While examining your characters in Honkai: Star Rail, you might have noticed a curious feature beneath Traces called Eidolons. Upon interacting with its snowflake-shaped icon, you’ll be met with a menu of numbered glass shards. Each Eidolon shard has a distinct name, with poetic titles such as “Dancing Butterfly” or “Gainfully Gives, Givingly Gains.” Independently, these colorful labels have no value in their wording. However, Eidolons do offer a gameplay advantage that shouldn’t be overlooked.
How Do Honkai Star Rail Eidolons Work
Simply put, characters’ Eidolons are to Honkai: Star Rail as Constellations are to Genshin Impact. For those unfamiliar, Constellations are permanent buffs to a character received whenever you obtain a copy of the character via gacha banners. Likewise, Eidolons are unlockable, permanent gameplay advantages for the Trailblazer’s companions acquired via Warp Banners.
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How to Unlock Rail Eidolons in Honkai Star
Warp is the gacha pull system of Honkai: Star Rail. Whenever you spend a Star Rail Pass or Special Pass, you can get new characters or Light Cones. However, suppose you acquire a character during a 10-pull Warp but receive that same unit again during the second 10 rounds. On such an occasion, you will unlock the Eidolon for that character in Honkai: Star Rail.
The next step is activating Eidolons you’ve received from the Astral Express. If you return to the glass-shard screen we discussed earlier, you’ll notice one of the numbered pieces can be activated. For instance, we made several dozen pulls from Warp and received three copies of Hook. We then visited her character screen and selected Eidolons. “Early to Bed, Early to Rise” and “Happy Tummy, Happy Body” were unlockable. As a result, our Hook received a 20% boost to her Enhanced Skill DMG, and the duration of Burn she inflicts via attacks was increased.
As you might imagine, getting Eidolons for rare five-star characters in Honkai: Star Rail is extremely valuable. Top-performing units receiving permanent buffs make them increasingly more effective on the battlefield. To unlock such rare Eidolons, you will need two things: luck or money. By luck, we are referring to RNG being in your favor for gacha pulls.
On the other hand, those with enough real-world wealth can procure an abundance of Stellar Jade. This currency can then be used to purchase Star Rail Passes, resulting in the opportunity to “farm” Eidolons.
Honkai: Star Rail is available on PC, PlayStation 4|5, Android, and iOS.