Best Jade build in Honkai Star Rail

The Interastral Peace Corporation (IPC) is a prominent faction in the Honkai Star Rail universe, and now players can add another of their members to their teams thanks to Jade’s debut as a playable unit.

Here’s how to build Jade in Honkai Star Rail with the best Light Cones and teammates, as well as her materials, Eidolons, and more.

Best build for Jade in Honkai Star Rail

• Relics: Genius of Brilliant Stars/The Wind-Soaring Valorous
• Planar Ornament: Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves
• Light Cone: Yet Hope Is Priceless
• Team: Herta, Lynx, Asta (F2P) / Argenti, Huohuo, Robin

Jade can deal a lot of AoE DMG with all her abilities, and her follow-up attack is another key element in her kit. HSR added new Relics with update 2.3 and you should keep those on your radar to build Jade with the best items.

And regarding her team, while she’s a powerful DPS, pairing her with another Erudition character can make a great use of her buffs.

Best Relics for Jade

Genius of Brilliant Stars

• Two-piece bonus: Increases Quantum DMG by 10%.
• Four-piece bonus: When the wearer deals DMG to the target enemy, ignores 10% DEF. If the target enemy has Quantum Weakness, the wearer additionally ignores 10% DEF.

Since Jade is a Quantum DMG dealer, Genius of Brilliant Stars is one of the best Relic sets for her. And it’s a particularly great option in mono-Quantum teams with Silver Fox, who can implant Quantum Weakness on enemies.

The Wind-Soaring Valorous

• Two-piece bonus: Increases ATK by 12%.
• Four-piece bonus: Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 6%. When the wearer uses a follow-up attack, increases the DMG dealt by Ultimate by 36% for one turn.

This Relic set was introduced with update 2.3, so it seems tailor-made for Jade. You can improve her attack and her CRIT Rate with it, while also making her Ultimate a devastating force in battle.

The Ashblazing Grand Duke

• Two-piece bonus: Increases the DMG dealt by follow-up attacks by 20%.
• Four-piece bonus: When the wearer uses follow-up attacks, increases the ATK by 6% for every time the follow-up attack deals DMG. This effect can stack up to 8 times and lasts for three turns.

The Ashblazing Grand Duke is another great alternative to enhance Jade’s follow-up attack and her main stats, providing a constant boost to her ATK and DMG output.

Best Planar Ornament for Jade

Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves is a Planar Ornament introduced in update 2.3 of Honkai Star Rail and it’s a great match for Jade. With it, when allies use follow-up attacks, Jade gains one stack of Merit, stacking up to five times. Each stack of Merit increases the DMG dealt by her follow-up attacks by 5%.

When there are five stacks, this Planar Ornament additionally increases her CRIT DMG by 25%. The only thing to keep in mind is that it can work better when Jade’s teammates have follow-up attacks in their kits.

Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 4%, for starters, and when an enemy target gets defeated, the wearer’s CRIT DMG increases by 4%, stacking up to 10 times. This Planar Ornament is particularly good in game modes like Pure Fiction, where you face countless waves of enemies.

Best Light Cone for Jade

Yet Hope Is Priceless

Jade’s signature Light Cone increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 16% for starters. Then, while the wearer is in battle, for every 20% CRIT DMG that exceeds 120%, the DMG dealt by follow-up attacks increases by 12%. This effect can stack up to 4 times.

You’ll need to make sure you enhanced Jade’s stats to trigger these effects, but that’s not all. When the battle starts or after the wearer uses their Basic ATK, this Light Cone enables the Ultimate or the DMG dealt by their follow-up attack to ignore 20% of the target’s DEF for two turns.

Before Dawn

Jing Yuan‘s Light Cone increases the wearer’s CRIT DMG by up to 60% and their Skill and Ultimate DMG by up to 30%. After the wearer uses their Skill or Ultimate, they gain Somnus Corpus. Upon triggering a follow-up attack, Somnus Corpus will be consumed and the follow-up attack DMG increases by up to 80%.

This Light Cone also seems tailor-made for Jade, as it enhances her kit in all the right places.

Geniuses’ Repose

Increases the wearer’s ATK by up to 32%, and when the wearer defeats an enemy, their CRIT DMG increases by up to 48% for three turns. This is a great four-star Light Cone to keep in mind for Erudition characters, as they’re great damage dealers that can defeat many enemies at once.

Best Honkai Star Rail teams for Jade

A great free-to-play team for Jade should include Herta or Xueyi alongside Lynx as healer and Asta as support. Herta and Xueyi will trigger her Talent’s follow-up attack often by using AoE attacks and hitting many enemies at once, and Asta can improve the team’s SPD with her buffs. You can replace Asta with the Harmony Trailblazer to have a support character that can also hit many enemies per turn.

Jade is best paired with other Erudition characters in Honkai Star Rail, so an optimal team should have Argenti, Robin, and Huohuo alongside her. Alternatively, Blade is a great DPS to have around Jade, as her Skill triggers more buffs thanks to Blade’s kit.

Jade materials in Honkai Star Rail

ASCENSION LEVEL	ASCENSION MATERIALS	CREDITS	ASCENSION REWARDS
Level 20	5x Dream Collection Component	4,000 Credits	1x Star Rail Pass
Level 30	10x Dream Collection Component	8,000 Credits	–
Level 40	6x Dream Flow Valve, 3x Dream Flamer	16,000 Credits	1x Star Rail Pass
Level 50	9x Dream Flow Valve, 7x Dream Flamer	40,000 Credits	–
Level 60	6x Dream Making Engine, 20x Dream Flamer	80,000 Credits	1x Star Rail Pass
Level 70	9x Dream Making Engine, 35x Dream Flamer	160,000 Credits	–

You’ll need the above materials to Ascend Jade in Honkai Star Rail. Additionally, these are all the materials you’ll need to level her Traces up:

• 18x Rough Sketch
• 41x Dream Collection Component
• 72x Dynamic Outlining
• 56x Dream Flow Valve
• 139x Exquisite Colored Draft
• 58x Dream Making Engine
• 12x Lost Echo of the Shared Wish
• 11x Tracks of Destiny
• 3,000,000 Credits

Rough Sketch, Dynamic Outlining, and Exquisite Colored Draft are new materials that arrived in the game with the 2.3 update.

Jade abilities in Honkai Star Rail

• Lash of Riches (Basic ATK) – Deals Quantum DMG to a single target and adjacent targets.
• Acquisition Surety (Skill) – Makes a single target ally become the Debt Collector and increases their SPD by 30 for three turns. After the Debt Collector attacks, deals one instance of additional Quantum DMG to each enemy target hit, and consumes 2% of the Debt Collector’s Max HP. If the current HP is insufficient, reduces HP to 1. If Jade becomes the Debt Collector, she cannot gain the SPD boost effect and her attacks do not consume HP. When the Debt Collector exists on the field, Jade cannot use her Skill.
• Vow of the Deep (Ultimate) – Deals Quantum DMG to all enemies. At the same time, Jade enhances her Talent’s follow-up attack, increasing its DMG multiplier. This enhancement can trigger two times.
• Fang of Flare Flaying (Talent) – After Jade or the Debt Collector unit attacks, gains one point of Charge for each enemy target hit. Upon reaching eight points of Charge, consumes them to launch one instance of follow-up attack, dealing Quantum DMG to all enemies. This follow-up attack does not generate Charge. When launching her Talent’s follow-up attack, Jade immediately gains five stacks of Pawned Asset, with each stack increasing CRIT DMG and stacking up to 50 times.
• Visionary Predation (Technique) – After using the Technique, inflicts enemies within a set area with Blind Fealty for 10 seconds. Enemies inflicted with Blind Fealty will not initiate attacks on allies. When entering battle via actively attacking enemies inflicted with Blind Fealty, all enemies with Blind Fealty will enter combat simultaneously. After entering battle, deals Quantum DMG equal to 50% of Jade’s ATK to all enemies and immediately gains 15 stacks of Pawned Asset.

In Honkai Star Rail, Jade is a five-star Quantum element character in the Path of The Erudition. These characters specialize in dealing AoE (Area of Effect) damage and hitting many targets with crowd control abilities. Qingque shares Jade’s Path and element, but she’s a 4-star character in HSR.

Some characters can benefit greatly from Jade’s Skill with Relic sets like Longevous Disciple. She can build great synergy with characters that benefit from getting their HP consumed, like Arlan or Blade, but can also be a risky bet.

Jade’s most important stats are her ATK, Quantum DMG, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG, so you should try to enhance them as much as you can with the help of Relics.

Jade Eidolons

• Altruism? Nevertheless Tradable (E1) – The follow-up attack DMG from Jade’s Talent increases by 32%. After the character with the Debt Collector state uses an attack and hits two or one enemy targets, Jade additionally gains one or two points of Charge.
• Morality? Herein Authenticated (E2) – When there are 15 stacks of Pawned Asset, Jade’s CRIT Rate increases by 18%.
• Honesty? Soon Mortgaged (E3) – Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
• Sincerity? Put Option Only (E4) – When using Ultimate, the DMG Jade deals ignores 12% of enemy targets’ DEF for three turns.
• Hope? Hitherto Forfeited (E5) – Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
• Equity? Pending Sponsorship (E6) – When there are Debt Collector allies on the field, Jade’s Quantum RES PEN increases by 20% and Jade gains the Debt Collector state.

Be sure to also check out our build guides for Firefly, Aventurine, Acheron, and Robin to stay on top of the meta with the best characters.