The Fontaine Research Institute, Stagnating in the Rubble in Genshin Impact: where to find all the condensing parts

In Genshin Impact "Fontaine Research Institute, Stagnating in the Rubble" is big task of the world and part of the quest chain "Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles". During the mission, you will need to help the organization's employees eliminate the consequences of a recent disaster. From this guide you can learn how to start this quest, solve all the puzzles that arise during its completion, and where to find the scattered condensing devices.

How to start a task

To begin the quest, you need to travel to the Archon Statue in the Liffey area. After that, go down the nearby stairs to the very bottom. There you will see a man who was attacked by Meks. Start the battle with monsters to start the mission.

How to complete the task

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Return to the level where the Archon statue is located. Near the dilapidated cabinet you will see the man you need, Necker, talking with the Steam Bird reporter. Speak to him to begin the process of testing your suitability for the task.

You will first need to visit the Enforcement Department to pick up your documents. You can get there without any problems by crossing the collapsed bridge.

After a short dialogue, go to the Archive, located east of the Enforcement Department, to get the first search Beidou: Weighing Anchor. When you approach the desired building, climb into the upper window, there you will find out the details of the upcoming Achievement: Challenger.

The Beidou: Weighing Anchor is located in a room on the level below, the passage into which is blocked by a gate. To get rid of them, you will need to solve a riddle. Go to the terminal next to Shalme and activate it. You will be transported to a chamber located in the room with the lighthouse. Focus on the bluish-colored drive located directly in front of the camera. Press the appropriate button to take energy from it.

Next, switch to the camera located above the bookshelves to the right of the battery. To do this, you just need to focus on it, you don’t need to press anything. Next, your Adeptal Energy Overview will move to the door. Next to it there is a red storage device, into which you need to transfer the charge using the corresponding key. After this, the gate will open, and an ordinary chest will appear next to it.

Go downstairs to pick up the Beidou: Weighing Anchor lying on the table in the center of the room. Immediately after talking with your partners, meks will burst into the room, which you need to deal with.

Find the Institute's lost property

Next, you will need to find things that were left after the explosion of the Institute. To do this, head to the Archon Statue in Marie-Anne Memorial Park. Inspect the two points located on the sides of the passage to the teleport. Next, cross the river to check two more places.

Head east along the river. Near the ruins you will see three piles of garbage. Destroy the central one and take the last lost item. After this, you will have to deal with the suddenly appearing robots again.

Return the remaining anchors

At this point, you will need to go to the New Research Institute to meet its current managers, Raimondo and Choiseul. They will task you with finding two other anchors.

Immediately after this, new quests will automatically begin, within the framework of which you will have to return the beacons. These missions can be completed in any order.

Go to the Institute Dormitories and retrieve the Anchor.
Go to the Institute of Clockwork Applications and retrieve the Anchor.

Explore the ruins of the Institute

When you have collected all the beacons, go back to the New Institute and give all the items you found to Raimondo.

After this, the manager will send you to inspect the ruins left over from the previous Institute. Walk across the bridge to the water cube, and then dive inside it. To get to the top, you will need to go through several water portals. Most of them will only appear after you burst the bubble on the surface of each new cube.

Sometimes after one sphere disappears, a new one appears. In this case, just destroy them until the water ring appears. Be careful: there are hydro slimes jumping near some of the bubbles.

Once you get through the three water rings, you'll have to dive into a nearby cube yourself to reach the next bubble.

After you go through three more portals, you will finally get to the top. There you need to approach the giant mechanism to discuss the further plan of action. At this time, a teleport is automatically activated at the top of the location.

Look around

Necker will ask you to take a photo of a device standing nearby. Before you reach the point with the desired view, you will have to destroy several meks.

After you take the photo, return to the giant mechanism, take Chronia from there and go back to the New Institute to talk about what you saw earlier. While you are being given a reward for your help, a sudden event will occur.

Fix problems

Return to the ruins to find out what happened. Before you get to the huge archium, you will again have to deal with several monsters.

After exploring, you will need to collect four condensing parts scattered throughout the ruins. You can go to them in any order. In general, your procedure will be the same in each location.

You go to a giant cube that has turned into an altered body of water of a gravitational anomaly. Because of this, its surface will become hard, and in order to get inside it and pick up the part you need, you will have to use the water portal.
Water rings will again appear from the bubbles. In each case, it is necessary to destroy several spheres around the cube.
Enter the cube and take the condensing part floating there.

Be extremely careful! When you get inside the cube, which is a modified body of water of the gravitational anomaly, you will accumulate special energy until you pick up the condensing part. If you do not have time to do this before the scale is full, then the entire squad will drown.

Condensing part 1

Head to the southeast cube. The bubble is located above the column. Burst it and go into the portal that appears. After this, you will have to walk on the water platforms and pop the spheres. Sometimes you'll hit a dead end, or the next platforms will be positioned in such a way that you won't be able to jump to them. In such cases, you will need to go into the cube to get to the next bubble.

When the spheres run out, dive into the cube and pick up the necessary device.

Condensing part 2

Located in the southwestern part of the ruins. Here you will also have to walk on platforms around the cube, gradually going down. This time, hydro slimes and phantasms will be waiting for you, which you need to destroy in order to pop the bubbles.

After the last sphere explodes, go into the portal. Once inside the cube, swim to the bottom edge. The required device will be waiting for you there.

Condensing part 3

Head north. The first bubble hovered over the stone fragment. This time, in order to burst them all, you will only have to move across the water platforms using air currents.

Inside the cube, the device will float among the ruins directly below where the character lands after using the portal.

Condensing part 4

Fly to the northeast. Here you will need an archer to blow up all the bubbles in the distance. After that, run to the western edge of the platform, destroy the spheres and move along the plates that appear. The portal will be located in the thickness of clear water that appears in front of you.

Go through another ring to get inside the cube. The last device is closer to the surface.

Understand the Test Prototype

Return to Raimondo, who is waiting for you near the giant device. After the conversation , the Experimental Field Generator will suddenly come to life, which you will need to turn off. You can learn how to deal with this device from this guide.

Get award

Return to the New Institute. There you will be faced with a dilemma: tell Chronia the truth about what happened or keep silent about everything. At the moment, this choice does not affect the further plot in any way. The task will end here. If you still have any questions, you can ask Raimondo and Choiseul later.

Awards

During the completion of the task you can receive two achievements: "Mired in Red Tape" And "This Ends Here", for which you will receive 5 and 10 primogems, respectively.