The new patch is simply fantastic! The characters are amazing, the scenery is breathtaking and the world with its lore is what makes us fall in love with it. The questline Through Mist of Smoke and Forests Dark is very interesting but very long and tricky at times. That is why we’re creating this guide for you to be able to see all the details needed in order to pass it. Let’s get started.
Through Mist of Smoke and Forests Dark Guide – Genshin Impact
A Forest Of Change
You will have to go to the bottom left corner of the map. Here go to the highlighted location and you’ll be able to begin this entire questline. Your first quest will be A Forest of Change.
For this one, you’ll need to enter the cave that will be on the very left corner of the entire area. You’ll know the one by looking at your mini-map. After following the road you’ll reach this:
Here you will start to unravel the hidden map and area. You will enter the Sumeru Area. A couple of long cutscenes will start playing. You will be following through the voice of that mysterious woman.
Once you follow her close enough, and up the tree, you’ll get to a cutscene again where you will be talking to Collei. After waking up in her house and talking to her, you will finish this quest. Congratulations! On to the next one.
Further Observation
This is where you can start this quest. Go to this marked location and there will be a long cutscene with talking that you’ll need to go through.
You will go along the road and check the lamps on the streets. Just walk toward the marked locations and that’s all that you’ll need to do. After you’ve done that, you will need to climb on top of that mountain.
There are certain zap locations that you will find around this mountain. Simply locate them and use them to get as high as possible. Once you get there you’ll complete the quest. They will be on the second layer as seen in the picture above.
Then you’ll get to a talking sequence again and you will need to wait until the morning the next day. You can skip time from the menu.
Chronic Illness
This is where you’ll be able to start the Chronic Illness questline. Simply come here and you’ll get talking to Tighnari. You will need to follow him first. Once you reach him, he will take you to harvest some plants and flowers from the river.
While collecting flowers you’ll realize that there is a Withering Zone nearby. This will be your first tutorial on how to clear them. It is simple. You will locate the flower to Summon Dendrogana, and then go after the Red Flowers in the area.
Once you’ve struck all the red flowers with the Dendrogana Buff, you will go to the big flower (shown in the picture above) and then hit Destroy Tumor of Withering. This will clear the Withering Zone completely.
Once that is done you will have a talking cutscene again. Then after the cutscene walk back to the village where you took this quest (it will be marked on the map). Here you’ll get the objective of saving Haypasia. Go into the cave that she will be in, and a cutscene will commence. Yet another quest finished.
Silent Seeker Of Knowledge
To begin this quest you will have to come here to the highlighted position. There will be mist, just enter it. The first objective will be to walk through the tree hollow. It is a tunnel sort of road, just follow it until the end.
Next up will be to enter the special cave. You will see these places to jump onto. Keep jumping on them until you reach the top.
The small flowers (mushrooms) in the middle will bounce you up. When bounced, also zap yourself and you’ll get to the marked cave.
When you enter the Cave you’ll get teleported to a completely different area. You will investigate this quaint room. Once this is done you will go outside again and you’ll need to climb through the flowers yet again to go as high as possible.
There are certain zaps that you can use that will take you to a completely different location.
You will have a mini-boss to fight by the name of Abyss Herald. Once you defeat him, a whole set of talking cutscenes will start. When they’re finished you will go to the Gandharva Ville yet again. Once you get there you’ll complete the quest.
The Trail Of The God OF Wisdom
For this quest, you will finally be visiting the Sumeru City! Go to the location marked on this picture above and a big cutscene will start. You will get to know the characters and the city better.
Your first objective will be to locate Katheryne in the Adventure’s Guild. You can find her marked on your map, and she will be very close to you. Then once done talking to her, you will enter the Tavern that is right by the Guild too. These are all talking cutscenes so we feel that there’s no need to explain them further.
Once the Tavern is done, you’ll walk to the Grand Bazaar. Once here you will go through the talking cutscene. Then you will look for 5 areas around the Bazaar. You will find them marked on your mini-map.
When you’ve passed through all the 5 areas you will get one long and finishing talking cutscene. Congratulations, one more quest is finished!
Lost In Prosperity
Next stop is Port Ormos! The thing is, Port Ormos is not yet uncovered in your map because you haven’t reached it through the story yet. So this is the safest road that you should take. And Port Ormos is marked on the lower side of the picture above. You will need to walk a total of 1300 meters! Enjoy the scenery.
Once you get there you’ll go through a talking cutscene again. Then when that is finished, go to the Djafar Tavern. You will get very long talking cutscenes here. You will start to learn the lore of the place as well as the problems they’re having with bandits.
Once you talk to all of them, you’ll be looking for a secluded spot to talk with Alhaitham in private. After the talking, follow Raunak to the desired location.
Once you get to the warehouse this quest will finish. Congratulations! On to the last one.
Ever So Close
Welcome to Port Ormos! This is the last quest of this series. First, go to the highlighted position shown in the picture above. You will talk to Alhaitham and he will take you to the north of the Port. You will be looking for Canned Knowledge in the wilds.
Here you will go through some basic fighting tests. You will pass through the first and second combat tests. They will be very easy to pass, just a couple of low-level enemies. After that is done, go ahead and skip the time until the next morning.
Get back inside the Port Ormos and look for Dori. She will be marked on your map. Talk to her and you’ll set the desired location for talking and meeting. Once you get to the Dock you will get a big cutscene and that will be the end of it!
Congratulations! Once this cutscene ends, you’ll have completed the quest Mist of Smoke and Forests Dark. We hope that this guide was of some help and aided you in competing Through Mist of Smoke and Forests Dark questline.
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