Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star in Genshin Impact: How to Find and Defeat

Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star in local legends of Natlan. The boss is hidden in the Chamber of Night's Trials, where special character buffs and unusual mechanics are present.

In this guide, we will show where to find and how to defeat the All-Bending Obsidian Storm. We will analyze the battle tactics and which units are suitable for opening all the achievements from the Duelist II section with this local legend.

How to Get the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star Achievement in Genshin Impact

The achievement "Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star" is divided into three categories depending on the difficulty level. With each stage, it is increasingly difficult to complete the achievement, so additional rewards are provided for them:

• Condition for 5 source stones: Defeat the local legend, the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star.
• 10 source stones: Defeat the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star without allowing the frozen torch to thaw.
• 20 source stones: Defeat the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star while avoiding Obsidian Storm.

If a bug occurs during the battle and/or a certain condition cannot be met, you can interrupt the battle without killing the monster completely and try again.

Where to find Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star in Natlan

Start your journey from the teleporter at Tezcatepetonco Ridge, which is located southwest of the Nightwind Lords settlement in Natlan. You can easily climb the mountain using the skills of the Pyro characters in the region or by possessing cornsaurus. In the clearing touch the obsidian stoneto get to the arena with the boss.

How to defeat the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star

The Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star appears in the guise of a familiar Ictomysaurus - Cryo Zaurian, but to match the local legend, the enemy's health and damage have been significantly increased.

Form a squad and stick to certain tactics depending on the desired reward:

• To fulfill the first condition with 5 Primogems, it is enough to assemble a team of a shielder, a healer and two good damage dealers, then the squad will easily survive powerful enemy attacks.
• For medium difficulty, you'll have to partially forgo Blessing of Fire, since you can't allow the torch to defrost. Then you'll have to make the team even more durable, since knocking the shield off the Ictomysaur won't be easy.
• At the last level of the challenge, you need to knock down the Cryo shield before the boss creates a Cryo field (Obsidian Storm) from a mini-tornado, which takes away health from the squad. To do this, take characters with a large amount of Pyro status into the squad, preferably a main DD and one sub-DD of the fire element. If you fail to remove the shield and destroy the enemy before the Cryo field appears, restart the challenge.

Top Teams

Defeating the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star will be easier if you add shielders and healers to your party, since the boss deals a lot of area damage after forming a Cryo shield. We also recommend assembling a group with a Pyro damage dealer, since the main mechanics of the Tundra Trial are focused on the fire element.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Recommendations
Lini	Xiangling	volumes	Kazuha	Mono-Pyro squad to quickly remove the boss's Cryo shield and melt the braziers. Lini as the main archer damage dealer can constantly receive blessings. Xiangling increases damage from the ive, Toma applies shields, and Kazuha dispels the element.
Hu Tao	Xingqiu	Zhongli	Sucrose	A survivable squad that plays through Steam and Melt. Hu Tao can quickly restore health and deals a lot of Pyro damage, Xingqiu applies Hydro status for increased damage. Zhongli protects the team, and Sucrose helps remove the Cryo shield from the boss with her ult.
Harlequin	Xiangling	Lynette	Barbara	A squad with a strong damage dealer. Harlequin deals a lot of Pyro damage, which is also assisted by Xiangling. At this time, Linnet absorbs incoming damage, and Barbara maintains the health of the team , additionally applying Hydro status to the boss.
Yanfei	Xiangling	Bennett	Sucrose	A budget team with mono-Pyro damage, featuring Yanfei and Xiangling as DPS. Bennett boosts attack power and s the team with a heal, while Sucrose helps inflate the element.

Attacks and battle tips

When fighting the local legend, the All-Bending Obsidian Storm, follow these guidelines:

• Get close to sacrificial brazierto get the Blessing of Fire, which causes charged attacks to deal extra Pyro damage. The bonus only lasts for a few seconds, so it's best to move the Ictomysaur closer to the braziers or use an archer so you can constantly stand near the torches.
• When the enemy takes off and casts a powerful Cryo Shield, use the Pyro element and melt the solid iceto unlock braziers and get the damage bonus back. On medium difficulty, you'll have to give this up, as the conditions prohibit defrosting torches.
• You can take Pyro and Electro heroes, as the Overload reaction knocks the enemy to the ground.
• Carefully watch out for tornadoes, which the Ictomysaurus summons while in the air. Move to the edge of the arena and avoid the tornadoes to complete the requirements on hard difficulty.
• While the enemy is on the ground, he is not so dangerous - he deals less damage, the animations of normal attacks are slow, so they are easy to dodge.
• When the Cryo Saurian rises up and forms a shield, it will later begin charging up a powerful attack - Obsidian Storm. You won't be able to escape from it, so it's better to break the boss's shield or put a thick shield on the most durable hero. If you're going through the third achievement, you need to remove the boss's shield and defeat him before he casts this attack.
• The characters of the Lords of the Night Wind, for example, Ororon, can use Night Spirit graffitito create a new brazier and receive a blessing. Place it anywhere convenient in the arena, or call it when other bonfires are blocked by cold.

Reward

Defeating the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star will reward you with 5 source stonesIf you complete additional achievement conditions, you can get another 10 and 20 Primogems.

We hope this guide helped you find and defeat the Spirit of the Fallen Morning Star in Genshin Impact. If you have any questions, you can ask them in comments. Read other helpful Genshin Impact guides on our website.