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Where to find the Aranyaka Mysterious Clipboard buried chests in Genshin Impact

Dig up 15 chests left behind by Aranara to complete a world quest and score some extra loot

By Julia Lee Updated
A Mysterious Clipboard with many photos of Aranara in different places with treasure chests Image: Hoyoverse via Polygon
Julia Lee (she/her) is a guides producer, writing guides for games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Genshin Impact. She helped launch the Rift Herald in 2016.
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After starting and quickly completing the world quest “Static Views” in Genshin Impact, you’ll be entrusted with a Mysterious Clipboard within your Aranyaka quest item. You’ll need to find several buried chests around Sumeru to get a heap of treasure as well as complete “Static Views, Part 2.”

If you haven’t unlocked the Mysterious Clipboard yet, you can do so after completing “The World of Aranara” world quest at the mailbox below. After finding the first 10 chests, you can revisit the mailbox once per real-world day to get new hints to find five more optional chests.

Zhongli stands in front of a mailbox in a whimsical area with a purple glow Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

We recommend completely finishing all of the “Aranyaka” world quest before digging these up, as many of them will be in areas locked by this quest progression.

Below we list out all the locations with map markers, but if you’re stuck, make sure to reference the Aranyaka quest item to look at the drawing hints included, too.

Update (Jan. 19, 2023): We’ve added information for chests #11-15, which includes the two new chests that were part of the patch 3.4 update.

Aranyaka buried chest #10

Zhongli stands in front of a very dark cave entrance that eventually leads into a lush green area Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

We’re actually going to start with treasure #10, because it’s not technically in Sumeru, and you may already have it if you were going hard in The Chasm. It’s in this lush cavern in The Chasm, which we marked the entrance to above. You will need this chest to complete the quest, so we recommend getting it out of the way first.

Aranyaka buried chest #1

Yoimiya stands in front of a dark Statue of the Seven with a chest in front of it Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

The version of Vanarana you need to be in is the version without the Aranara. You can swap which version of Vanarana you’re in by playing the harp at the small statue around the corner from the Statue of the Seven. (You will have done this at least once before to even have this quest.)

Aranyaka buried chest #2

Zhongli stands in front of a green and blue glowing orb with bark growing around it, though there’s a chest clipping through the weird glowing thing Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

This chest, for some reason, clipped through the weather-changing mechanism for us.

Aranyaka buried chest #3

Zhongli stands in front of a Common Chest in a hollowed out tree Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

This chest is underground. Teleporting to the Teleport Waypoint right above the star on the map will take you almost directly to it.

Aranyaka buried chest #4

Yoimiya stands in front of a Common Chest next to a small stump being used as a table and a stool Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

Aranyaka buried chest #5

Zhongli stands under a large tree in front of a Common Chest and a purple mushroom Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

This chest is underground under the large rooted tree. You entered this cave previously to complete the “Starry Night Chapter” world quest.

Aranyaka buried chest #6

Yoimiya stands in front of a Common Chest while standing in some shallow water in a large mushroom forest Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

Aranyaka buried chest #7

Zhongli stands in a cave by a huge gear, mushroom, and treasure chest Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

This chest is in a cavern you can enter by going southeast of Vimara Village. You entered this cave previously to do the “Vimana Agama” world quest.

Aranyaka buried chest #8

Zhongli stands in front of a burning pile of sticks next to a Common Chest Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

This is another cavern you needed to enter in order to complete “Vimana Agama.” If you teleport to the Teleport Waypoint to the right of the star marked above, it should take you almost directly in front of where the chest is.

Aranyaka buried chest #9

Zhongli stands in front of a purple and pink flower with an opening in the walls Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

The last “chest” is here, but it’s not really a chest.

If you haven’t been here yet, you’ll need to enter from the path that goes into the cliffs southeast of the star on the above map. You’ll also need to clear away Withering in this cave.

If you’ve already done this, you can teleport straight to the Teleport Waypoint below the star to head here quickly.

Once you’re here, the seed from the #10 chest will start shaking, and you’ll need to play the directed song on the Vintage Lyre gadget. Once you do, you can enter the cave, a cutscene will play, and “Static Views, Part 2” will complete.

You’ll be in a room with tons of treasure chests, but sadly, you probably won’t be able to open most of them. In order to open every chest in this room, you’ll need to find and help every single Aranara in Sumeru. It’s a daunting task, but if you’re up to the challenge, we recommend using a map tracking tool like the Genshin Impact Interactive Map.

Starting at chest #11, these are no longer tied to a world quest (that we know of). You don’t need to grab these for anything specific, but you’ll get the usual rewards (some world exploration percentage and some other loot) for digging up the chests and opening them.

Aranyaka buried chest #11

Zhongli stands in front of a pile of sand that sparkles at the top Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

Use an Anemo ability on this sparkling pile of sand to unearth the chest.

Aranyaka buried chest #12

Zhongli stands in front of a pile of sand that has a faint sparkle at the top. A treasure chest corner is sticking out of the sand. Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

Again, use an Anemo ability to clear away the sand on top of this chest.

Aranyaka buried chest #13

A treasure chest is labeled on top of a pile of sand Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

One last time, use Anemo on this sand pile to get the chest. (We don’t know why this one got a marker and the above two didn’t.)

Aranyaka buried chest #14

Zhongli stands in front of an unburied chest in a cavern Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

Head into the temple at Safhe Shatranj and keep heading forward until you see a giant withered tree. The chest is buried at the base of this tree.

You can only enter this temple after getting to a certain point of “The Dirge of Bilqis” world quest line.

Aranyaka buried chest #15

Zhongli stands in front of an unburied chest in a green area under the desert sands. Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Hoyoverse

Teleport to the “City of the Deceased” domain and head left from the domain entrance. Interact with the glittering rock pile to drop down into a hole, and then take the four-leaf sigils to fly up towards the green treasure chest, following the path until you find another hole. Head down this hole and you should find the dig spot past the Hydro slimes.

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