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Prelude The Journey Home Quest Guide

The Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude - The Journey Home is the Prelude Archon Quest in Genshin Impact 5.8. See how to unlock the Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude Archon Quest, its walkthrough, and quest information regarding it here!

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How to Unlock Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude - The Journey Home

Complete Chapter 5 Act 6 Archon Quest

Genshin - Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude - The Journey Home Archon Quest

To unlock the Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude quest, The Journey Home, players must be at least Adventure Rank 28 and complete the Chapter 5 Act 6 Archon Quest, A Space and Time for You.

A Space and Time for You Quest Guide

Quickstart Function Available

In Version 5.8, players who have completed Chapter 1 Act 3, A New Star Approaches can instead use the Quickstart function to unlock the Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude quest.

Chapter 1 Act 3 Archon Quest Guide

Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude Quest Walkthrough

Prelude Chapter Walkthrough Summary

Song of the Welkin Moon Subquests
1 Flamelets
• Head to the Flower-Feather Clan
• Defeat the Secret Source Automatons
• Head to Xilonen's Workshop
• Tidy up the Boxes
• Pick Up Junk and Clean the Dirty Marks on the Ground
• Meet Up With Caravan Members
2 Smoldering
• Head to the Flower-Feather Clan
• Look for Ineffa
• Return to the Flower-Feather Clan
• Go Check on the Situation
• Meet With Citlali
• Look for Ineffa
• Defeat the Source Mechanisms
• Keep Your Distance and Follow Zhuoxin
• Observe the Entrance
3 Searing
• Enter the Ruins
• Catch Up to Ineffa
• Talk to Ineffa
• Head Deeper Into the Ruins
• Talk to the Service Bot
• Wait for the Access Module
• Ride the Access Module
• Continue Onward Through the Secret Passageway
• Head to the Deepest Area
• Embark on “The Journey Home”
• Defeat the “Sovereign Ruler”
• Open the Letter in the Flower-Feather Clan

Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude - The Journey Home Information

The Journey Home Archon Quest Details

The Journey Home

Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude, The Journey Home is an Archon Quest in Natlan, where you need to help Ineffa find her way back home.

List of Archon Quests

Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude The Journey Home Release Date

Released in Version 5.8

Genshin Impact Version 5.8
Genshin Impact - Version 5.8
Phase 1 Date July 30, 2025

Song of the Welkin Moon Prelude, The Journey Home released in Version 5.8, on July 30, 2025, along with all the other new content in the version!

Version 5.8 Release Date and Details

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Genshin Impact - Story Walkthrough

List of All Archon Quests

Prologue Chapter: Mondstadt
1 The Outlander Who Caught the Wind 2 For a Tomorrow Without Tears
3 The Song of the Dragon and Freedom
Chapter 1: Liyue
1 Of The Land Amidsth Monoliths 2 Farewell, the Archaic Lord
3 A New Star Approaches - Prelude: Bough Keeper: Dainsleif
4 We Will Be Reunited
Chapter 2: Inazuma
0 Prologue: Autumn Winds, Scarlet Leaves 1 The Immovable God and the Eternal Euthymia
2 Stillness, Sublimination of Shadow 3 Omnipresence Over Mortals
4 Requiem of the Echoing Depths
Interlude Chapter
1 The Crane Returns on the Wind 2 Perilous Trail
3 Inversion of Genesis 4 Paralogism
Chapter 3: Sumeru
1 Through Mists of Smoke and Forests Dark 2 The Morn a Thousand Roses Brings
3 Dreams, Emptiness, and Deception 4 King Deshret and the Three Magi
5 Akasha Pulses, the Kalpa Flame Rises 6 Caribert
Chapter 4: Fontaine
1 Prelude of Blancheur and Noirceur 2 As Light Rain Falls Without Reason
3 To the Stars Shining in the Depths 4 Cataclysm's Quickening
5 Masquerade of the Guilty 6 Bedtime Story
Chapter 5: Natlan
1 Flowers Resplendent on the Sun-Scorched Sojourn 2 Black Stone Under a White Stone
3 Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors 4 The Rainbow Destined to Burn
IT All Fires Fuel the Flame 5 Incandescent Ode of Resurrection
6 A Space and Time for You
Song of the Welkin Moon Chapter
0 Prelude: The Journey Home 1 A Dance of Snowy Tides and Hoarfrost Groves
2 Elegy of Dust and Lamplight 3 A Nation That Doesn't Exist
4 An Elegy for Faded Moonlight 5 A Nocturne of the Far North
6 Melting Moonlight in the Morning Mist
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