Honkai Star Rail: Black Swan Farming Guide – All Ascension & Trace Materials

The next big update of Honkai Star Rail is just around the corner, and one of the first two Penacony characters in 2.0 will be Black Swan! If you plan on adding her to your account, check out all the materials she needs in order to be maxed out!

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Honkai Star Rail: Black Swan Farming Guide – All Ascension & Trace Materials! | © HoYoverse

Black Swan is a really special character to many Honkai Star Rail players! She has been around since the launch of the game and many of us probably still remember, how she first introduced us to the Aeons of the Star Rail universe.

It took HoYoverse a full year until they were finally ready to give us the mysterious Black Swan as a playable character and in a just a few more weeks, she will be up on the first banner of version 2.0! If you plan on pulling for her, you should definitely check out the following guide to her ascension materials!

Honkai Star Rail: Black Swan Farming Guide

The most important thing to know about Black Swan is that she is a Memokeeper. Enigmatic Memokeepers live in the Garden of Recollection, which is a very special realm in the world of Honkai Star Rail and no normal, mortal being can enter this place. This is also why the appearance of Black Swan, as we can see her right now, is not her true nor only form.

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Honkai Star Rail: Would you let Black Swan show you your future? | © HoYoverse

Memokeepers like to adapt to their environment in order to become part of the society whose memories they preserve. In order to do so, Memokeepers shed their mortal flesh and live on as memetic entities. With this unique gift, they can freely traverse between worlds.

📌 Black Swan Overview
Banner Start:If in first half: February 8, 2024 If in second half: February 28, 2024
Element & Path:Lightning / The Nihility
Rarity:5-Star
Pre Release Ranking:S-Tier
Difficulty:Easy / mid

Let's check out the materials she will need in order to max her out right at the beginning!

Honkai Star Rail: Black Swan Ascension Materials

The following list provides an overview of Black Swan's needed ascension materials from level 1-80:

  • 290x Traveler's Guide / 1160 Adventure Log
  • 308,000 Credits
  • 15x Glimmering Core
  • 15x Squirming Core
  • 15x Extinguished Core
  • 65x Ascendant Debris

Looks like we got still quite some farming to do …

Honkai Star Rail: Black Swan Trace Materials

After we successfully raid our Black Swan, we have to also care about her Traces! This is where the actual hard part is about to start:

  • 8x Tracks of Destiny
  • 3,000,000 Credits
  • 12x Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
  • 18x Fiery Spirit
  • 41x Extinguished Core
  • 56x Glimmering Core
  • 58x Squirming Core
  • 69x Starfire Essence

Traces are really expensive nowadays … Glad we can start the farming as early as of right now! Before you head straight into it, however, you should first check out which of Black Swan's Traces is the most important one and has the highest priority when it comes to investing your resources into it! Many characters don’t even need all their skills maxed out!

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