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Honkai: Star Rail

Pure Fiction Stage 4 Guide for Version 4.0

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Honkai Star Rail - Pure Fiction Stage 4 Guide for Version 4.0

See how to beat Pure Fiction Stage 4 in Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0 with this guide! Check out the best teams, recommended characters, and rewards for Wordless Novel here.

Pure Fiction Stage 4 Info

Pure Fiction Stage 4 Details

Clear Target ♦ Gain 30000 Points
Objectives ♦ Gain 40000 Points
♦ Gain 50000 Points
♦ Gain 60000 Points

Type Weaknesses for Pure Fiction Stage 4

Wordless Novel IV
First Half
PhysicalFire
Second Half
ImaginaryQuantum

Pure Fiction Grit Mechanics and Phase Duration

Wordless Novel
Each time Punchline is gained, allies will additionally accumulate 2 Grit Value.
Honkai Star Rail - Concordant TruceConcordant Truce This stage has a special Elation Skill. When entering Aha Instant, deals 15 instance(s) of Imaginary Elation DMG to a random enemy target. When an enemy target is defeated by any target, obtains 1 Punchline points).
Honkai Star Rail - Surging GritSurging Grit Upon entering "Surging Grit," Aha immediately gains an extra turn where a fixed amount of 20 Punchline is taken into account. During this turn, Punchline is not consumed, and Elation Skill DMG dealt is 50% of the original DMG. During "Surging Grit," DMG taken by enemy targets increases by 50%, and Aha Instant's SPD increases by 40.
Phase Duration 02/16/2026 - 03/30/2026

Pure Fiction Stage 4 Best Teams

Wordless Novel Best Teams

First Half
Second Half

Use Physical and Fire Characters

For the First Half, we recommend bringing Physical and Fire characters.

Use Imaginary and Quantum Characters

In the Second Half, we recommend bringing Imaginary and Quantum characters.

How to Beat Stage 4 - Wordless Novel

Defeat the Furbo Journalists for Punchlines

Star Rail - Pure Fiction Furbo Journalist

For both halves, it's important to defeat the Furbo Journalist as soon as possible to get more Punchlines for Aha's Instant.

Stage 4 - First Half

Defeat the Everwinter Shadewalkers First

Star Rail - Pure Fiction Stage 4 - Everwinter Shadewalker

Prioritize on defeating the Everwinter Shadewalkers first since they can delay a unit's turn in the action order. Do focus your attacks on a charged up Lesser Sting if their turn is about to start to prevent Outrage.

Defeat the Grunts for Performance Points

Star Rail - Pure Fiction Stage 4 - Performance Points

In the last wave, prioritize the Security Personnel Grunts to collect Performance Points and increase the damage dealt by your units.

Stage 4 - Second Half

Defeat the Juvenile Stings

Star Rail - Pure Fiction Stage 4 - Juvenile Sting

Prioritize on taking out the Juvenile Stings in the last wave to have them explode and inflict Vulnerability on other enemies.

Pure Fiction Stage 4 Enemies

Wordless Novel Enemies

First Half

Wave 1 Enemies Weaknesses
PhysicalWindLightning
QuantumPhysicalFire
Furbo Journalist
ImaginaryQuantumLightning
Wave 2 Enemies Weaknesses
Rocking Rebel
PhysicalWindFire
QuantumPhysicalLightning
Aggressive Reading Material
PhysicalLightningFire
Wave 3 Enemies Weaknesses
ImaginaryPhysicalFire
PhysicalIceFire
PhysicalFire

Second Half

Wave 1 Enemies Weaknesses
ImaginaryIceFire
QuantumPhysicalFire
Furbo Journalist
ImaginaryQuantumLightning
Wave 2 Enemies Weaknesses
ImaginaryQuantumPhysical
Security Doggo
ImaginaryIce
QuantumPhysicalIce
Wave 3 Enemies Weaknesses
ImaginaryQuantumIce
QuantumPhysicalFire
ImaginaryQuantumIce

Pure Fiction Stage 4 Rewards

Completion Rewards

All Rewards
Star Rail - Lost Crystal  Item Lost Crystal x6 Star Rail - Lucent Afterglow Item Lucent Afterglow x24 Star Rail - Traveler Traveler's Guide x6
Star Rail - Refined Aether Item Refined Aether x3 Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x30000

Honkai: Star Rail Related Guides

Honkai Star Rail - Pure Fiction

Pure Fiction Guide

Pure Fiction Stage Guides

Pure Fiction Stages
Stage 1 Stage 2
Stage 3 Stage 4

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10 Anonymous Anonymous 2 months

drop anaxa for rmc, hyacine should have minimum 200 speed to activate one of her traces the problem with cas in PF is her exploding dragon bounce rng, so essentially, its a damage check to see if the spead can kill side mobs and all exploding hits go onto the lion

9 Anonymous Anonymous 8 months

Anaxa isn't very good for castorice use remembrance mc or if you don't have them use ruan mei

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