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How to Solve “Investigate the shrubbery on the stone wall” in Genshin Impact

Are you at the “Lasting Promise’ part of Ayaka’s story quest?

If you are, you need to investigate the shrubbery on the stone wall.

The puzzle is also known as the Conspicuous Stone Wall.

Once you’ve arrived in the Mystic Cave, you’ll see a stone wall.

The stone wall is surrounded by blue plants and rocks.

To solve the puzzle, you need to knock on the wall in the correct order.

To get a hint, you need to read what the notebook says.

Here’s what it says, “A crane brings 1 fresh flower in its beak to decorate my hair, while a white rabbit sews a hemline from 4 rays of moonlight”.

Followed by, “Dressed appropriately, I face eastward and call out Tsubaki’s name 7 times. In the blink of an eye, I am standing on the path that leads to her house”.

Are you still unable to take the hint?

In this guide, you’ll learn how to solve the “Investigate the shrubbery on the stone wall” quest in Genshin Impact.

How to solve “Investigate the shrubbery on the stone wall” in Genshin Impact

To solve “Investigate the shrubbery on the stone wall” in Genshin Impact, you need to knock the wall once, four times, and seven times respectively.

Once you’re knocked the wall in the correct order, the wall will collapse and you’ll be able to go in.

Go inside the cave and you’ll see a mysterious box.

Investigate the mysterious box and a cutscene will start.

The mysterious box contains another notebook that most likely belongs to Tsubaki.

Kamisato Ayaka will then ask everyone to go outside as the atmosphere is different.

Lastly, you need to go outside to check out the notebook.

Here’s how to solve the “Investigate the shrubbery on the stone wall” in Genshin Impact:

  1. Knock once
  2. Knock four times
  3. Knock seven times

1. Knock once

Firstly, you need to navigate to the Conspicuous Stone Wall.

The wall is surrounded by blue plants and rocks, so you’ll be able to find it easily.

Once you’ve found the wall, you can interact with it by knocking on it.

Solving the Conspicuous Stone Wall requires you to knock it in the right order.

Otherwise, the wall will not collapse and the puzzle will reset.

The first phrase in the notebook says, “A crane brings 1 fresh flower in its beak to decorate my hair”.

Hence, you need to knock once on the wall.

Select the “Knock once” option to knock on the wall once.

2. Knock four times

After you’ve knocked on the door once, you’ll be given 3 more options.

The options include “Knock three times”, “Knock four times”, and “Knock five times”.

The second phrase in the notebook says, “while a white rabbit sews a hemline from 4 rays of moonlight”.

Hence, you need to knock four times on the wall.

Select the “Knock four times” option to knock on the wall four times.

3. Knock seven times

After you’ve knocked on the door four times, you’ll be given 3 more options.

The options include “Knock six times”, “Knock seven times”, and “Knock eight times”.

The second phrase in the notebook says, “Dressed appropriately, I face eastward and call out Tsubaki’s name 7 times”.

Hence, you need to knock seven times on the wall.

Select the “Knock seven times” option to knock on the wall seven times.

After you’ve knocked on the door once, four times, and seven times respectively, the puzzle will be solved.

Then, the wall will collapse and you’ll be able to enter it.

When you enter the cave, you’ll see a mysterious box.

Once you’ve investigated the mysterious box, a cutscene will start and your character will find a notebook inside it.

Lastly, you’re required to go outside of the cave to check out the notebook.

Conclusion

If you’re unable to solve the Conspicuous Stone Wall, you probably didn’t read what the notebook says.

The notebook contains 3 numbers including “1”, “3”, and “7”.

These are the number of times that you need to knock on the stone wall respectively.

After which, the stone wall will collapse and you’ll be able to see what’s inside of it.

If you didn’t read what the notebook says, you need to use trial and error to solve it.

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