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Why Do the Automata Stand Tall in the Ruins? Stage 1 Guide
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Why Do the Automata Stand Tall in the Ruins? is the 1st stage of the On the Trail of Behemoths combat event in Genshin Impact 5.3. See the best teams, best strategies and special topics to obtain a Gold 2-star rating, and details about this stage here!
| On the Trail of Behemoths Guides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Stage 1 |
 Stage 2 |
 Stage 3 |
 Stage 4 |
List of Contents
Best Teams in Stage 1
Hard Difficulty
| Stage 1 Hard Mode Teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Navia
|
 Xilonen
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 Mavuika
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 Xiangling
|
 Chasca
|
 Furina
|
 Bennett
|
 Ororon
|
 Neuvillette
|
Furina
|
 Kazuha
|
Xilonen
|
 Xingqiu
|
 Kachina
|
 Traveler (Pyro)
|
Bennett
|
For this challenge, Natlan characters are preferred as they can trigger the Automaton's accretion mechanic, letting you immobilize and lower its defenses after taking down the two nodes.
However, there are also workarounds to this mechanic to make any character and team work, such as bruteforcing through the boss, using anemo characters with flight mechanics, or setting up a one-shot rotation.
Fearless Difficulty
| Stage 1 Fearless Mode Teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
|
Mavuika
|
Xilonen
|
Bennett
|
 Citlali
|
|
Navia
|
Xilonen
|
Mavuika
|
Xiangling
|
 Mualani
|
Xilonen
|
Traveler (Pyro)
|
Xiangling
|
|
Kachina
|
Xingqiu
|
 Collei
|
 Shinobu
|
On Fearless difficulty, the priority changes as the boss now carries more HP, incentivizing stronger units with proper buffs, and making characters such as Xilonen and Kachina a requirement if selecting the 1st Special Topic.
It is highly recommended that your teams are Natlan-based as the accretion mechanic becomes a necessary checkpoint if you want to beat the Automaton in 90 seconds.
How to Beat Hard Difficulty
Stay Behind the Automaton
As much as possible, try to position yourself behind the Automaton as their attacks are often telegraphed and strike the player in front of them.
Watch for the Boltsphere Cannon
After filling up the boss's gauge, it will enter a special state and summon two Phlogiston pillars from the ground, requiring the player to climb or fly to the top of the pillars to disable the devices on top.
It is recommended to scale these pillars as the boss fires a powerful AoE blast that will likely kill your active character if the attack goes off with its fully-charged Boltsphere cannon.
How to Beat Fearless Difficulty
Stay Behind the Automaton
Similar to the previous difficulty, many of the Automaton's attacks are telegraphed and directed to its front, and are almost all longform attacks that occur over a period of time.
Move out of its current attack string at your earliest convenience to keep your characters from dying too early in the fight.
Trigger the Special Phase and Disable the Nodes
While you attack the automaton, fill up the bar and cause it to enter its Special Phase.
Scale the Phologiston pillars with Xilonen or Kachina and break the nodes with an attack. Once both are down, the Automaton will fall to the ground, becoming immobilized and vulnerable.
Run your Damage Rotations
With properly built characters, you should be able to drain half of its HP during its vulnerable period. If not, then it should be low enough that you can whittle it down during its subsequent recovery and standard phases.
Watch for Certain Attacks
There are a few attacks to look out for while facing this version of the Secret Source Automaton: Configuration Device, as these attacks are high-damaging and have the capability of one-shotting your active character.
Sweeper Cannon
The Automaton will fire multiple lasers that cover a good portion of its front, dealing steady damage to you while it spins. Dodge into and behind the Automaton to avoid the lasers as they spin.
This is only available if the 4th Special Topic was selected.
Hand Slam Into 5 Lasers
The Automaton will configure its body into a hand and slam down to the ground before calling down 5 lasers that converge on the slam origin and exploding, with every part of the attack dealing heavy damage.
Move away from the hand slam's origin to avoid the rest of the attacks.
Boltsphere Cannon
The Automaton's Boltsphere Cannon comes with its special phase, and serves as an arena-wide turret that shoots the active character, followed up by a large arena-wide explosion that deals massive damage.
This can only be countered by scaling the pillars and breaking the accretion mechanisms.
Pick the Right Special Topics
If you are choosing Special Topics in order to gain the 2-star rating, then opt to pick the 1st and 2nd ones that enlarge the accretion pillars and turns Boltsphere Cannon into a one-shot.
The reason for this is that you will often have enough time to climb the pillars and break the mechanisms before Boltsphere Cannon goes off, thereby making these obstacles a non-issue.
Food Items are Usable
It should be worth noting that you can use food buffs in this fight in order to revive units or increase your damage.
Use this as a trump card for when your pivotal units get hit by a stray attack and go down, or to up your damage so you can defeat the opponent quicker.
Co-Op is an Option
One of the main features of this event that this is available to do in Co-Op, allowing you to team up with friends in order to tackle the challenges.
| Genshin Co-Op Boards | ||
|---|---|---|
 Friend Request Board |
 Co-Op Board |
 Supporting Cast Board |
Stage 1 Event Information
Part of the On the Trail of Behemoths Combat Event
Why Do the Automata Stand Tall in the Ruins is the 1st stage for the On the Trail of Behemoths event, a combat event that sees players challenging powerful boss enemies at varying levels and degrees in order to obtain rewards.
On the Trail of Behemoths Event Guide
Enemy Information
Secret Source Automaton: Firepower Enhanced
| No. of Special Topics | Opponent Level | Opponent HP |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 95 | 100% |
| 1 | 95 | 200% |
| 2 | 95 | 325% |
| 3 | 105 | 475% |
| 4 | 105 | 650% |
Special Topics
| Stage 1 Special Topics |
|---|
Research Topic: Key Function Survey Enhances Accretion Mechanism by increasing the height of excavated solid Phlogiston pillars. |
Research Topic: Area Obliteration Cannon Enhances Boltsphere Cannon so that it downs all characters currently on the field. Additionally, while Boltsphere Cannon is being charged up. Secret Source Automaton: Firepower Enhanced's Physical and All Elemental RES will be increased. |
Research Topic: Max Power Test Increases Secret Source Automaton: Firepower Enhanced's ATK by 120%. |
Research Topic: Sweeper Cannon During the challenge, Secret Source Automaton: Firepower Enhanced will use its rear section to absorb phlogiston directly, creating an Active Phlogiston Zone and performing a cone-shaped Sweeper Cannon attack. While within the Active Phlogiston Zone, characters will continuously replenish phlogiston. |
Stage 1 Rewards
Total Why Do the Automata Stand Tall in the Ruins? Stage Rewards
| Objective | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Obtain a Bronze 1-star rating in the challenge |
 Primogem
x60 |
| Obtain a Silver 1-star rating in the challenge |
Primogem
x40 |
| Obtain a Gold 1-star rating in the challenge |
 Mora
x20000 |
| Obtain a Gold 2-star rating in the challenge |
Mora
x20000 |
Genshin Impact Related Guides
On the Trail of Behemoths Event Guide
On the Trail of Behemoths Stage Guides
| On the Trail of Behemoths Stage Guides | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Why Do the Automata Stand Tall in the Ruins? |
2 - Why Did the Ancients Craft Stone Statues? |
| 3 - Why Does the Water Have a Will of Its Own? |
4 - Why Is There a Giant Hot Spring Underground? |
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Anonymous 11 months
Anonymous 11 monthsSo much details on relatively useless trivia, but doesn't actually list out the HP of the boss.
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So much details on relatively useless trivia, but doesn't actually list out the HP of the boss. Just jump to the other pillar lol.