Honkai Star Rail Black Swan materials, kit, and Eidolons
Ascension and Trace materials for Black Swan.
Black Swan is a 5-Star Wind character of The Nihility path who made her debut in Honkai: Star Rail during version 2.0.
While Black Swan is featured as the boosted 5-Star character on the Indelible Coterie Banner in version 2.5, she will eventually return to Honkai: Star Rail at some point in the future when the Banner schedule cycles back to her.
Whether you have her or want to prepare for if you Warp for her successfully, we've detailed Black Swan's Ascension materials and Trace materials below so you can level her up to her full potential right away. To understand how you might play her, we've also detailed Black Swan's kit and Eidolons.
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Honkai Star Rail Black Swan's kit
Black Swan is a 5-Star Wind character of The Nihility path who is best at applying DOT (damage over time) effects, while also lowering the defence of enemies, and increasing the damage they receive.
All of the percentages mentioned below are based on Level 1 Traces.
Here's a summary of Black Swan's kit in Honkai Star Rail:
- Element: Wind.
- Path: The Nihility.
- Rarity: 5-Star.
- Basic Attack: Percipience, Silent Dawn (Deals Wind damage equal to 30% of Black Swan's attack to a single enemy, with a 50% base chance of inflicting one stack of Arcana. If the hit enemy also has Wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock applied to them, each of these DOT's will have a 50% base chance of additionally applying one stack of Arcana on the enemy).
- Skill: Decadence, False Twilight (Deals Wind damage equal to 45% of Black Swan's attack to a single enemy and adjacent targets, with a 100% base chance to inflict one stack of Arcana to the attacked enemies and a 100% base chance to lower the attacked enemies' defence by 14.8%, lasting for three turns).
- Ultimate: Bliss of Otherworld's Embrace (Deals Wind damage equal to 72% of Black Swan's attack to all enemies, and inflicts Epiphany on them for two turns. Enemies affected by Epiphany take 15% more damage on their turn, and their Arcana effect is regarded as Wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, and Shock effects. Additionally, when their Arcana effect is triggered at the beginning of the next turn, the Arcana stacks are not reset. This stack non-reset effect can be triggered up to one time during the Epiphany duration, and its charges are replenished when Epiphany is applied again).
- Talent (passive ability): Loom of Fate's Caprice (Every time an enemy target receives a DOT at the start of their turn, there is a 50% base chance that the enemy is inflicted with Arcana. While afflicted with Arcana, enemy targets receive Wind DOT equal to 96% of Black Swan's attack at the start of each turn. Each stack of Arcana increases this DOT damage multiplier by 4.8%, then Arcana resets to one stack. Arcana can stack up to 50 times. Black Swan triggers additional effects based on the number of Arcana stacks inflicted on the target, but only when Arcana deals damage at the start of an enemy target's turn. The additional effects deal Wind DOT equal to 72% of Black Swan's attack to adjacent targets when they have three or more Arcana stacks, with a 50% base chance of inflicting one stack of Arcana on adjacent targets. Also, when they have seven or more Arcana stacks, the current DOT dealt after this ignores 20% of the target's defence and adjacent targets' defence).
- Technique (overworld ability): From Façade to Vérité (At the start of the next battle, there is a 150% base chance to inflict one stack of Arcana to all enemies. One additional stack of Arcana is applied to an enemy for each successful application of Arcana, repeating until Arcana fails to be inflicted on this target. For each successive application of Arcana on a target, its base chance of success is equal to 50% of the base chance of the previous successful infliction of Arcana on that target).
- Bonus Trace 1: Viscera's Disquiet (After using her Skill to hit a single target enemy that has Wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock, there is a 65% base chance to additionally inflicting one stack of Arcana for each type of DOT on an enemy).
- Bonus Trace 2: Goblet's Dredges (There is a 65% base chance to inflict one tack of Arcana when a target enters battle. Every time an enemy receives DOT during a single attack by an ally, there is a 65% base chance for the target to be inflicted with one stack of Arcana, stacking up to three times during one single attack).
- Bonus Trace 3: Candleflame's Portent (Increases Black Swan's damage dealt by an amount equal to 60% of her Effect Hit Rate, up to a maximum damage increase of 72%).
Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Ascension materials
You need to use Black Swan Ascension materials to upgrade stats like her health, attack, defence, and critical hit effectiveness.
You need to get a lot of Ascendant Debris and Core-based materials for Black Swan to fully upgrade her capabilities.
In total, the Black Swan Ascension Materials in Honkai: Star Rail are:
- x15 Extinguished Core
- x15 Glimmering Core
- x15 Squirming Core
- x65 Ascendant Debris
- 308,000 Credits
For more details, here's what Black Swan Ascension materials you need per level:
| Black Swan Ascension level | Black Swan Ascension materials | Credit cost | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 20 | x5 Extinguished Core | 4,000 | x1 regular Star Rail Pass |
| Level 30 | x10 Extinguished Core | 8,000 | None |
| Level 40 | x6 Glimmering Core, x3 Ascendant Debris | 16,000 | x1 regular Star Rail Pass |
| Level 50 | x9 Glimmering Core, x7 Ascendant Debris | 40,000 | None |
| Level 60 | x6 Squirming Core, x20 Ascendant Debris | 80,000 | x1 regular Star Pass |
| Level 70 | x9 Squirming Core, x35 Ascendant Debris | 160,000 | None |
Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Trace materials
Just like Ascension, to get the most out of using Black Swan you will have to level-up her attacks and passive abilities by using Trace materials, which vary from character-to-character.
For Black Swan you need to use a lot of Fiery Spirit and Core-based materials to fully upgrade her capabilities.
In total, to upgrade all of her abilities, the Black Swan Trace Materials you need are:
- x8 Tracks of Destiny
- x12 Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
- x18 Fiery Spirit
- x41 Extinguished Core
- x56 Glimmering Core
- x58 Squirming Core
- x69 Starfire Essence
- x139 Heaven Incinerator
- 3 million Credits
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Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Eidolons
By getting duplicates of Black Swan from Warping on her Banner, you will receive her Eidolon. This material allows you to unlock Eidolon levels, with each upgrade either improving an existing attack or passive ability.
Here are all of Black Swan's Eidolons in Honkai: Star Rail:
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom (E1): While Black Swan is active in battle, enemies afflicted with Wind Shear, Bleeding, Burning, and Shocked states respectively have their Wind, Physical, Fire, and Lightning Resistance reduced by 25%.
- Weep Not For Me, My Lamb (E2): When an enemy under the Arcana effect is defeated, there is a 100% base chance of inflicting six stacks of Arcana on adjacent targets.
- As Above, So Below (E3): Increases the level of Black Swan's Skill and Talent by two, with a maximum upgrade Level of 15.
- In Tears We Gift (E4): While in the Epiphany state, enemy targets' Effect Resistance reduced by 10%, and Black Swan regenerates eight Energy at the start of the target's turn, or when the afflicted enemy is defeated. This Energy Regeneration effect can only trigger one time while Epiphany lasts. The trigger count refreshes after the enemy is inflicted with Epiphany again.
- Linnutee Flyway (E5): Increases the level of Black Swan's Ultimate by two with a maximum upgrade level of 15, and increases the level of her Basic Attack by one, with a maximum upgrade level of 10.
- Pantheon Merciful, Masses Pitiful (E6): When Black Swan's teammates attack enemy targets, Black Swan has a 65% base chance of inflicting one stack of Arcana on the target. Additionally, every time Black Swan inflicts Arcana on an enemy, there is a 50% fixed chance to additionally increase the Arcana stack afflicted this time by one.
Good luck levelling up Black Swan in Honkai Star Rail!