Cloudforged in Genshin Impact: how to get it and who to give it to

In addition to the new legendary heroes, update 4.7 brought in Genshin Impact a new interesting event taking place in Liyue - “Modeling Mutual Security Improvement”. In the process of completing this event, we will receive a new epic Onion - "Cloudforged". 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 "Cloudforged"

Cloud Forged is a unique event epic weapon that will only be available in the first half of Update 4.7 during the Mutual Security Enhancement 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 receiving this bow and its elevation materials.

Cloud Forged Weapon Stats

Rarity: 4 stars
Base attack: 42 – 510
Bonus to Elemental Mastery : 36 – 165

The bow's passive ability works like this: when the equipped character's energy level decreases, the value Elemental Masteries increases by 40 units. 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 Onion will require four special awakening materials, which can be obtained by collecting the required number of points for the “Mutual Security Improvement Simulation” event. In addition to these awakening materials, you will need 30,000 mora.

The passive ability improvements from increasing 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 units.

How to upgrade Cloud Forged

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 moras
9 grains of black siderite
9 pieces of black siderite
9 pieces 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 everlasting hilts

Siderite

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

To create the most effective weapon upgrade plan, take into account the fact that siderite from this dungeon can only be obtained on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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 also be tracked using the adventure book.

Ephesus

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

Which heroes would suit Forged of the Clouds?

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” Onion . Of the archers, only he has the mechanics of spending energy on something other than an elemental explosion charge.

As is known, a set of four artifacts Shimenawa’s Reminiscence also gives the wearer the ability to spend 15 energy in exchange for increasing all attacks by 50% for ten seconds, so Cloud Forged 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 gained ten seconds after activating the first one, since Shimenawa’s Reminiscence limit the reactivation of his ability for these very ten seconds.

However, even though the bow's Cloud Forged passive can be activated through the Shimenawa’s Reminiscence set, it still fits a very limited character roster.

Character	Advantages
Sethos	As already mentioned, Sethos, due to his passive ability “Riddle of the Black Kite,” can convert up to 20 units of accumulated energy into reducing the aiming duration of a charged attack to 0.3 seconds, and activate the bow passive, thereby increasing the maximum potential damage of Sethos, because the damage Shadow Piercing Shots are increased by a whopping 700% of the character's Elemental Mastery. Sethos freely gains two stacks of the passive skill of his signature bow, which increases his MS by 80 units, and with awakenings the increase can reach up to 160 units.
Tighnari	Tighnari, for lack of alternatives, can also use “Forged from Clouds” in the Shimenawa’s Reminiscence set. The damage of his ultimate and charged attacks is increased by 0.06% of his Elemental Mastery (the total increase cannot be more than 60%). Also, the cooldown of the elemental skill is almost equal to the cooldown of Shimenawa's set, which will allow you to get a double buff to Elemental Mastery from the bow for 6 seconds. However, there are 4-star bows that are much better on Tighnari : The Stringless, which increases damage and elemental explosion; Nahida: Crescent prototype - at the fifth awakening it can compete with legendary bows.

Character

Advantages

Sethos

As already mentioned, Sethos, due to his passive ability “Riddle of the Black Kite,” can convert up to 20 units of accumulated energy into reducing the aiming duration of a charged attack to 0.3 seconds, and activate the bow passive, thereby increasing the maximum potential damage of Sethos, because the damage Shadow Piercing Shots are increased by a whopping 700% of the character's Elemental Mastery. Sethos freely gains two stacks of the passive skill of his signature bow, which increases his MS by 80 units, and with awakenings the increase can reach up to 160 units.

Tighnari

Tighnari, for lack of alternatives, can also use “Forged from Clouds” in the Shimenawa’s Reminiscence set. The damage of his ultimate and charged attacks is increased by 0.06% of his Elemental Mastery (the total increase cannot be more than 60%). Also, the cooldown of the elemental skill is almost equal to the cooldown of Shimenawa's set, which will allow you to get a double buff to Elemental Mastery from the bow for 6 seconds. However, there are 4-star bows that are much better on Tighnari : The Stringless, which increases damage and elemental explosion; Nahida: Crescent prototype - at the fifth awakening it can compete with legendary bows.

How to Use Cloud Forged Effectively

As mentioned earlier, only Sethos can effectively use this Onion , since it does not require the equipped Shimenawa’s Reminiscence set, which also has a cooldown on the passive ability.

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

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).
With the help of supports, restore the spent energy.
Shoot Piercing Shadow (second charge level) and get a second stack (bonus + 80/100/120/140/160 elemental mastery).

For a character with a set of four pieces of the Shimenawa’s Reminiscence set, play as follows:

Press the 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 Mastery).
With the help of supports, restore the spent energy.
10 seconds after completing the first step, if reloading allows, press the bow again, which will activate the second level of the passive bow skill (bonus + 80/100/120/140/160 elemental mastery). Ideally, two stacks will last for eight seconds.