Shining Cup in Genshin Impact: How to Get Awakening Material

Shining cup in Fontaine. Symbolizes the cup of balm necessary for the sword to overcome any obstacle. You won’t be able to collect resources in the open world, buy them or win in the gacha, and the game doesn’t provide an exact recipe for making them, so pumping up weapons raises a lot of questions.

In this guide we will tell you where to find and why you need the Shining Cup. Read on to find out how to collect withered shells and make them into awakening material, where the secret Little Fountain is and what to open it for.

Why do you need the Shining Cup?

The Shining Cup is required to increase the awakening level 4⭐ "Rowboat’s Wake".

Awakening other weapons usually requires a copy of the item, but this sword only exists in one copy and cannot be obtained from banners or purchased in stores, so you will have to create the material yourself.

Where to get the Shining Cup in Genshin Impact

First you need to collect Withered shells, which must be taken to the Small Fountain and filled with “will”, then they will turn into Shining Cups. There will be no need for additional resources or pestilence.

Where to find Withered Shells

Ancient shells are hidden in various places in Fontaine: in the depths, in secret rooms and old chests. Total to be collected 4 quest items.

Read in a separate guide detailed information about where to find all the dried shells.

Where is the Little Fountain?

A small fountain that the Traveler encounters for the first time in the line "Rowboat’s Wake", useful for creating cups.

Head to Annapauses, located to the left of the capital city of Cour de Fontaine on the map. Go down from the teleport - right below it there will be a stone platform with the desired fountain, on which there used to be a statue of Princess Lyris. When it disappears, you will be able to interact with the structure.

Select the "Small Fountain" option so you can customize your weapon:

• Hand over dried shell - hand the item to receive Shining Cup.
• Transforms Narcissenkreutz's Sword into Usia/Pneuma — depending on the chosen energy, you can change its type. A useful feature that will come in handy in battles or for solving puzzles in the Hydro region.

We hope this guide helped you learn more about the Shining Cup in Genshin Impact. Write to comments, if anything remains unclear. Read Genshin Impact guides on our website.