Maiden Beloved is an artifact set that provides Healing Bonus at 2 piece set effect and increased healing effect after prerequisites at the 4 piece set effect. This artifact set is really good for healers as it buffs their healing overall. Released in Version 1.0, this artifact set delves deep into the details of the Maiden who fell in love with a knight.
About Maiden Beloved
| Minimum Rarity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Maximum Rarity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 2 Piece Bonus | Character Healing Effectiveness +15% |
| 4 Piece Bonus | Using an Elemental Skill or Burst increases healing received by all party members by 20% for 10s. |
| Location | Valley of Remembrance, Adventurer Handbook. |
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| Maiden's Distant Love | Maiden's Heart-stricken Infatuation | Maiden's Passing Youth | Maiden's Fleeting Leisure | Maiden's Fading Beauty |
| Flower of Life | Plume of Death | Sands of Eon | Goblet of Eonothem | Circlet of Logos |
Pros and Cons
Every artifact set has its own pros and cons. Farming an artifact might not be easy due to the limited amount of resin that a player gets. Artifacts are important to maximize your character’s damage output and spending way too much time on a domain can be exhausting.
Pros
- Healer-buff - This artifact set provides healing bonus at both 2 piece and 4 piece set effect, which helps in maximizing healing potential.
- Easy to Clear Domain - Valley of Remembrance is incredibly easy to clear because all the enemies in the domain immediately spawn. It can be easily cleared with an aoe damage dealer or a grouper.
- Easy to build - Most characters which use this set do not require rare stats like Crit Rate, Crit Damage or Elemental Mastery. Obtaining HP and healing bonus is much easier than the others, making it easy to build.
Cons
- Lack of Synergy with Co-Artifact - The other artifact in the domain, Viridescent Venerer, is for Anemo characters. Due to this, the other artifact set will mostly be useless, or in most cases, farming for the other artifact set has a chance of providing you with Maiden Beloved, making it a complete wastage of resin.
- Alternatives - The Artifact set, Ocean-Hued Clam is a really good alternative for this one as it converts your healing into damage. This set not only heals you well, but also benefits your team as well, allowing you to use a healer without damage loss.
- Overhealing - The 4 piece set effect causes overhealing, making it so that you heal your character more than what is necessary with no benefit. The alternative, Ocean-Hued Clam solves this limitation by converting healing into damage.
Lore
Maiden's Distant Love
| A fragrant flower that will bloom for all eternity and never wither. |
The maiden's flower. Fresh and elegant just like its original owner.
The books say that this species of flower has long been extinct.
Just like that passage the maiden had read countless times in books:
"The damsel in distress was saved by the white knight in shining armor."
"And they exchanged flowers as blessings to one another."
Though a maiden's heart is said to change with the seasons, just like a flower,
This flower remained constant.
For her heart had stilled in that moment long ago:
The moment that she met the knight.
Maiden's Heart-stricken Infatuation
| A feathered accessory that carries the longing for a certain someone, like a migratory bird on the wind. |
An old but delicate feathered ornament.
After many years, it is now covered in layers of dust.
For the maiden, time stopped still the day she met the knight.
Nothing mattered to her anymore, not even love and youth.
She sought him constantly, wandering far like a lost bird without a nest to cling to.
"May my love reach the knight," she prayed.
Meanwhile, the knight dedicated himself to the pursuit of chivalry.
In a distant land where ancient empires crumbled
Would the knight see the scenery she dreamt of?
Maiden's Passing Youth
| The hands of time will never come to an end, but the same cannot be said for those cherished years of the young maiden's life when she was doted upon. |
A delicate timepiece.
It stood as a testament to the inevitable passage of time, indifferent to its owner's feeling.
The maiden's time would one day come to an end.
But her waiting would not.
The short hand seemed to be constantly chasing after the long hand.
Much like the incessant longing that filled the maiden's heart and mind.
Years after the event, she still remembered the knight she met that day.
The white knight that came for her. The white knight she had been waiting for ever since.
Maiden's Fleeting Leisure
| A vessel made with sweet black tea in mind rather than bitter liquor. |
The maiden's most cherished teaware.
It was once filled with elegant black tea.
Indulging herself in pastries and tea,
She cared not one bit about the mundane world. This was her privilege as a maiden.
"This flower shall be my medal. That is all I need."
The knight said to her on the day they met.
"But my heart is already—"
Not finishing her confession was her privilege,
but also the chains of courtliness the maiden had to bear.
Maiden's Fading Beauty
| A meticulously well-maintained woman's hat that keeps wrinkles safely out of sight. |
Even when surrounded by flowers from her courters,
The maiden never removed her hat to get a better look at them.
Their names and faces were not worth remembering.
For years, at the end of every day,
the maiden would brush off the dust on her hat.
But the passage of time showed in her face, too — and unlike the dust, it could never be brushed off.
As time passed, fewer and fewer courters visited her with flowers.
What did it matter? For her, time had already stopped long ago on that fateful day.
Trivia
- The lore of this artifact seems to be directly linked to the lore of Bloodstained Chivalry, another artifact set.
- Maiden beloved is the only healing artifact set who’s 4 piece effect also increases healing.
Conclusion
Maiden Beloved is an outdated artifact set which does not have much relevance in today’s meta not only because it has a better alternative, but also because it wastes your resin while farming for Viridescent Venerer.
