Mystery of the Black Shadow is the first stage of the Bantan Sango Case Files event in Genshin Impact. Learn how to hide from Canine Bunshin, how to defeat all challenge enemies, total challenge rewards for Mystery of the Black Shadow, and other information in this event guide!

Bantan Sango Case Files Event Guide
Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Phase 4
Canine Path		Omni-Ubiquity Net

Mystery of the Black Shadow: Hiding Spot Challenge Guide

All Hiding Spot Locations

Challenge 1 Hiding Spot Map
Location	Tatarasuna, Inazuma

Tips for Rescuing Small Animals

Bring a Bow Character for the mechanisms

You can activate mechanisms by attacking them, so bringing a Bow character to shoot the mechanisms from afar is a good idea!

List of Bow Characters
Amber	Venti	Fischl
Tartaglia	Diona	Ganyu
Yoimiya	Sara	Gorou
Aloy	Lyney	Yelan
Tighnari	Collei	Faruzan

How to Rescue the First Animal

How to Rescue the 1st Animal
1	Wait for the Canine Bunshin to go to the other side of the Smoke Machine.
2	Stay behind the Canine Bunshin as you approach the cat.
3	Fire the net near the smoke machine and hide away towards the starting point again!

How to Rescue the Second Animal

How to Rescue the 2nd Animal
1	Activate the fireworks to lure the Canine Bunshin away.
2	Activate the Smoke Machine near the dog.
3	Approach the dog as soon as the Canine Bunshin are distracted and use the net to catch them!

How to Rescue the Third Animal

How to Rescue the 3rd Animal
1	Approach from the side without a Canine Bunshin.
2	Move along the water to the hill where the fox is located.
3	Catch the fox from behind with the ubiquity net!

Use the Thunder Spheres to avoid detection

There is a Thunder Sakura Bough near Ryuuji. Use it to gain an Electrogranum and fly towards the animals.

Other Thunder Sakura Boughs can be found in the area, and you can make use of them to quickly get to each animal! You can also use them to escape Canine Bunshin if they detect you.

Hit the Canine Bunshin with the Ubiquity Net

There are many Canine Bunshin in the southern part of the map, near the Fox. You can use the Smoke Machines in that area, but the smoke screen goes away pretty quickly. You can use the Ubiquity Net as a last resort to stun Canine Bunshin!

Hiding Spot Challenge Rewards

All Stage 1 Hiding Spot Rewards
Primogem x60	Jeweled Branch of a Distant Sea x4	Mora x30000

These rewards need to be claimed in the event screen.

Mystery of the Black Shadow: Den of Thieves Challenge Guide

All Animal Cage Locations

Location	Fort Fujitou, Inazuma

All Enemies in Den of Thieves

List of All Challenge Enemies
Treasure Hoarders - Pugilist x1 Treasure Hoarders - Crusher x1 Treasure Hoarders - Seaman x1 Nobushi: Jintouban x2 Kairagi: Fiery Might x1

Best Characters to Bring

Main DPS
Sub DPS
Support

Go to Full Character Tier List

Bring Characters with Shields

Crowd control is always useful, but the heavier enemies in this challenge can't really be effectively sucked into an Anemo vortex. We recommend having characters with strong shields to protect you from hard-hitting Nobushi and Kairagi!

Go for Freeze Reactions

Another effective way to avoid damage is by freezing enemies. This is especially easy to do if you haven't completed the Orobashi's Legacy series and still have a constant storm on Yashiori Island.

Bringing Cryo characters with you will even boost your elemental damage with reactions like Melt and Superconduct!
Elemental Reactions Guide

Den of Thieves Challenge Rewards

List of Challenge Rewards
Primogem x60	Hero's Wit x4	Mora x30000

These rewards need to be claimed in the event screen.

Mystery of the Black Shadow Quest Guide

Details and Unlock Requirements

Someone needs to help take up a mysterious case that has come up in Inazuma...

Bantan Sango Case File: Mystery of the Black Shadow Objectives

Quest Walkthrough

	Objectives
1	Head to the Adventurers' Guild in Inazuma and talk to Katheryne.
2	Head downstairs to the Bantan Sango Detective Agency and talk to Sango.
3	Teleport to Tatarasuna in Kannazuka and head to the marked location.
4	Rescue the animals using the Ubiquity Net.
5	Use the Thunder Spheres and return to Ryuuji.
6	Teleport to Fort Fujitou in Yashiori Island and head to the next marked location.
7	Defeat all the enemies in the area.
8	Open the cages to free the two dogs and complete the quest.

Quest Rewards

Rewards
Hero's Wit ×2	Mora ×20000

Mystery of the Black Shadow Rewards

Total Challenge Rewards

List of Challenge Rewards
Primogem x120	Hero's Wit x6	Mora x80000
Jeweled Branch of a Distant Sea x4

Breakdown of Challenge Rewards

How to Get Rewards	Rewards
Rescue 3 little animals from the Place of Interest: Hiding Spot	x60 x4 x30000
Rescue 2 little animals from the Place of Interest: Den of Thieves	x60 x4 x30000
Complete the ''Mystery of the Black Shadow'' Quest	x2 x20000

Mystery of the Black Shadow Event Information

Part of the ''Bantan Sango Case Files: The Warrior Dog'' Event

Mystery of the Black Shadow is part one of four event phases, and was automatically unlocked on the first day of the Bantan Sango Case Files event. Take a look at our full event guide for more information:
Bantan Sango Case Files Event Guide

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Bantan Sango Case Files Event Guide

Bantan Sango Case File Event Guides

Stage Guide	Stage Information
Phase 1 Guide	Mystery of the Black Shadow
Phase 2 Guide	Stealthy Trail
Phase 3 Guide	The Truth (Just About) Comes to Light
Phase 4 Guide	Recognition
Event Challenge	Canine Path

Event-Exclusive Item Guides

Bantan Sango Case Files Event Items
Omni-Ubiquity Net	Kageroumaru Pet Furnishing

All Genshin Impact Events

List of Events