The quick answer
Find Path of Water behind the waterfall northeast of Petalfall Crossing. Ring bells before using Meridian Touch on their seals, and use the dragon-spout console to flood or drain the connected rooms in the correct order.
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Bring the two puzzle tools
Equip Meridian Touch and carry Fire Arrows. The bell creates a temporary opportunity to unlock a seal; it does not permanently open the door by itself. The water console selects a wheel, while the separate lever activates the selected route.
First room: bell, seal and the hidden crawlspace
Pull the lever to expose the bell, shoot it, then use Meridian Touch on the glowing door seal before the effect expires. If it fades, repeat the sequence.
Before continuing, check the low opening left of the door for a side chest. The next chest is along the stairs leading toward the second room’s controls.
Flood the second room, then prepare to drain it
- Move the dragon spout fully right at the circular console.
- Pull the lever to raise the water.
- Move the spout one position left, without pulling the lever yet.
- Swim to the far platform and collect its chest.
- Shoot the bell, return to the lever and pull it to lower the water.
- Drop to the exposed seal and use Meridian Touch while it remains active.
Setting the spout before ringing the bell saves a menu interaction during the timed return. If you cannot use the seal while swimming, the problem is the water state: drain the room before attempting the final interaction.
Dive through and free the blocked wheel
Inside the opened side room, dive for the fourth chest and continue through the submerged tunnel. Climb the ladder. The fifth chest is on the ledge to its right; collect it and return upward.
Burn the vines covering the far waterwheel. Cross back toward the second room’s console using the upper route. These are connected chambers, not independent puzzles with separate water supplies.
Open the inter-room door before the final flood
Move the spout fully left and activate the lever to drain the far chamber. From the dividing wall, shoot the bell on the second-room side. Drop back into the drained third room and use Meridian Touch on the seal under the platform.
With that connecting door open, return to the console, move the spout fully right and pull the lever. Both chambers can now fill. Dive through the opened door, swim to the far end and climb to the final treasure.
Check a stalled water sequence
| Symptom | What to inspect |
|---|---|
| Far room will not drain | Vines removed from its wheel and spout fully left |
| Seal will not respond | Bell still active and character able to stand at the seal |
| Final swim route blocked | Lower connecting door opened before reflooding |
| Missing side chest | First crawlspace, far platform, underwater room or ladder ledge |