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Honkai: Star Rail

Howling Casket Enemy Guide

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Honkai Star Rail - Howling Casket Enemy Guide

Howling Casket is an enemy in Honkai: Star Rail. See its locations, item drops, skills, weaknesses, and how to beat it in this guide!

Howling Casket Information

Howling Casket Details

Howling Casket Information
Honkai Star Rail (HSR) - Howling Casket Howling Casket
World Xianzhou Luofu
Weaknesses
Lightning Wind Imaginary
Resistances None

Howling Casket Skills

All Talents and Abilities
Bionic Claws (Ability)
Deals Physical DMG to a single target.
Thunderous Roar (Ability)
Deals minor Physical DMG to a single target and units adjacent to the target.
Moon Rage Mimicry (Ability)
Enters the Moon Rage state.
Lupitoxin Synthesis (Ability)
Deals minor Physical DMG to all targets, with a high chance of inflicting "Terror Grip" on all allies.
Slaughter Algorithm (Ability)
Deals Physical DMG to a single target and adjacent units. When the target enters the "Terror Grip" or "Terrified" state, additionally deals DMG.
Borisin Instinct (Talent)
When entering battle, decreases the number of Bloodlust stacks needed to enter Moon Rage. After a friendly unit launches an attack, applies 1 stack of Bloodlust to friendly units who can enter the Moon Rage effect. When Bloodlust reaches a certain stack, the friendly unit enters the Moon Rage state. A Moon Rage countdown icon appears on the Action Order. When the countdown's turn begins, Moon Rage is dispelled for all friendly units.

Where to Find Howling Casket

Howling Casket Stagnant Shadow Location


Shape of Mechwolf - Stagnant Shadow
Location Shackling Prison, Xianzhou Luofu

Other Howling Casket Locations

Honkai Star Rail - Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue Part I Trailblaze Continuance

Howling Casket can be encountered during the Trailblaze Continuance, Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue, which was released in Version 2.4.

Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue Mission

How to Beat Howling Casket

Remove Moon Rage by Inflicting Weakness Break

Honkai Star Rail - Howling Casket Weakness Break

The Howling Casket can enter the Moon Rage state, which increases its SPD and allows them to inflict Terror Grip on your characters.

The Moon Rage state can be dispelled by inflicting Weakness Break on the Howling Casket.

Cleanse Terror Grip by Attacking

The Howling Casket can inflict Terror Grip on the party, putting your characters into a Terrorized state on its next turn. Terrorized characters will be unable to act and take more damage from the Howling Casket.

To avoid this, cleanse Terror Grip by having your affected characters attack the Howling Casket before its next turn.

Best Teams Against Howling Casket

Acheron Nihility Team

Acheron DPS
Star Rail - AcheronAcheron Star Rail - PelaPela Star Rail - Silver WolfSilver Wolf Star Rail - AventurineAventurine

Acheron can deal a lot of damage to the Howling Casket especially when the latter is affected by tons of debuffs. Pela and Silver Wolf can inflict debuffs to the enemy, while Aventure can cover the Imaginary weakness and provide shields.

Kafka DoT Team

Kafka DoT
Star Rail - KafkaKafka Star Rail - Black SwanBlack Swan Star Rail - Ruan MeiRuan Mei Star Rail - HuohuoHuohuo

Kafka and Black Swan can easily take on the Howling Casket since it's both weak to Lightning and Wind. Ruan Mei can increase Break efficiency to easily put the Howling Casket into a Weakness Broken state.

Dr. Ratio Follow-Up Team

Dr. Ratio Follow-up
Star Rail - Dr. RatioDr. Ratio Star Rail - TopazTopaz Star Rail - RobinRobin Star Rail - AventurineAventurine

A Dr. Ratio follow-up attack team is also excellent since they can frequently attack the Howling Casket to remove the Terror Grip debuff.

The Dr. Ratio and Aventurine pairing can help inflict Weakness Break on the Howling Casket, while Robin can increase the party's DMG and advance forward the entire party with her Ultimate.

Free to Play Team

F2P Team
Star Rail - March 7th (Imaginary)March 7th (Imaginary) Star Rail - Trailblazer (Imaginary)Trailblazer (Imaginary) Star Rail - AstaAsta Star Rail - LynxLynx

March 7th and the Harmony Trailblazer can easily Weakness Break the Howling Casket with their kit and deal a lot of Super Break DMG. Asta can provide SPD buffs to help keep up with the Howling Casket when it's in the Moon Rage state.

Weaknesses

Howling Casket Weaknesses
Star Rail - ImaginaryImaginary Star Rail - WindWind Star Rail - LightningLightning

Use the characters with the same elements above to easily defeat Howling Casket!

Resistances

All Resistances
Resistances
None

Howling Casket has no resistance, so it should be susceptible to crowd control debuffs such as Freeze or Imprison.

Howling Casket Drops

Stagnant Shadow Rewards

Nail of the Beast Coffin ItemNail of the Beast Coffin

Characters Who Use Nail of the Beast Coffin

All Characters
Moze Moze

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Comment

3 Anonymous Anonymous over 1 year

What's up, it's anonymous, back at it again to say that I struggled again with the TWO howling casket fight in the part where you're following Hanya down through the shackling prison. The team I beat that fight with was a little different. Instead of Natasha I brought Gallagher (heals through attacking = no terror debuff + AOE), instead of Ratio I brought Welt (slows + AOE), instead of Bronya I used Harmony MC (super break + AOE), and instead of Fire MC I used Preservation March (FUA + cleanse).

2 Anonymous Anonymous over 1 year

Nevermind, beat it right after I sent this comment. For those wondering, I'm F2P and I beat it with Natasha, Dr Ratio, Bronya, and Fire MC. The strat that lead to winning had a little bit to do with leveling up my traces and going in with full ultimates and consumables, but also I had previously been relying on debuffing the frightened state and focusing more on healing and shielding rather than attacking the enemy to get rid of it before the debuff is triggered.

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