Follow our Genshin Impact guide to complete the Custodian of Clouds Archon Quest. Learn where to find Cloud Retainer, gather ingredients, cook dishes, and solve puzzles.
Walkthrough
- 1Search for Cloud Retainer: Teleport to Qingyun Peak, descend, and follow the path north to Huaguang Stone Forest. Cross the wooden bridges, climb the mountain behind the canopy, and ascend further. Head towards the large pool with a tree and a table for a cutscene.
- 2Look for traces of food offerings (0/3):
- 3Northwest campsite: Find ingredients and the recipe for Jewelry soup.
- 4Northeast campsite: Find ingredients and the recipe for Matsutake Meat Rolls.
- 5Southeast campsite: Find ingredients (flour and raw meat) and identify the dish as Mora Meat.
- 6Offer up food to Cloud Retainer:
- 7Cook one dish of Delicious Mora Meat, one of Delicious Matsutake Meat Rolls, and one of Delicious Jewelry Soup using nearby cooking pots and the gathered ingredients. Perfect the dishes by hitting the yellow line in the cooking mini-game.
- 8Take the three cooked dishes to the table. A sealed door in the southwest will open.
- 9Head across the lake, up the stairs, and through the opened door to find a hidden domain entrance.
- 10Search for Cloud Retainer (Inside Cloud Retainer's Abode):
- 11Interact with the domain entrance and enter Cloud Retainer's Abode. Ensure you have a Pyro character in your party.
- 12Head south across the bridge and light the torch in front of you with Pyro.
- 13Challenge 1: Defeat enemies in 120 seconds. You will face waves of Cryo and Electro Slimes. Use Pyro attacks effectively.
- 14After the challenge, interact with the device to rotate the central platform. Rotate it once.
- 15Cross the bridge to the other side, defeat the Hilichurls blocking the next device.
- 16Rotate the device clockwise once and cross the bridge to another platform. Head southeast across the next bridge.
- 17On this platform, activate the device in front of the locked chests to start a series of torch-lighting challenges.
- 18First challenge: Activate torches in the order 1 > 5 > 4.
- 19Second challenge: Activate torches in the order 3 > 5 > 1 > 4.
- 20Third challenge: Activate torches in the order 2 > 4 > 1 > 5 > 3.
- 21After completing all three challenges, open the chests.
- 22Return to the rotator device and rotate the platform to head west.
- 23Follow the path, open the Common Chest behind the crates.
- 24Jump on the wind current to reach a higher platform to the north with another device.
- 25Rotate the platform's bridge to connect to your platform and cross the two bridges to the far platform.
- 26Final Challenge: Light all torches, but be aware that lighting one will extinguish others. (The source text cuts off here).
Tips
- Bring a Pyro character for the challenges inside Cloud Retainer's Abode.
- Pay close attention to the torch lighting order in the puzzles.
- Perfecting the dishes during the cooking phase is crucial.
- Adventure EXP: 400
- Mora: 12,250
- Next Quest: Dust to Dust
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