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Apocalyptic Shadow Guide for Version 3.8
♦ Latest: Version 3.8 Update & 4.0 Livestream
♦ Phase 1: The Dahlia & Firefly
♦ Phase 2: Fugue & Lingsha
♦ Phase 3: Aglaea & Sunday
♦ Events: Remnants of Twilight
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 3.8, and when it resets here!
| Endgame Guides | |
|---|---|
 Memory of Chaos |
 Pure Fiction |
 Apocalyptic Shadow |
 Anomaly Arbitration |
List of Contents
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
Dominance of Netherveil Best Teams
First Boss
Second Boss
| Phainon DPS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Phainon |  Cerydra |  Sunday |  Permansor Terrae |  Crimson Tide |
| Kafka DoT | ||||
 Hysilens |  Kafka |  Black Swan |  Huohuo |  Dire Straits |
| Firefly DPS | ||||
 Firefly |  The Dahlia |  Fugue |  Lingsha |  Rime Piercer |
| F2P Team | ||||
 Dan Heng |  March 7th (Imaginary) |  Asta | Permansor Terrae | Rime Piercer |
Use Physical, Fire, Imaginary, and Wind Characters
Enemies in the first half are weak to Physical, Fire, Imaginary, and Wind. We recommend DPS units that can deal high Toughness damage or deal damage to up to three enemies against Kafka.
Use Ice, Quantum, Imaginary, and Wind Characters
Enemies in the second half are weak to Ice, Quantum, Imaginary, and Wind. We recommend using units that deal AoE DMG or can take advantage of Netherwing's HP drain.
We also recommend Sustain units that provide a significant amount of party-wide healing.
How to Beat Apocalyptic Shadow Dominance of Netherveil
Soulhook Sovereign Boss
Attack the Summons to Transfer Weaknesses
For both Waves, defeat the other enemies aside from Kafka to transfer the Type Weaknesses. These Type Weaknesses will be returned to Kafka once all other enemies have been defeated.
Remove the Psychological Suggestion in Wave 2
Kafka can inflict Psychological Suggestion in Wave 2, which inflicts Entrance on your units. You can remove Psychological Suggestion with cleanse Skills from allies or inflict Weakness Break on Kafka to cancel Psychological Suggestion.
Guide of Withering and Decay Boss
Provide Healing to Remove HP Overload
Your characters' HP will not drop below 1 HP and instead will gain HP Overload, which decreases damage dealt and Weakness Break Efficiency. Provide a bunch of healing to your allies to remove HP Overload.
Inflict Weakness Break on the Long Arms of Sorrow
Prioritize attacking the Long Arms of Sorrow and inflicting Weakness Break on them. Doing so will reduce Pollux's HP and Toughness.
Apocalyptic Shadow Boss Mirages
Soulhook Sovereign Gallantry
| Soulhook Sovereign Information | |
|---|---|
 Stellaron Hunter: Kafka
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| Phases | 2 Phases |
| Weaknesses |    
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RESFrozen RES |
Soulhook Sovereign 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 | Boss Mirage summons 2 Elite Enemies to assist in battle. Boss Mirage will transmit its own Weakness Type to summons, but when those summons are defeated, Boss Mirage's Toughness will be additionally reduced. Transmit: Transmits the Weakness Type to the target. After the target is defeated, additionally reduces Toughness. The Weakness Type will return once all targets that gained the Weakness Type are defeated. |
| Stellar Aegis (Difficulty 3) | For every unit on the enemy's side of the field aside from Boss Mirage, all enemies receive less DMG. |
| Turn Back the Tide (Difficulty 4) | When the Boss Mirage uses "Puppet Understudy" in its second phase, it will apply Enhancement effects to all summons. |
Soulhook Sovereign Summon Info
| Wave 1 Enemies | Weaknesses |
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Guide of Withering and Decay
| Guide of Withering and Decay Information | |
|---|---|
 Pollux, Netherwing Husk, Ferry of Souls
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| Phases | 2 Phases |
| Weaknesses |
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| Resistances |
RES Control RES |
Guide of Withering and Decay 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%. |
| Withered Verdure | In this combat, ally units' HP will not drop below 1, and any DMG taken exceeding a certain amount of their current HP will be converted into "HP Overload." Ally units in the "HP Overload" state will have their DMG dealt and Weakness Break Efficiency greatly reduced. |
| Tender the Rigid (Difficulty 3) | "The Long Arms of Sorrow's" Max Toughness increases. |
| Tenacious Resolve (Difficulty 4) | Reduces DMG received by all enemies, but every Weakness Type they have increases DMG received. |
Guide of Withering and Decay Enemy Info
| Enemies | Weaknesses |
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| The Long Arms of Sorrow |
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| The Long Arms of Sorrow |
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Apocalyptic Shadow Reset
Apocalyptic Shadow Reset Calendar
When Does Apocalyptic Shadow Reset?
| Reset Time | 2026/02/02 - 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: Dominance of Netherveil
| Ruinous Embers Effect | |
|---|---|
| When enemy targets with "Steadfast Safeguard" are Weakness Broken, dispels control states for all allies, and allies immediately take action and recovers Skill Points. Increases Break DMG taken by all enemy targets by 25%, and Memosprite Skill DMG taken by 15%. |
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| Phase Duration | 02/02/2026 - 03/16/2026 |
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.
Rewards Per Difficulty
| Stages | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Clear an Apocalyptic Shadow Difficulty |
 Lost Crystal
x6 Lucent Afterglow
x24 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
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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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