Unlocking Inazuma’s Secrets: A Deep Dive into Genshin Impact’s Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual
You wander Inazuma’s perplexing lands in Genshin Impact. You may find puzzles, wards, and quests that seem tangled. Don’t worry, traveler! You might be on the “Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual” questline. This guide offers clarity and helpful information.
The Enigmatic Key-Shaped Ward: Your Ticket to Progress
Start with the Key-Shaped Ward. It’s not a skeleton key but a key-shaped item. Its role? You need it to advance in the “Cleansing Defilement” world quest. You’ll get this item during the quest, so pay attention in Inazuma’s mysteries.
Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual: Purifying Inazuma, One Puzzle at a Time
Now, for the main event: the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual. This questline unfolds across Inazuma. It challenges your skills in combat and puzzles. The ritual occurs in Araumi, featuring Electro pillars around a giant Sakura tree and ruins. Think of it like a big electrifying puzzle.
Why engage in electrifying puzzles? Rewards matter. You’ll earn 1,500 Adventure EXP, which boosts your Adventure Rank. Plus, receive 180 Primogems, enough for wishes! Also, 160,000 Mora because we often need Mora. There’s more: a Mask of Memories, 16 Hero’s Wit, 14 Mystic Enhancement Ore, and importantly, a Memento Lens. This quest is rewarding.
Locations of Interest: Venturing Across Inazuma
This ritual spans multiple locations in Inazuma. Below are key spots you will visit:
Araumi: Where Ancient Ruins Meet Electro Puzzles
Araumi is central to the ritual. The lighting extravaganza occurs mainly here. You’ll target Electro pillars near the Sakura tree and stone ruins. Additionally, Araumi hosts the Perpetual Mechanical Array, a Normal Boss to test your combat skills. Solve puzzles and prepare for a fight.
If you assumed that was all, think again! There’s also an Araumi barrier ward puzzle in the ruins. It’s another barrier puzzle, needing you to light up Electro mechanisms. This unlocks ancient secrets for you.
Konda Village: Starting Point and Well of Secrets
Your journey may start in Konda Village. It’s not just a pit stop. It’s the hub for information related to the ritual. You will report to Hanachirusato, a key character in the quests. Teleport there, walk to the beach area, and find the door. Enter the well nearby and summon an Electrogranum for help while you chat with Hanachirusato.
Konda Village also helps obtain the Rust Worn Key during “A Strange Story in Konda.” This mission starts the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual questline. Meet the shrine maiden near fox statues, which often signal good fortune. The quest leads you into a well; classic adventure moments.
In Konda Village, your task involves gathering information. Use Electro on a Sky Kitsune Statue to get potential wards. Chat with locals, talk to the Konda Village Chief politely, search for clues, and perhaps cut a deal with him. What secrets lie in his rooftop diary? Mysteries await!
Hanachirusato: The Mysterious Shrine Maiden
Hanachirusato is pivotal in the ritual. You’ll encounter her frequently during your journey. Reporting back to her in Konda Village is essential. Her name symbolizes “village of falling blossoms,” tied to a visitor named Genji and his orange-blossom incident. Sounds like a poetic story from literature!
Ioroi: The Bake-Danuki Protector
Ioroi is another key character you will meet early; he is a bake-danuki. This magical tanuki protected Chinju Forest. Interact with him after engaging with the first shrine pillar. You may need to submit a ward given by Ioroi to activate a puzzle.
Your steps with Ioroi involve reporting back to him for Ioroi’s Ward, heading to barriers, destroying them, and then talking with Hanachirusato again. It’s back-and-forth but typical for quests. Ioroi’s Ward functions similarly to the Key-Shaped Ward, crucial for advancing in your journey.
Grand Narukami Shrine: Home of the Memento Lens
If you’re searching for the Memento Lens, visit the Grand Narukami Shrine. To gain this tool, finish “A Strange Story in Konda” and begin “Sacrificial Offering.” A character named Inagi Hotomi at the shrine will provide it to you. It works like seeing things instead of taking selfies.
The shrine also features the Sacred Sakura’s Favor. Offer Electro Sigils to level up this system within the shrine. It’s Inazuma’s offering system rewarding devotion with bonuses. It functions like gaining divine favor for long-term benefits.
Mt. Yougou: Depths and the Miasmic Tumor
We arrive at Mt. Yougou. Beneath lies the Depths of Mt. Yougou. You unlock this area after finishing the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual and defeating the “Miasmic Tumor.” Ominous sounds await you there. The Depths represent the culmination of your efforts, a final challenge at the quest’s end.
Barriers and Memento Lens: Seeing the Unseen
Barriers feature prominently in the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Rituals. They block paths and hide secrets, making your journey more difficult. Yet, you can overcome these challenges.
Methods to Destroy Barriers: Wards and Puzzles
To destroy barriers, specific key items prove useful, like Ioroi’s Ward after interacting with the first shrine pillar in a barrier.
In the area, you can submit a ward to start a puzzle. This shows the wards are keys and triggers for following puzzles. To destroy barriers, interact with shrine pillars in cliffside caves or barriers. It’s like saying “Hey barrier, I’m here to solve you!”
Memento Lens: Your Vision of the Past
The Memento Lens is key for barriers and uncovering secrets. Remember the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual in Araumi? The Memento Lens is vital there. In stone tower ruins, use it on Kitsune statues. Those fox statues aren’t just for looks; they have secrets only the Lens reveals. Use it on another statue below to get an Electrogranum. This lets you bypass Electro Barriers. It reveals hidden pathways and clues.
The Memento Lens is not just for decoration; it unlocks domains too. The Empty Boat of a Thousand Gates in Inazuma needs the Memento Lens. You must use it to enter Araumi’s underground labyrinth. This domain has a level called “Tutelage: A Thousand Scrolls,” likely linked to lore or skills. Unlocking domains is smart as they offer rewards and further challenges.
Related Items and Requirements: Gearing Up for the Ritual
Now, let’s discuss essential items and requirements you’ll face in this quest:
Memento Lens: Your Puzzle-Solving Eyewear
The Memento Lens is crucial for parts of the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual. You obtain it from Inagi Hotomi at the Grand Narukami Shrine. Finish “A Strange Story in Konda” and start “Sacrificial Offering.” It’s like your detective goggles for Inazuma.
Electrogranum: Your Electro-Passing Permit
Electrogranum are wisps of Electro energy. They help you go through Electro Barriers and activate mechanisms. During the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual in Araumi, use the Memento Lens on a Kitsune statue to get an Electrogranum. They are your batteries for navigating Inazuma.
You need Electrogranum when reporting to Hanachirusato in Konda Village. To enter the well near the beach, summon an Electrogranum to face Electro Barriers or mechanisms.
Rust Worn Key: Unlocking Barrier Sites
The Rust Worn Key is another key item. Find it at the bottom of the well in Konda Village, behind the old man’s house where you solved the first puzzle in “A Strange Story in Konda.” Use this key to open a gate at the well’s bottom.
The Rust Worn Key is used at a barrier site at the end of “Sacrificial Offering.” It is essential for progressing in the ritual.
Mask of Memories: Forging Powerful Weapons
The Mask of Memories rewards you for completing the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual World Quest. It allows you to forge the Hakushin Ring, a craftable weapon.
You receive the Mask of Memories alongside Adventure EXP, Primogems, Mora, Hero’s Wit, Mystic Enhancement Ore, and another Memento Lens. They clearly want you to collect Memento Lenses.
The Mask of Memories comes when defeating the Miasmic Tumor, the final boss in Depths of Mt. Yougou during the cleansing ritual. Defeating it finishes the quest and grants the mask as a reward for overcoming a big challenge.
Electro Sigils: Leveling Up Sacred Sakura’s Favor
Electro Sigils help level up Sacred Sakura’s Favor at the Grand Narukami Shrine. This offering system gives various rewards as you boost its level. Electro Sigils serve as Inazuma’s currency for divine favor.
Divine Bridle: A Tangent into Enkanomiya
The Divine Bridle is mentioned as a quest item but links to Enkanomiya instead of the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual. You get it by completing “Hyperion’s Dirge” in Enkanomiya, which involves three offering stones. The Divine Bridle is used in “The Phaethons’ Syrtos,” also in Enkanomiya. It shows how quest items connect through world quests for further exploration in Genshin Impact.
Puzzles and Solutions: Brain Teasers of Inazuma
The Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual features many puzzles. Let’s look at specific examples:
Araumi Puzzle: Electro Pillar Illumination
The Araumi puzzle needs lighting Electro pillars near the Sakura tree and stone ruins. The solution isn’t fully given but likely requires activating pillars in sequence or configuration. Use your Electro skills and awareness to solve it.
Warding Stone Puzzle: Rotation Required
Warding Stone puzzles exist. One is with Eiko and Taisuke, NPCs in the questline. Rotate the bottom stone three times to solve this specific warding stone puzzle. These objects need manipulation to solve puzzles, often involving rotations or alignments.
Draining Water in Araumi: Block Manipulation
Another puzzle in Araumi drains water in a wet area. The solution: hit the bottom left block twice, then hit the top right twice. It suggests a block puzzle where manipulating blocks in order drains water for rewards, like a precious chest. This type needs observation and pattern recognition.
Triangular Mechanism Puzzle: Hidden Room Key
Triangular Mechanism puzzles are also in Inazuma. One such puzzle in The Narrows area leads to a hidden room with a Common Chest and a key. Solving these likely means activating triangular mechanisms in order or pattern, possibly under conditions like Whitenight.
Enemies You’ll Face: Foes of the Cleansing Ritual
Of course, Genshin Impact includes enemies to add challenge. Here are foes during the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual:
Miasmic Tumor: The Final Boss
The Miasmic Tumor serves as the final boss of the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual found in Depths of Mt. Yougou. Defeating it is key for completing the quest and earning the Mask of Memories. Expect a tough challenge from this boss.
Abyss Mage: Ever-Present Threat
Abyss Mages are common foes in Genshin Impact, often encountered in this questline too. You may find one in Whispering Woods during Klee’s involvement, but they appear in many locations, including Inazuma.
Shadowy Husks: Chasm Dwellers
Shadowy Husks lurk in The Chasm: Underground Mines. Though not directly tied to the cleansing ritual, they relate to obtaining the Orb of the Blue Depths, a quest item. Similar enemy types might show up in underground areas linked to the ritual.
Perpetual Mechanical Array: Araumi Boss
The Perpetual Mechanical Array is a Normal Boss in Araumi. Not an enemy of the ritual, it lies in a key area for quests, so you could face it while exploring. It’s a challenging battle for your team.
Thunder Manifestation: Electro Challenge
The Thunder Manifestation is a boss needing 40 resin and drops Storm Beads, useful for ascending Electro characters like Raiden Shogun and Kujou Sara. Though not tied directly to enemies from the ritual, it’s another notable boss in Inazuma.
This may matter if your team has Electro characters. The foe is quick and uses Electro attacks.
Quest Steps and Unlocking: Start Your Cleansing Journey
To start the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual, meet requirements and finish prerequisite quests:
Adventure Rank and Ritou Escape Plan: Unlocking Sacred Sakura’s Favor
To access Sacred Sakura’s Favor, reach Adventure Rank 30 and finish the quest “Ritou Escape Plan.” This marks the quest as mid-to-late game, for players who moved past early Inazuma tasks.
Through the Mists and Seirai Stormchasers: Unlocking Moshiri Kara
To open the “Moshiri Kara” domain, complete the “Through the Mists.” First, finish “Seirai Stormchasers.” This shows that some Inazuma content is linked. Completing one quest can unlock others.
Orobashi’s Legacy: Unlocking Formation Estate Domain
To unlock the Formation Estate domain, finish the “Orobashi’s Legacy” quest. Illuminate torches near a locked cube on Yashiori Island after rain ends. Unlocking domains in Inazuma often needs defeating specific quests and solving puzzles.
In summary, the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual is a rewarding questline in Genshin Impact. It includes intricate puzzles, exploration, encounters with unique characters and enemies, and acquiring items like Memento Lens and Mask of Memories. Knowing key elements, locations, characters, and items will help you tackle this epic ritual.
