Finding the Orb of the Blue Depths within The Chasm can be time-consuming, but we’ve outlined its locations as well as how to use them in Genshin Impact to make things easier. Genshin Impact has recently introduced The Chasm as a new region after update 2.6 was released.
Obtaining the Orb of the Blue Depths, which is required to open a gate leading to a secret area, is a difficult task that requires Travelers to fight a variety of opponents. Genshin Impact’s Orb of the Blue Depths can be found in a number of locations, and this guide explains how to use them.
In the Chasm, there is an area called the Nameless Ruins where there is a certain door to a secret room that offers a lot of useful loot. However, you will need a key item called the Orb of the Blue Depths to open that door.
What is the Orb of the Blue Depths in Genshin Impact?
The Orb of the Blue Depths is a Quest Key Item that is to be used to open a door in the Nameless Ruins. They can be acquired after defeating certain enemies that are found throughout the Underground Mines at The Chasm. You must find all nine orbs in order to open that door to the secret room.
Orb of the Blue Depths In-game description:
A strange gem left behind by a foe from the Abyss. If you look into it hard, it is almost as if you are looking into a long-borne dream shrouded by a deep fog.
All Orb of the Blue Depths Locations and How to Get Them
There are nine Orbs of the Blue Depths to secure in Genshin Impact. Here are the locations for each and how to get them:
#1 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The first Orb of the Blue Depths location is by the Ad-Hoc Main Tunnel nearby a teleport waypoint.
- How to get: Defeat the Shadowy Husk named Skeld, which can be found behind a locked gate. Use the Miner’s Key to open the gate, which can be found on the road going to the Serpent’s Cave.
#2 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The second location is in The Serpent’s Cave nearby a teleport waypoint.
- How to get: Defeat Haltaf there, who is surrounded by a lot of oozing Dark Mud. Clear up the mud with the Lumenstone Adjuvant and then challenge him to get the orb.
#3 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The third location is in the Underground Waterway.
- How to get: Walk west until you can find Edgetho the Shadowy Husk. He is just on the island in the middle of the pool. Note that you cannot reach him by the teleport waypoint. Instead, use the path that is just south of The Chasm: Main Mining Area.
#4 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The fourth location in the ruins south of the Underground Waterway.
- How to get: Find and defeat the Shadowy Husk named Hyglacg, which should be nearby a large root in the ruins.
#5 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The fifth orb location is in the Nameless Ruins, just go to the left to find a small area that has a lot of Oozing Concretions.
- How to get: Defeat Serkir to get the orb.
#6 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: For the sixth orb, teleport to The Glowing Narrows and use the Geo Mushrooms to open the way to the Shadowy Husk’s location.
- How to get: Inside is Herger sitting/kneeling nearby a waterfall, defeat Herger to get the orb from him.
#7 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The 7th orb is located just south of the Underground Waterway is a closed room where the enemy is hiding.
- How to get: Find a cracked wall blocking the entrance and then destroy it with a Geo attack. Defeat Buliwyf inside.
#8 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The eighth orb can be found in an area almost going to the Underground Mines is the location of the next Shadowy Husk.
- How to get: Just teleport to The Glowing Narrows and from there go west until you reach an area with some water. Rethel will be there looking at a Lumenstone.
#9 Orb of the Blue Depths
- Location: The ninth and the final orb can be found at The Glowing Narrows camp, go south to find a lot of Geo Mushrooms.
- How to get: Blow up the Geo Mushrooms to open a hole and then jump inside it. Just at the bottom of the cave is the final target, Roneth. Defeat Roneth to get the final Orb of the Blue Depths.
How to Use the Orbs Of The Blue Depths For In Genshin Impact?
The nine Orbs of the Blue Depths in Genshin Impact will be used to open the Secret Room where Travelers can get one Exquisite Chest, one Precious Chest, and one Luxurious Chest. The Secret Room is located in the Nameless Ruins. You must locate and activate the mechanism that requires nine Orbs from the Blue Depths In order to complete the puzzle, so you can obtain the rewards.
But before you can head to the the Secret Room in the Nameless Ruins, you first have to find the Miner’s Key to unlock the entrance to The Secret Room.
Where to Find the Miner’s Key in Genshin Impact?
To Find the Miner’s Key in Genshin Impact, just go to the Serpent’s Cave’s path from the first location of the orb, which is just southwest as indicated on the map above. Find some gears on the ground to find the key lying there.
Where to Find the Secret Room in the Nameless Ruins?
To get to the Secret Room, you will need to use the Teleport Waypoint in the Nameless Ruins. Clear this area first by progressing the Chapter 2: Act IV Archon Quest.
First get to a section of the room you just got teleported in where there is a hole.
Then fly towards this spot until you reach it. Head inside then go to the right opening.
Pass through the broken walkway until you reach another room.
Find a broken stone wall inside making a ramp towards the next level. Climb up there and find a hole where you can exit.
Below is a giant tree root making a bridge to the next section. Follow that until you reach the next room.
When you arrive, you will find the next exit on the lower floor and just beyond it is the the mechanism.
Use the nine Orbs of the Blue Depths on the mechanism to open the mysterious Secret Room.
What are Rewards for Opening the Secret Room in Genshin Impact?
There will be a Mysterious Letter and three different chests waiting inside the Secret Room. There will be one Exquisite Chest, one Precious Chest, and one Luxurious Chest. These chests will contain various loot that can be helpful in your journeys ahead such as:
- Level Up Materials
- Weapon Ascension
- Talent Materials
The letter though is a different thing. It will be a puzzle for you to solve and it will vary for each person.
You also unlock the achievement Crede Tenebrae.
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