Genshin Impact Starlight Coalescence locations

After completing Mona’s story domain in Genshin Impact, Minacious Isle will fill up with Starlight Coalescences, star-shaped collectables that give you access to chests. These stars can be tricky to find, and some are even locked behind puzzles.

Our Starlight Coalescence guide will list all the Starlight Coalescence locations and provide guidance through any of the related puzzles on Minacious Isle.

There are 18 Starlight Coalescences in the game, but only eight of them end up being used. As of writing this, we don’t know what the extras are for.

Once you have eight, you can head to this monument at the top of the ruins and insert them to get several Luxurious Chests. Putting in three will create a bridge to the top of the floating parts of the relic, but putting in eight will allow you to open the chest behind the monument.

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Many of the Starlight Coalescence locations below tie into the world quest “Thus Was the Work Done in Vain.”

Two Starlight Coalescences in the ruins puzzle

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Two of the Starlight Coalescences can be found in the ruins where you use the Sea Salt-Crusted Key.

Once you climb up the gate, climb up the ledge higher to see a floating Starlight Coalescence.

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Follow it and it’ll float on top of a vase. Quickly head down the stairs to see the other star. Once again, follow it and it will end up on top of the other vase.

Once both are on top of the vase, you’ll be able to open the Common Chest behind it, and pick up the two Starlight Coalescences.

One Starlight Coalescence on the ruins’ constellation mural

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One Starlight Coalescence can be grabbed off the constellation mural on the wall in the lower ruins. Follow it and pick it up once it stops moving.

One Starlight Coalescence under the ruined bridge

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Another Starlight Coalescence is under a broken bridge. Head all the way up to the top of the ruins and glide down the west side. There is an invisible platform under the star that you can stand on.

One Starlight Coalescence floating above the water

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This Starlight Coalescence is floating in the air towards the bottom of the ruins. Climb up the ruins and glide down to grab it.

One Starlight Coalescence as a reward for a Star Guide puzzle

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At the very top of the ruins, there’s a Star Guide puzzle. Set it up like so in order to get a Starlight Coalescence from a chest:

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Once you open the chest, the Starlight Coalescence will pop out and fly to the top, where it’ll stop and you can grab it.

One Starlight Coalescence floating above the eastern cliff

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This one is literally just floating above the cliff in the east. Jump off the top of the ruins to grab it.

Three Starlight Coalescences by an elemental pillar puzzle

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Inside the bottom part of the ruins, there are four elemental pillars. Hit them in the following order to force a portal to spawn in the center: Pyro, Anemo, Cryo, Hydro. Head into the portal to be taken to a Luxurious Chest with three Starlight Coalescences by it.

If you’re having a hard time finding the Pyro or Hydro pillar, hit the clover pinwheel with an Anemo skill, at which point a gust will form, allowing you to glide up to the two elemental pillars.

From this spot, you’ll be able to grab the next two Starlight Coalescences easily ...

One Starlight Coalescence on the high pillar

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If you float down from the above platform, you can easily grab this Starlight Coalescence (and the Luxurious Chest next to it). If not, you’ll need to feed three Starlight Coalescences to the machine by Mona at the top of the ruins to create a bridge (as mentioned in the beginning of this guide).

One Starlight Coalescence on top of a broken floating archway

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Yet again, if you glide down from the above platform, you can grab this Starlight Coalescence very easily. You can also use the bridge to get here.

One Starlight Coalescence on the very bottom by some monsters

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This one is just hanging out all the way on the ground, surrounded by some Hilichurls and slime. Take them out and then pick up the star.

One Starlight Coalescence in a tiny Hilichurl cave

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This tiny cave near the ground has a few Hilichurls inside and a Starlight Coalescence.

One Starlight Coalescence after a cliff puzzle

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Note that this Coalescence is on the version of the island without the ruins.

Interact with the star on the cliff wall and follow the Starlight Coalescence through the portal and around the island until it stops. It’ll stop around some Pyro torches, so just pick it up once the chase is over.

One Starlight Coalescence behind some breakable boulders

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Note that this Coalescence is also on the version of the island without the ruins.

Break the rock against the cliff and a Starlight Coalescence will pop out. Follow it up the cliff and pick it up.

One Starlight Coalescence on a rocky ledge

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Note that, again, this Coalescence is on the version of the island without the ruins.

This Starlight Coalescence is just chilling on the ledge of the eastern cliff.

One Starlight Coalescence on a ledge inside the mountain

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Note that, again, this Coalescence is on the version of the island without the ruins.

This Starlight Coalescence is just outside the mountain, on a ledge that curves into the mountain. Float down from above the grab it.