Winds of the Past is the tenth subquest in the Prologue: Act 1, The Outlander Who Caught The Wind, an Archon Quest in Genshin Impact. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the Winds of the Past Archon Subquest.
Winds of the Past is unlocked automatically when you finish the previous subquest, Knights of Favonius.
Region: Mondstadt
Area: Mondstadt City
Quest Giver: Automatically given after completing Knights of Favonius
Requirement: Complete subquest Knights of Favonius
Recommended Level: 1
Reward: 275 Adventure EXP, 3,000 Mora, 1,550 Character EXP, 3 Enhancement Ore
Mission Description: Meet Amber just outside a Wind Temple Domain and destroy the Dragon’s Breath inside it.
Objectives:
- Meet Amber at the temple
- Explore the temple
- Explore the temple’s depths
Starting Location: Knights of Favonius
Immediately after completing Knights of Favonius, three separate subquests unlock: Crash Course, Sparks Amongst the Pages, and this one, Winds of the Past. All three must be completed to finish the Prologue: Act 1 quest, The Outlander Who Caught the Wind.
Meet Amber at the temple
Amber asks you to meet her at the temple just across the bridge outside of Mondstadt. To get there quicker, open the map and select the Teleport Waypoint you unlocked on your way to Mondstadt.
Head southeast just off the hill and meet with Amber at the temple.
Enter the temple
Run up the stairs and enter the temple. This is your first introduction to Domains in Genshin Impact. Two options appear, but only one is unlocked and playable. Click on Deep Within the Temple of the Falcon. You don’t have any other options available, but a character screen appears for you to form your team. Since you only have the Traveler and Amber, start the Domain.
While some Domains, like this one, act as story events, most of them you find in the world provide materials needed to level up characters and equipment.
Explore the temple’s depths
First, head forward to the off-kilter cube. Activate it and open the door. A little further in, you learn that Amber’s charge attack can burn the two bundles of bramble in front of you.
The left bundle blocks the path forward, while the right bundle stands between you and a chest. Make sure to burn both of them, open the chest, and then proceed down the left path. Just around the corner, more bramble stands between you and progress.
The rotated cube in front of you is a Door of Resurrection. If you die in any Domain, you resurrect at the most recent Door of Resurrection you activated.
You also learn about Elemental Sight. To activate it, hold L1/LB and press Left on the D-Pad. Elemental Sight shows you all of the objects you can burn. These objects share the Dendro element, including the shield on the hilichurl just below you.
Jump down and defeat the lone hilichurl. After that, a horn blows and two more hilichurls run down the stairs. Dispatch them and then open the chest that unlocked.
Before continuing, make sure to turn around and destroy the rock structure. Shoot the red barrels to blow up the rocks and find a hidden chest.
Proceed up the stairs to find another room with several hilichurls. Here, the game teaches you about explosive barrels, but you already know that from the secret chest in the previous room. Defeat the hilichurls and open the chest that unlocks when you beat them all.
Continue left from where you came in. A statue stands in front of you with a Pyro symbol on it. Use Amber’s charge attack to activate it, creating a large upward wind gust you can ride with your glider. Jump and immediately jump again to open your glider and float upward. Wait until you stop ascending, then float to the ledge in front of you.
Just up the stairs, you find a Drago’s Breath, a stone surging with Anemo energy. Destroy it to clear the Domain.
Amber lets you know you can learn more about Stormterror and the Wind Temples by talking with Lisa before she returns to Mondstadt City. Just ahead of you appears a Precious Chest. Open that for your Domain reward and then go to the Domain exit just behind the chest.
Wind of the Past is one of three subquests needed to continue the Prologue: Act 1 subquest. The other two subquests are Crash Course and Sparks Amongst the Pages.
Next Quest: Crash Course
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