Where Bloodhounds Gather is the Deceitful Domain for Act 2 of the Energy Amplifier Fruition event in Genshin Impact. Learn the best teams and characters, the best Irminsul Fruit Fragments to bring, which difficulty settings to use for a high score, and challenge tips in this Deceitful Domain guide!

Fruition Event Guide
Act 1 Guide	Act 2 Guide	Act 3 Guide
Deceitful Domain 1	Deceitful Domain 2	Deceitful Domain 3

Difficulty Settings for Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather

Recommended Difficulty Settings

Main Difficulty Settings

	What To Choose	Points
Difficulty	Expert	x5
Time Limit	< 600s	150
HP Increase	+100%	300

Recommended Challenge Criteria

What To Choose	Points
All party members' Shield Strength decreased by 50%.	25
When a Rifthound's HP is less than or equal to 50%, the CD on in-field Rifthound Whelps' charging attack will be reset.	25

Total Points

Total Points from this Difficulty Setting
4000 Points

You need at least 4,000 points for each stage to get all of the event rewards from Deceitful Domains.

Best Teams for Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather

Recommended Teams

Best Party
Itto	Albedo	Gorou	Kokomi
Free-to-Play Party
Noelle	Lisa	Traveler (Electro)	Barbara

See Best Team Comps Guide

Other Recommended Characters

	Recommended Characters
Main DPS
Sub DPS
Support

See Character Tier List

Best Fruit Fragments to Bring

Geo Team Comp Fruit Fragments

Fruit Fragment	Effect
Starcrystal Dance	When a character obtains an Elemental Shard created by a Geo Elemental Reaction, a small shockwave will be unleashed that will deal 500% of that characters' ATK as DMG to nearby opponents. Additionally, all characters in the party gain 40% Geo DMG Bonus for 10s after this effect is triggered. These effects can be triggered once every 5s and this CD is shared between all party members.
Refraction Crystals	When a character obtains an Elemental Shard created by the Crystallize Reaction, they gain 30% Elemental DMG Bonus for 10s.
Focusing Crystals	When a character obtains an Elemental Shard created by the Crystallize Reaction, they will regenerate 2 Energy for all members of the party. This effect can be triggered once every 2s and this CD is shared between all party members.
Refined Burst	Increases the Elemental Burst Level of all party members by 1. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Burst Damage	Elemental Burst DMG dealt by all party members increased by 30%.
Iron Wall	All party members' Shield Strength increased by 40%.
Song of Steel	All party members' Normal Attack DMG increased by 30%.

Electro Team Comp Fruit Fragments

Fruit Fragment	Effect
Blade Dance	Character possess 5 stacks of the Blade Dance effect, and each stack increases te Normal Attack DMG dealt by the chararacter by 15%. Possessing 5 stacks will increase Normal ATK SPD by 15%. When a character takes DMG, they will lose 1 stack(s) of Blade Dance. A maximum of 1 stack(s) can be lost every second this way. A character will gain one stack of Blade Dance for every 10s they are on the field, up to a maximum of 5 stacks. Each character's CDs, stack counts, and their effects are counted independently.
Emboldened	For 20s after an Elemental Burst is used, the character who unleashed that Elemental Burst has their Normal Attack DMG increased by 40%.
Challenger	During combat, when there are no more than 2 opponents near a character, ATK is increased by 20% and DEF is increased by 20%.
Conductivity	When an active character triggers Electro-Charged, all of the player's party members` Elemental Burst CDs are decreased by 1s. This can occur once every 1.5s
Song of Steel	All party members' Normal Attack DMG increased by 30%.
Burst Damage	Elemental Burst DMG dealt by all party members increased by 30%.
Overmastered	All party members' Elemental Mastery is increased by 100.

Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather Walkthrough

Ley Line Disorder

All Enemies in the Deceitful Domain

List of Enemies
Thundercraven Rifthound	Rockfond Rifthound
Thundercraven Rifthound Whelp	Rockfond Rifthound Whelp

Tips for Clearing the Deceitful Domain

Bring a good healer

Since the enemies are going to be Rifthounds, its a good idea to bring at least one good healer to combat the effects of Corrosion. It's recommended to bring Barbara, Kokomi, or Qiqi during this challenge.

Challenge with friends or strangers in Co-Op

The Deceitful Domain can be challenged in co-op with friends to make it easier. You can also find other people to play with in our co-op boards!

Genshin Co-Op Boards
Friend Request Board	Co-Op Board	Supporting Cast Board

Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather Rewards

Where Bloodhounds Gather Total Rewards

Objective	Rewards
First Clear Reward	x60
Attain a high score of 1000	x4 x20000
Attain a high score of 2000	x4 x20000
Attain a high score of 3000	x4 x20000
Attain a high score of 4000	x4 x20000
Attain a high score of 5000	x4 x20000
Attain a high score of 6000	x4 x20000
Attain a high score of 7000	x4 x20000
Attain a high score of 8000	x4 x20000

The maximum points possible for this Deceitful Domain is 8000 out of 12000.

High scores will be totaled across all three Deceitful Domains. It is not necessary to earn more than 4000 per domain. Deceitful Domains will have different enemies, so it may be useful to offset points from one domain to another.

Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather Information

How to Unlock Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather

You have to investigate all Places of Interest in Act 2 to unlock Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather!

Places of Interest: Act 2 Guide

Part of the Energy Amplifier Rerun in Version 2.3

Deceitful Domain: Where Bloodhounds Gather is part of Energy Amplifier Fruition, which is a Version 2.3 rerun of the original Energy Amplifier event in Version 1.5. Take a look at our full event guide for more details:

Energy Amplifier Fruition Event Guide

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Energy Amplifier Event Guide

All Energy Amplifier Events

All Energy Amplifier Events
Initiation (1.5)	Fruition (2.3)	Lemma (4.8)

Energy Amplifier: Lemma Stage Guides

Energy Amplifier Lemma Stages
1 - Interference: Overgrowth	2 - Validation: Torrential Tide	3 - Observation: Soaring Will
4 - Collection: High-Energy Elements	5 - Extension: Polyphasic Excitation	6 - Exceedance: Resonance Amplification

Other Energy Amplifier Guides

2.3 Fruition Stage Guides

1.5 Initiation Stage Guides

All Twisted Realm Domain Guides
Domain of Deceit	Domain of Furious Thunder
Domain of Chaos	Domain of Heresy

Energy Amplifier Quest Guides

Energy Amplifier Initiation Quest Guide

All Genshin Impact Events

List of Current & Upcoming Events