Nightweaver's Looking Glass GUIDE
Understand Nightweaver's Looking Glass
Useful when…
- A Hydro or Dendro catalyst user whose Elemental Skill deals matching elemental damage.
- A party that can trigger Lunar-Bloom while the Skill-triggered buff remains active.
- Supporting nearby party members’ Bloom, Hyperbloom, Burgeon, or Lunar-Bloom damage.
Two conditions, then the team bonus
When the wielder’s Elemental Skill deals Hydro or Dendro DMG, it grants 60 Elemental Mastery for 4.5 seconds at R1. When nearby party members trigger Lunar-Bloom, the wielder gains another 60 Elemental Mastery for 10 seconds. While both effects are active, nearby party members gain 120% Bloom DMG, 80% Hyperbloom and Burgeon DMG, and 40% Lunar-Bloom DMG. The effect cannot stack, and these effects can trigger while the wielder is off-field.
Use and timing
The party damage bonus requires both the Skill-based Prayer of the Far North and the Lunar-Bloom-based New Moon Verse to overlap. A Hydro or Dendro Skill hit alone gives its Elemental Mastery buff but does not meet the second condition. Likewise, a Lunar-Bloom trigger alone gives its own buff but does not activate the combined party bonus until the Skill condition is also active.
Refinement and investment
Ascension progresses through stage 6. Refinement consumes another copy and improves both Elemental Mastery buffs and all three reaction damage bonuses. At R5, the two buffs are 120 Elemental Mastery each; the combined bonus becomes 240% Bloom, 160% Hyperbloom and Burgeon, and 80% Lunar-Bloom DMG. Since the group effect still requires both conditions and cannot stack, refinement is a targeted investment in a setup that can activate it.
Different catalyst roles
A Thousand Floating Dreams gives the wielder party-composition-based Elemental Mastery or elemental DMG Bonus and grants Elemental Mastery to nearby teammates. Angelos’ Heptades grants active-party DMG after the wielder creates a shield, with an Energy restoration effect. Apprentice’s Notes is a basic catalyst with no secondary stat. These have different triggers and support profiles from Nightweaver’s paired reaction conditions.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The large nearby-party reaction bonus requires both timed effects to be active together.
- The group effect cannot stack with another instance of itself.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming either one of the two triggers alone activates the team reaction bonus.
- Expecting multiple copies of the group effect to stack.
Effects and reference details
Refinement effects
R1 When the equipping character's Elemental Skill deals Hydro or Dendro DMG, they will gain Prayer of the Far North: Elemental Mastery is increased by 60 for 4.5s. When nearby party members trigger Lunar-Bloom reactions, the equipping character gains New Moon Verse: Elemental Mastery is increased by 60 for 10s. When both Prayer of the Far North and New Moon Verse are in effect, all nearby party members' Bloom DMG is increased by 120%, their Hyperbloom and Burgeon DMG is increased by 80%, and their Lunar-Bloom DMG is increased by 40%. This effect cannot stack. The aforementioned effects can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field.
R2 When the equipping character's Elemental Skill deals Hydro or Dendro DMG, they will gain Prayer of the Far North: Elemental Mastery is increased by 75 for 4.5s. When nearby party members trigger Lunar-Bloom reactions, the equipping character gains New Moon Verse: Elemental Mastery is increased by 75 for 10s. When both Prayer of the Far North and New Moon Verse are in effect, all nearby party members' Bloom DMG is increased by 150%, their Hyperbloom and Burgeon DMG is increased by 100%, and their Lunar-Bloom DMG is increased by 50%. This effect cannot stack. The aforementioned effects can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field.
R3 When the equipping character's Elemental Skill deals Hydro or Dendro DMG, they will gain Prayer of the Far North: Elemental Mastery is increased by 90 for 4.5s. When nearby party members trigger Lunar-Bloom reactions, the equipping character gains New Moon Verse: Elemental Mastery is increased by 90 for 10s. When both Prayer of the Far North and New Moon Verse are in effect, all nearby party members' Bloom DMG is increased by 180%, their Hyperbloom and Burgeon DMG is increased by 120%, and their Lunar-Bloom DMG is increased by 60%. This effect cannot stack. The aforementioned effects can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field.
R4 When the equipping character's Elemental Skill deals Hydro or Dendro DMG, they will gain Prayer of the Far North: Elemental Mastery is increased by 105 for 4.5s. When nearby party members trigger Lunar-Bloom reactions, the equipping character gains New Moon Verse: Elemental Mastery is increased by 105 for 10s. When both Prayer of the Far North and New Moon Verse are in effect, all nearby party members' Bloom DMG is increased by 210%, their Hyperbloom and Burgeon DMG is increased by 140%, and their Lunar-Bloom DMG is increased by 70%. This effect cannot stack. The aforementioned effects can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field.
R5 When the equipping character's Elemental Skill deals Hydro or Dendro DMG, they will gain Prayer of the Far North: Elemental Mastery is increased by 120 for 4.5s. When nearby party members trigger Lunar-Bloom reactions, the equipping character gains New Moon Verse: Elemental Mastery is increased by 120 for 10s. When both Prayer of the Far North and New Moon Verse are in effect, all nearby party members' Bloom DMG is increased by 240%, their Hyperbloom and Burgeon DMG is increased by 160%, and their Lunar-Bloom DMG is increased by 80%. This effect cannot stack. The aforementioned effects can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field.
