Down in the Dumps Walkthrough in Genshin Impact 7.0 (All 3 Keys)
Track down the Blue, White, and Red keys, open the sewer control room, and ride the lift back up.
Track down the Blue, White, and Red keys, open the sewer control room, and ride the lift back up.
by Pallav Pathak
Down in the Dumps drops you into a flooded sewer beneath Flamefeather Valley, Snezhnaya, with one goal: find a way back to the surface. The exit is locked behind a control room door that needs three keys, and reaching each one means bending the water level with Prime Ice constructs and clearing out Leshy along the way.
Quick answer: Read the Sewer Entrance/Exit Guide, then grab the Blue Key in that room. Use the Blue Key to drain water and reach the White Key; use both to open the path to the Red Key, defeat Klenova the Ascended; slot all three keys into the control board; then take the Sewer Lift Control Wheel from the final Leshy to open the elevator.
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How to start Down in the Dumps
Down in the Dumps is the third part of the In the Dwelling of Life quest chain in Version 7.0. It begins on its own the moment you finish the previous part, Transplanted From Yesterday to Tomorrow, which leaves you at the bottom of the sewer. From there the objective simply reads “Find a way to get out of the sewer and back to the surface.”
In the next room, rotate the mechanism to open the second gate. It jams before fully rising, so sprint at the gap and press the sprint key again to slide underneath.
At the water, hop onto the wooden board with a grapple point on your right and build a Grappling Gun in the middle of the water to pull the board toward the far room. Remove that Grappling Gun and let the other one pull you the rest of the way across.
Interact with the book on the corner table to read the Sewer Entrance/Exit Guide left by Doctor Moreau. It marks where all three keys sit and confirms you need every one to open the gate ahead.
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Note: The same room holds a gun blueprint (the Gunstock), so pick it up before moving on.
Where the three keys are
Your Goggles spot the Blue Key right away, but the White and Red keys stay locked away until you use the earlier keys to reshape the water. Here is the order they unlock in.
Key
How you reach it
Blue Key
On the device beside the door you entered through, in the control room itself.
White Key
Behind a gate the Blue Key drains open; found one water level down.
Red Key
In a lower chamber full of Leshy, opened using both the Blue and White keys.
Before going through, build a Cube beneath the raised gate, then take the Blue Key back. The Cube holds the gate stuck open so you can slide through the gap with the key in hand.
On the far side, insert the Blue Key into the device on the right to partly drain the room. Remove it, drop to the device below, and slot it in again before the water rises. This opens the way to the White Key.
Return to the previous room and insert the White Key into the device on the left. Let Paimon collect the Blue Key from the lower device, then reinsert it into the right device.
Take the newly opened path at the bottom until you reach a chamber holding several Leshy. Climb the platform on your left and pick up the Red Key next to the Leshy.
Deal with the Leshy that wake up, then head back to the upper level through the far side of the room and grab both the White and Blue keys again so you carry all three.
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Open the control room and beat Klenova the Ascended
Carry all three keys back to the sealed gate and slot the Red, White, and Blue keys into the control board beside it. The giant circular door opens into the lift room.
Inside, the rotating mechanism next to the gate is missing its control wheel. Your Goggles point out the wheel resting on the head of a Leshy sealed in a capsule.
You cannot climb the Leshy to grab the wheel, so shoot it to wake it and fight. This one, Klenova the Ascended, is more aggressive than the earlier Leshy, so come prepared.
Defeating Klenova the Ascended drops the Sewer Lift Control Wheel where the Leshy falls. Pick it up from its body.
Note: If the wheel does not appear right after the kill, check the ground where the Leshy collapsed rather than the capsule.
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Ride the lift back to the surface
Take the Sewer Lift Control Wheel to the rotating mechanism by the gate and use it to open the door to the elevator. Ride the lift to the top, then follow the stairs ahead to climb back out of the sewer.
The quest closes out once you reach the surface. You will know it worked when the objective updates and the In the Dwelling of Life chain moves on toward Back on One’s Feet and the town of Okurov.
Quest rewards
Reward
Amount
Primogem
50
Mystic Enhancement Ore
4
Mora
34,000
Hero’s Wit
5
Beyond the listed payout, the sewer run also passes an Exquisite Chest, a Precious Chest tied to a rotation puzzle, and a Luxurious Chest near the elevator, so sweep each room before you leave for the extra loot and materials like Mystic Enhancement Ore.
