Genshin Impact ‘A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird’ Guide: How to unlock and complete the world quest

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Genshin Impact - A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird Guide

Last Updated on: 21st September 2022, 10:38 pm

A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird is one of the world quests that you can complete to increase your Reputation Level in Sumeru. However, there are things that you need to do first in order to unlock and complete this quest.

If you’re wondering how you can start A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird, how you can complete it, and what rewards are in store for you, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll tell you everything that you need to know about this world quest.

While you’re here, you might also want to check out how you can unlock and complete another Sumeru Quest called The Price to further increase your reputation.

How to unlock and complete ‘A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird’ in Genshin Impact

In order to unlock and complete A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird in Genshin Impact, follow the steps below:

STEP 1: To trigger A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird, head to the southwest area of Sumeru, in between Caravan Ribat and Ruin of Dahri. Here, you should hunt the Shroomboars in the area. Check out the map below for your reference.

Genshin Impact - A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird - Hunt Shroomboar - Map location
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Genshin Impact - A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird - Hunt Shroomboar- Chongyun
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STEP 2: Talk to the Forest Ranger who sees you hunting the Shroomboars. His name is Shekfet. He will buy the animal meat and tell you that he’s conducting some research on wild animals. He will also tell you that he’s going to study about Dusk Birds next.

STEP 3: Hunt Dusk Birds in the south of Apam Woods using a bow character. This area will be marked on your location, and the bird has orange and blue feathers. However, take note that you can hunt this bird only when it’s sunny as they fly away when it rains.

By default, the weather in the area is “rainy.” To change this to “sunny,” you must interact with the Varuna Contraption. To unlock this contraption, you must have already completed the Varuna Gatha quests. you can find the contraption in the same underground area as The Coordinates of Sun and Rain domain.

Genshin Impact - A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird - Varuna Contraption - Sunny - Chongyun
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STEP 4: Defeat the Eremites as they will spawn once you successfully hunt a Dusk Bird. Here, you’ll have to fight Eremite Crossbow x2 and Eremite Ravenbeak Halberdier x1.

STEP 5: Talk to Shekfet. He will buy the bird’s feather but will tell you that its quality “isn’t very good.” He will add that he’s going to gather more feathers, sharing that there’s another colony of Dusk Birds in the northern part of Apam Woods.

STEP 6: Hunt Dusk Birds in the north of Apam Woods using a bow character. Here, you will be confronted by the Eremites again. However, they will tell you that they’re from The Corps of Thirty, the military and peace-keeping force of Sumeru, and that it’s actually their task to protect the bird’s colony from poachers.

Genshin Impact - A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird - Hunt Dusk Bird - Diona
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It turns out that Shekfet is only disguising himself as a Forest Ranger and sells items from rare animals to the Treasure Hoarders. So, the Eremites will ask you to help them with their plan to capture Shekfet.

STEP 7: According to the plan, you must hunt Dusk Birds on the mountains east of Apam Woods. This area will be marked on your map. Here, you will find Shekfet and confront him. However, he will have some backup from the Treasure Hoarders, and you will have to fight waves of them.

Genshin Impact - A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird - Shekfet Confrontation
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First Wave– Pyro Potioneer x1
– Hydro Potioneer x1
– Crusher x1
– Seaman x2
Second Wave– Marksman x4
Third Wave– Crusher x1
– Seaman x1
– Handyman x1

After defeating the Treasure Hoarders, you will be discussing the matter, and A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird will end.

Rewards for ‘A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird’

Below are the rewards for A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird:

  • Primogem x30
  • Hero’s Wit x3
  • Adventure EXP x 250
  • Mora x30,000

Moreover, if you go to Effendi in Sumeru City, you can claim Sumeru Reputation Points x 20.

Genshin Impact is an action role-playing game developed by miHoyo, also known as HoYoverse. The game is available for PC, PS4, PS5, iOS, and Android, while a release on Nintendo Switch is currently in the works.