Aether Wars in Honkai Star Rail: How to Victory Zone Challenges

Ethereal Wars in "Interstellar Festival-Tournament".

Date of the temporary event: from October 11 to November 13, 2023 (03:59 server time). In the guide, we will present a complete walkthrough of the Ethereal Wars tests in HSR, and will also present tactics on how to win in “Network Matches”.

How to start the Aether Wars event

In order to take part in the battles of the “Aether Wars” you must:

• reach 34 Mastering level or higher;
• complete the mission Mastering the Luofu Xianzhou story campaign "Obsequies Performed, A Long Road Ahead";
• complete the first and second parts of the Reconstruction mission Future Market.

Once the above conditions are met, open the section "Messages" and Wilder, a member of the Interstellar World Corporation's strategic investment department who is promoting the game Aether Wars. During the conversation, the man will ask the Pioneer to evaluate the project.

After completing the dialogue, an adventure mission will appear in the Journal - Start! "Aether Wars!"

Find March 7 on the main square of the istrative District and, with the of the girl, move to the orphanage located in Zaklepkograd to meet with an employee of the KKM strategic investment department.

The man will escort the Pathfinder and March 7 into the territory Old test site, where an acquaintance with a mysterious person named Giovanni will unfold, as well as the first battle against embittered employees of the Interstellar World Corporation.

Thus, the Nameless Ones will protect Eric: as a token of gratitude, he will give ether coin, previously picked up from the ground - it was this that became the cause of aggression on the part of the soldiers. Afterwards, Mr. Giovanni will accompany the Pathfinder to the “Aether Wars” player terminal, from where familiarization with the main part of the event will begin. As a reward for successfully completing the “prologue” mission you will receive:

• 40 star jade;
• 200 Experience;
• 40 credits;
• 6 travel guides;
• 4 lost crystals.

Guide for Aether Wars in Honkai: Star Rail

Aether Wars is a collectible card game that uses ethereal copying technology. Using a specialized item called "ether coins", Pathfinder can store enemy creatures in the form of ether and later convert them into ethereal spiritsto accept participation in battles against other event participants (characters of the Yarilo-VI story campaign, as well as new heroes - for example, Topaz).

When enemy creatures materialize into ethereal spirits, they are endowed special skills, which can later be used during the fierce battles of the Interstellar Festival Tournament. To win, it is extremely important to use the given abilities wisely.

Victory Zones

"Aether Wars" player terminal located at the spatial anchor "Victory Celebration Center" (Old test site), as well as the section of the same name in the “Travel Journal” provide an opportunity to familiarize yourself with "Victory zones" games:

• The corridor of vanishing echoes;
• Cloud crossing;
• Hertha space station;
• Big mine.

Each of the listed zones - intermediate stage, which allows you to earn mastery badges, get new ethereal perfumes, and also find more universal prototypes of expansion chips. The peculiarity of these locations is the presence unusual puzzles - for example, associated with modified snow burners. With their help, you can penetrate the secret corners of zones, as well as receive ordinary/luxury chests and other significant rewards.

Once all the presented Victory Zones have been completed, the final stage of the competition, which will allow the Pathfinder to take over the title of champion of the “Ethereal Wars” and an unusual item that will add to the collection of characters with any of the proposed white god heroes: Hook.

Ethereal Spirit Matches

The main essence of the event is constant battles between ethereal spirits, the collection of which expands as you explore Victory Zones and battle local opponents:

• Can be sealed in the Corridor of Vanishing Echoes 5 ethereal spirits;
• in Cloud Crossing - 4;
• on the territory of the Hertha Space Station - 3;
• in the depths of the Big Mine - 4.

In addition, for battles during the completion of missions related to the event, you can receive three unique ethereal spirits.

For example, one of them, Space piggy bank, becomes available as part of the task "Start! Ethereal Wars!. The Pioneer and March 7 name the baby as they want, and thereby replenish the collection of “puppets” with first-class , which is capable of restoring HP and also strengthening allies.

Types of Ethereal Spirits

Essential perfumes are divided into:

• mechomorphs (blue icon);
• anthropomorphs (red icon);
• aliens (purple icon).

Belonging to one or another “element” can be found out in the “Essential Perfume” section:

Vulnerabilities of Ethereal Spirits

Each of the above species has increased vulnerability to one type, as well as increased resistance to another. Focusing on pumping up one “element” is a mistake. In order to have an advantage in tests of increased difficulty, it is important to consistently improve different ethereal spirits, thus maintaining the ability to assemble units for various “vulnerabilities”.

How to pump up ethereal spirits

When fighting with opponents or the same opponent players represented by NPCs, you can receive as a reward "Data for increasing the level of ethereal spirits". With their help, personal creatures are upgraded, the maximum level of which is 6.

The pumping process itself goes as follows:

1. Expand the player terminal and open the section "Ethereal Perfume".
2. Select the desired ethereal spirit and use the function "To increase level".
3. Spend a fixed amount of data to strengthen a fighter.

How to get expansion chips

Expansion chips are analogous to cave relics and planar decorations equipped to characters. These artifacts identically affect the strengthening of ethereal spirits, endowing them with various active or ive abilities.

In order to increase the number of expansion chips, you must:

• thoroughly explore Victory Zones for the presence of opposing players: defeating them will not only bring an increased amount of data for leveling up, in addition, there is a high chance of receiving an expansion chip of rare or epic quality;
• take part in “Network matches”: defeating the main opponent can also bring you an expansion chip of rare or epic quality;
• search and discover regular/luxury chests, also hidden in the territories of the Victory Zones;
• complete adventure missions, related to the event: some tasks hide not only the standard reward in the form of star jades, but also something more valuable that can affect victory in the battle.

How to get a Mastery Badge

The Mastery Badge is a special currency that is ission to the final match "Interstellar festival-tournament". In order to get the maximum number of badges (4 in total), you must complete adventure missions dedicated to the event and explore Victory Zones.

Successfully completing each will earn you a personalized mastery badge.

How to Raise Your Radiance Level

Shine level - Trailblazer rating, which can bring pleasant rewards in the form of star jades, experience materials, as well as a unique prize in the form of a message subject "Space Piggy Bank".

In order to increase your personal rating and rise above other ethereal fighters, it is important to complete tasks from the section "Rating Rewards". The gradation of missions is simple: the more Victory Zones and Online matches ed, the more difficult the goals and the more valuable the reward.

Walkthrough of the Ethereal Wars event in HSR

Next, we’ll tell you how to all the tests of the Victory Zones of the “Aether Wars” event.

Corridor of Fading Echoes

The Corridor of Vanishing Echoes is the first Victory Zone of the event, within which the Pathfinder and March 7 will be able to receive:

• legendary ethereal spirit - Lieutenant of the Silver-maned Guards;
• epic ethereal spirits - Fire from Space, the Imaginary Weaver, as well as the Arrow and Gunner of the Silver-Maned Guardians.

The peculiarity of the zone in question lies in the puzzles associated with modified snow burners. There are four riddles in total. An additional reward for solving each one is the opportunity to get close to 4 regular chests and 1 luxury chest.

In a separate guide, How to complete the Victory Zone “Corridor of Vanishing Echoes”, and also shared tips that will help defeat the final enemy of the location - the Lieutenant of the Silvermane Guards.

Below is a map with the location of the main points of interest in the first Victory Zone.

Cloudford

Cloud Crossing is the second Victory Zone of the event, within which the Pathfinder and March 7 will be able to receive:

• legendary ethereal spirit - Aurumaton the gatekeeper;
• epic ethereal spirits - Beast of Abundance: Timberwolf, Enchanted Invention: Submissive Lion Dragon, and Enchanted Invention: Glowing Dragonfish.

The peculiarity of this zone is the emergence of a new type of puzzles - picture puzzles. In some parts of the location you can come across graffiti, the complete picture of which is assembled if you stand at a certain angle. Having received three images, successfully complete the main part of the zone's challenges and get close to the opportunity to fight the main boss - Master Gongshu.

In a separate guide, How to complete the Victory Zone “Cloud Crossing”, and also shared tips that will help defeat the final enemy of the location - Aurumaton the gatekeeper.

Additional prizes include 4 regular chests and 1 luxury chest. Below is a map with the location of the main points of interest in the Victory Zone.

Herta Space Station

The Hertha Space Station is the third Victory Zone of the event, within which the Pathfinder and March 7 will be able to receive:

• legendary ethereal spirit - Void Ranger: Suppressor;
• epic ethereal spirits - Void Rangers: Invader and Destroyer.

While exploring the Hertha Space Station, you will encounter service robots, as well as Wubbabu, who will begin to fill the “Inventory” with treasure maps and es for salvation. Having collected the required amount, you can get to the main champion of the region, Hertha, and gain access to all regular/deluxe chests.

In a separate guide, how to complete the Victory Zone "Gerta Space Station", and also shared tips to help defeat the final enemy of the location - the Void Ranger: Suppressor.

Below is a map with the location of the main points of interest in the Victory Zone.

Great Mine

The Big Mine is the fourth Victory Zone of the event, in which the Pathfinder and March 7 will be able to receive:

• legendary ethereal spirit - Frost Wanderer;
• epic ethereal spirits - Spider Automaton, Silvermane Guard Soldier and Vagabond.

The main challenge of the Big Mine will resemble one of the objectives encountered during the Reconstruction mission Future Market, when the Pathfinder was engaged in eliminating the guards of the Interstellar World Corporation using an invisibility bomb.

In a separate guide, how to the Victory Zone “Big Mine”, and also shared tips that will help defeat the final enemy of the location - Giovanni and his Frosty Wanderer.

The zone is not without points of interest, where you can find 4 regular chests, as well as 1 luxury chest, which will bring another expansion chip of epic quality. Below is a map of the Victory Zone.

Interstellar Celebration [Championship Final]

Interstellar Celebration - Finale "Interstellar festival-tournament", in which the Pathfinder and March 7 need to fight several contenders for the champion title "Aether Wars" Future rivals include Luca, Guinaifen, Silver Wolf, Giovanni, Topaz and a mysterious elite player. Fight each representative and thereby demonstrate the power of your ethereal spirits.

A separate guide presented tactics, effective units and recommendations that will help defeat Luka, Guinaifen, Silver Wolf, Giovanni, Topaz and an elite player.

Walkthrough of Network matches of Ethereal Wars

Online matches are an additional activity that offers the opportunity to fight with the ethereal spirits of old acquaintances and loyal friends who have also become fans of the game “Ethereal Wars”. Taking part in friendly duels, come up with new tactics, combine creatures of different affiliations and receive worthy prizes as a reward - data for leveling up and expansion chips of epic quality.

Tactics were presented in a separate guide, how to defeat all opponents in “Network matches” at the Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow and Red Radiance Levels, and also told how to take part in the exhibition match.

Aether Wars Chests

In addition to solving riddles, each of the four Victory Zones is ready to provide the Pathfinder with certain sections for exploration, where they can later find luxurious and ordinary treasures. Next, let's imagine the location of all the chests.

Corridor of Fading Echoes

Number of chests in the Corridor of Vanishing Echoes in Aether Wars: 4 regular and 1 luxury.

1 regular located in the starting area.

2 regular can be obtained by solving the puzzle with the second modified snow burner and sliding one of the boxes to either side to open access to the treasure room.

Access to 3 regular opens in the same way as the second one: slide the third modified snow burner and make a “path” to the desired star jades from the box.

4 regular can be obtained after solving the last modified snow burner puzzle.

Luxurious, in turn, will be available at the end, namely, as soon as you figure out the direction of the controller and go to the opposite side of the Corridor of Vanishing Echoes.

Cloudford

Number of chests in Cloud Crossing in Ethereal Wars: 4 regular and 1 luxury.

1 regular located on the roof of the container.

2 regular located on the trailer of a cargo skiff over a large area.

3 regular on a separate site, in the eastern part of the location.

Luxurious You can pick it up if you fight an Amateur Player and solve the “puzzle” related to the controllers.

4 regular located in a separate area, the entrance to which opens after interacting with a switch in the territory of the already mentioned large area.

Herta Space Station

Number of chests on the Hertha Space Station in Aether Wars: 4 regular and 1 luxury.

1 regular find when interacting with the first Wubbabu.

2 regular located in the western section of the 3rd floor.

After defeating Gertha, go up to the 2nd floor of the space station and explore the eastern corridor: 3 regular will be found at the locked doors.

4 regular is located in the southern corridors, on the territory of which you previously communicated with one of the Wubbabu.

Luxurious located on the 3rd floor. After exploring the entire zone, go to the controller in the central part of the location and, interacting with it, pave the way to the last treasury.

Great Mine

Number of chests in the Big Mine in Aether Wars: 4 regular and 1 luxury.

1 regular located in an open area. Defeat the Silvermane Guard Soldiers and fight the Eager Youth to gain access to the treasury.

After ascending to the second level of the Big Mine, approach the abandoned apartment complex to pick up 2 regular.

After fighting all the challengers on the main bridge, you will be able to interact with luxurious treasury.

3 regular is located at a dead end. Before you open it, you will have to fight a group of Vagabonds.

4 regular located in the southeastern zone of the location. Use an invisibility bomb to disperse problematic employees to gain access to the treasure.

Achievements for completing Aether Wars in Honkai: Star Rail

The following are the achievements that can be obtained as part of the “Aether Wars” event.

Gust of Wind Medal

Complete all challenges in the Victory Zone star jade.

Medal for metal

Complete all challenges in the Victory Zone Cloud crossing in Aether Wars to get the Bronze achievement "Medal for Metal" from section "Our Memories" and pick up a reward in the form of star jades (5 pcs.).

Medal for Genius

Complete all challenges in the Victory Zone Space Station Hertha in Aether Wars to unlock the bronze achievement "Medal for Genius" from section "Our Memories" and earn 5 star jades.

Medal for the mask

Complete all challenges in the Victory Zone Big mine in Aether Wars to unlock the bronze achievement "Mask Medal" from section "Our Memories" and replenish your “Inventory” with 5 star jades.

Hall of Fame

Win the title of champion in the Interstellar Festival Tournament's Aether Wars by defeating Luca, Guinaifen, Silver Wolf, Giovanni and Topaz to earn the Silver achievement "Hall of Fame" from section "Our Memories" and 10 star jades in addition.

King of the hill

Complete the climactic Battle of Everwinter Hill in Aether Wars by defeating a mysterious Elite to earn the Bronze Achievement "King of the Hill" from section "Our Memories" and 5 star jades.

After victory comes goodbye

As part of the adventure mission star jade.

After the end comes the beginning

As part of the adventure missionstar jade.

We need to catch them all!

Obtain all Ethereal Spirits in Aether Wars to unlock the Bronze achievement "We need to catch them all" from section "Our Memories" and take a reward of 5 star jade.

Read in the separate manual, how to get all ethereal spirits, including Shadow of Everwinter and Shadow of Incineration.

Guru of "Aether Wars"

Reach the highest Winner Ranking level in Aether Wars by taking part in "Network matches" and increasing your Radiance Level to earn the Bronze achievement "Guru of Aether Wars" from section "Our Memories" and receive a reward in the form of 5 star jades.

Random champion from the network

Defeat all opponents in an online Aether Wars match to unlock the Bronze achievement "Accidental champion from the network" from section "Our Memories" and receive a well-deserved reward - 5 star jades.

Are we the champions, my friend?

Win an exhibition match in Aether Wars as part of the walkthrough "Network matches"to get the bronze achievement "Are we the champion, my friend?" from section "Our Memories" and a reward in the form of 5 star jades.

Won't there be an update?

Obtain all Ethereal Spirit Expansion Chips by fully completing the Ethereal Spirits Event Challenges to unlock the Bronze Achievement “Won’t there be an update?” from section "Our Memories", and also earn 5 star jades.

Awards

The following temporary rewards are provided for completing the “Aether Wars” event:

• 1200 star jade;
• 1 self-modeling resin;
• 1 imprint of fate;
• free epic character to choose from: Hook.
• character experience materials, light cones;
• materials for leveling up character traces;
• loans.

To some of the standard rewards that will remain when the event moves to the section "Imperishable Memoirs", include the following items:

• star jade - 1040;
• message subject "Space Piggy Bank";
• character experience materials, light cones;
• materials for leveling up character traces;
• loans.

We hope our guide helped you all the challenges of the Aether Wars in H. Write to comments questions regarding the main event - the author or players will try to help. Read other articles in the relevant sections of our website: builds.