The best ways to farm Trailblaze EXP in Honkai: Star Rail

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FarmingHonkai: Star Rail Trailblaze EXPis something you’ll find yourself doing a lot of in miHoYo’s new sci-fi adventure. Like Adventure Rank in Genshin Impact, your overall Trailblaze level affects your world, the rewards you get, and your ability to ascend and level up characters—it’s effectively a signifier of your overall progression. You can increase your level by getting Trailblaze EXP, and early on, you won’t really notice that you’re earning it as you progress.

However, before long you’ll bump up against missions that have Trailblaze Level requirements—even sooner if you haven’t been doing anything besides the main story.  When you gain a Trailblaze Level, make sure you return to Pom-Pom the conductor on the Astral Express to get some rewards. Otherwise, here’s every way to get Trailblaze EXP plus the best way to farm it in-game.

Honkai: Star Rail Trailblaze EXP farm

Honkai: Star Rail Trailblaze EXP farm

The best way to get Trailblaze EXP early on is throughInterastral Guide goals.These objectives mirror your overall progression, so it’s quite easy to hit them while simply playing the game, and they give 100 EXP each. You’ll also get lots by completing the main story missions.

In terms of farming Trailblaze, theDaily Training goalsare definitely the most efficient way, and you can find them in the Daily Training section of the Interastral Guide. Complete the daily mission along with some random challenges and you can claim up to 1,000 EXP, plus some credits, and Stellar Jade from its reward track.

Otherwise, here’s a complete list of ways to get Trailblaze EXP including the two mentioned above:

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