Trace Priority Guide

Trace Priority Guide for Honkai: Star Rail Characters

Optimizing your character's Traces is crucial for maximizing their combat effectiveness in Honkai: Star Rail. This guide outlines the general priority for upgrading Traces, ensuring your most impactful abilities receive the necessary boosts first. Understanding these priorities will help you make informed decisions when allocating valuable Trace Materials.

The general Trace priority in Honkai: Star Rail follows a pattern that benefits most characters. While specific character kits might have slight variations, the core principle remains the same: focus on abilities that directly contribute to damage, debuffs, or essential support functions.

General Trace Upgrade Priority:

1. Basic Attack: Often the most frequently used ability, upgrading the Basic Attack provides a consistent damage increase. For characters whose Basic Attack has secondary effects (like healing or applying debuffs), this becomes even more important.
2. Skill: The Skill is typically a character's primary source of damage, healing, or utility. Prioritizing its upgrade ensures its core function is as potent as possible.
3. Ultimate: While powerful, Ultimates are on longer cooldowns. However, their significant impact often warrants a high priority, especially if they provide massive damage, crucial buffs, or game-changing debuffs.
4. Talent: The Talent often provides passive benefits or enhances other abilities. While important, it's usually upgraded after the more active combat skills unless it offers a significant, immediate power spike.

Trace Materials:

Trace Materials are obtained from various sources, including Calyxes, Simulated Universe, and weekly bosses. The specific materials needed depend on the character's Path and element. Common materials include:

• Iron Cavalry Gear
• Obsidian Gear
• Arrowhead
• Spell
• Scroll
• Destroyer's Final Traces (from weekly bosses)

Example Trace Prioritization (General):

Always check individual character guides for nuanced Trace priorities, as some characters may have unique mechanics that shift the order of importance.