Meropid's fortress Genshin impact - special autonomous organization Fontaine, serving as a place of detention for convicted criminals. Despite the similarity with a real prison, everything in this place is arranged a little differently, and the fortress itself is more reminiscent of a place of exile, where robbers live and work off their guilt.
In the territory of Meropid, as in any other location, there are many NPCs with whom you can talk and take quests, and there are also a large number of chests and other rewards hidden. In this guide, we will tell you how to get to the Meropid fortress, take a closer look at its floors and look at what quests can be completed on its territory.
What is Fontaine Prison?
Meropid Fortress is an underwater location located in the Liffey region. It is a special organization that vaguely resembles a prison where convicted criminals are sent into exile. The inhabitants of the fortress have long united into a kind of community with their own laws, rules and even a separate currency. You will be able to communicate with each resident of the prison in Fontaine personally, listen to their story, and sometimes take on interesting tasks to complete.
How to get to Meropid Fortress in Genshin Impact
There are several ways to get to the Meropid fortress and get inside it: both independently while exploring the surrounding area, and during the passage of the main storyline of the game - tasks of the Archons. Next, we will consider each of the options in more detail.
Progress through the game's plot
A visit to the Meropid fortress is a mandatory item on the Archons’ quests "To the Shining of the Stars in the Deep" и "Cataclysm's Quickening". During their completion, the Traveler will be sent to prison on a special assignment Neuvillette and will be able to unravel many secrets hidden behind the walls of the underwater fortress.
Before going to the underwater location, a Message: busy with another task, warning that if you accept the quest, other missions may become unavailable for some time. If you are ready to devote time to completing only this quest, accept the terms of the notice and continue completing it. If you choose otherwise, the task will be paused, and you can return to it at any convenient time after completing the chain "Unfinished Comedy".
After descending in the elevator, the heroes will register with the secretary of Marette Prison and will then be able to move freely around the fortress.
Get caught by the fortress guards
An alternative way to get into the prison is to do it yourself without completing story quests. To do this, just find the observation tower of the fortress, located in the underwater part of the Liffey area. Dive into the water near the western shore of the great lake and follow the large circular structure visible on the game map.
Swim up to any of the spotlights and deliberately expose yourself to their rays. As soon as the intruder is detected, a 5-second timer will start, after which the hero will automatically be transported to the fortress for illegally being near the prison.
On your first visit to Meropid in this way, provided you have not completed tasks of the Archons, a chain of world quests will begin "Unfinished Comedy". Before they start, there will also be a warning message.
Swim through an underwater tunnel
Use the underwater teleporter and swim a little northwest until you come across a pipe sticking out of the seabed. Dive into it and swim down. When you get onto land, into the prison area, the quest will begin automatically, as in the previous method. "Game of the Rich".
Meropid Fortress Map in Genshin Impact: All Prison Floors
The fortress is an impressive building, each floor of which performs certain functions of a prison. In total, not counting the elevators that run between levels, there are 6 such floors in Meropid. Next, let's look at each of them in more detail.
Floor 1: Reception
The first, top floor, is only a small part of the fortress, represented by several corridors. You can get into them during the completion of the Archons quest "To the Shining of the Stars in the Deep". At this level there is one of the few teleports.
Floor 2: Barracks
The barracks are the floor of the fortress closest to the surface, not counting the Reception Room. There are living rooms for the inhabitants, as well as the Erosive Rift in the west - an alternative entrance to Meropid, which will be closed after completing one of the tasks in the fortress. The level also has a teleport located on the south side.
Floor 3: Administrative area
The main level of the prison, where all the important organizations for the fortress and its inhabitants are located - a shop for exchanging coupons, a dining room, a secretary's reception area, elevators leading to all other floors, and even the entrance to a personal office Wriothesley. There is no separate waypoint in this level, but you can travel directly to prison icon, located on the right, or jump down from the Barracks floor.
Floor 4: Top floor of production
The production level of the fortress, where prisoners can work out their punishment through physical labor. For working at police stations, criminals receive premium coupons, which they can exchange in shops and canteens. You can get to the level only by taking the east elevator from the Lower Production Floor.
Floor 5: Bottom floor of production
Another floor designed for work. You can get here from the Administrative District using the western elevator or move to the teleporter in the north of the level. The eastern lift will allow you to explore the Upper Floor of the production, and the northern one will lower you to the Abandoned production site.
Floor 6: Abandoned production area
The last and deepest level of the Meropid fortress. At the moment it is hardly used for work, but is still open for research. On assignment "An Eye for an Eye" a passage will open further, to the trunk of a geode mine, in which there is a waypoint for fast travel.
Quests in the Meropid Fortress
On the territory and within the walls of the prison you will be able to complete many tasks and quest chains, the reward for completing which will give not only the usual rewards in the form of resources and primogemsbut premium coupons.
Unfinished Comedy
A whole chain of three rather long quests telling the story of little Lanoir, a native inhabitant of the fortress. During the tasks, get to know the girl herself, her friends and the structure of the prison itself. Play the game and win to help Lanoir find her place in life.
A complete walkthrough of the quest line and individual tasks can be read in the article "Unfinished Comedy".
Scenes from Life in Meropide
A chain of many small tasks will allow you not only to learn more about the internal structure of the fortress and its inhabitants, but also to earn premium coupons necessary to purchase items in the shop and the prison canteen. Most of these quests become available to complete during missions from the "Unfinished Comedy" storyline.
Read more about the quest chain and its individual tasks in a separate article about "Scenes of Life in the Meropid Fortress".
Free lunch
Free Lunch is a small task in which the Traveler, in the company of an unknown guide, will be able to learn more about all the interesting places in the Meropid fortress.
A detailed walkthrough of this quest can be found in a separate article about "Free Lunch in Genshin Impact".
Pankration
Pankration is a sport that is extremely popular among prison inmates. In the Administrative District of the fortress there is a special ring where fist fights between prisoners are regularly held. Such a duel is not only a sporting game, but also a game of chance. On the day of the battle, fight organizers accept bets with premium coupons on athletes.
Read the details in the test guide Pankration.
Premium Coupons
Premium coupons are a special currency of the Meropid fortress, valid only on its territory. You can earn special currency both by completing various tasks given by other prisoners, and by opening chests hidden in the prison.
Read more about ways to obtain currency and places to exchange it in a separate article dedicated to premium coupons in Genshin Impact.
Teleporters in the Meropid Fortress
There are 4 teleportation points in the prison, one of which opens automatically when moving to the Meropid Fortress area, and the other three must be opened manually. They are located on different floors and make it easier to move around the fortress, eliminating the need to constantly use elevators.
To open all movement points, read the guide to all Meropid fortress teleports.
Special places
On the territory of the Administrative District of the fortress there are several organizations for the convenience and entertainment of prisoners.
Shop Rags and Bones
In the southeastern part of the fortress on the Administrative Level, following the mark with coupons, you can find the Rags and Bones store. Merchant Alvard offers a number of interesting and unusual goods that can be purchased for a certain amount Premium coupons.
If you purchase absolutely all items in his shop, you will receive the achievement "Consumer Society".
Ring
The Pankration training ring is located in the southwestern part of the Administrative District. The entrance to it is marked with a wooden sign in the shape of crossed fists. This place is used for its intended purpose for fist fights during some of the fortress's missions.
Coupon canteen
In the north-eastern part of the prison on the Administrative level there is a canteen where each prisoner can receive one free ration per day or exchange accumulated coupons for something more tasty and filling. The Traveler himself can use the services:
- You can get 1 free meal from the discussing mek Bran once per real day. The item will appear in the Inventory section "Jewelry", where it can be opened. Inside you will find one serving of some random quality dish and a ticket with fortune telling for the day. If you are lucky enough, you will receive an achievement "Thanks for your support!".
- Dining room manager Wolsey offers a choice of several new recipes, Fonta and ready-made meals in exchange for premium coupons.
Motorized valve to control connections in all directions
At the Abandoned Production Site level, there is a special device called a Drive Valve to control connections in all directions. It allows you to open four locked doors leading to separate tunnels on the sides of the central room.
Read in the special manual, how does a motorized valve operate to control connections in all directions.
Hidden chests in Meropid Fortress
In total, there are 14 hidden treasures on the territory of the fortress: 1 luxurious, 3 amazing and 10 ordinary. You can find them standing in secluded places, or you can get them for solving non-obvious riddles. More details about the location of all, as well as how to open them, were described in a separate guide to Chests in Meropid Fortress.
Read on:We hope this article helped you learn how to open and get into the Meropid Fortress in Genshin Impact. If you have any questions regarding the prison and its features, you can leave them in comments. Read other Genshin Impact game guides in the sections guides, passing or builds.
Help, I can’t collect tickets on the board it says try your luck and that’s it
Check the quest log: maybe there is another task from the fortress for which they give coupons
Yuu thank you
Happy to try
I turned off all the spotlights....what should I do?(And the plot is long, I’m completing the event task =(
Do you have at least one open teleport in the fortress or its icon on the map? if there is an icon, move to it
I'm about to enter the Meropid fortress for the first time, but the elevator is closed on all sides. How to log in?
Please read the section How to get to the Meropid fortress
After completing the story, it’s useless to stand under the spotlights, right? I swim up - nothing happens. I have no achievements, etc. am I not missing out? (
No, you don’t miss it) The searchlights were just an alternative way to get into the fortress and just an interesting feature.
Damn, there is an uncharged pear near the arena, and I just can’t figure out where the battery is.
Is it usable at all?
In the left room there is a battery that can be carried throughout the fortress. You take it and activate the pear. True, this does not give any advancement, only an ordinary chest.
The left room is in a looped multi-tiered tower, and you are good). ALL the rooms there are left (without landmarks to teleport points, or screenshots!!!!)))
I thought I wouldn’t have to explain that orientation is based on a map. Or is your map also spinning and spinning?)))
Could you please tell me on which floor exactly this battery is located, I would be very grateful for the tip
If you look at the interactive map - floor B6. To put it simply, in the Meropid Fortress you are looking for elevators down in a circle and this floor will be the last.
Good afternoon, did you manage to activate the pear? I tried to take the necessary battery, but on the next floor it disappeared. 🙁
I've been all over the prison, literally the last 30 coupons are not enough to buy a card back.
Hello. I found a chest, you need to tear off 3 leaflets from the walls located next to the southern TP of the fortress, then you will be given a regular chest, there will be 30 coupons. if you already did, then maybe another chest
Hello! I collected leaflets. As a result, I have now found the last chest on level B6 in the southern passage.
in “rags and bones” the goods have a cover for the ATP and a “pankration” card, but it says that someone reserved them. Is it possible to buy them at all?
Yes, you can, we talked about it in special article)
And how to open the northern door, in the abandoned production area, I opened everything except it :)
If you can’t, then you don’t need to go there yet. Do quests.