Apocalyptic Shadow Guide for Version 2.7

Apocalyptic Shadow is a permanent game mode in Honkai: Star Rail. See how to unlock Apocalyptic Shadow, a guide for how to beat it in Version 2.7, and when it resets here!

How to Unlock Apocalyptic Shadow

Finish Grim Film of Finality

You can unlock Apocalyptic Shadow by completing the Grim Film of Finality Mission in Dreamflux Reef. You will unlock Stage 1 after talking to Elegy.

Apocalyptic Shadow Best Teams

Gusty Primate Best Teams

Use Wind, Fire, Lightning, and Quantum Characters

Enemies in the first half are Wind, Fire, Lightning, and Quantum.

We recommend DPS units that can deal a lot of Toughness DMG to a single target. We also recommend units who can remove the Frozen debuff through cleansing.

Use Fire, Lightning, Ice, and Imaginary Characters

Enemies in the second half are weak to Fire, Lightning, Ice, and Imaginary.

We recommend using multiple AoE attackers to reduce the Toughness of the Blaznana Monkey Trick.

How to Beat Apocalyptic Shadow Gusty Primate

Annihilator of Desolation Mistral Boss

Take Out the Ice Edges First

For the both halves, we recommend taking down the Ice Edge summons to transfer the Weaknesses back to Cocolia.

Take down the Ice Edge whose Weakness Type is the same as the element of your DPS units to reduce Cocolia's Toughness.

Inflict Weakness Break on Gepard to Remove Shields

When all Ice Edges are taken out, focus your attacks on Gepard and try to reduce his Toughness as much as you can. This is so you can easily Weakness Break him when he summons his shields.

Once Gepard has his Weakness Broken, the shields he summoned will disappear. If Gepard's shield is broken, he will automatically enter the Weakness Broken state.

Blaznana Monkey Trick Boss

Inflict Weakness Break by Maxing the Switch Tally

All enemies will have a Switch Tally counter that can be filled up simply by attacking. Once the enemy has their Switch Tally maxed out, the overall Toughness bar will be reduced.

You can either Weakness Break an enemy through normal means or max out the Switch Tally to decrease the overall Toughness of the Banacademic Office Staff.

Apocalyptic Shadow Boss Mirages

Annihilator of Desolation Mistral

Annihilator of Desolation Mistral Information
Cocolia
Phases	2 Phases
Weaknesses
Resistances	RES Control Effects RES

Annihilator of Desolation Mistral Boss Traits

Boss Trait	Explanation
Steadfast Safeguard	Boss Mirage takes 50% less DMG. After its Weakness is broken and action gets additionally delayed, additionally increases DMG taken by 100%.
Battlefield Transfer	Gepard will join the battle and provide protection for Boss Mirage. Boss Mirage will Transfer its own Weakness Type to summons, but when those summons are defeated, Boss Mirage's Toughness will be additionally reduced. Transfer - Transfers the Weakness Type to the target. The Weakness Type returns to this unit after the target is defeated, and additionally reduces Toughness.
Nowhere to Escape (Difficulty 3)	Boss Mirage's summon will mark 1 allied character. After Boss Mirage uses a single target ability, it will deliver a Follow-Up Usage on the marked ally. Follow-Up Usage - After using a single-target ability, the unit will re-select the target and use the ability again.
Tenacious Resolve (Difficulty 4)	Reduces DMG received by all enemies, but every Weakness-Type they have increases DMG received.

Annihilator of Desolation Mistral Summon Info

Wave 1 Enemies	Weaknesses
Gepard x1
Ice Edge - Left x1
Ice Edge - Right x1
Wave 2 Enemies	Weaknesses
Lance of Eternal Freeze x1
Lance of Eternal Freeze x1
Lance of Eternal Freeze x1
Lance of Eternal Freeze x1

Blaznana Monkey Trick

Blaznana Monkey Trick Information
Wonder Forest’s Banacademic Office Staff
Phases	2 Phases
Weaknesses
Resistances	RES Control Effects RES

Blaznana Monkey Trick Summon Info

Enemies	Weaknesses
Banacademic Office’s Charmony BananAdvisor x1
Banacademic Office’s Fortune BananAdvisor x1
Banacademic Office’s Assistanana x2
Banacademic Office’s Dreamweaver BananAdvisor x1

Blaznana Monkey Trick Boss Traits

Boss Trait	Explanation
Steadfast Safeguard	Boss Mirage takes 50% less DMG. After Weakness is broken and action gets additionally delayed, additionally increases DMG taken by 100%.
United Front	All enemy units take 50% less DMG and possesses Switch Tally while in "Classroom Channel". After Boss Mirage's Weakness is Broken, the DMG it receives increases by 100%.. Switch Tally - Unit in the "Classroom Channel" state will gain 1 point in the Switch Tally when attacked. When the Switch Tally hits the max, it will switch the unit to the "Off-Class Channel" state and also reduce the Boss Mirage's Toughness and immediately obtain that unit's "Off-Class Channel" reward 1 time.
Tally Loss (Difficulty 3)	At the beginning of every turn, enemy units in "Classroom Channel" will lose a certain number in the Switch Tally.
SPD Boost (Difficulty 4)	Increases SPD for "End-of-Semester Dinner".

Apocalyptic Shadow Reset

Apocalyptic Shadow Reset Calendar

When Does Apocalyptic Shadow Reset?

Reset Time	2024/01/20 - 4:00 (Server Time)

Apocalyptic Shadow will release a new Phase every six weeks, which also lasts for the same time frame. Apocalyptic Shadow always resets on a Monday at 04:00.

Current Phase: Gusty Primate

Ruinous Embers Effect
When an enemy unit with Steadfast Safeguard is Weakness Broken, advance all allies' actions and recover Skill Points. Increases the Weakness Break DMG received by all enemies by 20% and Follow-up ATK DMG received by 20%.
Phase Duration	12/09/2024 - 01/20/2025

Each Apocalyptic Shadow Phase will bring out a different Ruinous Embers effect and Finality's Axiom buffs. Progress made from clearing Apocalyptic Shadow stages will also reset, allowing players to recollect the rewards.

How to Play Apocalyptic Shadow

Face Two Boss Mirages

In Apocalyptic Shadow, you must face projections of the Finality and defeat bosses you have faced before. These bosses are different from regular bosses, meaning they will have different or additional attacks and abilities.

You can view each enemy's traits before the start of the battle. Each phase has four challenge difficulties, with each difficulty granting you rewards.

Choose Finality's Axiom Buffs

You will need two teams since there are two bosses and you can select buffs for your party, just like Pure Fiction. Each Apocalyptic Shadow phase will have several buffs to choose from.

Defeat Bosses as Quickly as Possible

Apocalyptic Shadow's stages have an Action Value Timer. The value gets reduced with each Action by both you and the enemy. Your score will be calculated by both remaining Action Value after defeating the boss and the boss HP.

Your goal is to defeat both bosses as quickly as possible to earn a lot of points.

Apocalyptic Shadow Rewards

Free 4-Star: Xueyi

Xueyi joins the roster of free 4-star characters as a reward for completing Difficulty 2 of Apocalyptic Shadow for the first time. You will also obtain 300 Stellar Jades and 1 Self-Modelling Resin.

List of All Free Characters

Rewards Per Difficulty

Stages	Rewards
Clear an Apocalyptic Shadow Difficulty	Lost Crystal x6 Lucent Afterglow x24 Traveler's Guide x6 Refined Aether x3 Credit x30000
Collect 1 Insignia	Stellar Jade x60 Credit x20000
Collect 1 Insignia (Starting from 9 Insignias)	Stellar Jade x80 Credit x20000

Total Insignia Rewards

Insignia Rewards
Stellar Jade x800	Credit x220000	Jade Feather x600

You can get 60 Stellar Jades and 20000 Credits for every star or insignia that you get from completing the stages in Pure Fiction. On your ninth insignia, the Stellar Jade per insignia increases to 80 Stellar Jades.

These rewards will reset every few weeks, so you can collect all Stellar Jades by doing Apocalyptic Shadow again.

From collecting 7 to 12 Insignias, you can get up to 600 Jade Feathers per Phase and they can be used to purchase items such as Self Modeling Resins and Relic Remains in the Jokes Come True tab of the Priceless Jewels shop.

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