The quick answer
Flying Gourds is an Inkwell Fan passive found in the sanctum near Floral Expanse Beyond. It changes Peak’s Springless Silence into a multi-charge skill with a cooldown tradeoff.
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Get the chest before the Skill Theft encounter
- Travel to Floral Expanse Beyond in Qinghe and look northwest of its Boundary Stone for the Inkwell Fan Sanctum entrance. Bring a Dragon Key.
- Open the cave passage and move through the guards toward the area before the Skill Theft encounter.
- Look for the large gold chest by thick vines and two wooden barrels. Open it for Flying Gourds: Tome.
- Finish learning the Inner Way and equip it with Inkwell Fan. Learning the Martial Art itself is a separate interaction farther inside.
If you already completed Skill Theft, that does not mean this chest was collected. Check the Tome and learned-entry state before spending time on the instructor again.
Understand charges and cooldown separately
The published base description grants two charges to Peak’s Springless Silence and adds a cooldown penalty. Read the current skill display for its exact charge count and recharge timing after equipping the passive.
A stored charge lets you choose another use now; it does not necessarily mean the skill recovers faster over an entire fight. That distinction is useful when deciding whether to spend both uses at once or keep one for the next opening.
Make the second use deliberate
| Situation | Suggested use |
|---|---|
| The target stays inside a safe opening | Consider spending another charge while you can connect reliably. |
| A mechanic will force movement shortly | Keep a charge available until you have a clear target again. |
| You keep using both charges on cooldown | Watch the empty period afterward before deciding the passive improves your rhythm. |
Our recommendation is to practise the skill on a familiar encounter before changing several passives together. If a result feels worse, you can then tell whether the new recharge rhythm is responsible.
Common reasons it appears inactive
- The equipped weapon is Panacea Fan, which has different skills.
- The Tome was collected but the Inner Way was not learned or equipped.
- The observed move is not Peak’s Springless Silence.
- A listed breakthrough bonus has not yet been unlocked.
Do not buy Notes merely to correct a missing equipment slot. First establish that the base interaction appears on the correct skill, then compare the next tier with your other Inkwell Fan priorities.