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Woodland Encounter Quests for Aranyaka Part 1

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Genshin Impact - Aranyaka Part 1 Woodland Encounter Quest Guide

Woodland Encounter is the first quest under the Aranyaka quest chain in Genshin Impact 3.0. See how to unlock this quest, its walkthrough, and quest guides here!

Aranyaka Quest Chain Guides
Aranyaka Woodland Encounter
Dream Nursery Nursery of Lost Dreams
In the End, the Forest Will Remember An Unwavering Culinary Dream
Agnihotra Sutra Varuna Gatha
Vimana Agama

How to Unlock Woodland Encounter

Rescue Rana from the Fungi

Genshin - Woodland Encounter Quest Start Location in Gandharva Ville

You can unlock Woodland Encounter by rescuing Rana from the Fungi enemies found west of Gandharva Ville in Sumeru. Doing so also triggers the long quest chain of Aranyaka, so better rest up before doing the quest!

Aranyaka World Quest Chain Guide

Woodland Encounter Quests for Aranyaka Part 1

Woodland Encounter Walkthrough

Quests and Objectives
1 Woodland Encounter
• Defeat the three Stretchy Geo Fungi.
2 The Children of Vimara Village
• Follow Rana.
• Clear the Withering Zone with Dendrograna.
• Head to Vimara Village.
• Walk with Rana in Vimara Village.
• Talk to Alphonso
• Follow the children to Rana's house.
• Talk to all three children.
• Leave Vimara Village.
3 Into the Woods
• Head west and clear the Withering Zone.
• Continue clearing another Withering Zone.
• Defeat the Spinocrocodiles in the river.
• Go to camp.
• Collect three Firewood.
• Return to camp and light up the campfire.
4 The Lost Child
• Head back to Vimara Village.
• Seek Iotham inside a cave.
• Go into the depths of the cave to look for Iotham.
• Defeat the Fatui.
• Proceed deeper within to look for Iotham.
• Try to clean up the Withering Zone.
• Return to Vimara Village.
• Escort Iotham to Vimara Village.
• Go to where Rana was.
• Follow the strange traces.
5 Bad Guy in Vimara Village (optional)
• Complete all Aranyaka quests until Part IV.
• Talk to Alphonso in Vimara Village.
• Choose Subadeh and Kavus.
• Teleport to Old Vanarana.
• Pick up the Tattered Paper.

The walkthroughs above are only summaries of each part of the chain. Click on the guides to see the full walkthroughs for each quest!

Woodland Encounter Information

Part 1 of the Aranyaka Quest Chain in Sumeru

Genshin Impact - All Aranyaka World Quest Guides

Woodland Encounter is Part 1 of the major Aranyaka world quest chain in Sumeru. Meet the Aranara in this questline, help, play a tune, and solve their troubles in Dharma Forest!

Aranyaka World Quest Chain Guide

Chapter I of Forest Adventure Journal

Genshin Impact - All Forest Adventure Journal Chapters
Completing Woodland Encounter and its sequels gives you a checkmark on your Forest Adventure Journal, as a way of tracking your progress for the Aranara quests in Sumeru!

Forest Adventure Journal Chapters

Release Date

Genshin Impact Version 3.0
Genshin Impact - Version 3.0 The Morn A Thousand Roses Brings
Release Date August 24, 2022

The quest chain was released in Version 3.0 with the release of the long-awaited Sumeru region, which went live in August 24, 2022! Check out all new content in the update here:

Version 3.0 Release Date & Patch Notes

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Genshin - Slim Partial Banner - Quests

All Quests and Quest Types

Other Woodland Encounter Quest Guides

Woodland Encounter World Quest Guides
Woodland Encounter The Children of Vimara Village Into the Woods
The Lost Child

Woodland Encounter Quest Line Guide

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1 Anonymous Anonymous 3 months

To get Woodland Encounter quest to appear, you need to activate the Statue of the Seven: Dendro that is west of Cinnabar Cliff

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