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Honkai: Star Rail – Trailblazer build and ascension guide

Check out the best Light Cones and Relics for Trailblazer in Honkai: Star Rail
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Fight like a true anime main character with the best Honkai: Star Rail Trailblazer build – be it Stelle or Caelus, the Physical or Fire configuration, the Trailblazer has something to offer. As the main protagonist of the adventure, the Trailblazer is – naturally – something very special. They are able to change their Damage Type and their Path, which means they can essentially change classes and use different weapon types.

Trailblazer (Physical) is your starting character and follows the Destruction, Trailblazer (Fire) becomes available later on and follows the Preservation – no spoilers here as to how all that comes to be, don’t worry.

Honkai: Star Rail Male and Female Trailblazer.

Who doesn't love their sassy garbage gremlin in Honkai: Star Rail?

Trailblazer (Physical) has a single-target and an area-of-effect attack, both scaling with their Attack stat. Same goes for their Ultimate.

Trailblazer (Fire) on the other hand is a bit more complex. Their Skill, Ever-Burning Amber, increases their damage reductions and their chance of being attacked. It generates a stack of Magma Will as well, which allows them to create shields around allies.

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Honkai: Star Rail – Trailblazer: ascension materials

Here’s everything you need to know to get Trailblazer ascended to the maximum level and upgrade all of her talents.

Trailblazer requires the following ascension materials to get to level 80 in addition to the necessary XP, no matter their Path and Damage Type:

  • Credits x246,000
  • Thief’s Instinct x12
  • Usurper’s Scheme x13
  • Conqueror's Will x12
  • Enigmatic Ectostella x28

You can collect Thief’s Instinct, Usurper’s Scheme, and Conqueror's Will from Voidranger Reavers in the Supply and Storage Zones on Herta Space Station as well as the Simulated Universe. You can create or exchange them through the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express, too. Thief’s Instinct is one of the base materials you can easily farm through the Daily Assignments to your characters, making for a steady income of the material.

Enigmatic Ectostella is obtained from mission and level rewards and is unique to the Trailblazer. The best source of Credits is the Great Mine's Golden Calyx.