Lost Grimoires in Fontaine You can find magic books that disappear after a couple of seconds and appear at a new point along a certain route. If you catch the flying tomes and take them to the closet, you will earn a reward for completing the riddles.
In this guide, we'll show you where to find Lost Grimoires in Petrichor and what to do with them. We will tell you why grimoires are needed and provide the location of all the escaped books of the Dilapidated Castle, as well as list the rewards that you can receive for returning them to their place.
How to solve puzzles with Mysterious Grimoires
You can find Mysterious Grimoires in the underground part "Shadow over Petrichor".
In the Dilapidated Castle, you will find books floating in the air with musical notes above them. When caught, they are added to inventory and shown in the "Tasks".
To catch the Lost Grimoires, you will need to use The power of an ancient symphonycalled using the key «T».
When you change the elemental skill to the special skill of creating a sound wave, move closer to any place where the tome appears among its entire trajectory. At the moment when the unique ability icon is highlighted in yellow, quickly click on "E" and immediately release to release short resting sound wave.
If you do everything correctly, the tome will stop and turn orange. Approach the book and press "F" to receive the Lost Grimoire.
When you do this for the first time, you will earn achievement “I ask you, are you a man?”.
If possible, return the resulting tome to its place in the closet. To do this, take the book to any of them and click «F»to use the item: Lost Grimoire.
Release long sound wave and explore the opened age to get to the treasures.
Where to Find All Lost Grimoires in Genshin Impact
In the location of the Dilapidated Castle you will find everything 8 mysterious grimoiresthat need to be returned to their original location.
Read in a separate guide about the location of all mysterious shelves with grimoires.
Lost Grimoire #1
You will find the first lost grimoire on the Lower Level at the entrance to the Dilapidated Castle. You will find yourself there when the quest starts "Underwater Nocturne", when you continue exploring the area.
From the teleporter, run east and at the fork, go up the stairs towards the north. The first tome floats next to Ossie the cat sitting on a chair right next to the bookcase.
Lost Grimoire #2
The second Lost Tome flies at the entrance to the corridor leading to the northern teleportation point of the Middle level of the Dilapidated Castle.
Lost Grimoire #3
From the northern teleport of the Middle level of the castle, go out into the hall and jump down to notice the third floating book on the Lower floor near the water.
Lost Grimoire #4
The fourth grimoire floats in the air above the southern staircase of the Lower Level of the Dilapidated Castle.
Lost Grimoire #5
Move to the southern teleporter of the Middle Floor, go up the stairs and turn left, after which you will find yourself in a long corridor. Run past a rich chest with a guard guarding it Praetorian.
From the corridor you will exit into a high library room, at the bottom of which the fifth magic book floats above the tables.
Lost Grimoire #6
From the last book, move higher through the library, climbing the stairs.
Ignoring the crystal, go to the stepladder, not far from which you will pick up the sixth lost tome.
Lost Grimoire #7
From the previous tome, return to the blue crystal and hit it once so that it turns orange.
After this, platforms will appear along which you can get to the next point with another crystal. Also, attack him once to continue the path with the help of the Hydro Ring.
Once you finish the climb, you will find the seventh escaped book in front of the locked cabinet.
Lost Grimoire #8
The eighth lost grimoire is located next to the boss Golem Legate, located in the Pavilion of the Dilapidated Castle. If you have not yet discovered the required point, then from the initial teleport of the location, follow the corridor and go down.
Move south until you notice a book flashing for a second and a riddle with a light circle with a crystal in the center.
Go through all the points in order, which will lead to a rich chest and allow you to see the desired tome on the opposite wall next to a pile of mora.
Where to find all the Mysterious Grimoire Shelves
To solve the riddle and unblock the age, you need to return the missing book to its place. To use the Mysterious Shelves after placing the grimoire, you need to get close to them and hold down the Sound Symphony skill on the “E” button (on PC). Then go through the portal formed after the scattered books.
There are a total of 8 bookshelves to be found in the Dilapidated Castle. Next we will show where each of them is located.
Mysterious regiment No. 1
The first puzzle is located near the entrance to the Dilapidated Castle. From the first teleporter, move forward until you see a corridor with floating books. Go through them and immediately turn left into a small recess in the wall, where the shelf is located.
Mysterious regiment No. 2
From the previous puzzle, go further along the corridor to the fork. Climb the stairs, then turn left towards more steps.
Once you reach the top of the stairs, look to the left - the second shelf is near the drawers and chair.
Mysterious regiment No. 3
Move further along the corridor. On the left there will be a age to the teleport, and on the right there will be a bridge and stairs down. Go down it. The third mysterious shelf is located near the wall on the right.
Mysterious regiment No. 4
Return to the bridge and position yourself so that it is on the left and the corridor with the teleporter is on the right. There will be two stairs ahead - up and down. Climb up all the way until you see a mysterious shelf with grimoires on the left.
Mysterious regiment No. 5
The remaining shelves are located in the castle library. Start your journey from the central teleport of the location. Exit from it onto the bridge and turn left. Walk past the floating books and Praetorian.
Continue along the corridor until you reach a large room. The fifth shelf is in the far left corner.
Mysterious regiment No. 6
The sixth shelf is located in the same room. From the previous one, go up the stairs until the desired object appears on the left side.
Mysterious regiment No. 7
Move on and go around the room along the fence. The seventh shelf is in the southeast corner of the room, one level above the previous ones.
Mysterious regiment No. 8
The eighth shelf is hidden several floors above the rest. Hit the blue crystal once. The mechanism will turn yellow and moving platforms will appear in the air.
Stand on them and wait for them to take the character to the second crystal device. Attack it to activate other platforms and the portal. Enter it.
The teleportation point will send the character straight to the shelf.
How to get the achievement For the Love of Books
To get the For the Love of Books achievement, use the grimoire to activate all the mysterious bookshelves in the Dilapidated Castle. Reward: source stones ×5.
Achievement I ask you if you are human
Pick up a grimoire for the first time to get a hidden achievement “I ask you, are you a man?”. To open an achievement worth 5 "Wonders of the World" Catch any of the Dilapidated Castle mystery books in the Petrichor area.
Awards
For capturing the grimoire you will not earn anything as a reward, but for solving the puzzle you will be able to open previously hidden ages, in which chests containing hydrocules.
We hope this guide helped you find out where to get the Lost Grimoire in Genshin Impact. If you have additional questions or need advice, please comments... Read aboutGenshin Impact guides on our website.
