Genshin | Fontaine Things To Do & How To Unlock?

Fontaine is one of the nations in Genshin Impact. Guide includes characters, release date, location, characters, Archon quests, underwater exploration, gimmicks, element, what is Fontaine, how to unlock and more!

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Fontaine - How To Unlock & Location

Fontaine Map

Aboveground	Underwater

From The North Of Sumeru Use The Elevator To Reach The Statue Of Seven

Map	Elevator

▲The waypoint above will be unlocked after Mondstadt Arc.

You can easily get to Fontaine using a Waypoint at the north most part of Sumeru. This waypoint will be unlocked upon completing Mondstadt Arc. Upon unlocking Statue of Seven, you will be able to swim and dive in Fontaine!

To Explore Fontaine, You Only Need To Clear Mondstadt Archon Quest

If you just want to explore Fontaine, you just need to clear Song Of The Dragon And Freedom Archon Quest. If you want to explore while doing the story, exploring Fontaine after Sumeru is recommended.

Fontaine Things To Do

Unlock Waypoints & Statue Of Seven

Make exploring Fontaine a lot easier by unlocking all of the waypoints and Statue of Seven. It is recommended to unlock the 3 Statue of Seven first then go to Waypoints. Unlocking the first Statue of Seven allows you to explore the underwater depths of Fontaine.

Don't Forget To Try Out Hydro Traveler As Well

The Hydro version of Traveler can also be unlocked by resonating with Fontaine Statue Of Seven.

Collect Hydroculus

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Fully explore Fontaine while collecting Hydroculus for various rewards like Primogems and Constellations for Hydro Traveller.

Use The Shrine Keys That You Will Get To Get More Luxurious Chest

Open the Shrines of Depths that you will get by offering Oculus to get Luxurious Chest.

Finish Archon Quests & Story Quests

To fully unlock most of the World Quest and know more about the country, it is recommended to play Archon Quest. To start Chapter 4, you need to finish the Archon Quest Caribert.

Archon Quests
Prelude Of Blancheur And Noirceur	As Light Rain Falls Without Reason
Story Quests
Felis Fuscus Chapter	-

Unlocks Fountain Of Lucine

Fointain Of Lucine is a reward wherein you offer Hydro Sigils for rewards. Maxing out this Fountain is one of the things to do in Fontaine.

Find & Activate Aircrafts

All Locations Of Aircraft

Collect Mysterious Cores

▲ Activate them with either Pneuma or Ousia.

All Mysterious Core Locations

Collect Strange Parts

How To Get Strange Parts?

Exchange Area

Map	Location

You can get specialties and materials from Xana in exchange of Strange Parts. Collecting this parts will lead to various Fontaine quests.

Collect Enigmatic Pages

Can Be Submitted At "Book Of Revealing"

At "A Very Warm Place" there is a cave with the Book of Revealing where you can submit the gathered Enigmatic Page. Collecting Enigmatic Pages is also a collectible in Fontaine that gives Luxurious Chest.

Drained Conch Cup

Drained Conch Cup is a quest item that can be obtained from the precious chest in the Institute of Natural Philosophy and the Narzissenkreuz Ordo.

Fontaine Hot Spring

Claim a luxurious chest and a couple of hidden achievements by completing the puzzles of the Fontaine Hot Spring. You can also unlock the location of Iron Viscount as you proceed.

Fontaine Local Legends (Mini Boss)

There are a total of 8 Local Legends scattered around the Fontaine nation. Locate these local legends and defeat them to obtain rewards, such as Precious Chest and hidden achievements.

All Fontaine Local Legends

Collect Luxurious Chests

There is a significant amount of Luxurious Chests that can be found within Fontaine. Some of them can easily be obtained by locating them or by playing through quests, while some will require a bit of puzzle-solving.

Collect Bottled Treasure Maps

Bottle Treasure Maps are scattered and can be found in different areas around the region of Fontaine. Each location has a different way of getting the treasure map, some have puzzles some do not. Search all of these 8 Bottled Treasure Maps and obtain precious chests.

Fontaine World Quests

Fontaine Reputation Quests

Fontaine Materials, Enemies & Domains

Materials

Specialties
Beryl Conch	Rainbow Rose	Lumidouce Bell
Romaritime Flower	-	-
Materials
Bulle Fruit	Tidalga	Pluie Lotus

New Enemies

Enemies
Breacher Primus	Fontemer Aberrants
Underground Meka	Tainted Hydro Phantasm
Iron Viscount	Ocean Circuit

New Domains

Location	Key Reward
Denouement Of Sin Requirement: Reach Adventure Rank 22 or above Complete the Archon Quest Prologue: Act III - Song of the Dragon and Freedom	Golden Troupe is best for: Marechaussee Hunter is best for:
Faded Theater Requirement: Reach Adventure Rank 22 or above. Complete Archon Quest Prologue: Act III "Song of the Dragon and Freedom"	Fragment Of Harmonic Whimsy is best for: Unfinished Reverie is best for:
Waterfall Wen Requirement: Reach Adventure Rank 22 or above Interact With The Domain To Unlock	Nighttime Whispers In The Echoing Woods is best for: Song Of Days Past is best for:
Pale Forgotten Glory Requirement: Reach Adventure Rank 27 or above Complete Archon Quest Chapter I: Act I "Of the Land Amidst Monoliths"	Philosophies Of Equity (Mon & Thu & Sun) is used for: Philosophies Of Justice (Tue & Fri & Sun) is used for: Philosophies Of Order (Wed & Sat & Sun) is used for:
Shadow of Another World Requirement: Adventure Rank 35 and above	Lightless Silk String is used for: Lightless Eye Of The Maelstrom is used for: - Lightless Mass is used for:
Echoes of the Deep Tides Requirement: Reach Adventure Rank 16 or above Complete Archon Quest Prologue: Act II "For a Tomorrow Without Tears"	Echo Of An Ancient Chord (Mon & Thu & Sun) is used for: Essence Of Pure Sacred Dewdrop (Tue & Fri & Sun) is used for: Golden Goblet Of The Pristine Sea (Wed & Sat & Sun) is used for:

Fontaine Achievements

List Of All Fontaine Achievements

Achievements	Details
Renart The Deceiver	Collect the 3 Fables De Fontaine Books in order to unlock this achievement.
Robben Versus Chesterton	Collect all the 3 books to unlock this achievement
Compendium of Misery	Collect the 3 books of The History Of The Decline And Fall Of Remuria to unlock this achievement.
Angle Eraser	Defeat the 3 groups of Beastly Rifts around Elynas to get this achievement
Waterworld Future	Clear the Hot Spring in Elynas area
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea	Clear the Hot Spring in Elynas area
Core Cooling	Clear the Hot Spring in Elynas area
Iron Viscount	Defeat the Iron Viscount (for the first time)
Encyclopedia of Natural Philosophy	Unlock the Encyclopedia of Natural Philosophy achievement when entering the institute for the first time
It's Fish, I added Fish	Complete the How To Celebrate Serene's Birthday in order to unlock this achievement
Birth Of The Modern Clock	Complete the Day 1 and Day 2 of Strange Stone Chronicle to unlock this achievement
These Are A Few Of My Achievement Guide	Unlock this achievement by playing the turntable on the underwater room.
An Eye To Eye	Absorb the Bullet Barnacle's attack and use a counter-attack it to unlock this achievement.
Do You Believe In Rapture?	Complete the 3 challenges and unlock a precious chest and this achievement.
Hardships Experienced	Complete the Ann Of The Narzissenkreuz Quest.
And After That...	Complete the Ann Of The Narzissenkreuz Quest.
Ann in Wonderland	Complete the Ann Of The Narzissenkreuz Quest.
A Study in Sable	Enter the Institute of Natural Philosophy for the first time.
In Search of Frittered Time	Reach level 10 in Fontaine Reputation.
The White Path Between Two Rivers	Get defeated by the hunting rays without engaging into a fight.
Cell, Splinter	Hit the Breacher Primus during its Stress State using any Fontaine characters or the Hydro traveler.
Too Hot To Handle! Achievement Guide	Contsntly apply cryo element to the Tainted Hydro Phantasm.
Funerary Storm	Hit Dirge of Coppelia using Pneuma attack while in whirlwind state.
Blubby, Chubby, Creative Evolution	Feed Berrfypuff for 5 days (time-gated)
Like Water Disappearing Into Water	Hear about the prophecy of Fontaine on the first half of Prelude Of Blancheur And Noirceur Archon Quest.
The King Is Dead, Long Live the King!	Destroy the Emperor Of Fire And Iron's pyro shield during its Searing Coronation.
Icebound Oath	Hit the Nemesis of Coppelius with Ousia skill during its Climax performance.
Fontaine Expects That Everyone Will Do Their Duty	Use the Green Feather Accessory to unlock this achievement.
A Sudden Squall	Complete the A Certain Notice, A Certain Triffle and A Certain Stamp world quest series.
Second Childhood	Get the achievement through the Their Childhood: City Caper daily commission.
Office on the Avenue	Get this achievement through Talks from the Court daily commission.
Not Your Average Joe	Get this achievement after completing the Get a Drink at Least! daily commission (4 parts).
Aesthetic Critique	Obtain this achievement upon completing the Principles of Aesthetics quest series (daily commission).
The Calendar of the Future Is Longer Than the Diary of the Past	Unlock this achievement by reading all the Cipher Letter 1 to 5 (accordingly).
The Worst! Fontaine's Eight Evil Clockwork Knights!	Unlock this achievement by collecting the 7 Energy Concentrating Components.
Le Scaphandre et le Pufferfruit	Complete the 3 Pufferfruit challenge to unlock this achievement.
Luachra The Brilliant	Defeat the Luachra The Brilliant.
This Ends Here	Complete the Fontaine Research Institute, Stagnating In The Rubble quest.
Mired in Red Tape	Complete the Fontaine Research Institute, Stagnating In The Rubble quest.
Consumer Society	Buy the Fortress of Meropide and Pankration TCG card from Alvard in the Fortress of Meropide area
When the Clock Strikes Midnight	Unlock this achievement during Caterpillar's transformation, during the Unfinished Comedy quest.
Les Quatre Coups	Complete the Villains.
Come on out, Mystery Ore! Grant my wish!	Unlock this achievement upon collecting all Mysterious Ore.
The Remains of the Day	Get this achievement by climbing a certain hill, then sit beside a painting. Adjust the in-game time to 17:15.
Break the Time Zone	Get this achievement after defeating the Thorny Cyst.
The Forgotten Ream	Complete the In Search of Lost Time quest.
While Motors Sleep...	Complete the Road to the Singularity quest.
Automated Supercomputing Field Generator	Defeat the Automated Supercomputing Field Generator.
Undocumented Feature	Locate all the Spur Gears and assemble it to the prototype.
Solitary Report	Talk to Chronie.
There Is One Spectacle Grander Than the Sea, That Is the Sky	Complete the Unfinished Comedy, where you got Lanoire out of the Fortress.
Non-Zero-Sum Game	Complete the satisfactory survey from the Fortress receptionist, Monglane.
What Lies at the End of the Rainbow...?	Complete the Treacherous Light of the Depths quest.
The Distance of the Moon	Plunge 11x when its Gravitational Reduction Field is activated.
Gravity Front	Avoid the gravity ripple during the gravity reduction until you defeat it. Do not use Geo Characters as well to get this.
...What New Tide?	Locate and read the 3 books of New Tide Anthology books.
The Final Fonta Sea	Drink a Full Pankration Fonta 1x, 13x and 16x.
New Inspiration! New Products!	Complete the Daily Commission "The Refreshing Fonta, A Font Of Refreshement!"
Semnai Sans Shadow	Open all Pashiv's chest at the end of the quest.

Fontaine Gimmicks

Ousia And Pneuma (Arkhe System)

A new gameplay/system that can only be found in Fontaine. These Ousia And Pneuma are the two opposing energies of the Arkhe System. Using these energies will help you utilize some of Fontaine's mechanisms and properties.

Underwater Gimmicks

Gimmick	Details
Currents	These currents has the same function as the anemo ring. Once you enter these currents, Your movement will increase.
High-Pressure Water Vent	Avoid these high-pressure currents if you have an armored crab shield
Recovery Orb	This orb regenerates your aquatic stamina and HP
Echoing Conch	This echoing conches will help you detect invisible objects nearby.
Fantastical Floating Ball	The ringed device will be activated once the floating ball came in contact with the sphere.
Xenochromatic Creatures	Absorb their abilities in order to use for combat and solving puzzles.

Underwater Puzzles

Gimmick	Details
Pufferfruits	Destroy these Pufferfruits using the abilities coming from the Xenochromatic Creatures to complete the challenge.
Strange Eel	Attack the Strange Eels with any Xenochromatic ability to get a chest. If there are two of them, you have to hit them both at the same time

What Is Fontaine?

Fontaine Is The Nation Of Hydro

Fontaine is the French word for Fountain, which is related to Hydro (water). Fontaine is also the home of the Hydro Archon which is also one of the Seven Nations.

Ruled By Focalors

Focalors, the Hydro Archon, is the God of Justice and rules over Fontaine after the death of Lord of Amrita. Focalors was described as someone with a unique personality and a person who likes the courtroom.

Fontaine Characters

Character List

Character	Element	Nation	Bonus Stat
Arlecchino		Polearm	CRIT DMG
Charlotte		Catalyst	ATK%
Chevreuse		Polearm	HP%
Clorinde		Sword	CRIT Rate
Egeria		TBA
Emilie		TBA
Freminet		Claymore	ATK%
Furina		Sword	CRIT Rate
Lynette		Sword	Anemo DMG Bonus
Lyney		Bow	CRIT Rate
Navia		Claymore	CRIT DMG
Neuvillette		Catalyst	CRIT DMG
Sigewinne		Bow
Wriothesley		Catalyst	CRIT DMG

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Fontaine Related Articles

Map & Puzzle Related

Fontaine
Fontaine
Fontaine Research Institute			Fortress Of Meropide
Erinnyes Forest			Morte Region
Sea Of Bygone Eras			Nostoi Region
Map & Collectibles
Hydroculus			Shrine of Depths
Fontaine Puzzles			Fontaine Quest
Local Specialties & Materials
Marcotte		Lumidouce Bell		Rainbow Rose
Tidalga		Beryl Conch		Romaritime Flower
Lumitoile		Subdetection Unit		-

Fontaine Domains

Artifact Domains

Domain	Key Drops
Denouement Of Sin
Faded Theater
Waterfall Wen

Talent Book Domains

Domain	Key Drops
Pale Forgotten Glory

Weapon Ascension Material Domains

Domain	Key Drops
Echoes of the Deep Tides

Weekly Boss Domains

Domain	Key Drops
Shadow of Another World

Fontaine Characters

Fontaine 5 Star Characters
Arlecchino	Clorinde	Emilie	Furina
Lyney	Navia	Neuvillette	Sigewinne
Wriothesley	-	-	-
Fontaine 4 Star Characters
Charlotte	Chevreuse	Freminet	Lynette
Other Fontaine Characters
Egeria	-	-	-

Other Fontaine Guides