Ancient Watchtower in Genshin Impact: How to Find and Pass

In Genshin Impact, the Ancient Watchtower is one of the Will dungeons, for clearing which you get useful materials needed to upgrade various weapons (mainly from Natlan). In this guide, you will learn where to find this dungeon, which teams are best to take for its completion, 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 can unlock this dungeon right after completing the Archon quest “Song of Dragon Freedom” by heading to Natlan. Next, you'll need to head southwest from the first Pyro Archon statue in the region. At the foot of a small cliff, in the location shown in the screenshots below, you'll find a stone gate.

Then interact with the door to open the dungeon, meaning you don't need to solve any puzzles. If you meet the adventure rank requirements, you can immediately begin clearing the first stage. General information about the Ancient Watchtower dungeon:

• Required adventure rank: 16 or higher.
• Dungeon type: Trials (weapon materials).
• Cost to collect reward: 20 units of original resin or one thick resin
• Co-op: available

Rewards and features of the Ancient Watchtower trials

This dungeon has four difficulty levels, the choice of which affects the monsters you will encounter during the trial, the level and adventure rank requirements, and the rewards given out. Below, we will look at each stage separately.

Sepulchral Shadows, Careful Observation, and Calculations I

• Recommended Character Level: 15.
• Adventure Rank: Not Lower than 16.
• Enemies: Yumkasaurus, Baby Yumkasaurus
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, the damage of all party 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).

Shadows of the Afterlife, Careful Observation, and Calculations II

• Recommended Character Level: 36.
• Adventure Rank: 21 or higher.
• Enemies: Yumkasaurus Warrior: Whirling Leaves, Swift Warrior: Seeker, Swift Warrior: Armed Courier, and Swift Warrior: Wind Scout
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, all party members' damage is increased by 35% for 10 seconds.
• Reward: 100 Adventure Points, 1550 Mora, 15 Friendship Points, 2-Star and 3-Star Weapon Upgrade Resources (Daily Rotation).

The Shadows of the Afterlife, Careful Observation, and Calculations III

• Recommended Character Level: 59.
• Adventure Rank: Not Lower Than 30.
• Enemies: Yumkasaur, Swift Warrior: Seeker, Yumkasaur Hatchling, and Yumkasaur Warrior: Flowing Fire
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, all party members' damage 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).

Sepulchral Shadows, Careful Observation, and Calculations IV

• Recommended Character Level: 80.
• Adventure Rank: Not Lower Than 40.
• Enemies: Mysterious Source Automaton: Bloodhound Hunter
• Anomaly Effect: After the character uses Night Spirit Flash, the damage of all party members is increased 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).

Reward rotation depending on the day of the week

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

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Suitable characters

We will consider 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 up heroes, since this automaton has 50% resistance to all elements in normal mode.

This enemy is capable of inflicting huge Pyro damage with his combat laser, so we recommend that you definitely take a good healer and/or 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 thanks to the Earth Artery active in this trial. However, even one Natlan fighter will be enough.

Optimal squads

The table below shows several hero builds (including a free one) with which you can relatively easily clear the dungeon, provided that your fighters are well pumped.

How to get to the Ancient Watchtower

The point of this dungeon is to destroy a certain number of enemies within a specified time period (usually 5 minutes). As such, all your efforts should be focused on dealing maximum damage to as many enemies as possible, so take your pumped-up Natlan characters 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.