Currency Wars Guide and Rewards in Honkai: Star Rail

Currency Wars is a permanent game mode in Honkai: Star Rail that will feature teams of 8-10 characters where 4 characters at a time are placed in "combat mode" to defeat enemies. Characters inside of Currency Wars feature new abilities and passives called "bonds". To find out more about these changes and how the mechanics of Currency Wars work check out this page for more information!

Currency Wars takes turns in rounds where you encounter different enemies as well as bosses across 3 planes. As you partake in each plane, use this time to collect valuable resources to enhance your team before the final boss. During these rounds you will come across varied "Investment Environments" and "Investment Strategies" which provide strong buffs to the team. Selecting the correct Environment and Strategy will decide how easy it will be to clear.

A great advantage when taking part in Currency Wars is earning Ascension Points which increases your ascension level. As you increase your ascension level you will obtain various rewards such as Stellar Jades, Self-Modelling Resin, Variable Dice and other exciting rewards.

The first major expansion for Currency Wars is Currency Wars: Zero-Sum Game. Three new characters The Dahlia, Yao Guang, and Sparxie join the game and a new Expert Advisor system is introduced, giving select characters special roles and unique playstyles.

The update raises the Ascension Level cap to 110, expands Expected Profit and Bond Links with additional rewards, and increases the maximum Rank difficulty to A8 Wealth Creator 30. Numerous Bonds and characters have also been rebalanced, with adjustments to costs, positioning, and abilities.

In addition, the expansion adds new Investment Environments, Investment Strategies and opponent factions, significantly broadening gameplay variety and strategic depth.

There are a number of different types of bonds that each have unique abilities allowing strong effects to take place during combat. To learn all about the available Faction Bonds in Currency Wars check our dedicated Currency Wars Bonds team page below:

The great thing about the Currency Wars game mode is that it allows you to trial any characters including those that you do not own and see how they work in different teams and experience how different abilities work. For characters that you own the progress data will carry over but those that you do not own will not.

Recruit Staff is where you spent Gold Coins to recruit characters into your teams up to a maximum of 10 characters to take part in combat. Each character has their own positioning such as 'on field' and 'off field'. On field relates to those to take part directly in combat whereas off field refers to those that have passive abilities which occur during the combat stages. Placing each character on their related field will activate any relevant unqiue abilities such as enhancing existing skills or providing new combat abilities.

Characters can also equip different types of gear which will provide additional stats as well as additional effects when in combat. Selecting the correct gear for different characters will greatly increase their abilities when in combat!

Each character has their own rarity with it's unique system costing different amounts of coins in order to recruit them. These colours and costs are as follows: Grey (1 coin), Green (2 Coin), Blue (3 Coin), Purple (4 Coin) and Gold (5 Coin). In addition to these rarity colours there is a rarity mechanic. An example of this is as more of the same characters are recruited into your team the rarity of the future purchased characters improves as well as their base kit. An example is having a 2-star Green character with an increased base kit could be better than a Purple 3-star character.

In terms of a starting base kit Grey characters have a weaker kit whereas Gold characters have the strongest base kit. On the flip side of this the Grey characters have a higher development potential and Gold characters have less potential for development. One thing to note is that Gold characters cannot be recruited straight away and a level increase is needed first before higher level characters can be unlocked.

The 4.0 update introduces a new Expert Advisor system. These characters cannot be recruited from the store at the start of a run but can be unlocked through certain Investment Environments, Investment Strategies or by using Expert Invitations.

Once unlocked, Expert Advisors function like regular crew members for that run. They can be purchased in the store, upgraded, equipped with gear and will keep their existing Bonds. Each one is tied to a unique Investment Environment or Strategy that adds special gameplay effects, creating new strategic possibilities.

Following Version 4.0, Gallagher, Tingyun, and Qingque will take on the Expert Advisor role. For example, the Prismatic Investment strategy "Jade Expert: Qingque" grants players an Expert Advisor Qingque with three random Emblems and makes her available in the store for that session.

The Strategy Compendium allows you to open up a help page during a match to get recommendations about the characters you have on the field areas. Once you have chosen a strategy that suits you this will highlight any characters in the store that are recommended for you to use. In addition to highlighting recommended characters it can also help you to select equipment that’s best to help enhance your characters further increasing your chances in battle.

Progressing through Currency Wars will enable you to gain points and earn varied rewards which include Stellar Jades, Star Rail Passes, Credits, Fuel Vouchers and much more. These Point Rewards will refresh every fortnight on a Monday in rotation to the Simulated Universe.

Point Rewards that are available through this game mode include:

• Deep Immersifier x4
• Stellar Jade x 225
• Relic Remains x30
• Star Rail Pass x1
• Fuel Vouchers x50
• Credits x300,000
• Lost Crystal x21
• Herta Bond x1
• Tracks of Destiny x1

Currency Wars also offer a nice extra reward of Stellar Jade x1200 for activating all the different Bonds during your battles.

In addition to the periods point rewards you can also gain additional rewards through levelling up your Ascension level up to level 170. These rewards will be available throughout the whole expansion until the next update. See below the rewards that can be obtained through levelling up your Ascension.

• Credits x1,560,000
• Stellar Jade x2,640
• Tears of Dreams x504
• Relic Remains x1,320
• Lost Crystal x144
• Refined Aether x108
• Traveler's Guide x156
• Fuel Vouchers x96
• Tracks of Destiny x5
• Self-Modeling Resin x5
• Variable Dice x2
• Final Victor x1

Currency Wars has a ranking system where after each winning round undertaken you have the chance at increasing your rank which will reward you with tier rewards. A good thing to note is that even if you lose a match your ranking will not be effected by this.

There are a total of 9 different ranks as you progress. These ranks include the following and their rewards:

1. A0 - Black Iron: x500 Ascension Points, x6 Lost Crystal
2. A1 - Viridian Bronze: x500 Ascension Points, x6 Lost Crystal
3. A2 - Jade Steel: x100 Stellar Jade, x1000 Ascension Points
4. A3 - Cobalt Silver: x100 Stellar Jade, x1000 Ascension Points
5. A4 - Ice Titanium: x100 Stellar Jade, x1000 Ascension Points
6. A5 - Amethyst Gold: x100 Stellar Jade, x1000 Ascension Points
7. A6 - Investment Master: x100 Stellar Jade, x1000 Ascension Points
8. A7 - Monarch of Capital: x50 Stellar Jade, x500 Ascension Points
9. A8 - Wealth Creator: x50 Stellar Jade, x500 Ascension Points, 1x Currency Wars: Zero-Sum Game Gift Trophy

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