Genshin Impact Stormterror Guide: How to break the tower seals and defeat the dragon

Exploring the massive open world of Genshin Impact can give the same sense of wonder felt while playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for the first time. There are so many exciting things to see and plenty of puzzles to solve as your journey around. It’s one of the best Android games and one of the best free PS5 games available. Perhaps the most prominent puzzle players face early on is figuring out how to break the seal on Stormterror’s Lair.

If you’ve been dying to figure out how to get inside this enormous wind bubble or are having trouble defeating the dragon, we’re here to help. Here’s everything you need to know about Stormterror’s Lair, regardless of whether you’re playing on mobile or PS5.

First, no matter how curious you are, you won’t get past the storm barrier until you are given the quest to Go to the entrance of Stormterror’s Lair. To do that, you’ll need to complete all of the Venti-related inquiries up to this point. If you aren’t this far yet, you’ll need to return later.

Once you’ve unlocked the quest, head toward the unexplored area of the map. If you’ve already happened to open the Cecilia Garden Teleport in Wolvendom, this will get you pretty close to where you need to go.

When you get close to the waypoint, a cutscene will appear. Defeat the enemies and then enter the area Venti directs you towards. You’ll get through the first wind dome layer and see Stormterror’s tower.

Run as fast as you can until you reach the second wind dome. Now hang a right around the structure and go ways until you see the tower’s Archon statue of the Seven on the left.

Use the wind current before the statue to glide over the barrier and into the tower. Now wind your way up to the top of the building by swimming and climbing, and then you’ll initiate a cutscene.

Break the seal on the tower.

To get to Stormterror, you need to break the seals on the tower. To do that, turn on the three Light Actuator altars found to the north, east, and west around Stormterror’s Lair. Here’s where you’ll find them.

From atop Stormterror’s tower, jump off and glide east. You’ll see a round raised platform surrounded by crumbling columns. You’ll find the first Guiding Light piece in this area near the altar. Head towards it.

The other two glowing prisms are on top of tall ruins to the northwest. You’ll need to use the upward gusts of air and your glider to reach them. Go. When all three prisms are collected, please return to the altar and turn it. The time it carefully as the blasts come and go. On.

Northern Light Actuator and Guiding Light pieces

Head towards the northernmost teleport in the area. The Light Actuator will be found southwest of the teleport, surrounded by a circle of columns. There’s a Hurlichurl camp up the stairs north of the teleport. The first Guiding Light piece hides behind some boxes near the Hurlichurls.

The second one is hidden behind breakable rocks north of the Hurlichurl camp. Some enemies will pop up when you get close. Defeat them using Elemental Reactions and break the rocks apart using either Anemo or Geo attacks to get the last Guiding Light Piece.

A barrier to the northeast of the Hurlichurl camp protects this area’s third and final glowing prism. To get to it, climb up one of the tall ruins nearby and then jump into the wall from above. Now go to the Northern Light Actuator with the Guiding Light pieces in tow and turn it on.

Western Light Actuator and Guiding Light pieces

To reach the final Light Actuator, you must head to the teleport on the west side of Stormterror’s tower. Once again, you’ll find a cobblestone circle with an altar in the middle. The three Guiding Light pieces are scattered throughout the process, so gather them up.

When you get close to the altar, many enemies will pop up. Defeat all of them within a time limit, and then you can activate the last Light Actuator.

Now that all three Light Actuators are lit, you need to return to the tower’s top. It’s easiest to teleport at this point. Otherwise, you’ll have to wind your way through the dome barrier like you did before.

How to beat Stormterror

Enter the newly opened Domain Entrance on top of the tower, and you’ll come face to face with Stormterror. To start, you’ll need to lower the dragon’s health by shooting Star Fox at the purple harmful blood clots resembling horns on his back. Eventually, he’ll pull away and send meteor-like projectiles in your direction. Dodge these to avoid taking damage.

Venti will extract Anemo from these projectiles. You must shoot the purple ones to create wind currents to bring you closer to Stormterror. Once close, continue enough, and continue to shoot at the purple horns on Stormterror’s back until his health is completely depleted.

The game throws Venti into your party, and you’ll want to use him. This will initiate a grounded boss battle. Stormterror is very powerful, so you need to avoid his attacks at all costs.

The dragon will come careening your way or hurl Anemo balls at you. Dodge out of his path to avoid taking damage. When he hovers before you, use Venti’s charged-up arrows to take the dragon’s shield down a notch. When Stormterror is stunned, aim at that purple blood clot and shoot it as much as possible with Venti’s charged attack.

When Stormterror is at half health, he’ll release an attack that Venti calls Caelestrinum Finale Termini, which opens up painful wind fissures beneath your feet. Standing on these cracks will take away large chunks of health. Please make your way to the wind current on the side and use it to float onto another platform without any fissures. Then continue to attack Stormterror as you did before until he is defeated.

Stormterror guide

Now you know how to enter Stormterror’s Lair, break the seals on the tower, and defeat the dragon. I hope you can defeat Dvalin without using too many health resources. Good luck with your battle.

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