Atop the Floating Snow
Last updated 2026-08-23
Atop the Floating Snow is a World Quest in Rankova Zorya, Snezhnaya.
Steps
- Go to Rankova Zorya
Dialogue
Quest DescriptionOdette arrives at Rankova Zorya...
- (Approach the stage in Rankova Zorya)
- Odette: ...
- Rytova: Unggh...
- Rytova: H—How much longer...
- Odette: Three.
- Rytova: You were at four a second ago! Why are we back down to three!?
- Odette: Four.
- Rytova: What!?
- Rytova: I—I can't do this anymore...
So you're counting up.- Strange choice of location for dance practice...
- Rytova: Ow, ow, ow... I bumped my knee...
- Odette: I noticed her dancing in the snowfield outside of town. She was clearly struggling, and I happened to be free, so I came to give her some guidance.
- Rytova: Miss Odette is right, I really don't dance very well... At this rate, passing the troupe's audition is looking like just a pipe dream...
- Odette: Yes. It'll be very difficult.
- Rytova: B—But I'll practice hard! I'm gonna practice every step until I know them all by heart!
- Odette: ...
- Paimon: Don't leave her hanging, Odette! Aren't you gonna say something encouraging?
- Odette: Every dancer who auditions for the troupe tells themselves the same thing. They all rehearse, they all memorize the movements. But not everyone makes it to the stage.
- Odette: Not because they didn't work hard. But because someone else is the better dancer.
- Odette: And if someone has never danced onstage, nobody wants to hear about all her hard work behind the scenes. That's the cruel reality.
- Odette: Their pasts will be buried under the snow, forgotten by everyone except themselves.
- Rytova: ...Is that what happened to you?
- Odette: Once. But I don't like talking about the past. It's pointless.
- Rytova: Still... you made it in the end, right? The snow couldn't keep you buried forever.
- Odette: Any seed that survives the harsh winter will sprout eventually. By that point, it has lived long and its roots run deep.
- Rytova: Um... Then, can you please guide me through the winter? I'll never say the word "can't" again, even if you're counting to ten!
- Odette: Promise?
- Rytova: I promise! Thanks, teacher!
- Odette: I'm not a teacher.
- Rytova: ...Thanks, prima ballerina!
- Odette: ...Only Vodyanitsa likes being called "prima."
- Rytova: Alright — just "Odette," then! Either way, you're the best teacher or prima ballerina or mentor or whatever I could hope for...
- Paimon: Sh—She's coming on kinda strong, huh... Odette's looking away...
- Too much to handle?
- Dealing with fans isn't your strong suit, huh?
- Odette: ...I was looking at the Domovoy.
- Paimon: Pff... Yeah right, like anyone's gonna buy that excuse—
- Paimon: Oh wait, there really ARE Domovoy!
- Rytova: Oh, those are my friends. When I used to practice by myself, they sometimes came by to cheer me on.
- Rytova: One time, when I had a bad fall, they even dressed my wound for me.
- Rytova: We made a deal that once I join the troupe, I'll teach them how to dance... But it looks like I still have a long road ahead of me...
- Odette: You can start teaching them now.
- Rytova: What? But I haven't even mastered the moves myself yet...
- Odette: You can stick with the basics. Teaching others is a good way to consolidate your own learning. Just teach them the most foundational dance steps...
- Odette: The key is repetition. Keep doing the steps over and over again until your body knows them without you having to think about it.
- Paimon: Ah, Paimon gets it! That's what you meant by roots that run deep, right?
- Odette: That is correct.
- Rytova: ...Cool! Got it. Thanks, Odette!
- Odette: I'll say this upfront. This will be a long journey, like trudging through a vast snowfield.
- Rytova: I know, but I have to try to—
- Odette: Every traveler believes they can conquer the winter up until the point when they freeze to death on the tundra.
- Rytova: Um...
- Odette: So, always keep your eyes on the goal.
- Odette: Go on, practice. You don't have much time left.
- (A tutorial appears)
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The lead dancer will demonstrate moves first. Travelers must memorize these moves and instruct dancers to replicate them at a later point in the music.
Make sure to pay attention to the spotlight and drumbeats. After hearing two drumbeats while in the spotlight, you must perform the same moves as the lead dancer showed you in the previous round.
As the music flows, the atmosphere builds, and Fever Time is just around the corner!
During Fever Time, follow the lead dancer to land exactly on the beat.
- (Complete the dance course)
- Paimon: Uhh...Rytova's supposed to be teaching them, but she's been dancing the entire time too...
- Every time she teaches something...
- She has to demonstrate it at least once.
- Odette: ...You're spending too much time resting and not enough dancing.
- Paimon: You're so strict, Odette... it's kinda intimidating...
- Odette: Really? I thought I was being a little too soft.
- Odette: Rytova has potential. But for a dancer, talent without opportunity can prove an insurmountable curse.
- With your guidance...
- I believe Rytova can do it.
- Odette: I hope so too.
- Odette: ...But I suspect that if she ever does make it to the stage...
- Odette: ...She might come to miss the days she spent dancing with the fae in the snowfields.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Atop the Floating Snow | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 浮雪之上 Fúxuě zhī Shàng | Atop the Floating Snow |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 浮雪之上 Fúxuě zhī Shàng | |
| Japanese | 浮雪の上 | |
| Korean | 흐르는 눈 너머 Heureuneun Nun Neomeo | |
| Spanish | Sobre la nieve que cae | |
| French | Au sommet de la neige flottante | Atop the Floating Snow |
| Russian | Над лёгким снегом Nad lyogkim snegom | |
| Thai | เหนือผืนหิมะ | |
| Vietnamese | Bên Trên Lớp Tuyết | |
| German | Auf dem treibenden Schnee | |
| Indonesian | Di Atas Salju Melayang | |
| Portuguese | Flutuando sobre a Neve | |
| Turkish | Uçuşan Karların Üstünde | |
| Italian | Oltre la neve che fluttua | Beyond the Drifting Snow |
Change History
Released in Version 7.0