Guardian of Apep’s Oasis in Genshin Impact: How to Find and Defeat

In Genshin Impact, Guardian of Apep’s Oasis is a Dendro dragon and weekly boss, added to the game With You the release of Update 3.6 and available as part of the Dominion of Beginnings Punishment Dungeon. Valuable materials fall from it: a fern that embraced the sky, a primordial oasis flower and eternal amber, necessary for the exaltation of certain characters.

In this guide, we'll show you how to find and defeat this legendary Emerald Grass Dragon, detailing all of its attacks and moves, as well as the recommended commands and best tactics for fighting it.

Where to find Guardian of Apep’s Oasis

In order to gain access to this boss fight, you will need to first unlock the special dungeon Realm of Beginnings by completing the second chapter of the Legends of Nahida quest titled "Homecoming". After that, you will be able to challenge this Dendro dragon at any time, but you will be able to collect rewards for defeating him only once a week. We add that in the quest this enemy is noticeably weaker than in the weekly battles.

The passage to the dungeon is located in the northernmost desert region of Sumeru. In order for the game to mark its location for you, simply select the "Home of Beginnings" under the "Dungeons of Punishment" section in the Adventurer's Handbook. Entering it, you will need to choose the difficulty of the battle, depending on the pumping of your characters.

Before the battle, be sure to make sure that you have 60 units original resin (or 30 if it's one of the first three weekly boss battles this week), otherwise you won't be able to get the reward later.

Characteristics of Apep Oasis Guardian

Even in its initial form, the Emerald Grass Dragon has a 70% resistance to Dendro damage, so we do not advise you to take damage dealers of the corresponding element to the team. As for the rest of the elements and physical damage, his resistance to them is only 10%, which makes it easier to create an optimal squad.

If we talk about the main attributes, then in the first form, Apep is relatively weak, therefore, it does not pose a serious threat, but this changes dramatically by the third phase, in which the enemy’s health scale approaches 900 thousand units, and his attack power is almost 25 thousand points. Plus, he can perform some extremely powerful area-of-effect attacks.

Thus, he is definitely not a weak opponent, however, to many, he still may not seem as strong as other weekly bosses. The full stats of this enemy (in three forms) can be seen in the pictures above (2P, 3P and 4P show the stats when playing in co-op).

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Hero Selection Tips

Given the high resistance of the boss to Dendro elements, it is definitely not worth taking damage dealers of the corresponding element, however, you can easily add Dendro healers or shields that do not cause direct damage to the enemy. Naturally, we are talking about a situation where you do not have suitable supports of other elements.

As a main damage dealer, we recommend choosing heroes capable of inflicting huge damage not only on single targets, but also on large enemy groups, since in the second phase you will have to fight several enemies at once, and you will need to defeat them as quickly as possible. A good option could be Hu Tao, whose Elemental Burst hits the area, or Ganyu - her charged shots also deal damage to the area.

Anemo characters (Sucrose, Venti, Kaedehara Kazuha) can also help in the second stage, being able to summon whirlwinds to group enemies at one point. In this case, you do not have to constantly run after them throughout the arena. The picture below shows the characters from which you can assemble good teams to fight Apep.

Optimal Teams

Based on the above information, we have prepared some of the most suitable units that will make it easier for you to deal with Oasis Guardian Apep. They are shown in the table below.

Attacks and Movements of Guardian of Apep’s Oasis

First phase

Impact from underground

The boss plunges into the ground, and then "floats up" at the location of the character, striking with both forelimbs.

Body punch

The boss performs a full body swing with a fairly large radius, dealing physical damage. You should jump away from the enemy so as not to take damage.

Four hit combo

The boss makes a swing with a limb, hits it on the ground, makes a circular kick, and at the end hits the ground with both paws. All of these attacks deal physical damage in an area. This combo can only consist of two hits.

Attack with paws from under the ground

The boss plunges 4 limbs into the ground, which then pop out at the location of the character and start whipping on the ground, dealing physical damage.

Triple slap with spheres

The enemy slams the ground with their entire body three times, each time dealing physical damage in an area and creating waves of spiked spheres. The latter are directed towards the character and also inflict physical damage. It is extremely difficult to dodge all the balls.

Tail waving

If the character is behind the boss, then he will swing his tail twice, dealing physical damage in an area.

Second phase

In the second phase, you will need to protect the Heart of the Oasis from proliferating organisms that will attack in waves. By destroying these enemies, you will advance the process of purification of the core. At the beginning of this stage, the corresponding scale will be approximately 27% full. To move on to the next stage, you have to complete it completely. If the progress drops to zero, then the test will be considered failed.

Note that all reproducing organisms have a 50% resistance to Dendro damage, so using this element against them is again not recommended. Next, we will look at each enemy individually so that you know about their attacks and features.

primary reproductive organism

Most of the time, you'll be fighting them. They deal physical damage and their attacks reduce Purify progress by 0.6%. When empowered by Nourishing Organism, their damage is almost doubled. They can attack both close and from afar, which makes them somewhat difficult to capture.

Protective breeding organism

Places Dendro's Noelle: Protector on nearby allies, making them immune to your attacks. Every 0.5 seconds, the barrier's strength is fully refreshed. So you should destroy the Protective Organism as soon as possible.

pernicious proliferating organism

After the appearance, it immediately rolls towards the heart, and then charges and explodes, dealing damage to Dendro in an area and reducing the purification progress immediately by 14%. So you should concentrate all your attention on its destruction. In addition, for killing him, they give 20 units of energy to all members of the squad.

predatory reproductive organism

Able to go into enhanced mode when absorbing other organisms. In this form, he begins to continuously chase the character, biting him up to 8 times and inflicting physical damage. The danger is only for the player, so with a good shielder or healer, he can be ignored for a while.

Nourishing multiplying organism

Can empower up to 3 nearby organisms, thus gaining massive resistance to all types of damage. Therefore, in order to destroy it, you need to kill the enemies to which it is connected.

Enclosing reproductive organism

Creates an obstacle in front of the character, restricting his movement, but not inflicting damage on him. If you move too far away from him, he will immediately teleport to you.

Third phase

Impact from underground

The boss plunges into the ground, and then "emerges" at the location of the character and performs a circular rotation of the body, causing damage to Dendro in an area.

Triple air strike

A huge green circle appears on the ground, marking the location of the air attack. The boss performs three such strikes, each of which deals area damage to Dendro.

spiral rain

The boss creates a huge amount of spiral projectiles that rush towards the character, dealing damage to Dendro on impact.

double swipe

If the character is close to the boss, then he rotates his body twice, dealing area damage to Dendro.

Waves of the apocalypse

The boss returns to the center of the arena, performing a strike from underground, and then bounces up and down several times, creating green circles on the ground, indicating an imminent attack. At the same time, the domes of the Anthem of the Resurrection appear on the site. If you do not hide in them, then the enemy will cause huge damage to Dendro.

Note that this attack does not cause instant death, however, most of your heroes will not survive even one such blow. For example, in Zhongli with shields, the wave of the apocalypse takes about 27 thousand health.

How to defeat the Guardian of Apep’s Oasis

Preparing for battle

Before the battle starts, you can eat meals, which increase attack power, defense, critical damage, and critical hit chance. It will be useful to drink potions that increase certain elemental damage in order to strengthen your damage dealers. In this case, it will be useful:

• Streaming Essential Oil - Increases Hydro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Flaming Essential Oil - Increases Pyro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Frosting Essential Oil - Increases Cryo damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Shocking Essential Oil - Increases Electro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Unmoving Essential Oil - Increases Geo damage by 25% for 5 minutes.

In the first and second phases, you will mainly receive physical damage, however, in the third phase, all enemy attacks will begin to inflict Dendro damage on you, and significant ones. For this reason, we advise you to drink Dendrocide Potion whenever possible, which increases resistance to this element by 25% for 5 minutes (approximately how long the fight with this enemy lasts).

Combat strategy

First phase

Everything is quite simple here, since the enemy is not very active, and his attacks cause relatively low physical damage. Plus, he doesn't have a very large health bar at this point, so you'll have to bring his life bar down to zero fairly quickly.

You can not waste time on defense, concentrating all your strength on the attack. The only threat can be spiked balls, which are sometimes released by the enemy, since it is extremely difficult to dodge them. However, hitting two or three spheres should not lead to the death of your heroes.

Second phase

At this stage, you need to protect the Heart of the Oasis from enemies. At the same time, unlike similar tests with monuments, there is no timer here, and the scale is not filled in automatically - in order to increase it, you will need to destroy the breeding organisms.

In order not to take out these small enemies one by one, we advise you to group them in one place with Whirlwinds, and then hit them with powerful elemental blasts. If you do not have Anemo characters, then you can simply hit them with abilities that have a large radius of destruction.

The priority of destroying organisms is as follows: Maleficent, Protective, Nourishing, Primary, Protective, and Predatory. If you correctly and timely destroy enemies, you will be able to complete this stage quite quickly.

Third phase

The boss will become about twice as strong as in the first phase, and all his attacks will deal damage to Dendro. At the same time, all of his attacks are relatively easy to dodge if you follow the circles on the ground, make dashes in time and do not stand near the dragon for too long.

The main danger for you is the waves of the apocalypse, which can easily kill your active hero. However, three domes appear in the arena at once, and the enemy spends a rather long animation before attacking, so hiding from this blow is relatively easy.

If you do not have time to reach the dome, then try to quickly switch to the hero with the highest health bar (from 35 thousand units and above) in order to survive the blow.

Guardian of Apep’s Oasis Achievements

During the battle with this boss, you can only get one trophy. Next, we will tell you what you need to do to open it.

Like the movement of the sun

To open it, you just need to never fall under the action of the waves of the apocalypse as part of the third phase of the battle, hiding under the green dome in time. Most likely, you will unlock this achievement during the second chapter of the Legends of Nahida quest. The reward for unlocking it is 10 primogems.

Guardian of Apep’s Oasis Rewards

You can receive a reward from the Dragon Dendro only once a week. In addition to the pestilence, friendship points and adventure experience, you can get valuable materials required to raise certain heroes. The higher the level of the boss, the better the reward will be. The full list of items is below:

• Nagadus Emerald Sliver (Tier 0+)
• Nagadus Emerald Fragment (Level 40+)
• Nagadus Emerald Chunk (Level 60+)
• Nagadus Emerald Gemstone (Level 75+)
• Dream Solvent - allows you to convert rare materials.
• Fern that announced the firmament (level 70+) - required for leveling talents Bai Zhu.
• Primordial Oasis Flower (Level 70+) – Required for Talent Leveling Kaveha.
• Eternal Amber (Level 70+)
• Midlander Sword Billet (Tier 0+)
• Midlander Claymore Billet (Tier 0+)
• Midlander Polearm Billet (Level 0+)
• Midlander Bow Billet (Level 0+)
• Midlander Catalyst Billet (Level 0+)

Among other things, this boss drops various sets of artifacts, namely:

• Berserker (3-4 stars)
• Instructor (3-4 stars)
• The Exile (3-4 stars)
• Gladiator’s Finale (4-5 stars)
• Wanderer’s Troupe (4-5 stars)

We hope that our guide will help you find and defeat Apep the Oasis Guardian in Genshin Impact, learning about all of his attacks and preparing a good team to fight the Emerald Grass Dragon.