Mending Loom is one of the most important support‑focused Inner Ways in Where Winds Meet, built around healing and Dewdrop management for Soulshade Umbrella users. It turns Echoing Grow into a strong sustain tool for both solo play and coordinated group content.
How to unlock Mending Loom (Soul Weave tome)
Mending Loom does not drop randomly. It is granted by a specific campaign encounter in Kaifeng and appears as the Soul Weave tome in your rewards list.
| Step | What to do | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travel to the Ever-Normal Granary in Kaifeng. | This is inside the Granary of Plenty area, reachable once you progress the main story into Kaifeng. |
| 2 | Start the Ever-Normal Granary Lost Chapter campaign quest. | Look for a woman arguing with a guard at the granary entrance; talking to her opens the relevant campaign chain (sometimes surfaced under “A Promise Fulfilled”). |
| 3 | Play through the Ever-Normal Granary quest chain. | Expect multiple combat encounters, underground sections, and several chest detours before the final arena. |
| 4 | Defeat Zheng the Frostwing. | This boss is the capstone of the granary campaign; you must clear it in that quest instance, not as a separate world boss. |
| 5 | Claim the Soul Weave Internal Art tome. | The reward name may appear as “Soul Weave”; this tome unlocks the Mending Loom Inner Way. |
Once Zheng the Frostwing falls, the Soul Weave tome is added to your Internal Art list and reveals itself as Mending Loom. If you do not see it equipped, check your Inner Ways menu and slot it manually.
Mending Loom core effect and role
Mending Loom is an Epic Inner Way aligned to the Silkbind – Deluge path and designed for support gameplay. It is tuned around Soulshade Umbrella’s Dewdrop system and its special skill, Echoing Grow.
| Property | Details |
|---|---|
| Rarity | Epic |
| Path | Silkbind – Deluge |
| Tags | Support, Buff, Recover |
| Main weapon pairing | Soulshade Umbrella |
| Internal Art effect | Casting Soulshade Umbrella’s Special Skill Echoing Grow restores 5 Dewdrops and heals you for 10% of Max HP for every 100 Dewdrops consumed. |
In practice, that means every Echoing Grow cast becomes both a Dewdrop refund and a burst heal that scales with how aggressively you spend Dewdrops. On a Deluge Soulshade build that constantly cycles Dewdrops, Mending Loom turns routine skill usage into continuous sustain.
For group play, this effect lets a Soulshade Umbrella user function as a hybrid healer while keeping up offensive rotations. For solo, it reduces dependence on potions and creates a safety net during long boss fights.
Mending Loom Breakthrough tiers and bonuses
Like other Inner Ways, Mending Loom can be pushed through multiple Breakthrough tiers. Each tier unlocks an additional passive bonus, many of which modify the Herbal Resonance mechanic that searches for low‑HP allies and heals them.
| Tier | Breakthrough bonus | Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reduces Herbal Resonance cooldown to 1 second. | Makes Herbal Resonance checks almost continuous, improving how quickly you can respond to falling ally health. |
| 2 | Increases Physical Attack based on Solo Mode Level. | Adds damage scaling so your support build is not purely defensive in solo content. |
| 3 | Heals 10% of Max HP after consuming 50 Dewdrops. | Rewards active Dewdrop cycling with free self‑healing, independent of Echoing Grow timing. |
| 4 | Increases Herbal Resonance’s low‑HP ally detection range by 50%. | Extends your effective healing radius, especially valuable in more spread‑out fights. |
| 5 | Increases Physical Healing Bonus by 2.5%. | Gives a flat boost to all your healing output on top of existing modifiers. |
| 6 | Herbal Resonance now heals both you and the nearby ally with the lowest HP percentage. | Upgrades Herbal Resonance into a dual‑target heal, reinforcing your survivability while supporting teammates. |
The early tiers focus on responsiveness and general stat gains. Higher tiers bind the kit more tightly to team support by expanding targeting and improving raw healing numbers. For a dedicated Silkbind – Deluge healer, taking Mending Loom toward Tier 6 changes Herbal Resonance from a background helper into a core party sustain tool.
Requirements and materials to upgrade Mending Loom
Inner Way upgrades are gated by progression and consume specific items tied to each art. Mending Loom follows the same pattern.
| Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Character progression | Reach Solo Mode Level 4 (also shown as Level 4 Roaming). Inner Way tier upgrades only unlock once this threshold is met. |
| Upgrade material | Mending Loom: Notes |
| Primary acquisition method | Tips Exchange and other general Inner Way advancement sources. |
Once the Solo Mode requirement is cleared, Mending Loom appears in the Internal Art upgrade interface with its own Notes counter. Spending Mending Loom: Notes raises its tier step by step, unlocking the Herbal Resonance bonuses and passive heals listed above.
How Mending Loom fits into Silkbind – Deluge builds
Silkbind – Deluge focuses on Dewdrops, healing, and support‑oriented play around Panacea Fan and Soulshade Umbrella. Mending Loom sits squarely on the Umbrella side of that path.
Within the Silkbind – Deluge ecosystem:
- Royal Remedy boosts Panacea Fan’s clone healing and grants extra Dewdrops when receiving regeneration effects.
- Esoteric Revival improves resurrection healing for Panacea Fan, strengthening high‑risk revive plays.
- Restoring Blossom rewards critical heals by temporarily increasing healing received.
- Mending Loom concentrates on Echoing Grow and Herbal Resonance, tying Dewdrop consumption directly to self‑sustain and ally support.
For a Soulshade Umbrella‑first build, Mending Loom is the most direct way to turn standard skill usage into reliable healing. Pairing it with Royal Remedy and Restoring Blossom covers both proactive and reactive sustain: Umbrella movement and Dewdrop play keep the frontline topped up, while Panacea‑aligned Inner Ways handle burst recovery and clutch revives if you swap weapons.
In solo content, Mending Loom can stand on its own as your primary defensive Inner Way, since the Max HP percentage healing procs entirely from your Dewdrop management. In co‑op or group runs, it works best when rotated with Herbal Resonance windows and other Deluge tools to keep the team stable without pausing your offensive output.
Mending Loom asks for more than a quick boss kill and a lucky drop. It is tied to a dedicated Ever-Normal Granary campaign, a named boss, and a focused Silkbind – Deluge playstyle. Once unlocked and upgraded, it rewards that effort by letting Soulshade Umbrella players turn every Echoing Grow cast and every Dewdrop cycle into a steady stream of healing for themselves and their allies.
