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Tides of War Event Guide

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Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Event Guide

Tides of War is a combat event in Honkai: Star Rail 2.1. Check out the event details, all day stages, how to play it, and all the rewards in this guide!

Tides of War Event Guides
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 1 - Trotter Effect Day 1 Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 2 - Perilous Threshold Day 2 Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 3 - Supreme Leader Day 3
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 4 - Weakness Assault Day 4 Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 5 - Overflowing Wounds Day 5 Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 6 - Perpetual Exploit Day 6

Tides of War Information

Tides of War Event Details

Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Event
Event Duration April 13 - May 06, 2024
Official Details Tides of War Announcement
Tides of War Event Details
Event Rewards

Tides of War was a combat event where you must raise your Grit Value to activate buffs and defeat various challenge stages!

All Events and Schedule

How to Unlock Tides of War

Finish Silent Galaxy Trailblaze Mission

Honkai Star Rail - Silent Galaxy

To unlock Tides of War, you must first complete Silent Galaxy, which is part of the In the Sweltering Morning Sun mission series.

Silent Galaxy Mission Guide

Talk to Lysander

Talk to Lysander, the Retired Researcher, in the Supply Zone. He can be found near the Space Anchor called Railway Platform.

Supply Zone Map Guide

Tides of War Event Stages

Tides of War Day Guides and Characters

Stage Trial Characters
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 1 - Trotter Effect Day 1 ▼
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 2 - Perilous Threshold Day 2 ▼
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 3 - Supreme Leader Day 3 ▼
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 4 - Weakness Assault Day 4 ▼
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 5 - Overflowing Wounds Day 5 ▼
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Day 6 - Perpetual Exploit Day 6 ▼

Click the links to jump to a Day Guide!

Tides of War Day 1

Best Team
Star Rail - Acheron Star Rail - Black Swan Star Rail - Kafka Star Rail - Gallagher
Best Support Functions
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Fear Vulnerability Fear Vulnerability
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Final Blow Final Blow

In Tides of War Day 1, you can get extra Grit Value by defeating Trotters. Nihility characters are recommended for the Day 1 stage.

Trotter Effect Day 1 Guide

Tides of War Day 2

Best Team
Star Rail - Jingliu Star Rail - Blade Star Rail - Bronya Star Rail - Luocha
Best Support Functions
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Desperate Counter Desperate Counter
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Struggle Booster Struggle Booster

In Tides of War Day 2, you can get extra Grit Value through an increase or decrease in HP. Destruction characters are recommended for the Day 2 stage.

Perilous Threshold Day 2 Guide

Tides of War Day 3

Best Team
Star Rail - Argenti Star Rail - Sparkle Star Rail - Tingyun Star Rail - Huohuo
Best Support Functions
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Stage - Respect From All Respect From All
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Hone Your Strength Hone Your Strength

In Tides of War Day 3, you can get extra Grit Value whenever you use the Ultimate of the ally in the first slot of your Team Setup. Erudition and other AoE characters are recommended for the Day 3 stage.

Supreme Leader Day 3 Guide

Tides of War Day 4

Best Team
Star Rail - Himeko Star Rail - Xueyi Star Rail - Ruan Mei Star Rail - Lynx
Best Support Functions
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Stage - Expose Weakness Expose Weakness
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Stage - Pursuer Pursuer

In Tides of War Day 4, you can get extra Grit Value whenever you inflict Weakness Breaks and attack Weakness Broken enemies. Erudition and other AoE characters are recommended for the Day 4 stage.

Weakness Assault Day 4 Guide

Tides of War Day 5

Best Team
Star Rail - Seele Star Rail - Sparkle Star Rail - Tingyun Star Rail - Fu Xuan
Best Support Functions
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Stage - Solitary Overwound Solitary Overwound
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Stage - Final BlowFinal Blow

In Tides of War Day 5, you can get extra Grit Value and deal Overflow DMG whenever you defeat an enemy. The Hunt characters are recommended for the Day 5 stage.

Overflowing Wounds Day 5 Guide

Tides of War Day 6

Best Team
Star Rail - Dr. Ratio Star Rail - Topaz Star Rail - Hanya Star Rail - Aventurine
Best Support Functions
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Stage - Chain Motivation Chain Motivation
Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War Stage - Master Exploder Master Exploder

In Tides of War Day 6, you can get extra Grit Value by having characters perform consecutive actions. Characters with Follow-Up attacks are recommended for the Day 6 stage.

Perpetual Exploit Day 6 Guide

How to Play Tides of War

Challenge Various Combat Stages

Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Challenge Various Combat Stages

Tides of War is a combat event where you must defeat waves of enemies with the help of special buffs. There are six stages in total that can be challenged, and each stage unlocks per day!

Choose Grit Phase Support Functions

Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Choose Grit Phase Support Functions

Before you start a challenge, pick the Support Functions you want to use for Grit Phase 2 and 3. These are buffs that will activate whenever you reach its designated Grit Phase.

Determine team compositions that will work best with your chosen Support Functions to get the upper hand in battle!

Raise Grit Value to Activate Buffs

Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Raise Grit Value to Activate Buffs

As you fight and take down enemies, you will accumulate Grit Value. This is needed to reach higher Grit Phases, which will activate your Support Functions to help make the fight easier!

Each stage has a specific action that grants higher amounts of Grit Value when triggered. Examples include defeating certain enemies or dealing specific types of DMG. You can see which actions give extra Grit Value in the stage details.

Maintain Your Attack Streak in Grit Phase 4

Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Maintain Your Attack Streak in Grit Phase 4
Reaching Grit Phase 4 activates an even stronger Support Function, but it'll end within a number of action values and bring you back to Phase 3.

However, you can collect stacks of Waven Attack during Phase 4 every time you attack enemies. This restores a certain amount of Grit Value based your stacks, which makes it easier to reach Grit Phase 4 again!

Clear Stage Objectives for Rewards

Honkai Star Rail - Tides of War - Clear Stage Objectives for Rewards

Your goal is to defeat 3 waves of Boss enemies within 6 cycles with the help of your chosen Support Functions. Clearing a stage with cycles remaining will further increase your stage grade and earn you more rewards!

Tides of War Rewards

Total Tides of War Rewards

All Tides of War Rewards
Star Rail - Tracks of Destiny Item Tracks of Destiny
x1
Star Rail - Stellar Jade Item Stellar Jade
x500
Star Rail - Relic Remains Item Relic Remains
x180
Star Rail - Traveler Traveler's Guide
x36
Star Rail - Refined Aether Item Refined Aether
x18
Star Rail - Lost Crystal  Item Lost Crystal
x18
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit
x300,000

Tides of War Rewards Breakdown

Stage Rewards
Trotter Effect
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x50,000
Perilous Threshold
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x50,000
Supreme Leader
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x50,000
Weakness Assault
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x50,000
Overflowing Wounds
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x50,000
Perpetual Exploit
Star Rail - Credit Item Credit x50,000
Defeat the 1st Boss in All Stages

Battle Pass Rewards

Objective Rewards
Defeat the first wave's boss for all stages in the event “Tides of War."
Honkai Star Rail - The Nameless EXP x1,400

You can get 1,400 The Nameless EXP during this event, which will boost your battle pass and help you get more rewards!

Nameless Honor Battle Pass Guide

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3 Anonymous Anonymous over 1 year

Day 3 guide Grit Phase 1 - Respect From All Grit Phase 2 - Determined Attack Character - DHIL, Sparkle, Tingyun, Huohuo Most important part is to find balance between energy recharge of Sparkle and DHIL by Tingyun, and focus bosses as in every other day, maybe several tries will be needed. I was barely finishing on the last turn

2 Anonymous Anonymous over 1 year

Day 1 relatively easy (need to carefully control when to activate Acherons ultimate): Grit Phase 1 - Fear Vulnerability (random dots with chance to increase damage) Grit Phase 2 - Final Blow (+100% to ultimate) Character - Acheron, Kafka, Black Swan, Galagher (mostly for healing and a couple of debuffs) This combination allowed me to finish 1 cycle earlier. All other combinations are leading to ~6% health left on the last boss

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