The Herta is an Ice and Erudition character in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out this guide for The Herta's best builds, teams, relics, light cones, ratings, and how to play them!

The Herta Character Guides
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The Herta's Character Overview

The Herta Basic Info and Rating

The Herta Basic Information
The Herta	Rarity	5-star
	Element	Ice
	Path	Erudition
General Rating		Endgame Rating
Overall DPS		MoC PF AS

Ratings are based on E0 and the current Endgame enemies + buffs.

How do you rate The Herta?

Character Tier List

The Herta Stats

Is The Herta Worth Pulling?

The Herta is an Erudition DPS that can perform extremely well across all general and Endgame content, especially when up against five enemies. She also has the nifty ability to locate Treasure Chests around the map.

If you already have a lot of limited Erudition units in your collection, The Herta isn't a must-pull. However, The Herta can synergize well with your other Erudition units, and pulling for her will still be worth it.

Should I Get The Herta's Light Cone?

The Herta's signature Light Cone, Into the Unreachable Veil, is a quality of life upgrade for her. Into the Unreachable Veil provides a lot of Skill DMG bonus and restores a Skill Point whenever The Herta uses an Ultimate.

While a great Light Cone to have, should you choose not to get Into the Unreachable Veil, The Herta can make do with other Light Cones such as Today Is Another Peaceful Day and Geniuses' Repose.

Into the Unreachable Veil - Release Date & Info

The Herta's Best Builds

AoE DPS Build

The Herta should be built as a CRIT DPS with ATK, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG stats. Scholar of Lost Erudition will be her best-in-slot Relic set since it provides a lot of Skill DMG bonus upon use of her Ultimate.

As for her Planar Ornaments, the Izumo Gensei works best with The Herta for the CRIT Rate buff and she always has to get paired up with another Erudition unit. You can also use Rutilant Arena to increase Skill DMG.

Recommended Stat Values

Stat	Recommended Value
CRIT Rate	80% - 90%+
CRIT DMG	120% or more
SPD	Any SPD Breakpoint above 134
ATK	2600 or more

Prioritize getting at least 80% CRIT Rate over CRIT DMG stats since The Herta will get an automatic 80% CRIT DMG buff from her Bonus Ability if she has another Erudition unit.

Any Breakpoint from 134 SPD and above will do to get The Herta more turns in a cycle. If Jade is in the party and she uses the Skill on The Herta, you can just have the latter at 113 SPD.

The Herta's Best Teams

The Herta Team F2P

DPS	DPS	Support	Sustain
The Herta	Herta	Trailblazer (Ice)	Lynx

Fortunately for The Herta, she has access to two free-to-play Erudition units in the form of her Herta puppet and Serval.

We recommend using an Energy Regen rope and the Passkey Light Cone for your other Erudition DPS. This is so they can use their Ultimates to attack and build up Interpretation consistently.

As for your Support unit, you can use the Remembrance Trailblazer do a turn advance with Memosprite Skill and have The Herta deal additional True DMG.

The Herta Erudition Team

DPS	DPS	Support	Sustain
The Herta	Jade	Robin	Lingsha

The Herta's best team should always consist of another Erudition DPS to maximize her kit. Jade will be The Herta's best party member since her Follow-up attacks are frequent enough to build up Interpretation.

Robin is great for buffing all party members, and Lingsha can both build up Interpretation and provide healing.

The Herta's Best Relics and Ornaments

All Recommended Relics and Ornaments

Relics	Rating & Merits
Scholar Lost in Erudition x4	★★★★★ - Best Scholar Lost in Erudition is The Herta's best-in-slot since it provides a ton of Skill DMG bonus that she can use to deal a lot of Enhanced Skill DMG.
Hunter of Glacial Forest x4	★★★★☆ - 2nd Best Hunter of the Glacial Forest is an early set that you can use since this increases The Herta's CRIT DMG after using her Ultimate.
Ornaments	Merits
Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm	★★★★★ - Best Since The Herta is always paired up with an Erudition unit, Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm is the best for her thanks to the amount of CRIT Rate it provides.
Rutilant Arena	★★★★☆ - 2nd Best Rutilant Arena can increase The Herta's Skill DMG as long as she has 70% CRIT Rate.
Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation	★★★☆☆ - 3rd Best Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation is the best option only if The Herta is used in Pure Fiction.

Relic List & Guide

The Herta's Best Light Cones

All Recommended Light Cones

Light Cone	Why We Recommend It
Into the Unreachable Veil	★★★★★ - Best Into the Unreachable Veil is The Herta's signature Light Cone that provides CRIT Rate and a huge Skill DMG bonus. The Skill Point recovery after using The Herta's Ultimate is a nice quality of life.
Today Is Another Peaceful Day	★★★★☆ - Great Today Is Another Peaceful Day will provide a damage bonus based on the energy required to activate The Herta's Ultimate.
Geniuses' Repose	★★★★☆ - Great Geniuses' Repose provides a CRIT DMG buff on The Herta after she defeats an enemy.
Night on the Milky Way	★★★★☆ - Great Night on the Milky Way is best used in scenarios where there are more than three enemies on the field. This Light Cone's performance falls off when there are few enemies.
Eternal Calculus	★★★☆☆ - Good Eternal Calculus provides a ton of ATK buffs for Herta for each enemy hit. This can also increase The Herta's SPD if she hits three or more enemies.
The Seriousness of Breakfast	★★★☆☆ - Good The Seriousness of Breakfast provides a small DMG buff and can increase The Herta's ATK after defeating an enemy.

The Herta's Eidolons

Recommended Eidolons

	Why We Recommend It
E1	★★★★★ - Amazing The Herta will only need 32 stacks to get the full Ice DMG Bonus from Interpretation stacks on enemies. Using an Enhanced Skill resets the Interpretation stacks to 15, making it easier to build it up again.
E2	★★★★★ - Amazing Best stopping-point for spenders. The Herta can use two Enhanced Skills and she can advance herself forward in the turn order after using her Ultimate.
E4	★★★☆☆ - Good Erudition characters on a team with Herta gain more SPD.
E6	★★★★★ - Amazing The Herta has her Ice RES PEN increased and her Ultimate becomes stronger if there are fewer enemies on the field.

All Eidolon Resonance Effects

E1	Night at Shorefall When Enhanced Skill calculates the number of "Interpretation" stacks, additionally calculates 50% of the "Interpretation" stacks on the 1 target with the highest stacks out of the primary target and adjacent targets. When "Interpretation" is reset by using Enhanced Skill, its stack number is reset to 15 instead.
E2	Wind Through Keyhole After The Herta enters battle or uses Ultimate, additionally gains 1 "Inspiration" stack. After using Enhanced Skill, advances The Herta's next action by 35%.
E3	Door into Summer Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
E4	The Sixteenth Key The SPD of Erudition characters in the team increases by 12%.
E5	Bitter Pill of Truth Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
E6	Sweet Lure of Answer The Herta's Ice RES PEN increases by 20%. When the number of enemy targets on the field is 3 (or more)/2/1, Ultimate's DMG multiplier increases by 140%/250%/400%.

The Herta's Trace Priority

Combat Traces

Trace	Priority & Explanation
Basic Attack	★★☆☆☆ - Low Priority The Herta's Basic ATK is nothing special, so leveling up this Trace is low priority.
Skill	★★★★★ - Highest Priority The Herta's Skill and Enhanced Skill deal a lot of damage, so level this up along with her Ultimate.
Ultimate	★★★★★ - Highest Priority The Herta's Ultimate increases her ATK and also deals a lot of damage, so level this up along with her Skill.
Talent	★★★★☆ - High Priority The Herta's Talent increases the DMG of the Interpretation debuff, which leads to an overall damage increase. Level this up after her Skill and Ultimate.

Bonus Abilities

Trace	Priority & Explanation
Aloofly Honest	★★★★☆ - High Priority Allows allies to inflict the Interpretation debuff and regens Energy for The Herta. This allows her to get her Ultimate back up quicker and stack Interpretation on the enemy faster.
Message From Beyond the Veil	★★★★★ - Highest Priority Increases CRIT DMG for all allies and allows Erudition characters to inflict even more stacks of Interpretation. This synergizes with The Herta's Aloofly Honest Bonus Ability.
Starved Landscape of Vacua	★★★★★ - Highest Priority Allows The Herta to get Answer buffs which boost her Ultimate DMG multiplier based on Interpretation stacks. A great damage boost for her Ultimate.

The Herta's Traces (Skills and Kit)

Active Abilities

Technique and Bonus Abilities

Trace	Scaling and Explanation
Technique	Vibe Checker: After using the Technique, The Herta increases her ATK by 40% at the start of the next battle for 2 turn(s). If there are Basic Treasures in this current map, using Technique will mark 3 Basic Treasures' locations. After entering battle by using Technique in Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe, deals True DMG equal to 99% of the target's Max HP to enemy targets lower than Elite-level, and True DMG equal to 30% of the target's Max HP to enemy targets at Elite-level and above. Stat Bonus: 1. Ice DMG +3.2% 2. Ice DMG +6.4%
Bonus Ability	Starved Landscape of Vacua: For every 1 stack of "Interpretation" inflicted on enemy targets, The Herta gains 1 stack of "Answer" up to 99 stack(s). When using the Ultimate, every stack of "Answer" increases the Ultimate's DMG multiplier by 1%. Stat Bonus: 1. SPD +3 2. ATK +8.0%
Bonus Ability	Message From Beyond the Veil: When entering battle, if the team has at least 2 characters following the Path of Erudition, then increases all allies' CRIT DMG by 80%, calculates at least 3 targets when the Trace "Aloofly Honest" calculates hit targets, applies 1 stack(s) of "Interpretation" to the target with the highest current "Interpretation" stacks among the hit enemy targets after attacking, and additionally applies a certain number of "Interpretation" stacks if the attacker is following the Path of Erudition. Stat Bonus: 1. Ice DMG +4.8% 2. ATK +4.0% 3. Ice DMG +4.8%
Bonus Ability	Aloofly Honest: When ally targets attack, inflicts 1 stack(s) of "Interpretation" on the hit enemy target. After attacking, for every 1 target hit by this attack, regenerates 3 fixed Energy for The Herta, counting up to a maximum of 5 targets. When using Enhanced Skill and if the primary target's "Interpretation" stack is 42, increases Ice DMG dealt by The Herta by 50% until the end of this instance of Enhanced Skill. Stat Bonus: 1. ATK +4.0% 2. Ice DMG +3.2% 3. SPD +2

Big Herta Gameplay Guide

Talent Increases DMG Based on Interpretation

While The Herta is on your team, enemies will receive Interpretation stacks whenever they are attacked, up to a cap of 42. Each stack of Interpretation increases the damage the targets take. If there are multiple Erudition characters in the team, enemies take even more damage.

List of All Erudition Characters

Ultimate Redistributes Interpretation Stacks

When The Herta uses her Ultimate, she deals Ice damage to all enemies, while also redistributing all Interpretation stacks. More powerful enemies will receive more stacks of Interpretation.

How to Gain Energy for Ultimates

Skill Deals DMG Based on Interpretation

When The Herta uses her skill, she will deal damage to her target and adjacent enemies. Additionally, if she uses her Empowered Skill, she will deal additional damage based on the number of Interpretation stacks on the primary target. The primary target's Interpretation stacks will then reset.

Technique Marks Chests on the Map

When Herta uses her Technique, any undiscovered Chests on the map will be marked. Additionally, when used in the Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe, The Herta will deal damage to all enemies at the start of each wave. This damage is based on a percentage of their Max HP.

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The Herta Ascension and Trace Materials

Total Ascension Materials

Ascension Materials	Total
Extinguished Core	15
Glimmering Core	15
Squirming Core	15
Dream Fridge	65
Credit	308,000

Total Trace Materials

All Trace Node Materials	Total
Rough Sketch	15
Extinguished Core	41
Dynamic Outlining	72
Glimmering Core	56
Exquisite Colored Draft	139
Squirming Core	58
Auspice Sliver	12
Tracks of Destiny	8
Credit	3,000,000

Additional The Herta Information

The Herta Release Date is on Phase 1 of Version 3.0

Limited Banners
Message From Beyond

You can get The Herta by pulling in the Character Warp banner called Message From Beyond, which started on January 14, 2025 and will end on February 5, 2025 (UTC-5).

The Herta Banner Schedule and Rates

The Herta Background and Voice Actors

Voice Actor	EN: PJ Mattson JP: Haruka Yamazaki
Faction / Affiliation	Genius Society

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