The In the Withering Wintry Night mission is the second in line in the Trailblaze Missions after Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow, which players are faced with at the beginning of Honkai Star Rail. The following article is a brief guide on this mission in Honkai Star Rail.
After the Astral Express takes off, the players are tasked to go on the Jarilo-VI after the events of Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow. The Trailblazers need to remove a Stellarion from the train’s path.
The mission will have several sub-parts that players will need to go through to complete the quest. The following section gives a brief guide of the same for players to work through the In the Withering Wintry Night mission in Honkai Star Rail by HoYoverse.
Honkai Star Rail guide: How to complete the In the Withering Wintry Night mission
During the In the Withering Wintry Night mission, players will finish the quest on Jarilo-VI, a snowy land, with their companions Dan Heng and March 7th, who they encountered during their previous quests on the Herta Space Station. The following subquests are a part of the mission in chronological order:
- A Grand Cool Adventure
- Travelers on a Winter Night
- Everwinter Night
- You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
- Hide-and-seek
- The Eighth and Final Rule
- Long Wait for the Blade’s Edge
- Ones Fallen into the Abyss
- A Sunset Rendezvous
- The Past Will Return as an Avalanche
- Lying in Rust
- To Rot or to Burn
- Not Good with Farewells
Read on for a brief walkthrough of each of these sub-quests.
A Grand Cool Adventure
The mission starts with the players interacting with Dan Heng and March 7th, followed by which the Trailblazers will land on Jarilo-VI. Not much is involved in this subpart, except the fact that the Navigation System will be enabled at the end, which will enable players to travel between worlds. The Star Rail Map will unlock which shows the worlds the players have already been to.
Travelers on a Winter Night
The Trailblazers can continue forward on Jarilo-VI, where they will encounter Calyxes, a mechanism that allows them to challenge enemies to earn rewards by using Trailblaze Power, an energy unit that is similar to Resin in Genshin Impact, another HoYoverse title. The energy caps at 180 in HSR.
After fighting a few enemies, players will need to interact with a new character at the Quest location, Sampo. This will be followed by a fight with a few soldiers and a fight with the boss Gepard, who is resistant to Ice. The Trailblazer can be a good option to counter this boss as he is weak to Physical attacks. Gepard will finally take the outsiders to Belobog to present them before the supreme guardian.
Everwinter Night
As the team enters Belobog, players go to the headquarters to meet Cocolia Rand, the guardian. After a brief talk, players get to explore the city in three locations: Neverwinter Workshop, Goethe Hotel, and Everwinter Monument. The objectives in these locations are quite easy. In the Neverwinter Workshop, players will get to meet a playable character, Serval, and have to finish a mini-quest involving a circuit.
After a small interaction with the companions, the Trailblazer heads to the room where there is an interactable cupboard that will reveal a suspicious conversation. Finally, players will need to head out where they will encounter Bronya, who might ring a bell to Honkai Impact 3rd players. After getting almost arrested by her for some unknown reason, the sub-quest ends with March with an escape plan.
You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
The companions move to the Fragmentum to avoid getting caught, where they will encounter higher-level enemies and will have to find a way out. Players will need to solve an easy mechanism to open a door followed by a Bountiful Treasure chest. Fight the enemies and proceed ahead, followed by a short tutorial to use consumables.
Open the second gate and repair a flying robot with the same mechanism. Follow the robot to collect an invisible treasure chest. When it disappears, you can either explore around or move toward the quest mark. A cutscene will be triggered near the next Space Anchor where players will encounter Bronya again, followed by a small fight between the soldiers and Bronya. Toward the end, Sampo appears and rescues them.
Hide-and-seek
The Trailblazer wakes up to find Sampo with a lady called Natasha in a clinic in the underground of Belobog. Go outside to interact with March and a kid called Hook and her two friends and participate in a game of hide-and-seek, which might get challenging. Hook is the first target in the practice round and is quite easy to find as the quest marker leads right up to him, where we can see him standing in a corner against the wall behind a dumpster.
In the final round, find Hook by following the train tracks and looking left, she will be behind a cart near some crates. The second kid is behind some crates on a bridge that also has a basic treasure chest. Near the same location, players can see a guy with spectacles, near whom, some dialogues by March will get triggered. Players will realize it’s Julian, one of the kids, thus winning the game. The kids will finally take them to the Fight Club.
The Eighth and Final Rule
After a brief talk, players go into the fight club to see Dan Heng in the ring, about to fight an automaton as the Trailblazer and March also join him in the battle. Use Dan Heng to counter the robot’s weakness to Wind. Finally, look for Sampo for an explanation to end the quest.
Long Wait for the Blade’s Edge
Sampo talks about a mysterious person called Wildfire who might help find the Stellarion. Follow Sampo through the town until finally running into a familiar foe, Bronya, with a new character, Seele. Interacting with her will unlock Daily Missions, which will grant EXP. The next quest will be locked till players reach Trailblaze Level 14, so it is advised to gain EXP through side quests, Daily Missions, and challenging Calyxes. Players can check out a side quest Honkai Star Rail guide on our page for the same.
Ones Fallen into the Abyss
Once players can resume the Trailblaze Mission, interact with Selee to follow her into the Great Mine, where Natasha would be present. You will be then able to unlock Relics, which are a set of four substances that enhance a character’s ability, like Artifacts in Genshin Impact.
Follow the quest logo to a sleeping man called Peak, followed by a woman called Elaine. Once the interaction is over, move to the bridge where two vagrants will be present. The conversation will be followed by a short fight. Players will then encounter a robot called Findie, and then reach Antonia, again followed by a fight.
The squad reaches a roadblock with an upturned minecart and Findie helps find the scattered parts of the same. Collect the items and fix the cart and follow it to defeat the automaton to move to the next quest area.
Players will soon encounter Svarog, after which they’ll have to fight the boss Automaton Grizzly, weak to Fire, Ice, and Lightning. Finally, after the battle, Oleg, the Wildfire chief appears.
A Sunset Rendezvous
The next part of the story is quite easy to finish as you will only need to go through some dialogues and cutscenes. Navigate to Boulder Town inside the Goethe Grand Hotel after interacting with Gertie outside the hotel. After a brief cutscene, go outside and interact with Bronya. Players will meet with Seele and Natasha who will talk about going to a place called Rivet Town.
The Past Will Return as an Avalanche
This quest takes you toward Rivet Town, where you’ll interact with a kid called Eric. Players can explore a bit before going to the quest area as there is a broken robot for an invisible chest as well as a few more chests. Finally, move to the next quest area, Natasha’s orphanage to encounter another enemy, Ice Out of Space, weak to Fire, Wind, and Quantum and resistant to Ice.
After a short interaction among the squad, follow through with the investigation of nearby items to help Bronya through some memories. The Trailblazer then leaves Seele and Bronya to talk while looking for medicines, where they encounter Clara. The squad interacts with Clara and the quest ends.
Lying in Rust
The next part is to return the supplies to Natasha. After a short chat, players will get Natasha as a playable to join their team. Follow through the quest to find Oleg, March, and Dan Heng, with who you’ll discuss a plan to approach Svarog. Players need to be of Trailblaze Level 18 to continue to the next part.
To Rot or to Burn
This is one of the longest quest parts of the In the Withering Wintry Night as it is technically the final part of the mission. Follow the quest marker after interacting with Sampo and Hook to eventually end up at the Robot Settlement, where a Wildfire guide will lead you to Svarog’s base. The Trailblazer will need to go through a brief questionnaire to obtain level certifications. The answers to the questions are “88 Degrees Bedrock” and “Logic control hub“, which you’ll find in the options given in the prompts. The final certification can be obtained by defeating a group of robots.
Now you can enter the first gate, however, there’s another that needs Clara’s permission. The game will automatically lead you back to Rivet Town. Follow the quest marker and investigate a broken robot before a fight is triggered with an enemy Blaze Out of Space, weak to Physical, Ice, and Quantum.
After a short conversation, follow Clara in the Robot Settlement. After fixing a circuit mechanism and concluding your conversation with Clara, make your way back to the main gate where she will assist you in gaining entry. Upon the gate’s opening, you will finally encounter Svarog. The peace negotiations fail and lead to a Level 30 Svarog boss fight. The boss is weak to Fire, Wind, and Lightning, so prepare yourself accordingly along with a healer if possible.
As the battle gets over, Clara intervenes and helps the squad gain information from Svarog about the Stellaron. Natasha will conclude this sub-part by sending the Trailblazer to rest while discussing the next part.
Not Good with Farewells
As players reach the end of the mission, they return to the Goethe Grand Hotel and talk with Dan Heng and March, followed by a visual of Bronya and Seele in Rivet Town. Once you wake up, communicate talk to Wildfire, and share your plans with them. Subsequently, you will be handed a letter from Bronya to conclude the mission.
After the conclusion of the In the Withering Wintry Night Trailblaze Mission, players can move on to the next. To check out the guide on the previous Honkai Star Rail mission, Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow, click here.
