Critter Pick is a cat event in Honkai: Star Rail 1.6 where you can combine critters to discover new creations. Check out the event details, how to play it, and all the rewards here!

Critter Pick Event Guides
Lifeform Oven	Rare Creations	Peppy Guide

Critter Pick Event Information

Cat Collection Event Details

Duration	Dec. 27, 2023 - Feb. 05, 2024
Official Details	Official Announcement Official Lifeform Oven Manual
Event Rewards	+ New Speech Bubble

Critter Pick is a Cat Collection event in Version 1.6, where you can experiment with different parent traits to create new pet critters!

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How to Unlock Critter Pick

Complete When the Stars of Ingenuity Shine Continuance Mission

To unlock the Critter Pick Event, you must complete When the Stars of Ingenuity Shine Trailblaze Continuance Mission which part of the Crown of the Mundane and Divine Trailblaze Continuance Series.

When the Stars of Ingenuity Shine Mission

What to Do in Critter Pick

Critter Pick Event Stages

Goal	Event Objectives
Reach Research Level 2	• Start the event via the Critter Pick: Nurture Mission. • The quest also introduces how to use the Lifeform Oven to create critters. • Create the Trash Cake, Rice Dumpling, and Ice Cake Rare Creation.
Reach Research Level 4	• Set up Creation Accommodation in Critter Pick: Care Mission • Creation Lambda's Friend, Troublemaker, and Sesame Cake Rare Creation.
Reach Research Level 6	• Complete the Critter Pick: Detective Peppy Interlude Mision and the Peppy Exploration Stages. • Talk to Wisteria Cake in Critter Pick: Reunion. • Reach Research Level 6 by creating Wisteria Cat, Lucky Snack, and Shader Cat Rare Creation. • After completing that, take a group photo of the critters and you!

How to Play Critter Pick

Critter Pick Guide Summary

• Step 1: Unlock the Lifeform Oven to Nurture Critters!
• Step 2: Select Traits to Combine via Nurturing Goals.
• Step 3: Increase Resolution Rate to Get Mutations!
• Step 4: Collect Rare Creations as they're Unlocked!
• Step 5: Continue Raising your Research Level.
• Step 6: Accommodate your Critters.
• Step 7: Explore the Space Station as Peppy!
• Step 8: Unlock More Traits to Get All Critters!

Unlock the the Lifeform Oven

During the Critter Pick event, you must collect various cat-like critters by combining parent creations in the Lifeform Oven. It will be unlocked and introduced to you during the Critter Pick: Nurture mission that starts the event!

Target Base Traits via Nurturing Goals

Select two parent critters who carry the base traits you want to combine. To specifically target these traits, you must set the Nurturing Goal at the top right corner. These are rare creation recipes, which you can also view in the Research Handbook.

You can also combine creations to have the result inherit multiple target traits. Combining critters who already have most of the traits you need will decrease the chances of getting an unwanted trait in the mix!

What Base Traits Can Be Combined?

Skin	Filling	Pattern

These are samples of each base trait. Check out our Lifeform Oven guide to see all traits and their variants!

The Skin, Filling, and Pattern are the three base traits that can be combined when nurturing creations. The Skin refers to the cake-like shell of the critter while the Filling is the critter's main body color. Lastly, the Pattern refers to white markings on the critter's fur.

Lifeform Oven Guide

Increase your Resolution Rate

As you continue to repeat the nurturing process, your Resolution Rate for the set Nurturing Goal will rise. This will increase your chances of a Mutation occuring! During a Mutation, you can feed the critter a material to grant it special eyes or skin decorations.

When a Special Mutation is triggered, the resulting critter will be a rare creation! If the Resolution Rate is at 80% or higher, the chances of getting a Special Mutation are greater, so just continue nurturing creations until you get it!

Make Rare Creations to Progress

Getting rare creations is one of the main goals of the event, and there are a total of 10 to collect. Excluding a hidden one, recipes for rare creations are unlocked as you progress the event. With each Research Level Goal, you will get 3 new rare creations to make.

All Rare Creations in Critter Pick

Continue Raising your Research Level

To progress the event, you'll need to raise your Research Level to unlock more event missions and rare creation recipes. You can do this by making a rare creation for the first time or discovering new Creation Traits in the Research Handbook!

Set Accommodation Areas for Critters

Eventually, you'll unlock three Accommodation Areas during Critter Pick: Care. Each area can hold up to 3 critters, and you're free to arrange them as you please. Critters with similar traits will get along, so try putting multiple copies together and see what happens!

Explore the Space Station as Peppy

You will eventually get to play as Peppy in the Detective Peppy Interlude quest! These Warring Expeditions are stealth segments where you must navigate areas of the Space Station without getting noticed by enemies.

Your main objectives in each stage are to collect all origami cranes in the area while also saving any of Ruan Mei's creations that need help!

It All Started with a Man and a Dog Guides

Unlock More Traits to Get All Critters

Even after completing the main objectives of the event, you can still nurture creations in the Lifeform Oven to unlock any traits that still haven't been discovered. Completing the Creation Trait Index will essentially give you full access to all possible trait combinations!

What Determines the Critter Name?

Although there are many possible trait combinations, critters will all fall under a certain name depending on their Eyes, Filling, and Skin.

The Eyes will determine the first word in the name while the Filling will determine the second word. Then, the Skin will determine the last word in the name.

Critter Pick Mission Series Guides

Critter Pick: Nurture Guide

Critter Pick: Nurture is the first quest in the Critter Pick Adventure Mission Series for the event. Asta introduces the Lifeform Oven system to start making critter creations.

Critter Pick: Nurture Quest Guide

Critter Pick: Care Guide

Critter Pick: Care is the second quest in the Critter Pick Adventure Mission Series for the event. The mission introduces the Creation Accommodations where you can house your critters in appropriate places!

Critter Pick: Care Quest Guide

Critter Pick: Detective Peppy Interlude Guide

After the Critter Pick: Care Adventure Mission, you get a message from Asta about Peppy needing help in recovering a curio that Ruan Mei's Creation stole. The quest will prompt you to complete all three stages of the It Started With a Man and a Dog Warring Expedition.

Critter Pick: Detective Peppy Interlude

Critter Pick: Reunion

Critter Pick: Reunion is the final quest in the Critter Pick Adventure Mission Series for the event. Here, you must take a group photo of the critter creations and send them to Ruan Mei!

Critter Pick: Reunion Quest Guide

Critter Pick Rewards

New Speech Bubble Theme

Celestial Incubator is the speech bubble reward you can get for reaching Research Level 6! You can increase the Research Level by creating all nine Rare Creations.

All Speech Bubbles

Total Critter Pick Rewards

All Critter Pick Rewards
Stellar Jade x745	Tracks of Destiny x1	Traveler's Guide x50
Refined Aether x17	Lost Crystal x35	Trailblaze EXP x300
Credit x540,500	Adventure Log x12	Condensed Aether x12
Lost Gold Fragment x12	Celestial Incubator x1	Delicious Bean Cake Recipe x1

Critter Pick Limited-Time Rewards

Objectives	Rewards
Index Expansion	Stellar Jade x120 Traveler's Guide x9 Lost Crystal x6 Refined Aether x3 Credit x90,000
Accommodate Creations	Stellar Jade x120 Traveler's Guide x9 Lost Crystal x6 Refined Aether x3 Credit x90,000
Stand By Me	Stellar Jade x130 Traveler's Guide x9 Lost Crystal x6 Refined Aether x3 Credit x90,000
Mission Progress	Stellar Jade x130 Traveler's Guide x9 Lost Crystal x6 Refined Aether x3 Credit x90,000
Critter Gift	Tracks of Destiny x1

Research Level Rewards

Level	Rewards
Reach Research Level 1	Traveler's Guide x5
Reach Research Level 2	Stellar Jade x50
Reach Research Level 3	Refined Aether x5
Reach Research Level 4	Stellar Jade x50
Reach Research Level 5	Lost Crystal x5
Reach Research Level 6	Celestial Incubator x1

Critter Pick Quest Rewards

Quest	Rewards
Critter Pick: Nurture	Trailblaze EXP x100 Stellar Jade x20 Traveler's Guide x3 Lost Crystal x2 Credit x20,000
Critter Pick: Care	Trailblaze EXP x100 Stellar Jade x20 Traveler's Guide x3 Lost Crystal x2 Credit x20,000
Critter Pick: Detective Peppy Interlude	Stellar Jade x90 Adventure Log x12 Condensed Aether x12 Lost Gold Fragment x12 Credit x120,500
Critter Pick: Reunion	Trailblaze EXP x100 Stellar Jade x20 Traveler's Guide x3 Lost Crystal x2 Delicious Bean Cake Recipe x1 Credit x20,000

Critter Pick Event Achievements

Achievement and Unlock	Rewards
Qualified Caretaker Complete the adventure mission ''Critter Pick''.	x5
Peppybacking Help Peppy win the debate with the security robot.	x5
The Art of Deception Win the debate with the butler.	x5
Creations Mimic Creators Share the photo of Lambda's Friend with Ruan Mei.	x5
Suum Cuique Obtain the rare creation ''Shader Cat''.	x5
One Player Short Place 3 Lucky Snack(s) in the same area.	x5
Midnight's Children Place 3 Trash Cake(s) in the same area.	x5
The God of Small Things Collect all the creation traits in the ''Critter Pick'' event.	x5
The Cat in the Hat Rescue the creations stuck in the ''walled city'' and swallowed by the monster.	x5
The Tame-A-Gotcha Is Hungry Again Collect all the rare creations in Critter Pick.	x5

The Tame-A-Gotcha Is Hungry Again is the final achievement within the event. You can get it by making all rare creations which includes the hidden Clara Critter found within the Seclusion Zone map!

The Tame-A-Gotcha Is Hungry Again Guide

Critter Pick Battle Pass Rewards

Objectives	Rewards
Reach Research Level 6 in the ''Critter Pick'' event.	x1400

Complete all content in the event to get 1400 Battle Pass EXP which aids in boosting your battle pass!

Nameless Honor Battle Pass Guide

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