
- I was a little nervous.
- Ningguang: There's nothing to worry about. We just need to go through the schedule you made and tick the items off one by one.
I was so excited I couldn't sleep.
- Ningguang: Oh, how strange — me too! ...I'm joking, of course — I slept like a baby. Sorry to disappoint you.
- Ningguang: So. What's item one on today's schedule?
- Here. Take a look for yourself.
- Ningguang: Hmm...
- Ningguang: I imagine this must have taken Baishi completely by surprise.
- Yes, but she said she'd leave it up to me.
- Ningguang: Sure. There's no harm in changing my schedule around once in a while.
- Ningguang: My schedule is usually very tightly packed, and any extra time I can squeeze out is spent on preparing for the future.
- Ningguang: So it'll be quite nice to take a break.
- You don't take many breaks, huh?
- Ningguang: I don't often feel tired. Seeing the Mora come in has a way of making me feel quite invigorated.
- Ningguang: Still, your idea is very sensible. Mora can only lift a weary spirit. It cannot alleviate physical fatigue.
- Ningguang: So then. The day's ahead of us. Any ideas on how to spend it?
- Let's do something you never normally have time for. (This dialogue option leads to Liyue Millennial.)
- Ningguang: Something I never have time for...
- Ningguang: Ah, have you played the chess game I made? Or heard of it, perhaps?
- Never heard of it...
- Ningguang: It's called Liyue Millennial. Based on classic chess, but with different rules.
- Is it called Liyue Millennial?
- Ningguang: Yes. It's based on classic chess, but with different rules.
- Ningguang: When I was designing it, I wanted it not only to be a fun game, but also capture Liyue's culture in a unique way.
- Ningguang: So I introduced a lot of concepts that aren't part of traditional chess, as well as different chess pieces and even boards.
- Ningguang: I'm constantly revising and expanding it. So far, there are over 30 editions.
- What an ambitious project...
- It sounds quite complicated...
- Ningguang: True. That's one reason why it's been difficult to catch on.
- Ningguang: But I don't feel that making it easier to learn is necessarily a good thing.
- Ningguang: Isn't one of the joys of playing chess to continually learn and progress through a complex set of rules?
- So how do we get people interested in it?
- Ningguang: I think the key will be to make something that easily catches the attention of people who haven't played much chess before.
- Ningguang: I'm planning to make a new set with the board and pieces based on the battle for Liyue.
- Ningguang: One side will play the guardians of Liyue Harbor. The other side will play the Fatui and Osial.
- Sounds fun.
- I'd play that.
- Ningguang: No problem. I will let you try it out as soon as I finish the prototype.
- Ningguang: I want to make each of the chess pieces of Liyue Millennial as true-to-life as possible.
- Ningguang: And no Guardians of Liyue chess set would be complete without you, would it?
- You're going to make a chess piece based on me?
- Ningguang: I am indeed. Many of them, in fact.
- Ningguang: My thinking was that only people who pre-order the chess set at full price will be eligible to receive the limited-edition Traveler chess piece.
- Ningguang: It seems only fitting for someone of your status.
- So I'm part of the marketing plan...
- Ningguang: Naturally, since you are the face of that historic event. I intend to make chess pieces for everyone who was involved that day, including myself.
- Ningguang: Everyone who owns this chess set will preserve this moment in history in a vivid and compelling form.
- It sounds great.
- Ningguang: Then it's decided.
- Ningguang: Come with me. To make this chess piece, I need to take some measurements.
- (Proceed to Liyue Millennial)
- Let's do something you never normally have the opportunity to do. (This dialogue option leads to Starting From Zero or Endless Smoke.)
- Ningguang: Something I never have the opportunity to do...
- Ningguang: Interesting. Before I decide, I'd like to know... what gave you this idea?
- Ningguang: Because as far as most people are concerned, Mora is the key to any and all opportunities.
- But being a member of the Liyue Qixing is a limitation.
- But Mora can also be a limitation.
- Ningguang: Yes, you're absolutely right. This is what I appreciate about you, you see things the way they are rather than how they appear.
- Ningguang: I want to do something a little self-indulgent. Is that okay by you?
- Sure. Whatever you feel like doing.
- The day is yours. Do with it as you please.
- Ningguang: Thank you. Alright here it is — I've always thought it would be fun to recapture what life was like before I joined the Liyue Qixing.
- Ningguang: I was born into a humble family, and all the wealth you see now began with a single haul of fish.
- You... know how to fish?
- Ningguang: Hehe. I had to. I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
- Ningguang: Fishing isn't the half of it. You'd be amazed at some of the odd jobs I've worked in my time.
- Ningguang: A lot of the old folks like to brag about how I used to be their errand-runner back in the day... hehe.
- It's hard to imagine...
- But it makes sense.
- Ningguang: They were tough times. But I had a clear goal and plenty of motivation.
- Ningguang: If I didn't make any money in the morning, I'd have no food for lunch. I guess that's why I came to be so obsessed with Mora.
- Ningguang: I want to re-live that time from my life, feel some of that drive again. Take a trip down memory lane.
- Ningguang: So how about it? Will you join me?
- Sure.
- It's not what I was expecting but it sounds like a lot of fun.
- Ningguang: Great. Then let me lay down the ground rules.
- Ningguang: We're not to use our status or reputation in Liyue Harbor to our advantage, and we have no starting capital.
- Ningguang: The goal is to see how much Mora we can make under these conditions.
- Let's start at the bottom of the ladder. (This dialogue option leads to Starting From Zero.)
- Ningguang: Okay, but working as a day laborer could be quite dull...
- Ningguang: Why don't we go down to the docks?
- Ningguang: They periodically throw out a lot of unclaimed or abandoned goods. We might find something that we can exchange for Mora.
- That's not the most dignified way to make money...
- Ningguang: What does it matter? Don't worry about it, it's all part of the fun.
- Ningguang: Come on. Let's go down to the docks.
- (Proceed to Starting From Zero)
- Let's go and find some work at Northland Bank. (This dialogue option leads to Endless Smoke.)
- Ningguang: I can see why you'd suggest that. You're thinking I could use my knowledge of how Mora works to my advantage and make a lot of money there.
- Ningguang: But Northland Bank is a special case. I rather suspect I would not be welcome there.
- Because you've clashed in the past?
- Ningguang: Yes, and also... Never mind, I'll just show you. It won't eat up too much time.
- Ningguang: I expect they still hold a grudge against me to this day.
- (Proceed to Endless Smoke)
Other Languages[]
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Time Off! | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 放假时间！ Fàngjià Shíjiān! | Holiday Time! |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 放假時間！ Fàngjià Shíjiān! | |
| Japanese | 休み時間！ Yasumi Jikan! | Break Time! |
| Korean | 휴가 시간! Hyuga Sigan! | Vacation Time! |
| Spanish | ¡Tiempo libre! | Free Time! |
| French | Jour de congé ! | Day Off! |
| Russian | Время отдыха! Vremya otdykha! | Free Time! |
| Thai | ถึงเวลาพักแล้ว! | |
| Vietnamese | Thời Gian Nghỉ Ngơi! | |
| German | Auszeit! | Downtime! |
| Indonesian | Libur Telah Tiba! | Holiday Has Arrived! |
| Portuguese | Tempo Livre! | Free Time! |
| Turkish | Mola Zamanı! | |
| Italian | Tempo libero! |
Change History[]
Released in Version 2.4