Ascension and Trace materials for Himeko — Nova.
Nova is a 5-Star Fire character of The Erudition path likely coming to Honkai: Star Rail in version 4.4.
While Nova will likely be featured as the boosted 5-Star character on her Banner in version 4.4, she will eventually return to Honkai: Star Rail at some point in the future when the Banner schedule cycles back to her.
If you want to prepare for her, we’ve detailed reliable leaks of Nova’s Ascension materials and Trace materials so you can level her up to her full potential right away. To understand how you might play her, we’ve also detailed what we know about Nova’s kit and Eidolons.
Keep in mind that this is leaked beta information, so Nova’s materials and kit might change upon her official release.
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Nova’s kit
Nova is a 5-Star Fire character of The Erudition path, and keeping in mind that this is leaked beta information from honeyhunterworld that could change upon her official release, and that all of the percentages mentioned below are based on Level 1 Traces, here’s a summary of Nova’s kit in Honkai Star Rail:
- Element: Fire.
- Path: The Erudition.
- Rarity: 5-Star.
- Basic Attack: Enkindle the First Lodestar — Deals Fire damage equal to 50% of Nova’s attack to one enemy.
- Skill: Upraise the Vanward Cresset — After using Skill, Nova immediately regains all uses of Assist Skill and gains ‘Navigator’s Semaphor’ for three turns. At the start of Nova’s turn, the duration is reduced by one. When Nova has the ‘Navigator’s Semaphor’, damage dealt by all allies increases by 10%. At the start of every turn, immediately regains one use of Assist Skill.
- Talent (passive ability): Of Fire and Far Faring — While Nova is on the field, immediately deploys the Territory ‘Starblazer Visioscape’ causing a Starblazer to appear on the field and granting all ally characters one Assist Skill usage. Ally characters can use the Assist Skill to command the Starblazer to attack enemies. Using the Assist Skill is considered as Nova using her Skill. Nova’s All-Type Res Pen increases by 10% and Critical damage increases by 40%. Attacks can ignore Weakness Types to reduce enemy Toughness. When Weakness is broken, triggers the Fire Weakness Break effect. When an ally character other than Nova uses the Assist Skill, they regenerate four Energy.
- Technique: Starcharter Cruise — When Nova is in the team, increases max Technique Points by three. After using the Technique, she enters the ‘Cruise’ state for 30 seconds. Actively using the Technique consumes two Technique Points and immediately attacks all enemies within a certain range. After entering combat, immediately use Skill one time at the start of each wave. If attacking a normal enemy, immediately defeats them without entering combat. No Technique Points are used if no enemies are hit.
- Ultimate (AoE): Hyperluminal Particle Beam — Deals Fire damage equal to 40% of Nova’s attack to all enemies and gains one point of ‘Source Energy’. A maximum of three ‘Source Energy’ can be held.
- Ultimate (single target and AOE): Orbital Annihilation Pulse — Consumes one point of ‘Source Energy’ to deal Fire damage equal to 10% of Nova’s attack to all enemies. When current ‘Source Energy’ is more than one point, for every one point(s) of ‘Source Energy’ consumed, additionally deals one instance of Fire damage equal to 15% of Nova’s attack to a random enemy.
- Bonus Trace 1: Whither, the Last and First Men? — When Nova uses her Assist Skill, it does not consume Assist Skill uses. At the start of the turn, if the current Assist Skill uses equal the current maximum limit, Nova additionally regenerates five Energy.
- Bonus Trace 2: Hark! The Express’s Pulse Roars — When a Trailblaze Companions character other than Nova uses an Assist Skill, that character immediately gains one extra turn during which they can use their Ultimate. An extra turn gained from an Assist Skill will not repeatedly trigger this Trace effect.
- Bonus Trace 3: The Silver Rail, Hushed in Antiquity — When using Ultimate, immediately gains three point(s) of ‘Source Energy.’ If current ‘Source Energy’ is three point(s) or more, when using the ‘Orbital Annihilation Pulse’ attack, the damage multiplier of ‘Orbital Annihilation Pulse’ against random single enemies increases by 30%.
Nova Ascension materials
You need to use NovaAscension materials to upgrade stats like her health, attack, defence, and critical hit effectiveness.
With the latest beta information sourced from honeyhunterworld, it looks like you need to get a lot of Radiant Prominence and Lucid Awl-based materials for Nova to fully upgrade her capabilities.
In total, the Nova Ascension materials in Honkai: Star Rail are:
- x15 Whimsy Wax
- x15 Dreamweave Steel
- x15 Lucid Awl
- x65 Radiant Prominence
- 308,000 Credits
For more details, here’s what Nova Ascension materials you need per level:
| Nova Ascension level | Nova Ascension materials | Credit cost | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 20 | x5 Whimsy Wax | 4,000 | x1 regular Star Rail Pass |
| Level 30 | x10 Whimsy Wax | 8,000 | None |
| Level 40 | x6 Dreamweave Steel, x3 Radiant Prominence | 16,000 | x1 regular Star Rail Pass |
| Level 50 | x9 Dreamweave Steel, x7 Radiant Prominence | 40,000 | None |
| Level 60 | x6 Lucid Awl, x20 Radiant Prominence | 80,000 | x1 regular Star Pass |
| Level 70 | x9 Lucid Awl, x35 Radiant Prominence | 160,000 | None |
Remember, this is leaked beta information that could change upon Nova’s official release.
Nova Trace materials
Just like Ascension, to get the most out of using Nova you will have to level-up her attacks and passive abilities by using Trace materials, which vary from character-to-character.
With thanks to honeyhunterworld again for sourcing the information, for Nova it looks like you’ll need to use a lot of Lucid Awl and Cosmic Sandpit-based materials to fully upgrade her capabilities.
In total, to upgrade all of her abilities, the Nova Trace materials you need are:
- x8 Tracks of Destiny
- x12 Vanquished Flow’s Reticence
- x18 Celestial Globe
- x41 Whimsy Wax
- x56 Dreamweave Steel
- x58 Lucid Awl
- x69 Galaxy Framework
- x139 Cosmic Sandpit
- 3 million Credits
Once again, this is leaked beta information, so Nova’s materials could change upon her official release.
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Nova Eidolons
By getting duplicates of Nova from pulling on her Banner, you will receive her Eidolon. This material allows you to unlock Eidolon levels, with each upgrade either improving an existing attack or passive ability.
With beta information sourced from honeyhunterworld, here are all of Nova’s Eidolons in Honkai: Star Rail:
- That Which We Stride Is the Trailblaze (E1): Increases the number of times the Talent triggers the extra Assist Skill effect by one. When in the ‘Companion Protocol: Verdict’ state, the number of Ultimate uses required to launch the Assist Skill is reduced by one. When in the ‘Companion Protocol: Decimation’ state, the Charge required to launch the Assist Skill is reduced by three. When Nova launches the Assist Skill, the number of times the extra damage effect is triggered increases by one.
- The Colors We Never Strike (E2): Max uses of Nova’s Assist Skill increase to two, and damage dealt by Ultimate and Assist Skill becomes 130% of their original damage. At the start of each turn in the ‘Navigator’s Semaphore’ state, immediately recovers one extra Assist Skill use. Trace ‘Hark! The Express’s Pulse Roars’ effect: When characters other than Trailblaze Companions use Assist Skill, they also gain one extra turn.
- We Who Are Starborn Muse Starward (E3): Increases the level of Nova’s Ultimate by two with a maximum upgrade level of 15, and increases the level of her basic attack by one, with a maximum upgrade level of 10.
- Let No Skyward Hand Stay Unheld (E4): When using the Assist Skill from Talent ‘Of Fire and Far Faring,’ the All-Type Res Pen increase effect applies to all allies. When Nova gains this effect, her All-Type Res Pen increases by an additional 10%.
- To Cross the Cosmos and Beyond (E5): Increases the level of Nova’s Skill and Talent by two with a maximum upgrade Level of 15.
- Ours Is the Oath to Sail Starward (E6): Nova’s Fire Type Res Pen increases by 20%. Max ‘Source Energy’ increases to six point(s), and when an ally uses or triggers an Assist Skill, DMG dealt by the Assist Skill increases by 75%, and Nova gains one point of ‘Source Energy’. When launching a ‘Hyperluminal Particle Beam’ attack during Ultimate, additionally gains one point of ‘Source Energy’. When launching ‘Orbital Annihilation Pulse,’ if the current ‘Source Energy’ is six point(s) or more, additionally deals Fire damage equal to 160% of Nova’s attack to all enemies one time.
Good luck levelling up Nova in Honkai Star Rail!
