Cloud Forged in Genshin Impact: how to get it and who to give it to

In addition to the new legendary heroes, update 4.7 brought a new interesting event to Genshin Impact taking place in Li Yue – “Mutual Security Enhancement Simulation”. In the process of completing this event, we will receive a new epic bow – “Forged from the Clouds”. It is the signature weapon of Sethos, also added in this update. In this guide, we'll look at how to level up Cloud Forged, how to level it up, and who to give it to.

How to get Cloud Forged

Cloud Forged – This is a unique event epic weapon that can only be obtained in the first half of update 4.7, during the Mutual Security Improvement Simulation event. 

It is important to remember that the chance to receive any event weapon is given only once, since the developers never rerun global events, so you should not delay obtaining this bow and its elevation materials.

Characteristics of the “Forged from the Clouds” weapon

• Rarity: 4 stars
• Base attack: 42 – 510
• Elemental Mastery bonus: 36 – 165

The bow's passive ability works like this: when the equipped character's amount of energy decreases, the Elemental Mastery value increases by 40 points. This effect lasts a full 18 seconds and can stack up to two times.

How to awaken Cloud Forged

By upgrading a weapon to level 90, we increase its basic characteristics. However, if we want to improve a passive ability, then we need to resort to elevation. Most weapons in Genshin Impact require copies of themselves for this process, but not event epic weapons, which is “Cloud Forged”. To ascend to the fifth level, the bow will require four special awakening materials, which can be obtained by collecting the required number of points from the Mutual Security Enhancement Simulation event. In addition to these awakening materials, you will need 30,000 mora.

The passive ability improvements from increasing the Awakening level are shown in the image: when the equipped character's amount of energy decreases, the Elemental Mastery value increases by 40/50/60/70/80 points.

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All the resources needed to upgrade Sethos’ signature bow, “Forged from the Clouds,” are presented in the picture below. If you have difficulty finding certain materials, then we will consider each resource separately.

To upgrade your bow to level 90 you will need:

• 150,000 Mora
• 9 grains of black siderite
• 9 pieces of black siderite
• 9 fragments of black siderite
• 4 fragments of black siderite
• 15 private chevrons
• 18 sergeant's chevrons
• 27 officer's chevrons
• 10 broken hilts
• 15 split hilts
• 18 undying hilts

Siderite

Siderite is one of the oldest weapon elevation materials in the game, all its varieties can be obtained from the Liangshan Labyrinth dungeon, which is located on the slope of the Dragon Ridge. The exact location is shown below.

To create the most effective weapon upgrade plan, consider the fact that siderite from this dungeon can only be obtained on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.< /p>

Chevrons

If you have been playing for a relatively long time, then you should have accumulated quite a lot of chevrons. All rarities of this loot are dropped from Fatui agents, such as: Pyro/Anemo/Geo Skirmishers, Hydro/Cryo Bombardiers, Tsitsin Mages, Electro-Hammerers, Pyro-Agents. They spawn literally all over Teyvat, and they can be tracked using the adventure book.

Ephesus

Hilt – stone sword hilt recovered from an ancient statue. All rarities of this resource drop from Praetorians. These elite mobs are often found in the Sea of ​​Antiquity, as well as on Petrichor Island and its underground part.

Which heroes “Forged from the Clouds” is suitable

At the time of update 4.7, only the person for whom it was created, that is, Sethos, can fully open the “Forged from the Clouds” bow. Of the archers, only he has the mechanics of spending energy on something other than an elemental explosion charge.

As you know, the set of four Shimenawa Memories artifacts also gives the wearer the ability to spend 15 units of energy in exchange for increasing all types of attacks by 50% for ten seconds, so “Forged from the Clouds” can be used on archers with this set. The main thing to remember is that the second stack of the bow's passive ability can only be collected ten seconds after activating the first, since Shimenawa Memories limits the re-activation of its ability for these same ten seconds.

However, even taking into account the fact that the passive ability of the bow “Forged from the Clouds” can be activated due to the Shimenawa Memories set, it still fits a very meager list of characters.

How to effectively use “Forged from the Clouds”

As stated earlier , only Sethos can effectively use this bow, since it does not require the equipped Shimenawa Memories set, which also has a cooldown on the passive ability. 

For Sethos with this bow you need to play like this:

1. Fire a shot with a charged attack so that the character's passive skill takes away some energy from you and activates the first stack of the bow's passive (bonus + 40/50/60/70/80 Elemental Mastery).
2. Use supports to restore spent energy.
3. Fire a shot of Piercing Shadow (second charge level) and get a second stack (bonus + 80/100/120/140/160 elemental mastery).

< p>For a character with a set of four pieces of the Shimenawa Memories set, play as follows:

1. Press an elemental skill to get a bonus to attack damage, and most importantly the first stack of the Cloud Forged passive (bonus + 40/50/60/70/80 Elemental Masteries).
2. Use supports to restore spent energy.
3. 10 seconds after completing the first step, if recharging allows, press again eshku, which activates the second level of the passive bow skill (bonus + 80/100/120/140/160 elemental mastery). Ideally, two stacks will last for eight seconds.