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Genshin Impact | Ancient Sacred Mountain Guide and How to Unlock

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Ancient Sacred Mountain is an area at Natlan of Genshin Impact. See how to get to Ancient Sacred Mountain, how to unlock, dragon puzzle, and things to do at the location.

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How to Unlock Ancient Sacred Mountain?

Complete A Quest Chain to Unlock

MapIn-Game
Map Location
Location

Ancient Sacred Mountain can be unlocked by progressing in the World Quest close to Collective of Plenty. The area itself is a separate location from Natlan and has its own map. You can switch the map by pressing the change map button on the lower right section of the screen.

Ancient Sacred Mountain - Elemental Monument Location

Cave Location With Elemental Monument
Cave Map
Cave In-Game

Hit Geothermal Vent Three Times To Light Up The Monuments

▲ Video showing 3rd hit on the Geothermal Vent

The Elemental Monuments to open the door can be turned on by hitting the nearby Geothermal Vent thrice. Plunging Attacks or a Tatanktasaur's normal attack can easily hit it.

Enter The Newly Opened Door To Get Treasure Chests

Chests After Defeating the Tenebrous MimicsChest Behind Wall Crevice
Chests After Mimics
Chest Beyond Wall Crevice

How To Reach Chest Behind Wall Crevice

Indwell A Tatankasaur And Break Through The Rocks
Step 1

Indwell a Tatankasaur and use its enhanced dash ability to break through the rocks. If you have either Varesa or Iansan, both of them can break the rocks as well.

Attack the Geothermal Vent Thrice
Geothermal Vent

Once further inside the cave, attack the Geothermal Vent thrice to make the Phlogiston pool spew orbs to hit the monuments.

Defeat the Tenebrous Mimic Enemies
Mimic Enemies

Defeat all three (3) waves of Tenebrous Mimicked Enemies. Don't forget to claim the chests before moving to the next step.

Indwell a Tatankasaur And Enter The First Door That Opened
Enter this door

Indwell a Tatankasaur then break through the rocks blocking the path. Proceed onwards and grab the Pyroculus.

Enter the Crevice at the Left Wall
crevice

Before the doorway going outside, look at the left to see the crevice leading to a hidden area.

Hit The Geothermal Vents
Chest Beyond Wall Crevice

Start hitting both of the Geothermal Vents to unlock the chest.

Use The Wind Current to Get the Chest
Use The Wind Current to Get the Chest

Wait until the Phlogiston Pool is done spewing out orbs then use the Wind Current to glide upwards and grab the chest.

Ancient Sacred Mountain - Secret Source Dragon Puzzles

Location Of Puzzle At the East Island

Map LocationIn-game Location
Map 1
In-game 1

How To Solve East Island Dragon Puzzle

Go to the East Side of the Island
East side Map 1

Head to the East side of the island and indwell a Tatankasaur to break the rocks.

Hit The Rock Surface On the Left
Rock face

Hit the cracked rock surface on the left with the Tatankasaur's dash attack. Grab the chest then wait until the platform stop ascending.

Go to the Left and Break the Rocks
left side rocks

Head to the breakable rocks on the left side once you reach the upper island. Break it to reveal the head section of the Secret Source Dragon.

Catch then Hit the Matador Monetoo At the Southwest End of the Island
east island map 2

Descend to the lower island then head to the southwest end of the island. Successfully chase and hit the matador Monetoo to make it enter one of the unattached sections

Ram into the Section Where the Monetoo Is Dancing At
Ram the unattached section

Use the Tatankasaur's ability to ram into the section where the Monetoo's graffiti is dancing. It will cause the box to move and attach to the whole body.

Move to the Center of the Island and Chase the Next Matador Monetoo
East Island Map 3

Head to the marked area in the map above then chase after the next matador Monetoo. Ram the graffiti version afterwards to make one section of the Dragon Statue fall on the ground.

Infuse The Mechanism with Phlogiston
Infuse with Phlogiston

Once the mechanism is infused with Phlogiston, the two stationary Secret Source Servants will carry the remaining section and assemble the completed Dragon Statue.

The Dragon Statue is Completed
Completed

Location Of Puzzle At the West Island

Map LocationIn-game Location
West Island Map Location
West Island In-Game

How To Solve West Island Dragon Puzzle

Indwell a Tatankasaur then Enter the Room to Break Rocks
Enter room then break rocks

Turn to the left side of the puzzle then indwell a Tatankasaur. Enter the room with a gate then break all the rocks inside.

Infuse the Mechanism with Phlogiston
Infuse with Phlogiston (2)

Infuse the Mechanism with Phlogiston. If you don't have enough, exit the room and restore your Phlogiston then re-enter.

Defeat the Enemies Behind the Light Wall
Fight the enemies

Clear the enemies behind the light wall. Your attacks can go through it unless the range is very small then you have to go to the other side to fight them.

Grab the Chest then Start the Statue
Grab the chest

Once the light wall is down, grab the chest and click the Start interaction. The section will start floating upwards and bring you to the main body.

Activate The Fixed Switch
Completed West Island

The Secret Source Servants will fix the switch. Activate it to reveal the completed body of the Dragon Statue.

Location Of Puzzle At the Lower Layer Northeast Area

Map LocationIn-game Location
Lower Island Map
Lower Island In-Game

How To Solve Lower Layer Dragon Puzzle

Break the Rocks on the Right Side
Break rocks on right side

Once you reach the puzzle location, turn to your right then break the rocks blocking the tail section.

Destroy These Two Sections
break two broken sections

Go back to the main body and break the two broken sections to make space for new sections.

Destroy the Rocks In the North Side
North side Rocks

Break the rocks in front of the Dragon Statue's main body then approach the newly revealed sections.

Defeat the Enemies that Appear
two enemy waves

Rifthound Whelps then a Tenebrous Mimicked Tatankasaur will appear when you reach the revealed section and when it's being transported to the main body.

Ride the Dragon Statue and Grab the Pyroculus
Pyroculus Above Ring

Ride the Dragon Statue then grab the Pyroculus on top of the floating ring.

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