How to Stop the Strange Eels

Strange Eels are fast invisible creatures that look like moving water waves found on the seafloor of Fontaine in Genshin Impact 4.1. Check out what Strange Eels are, how to defeat them, and everything you need to know about them!

What are Strange Eels?

Strange Underwater Creature

Strange Eels are underwater creatures that are commonly found hiding on the seabed, primarily on patches of seagrass. Strange Eels are extremely fast and look like moving water waves.

How to Stop Strange Eels

Make Use of the Xenochromatic Creatures' Abilities

Xenochromatic Fontemer Creatures are aquatic creatures with various abilities in Fontaine's underwater areas that will aid you in stopping these Eels.

Find one and absorb its ability, then attack them with whichever skill you obtained.

Xenochromatic Fontemer Creatures Guide

Strange Eel Information

Strange Eel Rewards

Used to Guard Tresure and Rewards

While they don't drop any materials, Strange Eel are usually used as puzzles that give out rewards like Treasure Chests.

Released in Version 4.1

Genshin Impact Version 4.1
Release Date	September 27, 2023

Strange Eel was released alongside the new areas in Version 4.1, which went live on September 27, 2023!

Version 4.1 Release Date and Patch Notes

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Fontaine Map Guide

Fontaine Area Map Guides

Related Fontaine Map Guides
Liffey Region	Fontaine Research Institute
Fortress of Meropide	Merusea Village
Narzissenkreuz Ordo	Erinnyes
Morte Region	Tower of Gestalt
Nostoi Region	Sea of Bygone Eras

Fontaine Exploration Guides

Significant Fontaine Location Guides

Fontaine Location Guides
Hydroculus	Fountain of Lucine	Shrine of Depths	Enigmatic Page
Teleport Waypoints	Treasure Chests	Remarkable Chests	Secret Treasure Map

Fontaine Item Guides

Fontaine Local Specialties
Rainbow Rose	Lumidouce Bell	Romaritime Flower	Beryl Conch
Subdetection Unit	Lumitoile	Lakelight Lily	Spring of the First Dewdrop
Other Items Found in Fontaine
Tidalga	Marcotte	Pluie Lotus	Bulle Fruit
Condessence Crystal	Ancient Key	Drained Conch Cup	Mysterious Core
Hydro Sigil	Strange Part	Key to Some Place	Credit Coupons
Energy Concentrating Component	Mysterious Ore	Arkhium Ore	Arkhium Lumenite
Spur Gears	Welfare Meal	Handwheel	Punched Tapes
Foggy Forest Branch	Simple Vault Key	Autumn's Map	Rocky's Map
Liam's Map	Rouge's Map	Barrow Map	Parker's Hopes Map
Athos Map	Freeman Map

Fontaine Domain Guides

Fontaine Domains Guides
Denoument of Sin	Echoes of the Deep Tides
Pale Forgotten Glory	Waterfall Wen
Faded Theater

All Fontaine Domains and Locations

Fontaine Quest Guides

Fontaine World Quests

4.6 Fontaine Puzzles and Features

4.6 Fontaine Features
Washer Octopus	Lost Grimoires and Mysterious Bookshelves
Wonderchime Flowers and Allochromatic Anemones	Summon Currents with Scylla
Music Score Locations	Auric Anglerfish
Break the Chains that Bind Scylla	Portus Anticus Luxurious Chest
The Flying Outlander Achievement Guide	Juliano's Hidden Chests
How to Pet Osse

4.2 Fontaine Puzzles and Features

4.1 Fontaine Puzzles and Features

4.0 Fontaine Puzzles and Features

Fontaine Enemies

Fontaine Boss Guides
Emperor of Fire and Iron	Icewind Suite	Millennial Pearl Seahorse
Experimental Field Generator	Hydro Tulpa	Statue of Marble and Brass
All-Devouring Narwhal	The Knave
Fontaine Enemy Guides
Fontemer Aberrants	Tainted Hydro Phantasm	Breacher Primus
Clockwork Meka	Fatui Operatives	Praetorian Golem
Local Legends Guides
Iron Viscount	Fairy Knight Twins	Ocean Circuit Judge
Vivianne of the Lake	Fading Veteran	Swords of the Gorge
Ninianne of the Lake	Dobharcu, Lord of the Hidden	Automated Supercomputing Field Generator
Luachra the Brilliant	Yseut	Liam
Rocky Avildsen	Mageblade Corrouge	Chassanion
Deianeira of Snezhevna	Cineas

All Interactive Map Guides

All Interactive Map Guides