When the Forest is no longer Dim is one of the longest side quests in Wuthering Waves. You will be tasked to clear a contaminated zone near the Giant Banyan and then gain access to a Research Institute.
The area will be filled with poisonous spores once you get there, which will constantly sap away your character’s HP. However, once you are done with the mission you will be able to explore the area without having to worry about the contamination.
While a long and puzzle-filled side quest, it’s advised that you complete it because of the ton of Union EXP, Shell Credits, and crafting materials that it offers. So if you are looking for a bit of a challenge during exploration, do not hesitate to complete When the Forest is no longer Dim in Wuthering Waves.
How to start When the Forest is no longer Dim in Wuthering Waves
To start When the Forset is no longer Dim, you will need to go to Jinzhou and find an anxious researcher, Mingjing, near the synthesizer. Talk to the NPC, and exhaust all of their dialogues to automatically start the quest.
How to complete When the Forest is no longer Dim in Wuthering Waves
Here are all the steps that you will need to take to complete When the Forest is no longer Dim in Wuthering Waves:
Step 1: Find the missing Researcher
As soon as the quest starts you will receive a distress call from a location near the Giant Banyan. Head to the quest marker and you will find a few exiles who have imprisoned the main researcher.
Defeat them and then acquire the key from inside a tent. Now interact with the cage that the researcher is in to free her.
She will then take you to the Giant Banyan where you will need to search for another researcher. You will find some spots highlighted in yellow on the minimap.
Head to the point of interest and use your sensor. You will find the first marker in the middle of some animal carcasses, the second one is in the middle of a fallen branch, with the third circle leading you to the researcher.
Step 2: Solve the puzzles and clear the contaminated zones
The next part of the When the Forest is no longer Dim quest in Wuthering Waves will task you to solve some puzzles and free the area of the poisonous spores.
The researcher will take you to multiple zones that are contaminated. The goal here is to direct a beam of light at the core in the middle to destroy the spores.
To start the puzzles, you will need to hit the first mechanism by heading to the quest marker. Then rotate the other mechanisms (by hitting them) in specific directions so that the beam hits the core.
Contamination Zone 1:
- To solve the puzzle in the first zone, you will need to hot the mechanism that the light is getting reflected to one time.
- Then to help it reach the core hit the third and the last mechanism in the zone two times.
Zone 2:
- Rotate the second mechanism that the beam falls on two times.
- After that rotate the third mechanism once. Hit the fourth mechanism two times, and the fifth mechanism once.
After you are done with the second zone, you will need to collect some ingredients from the nearby area and help the researchers create some antibodies.
Zone 3:
- Once you activate the beam in the third area you will need to rotate the second mechanism two times (make sure it faces the mechanism nearest to the researchers).
- Rotate the fourth mechanism two times.
- You will now be able to connect the other mechanisms to deal with the core in the final zone.
The contamination zone puzzles in the When the Forest is no Longer Dim quest can be completed much faster if you have some line like Mortefi or Chixia. Ranged weapons mean you will not have to keep running around hitting the mechanisms.
Step 3: Gain access to the abandoned research institute
The final step of the When the Forest is no longer Dim quest in Wuthering Waves is to gain access to the abandoned research institute. Fight your way through some Hoochiefs, and you will get a set of three-grid puzzles.
Puzzle 1: Located near the door
- You will need to connect the yellow and blue blocks through the shortest possible path.
- Make sure to connect the green block with a line that goes above the upper yellow and blue blocks.
- Now connect the red blocks through the top-right corner
Puzzle 2: On the right side
- Make sure you are connecting the yellow and green blocks through the shortest path.
- The blue block can be a bit tricky. Refer to the image above to see how the line goes.
- For the red block use the space that is remaining.
Puzzle 3: Located on the left side
- Connect the green blocks through the shortest route.
- For the blue blocks, make sure to connect the lines by using the path to the right of the green blocks.
- For the red blocks use the available path from the top left corner.
Once you gain access to the research institute, you will reach th top of the Banyan. Defeat some more Hoochiefs there to round out the quest.
Rewards for completing When the Forest is no longer Dim quest in Wuthering Waves
Once you have completed the quest you will be able to gain the following rewards:
- Union EXP x1000
- Asterite x100
- Passion Tablets Recipe x1
- Advanced Resonance Potion x3
- Advanced Sealed Tube x3
- Shell Credit x36,000
Although it’s a pretty long quest to complete in Kuro Games’ RPG, it rewards you with a fair bit of credits, Astrite, and Union EXP.
