Molten Fortress in Genshin Impact: Where to Find, How to Open and Complete the Dungeon

Molten Fortress in Sumeru earlier there was an iron wall, which is the border of the red desert, from which the lord of the sultry sun went to drive out demons from the dark mountains. Over time, it was forgotten by people and turned into unknown ruins, just like the golden kingdoms were strewn with quicksand.

In this guide we will tell you about the location of the Molten Fortress, the conditions for opening the dungeon and which teams are effective in completing it.

Where is the Molten Fortress

The Molten Fortress dungeon is located in Gavirekh Lajavard at the entrance to the location, south of the Temir Mountains.

How to Open Molten Fortress in Genshin Impact

There are no special conditions for opening the Molten Fortress. You only need to get to the dungeon and activate the entrance to it for future quick teleportation to the dungeon. The easiest way to do this is on the way to the new desert area. Sumeru between the first two teleports, closer to the one to the north. From the road, you will see a fork to the east leading higher, and soon you will notice a dungeon ridge.

If you didn’t open the dungeon right away, but have already unlocked the teleports, then head to the second one from the south four leaf symbol. To the left you will see the entrance to the dungeon.

General information about the dungeon

The Molten Fortress dungeon has different difficulty levels. Depending on the choice, opponents and rewards for successful completion change. The higher the dungeon level, the more valuable rewards you can get for 20 units primordial resin or for 1 Thick Resin with double rewards.

The age will facilitate the Anomaly of the arteries of the earth with a special effect:

Occurrence mastery of the elements for 150 units. The buff has a duration of 8 seconds and can occur once every 1 second.

Enemies in the Molten Fortress

Opponents that can be found in the dungeon depend on the level of the dungeon. On the first lvl, only ordinary ones live. hilichurly. From the second level onwards are added Sumeru.

Abandoned Stronghold I: Hilichurl (normal, fighter, Hydro and Mitachurl with a fire ax).
Forsaken Stronghold II: Hilichurly (normal, fighter, Hydro, grenadier, Anemo outcast).
Forsaken Stronghold III: Hilichurly (fighter, Mitachurl with a fire ax, hydro outcast).
Abandoned Stronghold IV: Hilichurly (Mitachurl with a fire ax, Anemo and Hydro Outcast).

Different dungeon levels are available depending on adventure rank. In addition to the requirement for opening, lvls are indicated in accordance with the detachment with characters of what level it is comfortable to clear the dungeon.

abandoned stronghold I-59.
abandoned stronghold II - 69.
abandoned stronghold III - 80.
abandoned stronghold IV - 90.

Recommended characters for completing Molten Fortress

Based on the bonus of the Earth Arteries Anomaly, Dendro heroes of any role are the most suitable for the team, which will make it easier to the Molten Fortress. To play through the cores and call reactions, you can add Hydro, Electro and Pyro characters.

Hero Choice

The table lists the heroes of different elements, which can be conveniently ed through the dungeon.

Character	Element	Weapon	Features
Yao Yao	Dendro	A spear	It will help to impose Dendro status by summoning Yueuguev to the battlefield, and effectively heal the entire team with an elemental explosion.
Nahida	Dendro	Catalyst	The best Dendro buffing the whole team mastery of the elements. With her elemental skill, Nahida binds up to 8 selected enemies, applying an elemental status to them, and deals a large amount of her own damage.
Tignari	Dendro	Bow	The ult deals multiple damage to a single target, which will help you quickly eliminate strong opponents. The elemental skill will apply the Dendro effect to opponents and provoke them to attack the illusion, distracting them from the squad.
Collei	Dendro	Bow	An archer, accessible to most Dendro, perfectly copes with the role of a reactor, imposing Dendro status with all her skills.
Dendro Traveler	Dendro	One handed sword	It can play both the role of and main damage. An elemental Dendro hero available to everyone, capable of being a "battery" and imposing a status on the area.
Bai Zhu	Dendro	Catalyst	A versatile character with shields, healing and, depending on the build, decent damage for a sub-DD.
Kaveh	Dendro	Two-handed sword	Deals area damage with abilities, can detonate Dendro cores every second. Kaveh pairs wonderfully with all the elements to summon Dendro reactions.
Al-Haytham	Dendro	One handed sword	A damage dealer that deals massive elemental skill damage to Dendro through infusion. Ulta al-Haytama will repeatedly hit enemies in the area.
Nile	Hydro	One handed sword	Provides both status imposition and its closure. In a team of Hydro and Dendro, he will reveal the mechanics of Dendro cores to the maximum, quickly destroy the Hilichurls. Increases mastery of the elements ive skill.
Ayato	Hydro	One handed sword	Let one of the four opponents have increased resistance to Hydro damage, it will not be difficult for a one-hander to deal with him thanks to reactions. Ayato can both deal damage and maintain Hydro status on the field in the AoE area.
Kokomi	Hydro	Catalyst	Will ideally apply the element of Hydro in the area and at the same time can deal damage. Kokomi has powerful healing abilities, her ult is able to restore HP to all characters.
Mona	Hydro	Catalyst	Out of Pocket will drop a large amount of Hydro element that deals damage. Mona will buff allied heroes and increase their damage dealt.
Xingqiu	Hydro	One handed sword	A useful hero with some healing and defense in his arsenal. Xingqiu's skills will empower allies' attacks with Hydro damage and provide the corresponding status.
Dehya	Pyro	Two-handed sword	With an area of effect skill, it will increase resistance to interruption, deal damage and create a Pyro status, which, in combination with Dendro, causes elemental reactions. Will protect allies a little from Hilichurls, taking some of the damage on themselves.
Diluc	Two-handed sword	Two-handed sword	Does a lot of damage with elemental damage, has Pyro infusion and thus will cause reactions with the Dendro element. The elemental explosion feature is able to push enemies in the arena to one side.
Xiangling	Pyro	A spear	With both an elemental explosion and an elemental skill, Pyro will deal out-of-pocket damage, as well as provide a stable call for reactions with the elemental Dendro.
volumes	Pyro	A spear	The ult hangs a shield on the allies, allowing Pyro to deal AoE damage. In a standard build it will protect the team, in an assembly via MS it is ideal for Dendro reactions.
Sayno	electro	A spear	When activated, the ult deals a large amount of damage, which is enough to quickly kill the Hilichurls. The Electro element will provide a call for reactions from Dendro.
Cookies	electro	One handed sword	It has a Grass Ring in its arsenal, enveloping the active character, restoring his health and at the same time spreading Electro status and damage to nearby opponents. Ulta Cookies will maintain the effect of the element in the area.
Yae Miko	electro	Catalyst	An extremely flexible character that can be played both on the field and out of pocket. Normal attacks and Sakura sesse will help to constantly trigger reactions for the earth artery buff.
Raiden	electro	A spear	Depending on the build, it performs different roles, replenishes a lot energy detachment. Shogun Raiden's skills will the Electro element over the area.

You can take any convenient characters, the main thing is that they fit the requirements of the dungeon and are sufficiently pumped.

Top Teams

The table below contains various variations of commands for ing the dungeon.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Al-Haytham	Nile	Kokomi	Tignari	Tignari uses a distraction illusion on the field and acts as a sub-dps during al-Haytham's cooldown. Instead of regular Dendro Cores, Nilu will create Cores of Abundance and apply Hydro over the area. Al-Haytham will act as the main damage, capable of both starting the rotation with an ult, and closing it with an elemental skill and attacks under infusion. Kokomi will put a jellyfish on the field for healing and Hydro status, and with an elemental explosion, if necessary, restore health to all characters in the squad.
Ye Lan	Kaveh	volumes	Bai Zhu	Toma's ult will put a shield on the squad, which will allow the rest of the heroes to inflict Pyro damage for reactions. Bai Zhu in combination with a spearman will create a shield on top, heal allies and with a small amount of Dendro of the element. Ulta Ye Lan will increase the damage dealt and add his damage. Kaveh will complete the team through the Blossom, creating and exploding buds, acting as the main damage dealer.
Sayno	Xingqiu	Cookies	Nahida	Nahida will quickly bind opponents through Dendro, ensuring a stable status, and will receive an ult buff from Electro and Hydro representatives in the squad. Cookies will make up the role of ing and maintaining the Electro element. Xingqiu "out of pocket" will leave Hydro on the field, strengthening the attacks of the allies, and heal the heroes from them. Sayno will deal the main damage under the ult and close the reactions.
Diluc	Yao Yao	Yae Miko	Mona	Yae Miko will leave Sakura on the field and go into the pocket, providing a large amount of Electro in the arena. Mona uses Phantom, which will distract the enemies on herself and cast Hydro on them, then hang Omen with her ult. Yao Yao will add Dendro-element Yuegui to the field, and after using the main damage, he will be able to heal the squad and summon even more Dendro. Diluk will explode the buds and deal massive Pyro damage to enemies.
Xiangling	Collei	Lisa	Barbara	The best option for a budget squad, in which Barbara will provide healing and a Hydro element, and Xiangling will be able to constantly Pyro on the field thanks to the call of Goba and Firestorm. Kollei will cast Dendro's element with a boomerang and a doll with an ult. Lisa can either complete the rotation using attacks with Electro, or by leaving a thunder rose in the arena.
Dendro Traveler	Noelle	Barbara	Ember	In the second FTP team, the Traveler or Amber can act as the main and sub-dd, playing from Dendro and Pyro of the elements. Barbara will help improve reactions and allow the creation of Dendro cores, heal allies. Noelle will give the team a shield and deal independent Geo damage.

Recommended food and potions

A very important source of the buff is food - unlike potions, it can enhance not only elemental damage, but also other characteristics, such as attack, crit chance. hits, healing, etc. Choose food, focusing on what the problems are: damage or defense of the squad.
The table shows the most beneficial dishes for the buff. There are many recipes in the game to strengthen the characters, you can cook any other option depending on your resources.

Food	Effect	Crafting recipe
Delicious "Temptation of the Adept"	Increases the attack power of all party by 372. and crit chance. hit by 12% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 ham + 3 crab + 3 shrimp meat + 3 matsutake.
Delicious meat platter	Increases physical damage to all party by 40% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	1 ham + 1 bacon + 1 sausage + 1 mint.
Delicious soup "Three tastes"	Increases the shield strength of all party by 30% for 300 seconds. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	2 hams + 2 poultry + 1 bamboo shoot + 1 mushroom.
delicious lotus biscuits	Increases the Defense of all party by 235. within 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 almonds + 2 flour + 2 oils + 1 sugar.
Delicious aromatic puree	Increases the attack power of all party by 228. within 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	6 potatoes + 4 sour cream + 3 peppers (seasoning).
Delicious unagi chazuke	Increases the healing bonus of all party by 20% for 300 seconds. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 eels + 3 rice + 3 seaweed + 1 salt.
Delicious "Grow Mountain"	Increases crit chance. hit all party by 20% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	3 raw meat + 3 potatoes + 1 fireweed + 1 cheese.

To make battles easier, it is better to use potion buffs that will increase the damage of the characters. They can be crafted at any alchemy table with a small amount of materials. When choosing a potion, you should rely on the heroes of which elements are present in the squad. For example, if the team consists of Pyro and Electro characters, then it is worth getting Pyro and Electro potions. Please note that you cannot strengthen the heroes playing from physical. damage.

Potion	Effect	Crafting recipe
flame oil	Increases the Pyro damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 fiery flower (stamen) + 100 pestilence.
whirlpool oil	Increases the Hydro damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 lotus cup + 100 mora.
frosty butter	Increases cryo damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 misty flower (corolla) + 100 pestilence.
storm oil	Increases Anemo damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 serving of dandelion seeds + 100 mora.
thunder oil	Increases the Electro damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 electro crystal + 100 pestilence.
Essence of Stillness	Increases the Geo damage of all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 cor lapis + 100 mora.
forest oil	Increases Dendro's damage for all party by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 dusk rose + 100 mora.

How to Beat Molten Fortress in Genshin Impact

We'll share some tips to help you get through the Molten Fortress quickly and comfortably.

Build a team for Dendro reactions, selecting Hydro, Electro and Pyro for this element.
Dendro element does not react in any way to Cryo, Geo and Anemo, therefore there is no special meaning in them. Heroes of these elements can be taken, but for faster clearing, you should not base a squad only on them.
As a main-dealer in medium leveling, long-range heroes should be preferred in order to defeat opponents. Don't forget about defense, as such heroes are usually fragile, and enemy attacks will easily knock them down. If the unit is able to quickly deal a lot of damage before outcasts activate abilities, melee characters will approach.
Don't waste hero ults on the first wave with mitachurls. It is better to fill them with energy on abilities and use bursts of elements in the second group of enemies, which are the priority to defeat as soon as possible.
because of Hydro Hilichurla Outcast be careful with Cryo characters that can freeze themselves. Explode the slime in combat to avoid getting caught in the Mist Bubble. The enemy has 50% Hydro resistance.
To win over Anemo Hilichurlo Outcast you will have to choose at least one ranged hero to knock the monster from the air to the ground. The enemy has 50% resistance to Anemo, so it is better to hit him with characters of a different element, as is the case with his Hydro counterpart.

Artifacts and other rewards

The following sets of artifacts can be obtained for completing the Molten Fortress dungeon.

Name	Rarity	ive Effects
Dream of a nymph	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	2 parts: Adds +15% Hydro Damage. 4 parts: For 8 seconds, with the hit of each type of ability and attack on the enemy, adds 1 lvl of Reflection of the Nymph. Relative to 1/2/3 stacks, adds +4%/9%/15% to the equipped character's Hydro damage, +7%/16%/25% to attack power. In total, there can be up to 5 levels of Nymph's Reflection depending on the type of damage, the duration of the stacks is individual.
Vourukasha’s Glow	⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	2 parts: Adds +20% to HP. 4 parts: +10 Elemental Explosion and Elemental Skill Damage. The buff is increased by 5% for 80 seconds up to 5 times when the equipped hero is damaged. Each stack has a personal duration. The effect can be activated "out of pocket".
Scientist	⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	2 parts: Energy regeneration is accelerated by 20%. 4 parts: Once every 3 seconds, restores 3 energy to all characters in the party with a catalyst or a bow when picking up elemental particles and orbs.
Martial Artist	⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	2 parts: +15% Damage of Charged and Light Attacks. 4 parts: Adds +8% Damage to Charged and Normal Attacks for 25 seconds.

Additional rewards for a full clear are:

mora (2850-3525);
adventure experience (100);
friendship experience (15-20).

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