Best Relic Set to Farm in Honkai: Star Rail

In Honkai: Star Rail, mining the relic caves is an important part of your daily grind, and choosing the right relic can make or break your builds. Because Relics have set bonus stats and effects that cater to specific playstyles, some sets shine as particularly versatile, fitting many team setups and roles.

If you're trying to decide which relics to invest time in farming, here's a handy guide ranking the eight most versatile relics sets to level up your game.

8 Musketeer of Wild Wheat

The Musketeer of Wild Wheat set is a great go-to for almost any DPS character. Its two-piece effect provides a straightforward 12% ATK boost, making it valuable for early damage stacking regardless of substats.

Meanwhile, the four-piece effect increases SPD by 6% and base ATK DMG by 10%, ideal for building balanced offensive boons. If you are still defining your team comps, Musketeer is good to start if it remains relevant even at higher levels. This is a jack-of-all-trades relic set that works as you collect more special relics.

7 Wandering cloud traveler

If you're running healers like Natasha or Luocha, Passerby of the Wandering Cloud set is an excellent investment. Its two-piece effect increases healing output by 10%, and with the four-piece effect, it lets you start battles with an extra skill point.

This set is a solid choice when you need flexible, early-game healing without burning resources. While the four-piece bonus doesn't add much to each healer, it's perfect for those who need a first skill point to run a healing rotation smoothly. Similar to the utility of the Wild Wheat set, this makes Wandering Cloud's Passerby a flexible basic Relic set for any Abundance Healer.

6 Knight of Purity Palace

The Knight of Purity Palace Relic set is a strong defensive option for characters focused on shielding and flexibility. With a two-piece effect that increases DEF by 15%, it gives protection characters like Gepard and Aventurine the extra tankiness they need. A four-piece bonus further increases the maximum damage the wearable's shield can absorb by 20%. This set adds reliability to keeping shields strong, which can be especially useful on teams that rely on shields to heal directly.

Honorable Mention: Guard of Wuthering Snow

While not shield-focused, it offers a solid two-piece damage reduction of 8% and a self-healing effect when HP drops below 50% at the start of each turn, which pairs well with characters who need to absorb hits without static. A healer like Fu Xuan.

5 Messenger Traversing Hackerspace

Since support roles are typically speed-focused to maximize buffs and SP, the Messenger Traversing Hackerspace set is a top choice. With a two-piece effect that increases SPD by 6%, you'll have the flexibility to combine it with other sets.

Meanwhile, the four-piece bonus adds a team-wide SPD buff when the wearer uses their ultimate, helping you control the pace of battle. This set can mess with speed tuning, so plan accordingly, but when managed well, it's great for manipulating work orders.

4 Ashblazing Grand Duke

For characters focused on follow-up attacks, the Ashblazing Grand Duke Relic set is perfect. The two-piece bonus increases follow-up attack DMG by 20%, while the four-piece effect provides an ATK increase based on the number of follow-up attacks hit. This set is perfect for characters like Herta or Himeko, who can maintain constant pressure with their frequent follow-ups.

Honorable Mention: Air-Flying Adventurer

Another Relic set that's great for follow-up-focused builds and counter-based characters like Feixiao or Yunli.

3 A prisoner in a deep prison

Prisoner in Deep Confinement is a must have for most DoT (damage-over-time) characters. Its two-piece bonus provides a 12% ATK boost, while the four-piece effect allows you to ignore up to 18% DEF based on the number of DoT stacks on enemies.

For characters like Kafka, Black Swan or Sampo, who thrive on debuffs and DoT applications, this set provides a significant power boost. If your strategy revolves around stacking debuffs, Prisoner in the Deep Confinement is a solid choice to increase your team's damage output.

2 Iron Horseman Against Calamity

The Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge set is mostly made for characters that rely on break mechanics to amplify their effects. The two-piece effect increases the break effect by 16%, making it easier to trigger break status on enemies. With the four-piece bonus, if the wearer's break effect reaches 150% or more, they can ignore 10% of the enemy's DEF when dealing break damage.

If the brake effect reaches 250% or more this DEF ignore increases to 15%. This set is especially valuable for DPS characters on break-focused teams, allowing them to maximize damage potential by bypassing a portion of the enemy's defense during break. Boothill, Firefly, and Rappa are some examples of characters that can make great use of this set.

1 Shooting Meteor Thief

Thief of Shooting Meteor suits any support oriented character with a heavy reliance on the break mechanic. With a two-piece effect that increases break effect by 16% and a four-piece bonus that regenerates energy when weakness breaks, this set shines on teams where weakness breaking is a consistent strategy.

This set is a great complement for teams that rely on frequent skill rotations. Examples of characters that can make great use of its bonuses include Ruan Mei, Lingsha, and Gallagher.