Ancient Watchtower in Genshin Impact: How to Find and Pass

IN Genshin Impact The Ancient Watchtower is one of Dungeons of Will, for clearing which you get useful materials needed to upgrade various weapons (mostly from Natlan). In this guide, you will learn where to find this dungeon, which teams are best to take for its passage, and how to deal with all the enemies as quickly as possible.

How to Find and Open the Ancient Watchtower

This one is relatively simple, as you'll be able to unlock this dungeon immediately after completing the Archons quest. "Song of the Dragon and Freedom", heading to Natlan. Next, you will need to go southwest from the first Pyro Archon statue in this region. At the foot of a small cliff in the place shown in the screenshots below, you will find a stone Achievement: Gate.

Then interact with the door to open the dungeon, meaning there are no puzzles to solve. If you meet the adventure rank requirements, you can immediately begin clearing the first stage. General information about the dungeon "Ancient Watchtower":

• Required Adventure Rank: not lower than 16th.
• Dungeon type: Achievement: Challenger (weapon materials).
• Cost to collect reward: 20 units original resin or one Condensed Resin
• Co-op: available

Ancient Watchtower Challenge Rewards and Features

This dungeon has four difficulty levels, the choice of which affects the monsters you will encounter during the Achievement: Challenger, the level and adventure rank requirements, and the rewards you will receive. We will look at each stage separately below.

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• Recommended character level: 15.
• Adventure Rank: not lower than 16th.
• Enemies: Yumkasaurus, Baby Yumkasaurus
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, the damage of all squad members increases by 35% for 10 seconds.
• Reward: 100 adventure points, 1125 mora, 10 friendship points, 2-star resource for upgrading weapons (daily rotation, discussed below).

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• Recommended character level: 36.
• Adventure Rank: not lower than 21st.
• Enemies: Yumkasaurus Warrior: Whirling Leaves, Swiftstep Seeker, Swift Martial Artist: Armed Courier, and Swiftstep Storm Scout
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, the damage of all squad members increases by 35% for 10 seconds.
• Reward: 100 Adventure Points, 1550 Mora, 15 Friendship Points, 2-Star and 3-Star Weapon Upgrade Resources (Daily Rotation).

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• Recommended character level: 59.
• Adventure Rank: not lower than 30th.
• Enemies: Yumkasaurus, Swiftstep Seeker, Yumkasaurus Hatchling, and Yumkasaurus Warrior: Flowing Skyfire
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, the damage of all squad members increases by 35% for 10 seconds.
• Reward: 100 Adventure Points, 1850 Mora, 15 Friendship Points, 2-Star, 3-Star, and 4-Star Weapon Upgrade Resources (Daily Rotation).

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• Recommended character level: 80.
• Adventure Rank: not lower than 40th.
• Enemies: Secret Source Automaton: Hunter-Seeker
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, the damage of all squad members increases by 35% for 10 seconds.
• Reward: 100 Adventure Points, 2200 Mora, 20 Friendship Points, 2-Star, 3-Star, 4-Star, and 5-Star Weapon Upgrade Resources (Daily Rotation).

Rotation of rewards depending on the day of the week

So, on different days you will be able to get various items in this dungeon, which are necessary for upgrading Natlan and other weapons, namely:

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Suitable characters

We will be looking at the 4th level of the dungeon, which is considered the most difficult. The game will advise you to take Hydro, Electro, Pyro and/or Cryo characters, but in reality you can take any pumped heroes, since this automaton has 50% resistance to all elements in normal mode.

This enemy is capable of inflicting huge damage to Pyro with his combat laser, so we recommend that you definitely take a good healer and/or a shielder to your squad. Although if you are confident in your dodging skills, you can do without such a support.

If possible, make a team of Natlan characters, as they will receive a huge damage boost due to the Earth Artery active in this trial. However, even one Natlan fighter will suffice.

Optimal squads

The table below shows several hero builds (including a free one) that will allow you to clear the dungeon with relative ease, provided that your fighters are well-leveled.

How to get to Ancient Watchtower

The point of this dungeon is to kill a certain number of enemies in a given amount of time (usually 5 minutes). So all your efforts should be aimed at dealing maximum damage to the largest number of enemies, so take your pumped up characters from Natlan if possible.

If the timer runs out and you still haven't killed all the monsters, the trial will be considered failed, so you'll have to start it from scratch. To speed up the killing of mobs, try to use the bonuses of the arteries of the earth. Remember that only characters from Natlan can cause Night Spirit Flashes, and the more of them there are, the more often they will appear.