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Getting your hands on some Relics inHonkai: Star Railwill be the easiest part of equipping your characters. It is once you have successfully obtained a few pieces that the real challenge will begin, as you will need to level them up. The system is not really hard to master, but it can still feel a little intimidating at first.
If this is your first encounter with the Relic system in the game you will undoubtedly be very confused. Don’t worry if you struggle, though; it will all make sense once you learn the fundamentals. Let’s dive in.
How To Level Up Relics
Theprocess of leveling up a Relicis about the simplest thing you will find on Star Rail. The real issue is figuring out what’s fair game. After all, the game isdesigned so you learn about Relics as you stumble upon them, and the in-game tutorial is not precisely the most beginner-friendly.
Relics come indifferent shapes and have different levels of rarity. They also come in sets and can give youstat boosts according to the type of Relic, and each Relic’sspecific stats.
There are some materials thatonly serve to level Relics, known asLost Lightdust, Lost Gold Fragment, and Lost Crystal. You will come upon them as you explore and open chests in the Maze (the Star Rail Map).
The process to level up a Relic is as follows:
Leveling Relics also costs credits.Each point of EXP costs 1.5 credits.
How To Use Relics As Level Up Materials
Relic EXP materials are still kind of sparse, even if you may get them from a variety of sources. However, these materialscome from the Relics themselves, which means that you canuse Relics to level other Relics. This is, in fact, the most common way to level Relics. You will probablyfind yourself using bad Relic pieces as fodderquite often.
The essence of the process is the same. You just need to:
Just as Relic EXP material does,Relics have a set EXP value. When enhancing you will want to remember that:
Using enhanced Relics will result inrecovering 80 percent of the EXP used for its upgrades, along with thebase EXP.
How To Get Lost Lightdust
Lost Lightdust is the lowest rarity Relic EXP material.Each Lost Lightdust is equivalent to 100 EXP.
As thelowest rarity material, Lost Lightdust is also the material youwill encounter the most oftenduring exploration.
There are ahandful of ways to get some Lost Lightdust:
How To Get Lost Gold Fragment
Although they have ahigher rarity level than Lost Lightdust, Lost Gold Fragments are actually themost common Relic EXP materialsin the game.
Each Lost Gold Fragment is equivalent to 500 EXP. You will often find yourself using them, as they provide a good amount of experience and don’t require that much effort to get your hands on. You canget some Lost Gold Fragments through all the followingways:
How To Get Lost Crystal
Lastly,Lost Crystal is the rarest Relic EXP materialat a four-star rarity.Each Lost Crystal is worth 1,000 EXP, making this a super valuable resource for enhancing Relics.
Unfortunately, it isa little harder to come by, especially during the early game when your characters arenot strong enough for you to consistently challenge the Forgotten Hall.
Regardless, you canobtain it from a few sources:
How To Salvage Relics
Salvaging Relics is the process through which you canrecycle Relics to turn them into Relic EXP material. It is also a pretty simple process, but there are some things worth keeping in mind.
Only Relics that have not been enhancedat all can be salvaged into EXP material.Leveled Relics can still be used to level other Relics, but you won’t be able to salvage them; theywon’t even show up in the screen.
To salvage Relics, you have todo all the following:
Five-star Relics can be salvaged, but they will always result inRelic Remains instead of Relic EXP materials.
If you want toaccess it from the Character screenyou will need to take all these extra steps:
Salvaging Relics willalways result in the same amount of Relic EXP materials.
