Old Man Gen’s House at a Glance
- Quest item: the Dusty Old Wooden Comb is on the body in the house.
- Delivery: Old Man Gen, back in the Village of Lu, takes the comb; doing so ends The Journey Home and gives you the Together Till the End trophy.
- Cellar: facing away from the bell, operate the Backstreet Cellar Crank to open a route to a Memory Flower and Merciful Dew.
- Boss: Acolyte Lei Ting stands at the scarecrow beneath the house and drops the Leiting's Thunder Mask.
- Requires Flaming Mane: the repaired Flaming Mane is the only thing able to burn the branches that obstruct the way out of the Pond of Fading Song Bell.
Overview
Spot the yellow lantern to find Old Man Gen's House down Pangzhen's back streets. Though tiny, it packs in plenty: a sealed door, a corpse relevant to a Village of Lu quest, a cellar, and a scarecrow wreathed in lightning a little way downhill.
Spot the yellow lantern to find Old Man Gen's House down Pangzhen's back streets. Though tiny, it packs in plenty: a sealed door, a corpse relevant to a Village of Lu quest, a cellar, and a scarecrow wreathed in lightning a little way downhill.
Closer look
The Comb and the House
There is a door left of the bell. Open it, then search the corpse within to find the Dusty Old Wooden Comb. The Village of Lu is where you carry the comb to Old Man Gen, ending the quest The Journey Home and bringing the reward of the Together Till the End trophy.
The Backstreet Cellar
With your back to the bell, fit the Backstreet Cellar Crank into the device next to that building. Walk through the cellar passage, then climb the rungs and kill the foe at the very top, who leaves behind the medicine Merciful Dew. A Memory Flower is also gathered in this spot. The crank itself is something you find earlier, on the platform beneath Back Hill Pavilion.
Routes and movement
How to reach it
Starting at the Pond of Fading Song Bell, face the opposite way and take the path on the right, using the Flaming Mane on the branches. The house sits close to where the path ends. Another way in is to climb from the Pangzhen Slums Bell: use the rungs to your right, follow the path up the hill, and enter through the left-hand door.
This area cannot be opened with the Backstreet Courtyard Key. Its matching gate goes somewhere else, so there is no point searching for it on account of this house.
Connected Entries
Acolyte Lei Ting
Walk ahead from the bell and down the slope; the scarecrow is straight in front.
View character ↗Old Man Gen
An aged carriage driver of Pangzhen who drives Soul in the opening chapters, and later stays in the Village of Lu with a favour to ask about his home and, after that, a Phantom Edge.
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Village of Lu
Soul's road reaches its third region here: a farming hamlet crawling with puppets, holding 22 Bells, a sealed well, a smugglers' passage to Pangzhen and a handful of rewards that are simple to overlook.
View location ↗Pangzhen
Region four of the campaign, a canal settlement of wine houses and piled-up roofs. Myst’s Tavern, Quick Hand Zhang’s hideout and the paths to the Mandate Encampment, Meigu Lake and Mirage Estate all start here.
View location ↗Back Hill Pavilion
A Pangzhen pavilion on a ridge, whose bell opens the way to the Formless Divine Mirror and the Backstreet Cellar Crank.
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Flaming Mane
A lion-head flamethrower belonging to the Artifice kind of Phantom Edge. Flame in Pangzhen drops it dormant, and Lei Dang has to mend it before it can torch crowds and vine barriers.
View weapon ↗Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the Dusty Old Wooden Comb go?
Old Man Gen, in the Village of Lu, is the one to give it to. Doing that wraps up The Journey Home and awards the trophy Together Till the End.
Is this house opened by the Backstreet Courtyard Key?
Not at all. That key's gate opens a route to neither this house nor the scarecrow of the third acolyte.
Where can the Backstreet Cellar Crank be found?
Down on a low wooden platform under Back Hill Pavilion.