SUIMING RESEARCH LABS: CORRECT DOOR & PATH

Two steps in Bell of Recollection, the Suiming side mission from the Echoing Bell of an Old City event, stop more players than the rest of the quest put together: finding the correct door to ascend the Research Labs, and then finding a path within the Research Labs once you are up there.

Both are on the Kan of Water leg of the mission, after you have recovered the Xun and Qian parts. This guide covers only those two steps, with a screenshot for every move. If you want the bigger picture of how the city, the tides and the Waking Bell reset fit together, read our Suiming time loop explainer first.

TL;DR - Key Points

• The correct door shows two white, one red, and three green boxes. Enter it and zip up the rope.
• The hint is in the first Kaleidograph area of the Records Hall. You probably walked past it during the Xun of Gale step.
• Missed it? Step through any wrong door in the Labs. The same hint is on the floor inside.
• Maze switch order: first switch, next switch, turn right, ignore the two switches there, turn right again and press that switch, then the last switch opens the exit.
• The chest can block your way out. Remember which switch you pressed to reach it.

How to Find the Correct Door to Ascend the Research Labs

Follow the quest marker to the Labs. You arrive in a room full of doors, each with a coloured block pattern above it. Only one leads up to the Research Labs, where the next replacement part is waiting.

Step 1: Find the hint in the first Kaleidograph area

The answer was shown to you earlier. Back in the Records Hall, in the area of the first Kaleidograph, a row of white, red and green blocks is laid out on the floor. That row is the door code.

The block row near the first Kaleidograph is the door code.

Step 2: Or check behind any wrong door

If you did not notice the blocks the first time, you do not need to go back to the Records Hall. Enter any door in the room and the same hint is on the ground inside.

Any wrong door has the same hint on its floor.

Step 3: Enter the matching door and zip up the rope

Find the door whose symbol shows two white boxes, one red box, and three green boxes. Go through it and zip up the rope to reach the Research Labs.

Two white, one red, three green.

Find a Path within the Research Labs

At the top of the rope is a block maze. Switches move the walls around, so every press opens some routes and closes others. Most of the switches are decoys. Here is the order that gets you through.

The Research Labs maze: switches shift the blocks.

Step 1: Press the first switch

Head straight to the first switch you see and press it. Take whichever path opens. They all lead to the same next switch, so this choice does not matter.

Step 1: the first switch in front of you.

Step 2: Press the next switch, then turn right

Press the next available switch, then turn right. You will walk past two switches. Ignore both. Pressing them sends you the wrong way, and this is where most people get lost.

Step 2: turn right and leave these two switches alone.

Step 3: Turn right again and press that switch

Once you are past the two switches, turn right again and press the switch in that section.

Step 3: the switch past the two decoys.

Step 4: Follow the path to the last switch

Follow the path that opens to the last switch and press it. This opens the way out of the maze.

Step 4: the last switch opens the exit.

About the chest

There is a chest inside the maze, and going for it can block your way out. The route to the chest cuts you off from the exit. If you want the chest, remember which switch you pressed to reach it, grab it, then backtrack from that switch and continue from the step you left off.

What Comes Next

Getting out of the Research Labs brings you to the Kan replacement part. The last part, Zhen, needs you to kick any six Originium Slugs into a pit. Then return to the Waking Bell, fit all four parts, and talk to Yu Shigui to wrap up Bell of Recollection.

This quest runs during Echoing Bell of an Old City, part of Version 1.5 Phase 2. For everything else in the patch, see our Dreamscape of Wind and Snow update overview, and for what is still coming this version, the 1.5 version calendar.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which door is the correct door in Bell of Recollection? The door whose symbol shows two white boxes, one red box, and three green boxes. Enter it and zip up the rope to reach the Research Labs.

Where is the hint for the correct door in Suiming? In the area of the first Kaleidograph in the Records Hall, where the white, red, and green blocks are laid out on the floor. If you missed it, walk through any wrong door in the Labs and the same hint is on the ground inside.

How do I find a path within the Research Labs? Press the first switch you see, then the next switch, then turn right. Walk past the two switches you find there without pressing them, turn right again and press the switch in that area, then follow the path to the last switch, which opens the exit.

Can the chest in the Research Labs maze trap me? It can block your way out. Opening the route to it cuts you off from the exit, so remember which switch you pressed to reach it and backtrack from there.

What replacement part is in the Research Labs? The Kan part. This stretch of the mission is labelled Bell of Recollection: Kan of Water in the quest tracker.

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