Fontaine's precious chests Genshin impact 4.0-4.2 - one of the most valuable types of treasures that can be obtained in Hydro region. They are awarded for completion world quests and solving sometimes difficult puzzles, and as a reward you will receive useful items. Everything you can find in Fontaine 82 precious chest.
In this article we will tell you in detail where to find and how to open all the precious chests in Fontaine in each of the already released patches. We will also show you the solution to the riddles associated with them and indicate how to complete the corresponding quests.
Where to find all the precious chests in Fontaine in Genshin Impact 4.0
В update 4.0 three areas emerged:
- Bello area.
- Beryl area.
- Cours de Fontaine.
In these areas you can find 47 precious chests, of which 6 quests, 22 underwater and 6 underground. Before you start clearing the map, it is recommended to complete the following tasks:
- quest chain Ann of the Narcissencreutz.
- quest chain ancient colors.
- quest Traces of the tide.
Precious Chest 1
Location: Bello area, Western slope of Mont Atoneki.
Go to the teleporter in the southern part of the Bello area and go a little northeast. Hanging above the slope is a mysterious device needed for the quest. "Still Mouthwatering". You need to select energy blocks with Usia or Pneuma located nearby and shoot with an archer at the device in the air. After this, enemies will appear that need to be defeated. For solving the puzzle you will be rewarded with a precious chest containing a mysterious core.
Read a detailed guide on how to solve riddles with mysterious core.
Precious Chest 2
Location: Bello area, Western slope of Mont Atoneki
The chest is located on the left bank of the Western slope of Mount Mon Atoneki. In order to open it, you need to solve a riddle with three water level intelligence crystals nearby.
First of all, defeat two phantasmsstanding by the water nearby. Then move north to the water level reconnaissance crystal. Take the Hydrogranum next to the barrel and stand with it in the water so that it turns into a Hydro Core. Use it to fill the crystal and begin to accompany it.
Get to the second water level reconnaissance crystal and do the same steps: pick up the Hydrogranum, place it in the water and use it to fill the barrel. Now escort two crystals at the same time and move to the next device.
When two barrels are next to the third, do the same again and fill all three crystals at the same time.
Once all three devices are filled with Hydro, they no longer need to be accompanied, as they will drive towards the precious chest and unlock it.
Precious chests 3-4
Location: Belleau area, north of Poisson Village.
Chests numbered 3 and 4 are located on the shore near the house in the northern part of the Bello district and become available after completing the world quest "Still Mouthwatering". Two chests will appear next to the house.
Precious Chest 5
Location: Beryl area, south of Elinas.
Located west of south teleport Beryl area. At the bottom of the waterfall there is a device and two blue slabs. To solve the puzzle, use the energy block: Usia and launch the device. Then defeat the enemies and stabilize the mechanism with Pneuma. This will attract another wave of monsters that you need to defeat and get a precious chest with mysterious core.
Precious Chest 6
Location: Beryl area, south of Elinas
Teleport to the southern part of the Beryl area and go down to the ruins to the north. Next to them is a locked precious chest and three fairy gardens. To open it, you need to solve a puzzle with three fairies nearby and escort them to the casket. In the process you can also get luxury chest и hydrocool.
Find out in a separate article how to solve riddle with 3 fairies and a precious chest in Beryl.
Precious Chest 7
Location: Beryl area, south of Elinas.
West of Hydro Archon Statues, in the Beryl area, there is a camp khilichurlov, in whose hut you can find a chest. To obtain it, you will need to defeat two mitachurls and a lavachurl with a stone shell.
Precious Chest 8
Location: Beryl area, Elinas.
Go to Statue of Hydro Archon in the Beryl area and run from it along the path to the west, where you will find an animal gap. In it you need to complete a test during which you have to protect three crystals from several waves of Rupture puppies in order to get a precious chest.
Precious Chest 9
Location: Beryl area, Elinas.
The chest is located south of Hydro Archon Statues, in the center of Boiling Lake. In order to unlock it, you have to move it three water level intelligence crystals into the middle of the reservoir and activate them with Hydrogranum. Completely solving the riddle will reward you with the achievement Cooling the Hearth and a luxurious chest.
Read more in the article about Boiling Lake at Fontaine.
Precious Chest 10
Location: Beryl area, Very warm place.
To get the chest, collect 13 mysterious pages in Fontaine and place them in the Book of Revelation, which becomes available during and after completing the quest "Secrets of the Book of Revelation".
A separate guide tells where to find everything mysterious pages.
Precious Chest 11
Location: Beryl area, Very warm place.
Use the teleportation point in the Very Warm Place inside Elinas and travel to the northern part of the cave. The chest is guarded by two protogena clefts, which must be defeated to unlock the chest.
Precious Chest 12
Location: Beryl area, Elinas.
Head to the coast east of Elinas and reach the wavewalker parking lot. A device with pneumusia, with which you need to test and stabilize the mechanism. Use the Pneuma and Usia energy blocks lying nearby to shoot at the device at the right moments and defeat the enemies it attracts. For successful completion you will be given a chest with mysterious core.
Precious Chest 13
Location: Beryl area, Elinas.
From the teleport on the mountain on Elinas, travel northwest, where the beast gap is located. Destroy several waves of Rupture puppies and prevent enemies from breaking the crystals to get a precious chest.
Precious Chest 14
Location: Beryl area, northern Elinas.
The last beast gap, for which you can get a precious chest and a hidden achievement, is located north of the previous one next to the teleporter. Defeat the Rip Hounds and protect the crystals to earn rewards.
Precious Chest 15
Location: Beryl area, northern Elinas.
In the northern area of Elinas, near the teleport, there is a precious chest. It is guarded by the protogens of the crevices, which you can not defeat and just take the chest.
Precious Chest 16
Location: Cours de Fontaine, western part.
Head west from Cour de Fontaine and follow the coastline to the edge of the map. On a small island, next to the lumps in the sand, there is a locked chest. To get it, bring three fairies nearby to their gardens.
Use the echo flask lying nearby to highlight areas for exploration.
The first fairy is behind a pile of stones, to the left of the phantasms.
You will find another spirit in the southeast of the chest. Click the button "Dig"to get the creation.
The last fairy is located above the casket. You can get to it by excavating a Hydro portal, which will take the character to the top. When all three fairies are in place, the chest will open. A wind current will also appear, with which you can collect hydrocool.
Precious Chest 17
Location: Cours de Fontaine, western part.
Run along the road southwest from the teleporter located in the northwest of Cour de Fontaine. The chest is located near the tower, and to open it you will need to defeat three meks.
Precious Chest 18
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Annapauses.
The Precious Chest can be found on top of the Oceanid Tower in Annapauses. It is enough to climb up and the casket will appear, and next to it one of the mysterious pages. Reach the top by starting a quest chain "Ann of Narcissencreutz" and releasing water at Annapauses.
Precious Chest 19
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Annapauses.
Located in Annapausis, inside the tower. You can get this chest while completing the quest. The Story of “the Princess” and “the Adventure Team”.
Precious Chest 20
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Annapauses.
The chest is located in the Winding Corridor at the top of the tower, which can be accessed during the quest chain "Kingdom Through the Looking-Glass: Ann's Story". Once in the ruins, go three circles around the same rooms and defeat three strong bubble skates to get the chest.
Precious Chest 21
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Annapauses.
The chest is given out during the quest "Kingdom Through the Looking-Glass: Ann's Story". After overcoming the winding corridor, you will have to fight with oceanid, for defeating which you will receive a chest.
Precious Chest 22
Location: Cours de Fontaine, northeast.
Teleport to Markot Station and head northwest along the coast to the hilichurl camp. Defeat all the enemies near the hut to unlock and receive the chest.
Precious Chest 23
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Talat submarine valley.
Go to the teleportation point in the Talat Underwater Valley. Nearby is a dome, inside of which you can find a precious chest.
To get behind the barrier, you need to bring three fairies nearby. The first fairy is trapped inside the seaweed in the southeast.
To free her, take the skill xenochromic oscar and cut algae. When the spirit continues on its way, it will meet more plants on its way. Get rid of them again with the razor blade ability, cutting the weak nodes when they are at the same level.
You will find the second fairy at Test, northeast of the teleport. Complete it and destroy 12 plump fruits in 30 seconds to make the fairy fly to her garden.
The last fairy floats above the locked chest and is guarded by three Meks. Defeat the enemies and the spirit will go to its garden. When all three fairies are in the right places, the barrier will disappear and you can pick up the chest and hydrocool.
Precious Chest 24
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Talat submarine valley.
To the west of the teleport in the Talat Underwater Valley there is a local legend Gorge Sword. The fight with him is especially difficult, and as a reward you will be given a precious chest and a hidden achievement.
Precious Chest 25
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Talat submarine valley.
Use the teleport in the southern part of the Talas underwater valley and swim east from it. Above the ruins, near the surface of the water, there is a precious chest. To open it you will need to bring three fairies.
The first spirit is located north of the casket. Climb onto the ship and break the boxes on the bow. A Hydro portal will appear inside them, which will take the character to the desired fairy.
The second spirit is locked under a chest in the water. Take a skill xenochromic puffiness and shoot it towards the crystal device behind the bars.
The last fairy floats over the water in the south. Get to her and escort her to the casket.
Precious Chest 26
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Move to the south of the Talat underwater valley and swim to the south, where you will see a device with pneumusia. Complete the challenge with him, using nearby energy blocks and defeating enemies to obtain a precious chest containing a mysterious core.
Precious Chest 27
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
This chest is located in the eastern part of the Salos sea plateau, not far from the coast. Save 7 otters in the waters of Fontaine, then sail to the indicated point. A company of sea animals and a bonus precious chest awaits you there.
Read the guide on finding and collecting all otters in Fontaine.
Precious Chest 28
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Travel east of Cour de Fontaine to the underwater teleport near the city walls and sail southeast. A precious chest is locked inside the seaweed. Cut the plants with the Xenochrome Sharpshooter skill to get it.
We told you in a separate guide how to open precious chest in seaweed.
Precious Chest 29
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
From the previous chest, head east, where you will almost immediately see an underwater device. To get a chest, start and complete a challenge with it. Use pneuma and ushia energy blocks to activate the mechanism, after which enemies will appear. Defeat them and stabilize the car so that a casket appears, inside which lies mysterious core.
Precious Chest 30
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
In the east of the Salos sea plateau there is a gazebo with a red barrier. Inside it you can pick up a precious chest and hydrocool. Solve the small puzzle with the two wonderful floating balls nearby and the mechanisms at the barrier to enter the building.
In a separate guide, how to remove the red barrier underwater in Fontaine.
Precious Chest 31
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
From the teleportation point at the Epicles Opera House, move north into the underwater gorge, where you will see a stone with blue splashes.
Take a skill xenochrome armored crab, then attack the stone with it. There is a box inside it pneumonia.
To open the treasury, you will need a character from Fontaine with Usia or a corresponding energy block, which can be found to the north.
Hit the box with a normal attack and you can get a precious chest.
Precious Chest 32
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
To the west of the Epicles Opera House there is a mechanism with pneumusia. Use the power of Pneuma and Usia on it to make the device attract enemies that you need to defeat. Complete this challenge to get a chest and mysterious core.
Precious Chest 33
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Institute of Natural Philosophy.
Use the northern teleportation point at the Institute of Natural Philosophy. Turn around and head north, then turn right. Swim across the pond without diving into it, and you will find yourself at the entrance to a locked room. Interact with the device on the left and open the door.
Inside, the hero will be attacked by two Rupture puppies, who must be defeated to get a precious chest and hydrocool.
Precious Chest 34
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Go to the western part of the Salos Sea Plateau and swim into the underwater cave, the entrance to which is located just above the chest marker. Take ability xenochrome armored crab and break the stone with blue splashes blocking the passage.
Continue moving deeper until you reach the skeleton. You will see a beacon on one of its parts. Swim to it and follow it to make a precious chest appear.
Precious Chest 35
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Ordo Narcissenkreutz.
Teleport to the northern part of the Institute of Natural Philosophy after completing the quest "Aqueous Tidemark" and run straight to the table in the south. Read the book and enter the Ordo Narcissenkreutz, where you will find a rich and precious chest at the back of the room.
Precious Chest 36
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Institute of Natural Philosophy.
Another chest is located in the Institute of Natural Philosophy, accessible during the quest "Aqueous Tidemark". It can be found in a secret room in the ruins, which is opened with a Key to something and allows you to get a hidden achievement.
Read in a separate guide where to find and how to use Key to something in the institute.
Precious Chest 37
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Teleport to the dungeon "Pale Forgotten Flower" and sail from it to the east. Two razorbacks with the names Twin Fairy swim next to the large pillar. Defeat these difficult opponents to get a hidden achievement and a precious chest.
Read separate article on murder Magical twin knights.
Precious Chest 38
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Head to the Dungeon "Pale Forgotten Flower". Directly in front of him is a pneumusia device. To complete the test with him and get the chest, use the Pneuma and Usia energy blocks and hit the mechanism. Then enemies will appear that you need to defeat and attack the device again. In addition to the usual rewards in the chest you will find mysterious core.
Precious Chest 39
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Teleport to the southwest of the Salos Sea Plateau and move northwest of it, where there is a stone with blue flecks.
Take ability xenochrome armored crab and break the stone with his skill. Behind it you will find two boxes of pneumusia.
Use the energy block: Usia, lying on the ruins nearby, and hit the central box to get the chest.
Precious Chest 40
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Elton Basin.
Use the teleportation point in the southern part of the Elton Basin. Swim north and go down, where a special plump is floating near the wreckage of the ship Fading old soldier. Defeat a local legend to receive a precious chest and achievement.
Precious Chest 41
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Elton Basin.
Head to the western area of the Elton Basin and head towards the gazebo. Inside it you will find the desired chest. In order to remove the barrier and get to him, activate the transmission pillars pneumonia with the help of opposite archae.
Precious chests 42-43
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Elton Basin.
Head to the north of the Elton Hollow and near the teleport you will see a cluster of explosive barrels and a rich chest. Swim up to the chest to provoke the appearance of enemies, including pufflings and meks. Defeat all enemies and explode barrels using the skill xenochromic puffinessto get two precious and rich chests.
Precious Chest 44
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Local legend District Judge of the Ocean located in the west of the Salos Sea Plateau, next to the dragon skull in the Beryl region. Defeat your opponent to get a precious chest and a hidden achievement.
Precious Chest 45
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
Use the teleporter in the south of Chemin de Lespor and travel southwest. There is a locked chest on the sand near the ruins. To open it you will need to solve a puzzle with wonderful floating balls.
Take a skill first xenochrome armored crab nearby. Use it to break the stone with blue flecks to release the ball and a strong stream of water. Take the treasure box in front of the ball and let it float to the ring.
Then head towards the blue crystal device and hit it with a normal attack. This will increase the flow and direct the ball towards the ring in the ruins. Now swim inside the building and use the armored crab’s shield to block the flow that is interfering with the movement of the ball, after which you can pick up the chest and rewards.
Precious Chest 46
Location: Cours de Fontaine, Salos Sea Plateau.
In the Great Lake of Fontaine, near the teleport between Chemin de Lespor and the Salos Sea Plateau, there is a tower whose top emerges from under the water. On it you will find a Hydro portal. Enter it and keep going up, defeating Hydro enemies until you reach the precious chest.
Precious Chest 47
Location: Cour de Fontaine, Chemin de Lesport.
Swim from the teleport to the west of Chemin de Lespor. A local legend floats near the destroyed bridge - the chubby Lord of the Hermits: Dovarhu, for defeating which a chest and achievement are awarded.
Where to find all the precious chests in Fontaine in Genshin Impact 4.1
With version 4.1, two new locations appeared in Fontaine:
- Liffey area.
- Institute of Kinetic Energy.
In total they contain 14 precious chests. Of these, 2 are located underwater, 2 are in caves, 3 chests are associated with world quests, and the rest are obtained by solving puzzles. It is recommended that you meet the following conditions before exploring the map:
- start the quest chain "Chronicles of the Fontaine Research Institute".
- get lumenite-archium and get into Bravais' Hidden Study.
Precious Chest 1
Location: Liffey area, Eastern slope of Mont Esus.
The chest is located in the western part of the Liffey area, near the waterfall on the Eastern slope of Mon Esus. You need to find and move three water level intelligence crystal to the center of the lake, then activate them to unlock the chest.
Read more about how to open precious chest on the Eastern slope of Mon Esus.
Precious Chest 2
Location: Liffey area, Eastern slope of Mont Esus.
The precious chest is located next to the tower on the Eastern slope of Mon Esus. To open it you will need to solve a small riddle with the stabilizer.
To unlock the device, first climb to the north side of the tower and pick up the energy block: Usia.
Use it and hit the Pneuma box to the right of the chest. Inside you will find a Hydro Portal. Enter it and get to the peak of the building, where you need to have time to open the glider and pick up a portable energy storage device.
Now go down to stabilizer and place the drive next to it. Activate the device and perform a test during which you need to hit the sections in the following order:
- top;
- top;
- average.
Precious Chest 3
Location: Liffey area, Great Lake Fontaine.
Go to the northern underwater teleport of the Liffey District and swim southeast from it towards the tall pipes. The chest becomes accessible after solving the puzzle inside the pipe lying at the bottom.
Borrow a skill first xenochrome jellyfish, floating nearby, and head inside. Next to the round door you will see a blue crystal device. Hit it with the left mouse button to open the first hatch. There is another one behind it. To open it with a long press of the ability, place the jellyfish bomb next to the crystal device, and then swim into the passage. Activate the skill to close the first hatch and open the second.
To open the third door, hit the second blue crystal floating between the doors. Return to the first crystal device and, while inside the passage, detonate the xenochrome jellyfish bomb again. If done correctly, all three hatches will open, revealing a precious chest at the end.
Precious Chest 4
Location: Liffey area, Great Lake Fontaine.
To the east of the underwater teleport there is a pipe where you can find a puzzle with a round door. If you solve it, you will be given a precious chest.
Head to the pipe entrance and pick up the power along the way xenochrome jellyfish, which moves outside. Once inside, hit the blue crystal on the right side with a normal attack to open the hatch.
Behind the first door there will be another hatch and a locked crystal device. Stop next to him and long press the skill to launch a jellyfish bomb towards the starting crystal. The first door will close and the second will open.
Behind it stands the necessary casket.
Precious Chest 5
Location: Liffey area, underwater road.
You will find the precious chest locked in a cage in a cave on the way to Brave's workshop. You can get into the cave by walking past Seahorse of a thousand-year-old pearl and descending into the pond behind him. From the underground teleport, go southeast, go up the metal path and turn left.
To open the cage, solve the puzzle with energy transfer terminal. Dive into the body of water next to the device and swim until you see energy block: Pneuma. Take it and float up, heading in the opposite direction, where the red drive is located. Hit it and fill it with energy, then return to the terminal.
Next to it is a portable energy storage device. Pick it up and place it near the water so that the camera's view can reach it.
Activate energy transfer terminal and switch to the viewfinder at the top.
Now take the energy from the blue drive and transfer it to the left into the portable drive, then leave the camera mode.
Take the portable drive and take it to the cage with the precious chest inside to get it.
Precious Chest 6
Location: Liffey area, Brave workshop.
This precious chest is located in Brave's workshop, southeast of Seahorse of a thousand-year-old pearl. It appears after collecting 7 pieces of mysterious ore and using them on a forging press to create lumenite-archiumwhen the room is filled with water.
A separate guide described in detail how to enable and use forging press.
Precious Chest 7
Location: Institute of Kinetic Energy, Brave's secret room.
The chest is in Brave's secret room. To open it, you need to collect 7 pieces of mysterious ore, forge a lumenite-archium using a forging press and take it to the entrance to the room. Inside you can find two luxurious chests and one precious one.
Check out the detailed guide on how to get into Bravais' Hidden Study.
Precious Chest 8
Location: Kinetic Energy Institute, Marie-Anne Memorial Park.
Go to Statue of Hydro Archon at the Kinetic Energy Institute and head south. On the slope in a small camp in the ruins you will find a locked precious chest. Defeat the treasure thieves and the special mech that appears after them to open the chest.
Precious Chest 9
Location: Kinetic Energy Institute, Marie-Anne Memorial Park.
Take advantage of the Statue of Hydro Archon at the Institute of Kinetic Energy and go east from it. Behind the mountain there is a chest, which is guarded by a special mek: construction and a special mek: liquidation. Defeat enemies to open a chest of rewards.
Precious Chest 10
Location: Institute of Kinetic Energy, Ruins of the Central Laboratory.
Teleport to the eastern point in the Fontaine Central Laboratory Ruins and run west. Not far from the shore there is a precious chest. Defeat the Rockshell Lavachurl and two Meks: Reconnaissance Protocol to unlock it.
Precious Chest 11
Location: Institute of Kinetic Energy, Ruins of the Central Laboratory.
Use the teleportation point near the shore in the eastern part of the Kinetic Energy Institute. In the northwest in the middle of the pond there is a chest. To open it you will need to bring and fill 4 water level intelligence crystal.
The first crystal is located closer to the teleport on the shore. Grab the Hydrogranum nearby and walk into the water with it to turn it into a Hydro Core. Fill the barrel and it will slide towards the chest.
The second water level reconnaissance crystal is located opposite the first. Break the Water Jade Fruit to get it.
You will find another barrel to the west of the second one under a tree, and to make it go to the center of the lake, defeat two meks nearby. The last crystal is located on the adjacent shore near the stone. To move it, defeat the mek and the hilichurl. When all four devices are in the water, the chest will unlock.
Precious Chest 12
Location: Institute of Kinetic Energy, Ruins of the Central Laboratory.
This precious chest is located northeast of the Central Laboratory Ruins. You can get it while completing the chain of world quests “The Fontaine Institute in Ruins”, during which the Traveler will have to go to the Institute for the Applied Use of Mechanisms and pick up the anchor.
Read in a separate guide how to start and complete the task "Fontaine Research Institute, Stagnating in the Rubble".
Precious Chest 13
Location: Institute of Kinetic Energy, Ruins of the Central Laboratory.
The chest is located off the coast, southeast of the New Fontaine Research Institute. To open the casket, you need to solve a puzzle with crystal devices and a water level reconnaissance crystal. First you have to collect three Hydrogranums, and then fill two barrels with them. Then you need to interact with mechanisms in the form of crystals to change the position of the water level reconnaissance crystals. When all four barrels are filled with Hydro, you can open the chest.
Read a detailed article on how to open precious chest in the ruins of the Central Laboratory.
Precious Chest 14
Location: Kinetic Energy Institute, New Fontaine Research Institute.
Use the teleportation point at the New Fontaine Research Institute and head from there to the small ruins to the west. A precious chest is locked inside a guarded cage soft.
First of all, defeat the enemies to unlock the Energy Transfer Terminal. Then go to the device and activate it.
Turn the viewfinder to the left and take the energy from the blue drive, then transfer it to the drive next to the cage. Leave the mode and open the cage.
Precious Chest 15
Location: Kinetic Energy Institute, New Fontaine Research Institute.
This chest is located on the top floor of the tower. To get there, you need to start a world quest "In Search of the Past: North", in which you have to solve several puzzles with a portable energy storage device and deal with Fatui. At the end of the quest, a passage to the top will open, where you can open the chest.
Precious Chest 16
Location: Kinetic Energy Institute, New Fontaine Research Institute.
Teleport to the shore in the northern part of Fontaine and go south to an island in the water on which there are five elemental monuments. For solving the puzzle with them, you will be given a precious chest. To do this, you need to activate all the pillars by swiping next to them. water level intelligence crystal and switching the crystal device at the right moments.
For a detailed solution, read the article about Hydro monuments at the New Fontaine Research Institute.
Where to find all the precious chests in Fontaine in Genshin Impact 4.2
With update 4.2, two new locations appeared in Fontaine:
- Forest of Erinyes.
- Mort.
In these areas you can find 19 precious chests, 3 of which are quest chests, 2 are given out for victories over local legends, and 5 are in the Great Lake Hydro region. In order to explore some areas with chests, you must complete the following tasks:
- quest chain "In the footsteps of Narcissus";
- quest chain "Wild Fairy Erinyes".
Precious Chest 1
Location: Forest of Erinyes, west of Lake Urania.
The chest is located to the west of Lake Urania, in the Forest of Erinyes, next to the camp khilichurlov. In order to open the chest and receive rewards from it, solve the puzzle with water level intelligence crystals and a giant shell.
You need to find and bring the third reconnaissance crystal, which is located in a regular chest that appears after passing the test with a crystal flower and floating platforms. Next, break the Hydro Crystal inside the shell and fill all the barrels.
Read a separate guide to solving the riddle with giant shell in Erinyes Forest.
Precious Chest 2
Location: Forest of Erinyes, Lake of Urania.
This precious chest can be found after completing the world quest "Wild Fairy Erinyes", in which the Traveler helps Melusine Pakhsiv collect drop-keys and cleanse the roots of the forest from filth.
After completing the task, go to the teleport next to Lake Urania and run along the right bank to the north. To the right of the waterfall you will see a cave, where on the left side stands Pakhsiv and a precious chest Withered shell.
Precious Chest 3
Location: Erinyes Forest, between Lake Urania and the Weeping Willow by the lake.
Teleport to Statue of Hydro Archon in the Erinyes Forest and move along the slope to the east, where you will find a puzzle with crystals for reconnaissance of the water level in a small reservoir.
To get a precious chest and Branch from the Misty Forest, hit the blue crystal-shaped device. The barrels will begin to spin and must be stopped by hitting the crystal again at the moment when two of them are in the water and two are above them in the air.
Then take the Hydrogranum on the left, stand with it in the water and wait for it to turn into a Hydro Core. Place it on top of the rocks and it will fill the remaining two Intelligence Crystals.
The chest will immediately appear nearby.
Find out more in the separate solution guide riddles with crystals for reconnaissance of the water level in the Erinyes Forest.
Precious Chest 4
Location: Erinyes Forest, an underwater cave near the Weeping Willow by the lake.
This chest can be found in the underwater cave near the Roots of Erinyes after completing the quest chain "Wild Fairy Erinyes". After completing the task, use underground teleport to the west of the Weeping Willow by the lake and swim deep into the cave, where you must defeat the local legend Magic Sword Kruzh to get a precious chest.
Read the guide to fighting a local legend Magic sword Circle.
Precious Chest 5
Location: Erinyes Forest, Weeping Willow by the Lake.
Head west from the Weeping Willow Lake to a small pond that is covered in contaminated bacterial slime.
In order to clear it, interact with the mechanism and take the skill xenochrome globular octopus. Press and hold its ability, directing the water stream towards the clots. Destroy both clusters and clear the pond.
Then dive into the water and borrow a skill xenochromic oscar. Long press its ability to cut algae at the moment when weak nodes are at the same level.
Leave the pond and pick up the Xenochrome Ball Octopus skill again. Go up the slope where the potential energy sphere appears and target it with an ability. Launch the ball so that it hits the target circle in the lake to get a precious chest.
Precious Chest 6
Location: Erinyes Forest, Weeping Willow by the Lake.
The chest is given at the end of the chain "Wild Fairy Erinyes". Melusina Pakhsiv will thank the Traveler and leave several chests as a reward.
Precious Chest 7
Location: Erinyes Forest, southeast of Weeping Willow by the lake.
Head southeast from the Weeping Willow by the lake. Not far from the mountain house there is a puzzle with hat-shaped jellyfish and elemental monuments. To solve it, you need to collect three jellyfish in one place and go upstairs.
First of all, activate the four elemental monuments with Hydro in the correct order according to the number of stumps next to them. The hatted jellyfish will then move.
Now go to the second place where there are burning torches. Extinguish them with the character's Hydro ability to set the second hatted jellyfish in motion.
The last point is located in the west next to Thomab of the depths. Defeat Pyro slimes and slide the hat-shaped jellyfish towards the previous two.
When all three hat-shaped jellyfish are stacked under each other, enter the lower one and get to the platform above, where you can get a precious chest and hydrocool.
Read a detailed guide on how to solve puzzle with large hat-shaped jellyfish in the Forest of Erinyes.
Precious Chest 8
Location: Erinyes Forest, near the coast in the southeast.
Another chest is located in the wreckage of the ship, on the opposite shore from Port Lumidus. To open it, you need to collect three keys from a simple storage nearby and use them to open the grate under the rubble, where, in addition to the chest with Branch from the Misty Forest, awaits hydrocool.
Find out the location of each key in the search guide keys from a simple storage.
Precious Chest 9
Location: Erinyes Forest, between the Weeping Willow by the lake and Port Lumidus.
The precious chest contains Branch from the Misty Forest and is located west of Port Lumidus. To get to it, head southeast from the Weeping Willow by the lake and reach the pond.
Win next to him treasure thieves, then climb the slope to the sphere of potential energy.
Borrow a skill from a nearby device xenochrome globular octopus and aim at the ball so that it hits the target circle in a small body of water.
After that, dive into the water and enter the portal at the bottom. The character will be transported to the Great Lake of Fontaine, where you can get a precious chest.
Precious Chest 10
Location: Mort, Ruins form Charybdis.
Use the underground teleportation point in the Ruins to form Charybdis and head into the ruins. Climb down on the platform and continue down the corridor until you find yourself in the Ortanta of Desires.
Climb onto the gear hanging on the pole on the right and press "Activate"for her to go upstairs.
Now on the north side you will see a gear that itself rises up and down. Jump over to it. When the gear takes the character to the top point, a wind current and a precious chest will appear.
Precious Chest 11
Location: Mort, underwater in the north of Ipsissimus Tower.
Teleport underwater north of Ipsissimus Tower. Move into the ruins to the east, where there is a locked precious chest.
Swim inside the barrier and turn right to open it. Take the energy block: pneuma and take it to the far corner of the room where the box is located pneumonia. Commit normal attack and pick up two crystals lying in the box.
Take them to the control valve nearby and pick up the skill xenochrome globular octopus. Use it to aim and rotate the mechanism until the barriers disappear and the room is filled with water.
Then swim and take the chest.
Read in a separate article a detailed solution on how to open precious chest underwater in Mort.
Precious Chest 12
Location: Mort, northwest of Ipsissimus Tower.
The chest is located in the ruins northwest of the Ipsissimus Tower. You must find and bring three fairies located nearby to unlock it,
You will find the first fairy to the north of the casket. She is guarded by two meks who must be defeated. Then escort the spirit to its garden.
Another fairy is located in the southeast at the entrance to the ruins. It is enough to get close to it and just bring it to the right place.
The last spirit is hidden inside the giant shell to the west. Swim up to her and hit her normal attack on the shell so that it opens and the spirit flies out of it.
When all three fairies gather in their gardens near the chest, it will open.
Precious Chest 13
Location: Mort, Ipsissimus Tower.
Teleport to the center of the Great Lake of Fontaine in the Mort area and dive into the water. Swim west to the very bottom, where you will see a precious chest just standing.
Precious Chest 14
Location: Mort, Ipsissimus Tower.
In order to get the precious chest, go to the Ipsissimus Tower. Swim to the lowest level of the building where the Meks are swimming and go inside through the center.
Once inside, swim straight and turn right, where you go down the stairs down to the arena. Defeat local legend Chassanion to receive a precious chest.
Read a separate guide to fighting local legend Chassanion.
Precious Chest 15
Location: Mort, Ipsissimus Tower.
You will receive the chest while completing the quest chain "In the footsteps of Narcissus", when the Traveler and crew go to explore the tower.
Precious Chest 16
Location: Mort, Eastern slope of Mont Atonek.
Use the teleportation point on the Eastern slope of Mon Atoneka and go a little to the southeast, where Fatui's tent is located. To unlock the chest, win Operative frost, Wind Operative and mirror maiden.
Precious Chest 17
Location: Mort, south of Ipsissimus Tower.
The chest is located in the ruins, next to the southern teleporter from the Ipsissimus Tower. To open the chest you need to solve the puzzle with the vertical lifting column and Eliphas' beam.
First sail to the east, where you will get the skill xenochrome globular octopus. Then swim up to Eliphas's beam and lift the column so that the beam hits it.
Now find and pick up two crystals that need to be placed in the control valve. Use the octopus ability to rotate the mechanism until the barrier in the ruins disappears and the room is filled with water.
Swim inside and lift the column slightly above the blue-flecked stone so that the beam hits it. When it is at the right level, the chest on top will unlock and you can pick it up.
Precious Chest 18
The chest can be found when exploring the ruins southeast of the Ipsissimus Tower. The chest is locked and connected to the Erifas beam puzzle and track assembly.
Find first xenochrome globular octopus and borrow his skill. Then swim into the ruins and lift the column inside a little so that the beam passes through it.
Swim out the window and use the octopus skill to move the beam relay so that the beam also passes through it. After this, the chest will be unlocked.
Precious Chest 19
You will find a precious chest while solving a puzzle in the Ortant of Personality, while completing a chain of quests "Search in the Sea of Algae".
Gem Chest Rewards in Fontaine
Each of Fontaine's precious chests contains the following valuable rewards:
- primogems ×10;
- adventurer experience ×30;
- hydro seal ×4-10;
- mora;
- magical amplification ore;
- artifacts, weapons.
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Hello, why are there problems with chest 18 version 4.2? I do everything according to the guide but the mechanism does not work
I found a precious chest, but there was an NPC with Melusina there and they didn’t give it to me. Is it possible to pick him up?
No, this is the "Wish Granting Treasure Hunt" quest.