Honkai Impact 3rd v7.1 Overview Guide:

Starbound Painter by Reinbex

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Hello readers, this is the Honkai Impact 3rd Overview Guide for v7.1: Starbound Painter by Reinbex. The following will be covered in this guide:

✦Table of Contents✦

1- New Battlesuit: Cosmic Expression

2- Cosmic Expression’s Signature Gear

3- Elysian Realm Updated

4- New Enemies

5- New Story Chapter XLII: Earthbound Order

6- Events & New Outfits

7- Battle Pass

8- Misc.

 ✦New Battlesuit: Cosmic Expression✦

"One day, we will arrive at the other end of the starry sea."

Cosmic Expression (CE) is an A-rank SD-type support battlesuit who wields a Cross to inflict Physical DMG and Bleeding while providing Physical/Lightning Support. She brands a brush as a light saber to fight enemies using the power of the stars.

◆ Basic ATK

Tap ATK up to 4x to strike enemies with your laser saber. With active Beacons, her hits recover Internal Energy.

◆ Combo ATK

Tap ATK during Basic SEQ4 (or QTE) to perform a Combo ATK, inflicting Bleed Trauma and recovering more Internal Energy.

◆ Special Weapon’s Active (Full Meter)

With present Beacons and full Internal Energy, tap WEP to summon a meteor dealing AOE Physical/Bleed DMG.

◆ Ultimate

After casting Special Weapon Active, tap ULT to slash the meteor and inflict Physical/Bleed DMG. Ult-cast also inflicts Bleed Trauma, Physical Vulnerability, and Lightning Vulnerability unto enemies.

✦Cosmic Expression’s Signature Gear✦

In v7.1, Anchor of the Voyage and its PRI-ARM variant Anchor of the Voyage: Interstellar are CE’s new signature and recommended weapons. The Crosses provide Bleed DMG, Physical DMG, and TDM bonuses!

CE’s signature stigmata set, Van Gogh, provide SP-regen, Bleed Trauma, Bleed DMG, Bleed Vulnerability, Physical DMG, TDM, and Total DMG Vulnerability bonuses!

✦Elysian Realm Updated✦

CE will be available to play in the Elysian Realm starting in v7.1! During this patch, she will receive more upgrade-materials per playthrough.

✦New Enemies✦

Alien Guard - Supplement is coming to Memorial Arena as an SD-type SS-difficulty boss!

The boss has two phases of HP and comes in both Embodied form and Consolidated form, like any SD-type enemy.

Alien Guard - Supplement will also be coming to the Abyss as a boss! Its stage weather empowers SD battlesuits such as CE!

✦New Story Chapter XLII: Earthbound Order✦

"The blind traveler trod in the nameless mist, and the seed of destruction silently grew."

With the Fu Hua and Griseo dealing with Moriaty’s schemes, the foreboding arrival of Sa is imminent. Chapter 42, Earthbound Order, will be released in v7.1 and continues with the main story of Part 1.5.

★ Interstellar Simulation

In the Interstellar Simulation, there will be 3 simulation training modules: Voyage Guide, Nebula Warp and Galaxy Evolve. Construct a two-member team and progress through floors with varying stage effects and bonuses.

★ Cable Link

While playing in Interstellar Simulation, some rooms contain Cable Link puzzle that rewards you upon completion.

★ Rudder Turn

In Rudder Turn mode, spin the rudder and gain rewards based on where the rudder stops. Use Astronautical Beacons to increase your chances of success.

Play the story and its missions during the event to get 4★ event stigma Kiana: Cramming (T) and other various rewards!

✦Events & New Outfits✦

✦ Starry Voyage: Strike Back!

"What do I see when I look up at the stars?"

"Do I see shining stars or boundless dark night?"

In v7.1’s next main event, Starry Voyage: Strike Back!, Griseo will travel between various planets and command Honkai Beasts to fight in battle and lead everyone in storming the enemy's base!

★ Card-based Gameplay

In this event, cards are used to fight. Once both sides put down all cards, the battle will commence automatically. The first side to breach the enemy base wins.

★ Paint deck

Before battle, select one paint: Red, Yellow, Blue, or Mixed. Each paint has a different buff; select a paint and corresponding cards to build a strong deck!

★ Leader Cards

Each paint has a leader card containing a special skill. Consume energy during battle to cast your leader skill!

★ Recruit Partner

Progress the event story stages or daily challenges for Starry Mileage and Stellar Paintbrush. Starry Mileage to increase Traveler's level and Stellar Paintbrush are used to draw cards. Duplicate cards can increase a card’s star rank.

★ Rewards

Various rewards include crystals, CE fragments, Energy Devices, and even a new outfit for Starchasm Nyx!

On Fair Clouds

✦ Summer Survival Rhapsody - Side A (Rerun)

Summer Survival Rhapsody Side A, an event featuring the Flame-Chasers in a game of survival, will be having a re-run in v7.1!

Summer Survival Rhapsody Side A will have 3 chapters and locations, Wandering Beach, Icy Cave, and Azure Abyss. Clear event stages to unlock each Flame-Chaser!

As you progress through the island, you will unlock Flame-Chasers. Each Flame-Chaser has their own skills, stats, and different weapons. Strengthen your Flame-Chasers and have them face enemies in the game mode: Roll the dice and fight!

Different Flame-Chasers will perform differently against different types of enemies. Each round, select dice to use skills to defeat enemies!

✦ Hot on the Trail

Hot on the Trail, boss-based set of stages with limited-valkyrie rosters, will be coming to v7.1 as well!

✦ Version Bonus: Free Herrscher of Sentience!

During v7.1’s version bonuses event, Level 30+ Captains can complete any 4 version-tasks to claim a Herrscher of Sentience Character Card!

The following tasks are:

◆ Log onto the game once during v7.1

◆ Complete all the tasks in the phase 3 of the Main Story’s Chapter 42

◆ Complete Chapter 3 of the Starry Voyage: Strike Back! event

◆ Clear a certain level in the Summer Survival Rhapsody - Side A event

◆ Clear any 9 stages in the Hot on the Trail event

✦ New Outfit for Seele

Herrscher of Rebirth is getting a new outfit!

Eternal Night's Embrace

For HoRb’s outfit, you can obtain it through Outfit supply. Spend up to 9600 Crystals to obtain Eternal Night's Embrace, with the output dropping starting on the 5th pull!

✦ New Outfit for Prometheus

Terminal Aide 0017 will have a new outfit, costing 1380 B-Chips on its first week and 1680 B-Chips afterwards.

Saccharine Lash-Out

✦ Top-up Event

Top-up during a limited-time event to earn various rewards! Topping up to the 6480 Crystals/B-Chips milestone earns you one of the following: 

✦ Palatinus Equinox Rank-up Stamp x6

✦ Infinite Ouroboros Rank-up Stamp x3

✦ Ancient Legacy x240

In addition, you can receive Expansion/Focused/SP Supply Cards, Ancient Willpower, and more!

✦Battle Pass✦

v7.1’s Battle Pass will continue to reward the Golden Crystallums alongside Miracle ☆ Magical Girl fragments.

v7.1’s Elite Workshop will include more MMG rank-up stamps as well as Midnight Absinthe’s signature gears! Players will be able to purchase these items with their Golden Crystallums.

✦Misc. - Farmables/Shop/Craftables/Etc.✦

Starting in v7.1, there will be a new UI update for the main bridge, Valkyrie selection screen (including gears, loadouts, outfits), and the “Gamemodes selection” screen.

The Holmes stigmata set will be added to the Foundry as an Physical G3 craftable.

The Mirage Store will sell Stardust ATK Reroll Devices starting in v7.1.

3 Herrscher of Flamescion rank-up stamps have been added to the Elysian Shop. You will need to have HoF first before you can use these stamps.

In v7.1, you can save space with an improved Resource Management section in your settings.

This is the end of this Overview Guide. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it. Note that the update for v7.1 goes live on Dec. 7th, 2023!

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