Genshin Impact: How Three Chest Drops Unlock Novokitezhgrad’s Treasure Vault

There is no special key hidden in some corner of Snezhnaya that opens the Downtown Novokitezhgrad Treasure Vault. Instead, players have to earn it by hunting down some of the region’s toughest chests. The vault requires three copies of an item called the Remnant Incense Guide – Novokitezhgrad, and those only come from Precious and Luxurious chests scattered around the area.

The payoff for this grind is worth understanding before you start running across the map. Once you have all three guides in your inventory, you can walk up to the vault and unlock it without any further steps or puzzle solving.

Why These Chests Matter

Common and Exquisite chests will not help you here at all. Only Precious and Luxurious variants drop the Remnant Incense Guide – Novokitezhgrad, which makes locating them your sole objective once you decide to go after this vault.

The drop itself is random. Official materials do not state exact drop rates for these items, so players should expect some variance in how many chests they need to clear before hitting three guides.

Getting Into Novokitezhgrad

You cannot simply walk into Novokitezhgrad at any point in your playthrough. The area opens up as part of Snezhnaya’s storyline progression during the world quest “On One Side a Palace, On the Other a Tomb.” Until that quest is underway or complete, those chest icons will not even appear on your map.

The Hunting Route

Once you have access to Novokitezhgrad, pull up your map and mark every Precious and Luxurious chest icon you can see in the region. Those markers are your checklist for this entire process.

• Start with Luxurious chests if you want efficiency; they carry a higher chance of dropping the guide compared to Precious ones.
• Work through each marked location one by one until you have collected three Remnant Incense Guides.

There is no pity system tied to these drops either.

Team Suggestions for Chest Runs

The chests themselves do not demand any particular party composition or combat setup. However, certain characters make moving across Novokitezhgrad noticeably less tedious:

• A budget setup works fine: Kaeya provides Cryo application for puzzles while Amber handles torches with Pyro. Noelle offers shielding for safety during fights.
• If you have more options available:

Those who prefer speed should bring Yelan or Sayu for faster traversal across long distances. Kazuha helps with vertical movement when climbing cliffs or buildings becomes necessary.

Troubleshooting Common Problems

A few issues tend to trip people up during this hunt:

• A missing chest usually means you skipped part of “On One Side a Palace,” since some chests only spawn after specific quest steps are completed.

• If guides are not dropping consistently despite clearing several chests? Keep going until you reach three copies.

• The vault may refuse to open if you do not actually hold exactly three guides in your inventory at that moment.

Frequently Asked Questions

The randomness of these drops raises predictable questions about duplicates and limits:

Can multiple guides drop from different chests? Yes.

The only requirement is reaching three total copies; extra duplicates beyond that serve no purpose unless they come before you hit three total anyway.

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