Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Treasures Lightward Schedule and Buffs

Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.5 is releasing on September 10, 2024, and alongside it, players can expect a new cycle for Apocalyptic Shadow, Pure Fiction, and Memory of Chaos.

Discover more details about the schedule and buffs that players can expect from each of these modes in version 2.5.

Apocalyptic Shadow

The new Apocalyptic Shadow cycle will begin on September 16, 2024, and will last until the end of October. You can find the full schedule in the table below:

This cycle will go by the title Gamer’s Instigation, and it will benefit characters that focus on follow-up attacks and Ultimate DMG.

Find all of the details about the buffs and cycle effect below.

Apocalyptic Shadow: Gamer’s Instigation

• When an enemy with Steadfast Safeguard is Weakness Broken, Advances Forward all allies and recovers Skill Points.
• Increases the follow-up attack DMG received by all enemies by 25% and Ultimate DMG received by 15%.

Node One

Turn of Luck

• Follow-up attacks of characters ignore 15% of the enemy target's All-Type RES and can also reduce the Toughness of targets that do not have the corresponding Weakness, with the effect being equivalent to 50% of the original Toughness Reduction from abilities.

Grand Gamble

• Character's Ice DMG dealt increases by 55%.

Pursue and Eliminate

• When an ally breaks an enemy target's Weakness, Advance their Action Forward by 15%. This effect can trigger a max of 1 time per turn.

Node Two

Barren of Life

• When characters attack Weakness Broken enemies, all DoTs currently applied to the enemies will immediately deal DMG equal to 60% of the original DMG. This effect can trigger a max of 1 time per turn.

Tangled Chaos

• After defeating enemy targets, increase Break DMG taken by all enemies by 5% to a max of 5 stacks. This effect will also take effect on new enemies entering the battlefield.

Sweeping Force

• Increases the CRIT DMG of Ultimate DMG dealt by 30%, with an additional increase of 30% against enemy targets that are Weakness Broken.

Pure Fiction

The new Pure Fiction cycle will begin on September 30, 2024, and will last until mid-November. You can find the exact schedule in the table below:

This cycle will go by the title [Volubility], and it will favor characters who can inflict Weakness Break on enemies. You can find the cycle’s effect and available buffs below.

Pure Fiction: Volubility

• When allies Break enemy targets' Weakness, charge Whimsicality.
• When charged to 6 points, deals a set amount of DMG to random enemies 10 times.

Equippable Buffs

 

Arioso

• Increases the Break DMG taken by all enemies by 10%. If allies dealt Super Break DMG to enemies after using an attack, additionally charges Whimsicality by 1 point.

 

Picturesque

• DMG dealt by follow-up attacks increases by 50%. Follow-up attacks' Weakness Break Efficiency increases by 50%.

 

Free Writing

• When characters launch attacks by using their Ultimate, they ignore the enemy targets' Weakness to cause Toughness Reduction.

Memory of Chaos

The new Memory of Chaos cycle will begin on October 14, 2024, and it will last all the way until late November. You can find the full schedule below:

This cycle will be known as [Scalegorge Tidalflow], and it will benefit characters who can Weakness Break enemies. Find the cycle effect below.

Memory of Chaos: Scalegorge Tidalflow

• Enemies have Exo-Toughness and their actions are delayed by 30% after they are
  Weakness Broken.
• At the same time, add 1 hit to Memory Turbulence's Hits Per Action. If the target is an Elite enemy or above, then additionally add 2 hits, stacking up to 10 hits.
• At the start of every Cycle, every Memory Turbulence hit will deal a set amount of DMG to a random enemy target 1 time.