Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei materials, locations, and farming routes guide

Ruan Mei is one of the best buffers/support units in Honkai Star Rail. Since she is a buffer, Ruan Mei follows the Path of Harmony and wields the Ice element. As one of the best Harmony units, her pick rate is quite high in various end-game activities such as Memory of Chaos. Those who missed her the first time will likely summon her when her first rerun banner is live. Players may ponder about what materials they will need to level up Ruan Mei fully.

With that being said, this article details all the materials players must acquire to upgrade Ruan Mei to the maximum level.

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What materials do players need to ascend Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail?

Ruan Mei (Image via HoYoverse)

Ruan Mei’s ascension materials are listed in the following section:

• X65 – Gelid Chitin
• x287 – Traveler’s Guide
• X9 – Adventure Log
• x16 – Travel Encounters
• x56 – Immortal Scionette
• x71 – Immortal Aeroblossom
• x73 – Immortal Lumintwig
• x18 – Harmonic Tune
• x69 – Ancestral Hymn
• x139 – Stellaris Symphony
• x12 – Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
• x8 – Tracks of Destiny

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Ruan Mei’s ascension material locations

Trailblazers can find each location of Ruan Mei’s ascension materials in Honkai Star Rail below:

• Gelid Chitin: Dropped from the Shape of Icicle Stagnant Shadow in Cloudfort.
• Traveler’s Guide: Crimson Calyx: Bud of Memories in any on the planets.
• Immortal Scinotte: Dropped from the Mara-Struck enemies, Assignments, Embers Exchange shop, and Omni Synthesizer.
• Harmonic Tune: Crimson Calyx: Bud of Harmony in the Robot Settlement.
• Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster: Defeat the Starcrusher Swarm King: Skaracabaz (Synthetic) in the Borehole Planet’s Old Crater Echo of War.
• Tracks of Destiny: can be acquired from multiple sources such as Nameless Honor battlepass, Simulated Universe, in-game events, and Embers Exchange Shop.

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Pre-farming routes for Firefly’s ascension materials in Honkai Star Rail

Stellaris Symphony (Image via HoYoverse)

To start, head to the Crimson Calyx: Bud of Harmony in the western part of the Robot Settlement in Jarilo-VI to farm the Harmonic Tune and its other variants.

Then, head over to Xianzhou Luofu’s Cloudfort’s southern part to challenge the Shape of Icicle Stangnant Shadow for Gelid Chitin. You must use your Trailblaze Power to acquire the material. While you’re in Xianzhou Luofu, defeat the Mara-struck adversaries to obtain Immortal Scionette and its variants.

Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster (Image via HoYoverse)

When you are finished farming the abovementioned materials, head to the Seclusion Zone in the Herta Space Station to challenge the Borehole Planet’s Old Crater Echo of War and defeat the Starcrusher Swarm King: Skaracabaz (Synthetic) to acquire the advanced Trace level-up material, Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster.

Lastly, for Tracks of Destiny complete all available events and level up your battlepass.

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