Levelling up the Trailblazer level will eventually make enemies tougher.
Along with individual character levels, Honkai: Star Rail features an overarching in-game levelling system. Trailblazer is the protagonist of the game, and is also where the name for the level system comes from.
Players can choose to be either male or female as Trailblazer in Honkai: Star Rail. Regardless of which you pick, you will still get the same rewards for each Trailblazer level.
Some part of Honkai: Star Rail are gatekept by the game. You need to be a certain Trailblazer level in order to progress through certain beats of the story. Trailblazer level is also attached to the ability to level up characters.
At certain levels, players will unlock the ability to make the characters in their part even stronger. Each character's base level cap is 20 and that increases when you level up your Trailblazer level.
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How to earn Trailblazer EXP
There are several different ways to progress Trailblazer level in Honkai: Star Rail. EXP is available in every aspect of the game, from completing regular missions to finishing Calyxes and entering the simulated universe.
Here are the different ways you can increase you Trailblazer level:
- Complete story quests.
- Open treasure chests around the Honkai: Star Rail world.
- Defeat Calyx combat gauntlets.
- Finish Operation Briefings, these are found in the Interastral Guide.
- Complete Simulated Universe missions.
Trailblazer level rewards
There are 70 Trailblazer levels in Honkai: Star Rail. Each level comes with its own reward for levelling up. It can be easy to miss out on these rewards as they are not automatically handed out to players.
In order to get your rewards, you will have to visit Pom Pom on the Astral Express. Speak to Pom Pom and check your Trailblazer level. You can then cycle through all of the different levels of rewards.
Here's a list of what you get for getting through the first 20 Trailblazer levels. Anything above level 20 is hidden until completing an upgrade mission. The same happens at level 30, 40, 50, 60 and 65.
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The first 20 level rewards
Level Reward EXP needed | 2 5x Travel Encounters and 10k Credits 450 | 3 50x Stellar Jade, 5x Travel Encounters and 10k Credits 500 | 4 5x Travel Encounters and 10k Credits 550 | 5 1x Star Rail Pass, 5x Travel Encounters and 10k Credits 610 | 6 10x Travel Encounters and 10k Credits 670 | 7 4x Sparse Aether and 10k Credits 720 | 8 50x Stellar Jade, 10x Travel Encounters and 10k Credits 780 | 9 4x Sparse Aether and 10k Credits 840 | 10 1x Star Rail Pass, 10x Travel Encounters and 10k Credits 900 | 11 4x Sparse Aether and 20k Credits 960 | 12 1x Fuel, 4x Adventure Log, 10x Energy Drink and 20k Credits 1,020 | 13 50x Stellar Jade, 10x Sparse Aether and 20k Credits 1,070 | 14 1x Fuel, 4x Adventure Log and 20k Credits 1,130 | 15 1x Star Rail Pass, 10x Sparse Aether and 20k Credits 1,190 | 16 1x Fuel, 4x Adventure Log and 20k Credits 1,250 | 17 Full Knight Relic set, 10x Sparse Aether and 20k Credits 1,310 | 18 50x Stellar Jade, 1x Fuel, 4x Adventure Log, 5x Shattered Blade and 20k Credits 1,370 | 19 Trailblazer Eidolon, 10x Sparse Aether, 5x Arrow of the Beast Hunter and 20k Credits 1,430 | 20 1x Star Rail Pass, 1x Fuel, 1x Quid Pro Quo, 5x Key of Inspiration and 20k Credits. 1,500 |
Equilibrium missions
After reaching Trailblazer Level 20 in Honkai: Star Rail, players have to complete an upgrade mission in order to get themselves onto the next section of the Trailblazer journey. The rewards also scale as you get higher in the ranks.
Completing these upgrade missions make all of the enemies in the overworld areas of Honkai: Star Rail stronger.
Rewards for completing the first upgrade mission in Honkai: Star Rail:
- Trailblaze Timer
- 3x Star Rail Pass
- 5x Traveler's Guide
- 4x Refined Aether
- 5x Cosmic Fried Rice
- 30k Credits
Once you get past Level 20, you can see all of the rewards leading up to Level 30, which is when the next upgrade Equilibrium Mission is.
We have a more in-depth guide on Equilibrium missions in Honkai: Star Rail. You can check out our full guide here.
Trailblazer Rewards for Level 21 to 30
Level | Reward | XP needed |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | 3 x Refined Aether, 5 x Endurance of Bronze, 30K Credits | 1600 |
| 22 | 1 x Fuel, 3 x Traveler's Guide, 5 x Obsidian of Dread, 30K Credits | 1710 |
| 23 | 100 Stellar Jade, 3 x Refined Aether, 5 x Harmonic Tune, 30K Credits | 1830 |
| 24 | 1 x Fuel, 3 x Traveler's Guide, 5 x Seed of Ambundance, 30K Credits | 1950 |
| 25 | 1 x Star Rail Pass, 1 x Fuel, 3 x Refined Aether, 30K Credits | 2080 |
| 26 | 1 x Fuel, 3 x Traveler's Guide, 1 x Passerby's Rejuvenated Wooden Hairstick, Passerby's Stygian Hiking Boots, 30K Credits | 2210 |
| 27 | 1 x Fuel, 3 x Refined Aether, 1 x Passerby's Roaming Dragon Bracer, 1 x Passerby's Ragged Embroided Coat, 30K Credits | 2350 |
| 28 | 100 Stellar Jade, 1 x Fuel, 6 x Traveler's Guide, 30K Credits | 2480 |
| 29 | 1 x Fuel, 6 x Refined Aether, 30K Credits | 2620 |
| 30 | 1 x Star Rail Pass, 1 x Shadow of Destruction, 1 x Fuel, 6 x Traveler's Guide, 30K Credits | 2750 |
| Upgrade mission | 1 x Trailblaze Timer, 3 x Star Rail Pass, 8 x Traveler's Guide, 6 x Refined Aether, 3 x Wrathful Gauntlets, 40K Credits |
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