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Genshin Impact

How to Solve Watatsumi Island's 9 Cube Puzzle

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Genshin Impact - 9 Cube Puzzle Inazuma Guide

The 9 Cube Puzzle is found on Watatsumi Island in Genshin Impact. Learn where to find the 9 Cube puzzle in Inazuma, how to solve it, and other puzzle information in this guide!

Watatsumi Cube Puzzle Location

Found in Bourou Village

The 9 Cube Puzzle in Watatsumi Island can be found near the eastern Teleport Waypoint in Bourou Village.

Inazuma Map Guide

Watatsumi Cube Puzzle Solutions

How to Solve Cube Puzzles

Rotate the Cube by Attacking

Genshin - 9 Cube Puzzle - Hit the Cubes

In order to rotate a Cube, you must hit it with a Normal Attack using a Sword, Claymore, or Polearm character. Completing a puzzle rewards you with a Treasure Chest!

Note: The arrows in the puzzle guides below indicate where the light on the cube should be facing.

Cube Puzzle 1 Solution

Puzzle 1 Solution
Genshin -  9 Cube Solution 1

Cube Puzzle 2 Solution

Puzzle 2 Solution
Genshin - 9 Cube Solution 2

Cube Puzzle 3 Solution

Puzzle 3 Solution
Genshin - 9 Cube Solution 3

Reset the Watatsumi Cube Puzzles

Maximum of 3 Treasure Chests

Genshin - 9 Cube Puzzle Treasure Chest
There are a total of three variations of the 9 cube puzzle, and a total of three Treasure Chests from completing them. You have to restart the puzzles for the next variation to appear.

How to Reset the Cube Puzzle

Genshin - 9 Cube Puzzle - Reset Puzzle
After completing the puzzle and collecting the Treasure Chest rewards, quit to the Main Menu or teleport to and from a far away place. This should reset the puzzles, so log back in and use the guide to complete the next variations!

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Electro Stone Puzzle Lightning Probe Puzzle
Cube Pattern Puzzle Pressure Plate Puzzles
Bake-Danuki Puzzle Ghost Locations

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Watatsumi 9 Cube Puzzle Seiraimaru Boat
Komaki's Daily Fortune Yashiori Island Puzzle
Tsurumi Island Stone Slates Tsurumi Island Mist
Tsurumi Conch Treasure A Doctor's Odyssey Achievement

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Empty Boat to a Thousand Gates Palace in a Pool
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The Seventh Samurai Tatara Tales
Sakura Arborism Dreams of Sword Art
Orobashi's Legacy Fate of a Fighter
Gazing Three Thousand Miles Away Treatment on Island
Sinister Instruction Yae Publishing House's Invitation
Chisato's Letter O Archon, Have I Done Right?
International Travel Log Home Lies Over the Ocean
In Another Land Battle of Revenge
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Pizza From Another Land The Ritou Road
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Reminiscence of Seirai The Moon-Bathed Deep
Solitary Sea-Beast Divine Plant of the Depths
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The Narukami Trail Clean House
A Particularly Particular Author Octave of the Maushiro

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4 Anonymous Anonymous about 1 year

You dont need to hit the eroded ones, the marked cubes should be the only lighting up ones. Check if you're properly aligned as the images show.

3 Anonymous Anonymous over 1 year

some of the cubes im suppodsed to hit are eroded and i cant move them, what do i do?

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