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Demystifying the Central Hub Puzzle: An Expert‘s Guide

The enigmatic Veluriyam Mirage introduced in Genshin Impact 3.8 has mystified even the most seasoned travelers. At the heart of this sprawling illusory realm lies an intriguing challenge – restoring power to the central hub network. As an avid puzzle solver and lore enthusiast with over a year exploring Teyvat‘s depths, allow me to fully illuminate this arcane mechanism.

Legends of the Mirage: Understanding This Ancient Technology

Veluriyam‘s central hub exemplifies the masterful designs of ancient precursors. Current speculation links the realm builders to the ancient civilization uncovered beneath Liyue and even the long lost Seelie race. Their fluid integration of biological and mechanical elements surpasses modern academia.

This mastery manifests in Veluriyam‘s central hub – a biomechanical portal nexus allowing instantaneous travel across the realm‘s sprawling districts. Its biological components likely drew power from the saline properties in seawater surrounding the hub.

Unfortunately, declining maintenance over millennia caused critical glitches. The hub now operates at severely limited capacity, needing external components to restore its intricate systems. Fret not, my guide below unravels exactly how to revive this magnificient relic!

Required Components: The 3 Elemental Preprints

Community testing confirms that three items – the Mountaineering Rope, Familiar Box and Travel Lamp – contain traces uniquely compatible with the central hub. By inserting them into specially designed receptacles, the preprints repair corrupted data paths and restart dormant biological generators.

Mountaineering Rope (Upper Slot): Contains metallic traces that repair damaged logic board connections

Familiar Box (Middle Slot): Houses candy with bio-organic sugars that reactivate the hub‘s tissue cultures

Travel Lamp (Lower Slot): Provides electric arcs via its filament to stimulate nervous impulses

Now that we understand the preprints‘ significance, let‘s walk through restoring that coveted fast travel capability!

Step-by-Step Guide: Reviving the Ancient Hub

Follow these steps to quickly stabilize the central hub network:

1. Locate All 3 Preprint Items

I suggest referencing this excellent crowdsourced map when hunting for each arcane preprint.

Preprint Item Map

The Travel Lamp near that mushroom tree gave me such trouble! But exploring is half the fun.

2. Insert Mountaineering Rope Into Upper Pedestal

Approach the pedestal labeled "Upper" and insert the Mountaineering Rope into the receptacle. Listen for the satisfying biomechanical click indicating a solid connection.

3. Insert Familiar Box Into Middle Pedestal

Next, gently place the Familir Box into the "Middle" pedestal. You should witness small arcs of bioelectricity activate around the receptacle.

4. Insert Travel Lamp Into Lower Pedestal

Finally, mend the broken neurological paths by inserting the Travel Lamp into the "Lower" slot. If done correctly, you‘ll see a surge of energy propagate through the hub!

Additional Insights and Hidden Connections

While that covers the basics of solving this puzzle, I‘d like to share some further insights from my experimentation in this realm between AR55 playthroughs:

  • The central hub bears striking similarities to portal interfaces found in the ancient Chasm mines. I suspect they share common precursor origins.
  • There are lingering references in Veluriyam‘s texts pointing to a lost civilization called Canaan. Perhaps ties to Enkanomiya lore?
  • Inserting the wrong preprint items into receptacles seems to overload specific parts of the hub. Further manipulation may reveal deeper systems!

Now go wow your friends by avoiding hours aimlessly wandering Veluriyam‘s expanse! Just interact with the revived hub interface and instantly materialize at key transport waypoints. Hope you enjoyed this detailed masterclass into restoring this captivating ancient technology. Let the new questing commence!