Honkai Star Rail Hook is the boss around here, so listen up, because as an honorary member of the Moles you need to listen to what she says. Hook is the leader of the Moles known as Pitch-Dark Hook the Great, and she runs the show in Belobog’s Underworld. If you want to get the most out of Hook in your team builds, this guide gives you a full rundown of all of her attacks, eidolons, and the best light cones and relics to use with her.
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Here’s everything for our Honkai Star Rail Hook build.
What’s the best Honkai Star Rail Hook build?
This four-star firecracker’s main source of damage comes from her fiery attacks and burn DoT. Her kit focuses on single-target damage, but her ability to both apply the burn DoT and deal increased damage to enemies inflicted with burn through her passive means she can take targets down pretty quickly. Teaming her up with other fire characters like Honkai Star Rail’s Himeko and Honkai Star Rail’s Jiaoqiu enhances her passive even further.
Here’s a quick overview of our best HSR Hook build:
| Best light cone | On the Fall of an Aeon |
| Light cone substitutes | The Moles Welcome You |
| Best relic set | Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters |
| Best planar ornaments | Firmament Frontline: Glamoth |
| Main stats | Body – crit rate/damage Feet – speed Link rope – fire damage bonus Planar sphere – attack |
| Sub stats | Attack, crit rate, crit damage, speed |
We recommend building Hook with fire damage, attack, energy recharge, and crit, and a light cone with an attack boost. Our top suggestion is to use the The Moles Welcome You lightcone, if that wasn’t obvious enough already.
How to use Hook
Hook is a bit like Genshin Impact’s Klee, in that she’s the main focus of your team and inflicts plenty of fire damage, along with the burn state for two turns.
She’s great for taking down single opponents, as both her enhanced skill and her ultimate blast through any fire weakness. You want to aim to hit enemies with the burn state as she deals extra damage to them, and will regenerate energy from it.
What are the best light cones for Hook?
On the Fall of an Aeon is the best five-star light cone for Hook. Despite its rarity, it’s a lot easier to get than many other five-star light cones as you can buy it in Herta’s Store. It provides tons of buffs for Hook’s personal damage, making her an even stronger DPS.
If the name didn’t make it obvious, the four-star light cone ‘The Moles Welcome You’’s design fits with Hook’s kit. If you don’t have a copy of this light cone, aim to replace it with one that also increases Hook’s attack – and make sure it aligns with the path of Destruction in order to activate its skill.
Here are HSR Hook’s best light cones:
| On the Fall of an Aeon | Whenever Hook attacks, her attack is increased by 8% in this battle, up to four times. When Hook inflicts weakness break on enemies, her damage increases by 12 for two turns | Herta’s Store |
| The Moles Welcome You | Hook gains one stack of Mischievous for every basic attack, skill, and ultimate she uses. Each stack increases her attack by 12% | All banners |
| Woof! Walk Time | Increases Hook’s attack by 10% and her damage to enemies inflicted with burn by 20%. This applies damage over time | Echo of War drops, Light Cone Manifest, and shops |
| Something Irreplaceable | Increases Hook’s attack by 20%. When Hook defeats an enemy or is hit, she restores HP equal to 8% of her attack. Hook’s damage is also increased by 20% for her next turn | All banners and the Starlight Exchange |
What are the best relics for Hook?
Now that we have access to far more DoT support in Honkai Star Rail, Hook’s best relic set is Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters. Assuming that you’ve afflicted the enemy with enough debuffs, this set significantly increases her crit rate, crit damage, and DoT effectiveness. In a less debuff-central team comp, you should use Scholar Lost in Erudition for a flat crit rate increase and to buff Hook’s skill and ultimate, which are her strongest attacks.
In the early game, Firesmith of Lava-Forging is the best set for Hook. It increases both her fire damage and skill damage, which allows her to pack even more of a punch than normal. When picking sub-stats, we recommend you prioritize fire damage, attack, and crit. Energy recharge is also a nice bonus where possible.
Firmament Frontline: Glamoth is Hook’s best relic set if you can get her speed above 135 to trigger its bonus effect. If you’re struggling with speed stats, Rutilant Arena is just as good as a flat crit rate buff.
Here are HSR Hook’s best relics:
| Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters | Two equipped: Increases damage dealt to enemies with debuffs by 12% Four equipped: Increases crit rate by 4%. Hook deals 8%/12% increased crit damage to enemies with at least two/three debuffs. After Hook inflicts a debuff on enemy targets, the aforementioned effects increase by 100%, lasting for one turn |
Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Dreamdive in The Reverie (Dreamscape), Penacony |
| Scholar Lost in Erudition | Two equipped: Increases crit rate by 8% Four equipped: Increases damage dealt by skill and ultimate by 20%. After using ultimate, additionally increases the damage dealt by the next skill by 25% |
Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Uncertainty in the Xianzhou Luofu’s Shackling Prison |
| Firesmith of Lava-Forging | Two equipped: Increases fire damage by 10% Four equipped: Increases Hook’s skill damage by 12%. Also increases her fire damage by 12% for the next attack after her ultimate. |
Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Conflagration in the Xianzhou Luofu’s Stargazer Navalia |
Here are HSR Hook’s best planar ornaments:
| Firmament Frontline: Glamoth | Two pieces equipped: Increases Hook’s attack by 12%. When Hook’s speed is equal to or higher than 135/160, she deals 12%/18% more damage | Immersion Reward devices in World 8 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Pouring Blades |
| Rutilant Arena | Two pieces equipped: Increases Hook’s crit rate by 8%. When her current crit rate reaches 70% or higher, her basic attack and skill damage increase by 20%. | Immersion Reward devices in World 7 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Fruit of Evil |
| Space Sealing Station | Two pieces equipped: Increases Hook’s attack by 12%. When her speed reaches 120 or higher, Hook’s attack increases by another 12% | Immersion Reward devices in World 3 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Untoppled Walls |
Hook stat recommendations
When selecting relics for Hook, here’s what we recommend prioritizing:
Main stats:
- Body: crit rate/damage
- Feet: speed
- Link rope: fire damage bonus
- Planar sphere: attack
Sub-stats:
- Crit damage, crit rate
- Attack
- Speed
What are the best Hook team comps?
Hook, like a lot of Honkai Star Rail’s other fire units, works very well in a mono-fire team. Asta is a great buffer for her, as is Pela.
Here are some examples of powerful Hook team comps:
 Hook |
 Asta |
 Lynx |
 Trailblazer (fire) |
| Hook |
Asta |
 Guinaifen |
Flex healer/buffer slot |
| Hook |
 Himeko |
 Pela |
Flex healer/buffer slot |
What are Hook’s skills?
Here are all of Hook’s passive and active skills. The multipliers are based on Hook’s level-one stats, so they will increase as you level her traces up. So let’s take a look at what the firecracker can do during battle and what buffs she gets from her various skills.
Active skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Basic attack: Hehe! Don’t Get Burned! (single attack) | Deal 50% of Hook’s attack as fire damage to a target enemy. |
| Skill: Hey! Remember Hook? (single attack) | Deal 140% of Hook’s attack as fire damage to a target enemy. There’s a 100% base chance for this to inflict burn for two turns, and to deal fire damage to enemies adjacent to the target. While burned, enemies take 25% of Hook’s attack as fire DoT at the start of each turn. |
| Ultimate: Boom! Here Comes the Fire! (single attack) | Deal fire damage equal to 240% of Hook’s attack to a target enemy. After you use her ultimate, Hook enhances the next skill she uses, dealing damage to a target enemy and its adjacent enemy units. |
Passive skill:
| Skill | Effect |
| Ha! Oil to the Flames! | Hook deals an additional 50% of her attack as fire damage and regenerates five energy when attacking a target inflicted with burn. |
Technique:
| Skill | Effect |
| Ack! Look at This Mess! | Immediately attack the enemy. After entering battle, deal 50% of Hook’s attack as fire damage to an enemy. There’s also a 50% chance to burn all targets for three turns. While burned, enemies take 50% of Hook’s attack as fire DoT at the start of each turn |
Major traces:
| Trace | Effect |
| A2: Innocence | When Hook triggers Ha, Oil to the Flames!, she restores HP equal to 5% of her total HP stat. |
| A4: Naivete | Increases enemies’ resistance to Crowd Control debuffs by 35%. |
| A6: Playing with Fire | Hook’s action advances forward 20% and she regenerates five energy when using her ultimate. |
What are Hook’s eidolons?
Similar to Genshin Impact’s constellations, Honkai Star Rail eidolons are bonuses you can unlock by pulling duplicates of a character.
Here are all of Hook’s eidolons:
| Eidolon | Effect |
| E1: Early to Bed, Early to Rise | Hook’s enhanced skills deal 20% more damage. |
| E2: Happy Tummy, Happy Body | Extends the duration of the burn caused by Hook’s skill by one turn. |
| E3 Don’t Be Picky, Nothing’s Icky | Increases the level of Hook’s skill by two, up to a maximum of level 15, and increases the level of her basic attack by one, up to a maximum of level ten. |
| E4: It’s Okay to Not Know | When Hook’s talent triggers, there’s a 100% base chance to burn the target and its adjacent enemy. |
| E5: Let the Moles’ Deeds Be Known | Increases the level of Hook’s ultimate by two, up to a maximum of level 15, and increases the level of her talent by two, up to a maximum of level 15. |
| E6: Always Ready to Punch and Kick | Hook deals 20% more damage to enemies with the burn status. |
What are Hook’s ascension materials?
Here’s everything you need to get Hook all the way up to level 80 and beyond. You earn the endotherm chitin items in the Honkai Star Rail stagnant shadow in Silvermane Guard’s Restricted Zone on Jarilo-VI.
Here are all of Hook’s ascension materials:
| Required level | Credits | Materials |
| 20 | 3.2k | Four ancient parts |
| 30 | 6.4k | Eight ancient parts |
| 40 | 12.8k | Two endotherm chitin, five ancient spindles |
| 50 | 32k | Five endotherm chitin, eight ancient spindles |
| 60 | 64k | 15 endotherm chitin, five ancient engines |
| 70 | 128k | 28 endotherm chitin, seven ancient engines |
Here’s where to get all of HSR Hook’s ascension materials:
- Ancient parts
- Dropped by Automaton Beetle, Automaton Direwolf, Automaton Grizzly, Automaton Hound, Automaton Spider, Frigid Prowler, and Searing Prowler, sold at Embers Exchange or the Underground shop
- Endotherm chitin
- Silvermane Guard Restricted Zone: Stagnant Shadow, and the Synthesizer
- Ancient spindles
- Dropped by Automatons in Robot Settlement and Great Mine, found in the Simulated Universe, and created in the Synthesizer
- Ancient engines
- Obtained through the Calyx in the mining area, in the Simulated Universe, and created in the Synthesizer
What are Hook’s trace materials?
Hook has a classic Jarilo-Vi-centered list of materials she needs in order for you to get her traces and abilities leveled up.
- 28 ancient part, 42 ancient spindle, and 42 ancient engine
- Obtain from automaton enemies, purchase from the Embers Exchange store, purchase from the Xianzhou Luofu world shop, and the synthesizer
- 12 shattered blades, 54 lifeless blades, and 105 worldbreaker blades
- Obtain from the Bud of Destruction calyx, purchase from the Embers Exchange store, purchase from Herta’s Space Station world shop, and the Jarilo-VI world shop
- 12 Guardian’s Lament
- Obtain from Cocolia, Mother of Deception’s boss fight in the Echo of War at Everwinter Hill
- 5 tracks of destiny
- Obtain from events, as rewards in the Simulated Universe, from the Embers exchange, and Nameless Honor (battlepass) rewards
- 2,400,000 credits
Skill trace priority:
- Skill > talent > ultimate > basic attack
Major trace priority:
- Innocence > Naivete > Playing With Fire
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