How to Beat Difficulty 5 and Conundrum 6 in Gold and Gears

Check out how to beat Difficulty 5, also known as the Torturous Difficulty in Honkai: Star Rail's Gold and Gears. We have the best Paths, teams, Dice Setup, Blessings, and how to beat Conundrum Level 6 in this Simulated Universe guide!

Gold and Gears Guides
How to Beat Difficulty 5	Trailblaze and Aeon Secrets
Dice Customization	Neural Network Guide

Best Path for Gold and Gears Difficulty 5

Remembrance Path for Difficulty 5

The Path of Remembrance is the best path for Gold and Gears Difficulty 5 thanks to its percentage-based DMG through Dissociation. This Path is the best against defeating the Final Boss domain as all enemies are weak to Ice DMG.

The Remembrance Path will be essential to beating Conundrum Level 6.

Path of Remembrance Guide

Best Teams for Gold and Gears Difficulty 5

Best Team for Remembrance

DPS	Support	Tank	Healer
Any AoE DPS	March 7th	Any Preservation	Any Abundance

A Remembrance Team relies on Freezing enemies to implant Dissociation and deal a lot of DMG. March 7th is the most essential unit for the Remembrance Path because her Ultimate can Freeze all enemies.

Any DPS can work as long as they're capable of attacking multiple enemies. You would want to have both a Preservation and an Abundance character in the party as most enemies in Difficulty 5 are capable of one-shotting your characters.

Best Team Comps for Difficulty 5

Ice Team

DPS	Support	Tank	Healer
Jingliu	March 7th	Fu Xuan	Luocha

Jingliu is the best Ice DPS to use for Gold and Gears thanks to her high DMG numbers and she can easily Weakness Break enemies weak to Ice.

At the beginning of your Gold and Gears run, you can swap March for Ruan Mei or Pela to easily sweep Plane 1. Switch back to using March when you're up against Elite enemies or fighting in a Boss Domain.

Physical Team

DPS	Support	Tank	Healer
Argenti	March 7th	Gepard	Huohuo

You can also use Argenti since the Boss Domain enemies in Plane 2 or Plane 3 can also be weak to Physical. If you need to speedrun through the Planes, you can replace March with Tingyun or Hanya until you encounter an Elite enemy.

You may use The Path of Erudtion to enhance Argenti's Ultimate and still use Remembrance Blessings to Freeze enemies.

Best Dice Setup in Gold and Gear Difficulty 5

Knowledge: Custom Dice - Countdown

Custom Dice	Recommended Dice Faces
Countdown	General: Deduction Knowledge: Principle Knowledge: Wager General: Counteract Knowledge: Extreme Knowledge: Reflection

We recommend using the Knowledge: Countdown Custom Dice as it increases the Countdown when you enter a domain with a Knowledge effect, which makes it easier to avoid Planar Disarray.

Most of the Dice Faces should apply the Knowledge effect on domains. Use General: Counteract, in particular, to generate more Adventure or Reward Domains for more chances of getting the Blessings you need.

Dice Customization and All Dice Faces

Best Blessings in Gold and Gears Difficulty 5

List of Best Blessings

Path	Blessings
Remembrance	• Perfect Experience - Fuli • Ultimate Experience - Melancholia • Perfect Experience - Reticence • Perfect Experience - Innocence • Ultimate Experience - Insensitivity • Ultimate Experience - Shudder • Any Dissociation Blessing*
Preservation	• Divine Construct - Macrosegregation • Interstellar Construct - Quadrangular Pyramid • Interstellar Construct - Sanctuary • Construct - Firmness • Construct - Compensation • Construct - Patch
Propagation	• Spore Discharge • Fungal Pustule • Lytic Enzyme • Metabolic Cavity • Intersegmental Membrane • Any Spores Blessing*
Other Blessings	• Regression Inequality of Annihilation (Destruction) • Being of Abundance, Becoming One Mind (Abundance) • Clear Lucite Body (Abundance) • Reflection (Destruction)

Blessings that are highlighted are must-haves and if possible, Enhanced before encountering the Final Boss.

Remembrance Blessings

Blessing Title	Effects
Perfect Experience - Fuli ★★★	Effect: When attacking Frozen Enemies, there is a 100% base chance to apply Dissociation for 1 turn(s). Enhanced Effect: When attacking Frozen Enemies, there is a 100% base chance to apply Dissociation for 1 turn(s). DMG dealt by Dissociation when it is removed is increased by 20%.
Ultimate Experience - Melancholia ★★	Effect: Attacking an enemy with Dissociation will remove Dissociation, and deal DMG equal to 150% of the Dissociation removal DMG. Enhanced Effect: Attacking an enemy with Dissociation will remove Dissociation, and deal DMG equal to 200% of the Dissociation removal DMG.
Perfect Experience - Reticence ★★★	Effect: After an enemy is attacked 6 time(s), they have a 120% base chance to become Frozen for 1 turn(s). Enhanced Effect: After an enemy is attacked 5 time(s), they have a 150% base chance to become Frozen for 1 turn(s).
Perfect Experience - Innocence ★★★	Effect: After a character Breaks an enemy's weakness, there is a 100% base chance to apply Dissociation on the enemy for 1 turn(s). Enhanced Effect: After the character inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy, there is a 100% base chance to apply Dissociation on the enemy for 1 turn(s). This effect ignores enemies' chance to resist Frozen.
Ultimate Experience - Insensitivity ★★	Effect: After Dissociation is removed from an enemy, there is a 50% base chance to Freeze the enemy for 1 turn(s). Enhanced Effect: After Dissociation is removed from an enemy, there is a 75% base chance to Freeze the enemy for 1 turn(s).
Ultimate Experience - Shudder ★★	Effect: After a character uses their Ultimate, there is a 70% base chance to apply Ice Weakness to a random enemy for 2 turns. Enhanced Effect: After a character uses their Ultimate, there is a 70% base chance to apply Ice Weakness to a random enemy who has no Ice Weakness for 2 turns.

Remembrance Blessings are useful for immobilizing every enemy including Boss Domains. We recommend collecting Remembrance Blessings that involve the use of Dissociation to deal a ton of DMG.

The most important Blessings are Perfect Experience - Fuli and Ultimate Experience - Melancholia as you can implant the Dissociation effect and trigger it simply by attacking a Frozen enemy!

List of Remembrance Blessings

Preservation Blessings

Blessing Title	Effects
Divine Construct - Macrosegregation ★★★	Effect: At the start of the battle, characters gain a special Shield that can absorb DMG equal to 1% of their Max HP. Whenever another Shield is gained, this special Shield will also strengthen in equal value. For every 2 turn(s), this will be removed, and then this special Shield can be regained. Enhanced Effect: At the start of the battle, characters gain a special Shield that can absorb DMG equal to 10% of their Max HP. Whenever another Shield is gained, this special Shield will also strengthen by 130%. For every 2 turn(s), this will be removed, and then this special Shield can be regained.
Interstellar Construct - Quadrangular Pyramid ★★	Effect: Increases the max DMG that can be absorbed by Shields created by characters by 30%. Enhanced Effect: When characters gain a Shield, increases the max DMG that can be absorbed by the Shield by 35%.
Intersegmental Membrane ★★	Effect: At the end of the turn, there is 80% fixed chance for characters to gain a Shield equal to 12% of their Max HP, lasting 1 turn(s). Enhanced Effect: At the end of the turn, characters gain a Shield that can absorb DMG equal to 15% of their Max HP, lasting 1 turn(s).
Lytic Enzyme ★★	Effect: After applying Weakness Break on an enemy, characters gain a Shield that can absorb DMG equal to 14% of their Max HP, lasting for 2 turn(s). Enhanced Effect: After applying Weakness Break on an enemy, characters gain a Shield that can absorb DMG equal to 18% of their Max HP, lasting for 3 turn(s).
Metabolic Cavity ★★	Effect: Upon entering battle, characters gain a Shield equal to 16% of their Max HP, lasting for 2 turn(s). Enhanced Effect: Upon entering battle, characters gain a Shield equal to 24% of their Max HP, lasting for 2 turn(s).

Preservation Blessings are needed to activate Resonance Interplay and decrease the DMG taken. Divine Construct - Macrosegregation, Interstellar Construct - Sanctuary, and Construct - Compensation will help you get shields through various means.

Interstellar Construct - Quadrangular Pyramid and Construct - Firmness can increase shield durability.

List of Preservation Blessings

Other Blessings

Blessing Title	Effects
Regression Inequality of Annihilation ★★★	Effect: When the player characters are hit, DMG taken by characters is equally distributed among all allies. Enhanced Effect: Receives 15% less DMG. When the player characters are hit, DMG taken by characters is equally distributed among all allies.
Being of Abundance, Becoming One Mind ★★★	Effect: When the character Provides healing, allies other than the healed target will also help gain HP equal to 30% of the Outgoing Healing. Enhanced Effect: When a character provides healing, allies other than the healed target will also restore HP equal to 30% of the amount healed. Increases the ATK of all allies by 15% of the amount healed, stacking up to no more than 80% of each ally's respective Base ATK and lasts until the end of the next turn.
Clear Lucite Body ★★	Effect: When a character's HP is full, reduces their DMG taken by 36%. Enhanced Effect: When a character's HP is full, reduces their DMG taken by 36%, and increases their Effect RES by 27%.
Reflection ★	Effect: When struck with a killing blow, instead of becoming downed, characters immediately restore HP by 1% of their Max HP. The allied team can only trigger this effect 1 time(s) per battle. Enhanced Effect: When struck with a killing blow, instead of becoming downed, characters immediately restore HP by 30% of their Max HP. The allied team can only trigger this effect 1 time(s) per battle.

As for the rest, we recommend choosing Blessings that focus on defenses and overall survivability. Blessings that increase DMG Reduction and Incoming Healing will be beneficial in surviving the latter Conundrum Levels.

How to Beat Gold and Gears Difficulty 5

Go in Domains with Knowledge

To have an easier time clearing the Boss Domains, go into Domains with the Knowledge effect to increase the Countdown and gain more stats. This will also prevent Planar Disarray which can increase the Final Domain's strength.

Use Cheats to Show the Counteract Dice Face

During the First Plane, use up all your Cheats and set it to the General: Counteract Dice Face to generate as much Adventure or Reward domains as possible. This will allow you to collect more Rewards and Blessings.

Choose Bosses Without Frozen RES

Recommended Bosses
Plane 2	Gepard Stellaron Hunter: Kafka Abundant Ebon Deer
Plane 3	Automaton Grizzly Automaton Direwolf The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Argenti (For Physical Teams only)

For Planes 2 and 3, select bosses that either have an Ice Weakness or have no resistance to being Frozen.

For Plane 3, we recommend fighting the Automaton Duo as they're much more manageable to deal with due to summoning less enemies. Only select Argenti as the Final Boss if you're using a Physical Team.

How to Beat Conundrum Level 6

After completing Difficulty 5 for the first time, you now have the option to increase the Conundrum Level to make the Torturous Difficulty much harder to clear. You can collect more Stellar Jade rewards for completing Conundrum Levels 1 to 6.

The strategy for beating Conundrum Level 6 and up remains mostly the same. You just have to prioritize on getting the more defensive Blessings while still collecting the most important ones, particularly the Remembrance Blessings with Dissociation.

Honkai: Star Rail Related Guides

Simulated Universe Guide

Simulated Universe Stage Guides

Simulated Universe Guides
World 1	World 2	World 3
World 4	World 5	World 6
World 7	World 8	World 9

Paths and Blessing Guides

All Simulated Universe Paths
Propagation	Preservation	Abundance	Nihility
The Hunt	Remembrance	Destruction	Elation
Erudition

Swarm Disaster Guides

Simulated Universe: The Swarm Disaster Guides
The Swarm Disaster Guide	How to Unlock All Chapters
Communing Trail and Pathstrider Guide	Exploration Guide
How to Clear Difficulty 5

Gold and Gears Guides

Simulated Universe: Gold and Gears Guides
Gold and Gears Guide	How to Unlock All Trailblaze and Aeon Secrets
Neural Network Guide	Dice Customization and All Dice Faces
How to Beat Difficulty 5

Other Simulated Universe Guides

Simulated Universe Guides
List of All Paths	Simulated Universe Events
List of All Curios	Resonance Interplay Guide