Local Legend
Last updated 2026-09-01
Local Legends are special mini-boss enemies first introduced in Fontaine and are now found in several nations.
Overview
Most Local Legends are enhanced versions of Common or Elite Enemies with greatly increased stats, using improved or new attacks not found from their normal variant. Some of these Local Legends may not have an equivalent but fall under Special Enemies, such as Liam and Cocijo.
The majority of Local Legends are immediately accessible to the player, with a few exceptions which require full or partial completion of a World Quest. Some Local Legends may also have a barrier which prevents the player from leaving until all of their party members falls to it, they kill it, or teleport out of the surrounding area.
Defeating these enemies grants significant amounts of Mora, experience, and if applicable, Character and Weapon Enhancement Materials over their normal variants. Special wildlife Local Legends, who don't have corresponding material drops, will instead drop foodstuffs such as meat and berries.
Variants of Local Legends, known in-game as Veteran or Battle-Hardened, can be found in various game modes, such as the Spiral Abyss, Imaginarium Theater, Stygian Onslaught and other special circumstances. These enemies share the same mechanics as Local Legends, but their stats are usually lower due to the time-sensitive nature of the content they feature in.
Defeating each Local Legend for the first time grants an achievement, except for the Local Legends released since Luna I, which were reworked into the Valiant Chronicles system.
List of Local Legends
See corresponding achievement pages under the achievements section for gameplay notes on each Local Legend.
Mondstadt
Liyue
Fontaine
The Local Legends Mageblade Corrouge, Deianeira and Cineas are not initially accessible, instead requiring a corresponding World Quest that must be completed in order to access them.
- Underwater
Due to the different attack mechanics while Diving, all Fontainian underwater Local Legends have weaknesses that can be exploited using certain Xenochromatic Creature attacks to make them lose percentage-based HP and/or interrupt their attacks.

Dobharcu, Lord of the Hidden — Legendary Repeller of the Great Seahorse, Defender of Countless Blubberbeasts
Fading Veteran — The Grand Fleet's Gravekeeper
Angelica, Fairy Knight Twin & Medoro, Fairy Knight Twin
Murgleis, Sword of the Gorge & Cortana, Sword of the Gorge
Iron Viscount — Spin to Win
Ocean Circuit Judge — Giant Enemy Crab
Luachra the Brilliant — Guardian of "Paradise"
Chassanion — Trick Bullet
Mageblade Corrouge — With the Purewater Tide It Came
- Land

Ninianne of the Lake — Rift-Subduing Lake Spirit
Vivianne of the Lake — Rift-Subduing Lake Spirit
Yseut — "The Cold Hand"
Deianeira of Snezhevna — Risky Investment Actuary
Automated Supercomputing Field Generator — Verified Type Aur001
Liam — "Fading Rainbow"
Rocky Avildsen — "A Gentleman Personality"
Cineas — Unreturned Envoy
Natlan
Unlike previous nations, most Natlanese Local Legends each have two additional achievements for fulfilling certain additional requirements; these achievements have to be done successively with each new spawn — it is not possible to get two achievements in a single encounter. Their achievements are found under the Duelist: Series I, Duelist: Series II, and Duelist: Series III achievement categories rather than the Wonders of the World category used by the previous Local Legends. The only exception to this feature is The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc.
All Local Legends, except Infinitesimal, are immediately accessible to the player.
- Night's Trials
These Local Legends are accessed through Nightsoul Totems to take part in challenge fights called Night's Trials. Upon teleporting to "Atlatl's Blessing," the player is forced to use their Traveler. Other Night's Trials retain the team the player was using.

"He Never Dies" — Dragon Defier
"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis" — Will of Scales Resilient
"Atlatl's Blessing" — Will of Plumes Swift
Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone — Once Walked With the Lord of Xibalba
"Tlatzacuilotl" — Explorer of the Golden City
"Chimalli's Shade" — Will of Shields Horned
"Ironbeard" — The Fire That Forges All
"Potapo's Solidarity" — Will of Rivalry and Battle
"Tupayo's Aid" — Will of Honor and Glory
"Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar" — All-Twisting Obsidian Storm
"Tupu's Lushness" — Vessel for the Will to Grow
Reji — Launch and Leap
- Overworld

"Sappho Amidst the Waves" — Waterborne Lutenist
Cocijo — Spirit Sent From Clouds Above
Polychrome Tri-Stars: Vasily
Polychrome Tri-Stars: Sidorenko
Polychrome Tri-Stars: Nomokonov
"Balachko" — Shadows Like Blades Deepening
"Bronzelock" — Capricious Warbeast
Rilai — Frozen Collar
The Peak — Mutant Species That Fell into the Volcano
"Battlegoat" and "Ironclaw"
"Infinitesimal" — A Fiery Stone Gathers No Moss
The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc — Actor: Papar
Nod-Krai
The Local Legends Sigurd, Crab Tsar, Raskolnikov, Prism Slime, and Mushteshir are not initially accessible, instead requiring a corresponding World Quest that must be completed in order to fight them. The other Local Legends do not have this restriction.

Sigurd — The One Who Swore to Hunt the Hunt
Crab Tsar — Lord of the Palace
Raskolnikov — Poruchik
Hexadecatonic Mandragora — Nurtured Phylad
"The Homesick Lone Wolf" — Fangs of the Wilderness
Hiljetta — Black-Barrel Hag
Prism Slime — Creation's Afterglow
Mushteshir — The Pioneer That Gazes at the Stars
Temple of Space
The Local Legend "Maha Vasudevayaputra" is not initially accessible, instead requiring partial completion of the World Quest Unofficial Chronicle of the Desert Pavilion before being accessible.
Snezhnaya
All Local Legends are not initially accessible, instead requiring completion of the Archon Quest Gunfire in the Silent Lands. Bandersnatch additionally requires partial completion of Great Deeds on the Tundra.

Churin — Apprentice Sculptor, Martial Master
Bandersnatch — Grounded Snowhawk
Furiosa — Guardian of What Is No More
Locations
Mondstadt
Windrest Peak
Liyue
Chenyu Vale: Southern Mountain
Fontaine — Underwater
Chemin de L'Espoir
Elton Trench
Salacia Plain
Thalatta Submarine Canyon
Beryl Region
Elynas
Liffey Region
Sealed Ruined Tower
Outside Tower of Ipsissimus before completing World Quest Series In the Wake of Narcissus: Act IV - Rowboat's Wake, inside after
Roots of Erinnyes
Locked behind completing World Quest Within the Depths of Erinnyes in Series The Wild Fairy of Erinnyes
Fontaine — Land
Elynas
Court of Fontaine Region
Mont Esus East
Fontaine Research Institute of Kinetic Energy Engineering Region
Erinnyes Forest
Erinnyes Forest
Clivus Capitolinus
Natlan — Totems
Coatepec Mountain
Basin of Unnumbered Flames
Tepeacac Rise
Coatepec Mountain
Sulfurous Veins
Ancestral Temple
Tezcatepetonco Range
Stadium of the Sacred Flame
Quahuacan Cliff
Quahuacan Cliff
Atocpan
Atocpan
Natlan — Overworld
Tepeacac Rise
Ameyalco Waters
Huitztli Hill
Ameyalco Waters
Ochkanatlan
Tezcatepetonco Range
Atocpan
Atocpan
Flame-Melding Ritual Grounds
Wavey Bay
Nod-Krai
Lempo Isle
Crab Tsar's Palace
Kuuvahki Experimental Design Bureau
Voidsea Outlook
Wavechaser Plain
Ashveil Peak
Lunar Highlands
Kalag Guarding Grounds
Snezhnaya
Temple of Space
Temple of Space
Tutorial
- Local Legend
This special mark is the main point of distinction between Local Legends and ordinary enemies.
The combat power of Local Legends far surpasses that of ordinary enemies, so stay exceptionally vigilant when facing them.
Achievements
There are 83 Achievements obtainable from Local Legend:
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Ninianne of the Lake | Defeat the local legend, Ninianne of the Lake. | 5 | |
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Vivianne of the Lake | Defeat the local legend, Vivianne of the Lake. | 5 | |
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Ocean Circuit Judge | Defeat the local legend, Ocean Circuit Judge. | 5 | |
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Iron Viscount | Defeat the local legend, Iron Viscount. | 5 | |
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Dobharcu, Lord of the Hidden | Defeat the local legend, Dobharcu, Lord of the Hidden. | 5 | |
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Fading Veteran | Defeat the local legend, Fading Veteran. | 5 | |
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Swords of the Gorge | Defeat the local legends, the Swords of the Gorge. | 5 | |
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The Fairy Knight Twins | Defeat the local legends, The Fairy Knight Twins. | 5 | |
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"Automated Supercomputing Field Generator" | Defeat Local Legend: Automated Supercomputing Field Generator. | 5 | |
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"Luachra the Brilliant" | Defeat the local legend, Luachra the Brilliant. | 5 | |
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"Yseut" | Defeat Local Legend: Yseut. | 5 | |
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Chassanion | Defeat Local Legend: Chassanion. | 5 | |
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Mageblade Corrouge | Defeat Local Legend: Mageblade Corrouge | 5 | |
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Rocky Avildsen | Defeat Local Legend: Rocky Avildsen. | 5 | |
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Liam | Defeat Local Legend: Liam. | 5 | |
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Deianeira of Snezhevna | Defeat Local Legend: Deianeira of Snezhevna | 5 | |
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"Rulers of the Chizhang Mountains" | Defeat Local Legend, Rulers of the Chizhang Mountains. | 5 | |
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Cineas | Defeat Local Legend: Cineas | 5 | |
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"The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc" | Defeat Local Legend: The Last Survivor of Tenochtzitoc. | 5 | |
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The White Path Between Two Rivers | Lose in the duel against the legendary Hunter's Ray... | 5 | |
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"Polychrome Tri-Stars" | Defeat Local Legend: Polychrome Tri-Stars. | 5 | |
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"Polychrome Tri-Stars" | Defeat Vasily first, then defeat the other members of the Polychrome Tri-Stars. | 10 | |
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"Polychrome Tri-Stars" | Defeat the Polychrome Tri-Stars within 10s of defeating the first member. | 20 | |
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"Cocijo" | Defeat Local Legend: Cocijo. | 5 | |
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"Cocijo" | Defeat Cocijo before he forms a Thunderthorn Shield. | 10 | |
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"Cocijo" | Defeat Cocijo after the Thunderthorn Shield has been formed, and without any character having been hit by the Shield's reflected attacks. | 20 | |
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"Sappho Amidst the Waves" | Defeat Local Legend: Sappho Amidst the Waves. | 5 | |
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"Sappho Amidst the Waves" | Defeat Sappho Amidst the Waves without being hit by her Shattering Ice attacks. | 10 | |
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"Sappho Amidst the Waves" | Defeat Sappho Amidst the Waves without allowing any of the Cryo spray cans to explode. | 20 | |
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"Balachko" | Defeat Local Legend: Balachko. | 5 | |
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"Balachko" | During the course of completing a single challenge, defeat no targets besides the original body while Balachko is using Shadowblade Tactics. | 10 | |
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"Balachko" | During the course of completing a single challenge, defeat 3 copies in a row before Balachko can unleash Shadowblade Tactics. | 20 | |
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"Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone" | Defeat Local Legend: Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone. | 5 | |
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"Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone" | During the course of completing a single challenge, break all the grappling anchor points before the Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone exits the hovering state. | 10 | |
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"Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone" | Defeat the Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone while she is in the hovering state. | 20 | |
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"He Never Dies" | Defeat Local Legend: He Never Dies. | 5 | |
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"He Never Dies" | Defeat "He Never Dies" without being hit by "Ultimate Technique: Giant Undying Collision." | 10 | |
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"He Never Dies" | Defeat "He Never Dies" after interrupting the charging of "Ultimate Technique: Giant Undying Collision" 3 times. | 20 | |
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"Tlatzacuilotl" | Defeat Local Legend: Tlatzacuilotl. | 5 | |
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"Tlatzacuilotl" | During the course of completing a single challenge, break Tlatzacuilotl's shield each time with a single attack. | 10 | |
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"Tlatzacuilotl" | Defeat Tlatzacuilotl without being hit by any attacks. | 20 | |
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"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis" | Defeat Local Legend: Ichcahuipilli's Aegis. | 5 | |
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"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis" | During the course of completing a single challenge, defeat 10 Nightsoul Warriors during the Trial of Decisions. | 10 | |
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"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis" | Defeat Ichcahuipilli's Aegis without being hit by any attacks. | 20 | |
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"Chimalli's Shade" | Defeat Local Legend: Chimalli's Shade. | 5 | |
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"Chimalli's Shade" | Defeat Chimalli's Shade without any characters being downed. | 10 | |
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"Chimalli's Shade" | During the course of a single challenge, when Chimalli's Shade absorbs "Hydroflow Constructs," break her Elemental Shield by launching frozen "Hydroflow Constructs." | 20 | |
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"Atlatl's Blessing" | Defeat Local Legend: Atlatl's Blessing. | 5 | |
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"Atlatl's Blessing" | During the course of completing a single challenge, use Parry to counterattack all of Atlatl's Blessing's power attacks and inflict damage. | 10 | |
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"Atlatl's Blessing" | Defeat Atlatl's Blessing without taking any damage from attacks. | 20 | |
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"Bronzelock" | Defeat Local Legend: Bronzelock. | 5 | |
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"Bronzelock" | During the course of completing a single challenge, break Bronzelock's core 3 times. | 10 | |
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"Bronzelock" | Defeat Bronzelock after Bronzelock has increased RES to 4 different Elemental Types. | 20 | |
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"Rilai" | Defeat Local Legend: Rilai. | 5 | |
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"Rilai" | Defeat Rilai while Rilai is using "Fusion Nova." | 10 | |
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"Rilai" | Defeat Rilai while Rilai is using "Fusion Nova" and without being hit by the attacks. | 20 | |
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"Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar" | Defeat Local Legend: Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar. | 5 | |
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"Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar" | Defeat Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar without ever having thawed the frozen torch. | 10 | |
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"Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar" | Defeat Spirit of the Fallen Dawnstar without ever having been hit by the Obsidian Storm. | 20 | |
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"Potapo's Solidarity" | Defeat Local Legend: Potapo's Solidarity | 5 | |
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"Potapo's Solidarity" | During the course of completing a single challenge, fully restore the HP of each and every Protection Spirit. | 10 | |
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"Potapo's Solidarity" | During the course of completing a single challenge, no characters were downed and have Protection Spirit use "Decisive: Binding of Dawn and Dusk's Breaking." | 20 | |
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"Tupayo's Aid" | Defeat Local Legend: Tupayo's Aid | 5 | |
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"Tupayo's Aid" | During the course of completing a single challenge, no characters were downed. | 10 | |
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"Tupayo's Aid" | Defeat Tupayo's Aid while they are hovering in the air. | 20 | |
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"Ironbeard" | Defeat Local Legend: Ironbeard. | 5 | |
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"Ironbeard" | Defeat Ironbeard without ever letting Ironbeard break Molten Barbs. | 10 | |
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"Ironbeard" | Defeat Ironbeard without being hit by any of Ironbeard's attacks. | 20 | |
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"The Peak" | Defeat Local Legend: The Peak. | 5 | |
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"The Peak" | Defeat The Peak in its weakened state. | 10 | |
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"The Peak" | During the course of completing a single challenge, do not let The Peak unleash its Saurian Stomp. | 20 | |
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"Battlegoat" and "Ironclaw" | Defeat Local Legends: Battlegoat and Ironclaw. | 5 | |
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"Battlegoat" and "Ironclaw" | During the course of completing a single challenge, have Battlegoat's charge collide with Ironclaw's guard stance 2 times. | 10 | |
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"Battlegoat" and "Ironclaw" | Defeat Battlegoat and Ironclaw at the same time by having Battlegoat's charge collide with Ironclaw's guard stance. | 20 | |
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"Infinitesimal" | Defeat Local Legend: Infinitesimal. | 5 | |
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"Infinitesimal" | During the course of completing a single challenge, avoid getting hit by Infinitesimal's Earthshaker Strike. | 10 | |
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"Infinitesimal" | Defeat Infinitesimal when it first enters a weakened state. | 20 | |
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"Reji" | Defeat Local Legend: Reji. | 5 | |
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"Reji" | During the course of completing a single challenge, have your characters be protected by a shield when being attacked by Reji, and the shield must not be destroyed. | 10 | |
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"Reji" | During the course of completing a single challenge, deflect 4 bullets in a row within a short period of time. | 20 | |
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"Tupu's Lushness" | Defeat Local Legend: Tupu's Lushness. | 5 | |
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"Tupu's Lushness" | During the course of completing a single challenge, no characters were downed. | 10 | |
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"Tupu's Lushness" | During the course of completing a single challenge, do not let the Electro Ward created by Tupu's Lushness reach more than half of its maximum value. | 20 |
Completing these will grant the player 835 Primogems.
Trivia
- While most Local Legends become aggravated the same way most enemies do, there are a few that are initially passive until the player attacks them, or when nearby wildlife are attacked or caught with an Omni-Ubiquity Net: Battlegoat and Ironclaw, Rilai, Sappho Amidst the Waves, and Hiljetta. Maha Vasudevayaputra is trapped in a display case and can only be fought by speaking to Mardava.
- The Fairy Knight Twins and the Swords of the Gorge all have "Life Evolved by the Fontemer" as their subtitles, which will become visible if only one member of a pair is aggravated. This is possible if the other member has not yet loaded in.
- The title "Giant Enemy Crab" is likely a reference to a memetic line said at E3 2006 during the video game showcase of Genji: Days of the Blade.
- The Fatui Skirmishers' title "Polychrome Tri-Stars" is likely a reference to the Black Tri-Stars in the Mobile Suit Gundam series.
- Their codenames, Vasily, Nomokonov, and Sidorenko, reference various Soviet soldiers during World War II.
- Similarly to the Fairy Knight Twins and the Swords of the Gorge, their subtitles are only seen after one of the three are left remaining, though the name is randomized with each spawn.
- The lutenist "Sappho Amidst the Waves" and the flautist "Rilai" are likely friends who meet up at Pilgrimages to play music and exchange songwriting tips.[1][2] When you approach them, the normal background music is silenced, and you hear their playing instead.
- The song they are playing when not in combat shares its main motifs with Whistles of Monetoo.
- Before the introduction of Local Legends, some enemies used the same concept of a unique, repeatable enemy that is a more powerful version of an existing NPC type. Enemies such as The Great Snowboar King and "Masanori" may have inspired the creation of Local Legends.
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
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| English | Local Legend | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 地方传奇 Dìfāng Chuánqí | Local Legend |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 地方傳奇 Dìfāng Chuánqí | |
| Japanese | 地方伝説 Chihou Densetsu | Local Legend |
| Korean | 지방 전설 Jibang Jeonseol | Region Legend |
| Spanish | Leyenda local | Local Legend |
| French | Légende locale | Local Legend |
| Russian | Местная легенда Mestnaya legenda | Local Legend |
| Thai | ตำนานท้องถิ่น | |
| Vietnamese | Huyền Thoại Địa Phương | Local Legend |
| German | Lokallegende | Local Legend |
| Indonesian | Local Legend | — |
| Portuguese | Lenda Local | Local Legend |
| Turkish | Yerel Efsane | Local Legend |
| Italian | Leggenda locale |
Change History
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"He Never Dies" — Dragon Defier
"Ichcahuipilli's Aegis" — Will of Scales Resilient
"Atlatl's Blessing" — Will of Plumes Swift
Cihuacoatl of Chimeric Bone — Once Walked With the Lord of Xibalba
"Tlatzacuilotl" — Explorer of the Golden City
"Chimalli's Shade" — Will of Shields Horned
"Sappho Amidst the Waves" — Waterborne Lutenist
Cocijo — Spirit Sent From Clouds Above
Polychrome Tri-Stars: Vasily — Konstantin
Polychrome Tri-Stars: Sidorenko — Ivanov
Polychrome Tri-Stars: Nomokonov — Pavlovich
"Balachko" — Shadows Like Blades Deepening
- Added:
- Optimized drop rules for Local Legend opponents.
- Character EXP granted increased by 200%
- Added a new HP icon style for Local Legends.
- Added tutorial for Local Legends.
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- Added alternate location for the Fairy Knight Twins with the addition of the Shadow of Another World Trounce Domain.
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- Local Legends were released with:

Dobharcu, Lord of the Hidden — Legendary Repeller of the Great Seahorse, Defender of Countless Blubberbeasts
Fading Veteran — The Grand Fleet's Gravekeeper
Angelica, Fairy Knight Twin & Medoro, Fairy Knight Twin
Murgleis, Sword of the Gorge & Cortana, Sword of the Gorge
Iron Viscount — Spin to Win
Ocean Circuit Judge — Giant Enemy Crab
Ninianne of the Lake — Rift-Subduing Lake Spirit
Vivianne of the Lake — Rift-Subduing Lake Spirit
References
- ↑ Interactable: Unfinished Musical Score (Sappho Amidst the Waves)
- ↑ Interactable: Unfinished Musical Score (Rilai)




















































