Honkai Star Rail The Herta materials, kit, and Eidolons

The Herta is a 5-Star Ice character of The Erudition path who debuted in Honkai: Star Rail during version 3.0.

While The Herta is featured as the boosted 5-Star character on her Message from Beyond Banner in version 3.0, she will eventually return to Honkai: Star Rail at some point in the future when the Banner schedule cycles back to her.

If you want to prepare for her, we've detailed The Herta's Ascension materials and Trace materials so you can level her up to her full potential right away. To understand how you might play her, we've also detailed The Herta's kit and Eidolons.

On this page:

• The Herta's kit
• The Herta Ascension materials
• The Herta Trace materials
• The Herta Eidolons

The Herta's kit

The Herta is a 5-Star Ice character of The Erudition path, and keeping in mind that all of the percentages mentioned below are based on Level 1 Traces, here's a summary of The Herta's kit in Honkai Star Rail:

• Element: Ice.
• Path: The Erudition.
• Rarity: 5-Star.
• Basic Attack: Did You Get it - Deals Ice damage equal to 50% of The Herta's attack to a single enemy.
• Skill: Big Brain Energy - Deals Ice Damage equal to 35% of The Herta's attack to one designated enemy, and inflicts one stack of 'Interpretation'. Deals Ice Damage equal to 35% of The Herta's attack to the target that has been hit by this instance of Skill and their respective adjacent targets. This effect can repeat two times.
• Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out - Consumes one stack of 'Inspiration'. Deals Ice Damage equal to 40% of The Herta's attack to one designated enemy and inflicts one stack of Interpretation. Deals Ice Damage equal to 40% of The Herta's attack to the target that has been hit by this instance of Skill and their adjacent targets, repeating two times. Finally, deals Ice Damage equal to 20% of The Herta's attack to all enemies.



• Ultimate: Told Ya! Magic Happens - Rearranges the number of Interpretation stacks on all enemies, prioritising the transfer of a higher number of Interpretation stacks to Elite-level targets and above. Then deals Ice Damage equal to 100% of The Herta's attack to all enemies. When using her Ultimate, increases The Herta's attack by 40%, lasting for three turns. After using her Ultimate, The Herta immediately takes action and gains one stack of Inspiration, with Inspiration stacking up to four times. While having Inspiration, Herta's Skill is enhanced to 'Hear Me Out'.
• Talent (passive ability): Hand Them Over - When enemy targets enter battle, The Herta inflicts one stack of Interpretation on them. When her Enhanced Skill's primary target has Interpretation, the multiplier for the damage dealt increases, with each stack granting an increase of 4/2% on the primary target/other targets, respectively. If at least two characters follow the Path of Erudition in the team, each stack grants an additional increase of 4/2% on the primary target/other targets, respectively. Interpretation can stack up to 42 times. When using her Enhanced Skill, Herta resets the number of Interpretation stacks on the ability's target to one. After the enemy target leaves the battle or gets defeated by any unit, Interpretation will be transferred, prioritising the transfer to Elite-level targets and above.
• Technique (overworld ability): Vibe Checker - The Herta's attack increases by 60% at the start of the next battle, lasting for two turns. If there are Basic Treasures in this current map, using her Technique will also mark up to three Basic Treasures' locations. After entering battle by using her Technique in the Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe, Herta deals True Damage equal to 99% of the target's Max HP to enemy targets lower than Elite-level, and True Damage equal to 30% of the target's Max HP to enemy targets at Elite-level and above.
• Bonus Trace 1: Aloofly Honest - When ally targets attack, inflicts one stack of 'Interpretation' on the hit enemy target. After attacking, for every one target hit by this attack, regenerates three fixed Energy for The Herta, counting up to a maximum of five targets. When using Enhanced Skill and if the primary target's 'Interpretation' stack reaches 42, increases Ice Damage dealt by The Herta by 50% until the end of this attack.
• Bonus Trace 2: Message From Beyond the Veil - When entering battle, if the team has two or more characters following the Path of Erudition, then increases all allies' Crit Damage by 80%, calculates at least three targets when the Trace 'Aloofly Honest' calculates hit targets, applies one stack of 'Interpretation' to the target that has the highest current 'Interpretation' stacks among the hit enemy targets after attacking, and additionally applies two stacks of 'Interpretation' if the attacker is a character following the Path of Erudition.
• Bonus Trace 3: For every one stack of 'Interpretation' inflicted on enemy targets, The Herta gains one stack of 'Answer' up to 99 stacks. When using the Ultimate, every stack of 'Answer' increases the Ultimate's Damage multiplier by 1%.

The Herta Ascension materials

You need to use The Herta Ascension materials to upgrade stats like her health, attack, defence, and critical hit effectiveness.

You need to get a lot of Dream Fridge and Core-based materials for The Herta to fully upgrade her capabilities, and in total, all of the The Herta Ascension Materials in Honkai: Star Rail are:

• x15 Extinguished Core
• x15 Glimmering Core
• x15 Squirming Core
• x65 Dream Fridge
• 308,000 Credits

For more details, here's what The Herta Ascension materials you need per level:

The Herta Ascension level	The Herta 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 Dream Fridge	16,000	x1 regular Star Rail Pass
Level 50	x9 Glimmering Core, x7 Dream Fridge	40,000	None
Level 60	x6 Squirming Core, x20 Dream Fridge	80,000	x1 regular Star Pass
Level 70	x9 Squirming Core, x35 Dream Fridge	160,000	None

The Herta Trace materials

Just like Ascension, to get the most out of using The Herta you will have to level-up her attacks and passive abilities by using Trace materials, which vary from character-to-character.

For The Herta, you'll need to use a lot of Rough Sketch and Core-based materials to fully upgrade her capabilities, and in total, to upgrade all of her abilities, the The Herta Trace Materials you need are:

• x8 Tracks of Destiny
• x12 Auspice Sliver
• x18 Rough Sketch
• x41 Extinguished Core
• x56 Glimmering Core
• x58 Squirming Core
• x69 Dynamic Outlining
• x139 Exquisite Colored Draft
• 3 million Credits

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Version 3.0 with The Herta and Aglaea is here! So make sure to redeem those new codes for Stellar Jade if you want them or future characters - and check out our regularly updated tier list. For everything else, we have pages on the next Banner, Ministry of Education quiz answers, and how to get more Star Rail Passes.

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The Herta Eidolons

By getting duplicates of The Herta from pulling 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 The Herta's Eidolons in Honkai: Star Rail:

• Night at Shorefall (E1): When Herta's Enhanced Skill calculates 'Interpretation', additionally calculates 50% of the 'Interpretation' stacks on the one target with the highest stacks out of the primary target and adjacent targets. When using her Enhanced Skill to reset 'Interpretation', reset the stack number to 15 instead.
• Wind Through Keyhole (E2): After The Herta enters battle and uses her Ultimate, she additionally gains one stack of 'Inspiration'. After using her Enhanced Skill, The Herta's subsequent action is advanced by 35%.
• Door into Summer (E3): Increases the level of The Herta's Skill and Talent by two, with a maximum upgrade Level of 15.
• The Sixteenth Key (E4): The Speed of characters following the Path of Erudition in the team increases by 12%.
• Bitter Pill of Truth (E5): Increases the level of The Herta'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.
• Sweet Lure of Answer (E6): The Herta's Ice Resistance Penetration increases by 20%. When the number of enemy targets on the field is three (or more)/2/1, Ultimate's Damage multiplier increases by 140%/250%/400%.

Good luck levelling up The Herta in Honkai Star Rail!