Elemental Totems are monuments found in Sumeru's Gavireh Lajavard and Realm of Farakhkert in Genshin Impact 3.6. See all locations and how to solve Elemental Totems in this puzzle guide!

All Elemental Totem Locations in the 3.6 Desert

Girdle of the Sands Elemental Totem Puzzle Locations

All Elemental Totem Locations in the 3.6 Desert
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Elemental Totem 1 Location

Teleport to the Vourukasha Oasis, Sumeru Waypoint and head southeast towards the Somalata Inland Sea domain. Find and activate all four Elemental Totems to uncover the treasure chest.

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Elemental Totem 2 Location

Teleport to the Statue of The Seven - Dendro in Vourukasha Oasis, Sumeru and head south to reach the location of the Elemental Totems.

Activate the three totems and use Sorush to activate the Nirodha Fruit on the side of the cliff to destroy the orange crystal below it. This reveals the last totem which you can now activate to solve the puzzle.

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Elemental Totem 3 Location

Teleport to the Gavireh Lajavard, Sumeru Hidden Waypoint in Tunigi Hollow and head to the underground area with the totems surrounding the small puddle of water.

Use a Dendro character to activate all the totems in the area to spawn the treasure chest.

Note that you need to progress through the As the Khavarena's Light Shows quest in order to access the underground area.

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Elemental Totem 4 Location

Head towards Tunigi Hollow to find the totems in the surrounding area. Most of the totems are locked, requiring you to solve a puzzle beforehand to unlock them.

Note that you need to cleanse the Tunigi Hollow during The Hymn of Tir Yazad to solve this puzzle.

Tunigi Hollow Elemental Totem Walkthrough

	Walkthrough
1	Use a Dendro character to shoot the boulder with the Dendro symbol on it to uncover the totem that you can activate.
2	Approach the locked totem to spawn the enemies. Defeat the enemies to unlock the totem.
3	Summon the Dendrograna south of the totem.
4	Use a Bow character to hit all the Dendro symbols above the giant tree trunk. This will activate the totem next to the giant tree trunk.

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Elemental Totem 5 Location

Head to the underground area in Tunigi Hollow. Use Sorush to activate the Nirodha Fruit and destroy the orange crystals in the area.

Approach the locked totem to spawn the enemies. Defeat them to unlock the totem. Activate all totems to spawn the Remarkable Chest.

Note that you need to progress through the As the Khavarena's Light Shows quest in order to access the underground area.

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Elemental Totem 6 Location

Teleport to the Gavireh Lajavard, Sumeru Waypoint north of the Gate of Zulqarnain and head south to find the canyon with the totem puzzle. Use Sorush to activate the Nirodha Fruit and destroy the orange crystals in the area to reveal the hidden totems.

Use a Dendro character to activate the totems to spawn the treasure chest.

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Elemental Totem 7 Location

Teleport to the Gavireh Lajavard, Sumeru Waypoint and head south. Use a Pyro character to activate the pyro totems to reveal the treasure chest.

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How to Solve Elemental Totems in the 3.6 Desert

Activate All Totems to Solve the Puzzle

Solving the Elemental Totem puzzle requires you to activate the totems so that they will emit a green beam of light.

Some totems are trapped under a crystal. These require you to use Sorush to destroy the crystal and reveal the hidden totem.

Elemental Totem Rewards

Rewards Chests with Primogems

You can obtain Adventure EXP, Primogems, and other items when completing Elemental Totem puzzles.

Elemental Totem Information

Puzzle Release Date

Genshin Impact Version 3.6
Release Date	April 12, 2023

Elemental Totem puzzles were released as part of the Version 3.6 update in April 12, 2023!

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