The “Quell the Stone Coffin’s Wrath” objective sits in the middle of the Gleaming Abyss campaign in Where Winds Meet, right after you descend into the cave and reach the massive Stone Coffin. The game gives you a barrier and some ghostly singing, then leaves you to connect the dots.
Everything here revolves around finding and resolving three Deer Shadows (Dream Echoes) around the coffin. Two are close by, one is hidden behind a small platforming puzzle over toxic water, and all three must be completed before the coffin opens and the quest moves on.
Where “Quell the Stone Coffin’s Wrath” fits in Gleaming Abyss
Gleaming Abyss is a campaign quest in the Moonveil Mountain area of Qinghe. After:
- Imitating the statues at the colossus near Wraith Village,
- Tracking the deer with Wind Sense,
- Using Meridian Touch to freeze the worshipers’ pose, and
- Working your way down through the cave and past Glorious Dream Puppets,
you eventually arrive in a chamber dominated by a huge Stone Coffin up a flight of stairs. Approaching it triggers a barrier and the “Quell the Stone Coffin’s Wrath” objective. The goal is simple: guide three Deer Shadows (the ghostly deer silhouettes tied to Dream Echoes) into the coffin so it calms down and lets you in.
Deer Shadow 1 (Drum’s Top): Solve the water platform puzzle
This is the Echo that confuses most players, because it sits across toxic water and can’t be reached by swimming or normal jumping.
Step 1: Stand facing the Stone Coffin from the central area. Turn slightly to the right until you see an icon related to the Deer Immortal flanked by two blue torches, right at the water’s edge.
Step 2: Walk up to the edge and look carefully at the stone pillars or “drums” in the water. Two have faintly glowing lanterns. Between the torches on the shore, you’ll see vines obscuring a third pillar or lantern.
Step 3: Equip your bow with fire arrows. Aim at the vines covering the hidden lantern or pillar and shoot. The fire will burn away the vines and reveal or ignite the third element in the set.
Step 4: After a short delay, stone platforms rise from the water, forming a crossing route. Nearby ghostly figures will start jumping along the route, subtly demonstrating the path.
Step 5: Pass through the patch of blue mist at the start of the path. Once you’re in that mist, your character automatically follows the platform route without manual jumping, matching the ghostly path demonstration.
Step 6: On the far side, walk up to the glowing point and use your sense interaction to trigger the Dream Echo. The Deer Shadow will then move toward the Stone Coffin. Step back into the blue mist to return to the starting shore.
Deer Shadow 2 (Vine’s Depths): crawl through the roots and tunnels
The second Echo is physically closer to the coffin but hidden inside a dark, root-choked side area.
Step 1: With your back to the central Stone Coffin, look to the rightmost side of the area. You’ll spot a path blocked by heavy vines along the rock wall.
Step 2: Hug the right wall and keep moving until you find a low opening in the rock, almost like a burrow. Crouch to crawl through this hole.
Step 3: Inside, it gets dark fast. Grab a nearby firefly cluster to unlock and equip the Glow of Fireflies Mystic Skill. Use it to summon a swarm of fireflies that light up the tunnel network so you can move safely.
Step 4: Follow the passage. There are two branches here. Both reward you with chests, but the left branch takes you along the correct route toward the Deer Shadow. Open the chest at the end of this stretch.
Step 5: After looting, turn around. You’ll see another passage lit by a few candles and another low gap. Crouch through that second hole.
Step 6: On the other side, the Deer Shadow is waiting by a Dream Echo point. Use your sense interaction again to trigger the vision and send the Deer Shadow back toward the Stone Coffin.
Step 7: To exit, follow the path of large roots and run up them back into the main chamber near the coffin.
Deer Shadow 3 (Water’s Edge): the simple left-side Echo
The third Deer Shadow is the easiest to miss only because it’s so close and requires almost no interaction beyond walking up to it.
Step 1: Stand once again facing the Stone Coffin from the central area. This time, move to the left side toward the edge of the toxic water.
Step 2: Two ghostly figures stand by the water. Approach them until you see the prompt to sense the Dream Echo.
Step 3: Activate the Echo to play the short sequence. When it ends, the Deer Shadow automatically travels toward the coffin, contributing to lifting the barrier.
What happens after all three Deer Shadows are sent to the coffin
Once you have:
- Completed the Drum’s Top platform puzzle and sensed the Dream Echo,
- Crawled through Vine’s Depths and resolved the hidden Echo, and
- Activated the Water’s Edge Echo next to the toxic water,
all three Deer Shadows are bound to the Stone Coffin. The barrier in front of the coffin dissolves, and the objective to quell its wrath is considered complete. There are no extra hidden conditions or additional interaction steps tied to this objective.
From there, the Gleaming Abyss campaign moves into the next stage:
- Overcome the Peril in the Stone Coffin by entering it and clearing the arena of Dream Puppets,
- Find all Keys of the Formless using more environmental tricks like shooting vines to drop beams, and
- Defeat the Formless (Void King), the boss at the heart of the quest.
But for the “Quell the Stone Coffin’s Wrath” objective itself, everything depends on spotting those three Deer Shadow locations, using fire arrows on the overgrown pillar to reveal the hidden crossing, and interacting with each Echo once. After that, the coffin finally lets you in.
