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How to Find and Catch a Maintenance Mek - Initial Configuration

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Genshin Impact - Where to Find the Maintenance Mek - Initial Configuration and Basic Information - Maintenance Mek - Initial Configuration Locations

Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration is a Fish in Genshin Impact found in Fontaine. See where to find the Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration, the best bait and rod for catching it, how to use it, and Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration spawn times here!

Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration Locations

Spawn Time and Region

Spawn Time Anytime
Region Fontaine

All Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration Locations

Fontaine Region Locations

Fishing Spot Locations

Fountain of Lucine Western Shoal

Elynas Eastern Shoal

Elynas Northeast Beach

Fishing Boat in Lake

Mont Esus East

Central Laboratory Ruins - Shallow Shoal

Petrichor

Take a look at our Fishing Spot guide for other fishes' locations:
List of Fishing Spot Locations

How to Catch Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration

Best Bait for Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration

Fishing Bait How to Get
Genshin - Flashing Maintenance Mek Bait Image Flashing Maintenance Mek Bait Crafted
Formula: Purchased from the Fontaine Fishing Association

You have to use Flashing Maintenance Mek Bait to catch the Maintenance Mek - Initial Configuration, because it won't bite if you're using any other bait.
How to Craft & Use All Bait

Best Fishing Rod to Use

Fishing Rod How to Get
Genshin - Wavepiercer Image Wavepiercer Exchange at the Fontaine Fishing Association

The Maintenance Mek - Initial Configuration can only be caught with a Fishing Rod. Since this fish can only be found in Fontaine, it's best to use the Wavepiercer! Take a look at which Fishing Rod to use in other regions here:

How to Get & Use All Fishing Rods

How to Use Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration

Used in the Fishing Association

Part of Requirements to Purchase
Genshin Impact - Wavepiercer IconWavepiercer

Fish are used to buy different items from Fishing Associations. Take a look at our Fishing Association guide for a list of all items for sale, as well as how much they cost:
All Fishing Association Items

Disassemble to Obtain Clockwork Meka Drops

Genshin - Maintenance Mek Fish - Use for Parts
Using the Crafting Table, you can convert Maintenance Mek Fish into parts dropped by Clockwork Meka enemies! You can get Meshing Gear, Mechanical Spur Gear, and Artificed Dynamic Gear from disassembling Maintenance Mek Fish.

Clockwork Meka Enemy Guide

Used in the Housing System

Like all Fish types, you have a chance to get an Ornamental Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration while fishing. The Ornamental type is harder to catch, but you'll be able to place it in your Serenitea Pot with a Pool of Sapphire Grace!
Housing System & Serenitea Pot Guide

Cannot Be Used for Fish Meat

The Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration cannot be processed into Fish for cooking.
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Maintenance Mek Initial Configuration Information

Archive Type and Information

Genshin - Maintenance Mek - Initial ConfigurationMaintenance Mek - Initial Configuration Type Maintenance Mek Fish
Region Fontaine
Spawn Time Anytime

Compact assistance meka developed to increase the overall utilization rates of meka teams, providing aid for underwater projects. They were originally designed to remove junk, vegetation, and other underwater debris in order to prevent these from clogging up the vital parts of other clockwork meka, thereby minimizing failure rates. From another point of view, they are undoubtedly benefiting Fontaine's ecosystem greatly as underwater cleaners.
Equipped with high-sensitivity sensors, the meka can efficiently nose out target items through smells as well as detect the optical characteristics of underwater junk. As a result, they can be attracted by certain types of bait and are occasionally caught by anglers, who refer to them as Water Maintenance Fish or Iron Fish.
Made of light wood and cheap metal, this model represents the first batch of Maintenance Mek produced after achieving reliable manufacture, and possesses the fundamental capabilities required to fulfill the purpose for which they were designed. Their lifespan, however, is somewhat limited. To make up for that, this model was released in great numbers, and they work in group shifts - when one group stops functioning after reaching the end of their life cycle, another group that has been deployed underwater beforehand is then activated and takes the next shift. In the eyes of ordinary people, these Iron Fishes seem to be able to reproduce themselves in a never-ending stream. Catching a few of them from time to time is certainly no cause for a guilty conscience.

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