How to increase and decrease your balance in Honkai: Star Rail

Balance level is an important parameter in Honkai: Star Rail, which determines the strength of opponents, rarity and amount of resources dropped, and also opens new opportunities for the player and affects the possibility of further progression in the game. In this guide we will talk about how to raise and lower the balance level, what rewards the player will receive and what content is hidden behind this parameter.

The equilibrium level is literally the level of the player’s world. It is increased by one unit every ten levels of Mastery, except the first ten and the last time:

If you’ve played Genshin Impact, you can draw an analogy: the level of Equilibrium is the level of the World, and the level of Mastery is the Adventure Rank.

What is the influence of the equilibrium level?

Balance level does not affect:

In addition, without increasing the equilibrium level, further progress of characters, their height and the opening of new content is impossible. And most importantly, without increasing the level of Balance, it is impossible to further increase the level of Mastering.

The most important can be considered the 1st level of balance. Without receiving it, it is impossible to participate in the following tests:

Access to some tests will appear after completing certain missions or boss fights.

The level of Equilibrium is directly related to the level of Mastery, so to progress quickly you need to raise the latter. The easiest way to do this is to follow the storyline and complete side missions. For them, they give a large amount of experience, which allows you to quickly increase both indicators and get more valuable items. Do not forget about companion missions and adventures, as well as daily training.

Once you reach the required Mastery level, say twentieth, you have a quest “Equilibrium Test”. Follow the quest to find the Balance Rift and complete the required dungeon. After you complete it, the level of balance increases and you can level up your characters.

In total, there are six levels available to players, which are achieved after passing the tests:

Carefully! The monsters you encounter in the Trial of Equilibrium will be stronger than usual. If you don’t have enough damage or health, we recommend that you leave the challenge, farm resources, and level up the characters and their light cones. Don’t be afraid to fail – if you fail, you can retake the test an unlimited number of times.

After that, the maximum level of the heroes is increased by ten units and the player can further increase the level of mastery.

For completing the tests you will also receive rewards that you can collect in the guide:

Depending on the level of the trial, the rewards change.

At the moment it is not possible to lower the level of Equilibrium in Honkai: Star Rail, so take your time and upgrade your squad as best you can before increasing the difficulty: get more upgrade and ascension materials, gain experience.

Additional experience earned from a locked progress bar will not disappear, but will carry over immediately upon leveling up Equilibrium.

You can find the balance level by clicking on the smartphone icon on the left side of the screen. The level is displayed to the right of the mastery level, below the pioneer’s nickname and biography.