Guide for Fontaine's Major World Quests related to the Narzissenkreuz Ordo and other Fontaine WQs (in light of Sandrone)

Narzissenkreuz Ordo Questline

Recommended play order (This is a modification of [Minsleif's incomplete guide](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh_ssRBYJmI) based on my own experience)

1. [Ancient Colors](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_Colors) (Elynas region, always available)
2. [Book of Esoteric Revelations](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Book_of_Esoteric_Revelations) (Merusea village, unlocked after Quest 1)
3. [Aqueous Tidemarks](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Aqueous_Tidemarks) (Court of Fontaine Statue of Seven, always available)
4. [The Final Question](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/The_Final_Question) (Institute of Natural Philosophy, unlocked after Quest 3)
5. [Ann of Narzissenkreuz](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Ann_of_the_Narzissenkreuz) (South of Court of Fontaine, in the sea, always available)
6. [Unfinished Story](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Unfinished_Story) (Institute of Natural Philosophy, unlocked after Quest 1, 3, and 5)
7. [Unfinished Comedy](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Unfinished_Comedy#:~:text=Unfinished%20Comedy%20is%20a%20World,in%20the%20Fontaine%20Reputation%20menu.) (Fortress of Meropide, always available)
8. [In the Wake of Narcissus](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/In_the_Wake_of_Narcissus) (Institute of Natural Philosophy, unlocked after all previous quests are done) **GRAND FINALE**

**Epilogue** (This was insanely hidden, mostly due to "Through the Looking Glass")

1. [Through the Looking Glass](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Through_the_Looking_Glass) (Various locations, complete 6 puzzles, [Text Guide](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Looking_Glass#Locations) from Wikia, [Video Guide by KyostinV](https://youtu.be/5WVHPN8NrWw))
2. [Pursuit P1](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Pursuit_(Part_1)), [Pursuit P2](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Pursuit_(Part_2)) (Reminder, it's in-game days, not IRL days, just skip 3 days after Part 1)
3. [Happy Birthday](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Happy_Birthday) ***ACTUAL ENDING***

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There's also [Questioning Melusine and Answering Machine](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Questioning_Melusine_and_Answering_Machine) that >!mentioned Sandrone at the end!<, and for those who have played the Krumkake Craftshop's quests in Nod Krai we learn where a certain robot comes from >!(Chard Lombro)!<

The Fruity Order members who stole the core from the Fatui and and hid it in Aino's robot is actually a gang we learn from both the "Questioning Melusine" quest and the [Villains](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Villains) quest in the mountains of North East Fontaine

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I wrote this back in Ver. 4.5, and someone sharing my original guide comment made me realize I should've posted this way sooner just in case anyone wanted this.

All in all, I wish more people played and enjoyed Genshin's amazing major world quests, from Inazuma all the way to Nod Krai. I loved how each WQ build on the knowledge of the others. As an example,

1. We learnt of Rukkhadevata through Aranyaka
2. King Deshret in "Golden Slumber"
3. Nabu Malikata (Goddess of Flowers) and her relationship with King Deshret and Rukkhadevata in "Apocalypse Lost"
4. The fate of the former Hydro Archon Egeria involving Rukkhadevata and the setup to Narzissenkreuz through Rene's research notes in "Khvarena of Good and Evil"

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Commentaires

Weaponmaster4702026-01-10 12:02

GOATted WQ, well arranged quest placements dai goh.

Canotila would be proud, if she wasn't traumatized.

FejoaLove2026-01-10 13:22

bro i literally just searched up sandrone world quests reddit on google so i could see what i need to finish/look into before this next patch. The fact this was uploaded 2 hours ago is crazy timing hahaha thank you so much!

Jnliew2026-01-10 13:35

You can thank u/yourdeathinmyhands for sharing [my original guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/1q8x1rs/comment/nyr2s6a/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button) and me noticing it, leading me to make it a post

beinginthere2026-01-10 14:08

I need this before the new patch drops. Thanks traveler

Particular_Web32152026-01-10 14:21

good post. for any sandrone lovers out there you HAVE to play these quests to get any idea about her nassisenkreuz yaps. it helps that the nassisenkreuz is easily top 3 storyline in genshin and greatly fleshes out pre-furina fontaine history.

Major_Economy_5712026-01-10 15:37

For big enthusiasts:

* [Road to the Singularity](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Road_to_the_Singularity) is possibly related to >!Alain Guillotin!< and >!Sandrone!<(mostly notes).
* [The Lone Phantom Sail](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lone_Phantom_Sail) gives some>!Basil Elton!<lore.
* [Nymph's Dream](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Nymph's_Dream) and [Marechaussee Hunter](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Marechaussee_Hunter) artifact sets.
* Some notes in the Faded Castle and Remuria definitely inspired >!Rene!<.
* A single mention of >!Jakob!<'s involvement in [Within the Depths of Erinnyes](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Within_the_Depths_of_Erinnyes).
* Many Fontaine weapons talk about the generation that preceded the NZKZ gang.
* AFAIK, >!Caterpillar!<'s identity can be 100% confirmed only from Fontaine Meka's archive description: [1](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Assault_Specialist_Mek), [2](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Suppression_Specialist_Mek), [3](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Recon_Log_Mek).[](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Within_the_Depths_of_Erinnyes#articleComments)

Neoragex132026-01-10 15:55

And just when I finally bite the bullet and decided to skip them to do the Archon Quest a couple of days ago since I didn't had time to look for them and my Google Fu wasn't useful at all, thank you very much for sharing!

>All in all, I wish more people played and enjoyed Genshin's amazing major world quests, from Inazuma all the way to Nod Krai

The only thing I don't like from doing them is that most of the time we lose cool and fantastic landscapes from the overworld lol, I miss the purple hellstorm in Seirai Island.

KuraiBaka2026-01-10 23:22

Oh for fucks sake, why doesn't hoyo just makes these quest mandatory when they are important to characters in the main plot.

Jnliew2026-01-11 03:04

For players who aren't willing to play unvoiced quests (in any game), them forcing such players to play this 9-10 hour long quest series won't help anyone

Genshin has already heavy-handedly summarized most of what you'll need to know about the Ordo at the tail end of Nod Krai's Act 4

Much like how Arlecchino, Alice , etc. have been name dropping in-game books throughout Nod Krai, Mihoyo has already directly stated which books are important, whether the player decides to read these books/play these quests is their decision

KuraiBaka2026-01-11 08:41

Maybe but I just don't wanna play through that one too, I'm already a bit behind in the AQ as it is.

Of I had known that i would have started the WQ earlier.

Jnliew2026-01-12 06:58

Just realized I wrote the post title like a Victorian era scientific paper

"On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"

some_onenear22212026-01-12 20:13

Thanks for the guide. Currently going through the quests and it's such a mess with these quests being all over the place.

Edit: Also, I don't know if it's mentioned here or related but I've read that >!Bravais' Hidden Study!< is a hidden quest related to the Narzissenkreuz Ordo world quests. Is that true?

Jnliew2026-01-12 20:26

If you were playing the game as these world quests were being released it's actually really straightforward

1-6 were released in 4.0, with 1, 3 and 5 able to be done in any order, but narratively you'll have an easier sense linking these quests together by playing in this order, imo

It's meant to be a surprise where you realize these quests are actually connected, even more so when we didn't know the scale of the Narzissenkreuz Saga

Then Unfinished Comedy released in 4.1, so we'd play it after 1-6

Then the finale and epilogue released in 4.2.
For players back then, the biggest thing people missed was the epilogue, people not realizing there's more afterwards

I'm reminded of how quite a few people stop the Jeht quests at "Apocalypse Lost", not realizing her true ending is in "Her Foes Rage Like Great Waters", >!the one were we wipe out an entire tribe of Darwinian slavers!<

But yeah, going back afterwards it can be confusing