Honkai Impact 3rd v8.0 Overview

by Reinbex

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Hello readers, this is the Honkai Impact 3rd Overview Guide for v8.0: In Search Of The Sun by Reinbex.

✦Table of Contents✦

1- New Battlesuit: Reign Solaris

2- Reign Solaris’s Signature Gear

3- Elysian Realm Updated

4- New Enemies

5- Part 2 Main Story Chapter VII

6- Events & New Outfits

7- Battle Pass

8- Misc.

 ✦New Battlesuit: Reign Solaris✦

"Gaining strength isn't the end goal, it's the path to protecting others. Is it strange to see me speaking so solemnly in this appearance?"

Reign Solaris (RS) is an S-rank IMG-type battlesuit who uses Javelins between Rampager form and Skyrider form to swiftly deal Physical DMG. Additionally, she is protected by a new Astral Ring Specialization: Law of Ascension. 

◆ Charged ATK: Rampager form

Hold [ATK] to deal up to 3 hits of Physical DMG and Stun Trauma. With max Sunlight, all Sunlight can be consumed to perform an accelerated Charged ATK.

◆ Charged ATK: Skyrider form

Hold [ATK] to deal up to 3 hits of Physical DMG and Stun Trauma. With max Sunlight tap [ATK] for Charged ATK EX, and all Sunlight can also be all consumed at once to to perform an accelerated Charged ATK.

Note that Charged ATK consumes Skylight Brilliance and Skyrider form requires Skylight Brilliance to maintain.

◆ Ultimate: Thousand-Faced Fool

Consume 100SP to cast Ultimate, invoke a Time-frozen Domain, and nuke the area with an AOE of Physical DMG. This also inflicts Stun Trauma and transfers 200% of DMG dealt to an IMG enemy’s Nihilus Shell to their Nihilus Seed.

◆ Astral Ring Skill: Perseverance of the Heart

When Astral Ring Specialization: Law Ascension is activated, select any Heavenly Shift battlesuit to cast the first Stellar Shift (an “enhanced QTE”). 

Other Heavenly Shift battlesuits who switch in the first time in the Stellar Outburst will also perform a Stellar Shift and perform a Coordinated ATK with the first character used Stellar Shift.

As of v8.0, only Reign Solaris can activate Astral Ring Specialization: Law Ascension by being Team Leader. However, Reign Solaris as well as Thousand-Faced Maestro: Cameo!, Lone Planetfarer, and Jovial Deception: Shadowdimmer all have Heavenly Shift Astral Ring skill to be unlocked.

✦Reign Solaris’s Signature Gear✦

RS’s signature gear, Illuminating the Universe stigmata set and Javelins Valorous Effulgence will be available for players to obtain.

The Illuminating the Universe stigs set provide a vast variety of bonuses. They range from Crit DMG, Crit Rate, Physical DMG, Physical Vulnerability, Elem DMG, Elem Vulnerability, TDM, TD Vuln and Shield-break bonuses!

Meanwhile, Valorous Effulgence (and PRI-ARM Valorous Effulgence: New Voyage) provide Physical DMG, Crit DMG, Phy Vuln, Elem DMG, TDM, and TD Vuln bonuses. Additionally when RS equips her signature weapon, her Stellar Shift can deal up to 4 extra Javelin hits!

Illuminating the Universe set can also be crafted in the foundry.

After the v8.0 update, the first 10x Pull for RS’s Battlesuit Supply will be 50% off while her signature equipment will be featured in a limited time Equipment Supply. The supply ensures one of the gears in 10 drops and Valorous Effulgence weapon is guaranteed in 60 drops.

✦Elysian Realm Updated✦

RS will be available to play in the Elysian Realm starting in v8.0! During this patch, she will receive more upgrade-materials per playthrough.

✦New Enemies✦

Bygone Deliverance is a coming to both SSS-difficulty Exalted Memorial Arena and Superstring Dimension! In Memorial Arena ranks C-SS, he will simply be Kevin.

Parry Bygone Deliverance’s attacks to break his defenses and inflict vulnerability onto him!

✦Part 2 Main Story Chapter VII✦

I offer you a final sunset and a stagnant sky; I offer you a bouquet of mottled memories and a starry sky of silence.

Part 2 Main Story Chapter VII Bouquets of Unfulfilled Wishes will be available. Continue on the story after the devastating hits our main cast experienced from the previous chapter!

The Tower of Ruimu: God will be added and available during chapter VII.

A new minigames event Clean-up Masters On Duty! will also be available alongside the story.

Move Cube-ianka around and solve puzzles!

Play the main story to earn yourself various rewards, including Crystals, Source Prism, Ancient Willpower, and more!

✦Events & New Outfits✦

✦ Treasure Finder

Pools include figurine, Radiant Luxury Option, Paladin BP Unlock Coupon, and Crystals!

In v8.0, the Treasure Finder event will showcase pools of prizes, where you can submit Treasure Finder Tickets to explore the pools. You can earn up to 7 Treasure Finder Tickets for completing Part 2 Main Story Chapter V-VII and logging in specific dates. In the end and if you are lucky, the pools you’ve explored may yield a prize!

✦ Countdown: To Sweet Dreams!

How many wishes are in this fantastical journey? The young lady traverses many dreams in s

In v8.0’s main event, Kiana has been asleep and dreaming! Explore her dreams and discover the mysteries that lie within!

In this event, you can recruit followers and transform into Leader Followers. Each one is unique and have their own unique movesets!

During combat, Transformation energy will gradually fill up. Upon max energy, transform into the Leader Follower and fight your enemies as them!

★ Follower Growth

With the Followers you recruit, you can level up Leader Followers and refine affixes for Support Followers.

Play in the event to earn Crystals, Source Prisms, Honkai Shards, and even a new outfit for Deepspace Anchor: First Light!

Steering Inequations

✦ Before the Endless Dream Ends

"I saw that everyone was smiling in the dream."

Returning from v6.8 is Before the Endless Dream Ends, where you will team up with Magic Girls to embark on a new journey. Help the Magic Girls review magic courses and retrieve their power to defeat mightier enemies.

★ Cards Setup

In this event, you help the Magic Girls by providing them with cards that contain different effects.

Before a battle, you can select randomly-provided cards onto the Play Zone. Cards can be recycled, and special events will be triggered if a number of cards are recycled. You can also combine same-level cards into a higher level card.

All battles, once started, are automatic and turn-based. The deployed Magic Girl will use skills based on your card order.

★ Factions

Characters will have their own cards and faction styles. Different factions contain different skills and strategies, which can be suitable against different stages.

★ Character Development

This event will sport 6 total playable characters, each with their own unique talents and passive skills. Event progression unlocks you more characters, and each character requires materials to level up. Play challenge/daily stages to farm material.

✦Battle Pass✦

v8.0’s Battle Pass will now reward Dreamweaver fragments and more Sprout Crystallums. v8.0 BP’s Elite Workshop will include DW’s Character Card, Rank-Up Stamps, and her signature gear.

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

The Bastet stigmata set will be added to the Foundry as an Ice G4 craftable.

Haxxor Bunny’s and Starchasm Nyx’s signature gears have all been added to the Exchange Shop.

3 more Disciplinary Perdition Rank-Up Stamps have been added to the Elysian Shop. Note that you must first beat Elysian Realm Deep Sequence at Shroud+ Difficulty with Disciplinary Perdition to unlock the purchase.

This is the end of this Overview Guide. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading it. Note that the update for v8.0 goes live on Jan 9th, 2024!

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