The Dockhand’s Assistant in Genshin Impact: how to get it and who to give it to

In Genshin Impact The Dockhand’s Assistant is 4-star one-handed sword, which was released in version 4.1. Like many other weapons released in Fontaine, its characteristics are related to the health and healing of its bearer. In this guide, we will tell you how the passive ability of the sword works, and for which heroes the bonuses provided by The Dockhand’s Assistant will be most useful.

Where to get The Dockhand’s Assistant

Despite the fact that this one-armed weapon has a four-star rarity, it can only be obtained from the event weapon banner. The last time The Dockhand’s Assistant was available for obtaining was in the first half of patch 4.1.

Main characteristics of the Shipyard

• Rarity: 4 stars.
• Base attack: 42-510.
• Second stat: 9-41% health.

Passive ability : When the wearer's HP is restored or he heals his allies, such a character can receive up to 3 special Symbols that have a duration of 30 seconds. When a Achievement: Hero with this weapon activates a skill or ultimate, all accumulated stacks are consumed. For each level that disappears, the wearer restores 2–4 units of energy after 2 seconds and receives a bonus of 40–80 elemental mastery for 10 seconds. The character can receive this boost even while in the pocket, but not more than once every 15 seconds.

How to upgrade The Dockhand’s Assistant

The image below shows how many materials you will need to level up your weapon and improve its base stats.

• Dewdrops can be obtained for completing "Echoes of Deep Tides" on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
• The Seneschal's Watch is dropped by soldiers of the corresponding Fatui unit.
• Foreign Pearls can be obtained from the Fontmere Foreigners, located throughout Fontaine.
• You will also need 605 units of reinforcement ore and 755 thousand pestilence.

Don't forget to use alchemy and the Paimon store to get the missing materials.

How to awaken The Dockhand’s Assistant

To increase the bonuses from the passive, you need to awaken the sword using its copies, which can also only be obtained from the weapon banner. The boosts you will receive at each rank are listed below.

Which heroes are suitable for The Dockhand’s Assistant ?

After the legendary Key of Khaj-Nisut, The Dockhand’s Assistant is the second sword in the game that has a health bonus as the second stat. It can be given to all one-handed players who have skill scales from HP. But it will be of particular benefit to those characters who can utilize the bonus to elemental mastery. Below you can see several possible media.

• Nilou. We can say that The Dockhand’s Assistant is the F2P analogue of the heroine's sign. Additional health and a bonus to elemental mastery will increase both the personal damage of Nilou and all Abundance Cores created by allies. And since units with a dancer usually have a healer, you won't have any problems getting this buff.
• Kuki Shinobu. If you suddenly lack the treatment that the heroine gives when fully assembled into elemental mastery, then you can give this sword into her hands. In such a situation, thanks to the weapon's passive, Kuki may not even lose that much of his damage. The disadvantage is the fact that Kuki Shinobu can only receive the bonus from the second rotation after he has time to heal his allies.
• Layla. The heroine has practically no damage of her own, so the Shipyard’s passive ability will be useless for her. But at the same time, an additional stat in the form of HP will help strengthen Layla’s Noelle: Protector if you lack its strength.
• Kirara. How strong her Noelle: Protector will be depends on the amount of HP of the nekomata. If you also take a healer into your squad with her, then in dendro squads that have electric heroes, she can even make a small contribution to the overall DPS of the squad.
• Bennett. Typically the hero is given a weapon with a high base or extra energy regen to increase the effectiveness or frequency of his buff. This sword has neither one nor the other. But if your goal is not to increase the damage of the entire squad, but its survivability, then you can use The Dockhand’s Assistant as a temporary option.

How to play Shipyard

When playing for units that contain carriers of this sword, you must remember the following points:

• There must be a healer in your squad. This is the only way to heal or receive healing to activate the passive in the Abyss. In the open world, you can also use food for this, although this method is quite resource-intensive.
• The passive ability can also be activated from excessive healing, which occurs when the health bar is full. You don't have to lose HP or get hit to get the bonus.

Depending on the role played by the Shipyard carrier, the rotation and timing of receiving enhancements may differ slightly:

1. First activate the healer's abilities. If he can heal characters in the pocket, then the bearer of this sword will not have problems with stacking. If The Dockhand’s Assistant is in the hands of the healer himself, then he will receive a bonus in the next rotation when he activates a skill or ultimate.
2. Next, switch to other supports and sub-deaders. Try to get treated at least once by the bearer of this weapon in order to activate the passive bonus when pressing skills. But if the sword is not in the hands of a pocket damage dealer, but of a shield fighter, then you should not waste time getting a boost, as this will negatively affect the squad’s DPS.
3. After this, it will be the turn of the main damage dealer. If he is a Shipyard carrier and has not yet managed to get healed three times while in the pocket, then you probably will not be able to get all the stacks without sacrificing damage. But if you manage to activate one of the skills before the healing occurs, and then extend the rotation with ordinary attacks, you can get the maximum number of Symbols for the final strong attack (example: elemental skill, ordinary attacks, ultimate). After that, start the rotation again.

We hope this guide helped you understand how the sword’s passive works, and you can find a bearer on your account who will benefit from all the enhancements provided by the Shipyard.