Ability to swim underwater Fontaine. With the blessing of the Primordial Waters of the Otherseas, you can explore the underwater regions of the Hydro Kingdom and solve new mysteries with echolusks, miraculous floating balls, high-pressure water plumes and how to fight in the water column. Diving will allow you to explore flooded locations, which are about the same in the nation of justice as terrestrial.
In this guide, we will explain how to swim underwater, how to get this ability with Fontaine's blessing, how battles work and what underwater territories are available.
How to unlock scuba diving in Fontaine in Genshin Impact
To unlock the diving mechanic, you need to get to the Hydro regionsince scuba diving only works in Justice Nation territories.
Blessing of Fontaine
To receive Fontaine's special blessing, activate any Archon Statue in the Hydro region. You can touch the first closest statue in Porto Romarin.
Divine stone figure gives extraordinary blessing of the Primordial waters of the other sea, thanks to which the hero can dive to a depth and at the same time do not need oxygen.
How to swim underwater in Genshin Impact
To start diving, get to an area where diving is possible and go into the water. If you jump from any height, the hero will immediately dive.
If you come from the shore, you will additionally have to press Left Ctrl key. Then you will get into the underwater world, and new skill icons will appear below.
Acquaintance with new mechanics and unusual territories will be easier than mastering the land. The developers have made the first locations available for exploration simpler and brighter - the rocks are made in a wave-like shape, and all the vegetation is drawn with soft curves.
Traces can be found everywhere mainland civilization, because these areas just got flooded with water and are actually shallow water. Enemies will not chase players - they are peaceful as long as they are not touched.
Character control
When diving under water and swimming in places where it is possible, a special cluster, Primordial Waters of the Other Sea, appears next to the character.
Ability buttons appear in the bottom corner of the screen. Paintwork is used to "steal" the skills of underwater creatures, releasing the energy of the Primordial Waters of the other sea. "E" varies depending on the purchased Fontmer's xenochromic foreign skills, each of which is discussed in more detail in the section "Battles under water". Hold first ability Paintworkto aim at the enemy, and release, then the desired skill will appear in your personal arsenal.
Right click to activate sprint, which consumes stamina. For normal swimming, the level of stamina does not decrease, energy is required only for skills.
If you run out of stamina, you will not lose consciousness or drown, as happens in ordinary water bodies.
Left Ctrl key allows you to go deeper. Space is also responsible for lifting up. With the help of them, you can easily adjust the height of the swim and, if necessary, emerge to the outside.
Who can swim underwater
Any playable character in the squad gets the diving mechanic, for this it is not necessary to add the Traveler to the team every time. Under water, heroes can be switched in the same way as when exploring land areas.
Is there an oxygen scale underwater
Restrictions in this mode no - no oxygen scale is provided, and the hero can stay under water for as long as he wants.
How to dive into the water
Diving is only possible on the territory Fontaine в great lake, which refers to all the water that has absorbed part of the Hydro Kingdom.
There is a special button for diving under water. "a lion. ctrl"that occurs when swimming in a lake. When you click on it, the character will go to the depth. The absence of an icon means that the underwater world cannot be explored in this area.
If you are in shallow water, the corresponding inscription will appear on the screen “It's not deep enough in here. Can't dive". In this case, swim further so that the hero has enough room to dive.
You can automatically dive to depth after jumping from a high place, for example, scaffold. When a beautiful animation starts, the hero will immediately go under the water. If it does not arise, then the character will not dive - it means that the height is not enough, then try to climb higher, or try to dive in shallow water, then you will have to look for another place to jump.
How to get out of the water
Consider how to emerge from the water - this can be done in different ways. For a normal dive, use "Space" key - the hero will begin to rise, float until he reaches the surface of the water.
How to emerge from the water in a jump - hold left Shit or RMBso that the character gets acceleration under the water. AND send him up using the movement buttons or, by changing the view of the camera, with the mouse. The jump will be higher if, in addition to accelerating, press the ascent button.
How to jump like a dolphin out of the water - only heroes come from FontaineFor example, Traveler. Others will not have beautiful animation of a dolphin.
Where you can swim underwater in Genshin Impact: Underwater Fontaine Map
All water areas of the Hydro region are available for development - you can dive anywhere, while stamina is not spent when swimming. Along with this, a new level of the map opens. Source of all waters: Fontaine Great Lake, where separate teleportation points and dungeons are available. It is enough to come to the shore and go to the depth of the desired reservoir. For the first dive, the achievement "The Coming Water World" is due.
Underwater mechanics in Genshin Impact
Among other things, under the water opens up many new mechanics that are not available in normal mode on land. Let's look at each activity in more detail.
Underwater battles
To attack or defend, you will need special skills that can be replaced by the first skill by interacting with a certain creature. Use LKM, to attack animals with the energy of the Primordial Waters of the other sea. What are the abilities that are transferred from xenochromic creatures:
- fontmer blade - ability xenochromic oscar makes it possible to launch a sharp dagger that cuts the weak knots of algae. With a long press, you can use the skill aiming.
- sound wave - sound waves from xenochromic swellings, thanks to which you can find significant objects, such as treasures. A long hold allows you to periodically launch oscillations in aiming mode.
- heavy shield - skill xenochrome armored crab forms a heavy shield around it that will save you from incoming attacks and at the same time create shock waves that can crush whole stones. If you hold down the activation button to summon the shield, you can hit in the marked direction. As long as the player aims, enemy attacks will only increase the wave.
Unlike ordinary animals, xenochromic creatures are painted in light blue color and stand out against the background of nature with a slight glow.
Sphere of Recovery
To restore water stamina and HP levels, approach special objects that emit energy, such as a school of fish. Upon , they will dissolve and raise the character's performance.
Currents
In addition to sprinting, you can use currents - powerful blue streams of water, if hit by them, the hero will rush to the final goal. In this state, you can make minor movements - dodge obstacles and change the view of the camera, for example.
echolusky
A special mechanism left from the ancient civilization of the Hydro region. Masters created it to perform various tasks. When activated, the shell emits strong sound waves that help detect invisible significant objects near the biodevice or other clues for solving puzzles.
Turbulence rings
These are bright blue rings that appear during time trials. They speed up the player for a short period, allowing him to cover distances faster to complete the task. Similar to wind rings on the surface.
Ring mechanisms and wonderful floating balls
Wonderful floating ball - a ring-shaped bubble designed to solve puzzles. If you help him and bring the clot to special ring mechanisms, then you can access chests or other important items.
To solve it, you have to control the flows and adjust the direction of these balls so that they hit the spherical devices accurately. Bubbles can move under water pressure or from other mechanical influences.
High pressure water outlet
Water drains are called vents through which a high-pressure flow es. It can spray underwater currents, preventing characters from moving or moving certain objects. From his pressure, the hero will be saved only heavy shield, caused by a skill from an armored crab.
Floating cubes of water
Another interesting detail shown by the developers is water cubes floating in the air. Nothing more is known about them yet, probably in the future they will become significant objects for quests or the main plot. Inside them you can dive and explore the mysterious areas.
Achievement The Coming Water World
To open an achievement "The Coming Water World" of 5 source stones.
We hope this guide helped you learn how to swim underwater in Genshin Impact. If you have any difficulties or questions while using the diving mechanics, you can tell us about them in comments. Also read other useful Genshin Impact guides in the relevant sections: builds.
Tell me, what does damage depend on in underwater combat? Attack / crits / level / etc. Or only from the selected xenochrome skill?
On the wiki they write that the damage is the same for all Persians, depending on the level of the mobs (that is, on the level of the world, apparently). Well, different xenochromes have different damage, yes
How to jump like a dolphin out of the water?
hold acceleration and swim at an angle to the surface of the water) the character will jump beautifully
only works with the traveler
thank you)
The mechanics of jumping out of the water works with the hydro traveler and the characters from the fountain, line and line are proof of this, it's funny that at the same time, kokomi cannot jump out of the water, although she is essentially a fish))
The traveler is not necessarily hydro. Perhaps just touching the statue is enough. Didn't check