Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei materials list for ascension and Traces
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Getting all your Honkai: Star Rail Ruan Mei materials means making some tough choices. Ruan Mei uses materials that quite a few other Star Rail characters use, including Hanya and Bronya. Traces cost a lot, so make sure to plan ahead and allocate enough materials so you can keep a well-balanced party for any trial.
Our Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei materials list lays out what you need for each ascension milestone and everything you need for Ruan Mei's most important Traces.
Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei materials
Ruan Mei materials for ascension
Here’s what you need get Ruan Mei from level one to 80.
| Level | Ruan Mei ascension materials | Cost in Credits |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | 5 Immortal Scionette | 4,000 |
| 30 | 10 Immortal Scionette | 8,000 |
| 40 | 6 Immortal Aeroblossom, 3 Gelid Chitin | 16,000 |
| 50 | 9 Immortal Aeroblossom, 7 Gelid Chitin | 40,000 |
| 60 | 6 Immortal Lumintwig, 20 Gelid Chitin | 80,000 |
| 70 | 9 Immortal Lumintwig, 35 Gelid Chitin | 160,000 |
How to get Immortal Scionette
Immortal Scionette comes from Abominations of Abundance enemies on the Xianzhou Luofu - the Mara-struck soldiers you encounter roaming around places like the Alchemy Commission - and you can also find them in worlds five and six of the Simulated Universe. Once you begin the search for Kafka after arriving on the Luofu and meeting Tingyun, you can send two characters on assignment to collect Immortal Scionette as well. If you set the length to the maximum and pick two suitable characters, you'll end up with 30 or so each day.
Assignments are the easiest way to get Immortal Scionette, and you can use the Synthesizer to turn them into higher-grade branch items.
Where to find Gelid Chitin
Gelid Chitin comes from the Shape of Icicle Stagnant Shadow fight. That battle unlocks once you reach the Cloudford near the start of the main Luofu storyline, so if you're new to the game, you'll have to get through Jarilo VI first. If you don't want to wait and absolutely have to have Ruan Mei leveled up, you can transmute unwanted boss items in the synthesis menu and turn them into Gelid Chitin as well.
The easiest way to get credits is from one of Golden Calyx. Bear in mind that these cost fuel, so you'll need to balance these challenges with your other level-up activities.
Ruan Mei materials total - Ascension
This is what all that looks like together.
- 15 Immortal Scionette
- 15 Immortal Aeroblossom
- 15 Immortal Lumintwig
- 65 Gelid Chitinen
- 308,000 Credits
Ruan Mei materials for Traces
Hanya uses more Artifex items for her Traces, along with the usual Harmony items in the Harmonic Tune family.
For one Trace that isn't Ruan Mei's basic attack, you need:
- 9 Immortal Scionette
- 13 Immortal Aeroblossom
- 7 Immortal Lumintwig
- 3 Harmonic Tune
- 15 Ancestral Hymn
- 30 Stellaris Symphony
- 2 Tracks of Destiny
- 3 Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
- 652,000 Credits
How to get Harmonic Tune and Borehole Planet Disaster
The Harmonic Tune items come from the Bud of Harmony Crimson Calyx, and the only way to get Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster is by completing the new Echo of War challenge that version 1.6 introduces.
Star Rail rewards you with Tracks of Destiny in the battle pass, through completing Trailblaze missions, and for taking part in events.
Ruan Mei Traces materials total
To level up all of Hanya's Traces and unlock every bonus ability, you need:
- 3,000,000 Credits
- 41 Immortal Scionette
- 56 Immortal Aeroblossom
- 58 Immortal Lumintwig
- 18 Harmonic Tune
- 69 Ancestral Hymn
- 139 Stellaris Symphony
- 12 Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
- 8 Tracks of Destiny
Bear in mind that these are just for Ruan Mei's talent, skill, and ultimate. You'll need additional items for some of her bonus abilities and a smaller number for her basic attack.That's a lot of materials, and since other Harmony characters share many of them, you'll want to plan ahead before deciding what to uppgrade first.
If you're not sure who else might work with all these skills you just leveld up, check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list, and head over to our Star Rail codes page for some freebies to help with your next pull.