Exploration

Exploration is the act of traversing and interacting with worlds in Honkai: Star Rail.

Overview

While exploring the various worlds in Honkai: Star Rail, players may encounter various enemies and missions which may reward the players with Trailblaze EXP and materials used to upgrade Characters, Light Cones, and Traces.

Mechanics

Exploration involves utilizing several game mechanics, including character movement, player abilities, and teleportation.

Player Mechanics

Map

This allows access to the map where your active quest marker can be seen and other points of interest. This menu also allow fast travel to star anchors and various repeatable activities that you have physically visited at least once before.

Investigation/Collectibles

A variety of items and locations can be investigated throughout the world. Investigating certain spots may trigger hidden missions. Various readables can be collected this way.

Sprinting

An exploration mechanic that allows the player to move faster by pressing the sprint button.

Techniques

Each character has a technique that can be used while out of combat by consuming a Technique Point. They offer a variety of different effects in the world. Some provide a status buff, healing, or stealth to the team or character for the next battle, whilst other techniques attack the enemy for an advantage in combat.