[1.0] A Beginner's Guide to the Lore of Honkai: Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail is an epic space odyssey where you, the Trailblazer, will board a mysterious space train and join your fellow passengers on an inter-planetary adventure throughout the universe! But it's important you don't get lost, so take this video with you. It'll serve as a guide for the basic mechanics and terminology you'll encounter on your journey.
Download Honkai: Star Rail for free: hoyo.link/11jbCoBd
Welt's adventures in comic form:
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0:00 Introduction
1:45 Do I need to play Honkai Impact?
3:40 Paths and Aeons
9:35 Stellarons
11:30 Main cast of characters

[@Ashikai]

I forgot to add Welt's comic adventures in the description box. THOSE HAVE BEEN ADDED NOW! manga.honkaiimpact3.com/book

[@YiquanNetwork]

Thx u!

[@MbahtedjoOfficial]

I want you make more detail to explain imaginary tree because that was important in hoyovarse

[@freendysinaga9762]

which "gender" should i use? male or female? much like in genshin, lore wise, it tends towards Aether than Lumine.

[@peppapigwantstoknowyourloc5830]

i need a recap for the lore in Jarilo IV 😭 so many things were going on, was cocolia not a follower of the Preservation? what is the old world and new world am so confused

[@oz2715]

Do you think there's any relation between path finders in Star rail to vision holders in Genshin? Or Aeons to Archons?

[@ip11542]

Sea of Quanta is really hard to describe.Einstein in Honkai Impact describe it the best. "Assume the universe as a glass of water surrounded by an infinite number of other glasses of water. Overflowing water will flow along the glass walls to form a puddle in the middle of the table. This puddle does not belong to any glass... but the water of the puddle may be from any glass. This puddle was named the Sea of Quanta."

[@GOLDHAJIKVONGOLA]

so is like the void between worlds?

[@18_moch.januarakbar17]

​@@GOLDHAJIKVONGOLAsimilar but not the same

[@The1andonlysharpshooter]

Left overs that seeped through the cracks ig

[@lemonroasted]

took me awhile to understand that the glass is not inside another glass but side by side

[@johanneseure6761]

In that same metaphor what is the imaginary tree?

[@LORDDANTDM]

And so, the Lore Archon returns once more, with information that could well make one a Herrscher of the Lore

[@Nami-wm2dx]

Petition to canonically make Ashikai the Herrscher/Archon of Lore

[@spiralspural8806]

​@@Nami-wm2dx Aeon of Lore or Truth sounds kinda cool

[@YenBi33198]

Aeon of Lore sounds good! In line with the "lords" in HSR

[@Tairoloveseele]

Might as well be a aeon! Ashikai the Aeon/Herrscher/Archon of lore!!!! :D

[@HerrscherofThunder.]

​@@Nami-wm2dx why herrscher? She doesn't play honkai.

[@TacoTheft]

im here because i skipped half the dialogue

[@ronahkatebe3583]

Literally same

[@SkrelpDidIt]

Same😆

[@creepyasgramdpa9916]

But why though.

[@SkrelpDidIt]

@@creepyasgramdpa9916 cuz I'm impatient lol

[@ishowedyouthat2575]

​@@creepyasgramdpa9916 Farm jades and events quicker

[@horizon146]

One note - A Path does not die or become inaccessible even if its Aeon dies, at least according to Himeko. And a new Path is created with the creation of a new Aeon.

[@koteghe7600]

And there can be more than one Aeon on one path, but weaker one kinda dies

[@seasnaill2589]

It sounds like the pecking order goes Path>Aeon>Emanator>Path strider. Aeons do not control their paths and are not gods of their paths, they just embody their paths so absolutely that they can draw a staggering amount of power from them.

[@LittleBlackKittyCat]

sooo YOU CAN BE ON THE PATH OF BEAUTY????????

[@horizon146]

@@LittleBlackKittyCat yes.

[@horizon146]

@@koteghe7600 It doesn't necessarily work that way; the way Kafka explained it was that there could be a path that's more specific than a second path, which is more... unspecific? Once the two paths cross up, the bigger one ends up eating the smaller one

[@krys9463]

Fun fact: The MC has a 'canon' name, I say it with air quotes since it seems like Kafka chose them a new name judging from what Silver Wolf says, so their real name and current name might be different. Anyway for the female its Stelle which means Star and the male is called Caelus which means The Sky. So not too different from the Travelers names, and funny enough according to Cicero and Hyginus Caelus is the son of Aether and Dies (the goddess of day).

[@RadiantCloudSky]

Dies is Lumine btw or should be as she is Aether sibling I AM NOT JOKING

[@andresvelazquez5922]

@@RadiantCloudSky yes but it also could be a "son/daughter" in the sense that they share their genetic material and not that they necessarily did the deed between each other. Which would explain how they synthesized the MC for this game.

[@aperson6562]

Wait does the game automatically give you that name? I named my mc caelus, but I did that only, because I though it sounded cool, I had never heard it before(maybe they said it in a previous cutscene but I forgot)Because if not, that is a crazy coincidence

[@BingQilin]

​​@@aperson6562ou can see the names of the trailblazers when you choose between Stelle and Caelus in the game proper

[@Artemi22]

I thought you said dies as in saying he died for a second xd

[@thomaskok5773]

if you look at Welt Yang's splash art, you might get a hint that Honkai Impact and Star Rail are somehow connected. At least around Welt Yang, and I pretty sure we might encounter Void Archives in Star Rail in the future.

[@aghitsaplane4262]

void archives (and by extension the concept of divine keys) will absolutely come back, they wouldn't chose to bring him into the star rail universe with welt and then just drop him as a plot point

[@deathbyxenon6082]

Isn't the teaser for star rail 2 years ago with the second divine key launching had BOTH Carole and Welt taking a ride together with the vision of presumably a white haired march 7th?

[@faithtalis2do116]

Well, in the splash art welt and VA are the only ones who are not memory fragments while einstein, tesla and joyce are represented as such, so it's safe to say VA will eventually return in SR

[@rhapsody85]

@@deathbyxenon6082 I think that trailer is like the original REBURN trailer for HI3rd, not canon but has a lot of references to the future story (train station for one)

[@MrGshinobi]

Welt is 100% the same guy as in hi3, so yes the stories are canonically conected, Welt directly refers to the honkai in star rail letting us know that the events and characters in hi3 definitely happened in the same world.

[@TrueMena]

Idk why but stellarons remind me of herscher cores in some way And also what I noticed is that the himeko from star rail basically accomplished what the himeko from HI3rd couldn't, that just makes me sentimental 😢 I hope welt accomplishes his mission of protecting star rail himeko

[@kami761]

You mean not dying? xD

[@slushrai]

@@kami761 Nice one lmao, but more like to establish a place of mentorship where she can drink freely

[@TrueMena]

@@kami761 that and being able to explore the stars and cosmos as such

[@ip11542]

@@slushrai she replace wine and beer with a pretty strong coffee

[@spymadmax584]

Stellanrons are mostly like a ticking time bomb. And both mei and Kiana directly connected to it😂😂

[@shadow-faye]

the idea that clara harbors in her little heart the desire to see everything turned to ash is so funny to me

[@rneuil]

Basically we're taking Svarog, and he's the one fighting. It makes more sense to think that this path is for him.

[@shadow-faye]

@@rneuil svarog's whole purpose is to protect

[@rouye3123]

WHAT????

[@Ishl]

Nearly a year late, but I don’t understand the point of seeing the universe be destroyed. Why would someone want that? I just don’t get it.

[@Md.ArafAbrarAkil]

@@Ishl because nanook knows the universe is a fake one created by some nerds in china.

[@Akyra_Jazz]

Another manga I recommend to read to know more about Welt's past is Second Eruption. Even if the story doesn't revolve around Welt, it helps you understand a bit of his thinking, his determination and a bit of his power as a former Herrscher.

[@Ashikai]

...I totally forgot to add the comics in the description. I added 2nd eruption just now! Ty!

[@The1andonlysharpshooter]

I watched a whole video essay on him a few weeks back instead 😭 hope thats alright

[@r3ll282]

@@The1andonlysharpshooter their is also the anti entropy visual novel if you want to dive into this depression impact 3rd background

[@plainnplane]

Wasn't he reffered to as a current Herrscher of Reason by Void Archives in APHO? If he got his core back at that point, he should have his powers in hsr too, which would also explain why he's imaginary type and why Star of Eden is a cane of all thing now - he probably just recreated it again

[@convergeman7825]

I can't say I fully understand everything yet, but the idea of a person's way of thinking and outlook directly defining their RPG class sounds insanely cool to me

[@syafiqzakiaulia3585]

This comment really reminds me of the webnovel "The Wandering". It's a really cool lit rpg novel that doesn't go overboard with the system. And it fits your description to a tea.

[@shadowfan8217]

Oh god, here we go

[@yukiiharuna8550]

Just to point out honkai is independent from the imaginary tree.. its an arbitrator keeping the balance so that the tree and the sea wont devour one another..

[@lightosia]

I unironically would love to see some videos from the original Honkai Impact 3rd lore, just because some things gets confusing sometimes.

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

You should probably check out Homu Labs then - he's very much the English-speaking Honkai lore guru. I vaguely remember Ashikai saying during one of her livestreams that she didn't play Honkai, was only interested in the worldbuilding but not the story, and got all her knowledge second-hand. So she probably wouldn't be willing or capable of covering HI3 lore.

[@lightosia]

@@PrincessStabbityPLS Thanks, I'll check him!

[@abcdef-4858]

too much technobabble and retcon, there's THREE official wiki for honkai and all three of them is different to each other and they are giving up. Its hard to make lore video about honkai without have good proof/source

[@KoenSkySea]

there needs to be a definitive timeline or comprehensive recap of the entire honkai story so far. kinda annoying that there isn't anything that goes into the full story out there at all

[@eiarsan]

Homu Labs and Potato Almanac's channels are your best choices.

[@SpookyIsReal]

I like to think Pom-Pom is a reincarnation of sorts of Akivili, the trailblaze. They just appeared one day and even they themself don't know their own backstory.

[@pyrite2060]

id like to think he travellers from genshin are akivili

[@Noaaaa3]

Not only Welt, Void Archives (Welt's friend) is actually there also. Some characters mentioned it, even march talking about 'That person' who come eith Welt and Himeko to save her, and Himeko also mentioned about Welt's friend who left the Express long time ago

[@bingussy2]

it'd be funny if Welt travels to Teyvat's location just to see its Himeko

[@samuelhuff3427]

I wonder if Genshin will ever get into the Imaginary element and would ever mention the Imaginary Tree. I honestly hope it does, even if we would have to wait after the main story ends to get that information.

[@xeacarons]

i thought irminsul would be it but realized that its more of Garden of Recollection then Imaginery Tree

[@termina2737]

Maybe Quantum and Imaginary (or the Greek translation for those words) will become future elements

[@y3sy3day]

pretty sure these are all the same concepts we have in genshin, slightly diff function and name but eh (irminsul and the void element, or the light element)

[@Gabrielgamer-fm5qv]

@@y3sy3day traveller original Power could bê imaginary, and the abyss could be Quanta.

[@eiarsan]

Traveler is using Imaginary power while The Abyss is Quantum power just like Dainsleif.

[@nyxs1102]

literally been playing since release day and this was still helpful 😭

[@fintzwaltstein5484]

Its important to note that Silverwolf is in some way also went to HI3 game but via event story, not the actual story.

[@natchu96]

...that's not her

[@fintzwaltstein5484]

@@natchu96 ...really? Thats not haxxor bunny a.k.a. Bronie?

[@18_moch.januarakbar17]

​@@fintzwaltstein5484not confirmed,only theory

[@fintzwaltstein5484]

@@18_moch.januarakbar17 which one?

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

Taking account how interconnected and messy is the Honkai-verse and timelines, this pack will be really useful. 🙏

[@samarthnaik13]

Thank you for this video I was so confused at the start of the game when they dumped all the confusing terms and never explained it.

[@riberium1739]

Even if I know probably 99% of honkai 3rd lore I will still perhaps find something new for me, can't wait for the video

[@swk0t0rfan]

It should probably be 99% new lore for you, since Star Rail isn't a sequel to Honkai. Welt is the only link between the two games.

[@riberium1739]

@@swk0t0rfan well, ye, but i already deep into sr lore too cause beta and etc

[@pixadragon46]

​@@swk0t0rfan welt and silver wolf most likely

[@HerrscherofThunder.]

@Yoimiya cringe genshin player, are you enjoying no lore game with sht end game?

[@shuragaming4836]

​​​​​@Yoimiya Some of the Intricate lore of star rail you mentioned had already been explained in Honkai Impact's recent chapters. Which puts OG honkai players a step ahead and better understanding in terms of how the hoyoverse cosmology works. Unlike for Genshin-Only Players whose knowledge is only limited to Teyvat. Making absurd assumptions about "Honkai 3 lore" just shows how shallow your understanding is.

[@stephenb5869]

Thank you for this! I tried checking out some other "beginner's guide" type videos, but frankly, the way you break things down with comparisons and metaphors while still being clear and concise is the best I've found. (I mean concise in the sense of explaining a concept, rather than depth of rabbit hole 😂)

[@dianacastillo9336]

I’m starting to think that you being dubbed the “Archon of Lore” is well deserved. Thank you for making this video ❤

[@mayamoon9207]

I started playing last week and wow this game is good. The lore already has me hooked so I can't wait to learn more about this wonderful new world!

[@Kuroluxe]

Thanks for an easy-to-understand breakdown of the world of Star Rail! A lot of us are really excited for the story and cannot wait to see how the lore develops and deepens as time goes on 👍

[@kou6244]

Can't wait to see a character from Teyvat

[@lenoria]

so happy to see you covering the lore of star rail!

[@Zaxster_-3-]

Thank you so much for the comprehensive guide! Whenever I start any story in any form of media, I always avoid half-assing my way through it as I want to enjoy it to the fullest. Amazing guide!

[@Seeeeeph]

my dear Ashikai you are on a roll with the recent uploads, so excited for this!

[@usennn4823]

In the recent Kafka's companion mission, Blade revealed that the trailblazer MC is a companion of Kafka for a long long time, and managed to live to tell the tale. And he somewhat added that Kafka seems to care for mc, for she'll do anything to keep the MC alive. I hope that you add this info on the next vid, and enlighten us with more canon information.

[@Drayoon]

Thanks for the lore breakdown very good looking forward to new star rail video 👍

[@ThePsihopatul]

First video by you and you had me at lore and theory enthusiast to subscribe. Looking forward to both your older videos and future ones. Editing this after I finish watching this video

[@Hanizaz333]

I 've been listening to several videos while i work and its really soothing but then some insane lore drop happens and i have to pause everythign to process it thank you for explaining all this lore!!! it's really fun to listen to.

[@pokelover02]

Thank you, Ashikai! I’ve been trying to go into the game “blind,” but I’m so glad I watched your video because I know I’d be so confused if I hadn’t!

[@etheriousjackal5577]

This video was great! Can't wait for more Star Rail lore videos from you

[@rpgfoods1457]

This is so well made and easy to understand, thank you. You have a new fan!

[@your_fellow_alienz]

Your uploads bring a smile to my face, wish you a nice day!

[@maxliu1099]

This has single handedly convinced me to download the game

[@jasoncarnelian3325]

Great video! I’m new to honkai and hoyo in general and this video was really helpful in answering the questions I had after a few hours of playing StarRail

[@Lunardivider24]

Thank you forr this,started playing last weekend. Love it so far but the amount of terms and groups being thrown around was daunting. This gave me much more context to continue on without read dozens of logs

[@Richinnameonly]

Love it. Keep up the good work. You do what I wish I could.

[@tophrii]

A certain vtuber , Yumie Tsuchinoko brought me here for HSR lore and I just wanted to compliment you on how easy this all was to digest, understand, and absorb! As a non-HI3 player, I was definitely worried about starting HSR because of lore concerns so being able to understand more of the world building and concepts behind the terminologies in-game were a massive help. Your voice was pleasant, tone was easygoing, and the editing was interesting! Looking forward to start going through your other videos :) Thank you for sharing this guide!!

[@cassandrawasright1481]

I gotta say, I'm hella excited for you to cover this game's lore.

[@Kasraken]

Oh! Good intro! I am going to download and play casually while waiting for your lore updates when they happen. 🙂

[@vertenyi]

ok, this video was more interresting than the first half hour of the game. Thank you, i will look forward to watch any contuinations. And try to get deeper in the lore myself.

[@seoulrainme]

When I tell you I was literally just talking to my friend about needing to find a honkai lore video to watch before playing the game, AND HERE YOU AREEEEE 💙💙💙💙. Seriously, thank you so much for your content. You inspire me to want to make videos and be consistent.

[@clouded9243]

Happy that you covering lord for this game, I look forward to future videos.

[@Kiwi-Araga]

I'm glad you are going to cover Star Rail lore too

[@matheusshigeo156]

Thanks for covering this lore as well! I already watch genshin's lore with you and I love the effort and quality of your videos. Thank you for the great work!

[@Gengchen82]

Thank you so much, the video was really helpful. I really appreciate it!

[@_ghostfly]

looking forward to future videos on star rail, im absolutely loving the game and its lore so far. i have high hopes for the future of this game, im already FASCINATED by everything surrounding the Xianzhou, i havent quite found every book yet but from what ive read so far its soo cool

[@Hesketh32]

Ive read all the basic stuff when I got obsessed over this game some months ago but I welcome the refresher + Im sure Ill learn something new

[@jorex4011]

Wow, i didnt expected you to also cover star tail. That was pretty cool

[@Borgolii]

Shoutout to massive trees in video games definitely one of my favorite genders

[@siliconhawk9293]

true. big tree is a chad

[@wiredup4382]

Ayyyyyyyyyyy! Lovely. Am so hyped for this game and now you covering its lore. *Perfection*

[@hairora]

Oh hell YEAH. Imma be up on this channel for ALL of the Star Rail Lore that I dont understand or want more info on!

[@tagg3dsensei268]

Don't have plans in playing, but will be following all lore videos for this game. Let's go!

[@nicole9856]

tysmmmm ❤❤❤ you make lore so digestible for me im happy you are doing lore theories for genshin and honkai rail since i play both 🫶

[@noox13]

A guide from both Ashikai and Homu Labs!? Hell yeah, the Honkaiverse is all coming together!

[@b4u4ever26]

you’re the archon of lore and knowledge !

[@heavenlyrequiem4019]

U and aster are what bring me joy in life with these

[@yuipon]

THANK. YOU. you single-handedly cured my star rail confusion 😭

[@nothing0227]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE RELEASE

[@datguy6101]

This is gonna be great

[@slakoff1362]

thats crazy that youre going to be doing star rail lore too im looking forward to it

[@mostafaelnaggar4235]

YOU ARE SERIOUSLY THE BEST EVER

[@ckirkes2427]

Awesome can't wait!

[@gyrrin4051]

Awesome to see ashikai over on star rail as well. I hope you have a good time covering what you want to.

[@siopaomaster]

Okay you got me hooked! Subscribing for the next videos of HSR lore

[@arkoprobhoroy9778]

What an impressive train of thought (get it ?)

[@Braxophone]

pog now I don't need to pay attention to anything bc Ashikai is doing it for me ty ashikai

[@shirolee]

Great video! Thanks!

[@camaela18]

Since this is the beginners guide lore to HOS. I would just like to add that all this information is in the Astral Express Welt and Himeko literally have so much information to discover. Probably, Hi3 players will find it more enjoyable to see and read some Hi3 terms being mentioned along their lines. You can actually ask Welt. What his powers are and his “secret gravitational powers”. The most interesting one is his idea of what an Aeon is and how it compares his enemies back in Earth.

[@alambrito3377]

As someone who played the first quarter of this game half-assleep, the lore recap sure was helpful!

[@Nataninko]

Came here from Tectone, I'll be watching your HSR videos for as long as I'll play it. Glad to be here again.

[@ImhulluEx]

Wow this was really great. Thanks!

[@Eirandir]

YES! thank you for this!

[@xxxFluffySheep]

thanks, was much fun to watch

[@kryo8899]

I’m new to Honkai SR so this was a welcome, easy to follow breakdown of the lore, thanks 🙏🏾

[@elisewalker8590]

Watching this really helped me understand what was going on at the beginning

[@fionaroni]

YESSS IVE ALWAY WANTED YOU TO MAKE HONKAI CONTENT!!

[@leebrook_]

This is such an awesome video.

[@olchum7605]

Thank you, Lore Archon, for giving me a rundown on the lore so I can actually have a smooth launch. Truly the Archon of our time

[@shurak3584]

Loved it! New sub waiting for more HSR lore!

[@danielehartmann2787]

The last minute of the video was the BEST news of the day. Ashikai covering perhaps both genshin as well as star rail? Wet dream for every one out there! :D

[@genznnGaming]

Let this journey lead you star wards, ❤ great video, looking forward to more videos in HSR space and all the best for ur HSR gatcha pulls

[@OnigoroshiZero]

I really love the concept of the Paths and the Aeons in this game.

[@dropletq3477]

i will continue to fall in love with the idea of the Aeon of the Trailblaze, Akivili in the end to not be dead (or somehow is able to do such) and the MC will draw their gaze and get a moveset. Be the true Nameless for a second and finish the story by defeating Elio or something like that.

[@TsuchiGamer06]

Amazing video ty ty

[@epicazeroth]

I appreciate that there's specific setting words like Eon and Path, with totally normal words like "gaze upon" and "faction".

[@Wassermoth]

I'm so glad you're gonna be covering HSR too! I won't be playing it because I'm not into turn base (and honestly I shouldn't play yet another gacha game lol) but I've been so invested with HSR content I really wanted to have a trustworthy source of lore info and who better than Ashikai :) Have fun playing all of you who're boarding the Astral Express !

[@haphungthu3256]

maybe try it

[@Wassermoth]

@@haphungthu3256 oh i caved in on the second day lmfao

[@ioannishussein8038]

We're bound to get ready!

[@Kurogane3]

Thank you for this video Ashikai! :) I am so hyped for Star Rail. Having played both Genshin and Honkai impact extensively as well as the cbt of Star Rail, it feels like this game takes the best of both games. In my opinion Honkai has overall better story but Genshin has overall better lore. HI3 lore suffers from multiple retcons and general confusion as well as needless overexplanation with scientific terms while Genshin's story is...well it can be hit or miss. Star Rail seems to take the great sci-fi story of HI3 with the well structured/presented lore of Genshin and combines it into a fantastic space odyssey.

[@woo-yaalkfpdoorstop1850]

Okay, I just stumbled upon your videos and oh my goodness you are incredible. I’ve been playing Genshin since literally day 1 and consider myself to be acquainted with the story and lore. You have put me to shame and all I can do is bow before your knowledge and ability to condense and impart it.

[@l0vesick_xo]

thank u for the awesome video

[@InquisitorSinCross]

I don't know if it was pointed out in the comments, but the place both versions of MC are floating in when you select male or female protag looks exactly like Sea of Quanta, so MC might be someone stuck in the Sea of Quanta and Stellaron Hunters have tech to access it.

[@butt0nmasher]

nice touch with the persona bgm in ur video

[@reazura]

Great vid, love the persona 5 music in the background