Honkai: Star Rail: How to Earn Light Cones and Level Them Up | Push Square

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Looking for how to earn Light Cones and level them up in Honkai: Star Rail? Light Cones are a type of equipment in HoYoverse's turnbased RPG which look a lot like trading cards. They function, effectively, as an analogue to a weapon, providing key statistical buffs and improvements in combat. However, unlike in games like Genshin Impact, you can't visually see which Light Cone a character has equipped. On this page, as part of our Honkai: Star Rail guide, we're going to explain how to earn Light Cones and level them up.

Light Cones are a crucial piece of equipment used to provide characters with statistical boosts and new abilities in combat. Light Cones boost Base HP, Base ATK, Base DEF, and include passive abilities when equipped. Each Light Cone belongs to a specific Path Type and can only be equipped by characters who share the same Path Type. As a result, Light Cones will generally excel in an area relevant to its Path Type; passive abilities for The Abundance, for example, will likely focus on healing and so on.

Light Cones range from 3-Star to 5-Star, with more rare items having higher base statistics and more potent passive abilities. You can salvage Light Cones to level others up, or combine them to Superimpose, which we'll explain in more detail below. On this page, we're going to explain how to earn Light Cones and level them up.

There are a number of ways to earn Light Cones, but the most common is through Warping, or pulling on banners. The majority of the rewards you get from Warps will be 3-Star Light Cones, which you'll likely salvage to level up your 4-Star Light Cones and 5-Star Light Cones.

The easiest way to earn Light Cones, as mentioned above, is to pull on banners. Wherever you exchange your Star