Genshin Impact historic the holiday seasons this year by releasing its newest major update, Version 1.ii. The new patch introduced a Cryo-rooted region named Dragonspine that boasts a diverse collection of new monsters, characters, quests, and weapons, all fix for players to come across.

Updated June 26, 2021 by Mina Smith: A lot of new players are merely at present entering the earth of Genshin Impact and making their way through the state of Teyvat. Many expecting an action-heavy grind will be surprised to find out that the game features a lot more in terms of gameplay mechanics than a but hack-and-slash style. Genshin Bear upon is filled to the brim with puzzles, merely this particular puzzle seems to requite a lot of players some trouble. More than data has been added to this article for clarity and a few more than photos and a video to aid clear up any confusion.

Genshin Impact's Dragonspine Region

Travelers are finding that the new Dragonspine region, though relatively small in size on the map, actually features quite the expansive network of caverns and valleys to explore. The newGenshin Impactlandmark too has its very own sort of hybrid Reputation/Statue of Seven-similar organisation, involving an odd Frostbearing Tree and magical Crimson Agate.

Basically, Crimson Agate is offered to Dragonspine's Frostbearing Tree in commutation for rewards. Once the Tree has garnered enough Agate, information technology will level up (much like a player'south Reputation, or a Statue of 7 upon receiving Anemoculi). At certain level milestones, it volition reward the Traveler with rare gifts similar blueprints to the four-star catalyst, Frostbearer. Much like with Anemoculi and Geoculi in Mondstadt and Liyue, Dragonspine's Crimson Agate can be found hidden in Dragonspine.

How to Become Ruby-red Agate in Genshin Touch

Dragonspine Pressure Plate Puzzle Genshin Impact

*Although chests containing Crimson Agate don't appear on the map, players volition be to hunt downwardly this rare ruddy jewel while exploring the area by sound. When players get close to any Crimson Agate chests, a minor icon will pop on their mini maps and play a footling sound. Since players will nigh likely be exploring the surface area anyhow to observe all the Dragonspine's secrets, they will most likely come up beyond most of the Agate that exists out in the wild naturally.

*There is one location where getting the Crimson Agate chest is incredibly difficult; in that location is Agate hiding behind the puzzle of the pressure level plates inGenshin Impact.

The Dragonspine Pressure level Plate Puzzle

Dragonspine Pressure Plate Puzzle Genshin Impact

Players who venture over to the western cape of Genshin Touch's Dragonspine, simply east of the map's "Sal Terrae" text, will discover a series of old plates in the ground just beside a strange stone wall. Upon closer inspection, players will notice that each of the plates bears ane of ii symbols, each of which is depicted four different times on the wall - this holds the fundamental to the force per unit area plate puzzle solution.

The image above, courtesy of Redditor u/sleepychotz, bears one of many examples of possible solutions to the pressure plate puzzle. In short though, players must simply activate four consecutive pressure plates of the same symbol, and so step on the remaining four. The challenge isn't given to players as part of whatever of the quests or tasks relating to the Frostbearing Tree, so information technology may be hard to originally detect, but thankfully, it'south a elementary solve.

Dragonspine Pressure Plate Puzzle Genshin Impact

When the player steps on a pressure plate, its corresponding "mark" on the wall will illuminate - this tin be used as a reference guide while performing the job. They should just choice a pressure plate, then exist certain toonly pace on the three other pressure plates sharing the same symbol, earlier stepping on any of the remaining plates. Information technology take a few seconds for the plate to become active, and then wait until the plate glows to stride off of it.

This video does a great job of walking players through every stride:

Rewards for Completing the Force per unit area Plate Puzzle in Genshin Impact

Once the puzzle has been completed Travelers volition be rewarded with not only a Scarlet Agate, but also a Luxurious Chest containing some valuable materials, like Hero's Wit. Players should note that 1 of the pressure plates is encased in ice at offset, and so the puzzle isn't totally attainable until this is remedied. There's some conveniently placed Reddish Quartz that will help thaw the special ice, and after that Travelers should be all set to earn this Crimson Agate.

Genshin Affect is available now on the App Shop, Google Play, PC, PS4, PS5, and is currently in development for Switch.

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