Sapwood Blade
Passive: Forest Sanctuary
Base ATK 565 · Substat Energy Recharge 30.6%Lv90 R1
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Strongest on Dendro Traveler, Kirara, Xingqiu in our guide rankings, riding Forest Sanctuary. Craft only when a listed user needs this substat/passive and you have the billet to spare.
Stats
Base ATK
565
Secondary
Energy Recharge 30.6%
Weapon Passive
Forest Sanctuary
After triggering Burning, Quicken, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Lunar-Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, a Leaf of Consciousness will be created around the character for a maximum of 10s. When picked up, the Leaf will grant the character 60 Elemental Mastery for 12s. Only 1 Leaf can be generated this way every 20s. This effect can still be triggered if the character is not on the field. The Leaf of Consciousness' effect cannot stack.
Craftable — copies stack toward R5 over time at no banner cost. Prioritize refining if you use this weapon on a main; otherwise R1 is fine while you gather billets.
Best Characters
Recommended
Dendro Battery
Craftable F2P option. Leaf of Consciousness grants EM to the character who picks it up — great for Hyperbloom triggers.
Recommended
Shield Support
Sapwood Blade and The Dockhand's Assistant. Alternatively, Favonius Sword is an option to ease Energy Recharge requirements but this is less important.
Sub-DPS
After triggering Burning, Quicken, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Lunar-Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, a Leaf of Consciousness will be created around the character for a maximum of 10s. When picked up, the Leaf will grant the character 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 Elemental Mastery for 12s.
Support
After triggering Burning, Quicken, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Lunar-Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, a Leaf of Consciousness will be created around the character for a maximum of 10s. When picked up, the Leaf will grant the character 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 Elemental Mastery for 12s.
Sample Teams
From characters who rank this weapon in their top two options.
Hyperbloom Driver Support
Dendro Traveler #2
Dendro Traveler holds Deepwood and keeps a Dendro field up while Xingqiu/Yelan create Blooms and Kuki or Raiden triggers Hyperbloom.
View teamQuicken / Aggravate Budget
Dendro Traveler #2
Budget Quicken shell when Nahida is unavailable. Traveler maintains Dendro for an Electro carry such as Keqing or Fischl-driven Aggravate.
View teamNilou Bloom (Budget Dendro)
Dendro Traveler #2
Second Dendro slot next to Nahida or alone with Yaoyao in a Hydro/Dendro Nilou team when you lack better options.
View teamSethos Aggravate
Kirara #2
Kirara can be a great teammate for Sethos with her shielding making Charged Attacks easier for Sethos. Characters such as Sucrose and Kaedehara Kazuha help massively with both crowd control and grouping for Charged Attacks.
View teamNilou Bloom
Kirara #2
In this Nilou-centric team, Kirara provides both shielding and Dendro application. That being said, she will not apply enough Dendro on her own. Characters such as Lauma, Nahida and Alhaitham help to provide enough Dendro application.
View teamQuicken Kirara
Kirara #2
Kirara often pairs well with DPS such as Tighnari or Keqing who adopt a more quickswap-style gameplay due to Kirara's 12s cooldown on her shielding. The first example focusing more on Aggravate while the second team instead focuses more on Spread.
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| Weapon | Base ATK | Secondary | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 565 | Energy Recharge 30.6% | 4★ |
 | 510 | Energy Recharge 45.9% | 4★ |
 | 510 | Energy Recharge 45.9% | 4★ |
 | 454 | Energy Recharge 61.3% | 4★ |
 | 454 | Energy Recharge 61.3% | 4★ |
 | 454 | Energy Recharge 61.3% | 4★ |