They Once Walked the Starry Sky Quest Guide

They Once Walked the Starry Sky is the second quest under the Summertide Scales and Scales Event introduced in Genshin Impact 4.8. See how to unlock this quest, how to capture the suspicious person, its walkthrough, and all the rewards of this quest here in this guide!

They Once Walked the Starry Sky Quest Location

Go to Simulanka

They Once Walked the Starry Sky is located at Constellation Metropole, in the nation of Simulanka. A brand new limited time map introduced in Version 4.8.

Simulanka Map Guide

How to Unlock They Once Walked the Starry Sky

Complete the Prerequisites

You can unlock this quest by completing The Story Begins in a Forest Without Rain quest.

The Story Begins in a Forest Without Rain

They Once Walked the Starry Sky Walkthrough

Wait until the next morning (08:00 – 12:00)

After completing the The Story Begins in a Forest Without Rain Event Quest, you must wait until morning the next day (08:00 - 12:00) to start the They Once Walked the Starry Sky Event Quest. You can easily do this by changing the time from the main menu.

Go to the Forest of Blessings Station

Go to the Forest of Blessings Rail Station platform, on the west part of the Forest of Blessings in Simulanka, where you will meet Cedule the Train Master, Wheel the Conductor, and Kirara.

Connect the train carriages

Before departing the train station, connect the train carriages of the Maritime Express by going to one of the carriages at the end of the track and pressing the button to attach it to the train once the prompt on your screen appears.

Talk to the conductor to depart

Upon connecting the train carriages, talk to the conductor and prepare to depart to Constellation Metropole.

Ride the Maritime Express

After waving goodbye to the forest dwellers, ride the Maritime Express to Constellation Metropole. Upon arriving at the Metropole Station, Kirara will not be joining you on your way to Constellation Metropole.

Kirara will stay around the Metropole Station and will unlock the quest marker for the Narration Footnotes Quest.

Go to the Gear Sky Ladder

Upon arriving in the Metropole Station, go to the Gear Sky Ladder. Along the way you meet Bleufond, a panicking toy man, who is in need of help saving his friend Bleucher.

Turn the gear and save the toy man

Turn the gear and save the toy man by attacking the constellation clockwork device only once to rewind the event and interacting with the oracle pillar to spawn a magical thread to save Bleucher.

Unlocks the Flying Hatter's Trick and Metropole Trials

After saving Bleucher, you will unlock the Flying Hatter's Trick and Metropole Trials, which are part of the Summertide Scales and Tales Event.

Summertide Scales and Tales Event Guide

Go to the Gear Sky Ladder

After the events with Bleucher and Bleufond, go to the Sky Ladder, and hit the constellation clockwork device to activate the platform that will lead you to Constellation Metropole.

Go to Constellation Metropole

Go to Constellation Metropole and you will be welcomed by a bunch of toy guards and Navia.

Follow Navia to the designated location

Upon getting introduced as a close friend to the toy guards, follow Navia to the designated location where you will find a Scattered Star.

Go to the city's highest point

Go to the city's highest point and try to rescue all the Scattered Stars and the other toy guards from the enemies attacking the castle. You need to seek a total of three Scattered Stars around the Constellation Metropole after reaching the city's highest point.

Scattered Star #1

Scattered Star #2

Scattered Star #3

Turn the gear and capture the suspicious person

Turn the gear and capture the suspicious person, so that Captain Montagne can catch the Radical Citizen that stole the magical thread needed to connect the Oracle Pillars.

To capture the suspicious person, turn the gear, and use the Superglue Dispenser and the Clockwork Key to change the order of events and retrieve the Magical Thread.

How to capture the suspicious person

Connect the Oracle Pillars to thread them into a specific shape

Connect the Oracle Pillars to thread them into a specific shape by attaching the lines from pillar to pillar. The shape you need to make is the shape of a Primogem or a star. A cutscene with the Goddess of Prophecy will occur once you grab the Scattered Star at the middle.

You can seek help for answers from the Goddess of Prophecy about the Scattered Stars that are around the Constelaltion Metropole.

How to Connect the Oracle Pillars

Seek the Scattered Stars

After speaking to the Goddess of Prophecy at the city's highest point, you need to seek the Scattered Stars, a total of three stars, around the Constellation Metropole.

Note that this could also be done upon giong up to the city's highest point for the very first time.

Scattered Stars Location

Return to the highest point of the city

After seeking all the Scattered Stars around Constellation Metropole, return to the highest point of the city and speak with Navia.

Ride the Aerial Express

Upon speaking to Navia and Nilou about the Scattered Stars, Ride the Aerial Express with Navia at the highest point of the city.

Restore the stars to their positions

Simply restore the stars to their positions by waiting for Navia to stop the train then interact with the glowing light near you. There will be a total of five stars to restore.

Return to the city's highest point

After the train ride on the Aerial Express, return to the city's highest point. It will trigger a cutscene with Nilou, Navia, two royal guards, and two citizens having a conversation about everything that happened.

They Once Walked the Starry Sky Information

Sub-Quest of Summertide Scales and Scales

They Once Walked the Starry Sky is a subquest of the quest, Summertide Scales and Scales, where you get to travel through a brand new location in Simulanka and help out seek all the Scattered Stars in Constellation Metropole.

They Once Walked the Starry Sky is the second part of the Summertide Scales and Scales world quest chain and is part of Version 4.8.

Summertide Scales and Tales Event Guide

They Once Walked the Starry Sky Rewards

Total Quest Rewards

Total Quest Rewards
Primogem x20	Mystic Enhancement Ore x4	Mora x20000
Hero's Wit x2

Genshin Impact Related Guides

All Quests and Quest Types

All Simulanka World Quests Guide

List of World Quests