Cloudheim features a variety of regions, each with its own quest line where you’ll have to awaken the gods slumbering there and restore order to a world shrouded in chaos. For more information on Cloudheim, don’t forget to visit their official website here.
Dustlanger is the second region in the game, and you’ll have to unlock it using your 15 World Stars. You can reach this location through the Bifrost Gate on Odin’s Shell.
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Arrival In Dustlanger
After you arrive in Dustlanger, you’ll notice a locked gate on your back and three gigantic bells in the area ahead.
You’ll hear Sylf’s voice, asking you to seek out Leif, who has been working towards awakening the sleeping god Vitikki here.
Here, you can head straight to Leif near the crater, or ring the three bells to unlock a dungeon. Clearing the dungeon will grant you a key that can be used to open the locked gate you encounter when you first arrive in Dustlanger.
An Ancient Powerful Magic
As you arrive near the crater to talk to Lief, he’ll tell you about a powerful ancient magic hidden in the Bazaar that might have some clue to awakening the Fennec Fox, Vitikki.
Leif mentions a Spark of Dawn, and that you’ll have to solve a Sunbeam Puzzle to get to this item. Make your way towards the bazaar, located in the northeast direction from Leif’s location.
The Bazaar is full of destructible objects, and you can farm a lot of resources here. But your main priority is to find the Topmost Crystal Pillar, which will be further north.
You’ll have to climb a few cliffs until you reach the Sylfstone there. You can spot this place by the gigantic, yet slightly tilted pillar. The prism crystal pillar will be just behind it.
The Sunbeam Puzzle
Interact with the prism pillar, and it will emit a ray of light. You can use your lasso to rotate the pillar. Aim it towards a locked pillar in the bazaar.
Now, go towards the locked pillar where the prism’s ray is pointing at. Keep in mind that you can jump on the cloth on top of the shops inside the bazaar to easily travel from one end to the other.
As you reach here, you’ll have to hit three mechanisms to unlock this mirror pillar. All three mechanisms are nearby, and you can get rid of the crates and other objects to make them easier to spot.
Once you’ve activated the mirror pillar, rotate it so it’s pointing towards the other locked mirror pillar in the northwest direction, just under where our main prism pillar is.
Here, you’ll have to fight against several waves of enemies to unlock the pillar. Once you’ve defeated them all, activate the pillar and rotate it towards the part of the bazaar that’s facing the sea.
Get down from the cliff and defeat all the enemies near this next mirror pillar. After the mirror pillar is activated, rotate it towards the south.
You’ll find your last mirror pillar here. Activate the pillar or rotate it so the ray is now striking the jewel on top of the gate. This will solve the Sunbeam Puzzle and uncover the Lawless Strand dungeon.
The Lawless Strand Dungeon
This dungeon is hard to navigate because there aren’t many paths or roads, and you’ll have to jump on geysers and use your lasso on hoops to travel from one island to the other.
As you arrive in the dungeon, interact with the lasso statue to enable the grappling spots. Jump to the islands ahead. The first island has purple fountains in two directions, and one of them circles you back on this island, while the other one, on the west, leads you forward.
Navigate through the dungeon until you reach a jumping platform that will take you to a group of islands.
Here, you have to point several prism pillars on different islands towards the main gate. However, one of the prism towers is locked behind a strange barrier.
The Prism Gate Puzzle
First, you have to go and unlock each prism tower that you can. You’ll have to fight against a few enemies to unlock the pillars and then activate them. After that, rotate the pillars until they’re all pointing towards the gate in the centre.
However, since one of the prism pillars is locked behind the barrier, you won’t be able to unlock the gate yet. You have to find the strange statue in the sea and point a prism pillar towards each of its eyes.
Once you do so, the statue will create magical platforms for you to travel to the final island while also dispelling the barrier around it.
Go to the final island and then rotate the prism pillar there until its point is towards the gate. Now, go back to the other pillars and make sure all of them are pointing towards the gate.
If you’ve done it right, the gate will finally open. You’ll be able to obtain the Spark of Dawn and escape from the dungeon.
Returning The Spark of Dawn
Return to the crater. You’ll find Vitikki’s statue just behind Leif. The Fennec Fox is currently sleeping, and you’ll be able to hear the faint breathing sound from it.
Offer the Spark of Dawn to the statue, and one of the three jewels on its head will start to glow. You can then talk to Leif for your next set of instructions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Leif in Dustlanger?
Leif can be found near the crater. Look for the floating rock in chains from anywhere in the region, and you’ll be able to find Leif standing under it, near Vitikki’s Statue.
How to unlock Dustlanger?
You can easily unlock the region by collecting World Stars through exploration in the Arcadia region. Once you’ve collected enough, interact with the Bifrost Gate on Odin’s Shell, and you’ll be able to unlock Dustlanger.
How to dispel the barrier in the Lawless Strand?
You have to rotate the two prism pillars until they’re pointing towards the eyes of the half-submerged statue. This will cause the barrier to disappear, and a magical path will emerge for you to travel to the final prism pillar.
This concludes our walkthrough for Act 1 of the Dustlanger region in Cloudheim. If you’re looking for more walkthroughs, check out the game’s main hub here.
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