Branching horns and tangled roots in Honkai Star Rail: how to complete the quest

Branched horns and tangled roots in "Heavenly Journey on a Star Raft", during which the Pathfinders will get to the Crafts Commission and see how far the Ambrosia Tree has spread. The company from the express will have to correct the consequences of the influence of Abundance and face a new enemy.

In this guide, we'll tell you how to start and complete the quest Tangled Antlers and Tangled Roots. Read on to find out how to get to the Crafts Commission, solve all the puzzles of the Illuminated Chest, and defeat the Black Stag of Plenty.

How to start the mission Branching Antlers and Tangled Roots

The quest Branching Antlers and Tangled Roots is automatically added to the quest log if two conditions are met:

• Getting 34 Mastering level.
• Mission completion "The return of branches, the intricacies of fate".

Walkthrough of the quest Branching Antlers and Tangled Roots in Honkai: Star Rail

A group of Pathfinders will arrive at the Crafts Commission to deal with the problems that have arisen due to the overgrown Ambrosia Tree.

Head to the Crafts Commission and find out what happened

You can get into the Crafts Commission from secret pier, located at the westernmost point of the teleport location. To the south notice the riddle navigational com.

The gates will be closed, and you need to get into them legally, since unauthorized entry is prohibited by law.

Question the crowd at the entrance to the Crafts Commission

In the crowd at the entrance, look for Aveythat he will ask to save the teacher locked in the Commission and for this he will share jade tag.

Use the received item on the gate, ing through which you will see the flowering roots of the Ambrosia Tree up close.

Find out how far the roots of the Ambrosia Tree have penetrated the Crafts Commission

To the right of the gate you can open Regular chest and get 5 star jade.

Dig inside the Crafts Commission to find out how far the Tree has grown. On the way under the stairs, fight the Enchanted Inventions:

• 2 submissive dragon lions (vulnerabilities: wind and imaginary damage);
• 2 cloudy golden toads (vulnerabilities: electrical and quantum damage).

On the bridge, notice a man that attacks strangers on the territory of the Commission with a group of Enchanted inventions:

• 2 luminous dragon fish (vulnerabilities: physical, electrical and imaginary damage);
• 1 obedient lion-dragon (vulnerabilities: wind and imaginary damage);
• 1 cloudy golden toad (vulnerabilities: electrical and quantum damage).

The man will turn out to be the same Gongshu master that his student mentioned at the entrance.

Follow Master Gongshu

Master Gongshu will tell about a certain tree demon and ask for a favor with liberation Creation Furnaces. Follow Avey's teacher and you will reach a teleportation screen entangled in branches, without which you cannot move further.

Destroy the Ambrosia Tree's Tangled Node and free the Teleport Screen

Master Gongshu will attune the weapon he invented, which will help destroy the tangled knot of the Ambrosia Tree. Adjust the adapter and hit all targets at the same time to decide riddle Lighting chest.

• The receiver on the left should be pointing at the top node, don't touch it.

• Direct the adapter beam on the right to the lower tangled branches (turn it once против clockwise).

Having directed all the receivers in the right directions, go to the left and use the trigger highlighted from the bottom circle by selecting "Run".

As soon as all the nodes are destroyed at the same time, the screen will be cleared. Use it by clicking "Teleport".

Go to the Furnace of Creation

The dimensional anchor at the Creation Furnace will become active, and next to it you will see a blocked Luxurious Chest. Get close to the marked robot to collect the treasure by fighting:

• 2 soldiers struck by Mara (vulnerabilities: fire, ice and quantum damage);
• 1 Aurumaton the Gatekeeper (vulnerabilities: electric, wind and quantum damage), summoning luminous dragon fish.

Climbing north towards the yellow quest marker you can open Regular chest. A little further, a cutscene will start at the roots of the ambrosia with the appearance of the tree monster previously mentioned by Master Gunshu.

First fight with the Black Stag of Plenty

In the first fight with the Black Deer of Fertility, there is no goal to defeat him, as he will begin to heal for huge numbers of HP and respawn. Break through the enemy's vulnerability and destroy the Branches, after which the heroes decide to retreat and discuss with Tingyun a further plan.

Investigate the Crafts Commission and find the source of the Black Deer's recovery

The goal will be to find the sources of the Black Deer's restoration and destroy them in order to defeat the Monster of Abundance after. Follow the Crafts Commission north, turn right and move on. Meet again along the way Enchanted Inventionsinterfering with research. In the northeast of the area you will find the nodes of the Ambrosia Tree and test Lighting chest.

Destroy the Tangled Node of the Ambrosia Tree

Arrange the incinerating beams of the devices accordingly:

• Point the left receiver at the right adapter (turn counterclockwise once)

• Wrap the right receiver so that its beam diagonally points to two nodes at once (turn counterclockwise once).

Back to the trigger and activate "Run"to strike with fire all the tangled knots and riddle Illuminating chest.

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Find the third node of the Ambrosia Tree

Continue to the unexplored part of the Crafts Commission area. Be careful, one of the Aurumatons will activate. Move with Teleport screens. When you get to the next one, turn it and use "Teleport".

After going through the gate past the northwesternmost Dimensional Anchor, you can find a Common Chest and encounter Enchanted Inventions:

• 2 submissive lion-dragon (vulnerabilities: wind and imaginary damage) and 2 cloudy golden toads (vulnerabilities: electrical and quantum damage).
• 1 obedient lion-dragon and 2 cloudy golden toads (vulnerabilities: electrical and quantum damage).

Climbing up the stairs and following north, you will see the third node of the Ambrosia Tree.

• Turn the adapter in the upper right corner clockwise once.

• Turn the center receiver counterclockwise once.

• Rotate the bottom left receiver clockwise once.

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By adjusting the adapter and hitting all targets at the same time, the last target that restored the Abundance monster will be cleansed. You can open the gate nearby.

Return to the Furnace of Creation and defeat the Black Deer of Plenty

Use the teleporter, you can take the elevator to the Creation Furnace and for a faster fight, change the squad according to vulnerabilities Black deer of abundance:

• fire, ice and quantum damage.
• imaginary damage against some of his Branches.

The enemy has resistance to electric and wind damage, Confinement and Freeze, and also knows how to increase his own defense.

В 1 phase the boss can summon Branches of the ambrosia tree:

• winter wind (vulnerabilities: ice, quantum and imaginary damage) - inflicts Rage, causing team to randomly attack enemies.

• yellow foliage (vulnerabilities: fire and quantum damage) –  counterattacks and slightly increases the attack power of the Black Deer of Opulence.

In phase 2 the monster is able to summon new Branches of the Ambrosia Tree:

• Lush flowering (vulnerabilities: ice and imaginary damage) - provokes a status Taunts, which causes characters to start hitting only one target.

• fruitful (vulnerabilities: fire, quantum and imaginary damage) - restores energy boss.

Black Deer deals Shock damage in an area when fruitful vetvi will increase second fruit on the next turn after spawning, so destroy Abundant Fruits first. The more branches on the field, the stronger the damage, but at the same time, all of them will disappear from the battlefield.

It is worth defeating the boss, a cutscene will begin, after which Tingyun standing nearby will write to the Pathfinder, and then the task will end.

After completing the quest, a new chapter opens - "Only the blind will see the truth, only heaven will punish sinners».

Achievement Deer Hunter in Honkai: Star Rail

Achivka deer hunter from the section "The Path to the Stars" is given with the completion of the mission Exploration Branched horns and tangled roots, and for opening the achievement you get 10 star jade.

Achievement Kick your deer friend in the antlers! in Honkai: Star Rail

Get an achievement Hit a deer friend in the horns! from the Path to the Stars section, you can at the moment of defeating the Black Deer of Plenty, for which you will receive 10 star jade.

Awards

For completing the mission, you will receive as a reward:

• 1000 Experience;
• 80 star jade;
• Shadow of Preservation (Eidolon of the fiery Pathfinder);
• 4 travel guides;
• 4 purified ethers;
• Deepstalker record;
• 30000 credits.

We hope our guide helped you start and complete the HSR quest Tangled Antlers and Tangled Roots, complete the Illuminated Chest puzzles, and defeat the Black Stag of Plenty. Write to commentsif you have any questions or need help. Read builds.