Genshin Impact has just recently been updated with its new 2.0 content. This update has added a new area, quests, and even new Genshin characters from Inazuma to collect. One quest players can get is to complete the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual.
For many, the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual is the first true regional quest in Genshin Impact's Inazuma region. It gives many players the opportunity to explore Narukami Island outside of Ritou in its totality. Nonetheless, given the complexity of the Cleansing Ritual in Genshin Impact, many players may find the quest a little bit difficult.
Updated on December 27, 2021, by Scott Vengel: Genshin Impact has only become more popular since the release of Inazuma. Once a game that was thought to be in stagnation, Genshin Impact no longer suffers from a lack of content with plenty of new features, character quests, limited-time events, and expansions in Inazuma given players an endless supply of entertaining content.
Though update 2.4 will see a return to Liyue, many new players are now just beginning to start their journeys in Inazuma. As such, this article will be updated to add clarity to the complex Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual, as well as add some helpful tips that may have been missed.
How to Get the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual Quest
In order to get the quest, players will first have to unlock the Inazuma area. Players need to first be Adventure Rank 30 and have completed Autumn Winds, Scarlet Leaves, the prologue to Chapter 2 of the Archon Quests, as well. After that, players just need to speak with Katheryne in Liyue Harbor Adventurer's Guild. This will start the Setting Sail quest which leads players to a boat that will carry them to the Inazuma Islands area.
Once in Inazuma, players will need to speak to Kazari, an NPC that lives in Konda Village. Kazari is located initially at a roadside shrine between Ritou and Konda Village, where the player can find her inspecting the fox statue. She will start players on the five-part quest to complete a ritual called the "Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual", one of many quests found in one of the best mobile games of 2020.
The Sakura Cleansing Quest in Genshin Impact
The Sacred Sakura Cleansing Ritual will require that Genshin Impact players complete five total quests in order. These quests will drag players all over the islands, forcing them to explore and uncover the story bit by bit. These quests are:
- A Strange Story in Konda
- Sacrificial Offering
- Cleansing Defilement
- Hayashi of Tanuki in the Forest
- Yougou Cleansing
A Strange Story in Konda Quest
Players will start the first quest by speaking with Kazari, the masked Shrine Maiden, who will give the A Strange Story in Konda quest. In order to move along with the quest, players will need to use an Electro ability on the Sky Kitsune Statue. After which, they will get the Ward associated with the statue.
After doing this, players should head to Konda Village and ask the locals and the Village Chief for information. After doing so, look for three clues around the village:
- Obtain a Purse By the Dried-Up Well
- Obtain a Cargo Bag Fished Out From Water
- Obtain Ragged List of Goods
Once players find these clues, they need to talk to the Village Chief again and read their diary on the rooftop. Following the diary's instructions, players will find the key to the well behind the house owned by the Village Chief.
Once players interact with the well with the key, they will be able to climb down. There is an Exquisite Chest at the bottom of the well and a breakable wall. After breaking the wall, players can use one of Genshin Impact's Electro abilities to get through the purple barrier.
Players will find several shrines with a constellation decoration on the wall past the barrier. Use the Ward to set the shrines in the order they appear on the constellation from bottom to top. Once players have set the shrines in order from 1-5, pray at the initial shrine one final time to trigger a mini-boss fight.
Once finished with the boss fight, players should remember to raid all the remaining rooms under the well for treasures.
Sacrificial Offering Quest
The next step will take players to the northeastern part of Konda Village where there is an abandoned shrine.
Players should investigate the shrine, the Kitsune Statue, then the shrine again. After investigating everything, some mysterious shadows will appear, and players will need to go talk to them.
Follow the mysterious shadows as they move, talking to them each time. After doing so, players will obtain the Sacred Sakura Cleansing Summary.
Upon finishing at the mysterious shrine, the player will be prompted to go to the Grand Narukami Shrine, where they will get the Memento Lens. Go back to the Abandoned Shrine and use the Memento Lens on the Earth Kitsune Statue three times to reveal the Seal lines. After doing this, recite the sacred words by interacting with the Sky Kitsune Statue to get the Ward.
Head back to the Grand Narukami Shrine and find the Sacrificial Offering Quest barrier in Genshin Impact, and then destroy it. Players will need the Rust-Worn Key item from under the well in the last part of the quest to complete this part. Once all of this is done, return to Kazari, the Shrine Maiden that gave the first quest.
Cleansing Defilement and Hayashi of Tanuki in the Forest Quests
Players need to complete the Cleansing Rituals at three locations, and this will complete both the Cleansing Defilement and Hayashi of Tanuki in the Forest parts of this quest chain. The three shrines are located in Chinju Forest, Araumi, and Kamisato Estate. Players can complete these three Rituals in whatever order they choose. Players can find a step-by-step guide to these three mini-quests below:
Ritual in Chinju Forest (Hayashi of Tanuki in the Forest)
- Located in Chinju Forest.
- Follow the path up the mountain and look for the big Tanuki Statue.
- Kill Enemies in the area, then talk to the Statue.
- Players then get a quest to play with the three tanukis.
- Play with the 3 Tanukis 1/3 - On the path with the gates, light the torch that is unlit.
- Play with the 3 Tanukis 2/3 - Look for a barrel surrounded by hilichurls.
- Play with the 3 Tanukis 3/3 - Along the forest path, the Tanuki will be sitting in the center of the path. Follow it until it leads to three unlit torches. Light the center torch.
- Go back to the big Tanuki, and it will reward the player with a Ward.
- Head to the designated area to reveal a Torii gate.
- Set the shrines with the Ward in the correct order
- Kill the Ochimusha.
- The site will then be cleansed.
Ritual near the Kamisato Estate
- Look for the large pink Sakura tree north of the Kamisato Estate.
- Use the Memento Lens from the Sacrificial Offering Quest on the small Kitsune Statue there.
- Head further north towards the wrecked ship.
- Look for another small kitsune statue there in the middle of a small island.
- Use the Memento Lens again this statue. Another magic Torii Gate will open.
- Solve the puzzle. Beware of the Balethunder effect.
- Kill the Ochimusha.
- The site will then be cleansed.
Ritual in Araumi
- There are four Electro pillars in this area.
- Hit all four with an Electro power in order to activate them.
- The mechanism should activate, giving players access to the destroyed tower.
- Look for the three statues in the tower; use the Memento Lens on all of them.
- This will open a cavern; enter the cave.
- Again use the Memento Lens. Near the entrance of the cave, there will be an Electrogranum.
- Pick up the Electrogranum, and then run through the Electro barrier.
- Find the Kitsune statue on the other side.
- Use an Electro skill on it to unlock the Ward.
- Backtrack to the Torii Gate.
- Use the Ward on the Shrines there to activate the puzzle.
- Two of the shrines needed are disguised and can only be viewed properly through the Memento Lens.
- Activate the shrines in the correct order like the last puzzles.
- Kill the Ochimusha.
- The site will then be cleansed.
Yougou Cleansing
The last part of this quest chain has players returning once again to Kazari. Now that all the shrines have been cleansed, the barrier at Mt. Yougou will now be gone. As such, players should head through where the barrier was.
There will be an enemy on the other side called a Miasmic Tumor, which will hurt players just for being in the area. Given this situation, players may find it beneficial to have a healer on their team. Nonetheless, players can use the Electrograna found in the cavern to help mitigate the damage.
In order to end the quest, players need to defeat the Oshimusha. Once they're defeated, solve the shrine puzzle just like the previous puzzles in the quest chain. The Tumor will fall; players need to attack it once this happens. After defeating the Miasmic Tumor, return to Kazari to conclude the quest.
Solving the Constellation Puzzles
If players are still confused about how to solve the constellation puzzles, here's a quick primer to make it a little easier.
- After activating the shrine with a Ward, a constellation will appear.
- Look at the constellation; it is a map of the nearby shrines. The top-most dot will be the first shrine.
- Players can interact with the shrines in order to change their order.
- A symbol will appear over the shrine, and that symbol will have 1, 2, 3, or 4 petals. The first shrine needs the symbol with one petal, the second shrine the symbol with two petals, etc.
- Once all the shrines have the correct symbol over them, head back to the first shrine and interact with it.
- A boss will then appear.
Genshin Impact is available on mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5.
