Where Genshin Impact has artifacts, Honkai: Star Rail has relics. Relics are special materials players can equip to their characters in order to boost their stats. Ranging in rarity from 2 to 5 stars, relics belong to specific sets and unlock special effects when two or four pieces are equipped. Each relic has a main stat and 2/4 sub-stats to make characters stronger.
Relics in Honkai: Star Rail are split into two categories. The first, Cavern Relics, are sets of four clothing items, including Head, Hands, Body, and Feet. Wearing two or four pieces of a Cavern Relic set unlocks the set's special bonuses, with four-piece sets unlocking both effects. There are also Planar Ornaments, special sets of two relics including Planar Sphere and Link Rope.
Where To Find Relics In Honkai: Star Rail
Cavern Relics and Planar Ornaments come from different dungeons in Honkai: Star Rail. Cavern Relics are rewards for fighting through a Cavern of Corrosion. Different Caverns have different relics at various rarities. Players must unlock higher levels for each Cavern in order to guarantee 4-Star and 5-Star relics. Caverns of Corrosion unlock during the main story on Jarilo-VI.
Planar Ornaments, meanwhile, come from the Simulated Universe accessed in Herta's Office on the Herta Space Station, appearing in World 3 and beyond. This dungeon is rogue-like and full of chests and other mysteries to explore, differentiating it from the Spiral Abyss in Genshin Impact and its linear experience. By pairing the right Planar Ornaments and Cavern Relics with characters, players can craft the perfect Honkai: Star Rail character builds.
Caverns of Corrosion and the Simulated Universe are not the only source of relics in Honkai: Star Rail. You can also get relics from quests, chests, shops, and as rewards for playing through the game.
Relic Sets In Honkai: Star Rail
Some relics in Honkai: Star Rail will always have the same main stat, while others pick their main stat from a set list. Head and Hands relics have flat HP and ATK, respectively. Body relics can have Crit Rate%, Crit DMG%, Outgoing Healing Boost%, Effect Hit Rate%, HP%, ATK%, or DEF%. The main stats for Feet relics are HP%, Speed, ATK%, Break Effect%, and DEF%. Planar Spheres represent HP%, ATK%, DEF%, or an Elemental Damage Boost. Lastly, Link Ropes use DEF%, Break Effect %, ATK%, Energy Regen Rate%, or HP%.
The randomly generated sub-stats on all relics include all the stats mentioned above, alongside flat DEF, Effect Hit Rate%, and Effect RES%. The RNG nature of relics is designed to encourage daily play and can prove annoying, but Honkai: Star Rail has a partial solution for that.
As this video from Volkin on YouTube discusses, Self-Modeling Resin allows players to choose the main stat for a relic they craft out of ten discarded relics. While sub-stats are still random, this crafting system improves the chances of getting a relic with the perfect stat set.
As of Honkai: Star Rail's launch, there are twelve regular relic sets and eight Planar Ornament sets. Each set is designed with certain Paths and Types in mind, providing specific stat boosts and unique effects that can be further strengthened by picking the right Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail.
Cavern Relic Sets
Name |
2-Piece Effect |
4-Piece Effect |
Cavern of Corrosion |
Cavern Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Band of Sizzling Thunder |
Increases Lightning DMG by 10%. |
When the wearer uses Skill, increases the wearer's ATK by 25% for 1 turn(s). |
Path of Holy Hymn |
Great Mine (Jarilo-VI) |
Champion of Streetwise Boxing |
Increases Physical DMG by 10%. |
After the wearer attacks or is hit, their ATK increases by 5% for the rest of the battle. This effect can stack up to 5 time(s). |
Path of Jabbing Punch |
Everwinter Hill (Jarilo-VI) |
Eagle of Twilight Line |
Increases Wind DMG by 10%. |
After the wearer uses Ultimate, their action is Advanced Forward by 25%. |
Path of Gelid Wind |
Storage Zone (Herta Space Station) |
Firesmith of Lava-Forging |
Increases Fire DMG by 10%. |
Increases the wearer's Skill DMG by 12%. After unleashing Ultimate, increases the wearer's Fire DMG by 12% for next attack. |
Path of Conflagration |
Stargazer Navalia (The Xianzhou Luofu) |
Genius of Brilliant Stars |
Increases Quantum DMG by 10%. |
When the wearer attacks enemies with Quantum Weakness, ignores 25% DEF. |
Path of Providence |
Cloudford (The Xianzhou Luofu) |
Guard of Wuthering Snow |
Reduces DMG taken by 8%. |
At the beginning of the turn, if the wearer's HP is equal to or less than 50% of their Max HP, restores HP equal to 8% of their Max HP and regenerates 5 Energy. |
Path of Providence |
Cloudford (The Xianzhou Luofu) |
Hunter of Glacial Forest |
Increases Ice DMG by 10%. |
After the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, their CRIT DMG increases by 25% for 2 turn(s). |
Path of Gelid Wind |
Storage Zone (Herta Space Station) |
Knight of Purity Palace |
Increases DEF by 12%. |
Increases the max DMG that can be absorbed by the shield created by the wearer by 20%. |
Path of Holy Hymn |
Great Mine (Jarilo-VI) |
Musketeer of Wild Wheat |
ATK increases by 10%. |
The wearer's SPD increases by 6% and Basic ATK DMG increases by 10%. |
Path of Drifting |
Corridor of Fading Echoes (Jarilo-VI) |
erby of Wandering Cloud |
Increases Outgoing Healing by 10%. |
At the beginning of the battle, immediately recovers 1 Skill Point. |
Path of Drifting |
Corridor of Fading Echoes (Jarilo-VI) |
Thief of Shooting Meteor |
Increases Break Effect by 20%. |
Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 20%. When the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy, regenerates 3 Energy. |
Path of Jabbing Punch |
Everwinter Hill (Jarilo-VI) |
Wastelander of Banditry Desert |
Increases Imaginary DMG by 10%. |
When attacking debuffed enemies, the wearer's CRIT Rate increases by 10%. If the enemy is Imprisoned, then the wearer's CRIT DMG increases by 20%. |
Path of Conflagration |
Stargazer Navalia (The Xianzhou Luofu) |
Planar Ornament Sets
Name |
2-Piece Effect |
Simulated Universe World |
|---|---|---|
Belobog of the Architects |
Increases the wearer's DEF by 15%. When the wearer's Effect Hit Rate is 50% or higher, the wearer gains an extra 15% DEF. |
World 6 |
Celestial Differentiator |
Increases the wearer's CRIT Rate by 8%. When the wearer's current CRIT Rate reaches 80% or higher, the wearer's Basic ATK and Skill DMG increase by 20%. |
World 5 |
Fleet of the Ageless |
Increases the wearer's Max HP by 12%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 120 or higher, all allies' ATK increases by 8%. |
World 3 |
Inert Salsotto |
Increases the wearer's CRIT Rate by 8%. When the wearer's current CRIT Rate reaches 50% or higher, the wearer's Ultimate and follow-up attack DMG increases by 15%. |
World 6 |
Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise |
Increases the wearer's Effect Hit Rate by 10%. Meanwhile, the wearer's ATK increases by an amount that is equal to 25% of Effect Hit Rate, up to a maximum of 25%. |
World 5 |
Space Sealing Station |
Increases the wearer's ATK by 12%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 120 or higher, the wearer's ATK increases by another 12%. |
World 3 |
Sprightly Vonwacq |
Increases the wearer's Energy Regeneration Rate by 5%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 145 or higher, the wearer's action is Advanced Forward by 50% immediately upon entering battle. |
World 4 |
Talia: Kingdom of Banditry |
Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 20%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 145 or higher, the wearer's Break effect increases by an extra 28%. |
World 4 |
Source: Volkin/YouTube
