The Genshin Impact SumeruArchon Quest Chapter III: Act V - Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Risesis divided into five sub-quests, the fourth of which is calledWhere the Boat of Consciousness Lies. After meeting up with Nahida in the Sanctuary of Surasthana, you must use the Waypoint inside the building to head to the Deus Foundry to witness the birth of a new god.
All puzzle solutions & Chest locations in the Deus Foundry Balladeer Domain in Genshin Impact
Before heading inside the Domain, make sure to prepare abattle-ready team, as you’ll be encountering a lot of Fatui Skirmishers. Once inside, proceed forward and defeat the Hydro and Electro Fatui Skirmishers to open the door leading further in.
Turn leftand hook onto theFour-Leaf Sigil, then hook onto another Four-Leaf Sigil immediately after. You’ll find yourself on a small platform with pipes. You need toclimbthe pipe pictured above and head forward to enter the next room.
Follow the path to the large clearing, where you’ll notice that the images on the ground are not rotated correctly. Your goal is to rotate the four layers on the ground to form a coherent image. Follow the quest marker toward the door east of the room (south of the mini-map) to proceed.
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First device
Keep going until you’re at the edge of the metal platform, then carefullyjump onto the moving platform. Wait for the elevator to stop in front of another metal platform, then hook onto the Four-Leaf Sigil on the opposite side (pictured above). Next, climb the pipe to find a room with an Anemo Fatui Skirmisher.Defeathim to proceed.
Once the enemy has been defeated, turn your attention to the device on the same platform. You need to rotate it twice oruntil the images on the ground turn blue. This indicates that you’ve correctly rotated the illustrations to their intended position.
Second device
Once that’s done, lookbehindyou, thenturn leftandlookupto find a Four-Leaf Sigil. Hook onto the Four-Leaf Sigil to propel yourself upward, and follow by climbing the pipe on the same platform. Once you’re up, the door will open, revealing a Cryo Fatui Skirmisher. Defeat him to reveal anExquisite Chestand open the door to the next room. After looting the Chest, enter the room to find another device.
Rotate the device three times oruntil the second layer of images on the ground turns blue. This indicates that you’ve correctly rotated the illustrations to their intended position. Once that’s done, turnbackand follow the quest marker to another door that just opened. You’ll find adeviceon the groundthat controls the pathway of the mechanism.
Third device
Pay attention to the direction of the gear on top of the moving platform. You mustkeep rotatingthe device on the ground until the gear is facing theexact directionpictured in the image above. Doing so will allow the moving platform to follow the path you set.
Wait for the moving platform to come to you. But it won’t stop moving, so once it’s near you, immediatelyjump on itto ride. It will move toward aCommon Chestthat you can loot. After that, you can use the Four-Leaf Sigil to return to the device on the ground.
This time, you mustrotate the deviceuntil the gear is facing theexact directionpictured above. This will allow you to travel west.Jumponto the moving platform when it gets near you, then head toward the locked Chest via a Four-Leaf Sigil. Defeat the Fatui Skirmisher to unlock theCommon Chestand loot it.
In the same area, you’ll find the third device. Rotate it three times oruntil the third layer of images on the ground turns blue. This indicates that you’ve correctly rotated the illustrations to their intended position.
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Fourth device
Turn backtoward the previous room andlook upto find a Four-Leaf Sigil. Use it to get to the higher platform. From there, hook onto another Four-Leaf Sigil to reach a platform with two devices on the ground. You need to use them to control two moving platforms.
Start with thedevice on the right. Keep rotating it until the gear shifts to theexact positionpictured above. Once that’s done, rotate thedevice on the leftonce to activate the moving platform. Once it gets near,jumponto it and wait for it to take you to the other side. When the platform stops moving, jump onto the next area and climb the stairs to head to the next room.
Defeatthe two Fatui Skirmishers to loot anExquisite Chestand open the door leading further inside. You’ll immediately spot the last device, which you need to rotate seven times oruntil the fourth layer of images on the ground turns blue. This indicates that you’ve correctly rotated the illustrations to their intended position.
Anelevatorwill appear on the ground below, so glide toward it andstep inside. You’ll automatically be transported to another room directly outside the Scaramouche boss fight. After speaking to Nahida, the Domain will officially be completed. The quest will proceed with the boss fight against the Balladeer Boss, Shouki no Kami. Make sure to prepare a strong team to face off against the new god.
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