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Starfire Essence Locations and How to Get It

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Honkai Star Rail - Starfire Essence Locations and How to Get It

Here are Starfire Essence locations and how to get it in Honkai: Star Rail. See how to use Starfire Essence and its effects in this guide!

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Starfire Essence Locations and How to Get It

Locations - Where to Get Starfire Essence

Locations ・Alchemy Commission: Crimson Calyx
・Embers Exchange Store
・Synthesizer

Calyx (Crimson): Bud of Nihility - Alchemy Commission

Starfire Essence can be obtained by successfully defeating enemy waves in the Calyx (Crimson): Bud of Nihility - Alchemy Commission.

Crimson and Golden Calyxes Guide

Craft Through the Synthesizer

Honkai: Star Rail - Fiery Spirit Fiery Spirit x3 → Honkai: Star Rail - Starfire Essence Starfire Essence x1

How to Unlock the Omni-Synthesizer

How to Use Starfire Essence

Character Trace Ascension

Starfire Essence is used to level up Traces of characters in the path of The Nihility.

Characters that Use Starfire Essence
Star Rail - Acheron ItemAcheron Star Rail - Black Swan ItemBlack Swan Star Rail - Cipher ItemCipher
Star Rail - Fugue ItemFugue Star Rail - Hysilens ItemHysilens Star Rail - Jiaoqiu ItemJiaoqiu

Light Cone Ascension

Starfire Essence is used to ascend certain Light Cones.

Light Cones that Use Starfire Essence
Star Rail - Reforged Remembrance Light ConeReforged Remembrance Star Rail - Along the Passing Shore Light ConeAlong the Passing Shore Star Rail - Those Many Springs Light ConeThose Many Springs
Star Rail - Long Road Leads Home Light ConeLong Road Leads Home Star Rail - Lies Dance on the Breeze Light ConeLies Dance on the Breeze Star Rail - Why Does the Ocean Sing Light ConeWhy Does the Ocean Sing
Star Rail - It’s Showtime Light ConeIt’s Showtime Star Rail - Boundless Choreo Light ConeBoundless Choreo Star Rail - Holiday Thermae Escapade Light ConeHoliday Thermae Escapade

Synthesizer

You can use Starfire Essence in the Synthesizer to convert it into another Trace Material Light Cone Ascension Material.

Starfire Essence Effects

Starfire Essence
Star Rail - Starfire Essence Item
Rarity ★★★
Effect A mature heliobus that ran away after the Flaming Catastrophe War. Used to level up Traces moderately for Nihility characters.

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Upgrade Materials
Tracks of Destiny ItemTracks of Destiny A Glass of the Besotted Era ItemA Glass of the Besotted Era Ancient Engine ItemAncient Engine
Arrow of the Starchaser ItemArrow of the Starchaser ArtifexArtifex's Gyreheart Ascendant Debris ItemAscendant Debris
Auspice Sliver ItemAuspice Sliver Broken Teeth of Iron Wolf ItemBroken Teeth of Iron Wolf Charred Bud of Twilight ItemCharred Bud of Twilight
Chordal Mirage ItemChordal Mirage ConquerorConqueror's Will Countertemporal Shot ItemCountertemporal Shot
Darkveil Moonlight ItemDarkveil Moonlight Daythunder Anamnesis ItemDaythunder Anamnesis DestroyerDestroyer's Final Road
Divine Amber ItemDivine Amber Dream Flamer ItemDream Flamer Dream Fridge ItemDream Fridge
Dream Making Engine ItemDream Making Engine Endotherm Chitin ItemEndotherm Chitin Enigmatic Ectostella ItemEnigmatic Ectostella
Eternal Lament ItemEternal Lament Exquisite Colored Draft ItemExquisite Colored Draft Flower of Alaya ItemFlower of Alaya
Flower of Eternity ItemFlower of Eternity Gelid Chitin ItemGelid Chitin Glory-Aspersed Torso ItemGlory-Aspersed Torso
Golden Crown of the Past Shadow ItemGolden Crown of the Past Shadow GuardianGuardian's Lament Harbinger of Strife ItemHarbinger of Strife
Heaven Incinerator ItemHeaven Incinerator Heavenly Melody ItemHeavenly Melody Horn of Snow ItemHorn of Snow
Immortal Lumintwig ItemImmortal Lumintwig Invasive Clot ItemInvasive Clot IPC Work Permit ItemIPC Work Permit
Key of Wisdom ItemKey of Wisdom Lightning Crown of the Past Shadow ItemLightning Crown of the Past Shadow Lost Crystal ItemLost Crystal
Lost Echo of the Shared Wish ItemLost Echo of the Shared Wish Moon Rage Fang ItemMoon Rage Fang Myriad Fruit ItemMyriad Fruit
Nail of the Ape ItemNail of the Ape Nail of the Beast Coffin ItemNail of the Beast Coffin Netherworld Token ItemNetherworld Token
Obsidian of Obsession ItemObsidian of Obsession Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster ItemPast Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster Radiant Prominence ItemRadiant Prominence
Raging Heart ItemRaging Heart Refined Aether ItemRefined Aether Regret of Infinite Ochema ItemRegret of Infinite Ochema
Safeguard of Amber ItemSafeguard of Amber Sea SirenSea Siren's Torn Fin Searing Steel Blade ItemSearing Steel Blade
Shape ShifterShape Shifter's Lightning Staff Shards of Desires ItemShards of Desires Silvermane Medal ItemSilvermane Medal
Squirming Core ItemSquirming Core Stellaris Symphony ItemStellaris Symphony Storm Eye ItemStorm Eye
Suppressing Edict ItemSuppressing Edict Tears of Dreams ItemTears of Dreams Tears of Souls ItemTears of Souls
TravelerTraveler's Guide Vanquished FlowVanquished Flow's Reticence Void Cast Iron ItemVoid Cast Iron
Worldbreaker Blade ItemWorldbreaker Blade Adventure Log ItemAdventure Log Ancestral Hymn ItemAncestral Hymn
Ancient Spindle ItemAncient Spindle Arrow of the Demon Slayer ItemArrow of the Demon Slayer ArtifexArtifex's Cogwheel
Celestial Section ItemCelestial Section Condensed Aether ItemCondensed Aether Courage-Torn Chest ItemCourage-Torn Chest
Crystal Meteorites ItemCrystal Meteorites Destined Expiration ItemDestined Expiration Dream Flow Valve ItemDream Flow Valve
Dynamic Outlining ItemDynamic Outlining Echoing Wail ItemEchoing Wail Fragments of Impression ItemFragments of Impression
Glimmering Core ItemGlimmering Core Immortal Aeroblossom ItemImmortal Aeroblossom Key of Knowledge ItemKey of Knowledge
Lifeless Blade ItemLifeless Blade Lost Gold Fragment ItemLost Gold Fragment Lupitoxin Sawteeth ItemLupitoxin Sawteeth
Nourishing Honey ItemNourishing Honey Oath of Steel ItemOath of Steel Obsidian of Desolation ItemObsidian of Desolation
Seedling of Manas ItemSeedling of Manas Silvermane Insignia ItemSilvermane Insignia Sprout of Life ItemSprout of Life
Starfire Essence ItemStarfire Essence UsurperUsurper's Scheme Alien Tree Seed ItemAlien Tree Seed
Ancient Part ItemAncient Part Arrow of the Beast Hunter ItemArrow of the Beast Hunter ArtifexArtifex's Module
Bija of Consciousness ItemBija of Consciousness Borisin Teeth ItemBorisin Teeth Dream Collection Component ItemDream Collection Component
Endurance of Bronze ItemEndurance of Bronze Ethereal Omen ItemEthereal Omen Extinguished Core ItemExtinguished Core
Fear-Stomped Flesh ItemFear-Stomped Flesh Fiery Spirit ItemFiery Spirit Firmament Note ItemFirmament Note
Harmonic Tune ItemHarmonic Tune Immortal Scionette ItemImmortal Scionette Key of Inspiration ItemKey of Inspiration
Lost Lightdust ItemLost Lightdust Meteoric Bullet ItemMeteoric Bullet Obsidian of Dread ItemObsidian of Dread
Rough Sketch ItemRough Sketch Scattered Stardust ItemScattered Stardust Seed of Abundance ItemSeed of Abundance
Shattered Blade ItemShattered Blade Silvermane Badge ItemSilvermane Badge Sparse Aether ItemSparse Aether
Tatters of Thought ItemTatters of Thought ThiefThief's Instinct Travel Encounters ItemTravel Encounters

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