Genshin Impact: How to Open the Door to the Royal Hall (Statue Puzzle Solution)

The door to the royal hall stays sealed until two Statues of the Cemetery Guardian sit on the marked squares on the lower floor. Both statues start on upper levels, so the whole puzzle is really about dropping each one down and steering it into place. The system that lets you do this is the Prototype Kresnik’s Torch, which controls whether the water in the room is liquid or frozen solid.

Quick answer: Shoot the Prototype Kresnik’s Torch to switch it to Cold State and freeze the water. Melt each statue’s frozen support pillar with a Basic Heat Source so the statue drops, then place Cube Prime Ice Constructs to steer each one across the ice, through its exit hole, and onto the floor square below.

How the Prototype Kresnik’s Torch works

The Prototype Kresnik’s Torch is the glowing mechanism you shoot to flip the room between two states. In Heat State the water flows normally. In Cold State everything freezes, which raises statues on frozen pillars and turns the floor to slick ice so pushed statues slide until they hit something.

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You control the sliding with Prime Ice Constructs. A Cube acts as a wall that stops a sliding statue at a chosen spot, and a Basic Heat Source melts nearby ice so a frozen pillar collapses or a raised platform lowers. You can remove either construct after it has done its job.

First statue in Room A

Head back down the stairs and swim to the opening on the right. The Eye of Graeae marks the spot, so follow that pointer to reach the correct passage.

Follow the route, then turn left into Room A, where the first Statue of the Cemetery Guardian sits. Clear out the enemies in the room before you touch anything else.

Activate the bridge to the other side, but do not cross it yet. Then shoot the Prototype Kresnik’s Torch to switch it to Cold State, freezing the whole area, and return to Room A.

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Melt the ice under the statue by building a Basic Heat Source Prime Ice Construct next to the frozen pillar. Once the ice melts and the statue drops to the floor, remove the Basic Heat Source.

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Build a Cube Prime Ice Construct near the entrance, positioned so the statue has a clear path toward the exit hole. Plan the placement before you push.

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Remove the four Cubes that are present by default so they do not block the route. Clear the lane the statue needs to travel.

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Push the statue toward the Cube Prime Ice Construct. On the ice it slides until the Cube stops it in the right lane.

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Push the statue again toward the exit hole so it drops to the lower level. Leave the actual placement onto its square for later and move on to the second statue first.

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Second statue in Room B

Exit Room A and turn left to cross the bridge to the other side. Enter Room B, where the second statue is visible right away.

Confirm the Prototype Kresnik’s Torch is still in Cold State. The rest of this room depends on the floor and platforms staying frozen.

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Go to the platform that is pushed up by frozen water and melt it with a Basic Heat Source Prime Ice Construct. That lowers the platform, after which you remove the Basic Heat Source.

Push the statue onto the spot where the platform used to be. It needs to sit there before you raise it again.

Shoot the Prototype Kresnik’s Torch to switch it to Heat State, which lifts the statue up. Stay in place and shoot again right away to flip it back to Cold State, freezing the water so it pushes the statue up to the higher level.

Push the statue onto the second floor, then down the ramp toward the exit hole so it drops to the lower level with the first statue.

Finish the puzzle on the lower floor

With both statues dropped down, go to the lower level and push each Statue of the Cemetery Guardian onto its marked square. Use a Cube Prime Ice Construct to stop each statue exactly where you need it if it slides too far.

You do not need a perfect fit. As long as part of the statue stays inside the square, it counts, and the door to the royal hall opens once both statues register on their squares.

Two common reasons the door stays shut are a statue that stopped short of its square and a torch left in the wrong state, which changes whether the floor is frozen and whether the statue can slide into position. Correct the torch state, re-steer the statue with a Cube, and the door will open.