How to Beat Difficulty 5 and Conundrum 3 in Unknowable Domain

Check out how to beat Difficulty 5, also known as the Torturous Difficulty in Honkai: Star Rail's Unknowable Domain. We have the best Alignments, teams, Scepters, Components, and how to beat Conundrum Level 3 in this Simulated Universe guide!

Best Alignment for Difficulty 5

Break Alignment for Difficulty 5

The Break Alignment is the best alignment for Unknowable Domain Difficulty 5 thanks to the ability of its Scepters to quickly whittle down enemy Toughness, while also dealing a lot of Break DMG.

This is important as breaking the enemy's Toughness delays their turn, allowing you to take more turns without fear of being attacked.

Follow-Up and Ultimate Teams Are Viable

Although the Break Alignment is the best alignment for Unknowable Domain, you can still make good progress by using the Follow-Up and Ultimate Alignment.

Follow-up and Ultimate focused teams will be able to charge their Scepters easily. This will in turn allow them to deal the damage needed to clear Difficulty 5.

DoT Alignment is Not Advised

While there are some Scepters that DoT teams can reliably charge fast, the damage output is not enough for higher difficulties. As such, it is not advised to use the DoT Alignment when trying to clear Difficulty 5.

Best Teams for Difficulty 5

Best Team for Break Alignment

DPS	Support	Support	Sustain
Firefly	Trailblazer (Imaginary)	Ruan Mei	Lingsha

As you will be running Break Alignment, using a Super Break team is ideal as it will synergize well with the Scepters you will be getting. Trailblazer (Imaginary) is an important unit for the Break Alignment thanks to Super Break.

Any Break DPS can work, but those that can attack multiple enemies like Firefly or Rappa are ideal as they can help charge your Scepters faster. Having Break Effect supports will also help during the early stages of Difficulty 5.

Best Team Comps for Difficulty 5

F2P Break Team

DPS	Support	Support	Sustain
March 7th (Imaginary)	Trailblazer (Imaginary)	Asta	Gallagher

Since March 7th (Imaginary) can be built as a Break DPS, she can serve as the DPS for a F2P team. The Trailblazer will increase March 7th's Break Effect and allow the team to deal Super Break DMG, while Asta will provide the team with SPD and ATK buffs.

Gallagher will help keep the team alive while also applying debuffs to the enemy, allowing March 7th (Imaginary) to deal more damage.

Follow-Up Alignment Team

DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Sustain
Feixiao	Topaz	Robin	Aventurine

A Follow-Up team revolving around Feixiao is the best team you can run for Difficulty 5, as Feixiao's numerous Follow-Up attacks can help take down enemies and charge up Scepters.

Bringing another Follow-Up character as a Sub-DPS is required to help maximize Feixiao's DMG with Robin and Aventurine bringing up the rear.

Ultimate Alignment Team

DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Sustain
Acheron	Jiaoqiu	Pela	Aventurine

Acheron is the best DPS for the Ultimate Alignment thanks to her absurd Ultimate DMG. Jiaoqiu and Pela can help apply debuffs on an enemy and stack up Acheron's Slashed Dream.

Best Scepters for Difficulty 5

Extrapolation Alter: Sealing, Reversal, and Open

Scepter	Effect
Extrapolation Alter: Sealing	If ally targets dealt Break DMG during their attack, this unit regenerates 15 Charge(s) after the attack and attacks when its Charge reaches 120. "Focus" deals 3 instance(s) of Physical DMG equal to 800% base DMG to the enemy target with the highest Max Toughness, and reduces 30 Toughness regardless of Weakness. If the target is Weakness Broken, deals Break DMG equal to 400% of this unit's Physical Break DMG. When Breaking enemy target Weakness, triggers the Weakness Break effects of all ally characters' Types at a rate of 400%.
Extrapolation Alter: Reversal	When an enemy target is defeated or is Weakness Broken, restores 15 Charge. Attacks when Charge reaches 120. "Focus" deals 3 instance(s) of Imaginary DMG equal to 600% base DMG to the enemy target who currently has the lowest Toughness, and reduces 30 Toughness regardless of Weakness. If the target is Weakness Broken, deals Break DMG equal to 1,600% of this unit's Imaginary Break DMG. When attacking, applies to the target "Summation": After taking Break DMG, all other Weakness Broken enemy targets take DMG equal to 25% of the original DMG, lasting for 2 turn(s).
Extrapolation Alter: Open	Summons a Scepter with 100 SPD. Attacks when taking action. "Bounce" deals Fire DMG equal to 150% base DMG to random enemy targets, repeating 16 time(s). This DMG reduces 8 Toughness regardless of Weakness, and if the target is Weakness Broken, deals Break DMG equal to 100% of this unit's Fire Break DMG to the target. For every different enemy target receiving this DMG, applies 1 stack(s) of "Prophet" to all ally targets, which increases SPD by 15%, staking up to 10 time(s) and lasting for 2 turn(s). After this unit takes action, removes 5 stack(s) of "Prophet."

Getting these Scepters is important as once you reach higher Conundrum levels, your team will start dealing less and less damage, as the enemy HP pool will be in the millions. As such, having the proper Scepters will help whittle down their large HP pools.

We recommend using the Extrapolation Alter: Sealing, Extrapolation Alter: Reversal, and Extrapolation Alter: Open Scepters for Break teams as these three scepters synergize really well.

Sealing and Open are both capable of reducing the Toughness of enemies, which in turn helps charge Reversal. This allows the Scepters to bounce off of each other, dealing huge bursts of damage whenever they activate.

Get Similar Scepters for Follow-Up and Ultimate

A good Scepter combination is two Charge Scepters and one Speed Scepter. This build allows players to quickly charge up their Scepters and set them up for Cast Looping, especially with the right Components.

Best Components for Difficulty 5

Components That Help Scepters Cast Loop

Best Components for Cast Looping
Extinction Program	Field of Binding	Distortion Vortex

These Components are needed as they allow your Scepters to continuously cast, effectively causing a Cast Loop.

Extinction Program charges Charge Scepters whenever a SPD one goes off, while Distortion Vortex immediately casts SPD Scepters when a Charge one goes off. Field of Binding lets Charge Scepters charge other Charge Scepters, so it is also a good choice.

Components That Buff Break DMG

Best Components for Break DMG
Inertial Countdown	Rupture Countdown	Deterioration Countdown

These Components are important as they either increase the Break and Super Break DMG that Scepters and the team deals, or increase your team's Break effectiveness.

Try to get multiple copies of these Components to add to all of your Scepters.

Change Components for Follow-Up and Ulltimate Teams

As the above components are for Break teams, change what components you get if you are running a Follow-Up or Ultimate Team.

For Follow-Up Alignment teams, get the Components that buff your team's Follow-Up attacks, or those that debuff the enemy whenever a Follow-Up attack is used.

For Ultimate Alignment teams, get the Components that help your team charge their Ultimates, as you will need to cast those often.

Components That Provide Charging Efficiency and Amplification

Best Components for Efficiency and Amplification
Kinetic Reduction	Oscillating Rollover	Scattered Extraction

It's important to make sure that your Scepters can perform their attacks quicker and harder, so Components that provide Charging Efficiency and Amplification are important.

Although some of these Components have downsides, the benefits that your Scepters will get from charging faster or hitting harder outweigh the disadvantages.

How to Beat Unknowable Domain Difficulty 5

Get the Scepters You Need

Scepters are the backbone of your Unknowable Domain run, and as such getting the correct ones mean the difference between a clear and a failure.

You can get Scepters either from defeating Bosses, from Occurrences, or from the Shop. Use these opportunities to look for the Scepters you need. It is okay to get a placeholder Scepter first before replacing it with a one that you need.

Upgrade Your Components FIrst

Although it is it is important to upgrade your Scepters, you should prioritize getting the Components you need first. You can do this by either Overwriting Components, or by using Component Synthesis in a Workbench of Creation.

Overwriting Components allows you to reroll Components into others of the same level. Overwrite your extra components to try and get duplicates for leveling up.

Component Synthesis allows you to burn four Components and convert them into one of a higher level. This allows you to get access to higher-level Components, which you can then overwrite to get the ones you need.

Change Your Team As Needed

As Scepters will be your primary source of damage in the later parts of the run, you can switch out members of your team to match the Weakness of whatever it is you are facing.

Start a run with your strongest team so that you can easily take down the first few stages, then swap characters as needed in the later stages.

How to Beat Conundrum Level 3

After completing Difficulty 5 for the first time, you will have the option to increase your Conundrum Level, making your Torturous Difficulty run harder. You can get Stellar Jades for completing Conundrum Levels 1 to 3, specifically up to Plane 4 of Conundrum Level 3.

Beating Conundrum Level 3 and up remains the same in that you will need a good combination of Scepters and Components. Your Scepter and Component choices matter more in higher Conundrum Levels, as most damage will come from them.

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