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Genshin Impact

Attack From the Waterway Stage 1 Guide

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Genshin Impact - Attack From the Waterway Stage 1 Guide
Attack From the Waterway is Stage 1 of the Bloomflower Trials sub-event for Genshin Impact's Tournament of Glory in Bloom. See how to win the battle within 6 minutes, which teams to use, stage details, and rewards here!

Bloomflower Trials Stages
Genshin - Bloomflower Trials Stage 1Stage 1 Genshin - Bloomflower Trials Stage 2Stage 2 Genshin - Bloomflower Trials Stage 3Stage 3
Genshin - Bloomflower Trials Stage 4Stage 4 Genshin - Bloomflower Trials Stage 5Stage 5 Genshin - Bloomflower Trials Stage 6Stage 6

Attack From the Waterway Teams

Recommended Teams for Stage 1

Recommended Teams
Genshin Impact - Mualani ImageMualani Genshin Impact - Furina ImageFurina Genshin Impact - Xiangling ImageXiangling Genshin Impact - Xilonen ImageXilonen
Genshin Impact - Mualani ImageMualani Genshin Impact - Mavuika ImageMavuika Genshin Impact - Xilonen ImageXilonen Genshin Impact - Lan Yan ImageLan Yan
Genshin Impact - Mualani ImageMualani Genshin Impact - Xiangling ImageXiangling Genshin Impact - Sucrose ImageSucrose Genshin Impact - Thoma ImageThoma

Prioritize Vaporize Teams

Mualani is the Trial Character in Stage 1 of Bloomflower Trials, and is required to be in the team. It's best to pick party members that can buff Mualani's Vaporize damage in addition to the stage's conditions!

Xiangling is one of Mualani's best Pyro Support, but other characters such as Thoma and Pyro Traveler can also work.

List of Support Characters

How to Win the Battle within 6 Minutes

Use Mualani's Skill to Travel Faster

Genshin - Attack From the Waterway 1
Use Mualani's skill to summon her shark and travel faster across the stage area and save precious time.

Pay attention to the stage prompts on the left side of the screen as well to see Recommended Objectives that can give you more energy faster!

Capture All Three Strongholds

Genshin - Attack From the Waterway 2
One of the main priorities in this stage is to capture all strongholds available, to gain additional buffs from them and charge ritual items faster.

Trigger Vaporize to Defeat Enemies Faster

Genshin - Attack From the Waterway 3
Whenever fighting enemies, trigger Vaporize as much as possible to deal more damage and defeat them quickly!

Hydro Element Guide

Attack From the Waterway Stage Details

Stage 1 Trial Character

Attack From the Waterway Trial Character
Genshin Impact - Mualani ImageMualani

Note that the trial character for this stage must be used in your team comp and cannot be substituted out.

Stage 1 Offensive Battle Map

Stage Icons Meaning
Genshin - Offensive Battle - Base Camp Base Camp The Red Tent is the enemy's camp, and the Blue Tent is your camp. If all your party's characters are defeated, they will respawn near your base camp.
Genshin - Offensive Battle - Tribal Challenge Tribal Challenge During the stage, tribal challenges will also appear. Completing these challenges will charge your ritual items.
Offensive Battle Flag Icon Stronghold You can capture enemy strongholds by consuming combat supplies. Captured strongholds will continuously regenerate energy for your ritual items.
Genshin - Offensive Battle - Emergency Event Emergency Event Special events will occur depending on the stage progress. Completing these events will reward you with combat supplies or charge your ritual items.
Genshin - Offensive Battle - Provisional Supplies Provisional Supplies Supply boxes will appear on the field as the battle progresses. Break these boxes to charge your ritual items.
Genshin - Offensive Battle - Barrier Barrier A mysterious spell protecting the enemy camp. You cannot attack the enemy camp until the barrier is destroyed.
Genshin - Offensive Battle - Ritual Items Ritual Items Mysterious items containing secret arts. Once charged, they can fire energy projectiles capable of destroying the enemy barriers.

Stage 1 Martial Trial Rules

Martial Trial Rules
The DMG caused by Vaporize reactions is increased by 100%.
When the attacking side captures a stronghold, the following buffs will apply: Characters' Phlogiston consumption decreases by 70%; in the Nightsoul's Blessing state, Mualani's Movement SPD increases by 20%; and All Elemental RES is reduced by 40% for nearby enemies within a small area.
After the attacking side breaks all enemy barriers, Mualani, in her Nightsoul's Blessing state, will release a shockwave at the enemy's position when dealing Normal Attack DMG, dealing True DMG. A shockwave can be released in this way once every 3s.

Stage 1 Tribal Challenge Rules

Tribal Challenge Rules
Genshin - Attack From the Waterway - Tribal Challenge
Harness the abilities of companions form the ''People of the Springs'' to move swiftly along the Spiritways and score as many points as possible. Dirty Fruits will appear during the challenge(s) and touching them will cause the remaining challenge time to decrease.

Stage 1 Enemies

Attack From the Waterway Enemies

Part of the Tournament of Glory in Bloom Event

Genshin Impact - Tournament of Glory in Bloom Event
Attack From the Waterway is the first stage of the Bloomflower Trials, which is part of the Tournament of Glory in Bloom event. In this stage, players must attack enemy camps and capture their stronghold with the help of Mualani!

Bloomflower Trials Event Guide

Attack From the Waterway Rewards

All Bloomflower Trials Stage 1 Rewards

Objective Rewards
Complete the challenge
Obtain a Bronze rating in the challenge
Obtain a Silver rating in the challenge
Genshin Impact - Mora Image Mora x30,000
Obtain a Glorious Gold rating in the challenge
Genshin Impact - Mora Image Mora x30,000

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Tournament of Glory in Bloom Partial Banner

Tournament of Glory in Bloom Guide

Tournament of Glory in Bloom Sub-Event Guides

Tournament of Glory in Bloom Sub-Events
Bloomflower TrialsBloomflower Trials Saurian Treasure SeekerSaurian Treasure Seeker

Bloomflower Trials Stage Guides

Bloomflower Trials Stages
Bloomflower TrialsAttack From the Waterway Bloomflower TrialsCrush the Enemy Head-On Bloomflower TrialsTraverse! Infiltrate!! Surprise!!!
Bloomflower TrialsLike Towering Mountains and Sturdiest Stone Bloomflower TrialsAir Supremacy and Close Support Bloomflower TrialsDynamic Defense

Saurian Treasure Seeker Stage Guides

Saurian Treasure Seeker Stages
Saurian Treasure Seeker Twinkle Twinkle Little Fruit Saurian Treasure Seeker The Truth of Churlish Treasures Saurian Treasure Seeker Don't Panic! In the Volcano
Saurian Treasure Seeker Eyes of Ire, Aye? Saurian Treasure SeekerSaurians, Water, and Fire Saurian Treasure SeekerAn Ending to Treasure

Tournament of Glory in Bloom Quest Guides

Tournament of Glory in Bloom Quest Guides
Genshin - For Our Saurian Companion Quest Guide 1 - For Our Saurian Companion Genshin Impact - Medicine Born of Guilt Quest Guide 2 - Medicine Born of Guilt
Genshin Impact - Spell of Unity Quest Guide 3 - Spell of Unity

Other Event Guides

Tournament of Glory in Bloom Event Guides
Genshin Impact - How to Get A Free Ororon How to get Free Ororon Genshin Impact - Character Locations for Tournament of Glory in BloomCharacter Locations

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