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With every major update,Honkai: Star Railadds a planet to explore, each rife with mysteries, adventures, dangers, and copious rewards. The 3.0 patch added Amphoreus, a Greek-inspired world held captive by a cosmic Mobius strip. As the story in Star Rail progresses from planet to planet, reaching Amphoreus can be a straightforward affair. It is possible, however, to experience it early.
Most of the main story content in Star Rail can stand on its own, but there is some narrative connection between worlds. As such, when you get to Amphoreus is up to you, and there are multiple ways to reach the Eternal Land.
How Long Does It Take To Get To Amphoreus
There aretwo ways to reach Amphoreus: progressing themain Trailblaze Mission story campaign all the way through Penaconyuntil you unlock the new planet, or by using the early access featureFinality’s Vision: Leap of Trailblaze. We’ll explain the latter feature in a bit.
Be aware thatthese two methods takevastlydifferent amounts of timeto complete.
The biggest roadblocks you’ll face early in a Star Rail playthrough are level gates thattake at least two or three days of steady grindingto breach, thanks to ballooning experience requirements and Trailblaze Power limitations.
Here’s a rundown ofhow much time each planet takes to complete. We’ll also note the Trailblaze and Equilibrium Level gates.
Herta’s Space Station
There areonly a few main story missions on Herta’s Space Station, befitting its purpose as a tutorial level. The remainder of the time you spend there will be on side missions and exploration. Specifically:
Jarilo-VI
The first major planet you’ll visit in Honkai: Star Rail is Jarilo-VI, a snowbound, relatively well-adjusted post-apocalyptic world where the whole planet’s been in deep freeze for 700 years. You’ll alsoencounter the first Trailblaze and Equilibrium level gateshere.
Jarilo-VI introduces Trailblaze Continuance missionsto the game. These missionsexpandthe planet’s story, supplement the main quest, introduce new characters, and provide good sources of additional EXP.
Xianzhou Luofu
While the Xianzhou storyline istechnicallya full act longer than Jarilo-VI’s, the latter acts are on the shorter side. However,you need to be at least Trailblaze Level 29to even access the Luofu storyline.
That alone will take at least a few days of experience and quest grinding, adding anywhere from ten-to-15 hours between planets.Thankfully, theXianzhou is the last planet with any level gates, and once you finish it, you’ll be able to progress through Penacony and Amphoreus once you reach them.
Penacony
The Penacony story quest is significantly longer than both Jarilo-VI and the Xianzhou combined,taking place across five acts, each with multiple chapters to complete.
Total Time To Get To Amphoreus
If you decide to complete the full Honkai: Star Rail story campaign before reaching Amphoreus, then your total time played will be:
Thesecalculations donotinclude any additional grindingyou do for Relics, Trace Materials, or other upgrade items beyond what is absolutely necessary to reach the next chapter of the story.
How To Reach Amphoreus Early
If all of the above feels likewaytoo much work (and it is a lot of work, there is no doubt), you canskip most of it using the Finality’s Vision: Leap of Trailblazefeature introduced with the 3.0 update.
There is only one prerequisite to getting into Amphoreus (or Penacony) early: you need tocomplete at least through the end of the Jarilo-VI story missions, ending with “Silent Galaxy.”
Once you complete Jarilo-VI, open your Star Rail Map and click the WorldEarly Access button at the bottom leftof the screen.
Pressing that button will reveal both Amphoreus (and Penacony if you haven’t reached it yet). You can thenselect Amphoreus and press Confirmon both the map screen and the warning pop-up to be jolted forward to thefirst part of its Trailblaze Mission, “Silver Chariot, Away to that Blackened Land.”
Should You Go To Amphoreus Early?
We don’t recommend tackling Amphoreusuntil you have a well-built team. That’s because the content came out so much later than Jarilo-VI, and it’s unlikely whatever setup you pull together in the short time between starting the game and unlocking Finality’s Vision will stand up to the massive difficulty spike.
Making the massive content jump alsorobs you of a lot of story contextaround the events that occur in the Amphoreus quest, so expect to be a bit confused about specific topics, characters, and events that come up.
Lastly, because the early content is so much easier by comparison, collecting Stellar Jades and other currencies you’ll want going forward is much more comfortable. Waiting a bit before taking the plunge lets youlearn how to play your best team, which you’ll need to master to take on the challenges Amphoreus will present.
