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The Stamina Siphon is an Abyss Gear effect in Crimson Desert that recovers a portion of stamina on every successful weapon hit. The recovery is passive: it requires no input, has no cooldown, and does not consume Spirit. As of Patch 1.04.00, the effect appears in two tiers: Lv 1 from Stamina Transference and Lv 2 from the new Celestial Transference gear pre-applied to the Sword of Starlight.

Quick Information

How It Works

Each landed weapon attack credits a portion of the stamina bar back to the player. The siphon happens passively - the player does not press a button to trigger it - and there is no internal cooldown between activations, so a long combo string accumulates stamina back across every connecting hit. This makes it one of the only ways in the game to recover stamina while continuing to attack: ordinary stamina regeneration is suppressed during weapon use, so even slow regen does not apply during a combo without a Siphon source.

Why It Matters

• It is the only standard way to recover stamina mid-attack. Most stamina-recovery items and stations require the player to be idle. Siphon is the exception that lets dodge-heavy and parry-heavy builds keep cycling without resting.

• It scales with hit count, not with damage. Builds that connect many small hits benefit more than builds that connect a small number of large hits.

• It pairs naturally with stamina-thirsty skills. Skills that consume stamina per cast (rolls, parries, charged attacks) become more affordable when the underlying combo is feeding stamina back.

How to Get It

Extraction and Builds

Both gears can be extracted at a Witch and re-socketed onto a different weapon, so the underlying Stamina Siphon effect is portable. Common patterns:

• Move Lv 1 to a preferred Kliff or Oongka weapon early in the game. The Lioncrest Manor Hwando is one of the earliest reliable sources of any Siphon effect.

• Move Lv 2 onto a build's main weapon late-game. Damiane builds that already use the Sword of Starlight can leave it in place; builds on Kliff or Oongka can extract Celestial Transference and apply it to a one-handed sword they actually use.

• Do not stack Lv 1 and Lv 2 on the same weapon. The two gears occupy the same effect family and only the higher tier is reported to apply when both are socketed at once.

See Also

Celestial Transference - Lv 2 source.

Stamina Transference - Lv 1 source.

Sword of Starlight - Damiane weapon that ships with the Lv 2 effect.

Abyss Gear - Abyss Gear system overview.

Stamina - stamina mechanic overview.