Dark Valley in Genshin Impact: how to open and complete the dungeon

The Dark Valley в Sumeru, locations Ashavan Land. In trial Spirit Tree Pavilion it is required to clear the arena of enemies without getting out of the set time limit, which can cause difficulties.

In the guide, we will look at how to find the entrance to the dungeon, open the door and which heroes to choose to win. Special attention is paid to the anomaly of the arteries of the earth, the conditions for ing the time trial and tips that will help you defeat opponents on time.

Where is Dark Valley located in Genshin Impact

East of Thickets of Apam there is a path between Pardis Dhyay и Port of Ormos. The dungeon stands in the middle of the path, by the side of the road.

How to open Dark Valley

There are no requirements: the dungeon is free to visit. If you have a sufficiently pumped team, you can start the test Spirit Tree Pavilion.

General information about the dungeon

There is Anomaly of the arteries of the earth:

• After the character has dealt damage to Dendro with a reaction core Budding, Flowering, Vegetation, its critical damage is increased by 30% for 8 seconds. Effect stacks up to 4 times, can occur once every 0.1 sec.

Recommended food and potions

To make battles easier, it is better to use potion buffs that will increase the damage of the characters. They can be crafted at any alchemy table with a small amount of materials. When choosing a potion, you should rely on the heroes of which elements are present in the squad. For example, if the team consists of Pyro and Electro characters, then it is worth getting Pyro and Electro potions. Please note that you cannot strengthen the heroes playing from physical. damage.

Potion	Effect	Crafting recipe
flame oil	Increases the Pyro damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 fiery flower (stamen) + 100 pestilence.
whirlpool oil	Increases the Hydro damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 lotus cup + 100 mora.
frosty butter	Increases cryo damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 misty flower (corolla) + 100 pestilence.
storm oil	Increases Anemo damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 serving of dandelion seeds + 100 mora.
thunder oil	Increases the Electro damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 electro crystal + 100 pestilence.
Essence of Stillness	Increases the Geo damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 cor lapis + 100 mora.
forest oil	Increases Dendro's damage for all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 dusk rose + 100 mora.

A very important source of the buff is food - unlike potions, it can enhance not only elemental damage, but also other characteristics, such as attack, crit chance. hits, healing, etc. Choose food, focusing on what the problems are: damage or defense of the squad.
The table shows the most beneficial dishes for the buff. There are many recipes in the game to strengthen the characters, you can cook any other option depending on your resources.

Food	Effect	Crafting recipe
Delicious "Temptation of the Adept"	Increases the attack power of all party by 372. and crit chance. hit by 12% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 ham + 3 crab + 3 shrimp meat + 3 matsutake.
Delicious meat platter	Increases physical damage to all party by 40% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	1 ham + 1 bacon + 1 sausage + 1 mint.
Delicious soup "Three tastes"	Increases the shield strength of all party by 30% for 300 seconds. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	2 hams + 2 poultry + 1 bamboo shoot + 1 mushroom.
delicious lotus biscuits	Increases the Defense of all party by 235. within 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 almonds + 2 flour + 2 oils + 1 sugar.
Delicious aromatic puree	Increases the attack power of all party by 228. within 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	6 potatoes + 4 sour cream + 3 peppers (seasoning).
Delicious unagi chazuke	Increases the healing bonus of all party by 20% for 300 seconds. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 eels + 3 rice + 3 seaweed + 1 salt.
Delicious "Grow Mountain"	Increases crit chance. hit all party by 20% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	3 raw meat + 3 potatoes + 1 fireweed + 1 cheese.

If there are problems with survivability, and the squad often dies or loses health from enemy attacks, then it makes sense to use potions to increase elemental resistance - this way the characters will increase resistances and become less susceptible to damage received. But this will only work on those enemies that attack with some element, and not physical. In addition, the element of the potion must match the element that the enemy is damaging.

Potion	Effect	Crafting recipe
Heat Shield Potion	Increases the Pyro resistance of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 butterfly wings + 1 flaming flower (stamen) + 100 pestilence.
Draining Potion	Increases the Hydro Resistance of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 butterfly wings + 1 lotus cup + 100 mora.
Frost Shield Potion	Increases the cryo resistance of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 crystal core + 1 misty flower (corolla) + 100 pestilence.
Wind Barrier Potion	Increases Anemo's resistance of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 crystal butterfly + 1 serving of dandelion seeds + 100 mora.
Isolation Potion	Increases the Electro Resistance of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 butterfly wings + 1 electro crystal + 100 pestilence.
Potion of Dustproof	Increases the Geo Resistance of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 butterfly wings + 1 cor lapis + 100 mora.
Potion of antidendro	Increases Dendro's resistance of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 Crystal Butterfly + 1 Twilight Rose + 100 Mora.

The best characters to complete the Dark Valley

The enemies in the arena are unique to Sumeru hermits several types, including elite units. Mobs actively attack, move around the arena (especially halberdiers), and the time limit on kills makes you think and act quickly. It is also important to control the crowd and use the Dendro character in battle. In connection with these factors, we need heroes with the following characteristics:

• Playing from Dendro reactions in general and capable of creating a reaction Budding in particular.
• Media Dendro и Hydro God's eyes are a special priority. Electro and Pyro elements are also in demand.
• At least some characters from the team should be eligible for the Arterial Anomaly buff on critical damage.
• Heroes with AoE skills or/and crowd control.

The table lists several candidates with specific roles in the unit:

Character	Element	Weapon	Effects
Xiangling	Pyro	A spear	Sub-DD on Pyro damage. Use an elemental mastery build, which is also an exalted stat, for reaction damage. As a Pyro character, he will be able to summon the Blossom.
Noelle	Geo	Two-handed sword	Healing and shield. The sixth constellation makes her a field damage dealer with high damage.
Collei	Dendro	Bow	AoE Dendro applicator (ultimate). Use for status overlay.
Barbara	Hydro	Catalyst	and healer of the team. Can also be used to overlay Hydro.
Xingqiu	Hydro	Sword	A Sub-DD that deals Hydro damage and can heal the active character after its elemental blast ends.
Ayato	Hydro	Sword	Flexible Hydro hero for the role of the main (E-shka) or additional DD (ult). Like most other characters that play on crits, will receive a significant buff from Artery Anomaly.
Ye Lan	Hydro	Bow	A ive damage dealer that deals a lot of Hydro damage from your pocket.
Dendro Traveler	Dendro	Sword	Free Dendro applicator. An elemental explosion applies a status to enemies in Dendro's area of ​​effect.
Sucrose	Anemo	Catalyst	Field DPS with crowd control and a ive ability to increase the MS of all team .
Yae Miko	electro	Catalyst	Able to constantly maintain Electro status on enemies due to her elemental skill turrets. Ascend's stat is a crit chance, so Artery Anomaly will create a very good crit balance.
Kazuha	Anemo	Sword	Excellent crowd control, will be able to strengthen Hydro / Electro / Pyro characters.
Keqing	electro	Sword	Main DD. The anomaly of the arteries, caused by Vegetation, will be very useful to her.

How to get through Dark Valley

Go along the corridor to inflorescence bud and apply to it Dendro elementto scatter four leaf symbols. Use them to climb up to the arena inside the flower. After interacting with the research point, the battle will begin.

Initially given 30 seconds. The task is to have time to defeat 20 enemies without getting out of time on the timer. Defeating each enemy adds +15 seconds. There are 5 waves of enemies to fight in total:

• Wave 1: deserters (halberdiers - 2, swordsmen - 1, attack aircraft - 2).
• Wave 2: deserters (Spring in the sands - 1, crossbowmen - 3).
• Wave 3: deserters (swordsmen - 3, Burning ice - 1).
• Wave 4: deserters (Midday thunder - 1, crossbowmen - 2, halberdier - 1).
• Wave 5: deserters (Spring in the Sands - 1, Burning Ice - 1, Noon Thunder - 1).

Adhere to the following recommendations to simplify the fight:

• Play with Reactions: Focus on Dendro + Hydro in the first place to build crit stacks.
• Try to control the crowd. This applies to both the movement of the character around the arena, and Anemo couplers in the presence of the corresponding heroes.
• Implement the Anomaly effect of the arteries of the earth. To do this, select heroes and builds that will need a critical damage buff.
• Use heroes that deal ive damage: don't forget to use their elemental skills and elemental burst to increase your overall dps.
• Use dishes and potions for damage and defense.

After defeating the last enemy, a precious chest will appear. On this walkthrough Spiritual Tree Pavilion finished.

Awards

For completing the challenge, the game will give a one-time reward:

• source stones - 40.
• Hero's Wit - 2.
• Adventure EXP - 500.
• Mora - 30000.
• Dendro symbol - 5.
• Dream of an iron flower - 1.
• Magic amplification ore - 4.
• Directions for instructions - 2.

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