Before Dawn - Best Characters and How to Get

Before Dawn is a 5-Star Erudition Path Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out this guide for Before Dawn's best characters, stats, ascension materials, and how to get it!

Before Dawn Stats and Ability

Before Dawn Effects and Overview

Before Dawn
Rarity	★★★★★
Path	The Erudition
Ability	Long Night Increases the wearer's CRIT DMG by 36%/42%/48%/54%/60%. Increases the wearer's Skill and Ultimate DMG by 18%/21%/24%/27%/30%. After the wearer uses their Skill or Ultimate, they gain Somnus Corpus. Upon triggering a follow-up attack, Somnus Corpus will be consumed and the follow-up attack DMG increases by 48%/56%/64%/72%/80%.
Rating	The Erudition

Rating is based on Superimposition 1.

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Before Dawn Stats

Before Dawn Superimpose Levels

How to Superimpose Before Dawn

Superimposing Before Dawn requires a copy of the same Light Cone to upgrade its ability.

Before Dawn Best Characters

All Best Characters

Character	Explanation
Jing Yuan	Before Dawn is Jing Yuan's signature Light Cone, which makes it his best in slot. It provides a massive boost in CRIT DMG and it also boosts the DMG of Jing Yuan's Skill and Ultimate. Also, Before Dawn further increases the DMG of Jing Yuan's Lightning Lord due to it being considered as a follow-up attack.
Himeko	For most types of content, Before Dawn is Himeko's best in slot due to the DMG-related buffs it provides. But, Night on the Milky Way may be the better choice if you are using Himeko in Pure Fiction.
Qingque	With Qingque at E4, Before Dawn is considered as her best in slot since she launches a follow-up attack upon triggering Autarky.
Herta	Similar to Himeko, Before Dawn should also be Herta's best in slot if you are not planning to use her exclusively in Pure Fiction.
Serval	While Serval does not have a follow-up attack, no other Erudition Light Cone provides a Skill and Ultimate DMG buff with a 100% uptime. The CRIT DMG increase is also great if you are having a hard time farming for substats.

Other Recommended Characters

Other Characters
Argenti	Jade

Before Dawn is a good Light Cone for Argenti but his kit does not have a follow-up attack.

Argenti's main source of DMG is also his Ultimate. While Before Dawn provides a DMG buff to the wearer's Ultimate, a Light Cone specifically catered to buffing Ultimates like An Instant Before A Gaze is more suited for him.

Is Before Dawn Worth It?

Best in Slot for Most Erudition Characters

Before Dawn's ability is crazy even at S1. It provides a whopping 36% CRIT DMG increase, an 18% Skill and Ultimate DMG increase, and a 48% follow-up attack DMG buff.

With this, Before Dawn is a solid choice for most types of content since the alternatives are weaker and are also niche.

Should You Pull?

Before Dawn is a must-pull only if you enjoy using Erudition characters. For F2P and light spenders, there are free Light Cones such as The Seriousness of Breakfast that can be used.

While the alternatives are significantly weaker, you will need 160 pulls to guarantee Before Dawn and it might be better to just save your Stellar Jades for characters instead!

Before Dawn Ascension Materials

Total Ascension Materials

Ascension Material	Total
Immortal Scionette	20
Key of Inspiration	4
Key of Knowledge	12
Immortal Aeroblossom	20
Key of Wisdom	15
Immortal Lumintwig	14
Credit	385000

Materials Per Ascension Level

Lvl.	Light Cone Ascension Materials
20 ➔ 30	Immortal Scionette x8 Credit x5000
30 ➔ 40	Key of Inspiration x4 Immortal Scionette x12 Credit x10000
40 ➔ 50	Key of Knowledge x4 Immortal Aeroblossom x8 Credit x20000
50 ➔ 60	Key of Knowledge x8 Immortal Aeroblossom x12 Credit x50000
60 ➔ 70	Key of Wisdom x5 Immortal Lumintwig x6 Credit x100000
70 ➔ 80	Key of Wisdom x10 Immortal Lumintwig x8 Credit x200000

How to Get Before Dawn

Featured Light Cone in Bygone Reminiscence

Duration	February 29 - March 26, 2024

Before Dawn was the featured Light Cone in the Bygone Reminiscense Warp Banner from February 29, 2024 to March 26, 2024.

Bygone Reminiscence Banner Guide

Before Dawn Release Date

Released on May 17, 2023

Honkai: Star Rail 1.0 Phase 2 Release Date
Release Date	May 17, 2023

Before Dawn was released on the second half of Honkai Star Rail's Version 1.0, along with Jing Yuan.

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An Instant Before A Gaze	Before Dawn	Eternal Calculus
Night on the Milky Way	Ninjutsu Inscription - Dazzling Evilbreaker	Yet Hope Is Priceless
After the Charmony Fall	Geniuses' Repose	Make the World Clamor
The Birth of the Self	The Day The Cosmos Fell	The Seriousness of Breakfast
Today Is Another Peaceful Day	Data Bank	Passkey
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