Honkai Star Rail Simulated Universe: Resonance Formations Complete List

The Simulated Universe game mode in Honkai Star Rail introduces a unique buff system called Resonance Formations. These powerful buffs provide major boosts to your team and can greatly impact your strategy. Unlocking Resonance Formations requires acquiring Blessings from the chosen Path Resonance. This guide will cover all Honkai Star Rail Simulated Universe Resonance Formations and how to unlock them.

How to Unlock Resonance Formations

To unlock a Path Resonance, you need to acquire 3 Blessings from that path at the start of a Simulated Universe stage. Once unlocked, you can spend 100 Energy to activate the Path Resonance ability.

• Resonance Formations are unlocked after acquiring 6, 10, and 14 total Blessings.
• The more Blessings acquired, the more powerful the Resonance Formation.

In the Swarm Disaster expansion, Resonance Interplay takes the buffs even further by combining multiple Resonance Formations. This is only available in the expansion stages.

Preservation Resonance Formations

The Preservation Path focuses on shielding and protecting your team. Its Resonance deals AoE physical damage based on total team shielding.

• Zero-Dimensional - Attacks become crits. Crit damage increases by 15% per shielded ally.
• Eutectic Reaction - Grants a shield absorbing 1% max HP when used. Applies Amber.
• Isomorphous Reaction - Regenerates 40% Energy on start. Gains 3% Energy per shield.

Preservation effects:

• Quake: Additional DMG dealt by specific Blessings of Preservation

• Amber: When a character with a Shield receives DMG that exceeds the max DMG that can be absorbed by the Shield, the excess DMG becomes invalid. This effect is removed after 1 activation.

Remembrance Resonance Formations

The Remembrance Path uses ice damage and freezing effects. Its Resonance deals AoE ice damage with a high freeze chance.

• Total Recall - Increases freeze application chance and resistance reduction.
• Rich Experience - Applies Eonian River debuff when used.
• First Love Once More - Regenerates 40% Energy on start. Gains 5% Energy per DoT.

Remembrance effects:

• Dissociation - Debuff caused by specific Blessings of Remembrance. The enemy is considered Frozen and will be unable to act for a designated number of turns. After Freeze is removed, deals Additional Ice DMG equal to 30% of the enemy's Max HP.

• Eonian River - When debuffed, the duration of this debuff doubles.

Nihility Resonance Formations

The Nihility Path focuses on stacking various elemental DoT effects. Its Resonance applies Burn, Shock, Bleed, and Wind Shear.

• The Doubtful Fourfold Root - Improves DoT application and stacking.
• Suffering and Sunshine - Applies Confusion and Devoid debuffs.
• Outsider - Regenerates 40% Energy on start. Gains 2% Energy per DoT.

Nihility effects:

• Suspicion - Debuff brought by certain Nihility Blessings. Increases DoT taken by 1%. Stacks up to 99 times, but loses 2 stacks at the end of the turn.

• Confusion - When enemies are Weakness Broken, every stack of Confusion will cause all DoTs currently on the enemy to immediately deal DMG equal to 30% of their original DoT. Consumes 1 stack of Confusion. Confusion can stack up to 5 times.

• Devoid - Each stack reduces Toughness regeneration by 10% stacking up to 5 times.

Abundance Resonance Formations

The Abundance Path provides healing and HP restoration. Its Resonance heals all allies by 50% HP and grants an HP increase.

• Terminal Nirvana - Prevents knockdown at lethal damage. Uses all Energy to activate Resonance.
• Anicca - Removes debuffs after use. Grants Subduing Evils.
• Anatta - Activates Resonance automatically when available. Reduces healing by 30%.

Abundance effects:

• Subduing Evils - Can consume 1 stack of this state to resist a debuff once, and then restore HP equal to 10% of the character's Max HP. This state can stack up to 5 times.

• Dewdrop - An effect that can be charged up, formed by specific Blessings of Abundance. The Charge cannot exceed 500% of the character's Max HP. Dewdrop ruptures after the character attacks, dealing Additional DMG to the attacked enemy based on Charge value.

The Hunt Resonance Formations

The Hunt Path buffs damage dealt by the ally with the highest ATK. Its Resonance deals wind damage based on highest ally ATK.

• Star Hunter - Grants extra action and Light-Hunting Celestial Arrow to highest ATK ally.
• Bow and Arrow - Enemies below 50% HP take guaranteed crits. Refunds 50% Energy on defeat.
• Perfect Aim - Increases Energy cap to 200. Regenerates 3% Energy per turn start.

The Hunt effects:

• Light-Hunting Celestial Arrow - CRIT DMG increases by an amount equal to 50% of CRIT Rate. Gains one extra turn after defeating the enemy. This effect cannot trigger repeatedly.

• Critical Boost - Buff brought by certain Hunt Blessings. For each stack, increases CRIT Rate by 6% and CRIT DMG by 12%. Stacks up to 8 times. This buff can be transferred to allies when the next turn starts. Stacks reset when any ally is attacked.

Destruction Resonance Formations

The Destruction Path converts lost HP into damage. Its Resonance deals fire damage based on missing HP.

• Cataclysmic Variable - Consumes 40% ally HP to increase damage. Converts HP loss into shields.
• Extreme Helium Flash - Applies Entropic Retribution debuff when used.
• Event Horizon - Activates Resonance without Energy cost when ally drops below 35% HP.

Destruction effects:

• Entropic Retribution - DEF decreases by 20%. At the beginning of each turn, the unit receives Additional Fire DMG equal to 125% of the HP difference between all allied characters' Max HP and their current HP.

• Fighting Spirit - Buff brought by certain Destruction Blessings. For each stack, increases ATK by 3% and DEF by 3%. Stacks up to 35 times.

Elation Resonance Formations

The Elation Path deals follow-up attacks of random damage types. Its Resonance unleashes 3-5 random element attacks on all enemies.

• Doomsday Carnival - Applies Sensory Pursuit debuff which increases follow-up damage taken.
• Dance of Growth - Increases Energy cap. More Energy consumed means more follow-up attacks.
• Instant Win - Regenerates Energy when allies use follow-ups.

Elation effects:

• Sensory Pursuit - Each stack increases the received follow-up attack DMG by 8%.

• Aftertaste - Follow-up attack of random DMG Types dealt by specific Blessings of Elation.

Propagation Resonance Formations

The Propagation Path grants an ally extra actions and buffs. Its Resonance allows an ally to take instant action and grants Metamorphosis.

• Proboscis - Extends Metamorphosis duration. Refunds Energy when defeating enemies under Metamorphosis.
• Phenol Compounds - Increases Energy cap. Gains Energy when consuming Skill Points.
• Crystal Pincers - Enhances Metamorphosis damage. Causes Spores to erupt for additional damage.

Propagation effects:

• Metamorphosis - During an attack, for every skill point consumed or recovered, the attack can ignore 10% of the target enemy's all-Type RES. This effect can stack up to 2 times.

• Spores - When the spore count is equal to or greater than 3, it will burst upon being attacked by a character, causing Additional Wind DMG (unaffected by bonuses) to the target with the Spores. After the explosion, it will spread to a random adjacent target and cannot spread again. Each enemy target can hold a maximum of 6 spores.

Erudition Resonance Formations

The Erudition Path links enemies together for shared damage. Its Resonance connects all enemies and deals Imaginary damage to them.

• Melt Core - Increased damage to linked enemies when using Ultimates.
• Chain Contagion - Spreads Synapse Resonance debuff to more enemies when defeating linked targets.
• Memetic Inversion - Generates Energy based on total enemy Health pools.

Erudition effects:

• Synapse Resonance - After receiving an attack from a character, this unit and the enemy target with the highest Max HP take Ultimate DMG equal to 70% of the attacker's ATK one time. Then, 1 trigger count is consumed. This effect expires after being triggered 15 time(s) in total.

Summary Table of Resonance Formations

Understanding these powerful Resonance Formations and their unique effects will help you build the perfect team composition to take on the Simulated Universe challenges. With the right buffs, you can overcome anything it throws at you.