Soft Cotton

Utility

Silences movement noise while active. It does not remove visual detection, silence attacks or spells, or guarantee that an enemy already fighting you loses track of you.

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Type: Utility
FP cost: 0
Maximum held: 99
Maximum stored: 600
Consumed when used: Yes

Effects

Silences movement noise while active. It does not remove visual detection, silence attacks or spells, or guarantee that an enemy already fighting you loses track of you.

Prevents damage from a nonlethal fall while active. It cannot save you from a fatal fall or a death plane. The calculation requires a separately established fatal-fall result; it does not guess safety from a height or a health bar.

In-game description

A soft but sturdy cotton formed from splitting open Rowa fruit in a particular manner.

Craftable item.

Attaching this cotton to the bottom of one's feet allows for a temporary reduction in fall damage and sound. It also reduces the sound of one's footsteps.

If you must court danger, at the very least, tread lightly.

Where to find

Crafting after obtaining Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook [7]

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Starting Site of Grace: Stormhill Shack

Before you go

Crafting Kit
Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook [7]
Ingredients per batch: 3 Rowa Fruit and 1 Smoldering Butterfly

From Stormhill Shack, follow the road north toward the broken bridge east of Stormveil Castle.
Pass the Finger Reader Crone and walk toward the collapsed end.
Check the corpse at the bridge's edge and loot the cookbook.
The route around Stormveil continues below the bridge, but the book is on the bridge itself.
Buy the Crafting Kit from Kale for 300 runes if Item Crafting is unavailable.
Collect 3 Rowa Fruit, 1 Smoldering Butterfly. Outside combat, open Item Crafting and choose Soft Cotton. One craft makes 1.

Notes

For 20 seconds, quietens your movement and prevents damage from falls that would otherwise be survivable. Apply it before a descent or a quiet approach, rather than after stepping off the ledge.
It does not increase the height you can survive. A fatal drop still kills you, including drops into a death barrier, so follow the ledges or intended path down.
Quieter footsteps help when moving behind enemies, but do not make you invisible. Enemies can still see you and react to attacks.
The short duration makes it useful for a particular approach or descent. Reusing it renews the effect rather than adding another 20 seconds to a running total.
Three Rowa Fruit and one Smoldering Butterfly make one. Nomadic Warrior's Cookbook [7] unlocks the recipe from the corpse on the broken bridge north of Stormhill Shack; you do not need to enter Stormveil.
Using it consumes one and costs no FP. Carry up to 99, with another 600 in storage.