Ruin Drake - Skywatch: Locations and Item Drops

Ruin Drake - Skywatches are a type of Ruin Machine enemy in Genshin Impact 3.0. Learn where to find Ruin Drake - Skywatches in Sumeru, how to defeat them, and what items you can get from them in this guide!

Where to Find Ruin Drake - Skywatches

Ruin Drake - Skywatch Locations

Ruin Drake: Skywatch in Sumeru Rainforest
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The two types of Ruin Drakes, Skywatches and Earthguards, have the same drops, and are often found resting in large fields or near ruins in Sumeru.

Sumeru Region Map Guide

Ruin Drake - Skywatch Drops

Ruin Drake - Skywatch Item Drops

Drop	Level
Chaos Storage	Any Lv.
Chaos Module	Lv. 40+
Chaos Bolt	Lv. 60+

The Ruin Drakes drop Weapon Ascension Materials used for leveling up certain weapons released after Version 3.0.

Weapons that Use Ruin Drake - Skywatch Drops

Weapons that use Ruin Drake - Skywatch
Fruit of Fulfillment	Forest Regalia	Moonpiercer
Sapwood Blade	King's Squire

List of Weapons

How to Beat Ruin Drake - Skywatch and Attack Patterns

Avoid the Energy Torrent Attack

The Ruin Drake: Skywatch can periodically release a torrent of energy that deal AoE damage. This can be avoided by moving away from the Ruin Drake and out of its AoE, or deflect it with a character's shield.

Dodge the Aimed Missiles

The Ruin Drake: Skywatch will paint a target on the player and attack with a volley of missiles, much like Ruin Guards and Ruin Graders. Sprint at the last minute to avoid this attack!

Avoid its Tail Flip Attack

The Ruin Drake: Skywatch flips its body to slam its tail on the ground and deal damage. This attack is slow and can easily be dodged.

Dodge Scattered Shots

The Ruin Drake: Skywatch shoots a slew of scattered shots from its wings, which can be avoided by continuous movement and dodging to the side of the enemy.

Elemental Resistance Based on Damage Taken

The Ruin Drake: Skywatch gains Elemental Resistance based on the previous main Elemental DMG that it receives, making it a tough enemy to beat!

A good strategy is to hit it with Physical attacks or use strong elemental attacks that can deal as much damage as possible in one strike.

Watch out for Infused Elemental Energy Torrent

When absorbing an element from the previous Elemental DMG it receives, the Ruin Drake: Skywatch also has a chance to attack with Energy Torrents affected by the element.

Hit its Weak Spot

To temporarily bring down the Ruin Drake: Skywatch, hit the weak spot at the center of its body with a bow character. You can also aim for the head when it's glowing and charging up!

Ruin Drake - Skywatch Enemy Information

Ruin Drake - Skywatch Information

Ruin Drake - Skywatch
Adventurer Handbook Description
A horrifying dragon-shaped machine. It is said to be a war machine left behind by a now-destroyed nation, It mimics the appearance of the beings known as Vishaps, with some functional enhancements. Such machines have an even greater ability to ''absorb'' — or perhaps the right word is ''counteract'' — elemental powers than the vishaps. How, you wonder, did a civilization that could make such frightening machines of war collapse?

Found all over Sumeru

The Ruin Drakes can be found in various locations in Sumeru's Rainforest Region.

Sumeru Rainforest Map Guide

Ruin Drake - Skywatch Release Date

Genshin Impact Version 3.0
Release Date	August 24, 2022

The Ruin Drake - Skywatches became available in Version 3.0 after the release of Sumeru's Rainforest Region.

Version 3.0 Release Date & Patch Notes

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Genshin Impact Enemies

List of All Enemies and Bosses

Other War Machine Enemies

All War Machine Type Enemies
Ruin Guard	Ruin Hunter	Ruin Grader
Perpetual Mechanical Array	Ruin Scout	Ruin Defender
Ruin Destroyer	Ruin Cruiser	Ruin Serpent
Ruin Drake - Skywatch	Ruin Drake - Earthguard