Sealed Ruins is the second Trial stage during the A Study in Potions event in Genshin Impact. Learn about the different floor challenges, recommended characters, and best Smoldersleet Potions to use in this Version 2.4 Event.

A Study in Potions Event Guide
Dusty Wrack	Sealed Ruins	Solitary Rampart

Sealed Ruins Trial Walkthrough

Recommended Challenge Order

	Floor Challenge Order
1st	Stage 4 - Peak Study
	Noelle	Kaeya	Xiangling	Traveler (Electro)
	Potions	Amp: Adaptive Strike	Intensifying Potion	Gravity Potion
2nd	Stage 2 - Dosage Increase
	Keqing	Chongyun	Shenhe	Yun Jin
	Potions	Amp: Fierce Pursuit	Explosive Potion	Resonance Potion
3rd	Stage 1 - Sublimation Verification
	Noelle	Kaeya	Xiangling	Traveler (Electro)
	Potions	Amp: Redoubled Pursuit	Amp: Cumulative Strike	Honing Potion
4th	Stage 3 - Enhanced Sample
	Chongyun	Shenhe	Yun Jin	Barbara
	Potions	Coalescence Potion	Parallel Potion	Slow-Release Potion

Sealed Ruins Floor Stages

All Sealed Ruins Floor Challenges

Sealed Ruins Floor Challenges
Stage 1	Stage 2
Stage 3	Stage 4

Sealed Ruins Ley Line Disorder

Ley Line Disorder
When a character's Normal Attack hits an opponent, they gain 1 Sundered Steel stack. This increases all party members' Normal Attack DMG by 5% for 6s. This effect can be triggered once every 1.5s. Max 8 stacks.

Sealed Ruins Trial Characters

Character	Trial Weapons and Artifacts
Keqing	Lion's Roar Thundering Fury (4 pc.)
Shenhe	Favonius Lance Gladiator's Finale (2 pc.) Shimenawa's Reminiscence (2 pc.)
Yun Jin	Prototype Starglitter Husk of Opulent Dreams (4 pc.)
Chongyun	Royal Greatsword Blizzard Strayer (4 pc.)

You can't change the Trial Character's equipment.

Stage 1 Challenge Guide

Stage 1 Challenge Details

Floor Objective
Defeat 13 opponents within 300 seconds
Floor Challenge Goals
Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 2500 Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 1000 Complete the challenge

Stage 1 Enemies

Stage 1 Opponents
Geovishap	Blazing Axe Mitachurl	Crackling Axe Mitachurl
Dendro Samachurl	Anemo Samachurl	Geo Samachurl
Pyro Hilichurl Shooter	Electro Hilichurl Shooter

Recommended Characters

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Sub DPS	Support
Noelle	Kaeya	Xiangling	Traveler (Electro)

Focus on the Samachurls for this floor stage as they can interfere with your movement. Use AoE attacks to quickly defeat them!

Shields are also recommended to bring here to counter the Geovishap's special attack. You can use Noelle for this!

Recommended Potions

Potion	Type	Effect
Amp: Redoubled Pursuit	Elemental Reactions	If an active character uses Normal Attacks from a Catalyst, infused Normal Attacks, or Normal Attacks that have been converted into Elemental DMG, DMG is increased by 40%.
Amp: Cumulative Strike	Energy Recharge	When the active character deals DMG to opponents using their Normal Attacks, the other party members will restore 6 Elemental Energy. This effect can be triggered once every 2s.
Honing Potion	Attack	All party members' Normal Attack DMG is increased by 20%.

Stage 2 Challenge Guide

Stage 2 Challenge Details

Floor Objective
Defeat 15 opponents within 300 seconds
Floor Challenge Goals
Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 2500 Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 1000 Complete the challenge

Stage 2 Enemies

Stage 2 Opponents
Fatui Pyro Agent	Mirror Maiden	Treasure Hoarders - Gravedigger
Treasure Hoarders - Marksman	Treasure Hoarders - Seaman	Treasure Hoarders - Pyro Potioneer
Treasure Hoarders - Hydro Potioneer	Treasure Hoarders - Electro Potioneer	Treasure Hoarders - Cryo Potioneer

Recommended Characters

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Sub DPS	Support
Keqing Trial	Chongyun Trial	Shenhe Trial	Yun Jin Trial

The second stage will spawn multiple mobs at once, so you need to use wide-ranged AoE attacks to defeat all enemies. Avoid the Potioneers' attacks, as the Pyro Fatui Agent and Mirror Maiden can use the Elements applied against you!

Recommended Potions

Potion	Type	Effect
Amp: Fierce Pursuit	Attack	After defeating an opponent, the active character will gain 30% Normal ATK SPD and 30% Movement SPD for 12s.
Explosive Potion	Elemental Reactions	All party members' Elemental Burst DMG is increased by 20%.
Resonance Potion	Elemental Reactions	If an active character hits an opponent using Normal Attacks from a Catalyst, infused Normal Attacks, or Normal Attacks that have been converted into Elemental DMG, that character will gain 5% all Elemental DMG Bonus for 10s. Max 4 stacks. This effect can be triggered once every 1s.

Stage 3 Challenge Guide

Stage 3 Challenge Details

Floor Objective
Defeat 13 opponents within 300 seconds
Floor Challenge Goals
Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 2500 Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 1000 Complete the challenge

Stage 3 Enemies

Stage 3 Opponents
Abyss Lector: Violet Lightning	Pyro Abyss Mage	Large Pyro Slime
Electro Hilichurl Shooter

Recommended Characters

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Sub DPS	Support
Chongyun Trial	Shenhe Trial	Yun Jin Trial	Barbara

The Abyss Lector will be your toughest enemy in this third stage. You'll need Cryo or Pyro characters to destroy its shield efficiently. It's also recommended to bring Chongyun for easy Cryo application!

Recommended Potions

Potion	Type	Effect
Coalescence Potion	Elemental Reactions	All party members' Elemental Mastery is increased by 120.
Parallel Potion	Elemental Reactions	When the active character uses an Elemental Skill, all party members' CDs are shortened by 50% for 8s. This effect can be triggered every 16s.
Slow-Release Potion	Energy Recharge	When a character's Elemental Skill hits an opponent, a great number of Elemental particles will be produced that will restore 6 Elemental Energy. This effect can be triggered once every 3s.

Stage 4 Challenge Guide

Stage 4 Challenge Details

Floor Objective
Defeat 7 opponents within 300 seconds
Floor Challenge Goals
Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 2500 Current Floor Challenge Score Reaches 1000 Complete the challenge

Stage 4 Enemies

Stage 4 Opponents
Ruin Grader	Ruin Guard	Ruin Cruiser
Ruin Destroyer	Ruin Defender

Recommended Characters

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Sub DPS	Support
Noelle	Kaeya	Xiangling	Traveler (Electro)

Strong Ruin enemies will spawn in this fourth stage. It'll be difficult for you to defeat them if you challenged this last, so we recommend that you fight this stage first!

Recommended Potions

Potion	Type	Effect
Amp: Adaptive Strike	Attack	When a character is not on the field, they will obtain one stack of Rapid Decay every 2s, which increases their Normal Attack DMG by 7.5%. Max 6 stacks. When the character is on the field, they will lose 1 or Rapid Decay every 4s.
Intensifying Potion	Attack	The active character's DMG is increased by 30% and they take 15% more DMG.
Gravity Potion	Attack	When the actie character uses an Elemental Burst; Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks deal 25% more DMG for 15s. This effect will be cleared when the character leaves the field.

Sealed Ruins Rewards

Sealed Ruins Challenge and Rewards

Challenge Objective	Rewards
Complete the challenges on every floor of this trial in any mode	x60
Collect 2 Secret Silver Medals or better without resetting the trial	x40 x2 x20000
Collect 4 Secret Silver Medals or better without resetting the trial	x40 x3 x20000
Collect 2 Glorious Gold Medals without resetting the trial	x2 x20000
Collect 4 Glorious Gold Medals or better without resetting the trial	x3
Score a total of 14000 points across all floors in this trial	x3 x20000
Score a total of 18000 points across all floors in this trial	x6

Sealed Ruins Trial Information

Trial Stage of A Study in Poitions

Sealed Ruins is a Trial Stage during the A Study in Potions event. Help Albedo's apprentice, Timaeus create a legendary potion and test it out in combat during the event to earn rewards.

A Study in Potions Event Guide

Sealed Ruins Location

The Sealed Ruins domain is located in Luhua Pool, Liyue. You can teleport here directly on your map!

Sealed Ruins Release Date

Genshin Impact Version 2.4
Release Date	January 9, 2022

Sealed Ruins will be unlocked on January 9, 2022 during the A Study in Potions Event.

Version 2.4 Release Date and Details

Can you Play Sealed Ruins in Co-Op Mode?

No, Sealed Ruins and other trial stages in the A Study in Potions event can't be done in Co-Op mode. Similar to Spiral Abyss, you also can't use items or eat food while taking part in the challenge.

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

Genshin Impact Related Guides

A Study in Potions Event Guide

A Study in Potions Trial Stages

Trial Stages	Trial Characters / Unlock Dates
Dusty Wrack	Unlock Date: January 07, 2022
Sealed Ruins	Unlock Date: January 09, 2022
Solitary Rampart	Unlock Date: January 11, 2022

Other A Study in Potions Guides

All Event Quests
Elixirs and Potions	Academic Exchange
Other Event Guides
Best Smoldersleet Potions Guide

All Genshin Impact Events

List of Events