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.

There are a number of different types of bonds that each have unique abilities allowing strong effects to take place during combat. See below each of these Bonds and their effects:

• Xianzhou - "Summons the Lightning-Lord. When Lightning-Lord takes action, it attacks all enemy targets."
• Wolf Hunt - "Summons 'Borisin' to join the combat. During combat, 'Borisin' can gain experience to level up, gradually evolve into different attack forms, and provide various enhancement effects for allies."
• Follow-up ATK - "'Follow-up ATK' members can trigger 'Unified Attack' after multiple consecutive actions, dealing True DMG based on the accumulated Follow-up DMG of 'Follow-up ATK' members."
• Bloodflame - "Based on the HP consumed by 'Bloodflame' members, increasing the damage dealt by 'Bloodflame Arena' members and activates 'Bloodflame Arena' to attack all enemy targets."
• Skill Point - "Increases ally max Skill Points. When 'Skill Point' members consume Skill Points, they can draw for a prize, with a chance to gain benefits such as DMG Boost, Skill Point restoration, immediate action, or other effects."
• Cosmic Scholar - "Stacks 'Cake Cats' based on the star level of 'Cosmic Scholar' members and receives bonus rewards according to the number of stacks."
• Stellaron Hunters - "The 'Stellaron Hunter' member with the most equipment will become the 'Star Hunter', and the 'Stellaron Hunters' will assist the 'Star Hunter' in combat."

Each character has their own Bond and when a number of characters with the same type of Bond are in the same team, the effect will take place enabling buffs. More team members with the corresponding Bond will increase the Bond level, therefore making it's effect stronger.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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