Honkai Star Rail The Herta Kit, Signature Light Cone, and Drip Marketing

Herta is the Emanator of Erudition and the #83 of the Genius Society. She is one of the genius minds behind Simulated Universe, and Honkai Star Rail players are already very familiar with her. The game gives a free copy of the 4-star Herta early on in the game from Simulated Universe, which is basically one of her puppets. She has finally released in version 3.0, becoming one of the strongest Erudition character in the game. Here is everything we know about The Herta’s (true form) kit, eidolons, and signature Light Cone in Honkai Star Rail.

HSR The Herta: Drip Marketing, Rarity, Path, and Element Type

The Herta has been confirmed with his latest Drip Marketing to be a 5-star rarity character of the Erudition path and of Ice element type. There was a slight confusion about true form Herta’s official name, and the developers have decided to name her ‘The Herta’.

The writers from the Intelligentsia Guild wanted to give me an extra title. Something like “Herta Prime” to separate me from my puppets. How banal. Are the puppets not “me” as well? So, I gave them a suggestion — if they dared to write that, then I would call myself THE Herta. It’s short, simple, straight to the point, and elegant.

Honkai Star Rail players are already familiar with Herta, although we have so far interacted with her through her puppets. She is the member #83 of the Genius Society and is an Emanator of Erudition. Her true self is said to live at the far edge of the Cosmos, almost never leaving. She is expected to be connected to the next journey to Amphoreus by the Astral Express.

Honkai Star Rail The Herta Release Date

The true form of Herta has released in Honkai Star Rail 3.0 version on January 15, 2025. Named as ‘The Herta’, Herta’s true 5-star form is featuring in the first phase of version 3.0 banner. Alongside her, 5-star reruns of Lingsha, Feixiao, and Jade are also featuring.

HSR 5-Star Herta Base Stats

We finally know all of The Herta’s base stats. So here are all her stats:

So many characters but no Stellar Jades to invest on banner pulls in Honkai Star Rail? Check out our HSR codes list and earn some extra Jades every once in a while.

Honkai Star Rail The Herta Kit

Here is everything about The Herta’s (5-star true form) kit:

• Basic Attack (Wake Me Up When Slumber Ends): Deals Ice damage equal to 100% of The Herta’s Attack to a single enemy target.
• Skill (Big Brain Energy): Attacks a single target, applying 1 stack of ‘Interpretation’ and dealing Ice Damage equal to 70% of her Attack. Next, deals another Ice Damage equal to 70% of her Attack to the target hit by this instance of the Skill and their Adjacent targets. This effect can repeat 2 times.
• Enhanced Skill (Hear Me Out): She consumes one stack of ‘Inspiration’ and deals Ice damage equal to 80% of The Herta’s Attack to one designated enemy inflicting 1 stack of ‘Interpretation’. Next, deals Ice Damage equal to 0% of The Herta’s Attack to the target that has been hit by this instance of Skill and their adjacent targets, repeating 2 times. Finally, deals Ice Damage equal to 40% of The Herta’s Attack to all enemy targets.
• Ultimate (Told Ya! Magic Happens): Rearranges the number of ‘Interpretation’ stacks on all enemies, prioritizing the transfer of the higher number of stacks to Elite and above enemies. Next, deals AoE Ice Damage equal to 200% of her Attack. Additionally, using Ultimate increases The Herta’s attack by 64%, lasting for 2 turns. The Herta takes immediate action after using the Ultimate and gains 1 stack of ‘Inspiration’, which can stack 2 times and holding ‘Inspiration’ enhances her Skill to the enhanced version.

• Talent (Hand Them Over): Herta inflicts 1 stack of ‘Interpretation’ to all enemies that enter the battle. When the primary target of her Enhanced Skill attack has ‘Interpretation’ stacks, the damage multiplier of the Enhanced Skill increases, each stack granting an increase of 8%/5% on the primary/adjacent targets. Additionally, if at least two characters follow the Path of Erudition in the team, each stack grants and additional increase of 8%/5% on the primary/adjacent targets. After using the Enhanced Skill, all ‘Interpretation’ stacks are reset to 1 on the abilities’ target. ‘Interpretation’ can sack up to 42 times on an enemy and after enemy target is defeated or leaves the field, the stacks are transferred to other enemies, prioritizing Elite and above level enemies first.
• Technique (Vibe Check): Increases Herta’s Attack by 40% at the start of the battle, lasting for 2 turns. At the start of each wave, inflicts 4 ‘Interpretation’ stacks on all enemies. Her Technique can additionally mark the locations of up to 3 basic treasures on the map. When in the Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe, it deals 99% of the target’s Max HP as True Damage to enemies lower than Elite enemies and 30% of their Max HP as True damage to Elite Enemies and above.
• Trace 1 (Aloofly Honest): When an ally attacks, inflicts 1 stack of ‘Interpretation’ on the hit enemies. After the attack, for every target hit, The Herta regenerates 3 energy, counting up to a maximum of 5 targets.
• Trace 2 (Message From Beyond the Veil): When entering battle, if the team has no fewer than 2 characters following the Path of Erudition, increases all allies’ Crit Damage by 80%. Furthermore, applies 1 stacks of “Interpretation” after attacking to the target that has the highest existing stacks of “Interpretation” among the hit enemy targets. Additionally, the Trace 1 ability counts at least 3 targets when calculating the number of targets hit.
• Trace 3 (Starved Landscape of Vacua): The Herta’s Ultimate damage multiplier increases by 1% for every 1 stack of ‘Interpretation’ inflicted on enemy targets, stacking up to 99 times.
• Trace Stat Boosts: 22.4% Ice Damage Boost, 5 Speed Boost, 18% Attack Boost

The Herta’s kit appears to be extremely strong against multi-target enemies, while also compensating for single-target damage like Argenti’s maxed Ultimate. She can become very overpowered with a couple of Erudition characters alongside her, especially someone like Jade and Argenti. Other than that, it appears that she will also be a great pair for her 4-star version using The Herta’s best build.

HSR The Herta Signature Light Cone: Into the Unreachable Veil

The Herta’s 5-star Signature Light Cone in named Into the Unreachable Veil. Here is everything you need to know about it:

Honkai Star Rail The Herta (5-star) Eidolons

Here are all the details about The Herta’s Eidolons:

• E1 (Night at Shorefall): When Enhanced Skill calculates the number of ‘Interpretation’ stacks, additionally counts 30% of the number of ‘Interpretation’ stacks on the 2 targets with the highest stacks among the Skill’s target and adjacent targets.
• E2 (Wind Through Keyhole): After an ally attacks, applies 1 stack of ‘Interpretation’ to the target that has the highest ‘Interpretation’ stacks among the hit enemy targets. When an enemy target gets inflicted with ‘Interpretation’ and if their number of stacks reach 42, The Herta gains 1 stack of ‘Inspiration’. This effect can only trigger once per enemy target.
• E3 (Door into Summer): Skill Level + 2, Talent Level + 2
• E4 (The Sixteenth Keys): All Erudition characters on the field have 10% increased Speed.
• E5 (Bitter Pill of Truth): Ultimate level + 2, Basic Attack level + 2
• E6 (Sweet Lure of Answer): The Herta’s Trace 3 ability additionally increases the Ultimate’s damage multiplier by 4% per stack, up to a max additional increase of 396%.

So far this is all the information we have on The Herta’s new kit. Tell us what you think about the next playable Emanator in HSR being Herta and whether her kit will bring back Erudition characters in the limelight.