How to unlock Fire & Imaginary Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail

❘ Updated: 2024-05-20T20:50:58

Male and female Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail

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As you go through the Honkai Star Rail story, you’ll reach points where you can change your Trailblazer’s element to Fire or Imaginary. Here’s how to unlock the Fire and Imaginary Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail.

The Trailblazer is Honkai Star Rail‘s main character, and to stay relevant in the meta, you can unlock different Paths for them and elements to learn new abilities and fulfill different roles on a team.

If you’re wondering how to unlock the Fire/Preservation and Imaginary/Harmony versions of the Trailblazer in HSR, here’s everything you need to know.

How to unlock Fire Trailblazer
How to unlock The Return quest
Is Fire Trailblazer good?
How to unlock Imaginary Trailblazer
How to unlock Then Wake to Weep quest
Is Imaginary Trailblazer good?

Preservation Trailblazer splash art in Honkai Star Rail

Preservation characters provide shields for allies.

How to unlock Honkai Star Rail Fire Trailblazer

The Fire Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail can be unlocked when you complete The Return quest. It’s part of the Roads to the Past Have Long Been Closed chapter in the Trailblaze Mission titled In the Sweltering Morning Sun.

This is the storyline that takes place in Jarilo-VI and has Cocolia as the final boss.

When you arrive at the Evenwinter Hill area, you’ll have to complete the boss fight, and the Fire Trailblazer will be unlocked during the battle. It will take hours of playing before you reach this point in the story so be ready to wait for a while.

How to unlock The Return quest in Honkai Star Rail

To get to the boss fight against Cocolia in Honkai Star Rail’s The Return quest, you’ll need to reach Trailblaze Level 24. Since the quest is part of HSR’s main story, you shouldn’t have much trouble getting there just by playing.

You can always tackle Caverns of Corrosion, Calyxes, Simulated Universe, and other activities to farm resources and get enough XP to reach that level.

Is Fire Trailblazer good in Honkai Star Rail?

The Fire Trailblazer is an interesting Preservation character in Honkai Star Rail, and it has many uses if built correctly. This version has a very useful Taunt ability that draws aggression from opponents. If you pair that with the Trend of the Universal Market Light Cone, you’ll Burn enemies that attack the Trailblazer very often.

While other Preservation characters like Aventurine and Fu Xuan can be extremely powerful, the Trailblazer can apply shields to allies on almost every turn thanks to their abilities and Traces. Additionally, the Fire Trailblazer is capable of dishing out decent damage to enemies, making it a great unit to face enemies with Fire Weakness.

Harmony Imaginary Trailblazer splash art in Honkai Star Rail

The Imaginary Trailblazer walks the Path of The Harmony.

How to unlock Imaginary Trailblazer in Honkai Star Rail

Honkai Star Rail players can unlock the Imaginary Trailblazer by completing the sub-mission Then Wake to Weep in the Beauty and Destruction quest that’s part of the chapter titled In Our Time.

You’ll unlock this Path and element during the Penacony storyline. You’ll be able to unlock the Path and element at maximum level, but you’ll need to build the character anyway, so keep that in mind.

Rumors suggest players who start their HSR journey later on will be able to unlock this version of the character in earlier stages. We’ll update this guide if that happens with future updates.

How to unlock Then Wake to Weep quest in Honkai Star Rail

To reach the quest titled Then Wake to Weep in Honkai Star Rail, all you need to do is complete the Seabiscuit quest in the chapter titled In Our Time. This can be easily done by playing the main campaign in HSR, so you should have no trouble getting there.

There’s no level requirement for unlocking this quest, as you’ll probably have your characters and Equilibrium maxed out when you reach this point in the story.

Is Imaginary Trailblazer good in Honkai Star Rail?

The Imaginary Trailblazer is a unique Harmony character in Honkai Star Rail thanks to their Ultimate. This ability allows allies to deal Super Break DMG, a brand-new aspect of battles.

Aside from that, the Imaginary Trailblazer can also deal decent damage to enemies, so it can be an interesting addition to mono-Imaginary teams.

However, with so many Harmony characters added with the latest updates, players have other options that might be best suited for their teams.

That’s all you need to know to unlock the Fire and Imaginary Trailblazer in HSR. For more on HoYoverse’s RPG, make sure to check out our guides below: