Echoes of war Honkai Star Rail - This is a replay mode of battles with especially strong story bosses. Fight the main opponents of the past and get materials for leveling Traces, light cones and other prizes in exchange for Energy of Exploration. In the guide, we will talk about the rules for how Echo of War works, consider tactics for defeating bosses, and all the rewards of the mode.
What is Echoes of War in Honkai Star Rail
Thanks to the mode, the player can fight against strong story bosses for a limited number of times for a reward. It looks like weekly bosses from Genshin Impact. The following Echoes of War features are key:
- The reward in Echo of War can be received in total 3 times a week. The attempt limit is updated every Monday after the servers restart.
- Prizes can be collected by winning any boss. For example, you can only go to Kokoliya and get a reward for each of the 3 trips.
- Each entry costs 30 Exploration Energy.
- Each boss has 6 difficulty options, on which its level and the value of the prizes earned depend. Each difficulty level corresponds Balance level and requires its discovery: on the 3rd difficulty level 3 of the Balance is needed, on the 4th you need to open the 4th level of the balance, and so on.
Defeat bosses to level up your characters' Traces and accumulate powerful Relics.
How to open Echoes of War
The mode will become available after completing the quests «Paths to the past have long been closed" and "dangerous swamp”, completing the main story of Yarilo-VI. Echoes of war easily reachable through Guide to the interstellar world (shown in the screenshot). Entrances to various bosses are scattered throughout the game world.
Where are the Bosses in Honkai Star Rail
In update 1.0, two bosses are available in the game.
doomsday beast
Portal with doomsday beast stands in the Support Zone, near the Star Express station on the Space Station «Hertha», at the place where the battle with him took place.
Kokoliya, mother of deceit
It is located on the Hill of Everwinter, on Yarilo-VI.
Fantilia
Location Lofu Xiangzhou - Scaled Gorge. Portal with Fantilia unlocked after completing the story mission "A brave dragon in a boundless ocean".
Find out in a separate guide where to look all chests in Scaled Gorge.
Skarakabaz
Located on the first floor Isolated zone Hertha space station. Enter into battle for the first time The Bug Lord Skarakabaz possible during the mission “Shine, burn my star of genius”.
How to defeat Echoes of War bosses in Honkai: Star Rail
In the paragraphs below, we will present the main recommendations for fighting bosses to achieve victory and give tips on choosing a squad.
Echoes of War: Beginning of Destruction (Doomsday Beast)
It has 2 phases of combat and consists of 3 parts: an engine in the middle and 2 arms on the sides.
- In the first phase, the engine strengthens attacking hands and spams «Conclusion» by allies. The arms are capable of area attacks.
- In the second phase, the ultimatum accumulation mode is added to the engine moveset until its next turn. If you do not bring down stamina during this time, then the Beast attacks «impending doom»: Massive area-of-effect AoE beam bombardment.
The universal weakness of the parts of the Beast is fire strikes. The left hand is weak to frost, the right to the wind, the engine to physical blows. The fighting tips are pretty simple:
- Use a hero type Natasha, March 7 (with open additional Trace «Purification») Or Armor, capable of removing debuffs to get rid of Imprisonment.
- Shield-giving characters make combat a lot easier, allowing you to counter spam of attacks on the Beast's area.
- It is not always possible to act proactively and bring down the resistance of the engine in time to prevent the ult. Better take care of protecting your allies.
Several compositions of characters with explanations of the roles of each are selected in the table:
Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 | How to use |
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March 7 | Pathfinder (Fiery) | Asta | Bailu Natasha | Preservation strategy:
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Hook | Asta | Himeko | Natasha | Fire Domination Team:
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Pathfinder (Fiery) | Dan Heng | March 7 | Natasha | Alternative F2P squad for long boss picking.
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Echoes of War: End of Permafrost (Kokoliya, Mother of Deception)
- In the first, she releases 2 ice steles.
- In the second, she periodically enters the ultimate mode and accumulates power until her next turn. If during this time you do not bring down the resistance to zero, then she will release a powerful area of effect ability «The last chorus of genesis».
- She is also able to "Contract" allies, which will prevent them from using their Superpower.
Kokoliya's key weakness is fire, so the team should be created to match the vulnerability. Heroes for quantum or electric damage are also held in high esteem. Stellas of Cocolia are vulnerable to fire, the left one is weak to electricity, the right one is weak to quantum hits.
Boss Fighting Tips:
- Take Natasha or another hero capable of removing debuffs (March 7, Armor). This is necessary to get rid of the Conclusion.
- Break Kokoliya's steles: they operate as separate enemies. Moreover, until the steles are broken, all vulnerabilities are blocked for the boss.
- Active ability available in combat «Anger of Creation Preservation». She is very strong and hits the area. Use at any time to infuse damage.
The table shows the units to fight Kokoliya:
Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 | How to use |
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Seele | Pathfinder (Fiery) | Asta | Bailu Natasha | Team Features:
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Hook | Asta | Himeko | Natasha | Team to host a fireshow:
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Pathfinder (Fiery) | Serval | Asta | Natasha | Alternative F2P command to exploit the boss's vulnerabilities. Serval, as the only new character, hits the area, causes Shock, to which the boss has no resistance. |
Arlan | Asta | tingyun | Bailu | Electric Domination Squad by Arlan:
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Echoes of War: Seed of Immortality (Fantilia the Undying)
The boss fight is divided into 3 phases:
- On the first stage Fantilia summons Lotus of Opulence, which drains skill points, places slits, and delays team members' moves.
- On the second stage Lord Ravager summons Lotus of Destruction. Their vulnerabilities are only revealed during the period of preparation for the "Chaos" technique, which deals electrical damage with ignoring protection. They also apply a debuff, lowering max. amount of health. Fantilia herself hits hard with the AoE attack “Soaring Stars and Shards of the Moon”.
- The third stage: Fantilia summons both types of lotuses, hits the area painfully, delays the moves of the heroes, and also performs several actions in a row.
There is nothing wrong with the excessive activity of the boss and the abundance of summoned mobs - no. The following tips will help you not die:
- Don't forget to destroy the Lotus of Plenty. They steal skill points, which can lead to an incident in which Natasha or another representative of the Path of Plenty will not be able to use the E-shka and save the ally at the right time. Upon receiving a finishing blow, Lotus of Opulence explodes and restores 3 skill points to the team.
- In phase 2, Lotus of Destruction will cut max. health of team members. It is treated simply: pump Natasha track "Calm", March 7 - "Cleansing" Loche - Cleansing Resurrection, or just take Armor. Each of the 4 heroes is able to return the HP ceiling to normal with a skill.
- In the 2nd phase, the attack "Soaring Stars and Shards of the Moon" is quite dangerous! Observations show that Fantilia uses this technique only in 2 cases: at the beginning of the second stage and at each restoration of resistance during the 2nd phase. The conclusion from this is simple - maintain the health of the team after breaking through the vulnerability and until the boss restores the white bar of stamina.
- Lotuses of Destruction are only vulnerable during the preparation of the attack "Chaos" lasting 1 cycle. During this time, you need to weaken the hostile plant so that the skill does not activate. The good news, in turn, is that it is not necessary to penetrate the vulnerability of the Lotus itself, you can focus on Fantilia: if you take down her white bar, then the Chaos attack will not start either.
- Don't forget about the Roar of Heavenly Anthem active ability, which deals a lot of damage in an area. It is especially effective at times when Lotuses of Destruction show their vulnerability.
- Electric and imaginary heroes with area attacks are the most dangerous for the boss.
Below are some squad compositions:
Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 | How to use |
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Dan Heng | Jing Yuan | Serval | Bailu Natasha | Strategy on wind and electricity, with a focus on destroying the Lotus in the process.
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Welt | Sampo | Yukong | Locha | A unit for dealing imaginary and periodic wind damage with a focus on the boss.
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Blade | March 7 | tingyun | Natasha | Strategy: Bladecentrism with protection.
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Echoes of War: Old Wormhole Crater (Starbreaker: Skarakabaz)
The Skarakabaz fight includes 2 phases:
- On the first stage often enters a state protected by a shell, and when struck by it it summons weak beetles.
- In the second part tests the arsenal of attacks is complemented by a powerful explosion "Egg of a Broken Star", capable of destroying the entire team at once. Young ones begin to appear among the stingbugs, complicating the course of the battle with explosions and additional control.
Although the number of enemies will be overwhelming throughout the battle, the boss does not pose a high threat. The following recommendations will help cope with the onslaught of synthetic sting beetles:
- Focus on the types of elements that the Bug Lord is weak to and select your squad according to them. The destruction of the shield plays a key role in the battle with Skarakabaz: if you break through the vulnerability while the boss is in the Reproduction state, all opponents on the field will be weakened, receive damage and the Binding effect.
- Although you will be attacking mainly the main enemy, you should not make up a squad entirely of characters who specialize in dealing damage to single targets. Supplement your team with multiple area heroes, even if their elements don't match your enemies' weaknesses, to gradually drain nearby stingers with damage. Before dying, they will explode and deal damage to allies and their shields.
- Among the abilities of the Bug Lord there are skills that impose control effects. When choosing a support character, pay attention to the possibility of removing weakening or increasing resistance to effects: traces of March 7, Natasha, Lochi, Fu Xuan, Hoho and Lynx skills. Be sure to leave a skill point to activate the appropriate support skill to keep the team alive.
- In the second phase, make sure that the healer's ultimate is always charged while Shell of Born Catastrophe is active. If you can't break through the vulnerability before Skarakabaz's next turn, use the healer's super ability after the explosion of the "Egg of a Broken Star".
- Gradually damage the Bug Lord's shield. Don’t spend all your action points and ultimates if it’s definitely not possible to break through the vulnerability in the current cycle. Leave some Toughness Gauge and wait for the enemy to enter the Reproduction state to deal a crushing blow to a group of monsters.
Examples of units to participate in the Old Wormhole Crater challenge:
Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 | Recommendation |
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Moon Eater Argenti | tingyun Armor | Hanja Yukong | Locha Cheetah Hoho | Strategy: AoE hypercarry.
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jingliu | sang Blade | ruan mei | Fu Xuan Lynx | A detachment built around Jingliu.
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Sushan | Hertha Luke | Yukong sang | Natasha | A group of free and epic characters.
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Rewards for completing Echoes of War
Boss battles in the Echoes of War mode allow you to earn the following rewards:
- Mastering Experience - 150.
- Traces Materials: The Destroyer's Last Path, Guardian's Sorrow, Eternal False Body Repentance.
- Shining reflections for the exchange in the store oblivion hall.
- light cones 4⭐.
- Relics 4⭐ from 1st difficulty level.
- Relics 5⭐ from 3st difficulty level.
- Credits.
Read on:We are glad if the HSR Echoes of War Memory Mode guide helped us get through the bosses. All questions related to battles with opponents and team building ask in the comments. Read complete guide for Honkai Star Rail, as well as other useful game guides in the relevant sections: completing missions, guides, builds.
and how many resources for traces will be given if you defeat the boss of the last and penultimate stages?
what is the percentage to knock out the cone, is it not known?
Hello. The chance to knock out a cone in an echo of war on difficulty 4 and 5 is approximately 7%.