Vesna and Vodyanitsa 7.1 Story Quest: Day 2 Walkthrough for Both Questlines

Day 2 of the Version 7.1 Snezhnaya questlines splits across two separate event chains. “Swords and Secrets” continues Vesna’s hunt for a runaway sword spirit, while “Upstream Variations” follows the soprano Vodyanitsa into the streets of Snezhnograd. Both stages are short, and both close with a real-time timer before the next chapter opens.

Quick answer: Finish Vesna’s cauldron step and Vodyanitsa’s Sadov-Arbat meeting, then wait out the 15-hour unlock timer on each quest before Day 3 becomes available.

Swords and Secrets Day 2: Trap the Master of Body

Open the Events Overview, select “Swords and Secrets,” and choose “Go to Quest.” The quest log directs you to the Druzhna garrison in Snezhnaya to meet Vesna and pick up the tracking tool.

Quest navigation — The quest log points you to the Druzhna garrison to meet Vesna before the search begins. Shown at 00:04 in MMOJACKX57’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Use the event interface to trigger Vesna’s “Divine Sense Compass” and mark the Mysterious Sword Spirit’s position. Select “Sense Sword Spirit” there to display its roaming area on your map.

Travel to the marked cliff in the snowy settlement. Glide down from a high perch, then climb the cliffside using the wind current rings and jumps. An in-game notice reminds you that you are in an area where the Sword Spirit roams and to use the special Elemental Skill to sense it.

At the summit, you find a medicinal cauldron with a talkative sword spirit calling itself the “Master of Body” soaking inside. A cutscene triggers as the spirit boasts about its cultivation path.

Cauldron Encounter — The cauldron on the cliff ledge where the Master of Body is brewing itself. Shown at 01:20 in MMOJACKX57’s video. Image: HoYoverse

With Vesna’s help, clamp the cauldron lid closed, then place firewood underneath. As heat and steam build, the Master of Body faints, allowing you to capture the spirit. This finishes the step; the following chapter remains unavailable for 15 hours.

Confronting Master of Potions — The floating sword spirit boasts about its elixir during the cauldron cutscene. Shown at 02:46 in MMOJACKX57’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Upstream Variations Day 2: Meet Vodyanitsa at Sadov-Arbat

Return to Events Overview, select “Upstream Variations,” then press “Go to Quest.” In the quest tab, open Vodyanitsa’s Special Notebook to view her diary entries and get directions to Sadov-Arbat.

Open the Snezhnograd map and teleport to the waypoint near Sadov-Arbat. The active objective is to head there today to meet Vodyanitsa as promised.

Quest menu — The quest menu with the objective to travel to Sadov-Arbat in Snezhnograd. Shown at 00:03 in Noxxis Gaming’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Reach the shop while Vodyanitsa is wrapping up an errand. By the merchant building, Malinina and Rozhdestvensky, two young admirers, are weighing whether to speak with her.

Speaking with Blyushko — Blyushko, the shop owner at Sadov-Arbat, speaks with the Traveler and Paimon. Shown at 00:33 in Noxxis Gaming’s video. Image: HoYoverse

Interact with the scene to have Vodyanitsa invite Malinina and Rozhdestvensky inside. She eases their nerves and hands each of them a signed theater ticket.

Watch the memory of Lishnaya, in which Vodyanitsa recalls how adult responsibilities ended a friend’s backstage visits. In the follow-up talk with the Traveler and Paimon, she explains that her handwritten tickets stay valid for any show forever, which is why nobles and scalpers began trading them for bribery, black-market sales, and social influence.

Paimon offers to buy Vodyanitsa a meal before her next show, and the party agrees never to trade away their own handwritten ticket. This wraps Day 2 and starts a 15-hour cooldown until Day 3 unlocks.

The 15-hour time gate and how to confirm Day 2 is done

Each quest ends the same way. Once the final step of the day resolves, the objective changes to wait until the next day and an on-screen notice reads “Next chapter unlocks in 15h.” That message is your confirmation that Day 2 is complete.

There is no dialogue choice or Resin spend that shortens the wait. The full “Swords and Secrets” chain is built to run across seven calendar days, so both questlines progress one stage at a time as their timers expire.

Since the timer runs in real time, clearing both Day 2 steps back to back means the next chapters for Vesna and Vodyanitsa become available around the same window.

Quest chain rewards

The headline rewards arrive at the end of each full chain rather than on Day 2 alone. “Swords and Secrets” ties its rewards to Vesna’s flight presentation and the Prime Ice Construct system, while “Upstream Variations” grants materials plus a cosmetic for Vodyanitsa.

Quest	Reward	Effect
Swords and Secrets	Druzhna Special Dispatch Order	A Sword Spirit accompanies Vesna during flight
Swords and Secrets	Construct Appearance: Flutterwing	New appearance for the Prime Ice Construct
Upstream Variations	Microphone skin	Equippable cosmetic for Vodyanitsa

Completing the “Upstream Variations” chain also awards 20 Primogems, 30,000 Mora, three Hero’s Wit, and three Guide to Fortitude. The Druzhna Special Dispatch Order is a separate flight cosmetic and does not unlock Vesna herself, so the quest stays worth finishing even if you already own her.