Genshin Impact Spiritualist Hermit: Where to Find and How to Defeat the Boss

A spirit-talking hermit in Genshin impact - world boss in Natlan, who acts as a priestess from the Krio tribe. Unlike other residents of the settlement, she lives away from civilization in solitude and is engaged in self-improvement. The priestess is able to communicate with spirits, so she became the protector of Wyob and was forced to leave the tribe. After some time, she never returned back, but still agrees to accept students if they accept her conditions.

In this guide, we will tell you where to find the Spiritualist Hermit and how to defeat her, as well as which characters require materials that drop from the boss. The enemy has a mechanic for creating her own reflections, which must be taken into account for a successful battle.

How to get to the Spiritualist Hermit in Genshin Impact

The Spiritualist Hermit boss is located in Natlan, in the vicinity Tezcatepetonco Ridge. Start your way from the Archon Statue nearby and immediately turn left, following the path to the cliff, then jump off and glide.

Fly until you go around the rock on the left. Below, next to the painting on another rock, you will find a small underground passage, which is easy to spot due to the multi-colored lines.

Head towards it, descending, and enter the cave.

Run until you find a depression in the Shalak Valley that you can jump into.

While in flight, turn left to enter a side branch of the subway. Land and activate the teleporter to quickly return to this place. Then follow the path that will lead to the Spiritualist Hermit.

Who to take into the squad to fight the Spiritualist Hermit

The Hermit Priestess has the Cryo element, so she has increased resistance to this element, equal to 70%. When choosing heroes for a boss fight, it is recommended to refrain from using characters of this element, so as not to lose damage. This only applies to damage dealers, so Cryo supports can still be taken, for example, shielders or healers.

It is also worth paying attention to the fact that during the battle with the Spiritual Hermit, her reflections appear. To defeat them, it is recommended to take them into the team representatives of the Night Spirit Lords tribe or turn into ictomisaurus. Also, reflection shields penetrate most well. Pyro characters.

Character selection

In the following points we will list the most suitable characters for killing the Spiritualist Hermit. For convenience, they are divided by roles in the team.

Main dd

The hero should not have Cryo element to deal most of the damage, because the enemy has too much resistance to it:

1	2	3	4	5
Arlekino (Pyro, spear)	Hu Tao (Pyro, spear)	Lyney (Piro, onion)	Yoimiya (Piro, onion)	Klee (Pyro, catalyst)
Neuvillette (Hydro, catalyst)	Mualani (Hydro, catalyst)	Ayato (Hydro, one-handed sword)	Tartaglia (Hydro, onion)	Clorinda (Electro, one-handed sword)
Cyno (Electro, spear)	Keqing (Electro, one-handed sword)	Kinich (Dendro, two-handed sword)	Al-Haytham (Dendro, one-handed sword)	Tignari (Dendro, onion)
Chaska (Anemo, onion)	Wanderer (Anemo, catalyst)	Xiao (Anemo, spear)	Navia (Geo, two-handed sword)	Mavuika (Pyro, two-handed sword)

Sub dd

Support characters should also be of the elements that can destroy reflection shields. Heroes from the Lords of the Night Wind are also suitable.

1	2	3	4	5
Tiori (Geo, one-handed sword)	Xiangling (Pyro, spear)	Dehya (Pyro, two-handed sword)	Furina (Hydro, one-handed sword)	Ye Lan (Hydro, onion)
Xingqiu (Hydro, one-handed sword)	Ororon (Electro, bow)	Raiden (Electro, spear)	Yae Miko (Electro, catalyst)	Fischl (Electro, onion)
Nahida (Dendro, catalyst)	Emilia (Dendro, spear)	Kazuha (Anemo, one-handed sword)	Sucrose (Anemo, catalyst)	Albedo (Geo, one-handed sword)

Sapports

Support characters for distributing buffs, shields and healing:

Top Teams

Here are some example commands to defeat the Spiritualist Hermit:

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Arlekino	Chevreuse	Fischl Ororon	Thoma	Overload team with Harlequin. Chevreuse is needed to reduce enemy resistances and team buffs. Toma protects and buffs with C6. Any available character can be taken for the Electro sub-dd position.
Hu Tao Yoimiya	Ye Lan Xingqiu	Albedo	Zhongli	A group with a Pyro main-dd and Geo Resonance, which will help protect against the boss's attacks. The Pyro damager will quickly destroy the boss's reflections in order to then deal a lot of damage with Steam to his weakened state.
Lyney Klee	Xiangling Dehya Mavuika	Bennett	Kazuha Shilonen	Mono-Pyro squad aimed at quickly weakening the Hermit. For the last slot, you can take an Anemo character for inflation or Shilonen, which will additionally help, provided that the sub-dd is Mavuika.
Mavuika	Furina	Shilonen	Citlali	An expensive group with the main damage dealer Mavuika, where everyone works for her. Furina buffs and gives status for reactions. Shilonen and Sitlali charge her ult. In addition, the first support reduces all resistances, and the second, in addition to shields, additionally reduces resistance to Pyro.
Neuvillette	Fischl Raiden Ororon	Dione Laila Citlali	Shilonen	There are no Pyro elements in the squad, but Nevillet will be able to quickly destroy the boss with his high damage. To delay reflections, you can take Ororon as a sub-DD or Sitlali as a support. Shilonen in this team will reduce resistances to three elements at once.
Mualani	Mavuika	Shilonen	Nahida Emilia	An expensive squad with Mualani hitting hard on the Burn from Mavuika and the character's Dendro. Shilonen gives buffs and charges the Pyro Archon's ult.
Ayato Tartaglia	Xiangling	Bennett	Sucrose	Standard team with Hydro main-dd from Steam reaction. Xiangling activates the ult under Bennett, which is then attacked by the damage dealer. Sucrose does blow-ups and buffs elemental mastery.
Clorinda Cyno Keqing	Nahida	Bai Zhu Yao Yao	Ororon	A group from Stimulation, in which the Electro damager deals damage. Nahida puts marks on enemies and additionally attacks with their help. Ororon is needed to slow down the boss's reflections.
Kinich	Xiangling Dehya Mavuika	Bennett	Emilia	Team up via Burning for Kinich. Pyro sub-dd will help to additionally destroy copies of the boss under the buff from Bennett. Emilia triggers Burning and deals additional damage.
Al-Haytham Tignari	Ye Lan Xingqiu Furina	Cookies	Yae Miko Ororon Fischl	Another team with Dendro characters, but unlike the previous ones, with the ability to summon Vegetation with the help of a Hydro character. Cookie heals the team and explodes buds along with other sub-DDs.
Chaska Navia	Furina	Bennett Citlali	Xiangling	A squad with Chaska or Navia. Sub-DD Furina and Xiangling attack from the pocket and together with the support either paint Chaska's bullets or give Crystals for Navia.
Wanderer	Ye Lan Xingqiu Furina	Sijwin	Fischl Yae Miko Ororon	A team for the Wanderer with Hydro and Electro pocket damage dealers. Sidgwin heals the group and enhances the pocket abilities of the sub-DD.
Xiao	Faruzan	Xian Yun	Zhongli Bennett	The squad is all Anemo damage with Xiao, who is buffed by Faruzan or Xian Yun. The last slot can be Zhongli for shields or Bennett for buffs and healing.

Budget detachments

Free character squads for completing the Hermit Priestess boss:

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Ember	Xiangling	Barbara	Noelle	A squad with Pyro Resonance and main DD Ember from charged attacks. Xiangling deals damage from the pocket, and Barbara gives healing and Hydro status. Noelle puts up shields and additionally helps with damage.
Lisa	Xiangling	Barbara	Keia	The group through various reactions from the pocket with the driver-Lisa, who should also activate skills as they cool down. Barbara heals the squad, and Xiangling and Kaeya use ults.

Boss attacks and abilities

In combat, the Spiritualist Hermit uses a paintbrush to fire paint attacks that deal both single-target and area-of-effect damage.

Sphere

Creates a sphere of Cryo paint that it spins around itself and then launches at the character.

Colourful explosion

Concentrates Cryo into one point, then creates a space that explodes in a vertical area.

Kick in front of you

Swings his hand and strikes in a fan-shaped manner at an area in front of him.

Shining reflections

When the boss's health drops below 70%, he creates four Radiant Reflections, each covered in a Cryo Shield. Destroying each Reflection reveals the boss for 4 seconds. If all copies are killed, the Hermit Priestess will be weakened for a period of time and all of his resistances will be reduced by 40%.

How to Defeat the Spiritualist Hermit in Genshin Impact

To successfully defeat the boss, it is recommended to fulfill some conditions that will help make the battle easier.

Before the fight, use potions and food with buffs

To make battles easier, it is better to use potion buffs that will increase the damage of the characters. They can be crafted at any alchemy table with a small amount of materials. When choosing a potion, you should rely on the heroes of which elements are present in the squad. For example, if the team consists of Pyro and Electro characters, then it is worth getting Pyro and Electro potions. Please note that you cannot strengthen the heroes playing from physical. damage.

Potion	Effect	Crafting recipe
flame oil	Increases the Pyro damage of all party members by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 fiery flower (stamen) + 100 pestilence.
whirlpool oil	Increases the Hydro damage of all party members by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 lotus cup + 100 mora.
frosty butter	Increases cryo damage of all party members by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 misty flower (corolla) + 100 pestilence.
storm oil	Increases Anemo damage of all party members by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 serving of dandelion seeds + 100 mora.
thunder oil	Increases the Electro damage of all party members by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 electro crystal + 100 pestilence.
Essence of Stillness	Increases the Geo damage of all party members by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 frog + 1 cor lapis + 100 mora.
forest oil	Increases Dendro's damage for all party members by 25% for 300 seconds.	1 lizard tail + 1 dusk rose + 100 mora.

A very important source of the buff is food - unlike potions, it can enhance not only elemental damage, but also other characteristics, such as attack, crit chance. hits, healing, etc. Choose food, focusing on what the problems are: damage or defense of the squad.
The table shows the most beneficial dishes for the buff. There are many recipes in the game to strengthen the characters, you can cook any other option depending on your resources.

Food	Effect	Crafting recipe
Delicious "Temptation of the Adept"	Increases the attack power of all party members by 372. and crit chance. hit by 12% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 ham + 3 crab + 3 shrimp meat + 3 matsutake.
Delicious meat platter	Increases physical damage to all party members by 40% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	1 ham + 1 bacon + 1 sausage + 1 mint.
Delicious soup "Three tastes"	Increases the shield strength of all party members by 30% for 300 seconds. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	2 hams + 2 poultry + 1 bamboo shoot + 1 mushroom.
delicious lotus biscuits	Increases the Defense of all party members by 235. within 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 almonds + 2 flour + 2 oils + 1 sugar.
Delicious aromatic puree	Increases the attack power of all party members by 228. within 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	6 potatoes + 4 sour cream + 3 peppers (seasoning).
Delicious unagi chazuke	Increases the healing bonus of all party members by 20% for 300 seconds. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	4 eels + 3 rice + 3 seaweed + 1 salt.
Delicious "Grow Mountain"	Increases crit chance. hit all party members by 20% for 300 sec. In co-op mode, this effect only applies to your character.	3 raw meat + 3 potatoes + 1 fireweed + 1 cheese.

Recruit characters from the Lords of the Night Wind into your party

To speed up the weakening of the boss and the destruction of the Radiant Reflections, use the abilities of heroes from the Nightwind Lords tribe, for example, Ororona or CitlaliTo do this, it is enough to scan the enemies with a charged attack.

Avoid area attacks

The boss has many area attacks that can quickly drain HP from characters. Dodge or take a support hero to your team.

Don't put Hydro status on a character

Some heroes, for example, Barbara or Kokomi, hang the Hydro status on the active hero with skills. Since the enemy attacks with Cryo, the character can accidentally be frozen, which will most likely be fatal.

Hit Pyro on the Shining Reflections

Make active use of Pyro characters with frequent elemental attacks to destroy the boss's reflections as quickly as possible.

Spiritualist Hermit Achievements

There is only one achievement for the Spiritualist Hermit boss.

Fortunately, I am superior to you.

Condition: In a single trial, destroy 8 Radiant Reflections created by the Spiritualist Hermit.

Let the boss cast this attack twice, each time destroying all four reflections. After they are destroyed, the enemy's resistances are weakened, so be careful not to finish her off the first time, so that she can repeat her attack. Note that finishing off the boss is not necessary, the achievement is unlocked immediately after completing it in battle.

Rewards for defeating the Spiritualist Hermit

Interact with the Artery Flower for 40 Resin to open it and get the boss rewards. The following resources are available from it:

• Adventure EXP ×200.
• Friendship experience и mora.
• Talisman of the Mysterious Land - Material for Exaltation Citlali и Mizuki.
• Shards, fragments, pieces and gems Jade Shivada - resources for upgrading Cryo characters.

Artifacts:

• 5-4⭐Gladiator’s Finale.
• 5-4⭐Itinerant ensemble.
• 4-3⭐Exile.
• 4-3⭐Berserk.
• 4-3⭐Ice Shaman (crown of the mind).

We hope this guide helped you get to the Spiritualist Hermit in Genshin Impact and defeat her. comments ask questions if something remains unclear. Read various game guides, and also read a special article where we have collected World and weekly opponents in Genshin Impact.