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Credits
Credits are Honkai: Star Rail's common currency for character, Light Cone, trace, relic and shop progression costs.
Important information
- Other names
- Crédito, Crédito, 信用ポイント, 신용 포인트
- Source
- Honkai: Star Rail
- Medium
- Game
- Type
- Common currency
- Rarity
- Three-star common currency
- Available since
- Version 1.0
- Institution named in the item description
- Interastral Peace Corporation
- Assignment rate
- 1,000 Credits per hour for up to 30 hours
What Credits means in its world
Credits are the recurring cost behind a Trailblazer's roster in Honkai: Star Rail. Raising a character, a Light Cone or a Trace pulls from the same pool, so a new unit can arrive with the materials ready but still need Credits to become usable.
Assignments, Calyx activities, quests and events can help replenish them. The smart order is to finish the core upgrades for a team first rather than scattering Credits across every new character.
Practical reference
The useful details in one place: value, earning, spending and the decisions that can waste this currency.
| Value of Credits | Honkai: Star Rail's common currency for character, Light Cone, trace and relic progression |
|---|---|
| How Credits reaches your pocket | Use current activities, assignments, quests and event rewards that grant Credits. |
| Where Credits gets spent | Pay for character, Light Cone, Trace, relic and selected shop progression costs. |
| Details worth noticing | Prioritize the team used for current content before investing heavily in an unbuilt character. |
Ways to earn Credits
Compare verified sources, rewards, limits and requirements.
| Method | Reward | Frequency | Limit | Requirements | Context | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear one Bud of Treasures wave at Difficulty V | 24,000 Credits per wave | Repeatable while Trailblaze Power is available | Up to six waves can be selected in one run for 144,000 Credits and 60 Trailblaze Power | Equilibrium Level 4; 10 Trailblaze Power per wave | Calyx (Golden): Bud of Treasures in the Great Mine. | Honkai: Star Rail Wiki — Bud of Treasures (Great Mine) | Lower difficulties award 9,500, 12,500, 16,000 or 20,000 Credits per wave. |
| Run The Invisible Hand Assignment | 1,000 Credits per hour | Automatic hourly production | Set a duration of up to 30 hours; no more than four Assignments can run at once | Unlock Assignments after Long Wait for the Blade's Edge | Current Assignments layout introduced in version 4.0. | Honkai: Star Rail Wiki — Assignments | — |
| Reach 500 Activity in Daily Training at Equilibrium 6 | 57,700 Credits per day | Daily | 24,300 Credits at 100 Activity plus 33,400 at 400 Activity | Equilibrium 6 and Daily Training unlocked | Credit rewards scale with Equilibrium Level; the Jade total does not. | Honkai: Star Rail Wiki — Daily Training | — |
| Claim the HoYoLAB Daily Check-In rewards | 46,000 Credits in July 2026 | Eight Credit reward days in the July 2026 calendar | Calendar rewards must be claimed during the active month | A HoYoLAB account linked to Honkai: Star Rail | Official July 2026 reward calendar snapshot. | Official HoYoLAB Daily Check-In service | Monthly calendars can change. |
What Credits buys
Known prices show purchasing power within the stated game, shop or version.
| Item | Price | Category | Seller | Location | Version | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apply one Traveler's Guide to a character | 2,000 Credits | Character EXP | Character level-up screen | In-game | Data checked on 2026-07-12 | A Traveler's Guide provides 20,000 Character EXP; applying Character EXP material costs 1 Credit per 10 EXP. | Honkai: Star Rail Wiki — Character EXP |
| Character EXP material cost from level 1 to 80 | 580,400 Credits | Character EXP | Character level-up screen | In-game | Data checked on 2026-07-12 | Total Credit charge for applying the listed EXP materials; ascension costs are separate. | Honkai: Star Rail Wiki — Character EXP |
| Four-star Light Cone EXP material cost from level 1 to 80 | 399,250 Credits | Light Cone EXP | Light Cone level-up screen | In-game | Data checked on 2026-07-12 | Total Credit charge for applying the listed EXP materials; ascension costs are separate. | Honkai: Star Rail Wiki — Light Cone EXP |
| Five-star Light Cone EXP material cost from level 1 to 80 | 498,500 Credits | Light Cone EXP | Light Cone level-up screen | In-game | Data checked on 2026-07-12 | Total Credit charge for applying the listed EXP materials; ascension costs are separate. | Honkai: Star Rail Wiki — Light Cone EXP |
Names of Credits in other languages
- Crédito Language: pt · Official Portuguese name
- Crédito Language: es · Official Spanish name
- 信用ポイント Language: ja · Official Japanese name
- 신용 포인트 Language: ko · Official Korean name
Credits across the series
Credits have been available since version 1.0. Their item description ties them to the Interastral Peace Corporation, which uses them to settle customer accounts, and says they are widely accepted as hard currency for space travel.
