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Honkai: Star Rail Yao Guang Kit Guide: Skills, Materials & Is She Worth Pulling?
2026-01-28
Yao Guang is the newest addition to Honkai: Star Rail in Version 4.0. Fans are buzzing about her role, abilities, and gameplay style. So, we have created this comprehensive Yao Guang kit guide to share her basic info, Light Cone, stats, skills, Ultimate, talents, and Eidolons. Stick around and get a complete look at what she brings to the team.
Who is Yao Guang? A Quick Character Overview
 | Rarity | 5-Star |
| Element | Physical | |
| Path | Elation |
Yao Guang is a Physical Elation support in Honkai: Star Rail. She focuses on increasing her team's damage through Elation buffs and Punchline generation. Her Basic Attacks deal physical damage while generating energy.
Yao Guang Skill (Decalight Unveils All) creates a zone that enhances allies' Elation and generates extra Punchlines. Her Ultimate (Hexagram of Feathered Fortune) adds more Punchlines and causes an extra turn, along with increasing all allies' RES Penetration. This further enhances team damage. Her talents convert allies' attacks into bonus Elation damage and scale off her stats when theirs are lower.
In lore, HSR Yao Guang is one of the seven Arbiter-Generals of the Xianzhou Alliance's Cloud Knights who presides over the Xianzhou Yuque. She is known as the Seer Strategist, who is sophisticated and a tactical force on the battlefield. Overall, she is the first new character in Version 4.0 and serves as a reliable support.
The Complete Yao Guang Kit
Let's now look at everything included in the Yao Guang kit:
Basic ATK
Whistlebolt Sings Joy
Inflicts Physical Damage equal to 90% of Yao Guang's Attack on a single target and 30% of his Attack as Physical Damage to nearby enemies. Improves Energy recovery from Basic Attacks.
Skill
Decalight Unveils All
Places a Zone lasting 3 turns, with its duration reduced by 1 at the start of Yao Guang's turn. While active, the Zone increases all allies' Elation by 15% of Yao Guang's Elation. Plus, each time Yao Guang kit uses a Basic Attack or Skill, she gains 3 Punchline Points.
Ultimate
Hexagram of Feathered Fortune
Gets 5 Punchline Points and causes an extra turn for Aha, counting a fixed 20 Punchline Points. During this turn, Punchlines are not consumed, and all allies gain 20% All-Type RES Penetration for 3 turns.
Talent
Behold Wherever Light Unfolds
While Honkai: Star Rail Yao Guang has "Certified Banger", allies activate the "Great Boon" effect after performing an attack. It deals additional Elation DMG equal to 24% of Yao Guang's corresponding Type to a random target. For each Skill Point consumed during the attack, "Great Boon" causes one extra time, up to 3 times per attack.
The additional Elation DMG is calculated using Yao Guang's Elation when the attacker's Elation is lower than Yao Guang's.
Activating "Great Boon" does not count as performing an attack.
Technique
Untethered Glimmer Sails Far
After activating the Technique, the Yao Guang Skill is automatically cast once at the start of the next battle without consuming Skill Points. While she is in the team, destroying breakable objects instantly grants "Red Envelope", up to 8 times per Earth Week.
Elation Skill
Let Thy Fortune Burst in Flames
Applies "Woe's Whisper" to all enemies for 3 turns, which increases the damage they take by 10%. Deals Physical Elation Damage equal to 80% to all targets, then follows up with 5 additional hits, each dealing 20% Physical Elation Damage to a random enemy.
Bonus Ability
1. Amaze-In Grace
When Yao Guang's SPD reaches 120 or higher, her Elation is increased by 30%. For every additional point of SPD beyond 120, she gains 1% more Elation, up to a maximum bonus based on 200 excess SPD.
2. Poised and Sated
Increases Yao Guang's CRIT DMG by 60%. After she uses her Elation Skill, the team recovers 1 Skill Point, which improves rotation efficiency.
3. Felicity Ensemble
When Yao Guang kit gains Certified Banger, its duration is extended by 1 turn. This allows her buffs and effects to stay active longer.
Stat Boosts
- +10% Elation
- +9 SPD
- +18.7% CRIT Rate
Yao Guang Signature Light Cone
When She Decided To See (Lv.80)
Base HP: 1058 | Base ATK: 529 | Base DEF: 529
Increases the wearer's SPD by 30%. When entering battle or using an Ultimate on an ally, the wearer gains Great Fortune for 3 turns. While active, all allies gain +14% CRIT Rate and +60% CRIT DMG, and the wearer receives +20% Energy Regeneration.
Eidolons
Chuckle Chimes Where Jade Falls
Raises the fixed Punchline count used during Aha's Ultimate-triggered extra turn to 30, and increases the damage of Yao Guang's Elation Skill to 140% of its original value.
Blind Arrows Guided by Feathers
In the active Zone, all allies gain 12% SPD and an additional 16% Elation.
Auspices Mirrored in Decalight
Skill Level +2 (max Lv. 15)
Basic ATK Level +1 (max Lv. 10)
Elation Skill Level +1 (max Lv. 15)
Threads of Fate Colored by Plumes
When allies deal Elation Damage, their attacks ignore 18% of the target's DEF.
Bejeweled in Radiant Grace
Ultimate Level +2 (max Lv. 15)
Talent Level +2 (max Lv. 15)
Elation Skill Level +1 (max Lv. 15)
Ferried Along the Astral Arc
Increase all allies' Elation Damage by 20% and elevate the damage multiplier of Yao Guang's Elation Skill by 60% of its base value.
Yao Guang Materials Total
Moving forward to our Yao Guang Elation Support guide, let's look at the total materials required for this support teammate:
| Material | Total |
 Credits | 38878000 |
 Invasive Clot (Stagnant Shadow drop) | 65 |
 Whimsy Wax | 56 |
 Dreamweave Steel | 71 |
 Lucid Awl | 73 |
 Tracks of Destiny | 8 |
 The Fluffy Hand-drawn Storyboards | 18 |
 The Fluffy Serialization Memorial Issue | 69 |
 The Fluffy Collector's Edition | 139 |
 Vanquished Flow's Reticence | 12 |
 Travel Encounters | 3 |
 Adventure Log | 3 |
 Traveler's Guide | 289 |
Yao Guang Ascension Materials
Here are all the materials you need to fully ascend Yao Guang to Level 80:
| Material | Amount | Status |
 Credits | x308,000 | Farmable Now |
 Invasive Clot (Stagnant Shadow drop) | x65 | Farmable Now |
 Whimsy Wax | x15 | Wait for 4.0 |
 Dreamweave Steel | x15 | |
 Lucid Awl | x15 |
Invasive Clot is obtained from Stagnant Shadow: Shape of Deepsheaf, located in Dragonbone City, Styxia.
Yao Guang Trace Materials
Yao Guang's real strength doesn't stop at Ascension. Her impact scales with Trace investment, which enhances both her damage amplification and team support.
| Material | Amount | Status |
 Credits | x3,000,000 | You can farm now |
 Tracks of Destiny | x10 | |
 Vanquished Flow's Reticence | x15 | |
 The Fluffy Hand-drawn Storyboards | x18 | Wait for 4.0 |
 The Fluffy Serialization Memorial Issue | x69 | |
 The Fluffy Collector's Edition | x139 | |
 Whimsy Wax | x41 | |
 Dreamweave Steel | x56 | |
 Lucid Awl | x50 |
Vanquished Flow's Reticence is obtained from the Echoes of War: Rusted Crypt of the Iron Carcass, located in the Memortis Shore – Ruins of Time.
Yao Guang Signature Light Cone Materials
Equip Yao Guang with her signature light cone to enhance her performance. Here are the materials required to upgrade her Light Cone, When She Decided To See:
| Material | Amount | Status |
 Credits | x385,000 | You can farm now |
 The Fluffy Hand-drawn Storyboards | x4 | Wait for 4.0 |
 The Fluffy Serialization Memorial Issue | x12 | |
 The Fluffy Collector's Edition | x15 | |
 Whimsy Wax | x20 | |
 Dreamweave Steel | x20 | |
 Lucid Awl | x14 |
When is Yao Guang release date 4.0?
Yao Guang is scheduled to arrive in Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0, which is launching on February 12, 2026, for North America and February 13, 2026, for Europe and Asia. She is a 5-star character appearing in Phase 1, so she will be featured on the opening banner until March 6, 2026, and fill a prominent support role.
Wrapping Up - Is Yao Guang Worth Pulling?
That's the wrap to our Yao Guang kit guide. What we have seen is that this new Physical Elation support is great at increasing team damage through Punchline generation, Elation scaling, utility buffs, etc. Therefore, Honkai Star Rail Yao Guang is worth pulling if you need strong support for Elation-based lineups. And don't forget to top up Honkai: Star Rail at BuffBuff for safe and instant top-ups to get the essential resources and take your Elation team to the next level.
FAQs
Yao Guang vs Robin vs Ruan Mei — Who Should You Pull?
Yao Guang is best for Elation-focused teams and increases damage through Punchlines and Elation scaling. Robin offers more general team buffs, while Ruan Mei dominates in Break and RES PEN comps. Pick Yao Guang if Elation is your core strategy.
How Does Punchline Work in HSR?
Punchline is a special resource Yao Guang generates via her kit. It strengthens Elation effects and enables bonus actions or buffs. Higher Punchlines lead to greater impact.
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