Sound Breathing

Sound Breathing requirements

Bring 10 Demon Horns before climbing to Tengai. Read his full request before confirming the hand-in.

Reach Sound Trainer Tengai without exhausting your health

Iceveil’s cold drains health during the approach. Start with full health and stamina, and use the shrine to shorten the trip. An Emberheart Lantern protects against the freeze while its ember lasts; rekindle it at a campfire before the journey.

1. From the Iceveil shrine, approach the ledge overlooking dark water to the north.
2. Drop toward the water and cross to the rock faces on the far side.
3. Use Double Jump and Wall Climb to advance over the successive ledges to the elevated island.
4. Confirm the Sound Trainer Tengai nameplate and use Chat. Have 10 Demon Horns ready, read his full request and accept training, then check the first objective.
5. Leave the cold to complete the training exercises, then recover before returning for the Sound Trainee.

Prepare for the Iceveil trainer trip

Sound Trainer Tengai waits in a high cliff alcove in Iceveil Valley. Bring healing, unlock the movement tools you need for steep ledges, and use campfires to recover from the cold on the snowy approach.

Reach level 25 and bring 10 Demon Horns. Speak to Tengai, read his full request and accept Sound Breathing Training, then confirm the first objective in your quest log.

Find Tengai and finish the training

Use the active quest marker for the objectives between Tengai's cliff and the trainee encounter. When you reach the settlement, check the enemy name before fighting the nearby world boss.

1. Travel beyond the bear and Windy Peak region toward Iceveil Valley. Stop at campfires when the cold begins to reduce health.
2. Follow the upper snowy path to the settlement, then locate the cliff above the water. Use the available ledges, Wall Climb and Double Jump to reach the upper alcove.
3. Read the NPC label Sound Trainer Tengai. Inspect his complete request before accepting the training quest.
4. Follow the active training objectives and the marked Sound Trainee encounter. Check that Sound Breathing appears in your skill tree afterward.

Five named moves and two bead variations

Practice the kit in a useful order

These practice steps are an interpretation of the demonstrated animations. The video does not establish current damage, cooldowns, mastery costs or guaranteed PvP combos. Read the live skill tree and test against the current patch.

1. Check which Sound nodes are actually learned and assigned to the hotbar.
2. Test Bursting Bloom on a predictable target; confirm whether its hit leaves the target standing for a follow-up.
3. Use Roar when an opponent is close and compare its knockback with Resounding Slashes' end hit.
4. Test both Exploding Beads inputs separately, including the second press for the hovering version.
5. Try String Performance only when the opening rush can make contact; observe whether the remaining sequence triggers.

Watch the move and route demonstrations

Sound training, step by step

Complete these tasks in quest order. The next row unlocks after the previous one registers. If your tracker shows a different sequence, follow its named prerequisite.

After the trainee fight, open M → Skill Tree and select Sound. Training unlocks the branch; each move has its own points, mastery and prerequisite requirements.