A Land Entombed

A Land Entombed is a World Quest that occurs in Dragonspine, Mondstadt.
==Steps==
Start the quest by picking up one of the Ancient Investigation Journals in Dragonspine, Mondstadt.
# Return to the base camp and ask the researchers for clues regarding the journal.
# If any parts have not been collected, obtain the following steps:
#* (If Part I is missing) Head for the "secret chamber" to search for journals
#* (If Part II is missing) Go to the "cellar in the southwestern ruins" to search for journals
#* (If Part III is missing) Head to "South Base Camp" to search for journals
#* If all three parts were collected before completing Step 1, the quest directly goes to Step 3.
# Give the gathered journals to Stevens
==Gameplay Notes==
* Completing this quest grants the .
* The Ragged Records are related to this quest but are not required for the quest itself.
* There is no change in dialogue if the player collects all three parts before completing step 1.
===Journal Locations===
* Ancient Investigation Journal: Part I — Found in the Exquisite Chest near the Entombed City - Ancient Palace cave door. (On the World Map, it is located in the area below the word "City.")
* Ancient Investigation Journal: Part II — Found in the Exquisite Chest beneath the ice lake puzzle left of Starglow Cavern.
** This involves completing two puzzles involving Warming Seelie. Completing the second puzzle activates the nearby Ruin Grader. After defeating the Ruin Grader, the gate to three chests will open up.
* Ancient Investigation Journal: Part III — Found on a shelf in Starglow Cavern. (On the World Map, it is located in the area by the "ar" in "Starglow.")
** From the Teleport Waypoint west of Starglow Cavern, head down, go straight, then make a right at the fork. Use Scarlet Quartz to destroy the Ancient Rime, then pass through the narrow opening to reach a chamber with bookcases. Only short or medium-height characters can pass through the opening.
==Dialogue==
;(After picking up an Ancient Investigation Journal)
:Paimon: What's this?
:Paimon: Seems like some sort of records left behind by someone who once investigated the area.
:Paimon: , Paimon bets these will be of great value— Um, historical value to someone. Let's go ask around.
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;(Talk to Stevens)
: I found this.
:Stevens: Huh? Up on the mountain? Let me take a look...
:Stevens: Wow, what a find! This is a priceless treasure.
: Treasure...?
:Paimon: Treasure!?
:Stevens: ...A treasure trove of knowledge for the history enthusiast, I mean.
:Stevens: Once, on a research trip, I read some ancient historical annals.
:Stevens: I remember one of them, from before the time of the Knights of Favonius, talked about a team sent by the aristocrats to investigate the mountain.
:Stevens: For some reason, though, the annals provide next to no details about what the investigation team found...
:Stevens: If this is one of the journals kept by that investigation team, it will serve as an immensely valuable historical source for researchers.
:Stevens: Would you be willing to go back into the mountains and see if you can find any more of them?
: Leave it to me!
::Stevens: Really? Thank you ever so much!
: Depends if there's treasure...
::Stevens: Haha, in terms of material wealth... I can't guarantee there will be.
::Stevens: But for helping me, I will make sure to provide you with compensation of a suitably material nature. A reward for your great contribution to academic research.
:Stevens: Based on what I'm reading here... The team investigated three sites in total.
:Stevens: One of them was where you found this — so that leaves two more.
:Stevens: Let me see... here, and... here. I've marked them out on your map.
:Stevens: Thank you for agreeing to this, and please be careful out there!
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;(Reach the "secret chamber")
:Paimon: This is one of the places mentioned by Stevens too.
:Paimon: Wow... This door's huge! Do you think the journal is somewhere around here?
:Paimon: Let's look around.
;(Obtain from the Exquisite Chest at the "secret chamber")
:Paimon: This should be the journal we're looking for. Why is it here... Never mind, let's take a look!
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;(Reach the first Seelie puzzle at the "cellar in the southwestern ruins")
:Paimon: This is one of the places mentioned by Stevens too.
:Paimon: But this looks like a swimming pool... There's no cellar in sight...
:Paimon: Uh... Unless that cellar is under the ice.
;(If the player fails to solve the first Seelie puzzle at the "cellar in the southwestern ruins" twice)
:Paimon: Um... These mechanisms shut down on their own.
:Paimon: It seems that we should focus on these two Seelie's ...
;(If the player fails to solve the second Seelie puzzle at the "cellar in the southwestern ruins" twice)
:Paimon: Yikes, it's even more complicated than back up there.
:Paimon: Ugh... Paimon really wants to give these Seelie an ugly nickname!
:;(If the player fails to solve the second Seelie puzzle four times)
::Paimon: How are we supposed to activate all these mechanisms at once? Hmm...
::Paimon: Feels like we're going in circles — just like these Seelie...
::;(If the player fails to solve the second Seelie puzzle seven times, and every four times afterwards)
:::Paimon: What if we made them all ...
:::Paimon: That's right! That must be it! , make them !
;(Solve the second Seelie puzzle and awaken the Ruin Grader)
:Paimon: Whoa, be careful!
;(Obtain from the Exquisite Chest in the "cellar in the southwestern ruins")
:Paimon: This should be the journal we're looking for. What's written inside? Paimon's curious!
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;(After obtaining Ancient Investigation Journal: Part III from the Exquisite Chest in the "South Base Camp")
:Paimon: This should be the journal we're looking for. No time to waste, open it!
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;(Return to Stevens after obtaining all three journals)
: About those journals...
:Stevens: You found the rest of them? Amazing! Here, let me take a look...
:Stevens: Hmm... Wow, my goodness... Wait, if this detail is correct...
: What have you found out?
:Stevens: Oh, uh... Sorry, I was lost in thought. Ahem.
:Stevens: Thank you, these investigation journals are of rather significant historical value. There is a serious dearth of detail on this topic in the existing literature, as all the available sources only make passing reference to some mysterious investigation team formed once by the aristocrats...
:Stevens: These journals you found will help fill in some major gaps in the historical record.
:Stevens: Now, we finally have answers to the questions of why so little information on the investigation appears elsewhere — and why nothing of relevance beyond the initial departure of the team is recorded in the annals.
: I think I understand what happened, too.
:Stevens: Yes, well... Although there are still a fair few minor details to straighten out, the overal picture is becoming very clear.
:Paimon: ...Paimon doesn't get it!
:Stevens: Well, all the evidence — or lack thereof — would suggest that not one member of the investigation returned to Mondstadt. But, these journals suggest there's a chance that one of them, called Eberhart, may have managed to escape...
:Stevens: Since there is no record of his return in Mondstadt, however... The million-Mora question is: Where did he go?
:Stevens: Many other details need corroborating, too...
:Stevens: But without a doubt, this doesn't detract from how valuable these are as historical sources.
:Stevens: I am most grateful to you. Please take this for your trouble.
:Stevens: Any other books you find while out exploring the mountains, I'd be much obliged if you could bring them to me on your return.
:Stevens: Eberhart... Where did you go...
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==Change History==
es:Un reino bajo la nieve
fr:Royaume sous les neiges