Favorite in Honkai Star Rail: how to all Express tests for the competition

Favorite in March 7 I came up with an idea on how to steal Stellaron. Head to Uslada's Scorched Sands Qualifying Ground and complete a series of challenges to win first place in the talent show and sneak into the theater before the regular audience.

This guide will tell you which challenges to choose in the Favorite quest in HSR and how to complete “Dream Battle: Acting,” “Dream Battle: Action,” “Hour of Fire: The Hour,” “Hour of Fire: Fire,” and “Superstar Showdown: Arena".

How to start the Favorite quest in Honkai: Star Rail

You can start the Favorite task in X if you meet a number of conditions:

• Pick up Mastery level at least until 40.
• Complete the quest "The Only Way Towards Tomorrow".

After the conversation Gallagher.

When March 7 offers to take part in the competition for the holiday, move to the location Scorched Sands Selection Hall from Uslada.

Walkthrough of the quest The Favorite in Honkai: Star Rail

For a chance to get to Stellaron, try to take first place in a special qualifying round to enter the theater as of a group to warm up the audience before the main performance at the Harmony Festival. During the competition, you will need to a series of prepared tests.

Proceed through the Qualifying Area and prepare to exit

When you first find yourself in the area of ​​the Scorched Sands Selection Hall from Delight, you will meet Aiden and be able to introduce yourself to the public:

1. Hello, my name is “Pioneer Name” and her name is March 7.
2. I am a human bat, and she is Say_cheese.
3. Hello, my name is Hello.
4. Participating in a competition at a critical moment is definitely normal...

Go through the Hall of the Qualification Site and exit the corridor to the site of the first test.

Depending on the Pioneer’s remarks, the reactions of others will change, but they will not have any other influence.

Head to the exit of the first stage

Having completed the speech before the start of the competition, go to the transition to the first hall and learn from the Guide about the tasks.

Interact with the huge ball and subsequently determine your test. Once in the “Competition Express” interface, select test locationby clicking on the button on the rails. The pink one will point to “Acting”, and the yellow pointer will point to “Action”.

Dream Battle: Acting

Move forward and ask your guide about the challenge to figure out how to complete Dream Battle: Acting. Each stage will present a riddle for choosing the right phrases in the scenes being played out.

Complete your first Acting Challenge

Go up the stairs to the Cue Judge and tell her “Ready”, then proceed to the first test. After the presenter's words look for the correct phrase — in case of an error, Firefly will report it and try again.

First they will ask the question - “What line would you use to describe your disappointment with Penaconia?”, to which you can respond in any way you like:

1. "Fabulous! I love extreme sports!”
2. "Evil creature! Crush him!”
3. “What a damn place! The watchmaker cheated us! - correct answer.

The next question is “What line would you use to describe your surprise at what happened?” with all correct answer options:

1. “Penaconia is truly a land of opportunity!” - correct answer.
2. “Just let me die of thirst!”
3. “Perhaps we were doomed to fail from the start.”

Complete the second Acting Challenge

To start the second test, follow the road higher and enter into dialogue with the Plastic Judge. In this task you will need to determine the only correct option replicas among those proposed. If you make a mistake, the incorrect phrase will disappear, after which you can make another choice.

First of all, the presenter will tell the situation and ask how they would console the downcast companion from the story - “What will you do to make her laugh?”:

1. “I’ll pat you on the head.”
2. “I’ll tell you an unfunny joke.”
3. “I’ll get up to leave.”
4. "I'll roll in the sand" - correct answer.

The second imaginary scene will be - “You had to sell off the accumulated expensive goods at a loss... This was a forced measure that only aggravated the situation, and you found yourself on the verge of bankruptcy. At such a moment... what will you do, the one who never gives up?

1. “Leave with your head down.”
2. “Fall to your knees, begging for mercy.”
3. "Stand up and fist bump" - correct answer.

Complete the third Acting Challenge

The last one in line is the Strict Judge, who will tell the continuation of the story played out between the Pathfinder and the Firefly.

To the sentence “Many years later, they meet again in prosperous Penaconia, but pretend that they did not recognize each other, because...” will offer three remarks:

1. “I became a rich woman, and she lives in poverty.”
2. “I am mired in poverty, and she lives an ordinary life.”
3. “I live an ordinary life, and she lives in poverty.”

The presenter is not impressed by any of the phrases, so Firefly suggests trying to edit her Clockwork.

Use Clockwork on the strict judge

Start a new dialogue with the Strict Judge and decide "Start the Clockwork".

The appropriate emote for the Stern Judge in Acting is: "Delight". Place it and click "Tune"to change the mood of the presenter and the test.

Dream Battle: Action

Approach the NPC at the end of the corridor and learn about the test from the guide, who will tell you the basic rules on how to complete Dream Battle: Action. As part of the task, you will have to take part in three battles against monsters.

Complete the first Action Challenge

Continue further down the court to appear before the Judge with the Soda Hound forced to play the monster.

In the battle, you confront several enemies, among which you will most likely encounter one new type of monster:

• Soda Hound from Nightmare Troupe ×2 (vulnerability to physical, electrical, wind attacks).
• Fortune Merchant from the Nightmare Troupe ×2 (vulnerable to fire and wind damage) - focus on it to restore the characters' energy and/or skill points. Kill such an enemy with a superpower to earn the "JACKPOT!" achievement.

Complete the second Action Challenge

Follow the opening section of the television competition, where you will meet the second Judge and Sweet Gorilla, forced to play the monster.

In this battle you will face the following opponents:

• Sweet Gorilla from the Nightmare Troupe ×2 (vulnerable to fire, physical, imaginary damage) - summons a pair of Soda Hounds.
• Fortune Merchant from the Nightmare Troupe ×2 (vulnerable to wind and fire attacks)

Complete the third Action Challenge

In the last section of the test you will find yourself with another Judge and Overcooked Jr., along with Overcooked Sr., forced to play monsters.

In the final battle challenge, face off against 2 Overcooked from the Nightmariki troupe, having vulnerabilities to wind, fire and electrical types of damage. The key to success against them is to constantly strike to fill your attack gauge.

Hour of Fire: Hour

Go to the entrance to the second stage and make with the guide to receive an offer of two options for the following tasks and an explanation of their content.

Examine the large ball and on it choose your challenge. The turquoise button will take you to “Hour of Fire: The Hour”, where there will be a puzzle

If you are going to solve the riddles of the Walkers, then listen to the presentation from the conductor, run straight forward along the path and examine the Talking Clock.

Having heard that the walkers of the World of Dreams are not actually Chasik, but his rejected prototype, go on a search three missing pieces for the mechanism.

Find the missing part for the huge walker 1

From the clock statue, turn east and follow the opening to go down the stairs to a dead end.

Between the two turned away balloons you will see a gear and collect it, after which it will appear in your inventory first broken heart of huge walkers.

Find the missing part for the huge walker 2

Next to the previous part you will notice the Eye of Dreams device. Activate it to change the view mode and open a new path.

Use the ramp that appears, go to the Dream Module and launch it to move a section of the road closer.

Follow the created path further and close the Eye of Dreams in front of the barrier, after which you can advance to a new piece of the location.

Continue down until you come across Overcooked from the Nightmare Troupe. In addition to him, in the battle you will need to defeat a couple more Fortune Merchants from the Nightmariki troupe.

When the battle is over, pull in the tail area of ​​the fallen monster to free the origami bird and collect second broken heart of huge walkers.

Find the missing part for the huge walker 3

Climb back up the stairs and move forward to the lone blue balloon in the distance.

Activate the Eye of Dreams to change viewing mode to unlock the next area.

Next, use the Dream Module on the same side where the Eye of Dreams is located. Rotate the module so that the L-shaped path faces left.

Turn the corner and launch the distant Dream Module, which is responsible for the straight piece of road that was moved at the very beginning. Move it back, as a result of which you will combine the sections of the path.

Follow the built path past the regular chest and launch a new Dream Module before another dead end.

Turn the angular path back to its original state, get to the next Dream Eye and interact with it.

Returning to normal viewing mode, run past the Clockwork Hooligans from the Nightmare Troupe and follow down the stairs.

Before the puzzle with the Mosaic of the Dream World, you will pick up the missing piece and thus receive the third Broken Heart of huge walkers.

Travel to the Fire Hour: Hour teleport point to return to the large clock. Fix the broken heart of the huge walker, returning the three missing parts to it.

How to solve the Dreamworld Hodik puzzle

Rearrange the figures from the cubes and the mirror of dreams, and help Chasik collect the necessary gears to restore his heart.

1. Move the right yellow platform higher to create a path to first detail.

2. Pull all three yellow pieces below to connect them to the black slabs. Turn the orange platform to the left twice and lower the blue cubes horizontally. Move the mirror curtain so as to create a continuous path to second gear.

3. After calming the Little Hour and automatically using the Clockwork Mechanism on him, lower the blue figure vertically down. Turn the orange cubes twice so that they lead towards the part. Pull the right yellow platform to the very bottom, connecting it to the orange figure. Raise the blue cubes horizontally and lower the remaining yellow pieces to create a solid path to third part.

Hour of Fire: Fire

Follow the Hour of Fire: Fire path, leading to the Hanu Adventure Challenge. After listening to the backstory from the guide, go through the blue door.

Enter the world of The Adventures of Hanu

Move higher and in front of the red gate you will come across a TV. With his help, turn into Hana, since the task will have to be completed in his form.

Having assumed a different appearance, turn back from the TV and enter the pipe.

In the next room ask the gentleman for help with the mosaic, which will ask you to play his puzzle and find the lost puzzle pieces.

Collect the puzzle pieces

Bring back three puzzle piecesto be able to go to the rocket launcher. Please note that if you encounter monsters in the form of Hanu while unarmed, the mini-puzzle will begin again.

Teleport through the nearby device up onto the shelves and run to the vase on the cabinet.

Examine the pot and push it so that it falls on the monster's head and thereby stuns it.

Past the regular chest, run further along the tops of the cabinets and pick up first piece of the mosaic.

Go to the end of the shelves, noticing along the way origami bird. After waiting time so as not to be noticed by the monster, teleport directly below the second piece of the mosaic.

The safest thing to do is to return back along the same path, otherwise you may fall into the enemy's field of view. Take the third mosaic fragment next to the enemy who was previously stunned by the vase.

Having found all the pieces of the puzzle, go to restore the picture of the mosaic of dreams.

Drag the pieces one by one to complete the Mosaic of Dreams. You won't need to turn any of the pieces, so insert them one by one.

Head to the second floor

When you come into with the TV at the mosaic site, return to its previous appearance and go up to the second floor.

Talk to Hanu sitting at the table, whose speech will be translated by the appeared Chasik. After receiving instructions to fight, return to the world of Hanu's Adventures using the TV on the second floor.

Defeat an army of villains

Exit Hanu's office and go past the boxes straight into the storage room on the second floor of the area.

Go around the monsters clockwise and return brother Khan's favorite rocket launcher. If you are in doubt about the trajectory, then press the “E” key to check the radius of vision of enemies. The moment you pick up a weapon, you will be able to complete the “Fully Armed” achievement.

Blow up both piles of boxes with fireworks and shoot the monsters roaming around the hall using the rocket launcher.

After clearing the room of strangers, the first additional group of three enemies will arrive on the elevator. With one shot at the middle one, destroy everyone at once.

The second time, the room will be flooded with six new enemies. Shoot them one by one, ing to pick up supplies from the floor if the “not enough shells” notification pops up.

Once you complete the challenge, use the TV to advance to the next stage. Having assumed human form, you will open a luxurious chest in the middle of the room.

Superstar Showdown: Arena 1

After finishing the second test, go to the entrance to the third stage. The guide will warn you about the last tour, which consists of confrontation with another contender for the title of Penaconia Superstar.

Using the large ball and going to the "Contest Express", click on the button on the rails and select the desired test location. The blue mechanism is tied to the stage “Superstar Confrontation: Arena 1”, and the purple button will direct you to the stage “Superstar Confrontation: Arena 2”.

Once in the final section of the competition, move forward to face a boss in the form of Argenti.

The battle with him will begin immediately after completing the dialogue, if you do not go to certain lines, which will allow avoid battle:

1. “So you are the red-haired participant?!” (either option may work)
2. “I’ve got the world on my agenda, so step aside, okay?”
3. "We must steal Stellaron from Penaconia" (rough translation)
4. “Tell the truth about the Watchmaker and Stellaron” (not a literal translation)

If you do get involved in a mess, don’t forget to activate your characters’ talents before the battle and prepare your squad for battle with a powerful enemy. The knight of beauty has vulnerability to ice, physical and fire types of damage.

Due to the area damage and the large number of enemies in the team, defensive heroes and characters with mass attacks will come in handy. To defeat him, you will need to deplete both of Argenti's durability bars and reduce his health to 1%.

Read the separate manual for all the recommendations, how to counter Argenti.

Win the Superstar Showdown to become the winner achievements “Superpower - eternal sincerity”. If you miss the fight and just talk to Argenti, what will you take away? achievement "Sincerity is an Eternal Superpower".

Superstar Showdown: Arena 2

If you decide to fight in the second arena, then practically nothing will differ from the first battlefield. The difference is the time of day in the test area: in the first - daytime, in the second - night.

To complete the stage with the battle against Argenti, follow the recommendations for the other arena. Another battlefield-dependent moment is the camera when talking to the Knight of Beauty after his defeat.

Get to the finish line

Leaving all three stages of the competition behind you, head north to the area where the final test with Argenti took place. Activate the ball and watch a short cutscene with fireworks in honor of the winner, after which you will find yourself in another place.

Follow the "Superstar Path" to the Grand Theater of Penaconia

Having ed the last test, move to the very north of the Scorched Sands Qualification Site from Delight.

When you reach the TV platform, you will meet someone congratulating you on your victory. SundayHowever, instead of access to the Bolshoi Theater, the head of the Oak clan will state that he does not agree with the plan regarding Stellaron.

After a conversation between the Dream Lord, Robin, Sunday you will learn unexpected news. Unlike his sister, the Galovian adheres to the Path of Order, not Harmony.

The next task in the chain is "Beauty and Destruction".

Achievement "Superpower - Eternal Sincerity"

Defeat the Penaconia Champion of Justice in the third stage of the quest The Favorite to unlock the "Superpower - Eternal Sincerity" achievement. To do this, defeat Argenti in the “Confrontation of Superstars” challenge, after which you can pick up 10 star jades for this achievement from the section "The Path to the Stars".

Achievement "Sincerity - Eternal Superpower"

Reach a compromise with a Penaconia champion of justice and earn the "Sincerity - Eternal Superpower" achievement. Convince Argenti in the "Superstar Confrontation" challenge to receive the achievement for 10 star jades from the category "The Path to the Stars".

Awards

Complete the Favorite quest in H to earn a number of rewards:

• star jade ×100;
• lost crystal ×12;
• hour credits×400;
• music record “A Star Is Born”;
• music record “An Actor Prepares”;
• credits ×168.

In addition to the main reward, if you participate in a series of “Action” and “Hour of Fire: Hour” challenges, you will earn some additional credits and other materials dropped by enemies from them. Also, at the “Hour of Fire: Fire” fork, you will open a luxurious chest, which is part of the Hanu adventure mode.

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