Farming the Ascension and Trace materials for Jiaoqiu inHonkai: Star Railis a crucial step to start optimizing his build and transforming him into a damage dealer and a support unit. Jiaoqiu is a 5-star Fire character who follows the Path of the Nihility. The foxian counselor from the Xianzhou Yaoqing is a debuffer capable of boosting the power of Ultimate DMG against opponents, substantially increasing the team’s damage output potential. Jiaoqiu is considered one of the best supports forAcheron inHonkai: Star Rail– Jiaoqiu is a Nihility character, which boosts Acheron’s power by simply being there.
Furthermore, Jiaoqiu’s Skill allows him to apply the Ashen Roast debuff on enemies, which increases the damage they take, applies Burned on them, and charges Acheron’s Ultimate. Lastly, via his Ultimate, Jiaoqiu sets up a zone that substantially increases the Ultimate DMG against foes within it. Seeing that Acheron’s main source of damage stems from her Ultimate, Jiaoqiu sets up the stage for her to shine. Of course, he can be matched with several other types of DPScharacters inHonkai: Star Rail, but the first step is to farm Jiaoqiu’s materials to complete his Ascension and level his Traces.
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Ascension Materials To Farm For Jiaoqiu In Honkai: Star Rail
You Can Optimize Your Gains By Farming In The Right Locations
The first set of materials that Jiaoqiu will need is composed of Immortal Scionette, Immortal Aeroblossom, and Immortal Lumintwig. These are all part of the same item family, each with a different rarity. These Immortal Scionette items drop from Mara-Struck opponents and Disciples of Sanctus Medicus opponents, found across the Xianzhou Luofu maps. However,the best way to farm these is to challenge Calyx (Crimson): Bud of Nihility on the Alchemy Commission map.
This is because the activity, aside from featuring the aforementioned opponents, exclusively, also drops items that will help you level up Jiaoqiu’s Talents.
The table below lists the materials for Jiaoqiu’s Ascension inHonkai: Star Rail, divided per level threshold and condensed at the end:
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In addition to the Immortal Scionette family of items, you will also need to farm a boss material.Raging Heart drops exclusively from the Stagnant Shadow: Shape of Ire activity, located on the Dewlight Pavilion map on Penacony. You will only need 65 copies of the material and seeing that each challenge drops five copies, you will be required to complete the Stagnant Shadow a total of 13 times. If you are limited on Trailblaze Power, it may take you a few days to farm all the Raging Heart materials for Jiaoqiu inHonkai: Star Rail.
Aside from materials, per si, you will also need a hefty sum of Credits to fuel the Ascension processes. In total, you will need 308.000 Credits, not considering the extra Credits used when using Character EXP Materials to take Jiaoqiu to the limits of each Ascension threshold. If you are ever in need of more Credits,you should farm them at Calyx (Golden): Bud of Treasures on the Artisanship Commission map.
While you can get Credits from any Calyx (Golden) activity, the one in Cloudford offers the chance to drop extra Immortal Scionettes.
When farming Immortal Scionettes and their evolved forms, keep in mind that they will also be used for Jiaoqiu’s Traces. As such, you will need an ever larger amount than what is presented exclusively for his Ascension. In addition to optimizing your farming efforts via the correct Calyx activities,you should also use the Omni-Synthesizer to transform lower-grade materials into higher-grade materialsas Jiaoqiu’s needs for rarer materials inHonkai: Star Railincrease.
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Materials For Jiaoqiu’s Traces (Abilities) In Honkai: Star Rail
Some Of Jiaoqiu’s Materials May Take Longer To Farm
As was previously mentioned, Immortal Scionette, Immortal Aeroblossom, and Immortal Lumintwig are also needed for Jiaoqiu’s Traces, but in a much larger quantity. You can farm them at Calyx (Crimson): Bud of Nihility on the Alchemy Commission map or at Calyx (Golden): Bud of Treasures on the Artisanship Commission. Of course,you can also get these materials from Daily Commissions, too. They should not be too hard to gather unless you currently have none at all.
The table below lists all the materials for Jiaoqiu’s Traces inHonkai: Star Rail:
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The next set of materials you will need is composed of Fiery Spirit, Starfire Essence, and Heaven Incinerator. These items are best farmed at Calyx (Crimson): Bud of Nihility on the Alchemy Commission map. A large amount will be needed to complete all of Jiaoqiu’s Traces, so you may see yourself farming this activity for a few days.
The next item that will be required, mostly at higher Trace levels and for advanced abilities, is Regret of Infinite Ochema. This weekly boss material drops when youbeat Phantylia inHonkai: Star Rail. Only 12 are needed, butconsidering weekly limitations on this type of boss encounter, you may be stuck for a while before gathering all you need.
The earlier you start to farm Regret of Infinite Ochema, the sooner you will have all you need.
Lastly, you will also need Tracks of Destiny. This rare material can be obtained from limited-time events, butthe best source of farming them is one per week within the Simulated Universe. You can also get more Tracks of Destiny from the Embers Exchange store, but you will be limited to two per month.
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The process of leveling up Jiaoqiu’s Traces is also expensive when it comes to Credits, and you will see yourself spending millions when unlocking everything you can. Nevertheless, doing so is ideal if you want to optimize his build and get him working well alongside other teammates. Overall, farming Jiaoqiu’s materials inHonkai: Star Railis not too difficult as long as you attempt to optimize your gains by joining farming efforts into single activities rather than spreading your farming across multiple ones.
