Forbidding Doors of Melancholy in Genshin Impact: Full Walkthrough

Forbidding Doors of Melancholy is the fifth quest in the In the Dwelling of Life chain in Genshin Impact 7.0. It sends you into the assembly hall to fight through one boss, solve a short sequence of chandelier and switch puzzles, and disarm a trap alongside Nastya. The quest is brief, and finishing it hands over Primogems along with upgrade materials.

Quick answer: Ride the lift up, defeat Furiosa, pull down two chandeliers with the Grappling Gun to reach both curtain switches, activate both on Paimon’s countdown, feed a cube under the wall dial to ride the elevator, then defeat the enemies and install the item Nastya finds on the pedestal to disable the trap.

How to unlock Forbidding Doors of Melancholy

The quest begins the moment you finish Back on One’s Feet, the fourth quest in the chain. There is no separate trigger to hunt down. Once the previous quest closes, Forbidding Doors of Melancholy starts immediately at the lift leading up to the assembly hall.

Reach the assembly hall and defeat Furiosa

Rotate the mechanism repeatedly to call the lift. Keep turning it until the platform arrives, then step on and ride it up.

Character operating a glowing rotary mechanism to call the lift — Rotate the mechanism to summon the lift.

Follow Nastya once you are up top. She leads you toward Furiosa, the enemy blocking the path forward.

Defeat Furiosa. Slide and dodge to avoid her attacks, and use the healing and ammo drops scattered across the arena to stay alive. After the fight, push open the gate to enter the assembly hall.

Investigate the doors together with Nastya. Wait while she works around to the other side and opens a path for you.

Solve the chandelier and curtain switch puzzle

Two curtain switches sit on opposite sides of the hall, and both must be triggered at the same time. Reaching each one relies on the Grappling Gun to lower and ride the chandeliers.

Summon a Grappling Gun to pull the first chandelier down. Climb onto it, then refund the Grappling Gun so the chandelier rises and carries you up.

Character using a glowing blue Grappling Gun beam inside the cathedral-like hall — Use the Grappling Gun to pull down and ride the chandelier.

Step off the chandelier at the top and pull the mechanism to activate the first curtain switch.

Pull Mechanism prompt shown at a wall-mounted switch — Press F to pull the first curtain mechanism.

Head back down to the lower level and use the grappling point on the chandelier to rise again. Summon a Grappling Gun to pull the second chandelier, then get on it.

Refund that Grappling Gun and place a new one on the platform near the Cryoculus. Collect the Oculus, then move right to reach the second switch.

F Pull Mechanism prompt at the second wall-mounted switch — Line up the second curtain mechanism on the far side.

Speak with Paimon and let her run a countdown. Activate both switches when the count reaches one so they fire together. The door opens only when both are triggered on the same beat.

Both curtain switches being activated at the same time

Open the door leading home

Place a Grappling Gun on the platform near the Remarkable Chest. This moves the dial on the wall into position.

Put a cube into the gap under the dial, then refund the Grappling Gun to lock the dial in place.

Blue cube interaction placed under the wall dial — Slot the cube into the gap beneath the dial.

Investigate the strange room and disarm the trap

Ride the elevator with Nastya and follow her into the strange room. Interact with the glowing marks on the ground and on the pedestal.

Player interacting with a glowing blue device inside the room — Examine the glowing marks on the ground and pedestal.

Defeat every enemy that appears and hold the room while Nastya moves closer to the object. Keep the area clear until she reaches it.

Character approaching a glowing stone altar in an ornate chamber — Cover Nastya as she reaches the pedestal.

Pick up the item Nastya recovers and install it on the pedestal to remove the trap. This triggers a cutscene and ends the quest.

Note: You know the quest is complete when the cutscene plays and the reward screen appears. To Rest in a Forgotten Field, the sixth quest in the chain, unlocks right after.

Forbidding Doors of Melancholy rewards

Reward	Amount
Primogem	50
Mystic Enhancement Ore	4
Hero’s Wit	5
Mora	54,500

With the trap disabled and the rewards collected, the path deeper into the settlement opens up, and Nastya’s journey home continues in the next quest of the chain.