Thief's Instinct is a Character, Trace, and Light Cone Ascension Material. See how to get it, the best place to farm, and how to use it in Honkai: Star Rail here!

Thief's Instinct Locations and How to Get It

Best Place to Farm - Storage Zone

Enemy Locations
Storage Zone B1	Storage Zone F1

The best place to farm for Thief's Instinct can be found in the Storage Zone at Herta Space Station. There are 5 Voidrangers you can fight in this area which drops the material.

All Storage Zone Treasure Chest Locations

Locations - Where to Get Thief's Instinct

Enemies that Drop Thief's Instinct

All Enemies
Stormbringer	Voidranger - Eliminator	Voidranger - Trampler
Voidranger - Reaver	Voidranger - Distorter	Baryon
Antibaryon

Challenge the Simulated Universe

You can also get Thief's Instinct after defeating Elite enemies in the Simulated Universe.

Simulated Universe Guide

Dispatch Assignments

Thief's Instinct can be obtained by dispatching characters on Assignments.

Recommended Assignments

Exchange Through the Synthesizer

Any 2★ Trace Material Character Ascension Material x2	→	Thief's Instinct x1

How to Unlock the Omni-Synthesizer

Buy Using Undying Embers

Undying Embers x4	→	Thief's Instinct x2

Purchase From the World Shop

Thief's Instinct can be bought from World Shops by using the special currency of the area the shop is in.

All World Shop Locations

Obtain From Golden Calyxes

Thief's Instinct can be farmed by clearing Jarilo-VI: Golden Calyxes.

Crimson and Golden Calyxes Guide

How to Use Thief's Instinct

Use in the Lab Assistants In Position Event

Thief's Instinct is one of the experimental materials needed to unlock a research topic to get rewards in the Lab Assistants In Position Event!

Lab Assistants in Position Event Guide

Character Ascension

Thief's Instinct is used to ascend certain characters and level up their traces.

Characters that Use Thief's Instinct
Dr. Ratio	Kafka	March 7th
March 7th (Imaginary)	Qingque	Seele
Trailblazer	Trailblazer (Fire)	Trailblazer (Imaginary)
Yanqing

Light Cone Ascension

Thief's Instinct is used to ascend certain Light Cones.

Light Cones that Use Thief's Instinct
Sleep Like the Dead	In the Night	Patience Is All You Need
Baptism of Pure Thought	Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds	This Is Me!
The Moles Welcome You	Dance! Dance! Dance!	Sagacity
Defense	Collapsing Sky	Arrows

Synthesizer

You can use Thief's Instinct in the Synthesizer to convert it into another Trace Material Character Ascension Material.

Thief's Instinct Effects

Thief's Instinct
Rarity	★★
Effect	A small amount of anti-matter. Crude material used for enhancement.

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Arrow of the Starchaser	Artifex's Gyreheart	Ascendant Debris
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Conqueror's Will	Countertemporal Shot	Destroyer's Final Road
Divine Amber	Dream Flamer	Dream Fridge
Dream Making Engine	Endotherm Chitin	Enigmatic Ectostella
Exquisite Colored Draft	Flower of Eternity	Gelid Chitin
Golden Crown of the Past Shadow	Guardian's Lament	Heaven Incinerator
Heavenly Melody	Horn of Snow	Immortal Lumintwig
IPC Work Permit	Key of Wisdom	Lightning Crown of the Past Shadow
Lost Crystal	Lost Echo of the Shared Wish	Moon Rage Fang
Myriad Fruit	Nail of the Ape	Nail of the Beast Coffin
Netherworld Token	Obsidian of Obsession	Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
Raging Heart	Refined Aether	Regret of Infinite Ochema
Safeguard of Amber	Searing Steel Blade	Shape Shifter's Lightning Staff
Shards of Desires	Silvermane Medal	Squirming Core
Stellaris Symphony	Storm Eye	Suppressing Edict
Tears of Dreams	Traveler's Guide	Void Cast Iron
Worldbreaker Blade	Adventure Log	Ancestral Hymn
Ancient Spindle	Arrow of the Demon Slayer	Artifex's Cogwheel
Celestial Section	Condensed Aether	Crystal Meteorites
Destined Expiration	Dream Flow Valve	Dynamic Outlining
Fragments of Impression	Glimmering Core	Immortal Aeroblossom
Key of Knowledge	Lifeless Blade	Lost Gold Fragment
Lupitoxin Sawteeth	Nourishing Honey	Oath of Steel
Obsidian of Desolation	Silvermane Insignia	Sprout of Life
Starfire Essence	Usurper's Scheme	Alien Tree Seed
Ancient Part	Arrow of the Beast Hunter	Artifex's Module
Borisin Teeth	Dream Collection Component	Endurance of Bronze
Extinguished Core	Fiery Spirit	Firmament Note
Harmonic Tune	Immortal Scionette	Key of Inspiration
Lost Lightdust	Meteoric Bullet	Obsidian of Dread
Rough Sketch	Scattered Stardust	Seed of Abundance
Shattered Blade	Silvermane Badge	Sparse Aether
Tatters of Thought	Thief's Instinct	Travel Encounters