Whispers in the Dark: Unraveling Genshin Impact's Priorities First Quest

Discover the thrilling secrets of Kuuvahki's underground research with daring exploration, puzzle-solving, and high-stakes danger in this captivating adventure.

The Underground Research Center breathes with mechanical sighs, its metallic corridors echoing with secrets only the boldest Travelers dare to uncover. Fatui's shadowy ambitions coil like dormant serpents within Kuuvahki's pulsating heart, where humming energy conduits cast eerie blue glows upon sterile walls. This isn't just another mission—it's a dance with danger where every step whispers of forgotten experiments and guarded truths. The air itself feels alive, thick with anticipation and the faint ozone scent of Kuuvahki energy, making your skin tingle like static electricity before a storm. 😌

🕵️‍♀️ Descending Into Mystery

To begin this intricate ballet, one must first:

  1. Teleport to Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau's western island waypoint—a lonely outpost overlooking waves that crash like liquid obsidian.

  2. Enter the northern building where elevators groan like ancient beasts, descending into the facility's bowels.

  3. Scale forgotten crates, their wooden skeletons creaking underfoot as you grasp the shimmering ID Card pulsating with stolen energy.

The barriers stand as jealous guardians, demanding clever manipulation of that stolen Kuuvahki essence. Oh, dodging those initial traps? A piece of cake! Just duck into side rooms feeling like hidden sanctuaries, tapping control screens that sigh with relief when deactivated. Defeating the mechanical sentinels afterward feels like silencing rattling tin soldiers—satisfying yet strangely hollow.

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🧩 The Cassette Trio's Riddles

Now the real brain-ticklers begin—three Data Storage Cassettes hidden behind puzzles that tease the mind:

First Puzzle Solution

Step Action Feeling
1 Fast travel back to western waypoint The teleport's chill nips at your bones
2 Head east through fog-drenched paths Like wandering through half-forgotten dreams
3 Pull ID Card, swipe left across three seals Barriers shatter like glass tears
4 Defend against awakened machines Their clanking limbs move with sad, mechanical fury

The Exquisite chest rewards you with a cassette that glows softly in your inventory—a captured fragment of the facility's soul. ✨

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Second Puzzle: Bot Ballet

Here’s where things get spicy—no walk in the park! A Cleaning Bot circles its barrier like a lonely moon orbiting a planet. You must:

  • Teleport to northeast waypoint, sprinting north until that blue box glows like a fallen star 🌟

  • Wait for the bot’s approach—it hums a mournful tune as it shares Kuuvahki energy

  • Pull the chest forward feeling like reeling in a stubborn fish

  • Sync steps with the bot (keeping pace is a real workout!) to swipe the ID Card behind seals

The Precious chest yields another cassette, sometimes whispering the promise of a Pahal Isle Evermoon Seal—a trinket that winks mischievously.

Third Puzzle: Moving Meditation

For the final cassette:

  • Fast travel to North Harbor waypoint, southwest winds tugging at your clothes

  • Open cargo hatch to release another Cleaning Bot—it chirps like a curious bird

  • Use stationary bot’s energy to pull ID Card

  • Scan first seal, then slide left around barrier with held breath

  • Sync movement with the wandering bot—an intimate waltz across cold floors

When the last seal breaks, the Precious chest opens like a blooming flower under moonlight.

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🔚 The Final Curtain

Returning to Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau's depths feels like coming full circle—a pilgrimage to the altar of forgotten science. Submitting the cassettes makes consoles flicker with approval. Then comes the Kuuvahki Relay Mechanism, grasped fiercely to shatter the final shield in a shower of crystalline sparks. Combat erupts—a crescendo of clashing steel and elemental fury where your party moves like lightning. When silence falls, investigating that lingering strange sound reveals... nothing but echoes. Just like that, it’s over.

The rewards? Sweet 40 Primogems glittering like captured stardust and the Tempus Fugit, Peculia Fugit achievement—a Latin whisper meaning "time flies, money flies." Poetic, really. As you emerge into daylight, the facility's mechanical sighs fade behind you, its secrets now nestled quietly in your palms. The shadows retreat, but their memory lingers... a haunting reminder that some truths yearn to dance with those brave enough to listen. 🌙