Hydro tulpa in Genshin Impact: how to find and defeat

In Genshin Impact The Hydro Tulpa is a humanoid water monster and elite boss, added to the game With You with the release of patch 4.2. It drops Water That Failed To Transcend, which is necessary for the elevation of some characters. In this guide, you can find out where you can find this enemy, what team you should prepare to fight him, and the fastest way to defeat him.

Where to find Hydrotulpa in Genshin Impact

To unlock access to this boss, you do not need to fulfill any additional conditions, so, in fact, you can go to it immediately after completing the Archon quest "Song of the Dragon and Freedom". However, we still advise you to first take on quest chain Fontaine.

So first of all get to Fontaine by choosing one of two possible methods. Then head to the Chemin de Lesport underwater basin. In its northwestern part you can find a passage to a cave - swim into it.

Swim forward until you reach the blue barrier. Go through it to reach a waterless area. Activate the teleport and go a little forward into the arena near the ruins. Approach the bubbling water to initiate a boss battle.

Hydrotulpa respawn

After you defeat this boss, he will recover approximately in 3-5 minutes – you need to teleport to another area or re-enter the game for the monster to appear again. Remember also that to collect rewards from it you will have to spend 40 units Original resin.

Characteristics of Hydrotulpa

Even in its normal state, this enemy is completely immune to Hydro, but to other types of damage (including physical) its resistance is only 10%. In the enhanced state, his resistance to all elements increases by 45%. All this imposes certain restrictions on the selection of characters to fight this boss.

If we talk about the combat parameters of this humanoid creature, then in terms of health and attack power it is significantly superior to such bosses as Setekh Wenut or the Iniquitous Baptist, therefore it is a rather dangerous opponent. For example, at level 90, his base HP is 816 thousand units (the baptist has only 371 thousand), and his ATK is 19 thousand units (the baptist has 15.2 thousand). You can see all the characteristics of the enemy in the image below (2P, 3P and 4P show the parameters when playing in co-op).

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Tips for choosing heroes

Given the boss's large health bar and high attack power, we recommend that you pay as much attention to your squad's survivability as to its damage. If you see that your shield guy can’t cope with the incoming damage, then take a healer into your pack as well. It will help the characters recover from powerful area attacks from the water elemental.

Primary and secondary damage dealers can be classified as Dendro, Cryo, Pyro, Anemo, Geo and/or Electro elements, but we recommend sticking with the first three elements, as they destroy half-tulpas' shields the fastest (more on this below).

As for supports, they can be of any element, since their main task is to increase the elemental damage of damage dealers, as well as their protection and healing, that is, they will practically not attack the enemy anyway.

Optimal commands

Taking into account the above information, we have prepared some of the most suitable units that will be the easiest for you to deal with Hydrotulpa. They are shown in the table below.

Hydrotulpa's attacks and movements

Punch

The boss slams his fist into the ground, dealing Hydro damage to an area in front of him.

Spear Yelan: Throw

Creates a spear from water and then throws it at the character, dealing Hydro damage in an area (deals more damage in enhanced mode).

Hammer blows

Creates a hammer out of water, and then makes two swings from the bottom up, and with the third blow hits the ground, causing Hydro damage in the area (deals more damage in enhanced mode).

Sword Swings

Creates a blade out of water and then swings it twice in front of itself, dealing Hydro damage in an area (deals more damage in enhanced mode).

Triple Spear Strike

Creates three large spears that fall around him, dealing massive Hydro damage in an area. Small projectiles also fall into the arena, causing reduced damage.

Absorption of demi-tulpas

During the battle, a new Half-Tulpa will appear in the arena every 12.5 seconds. At the same time, the boss will periodically absorb these half-tulpas, going into enhanced mode. In it, his resistance to all types of damage increases by 45%, and attacks deal almost twice as much damage.

Half-tulpa slap

The Half-Tulpa throws a slap-like punch in front of itself, dealing Hydro damage.

Half-tulpa bubble

The Half-Tulpa fires a bubble at the character, dealing damage on contact. It flies in a straight line, making it quite easy to dodge.

How to defeat Hydrotulpa

Preparing for battle

Before the battle begins, you can eat dishes that increase attack power, critical damage and critical hit chance. It would be a good idea to drink potions that increase certain elemental damage to strengthen your damage dealers. In this case, the following will be useful:

• Shocking Essential Oil – Increases Electro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Forest Essential Oil – increases Dendro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Frosting Essential Oil – Increases Cryo damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Flaming Essential Oil – Increases Pyro damage by 25% for 5 minutes.
• Unmoving Essential Oil – increases Geo damage by 25% for 5 minutes.

The boss also primarily deals Hydro damage, so we recommend you take a Desiccant Potion, which increases resistance to water damage by 25% for 300 seconds.

Battle strategy

It's actually relatively simple. At first, you only need to dodge the boss's attacks and strike him with counterattacks. It is best to use elemental attacks to create powerful reactions, since the boss constantly has Hydro status.

Soon, half-tulpas (smaller versions of the boss) will begin to appear in the arena. You will need to destroy them quickly so that the Hydro Tulpa does not have time to absorb this mob and go into enhanced mode. These enemies can be killed with normal attacks, but such tactics are not very effective.

The fact is that half-tulpas have their own Hydro Noelle: Protector, and if you destroy it, the enemy will die immediately. At the same time, this Hurdle is most quickly removed by Dendro with blows. The next most effective attacks are Cryo attacks, followed by Pyro, Anemo and Geo. The most difficult thing to destroy the Noelle: Protector with is the Electro element.

Note that in enhanced mode, Hydro Tulpa is capable of inflicting colossal damage with its spear or a combo of melee attacks. Such an attack can easily kill your damage dealer instantly. So try your best to prevent the boss from absorbing the half-tulpas.

Achievements for Hydrotulpa

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

Many-as-One

Start the boss fight and wait for the half-tulpas to appear. Don't destroy them right away, but wait until the Hydro Tulpa begins to absorb its mini version (a blue stream of water will appear between them). At this point, attack the half-tulpa and destroy it.

Within one battle, you will need to repeat this operation twice. At the same time, during the entire battle the boss should never go into enhanced mode (untested).

Rewards for defeating Hydrotulpa

For destroying this humanoid monster you will receive Companionship EXP, pestilence, adventure points and various materials, which are mainly needed for the development of Hydro heroes. The higher the enemy's level, the better the reward:

• Varund lapis lazuli fragments (level 20+)
• Varund lapis lazuli fragments (level 40+)
• Varunda lapis lazuli agate pieces (level 60+)
• Precious Varunda lapis lazuli (level 75+)
• Water That Failed To Transcend (level 30+) – necessary for elevation Furins.

Among other things, this huge water monster drops various sets of artifacts, namely:

• Adventurer (3 stars)
• Berserker (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 to Hydrotulpa in Genshin Impact will help you find and destroy this boss, learning in advance about the strategy for fighting him and preparing the optimal team for the battle.