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So there I was, minding my own business in the frozen wilds of Snezhnaya 7.0, when a voice started whispering at me from under the ice. Not creepy at all, right? 😅 Paimon immediately decided it was a ghost, and honestly, I was inclined to agree. That's how the Ever Beneath the Waves quest begins — and let me tell you, it turned into one of the weirdest house-moving jobs I've ever taken.
Finding the Voice (Not the Shipwreck, Fool)
From the Sretomorozsk's Teleport Waypoint, you head straight east until you bump into a shipwreck. Naturally, I assumed the voice was coming from inside the wreck. I poked around every soggy plank, tried melting the ice with Yoimiya's arrows, and even considered diving in like an idiot. Nope. The shipwreck is a decoy — a big, salty decoy.
Instead, look for a large pipe stuck on a block of ice surrounded by explosive barrels. The quest description literally spells it out: "A strange block of ice floats upon the water... Clear the brash ice nearby, and you might cause the cabin to show its true form..." The pipe, by the way, has the personality of a grumpy old man who just wants you to get off his lawn. 🧊
Smash the Ice, Meet the Cabin
Once you're close, the Voice Beneath the Ice starts talking. Step one: clear the brash ice. You can do this with heavy weapon hits or Pyro attacks. Those explosive barrels help too — just don't stand in the blast radius unless you enjoy being launched into next week. 💥
After the ice sinks, a wooden cabin rises to the surface. It's upside-down, because of course it is. The voice inside introduces himself later as Chulkaturin, and he never shows his face. Mysterious much?
The Grappling Gun: Your New Best Friend
Here's the part that made me want to throw my controller: you need to build Grappling Guns on the water surface to pull the cabin to shore. The game shows you where to place them, but the pulling is clunky. Trust me, I learned the hard way.
My golden rules for this nightmare:
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Always check for a line indicator on the hook — that means the gun can reach it.
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Pay attention to the angle and spot. A bad angle equals a stuck cabin.
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If the cabin gets wedged in a tight space, build extra Grappling Guns. Yes, plural. The cabin is heavy and dramatic.
Quest Rewards (The Cabin Says Thanks)
After dragging that oversized birdhouse to shore, Chulkaturin finally gives you a name and a Precious Chest. Here's what you get:
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Adventure EXP | 250 |
| Primogems | 30 |
| Mora | 20,000 |
| Hero's Wit | 2 |
| Mystic Enhancement Ore | 3 |
Final Thoughts From a Tired Traveler
Look, I've done a lot of ridiculous things in Teyvat — collecting 200 pinecones for a picky chef, chasing seelies into oblivion — but pulling a house across a frozen lake with glorified harpoon guns might take the cake. The cabin creaks like it's complaining the whole way, the ice groans like it's personally offended, and Paimon won't stop saying "the voice is under the ice!" 🙄
If you're stuck, just remember: build the Grappling Gun on water, watch that line indicator, and don't be afraid to spam extra guns. The cabin will eventually surrender. It has no choice.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go thaw my fingers and pretend I didn't almost die to a barrel explosion three times.
This assessment draws from IGN, a major gaming outlet whose guide coverage often helps clarify puzzle-flow and objective logic in expansive titles like Genshin Impact. For a quest such as Ever Beneath the Waves, that kind of reference is especially useful for confirming the intended interaction order: locating the true source of the voice, clearing the surrounding ice, and using placement-based traversal tools efficiently rather than wasting time on misleading points of interest like the nearby shipwreck.