The Islands’ Stirring Strings challenge is similar to the Misty Hills, Foggy Vales domain one except for a few major differences that players can find while playing the Summertime Odyssey Event in Genshin Impact 2.8. For example, Kaedehara Kazuha’s challenge is split to three parts, whereas Xinyan’s is only one part.
The Islands' Stirring Strings is all about creating music, enjoying the melodies, and feeling the rhythm, as all the characters go through Xinyan’s mirage and find out more about the Rock 'n' Roll Musician. Players should beware of the challenge, however, as it’s full of hidden paths and difficult puzzles, making some chests easily to miss.
All Islands' Stirring Strings Chest Locations In Genshin Impact
A Story Quest will start to fully unlock the Islands' Stirring Strings domain. Players will find two chests while doing the Story Quest, and then they can re-enter the domain to collect the rest of the chests.
1st Chest (Story Quest)
- Touch the weird musical instrument to enter Xinyan’s mirage
- Solve the puzzle
- Arrive at a locked door
- A Common Chest is on the left side of the door
2nd Chest (Story Quest)
- Fly to the next floating platform that has a blue musical tile
- Solve the puzzle
- Claim the Exquisite Chest
3rd Chest
- Enter the challenge again after completing the Story Quest
- Head right from the blue flower entrance
- Go inside the door
- Fly to the next platform
- Defeat the enemies
- Open the Common Chest
4th Chest
- Proceed through the area
- Arrive at the platform where there’s a blue musical tile
- Solve the puzzle
- Unlock the Common Chest
5th Chest
- Continue exploring the area
- Arrive at a large opening
- Kill the enemies
- Open the Precious Chest
6th Chest
- From the Precious Chest location, follow the purple bird
- Enter the door
- Hit the drum
- Keep following the purple bird
- Hit another drum to form a wooden bridge
- Claim the Common Chest after the short cutscene
7th Chest
- Cross the bridge
- Go through the door
- Head left and hit the drum
- Glide to the bigger floating platform
- Defeat the enemies
- Claim the Exquisite Chest
8th Chest
- Keep exploring upward
- Start the time challenge
- Reach the Exquisite Chest before time runs out to open it
9th Chest
- Climb the stairs
- Solve the puzzle
- Open the Exquisite Chest
How To Get The Echoing Conch
In the same area as the 9th chest, players should turn the smaller flower mechanism in the middle to the bigger one on the right side to create a wind current. This will take Genshin Impact players to the top of a rock where the Conch lies.
10th Chest
- Fly to the platform that has a purple bird
- Follow it to the following platform
- Hit the Pyro Monument
- Go through the door
- Solve the puzzle to remove the barrier
- Jump down to the red flower
- Stand in front of it then go left
- Enter the door
- Fly to the platform that has blue musical tile
- Solve the puzzle
- Claim the Common Chest
11th Chest
- Glide to the next platform
- Solve the Pyro Monuments puzzle
- Open the Exquisite Chest
12th Chest
- Follow the purple bird that was next to the Monuments
- Loot the Common Chest next to the door
13th Chest
- Enter the door that was next to the Common Chest
- Defeat the enemies
- Solve the puzzle
- Open the Exquisite Chest to get the key
14th Chest
- Get out of the door
- Solve the puzzle to trigger a wind current to a former platform
- Open the locked door with the key
- Hit the drum
- Start the time challenge
- Cross the bridge quickly to reach the Exquisite Chest
15th Chest
- Go back to the blue flower’s entrance
- Cross the wooden bridge down
- Go through the door
- Head left of the Pyro Monument
- Hit the drum
- Enter through another door
- Walk to the cliff
- Claim the Precious Chest that’s on the right
16th, 17th, And 18th Chest
- Fly to the lower ledge that has a drum, which unlocks another wooden bridge
- Enter the cave and go through the door on the end of the bridge
- Activate the mechanism on the right to trigger a wind current
- Land on a platform and open the door
- Go right and click Perform on the mechanic to complete the long puzzle in the blue flower chamber
- Unlock the two Exquisite Chests and one Luxurious Chest
Genshin Impact is available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is currently in development.