In Star Rail, Relics have six stat slots (Head, Hand, Body, Feet, Neck, and Article), one more than Genshin's Artifacts. However, there is a slight difference between the two systems. In both games, players use a specific portion of their Energy to collect Relics/Artifacts from domain-like areas of the game, known as Cocoons in Star Rail.

One significant similarity between the two games is the Resin/Artifact system, referred to as Energy/Relic in Honkai: Star Rail. Moreover, battles in Honkai: Star Rail do not initiate until the player manually approaches an enemy, whereas in Genshin Impact, being within the range of an enemy starts the fight automatically. There is no bonus damage for exploiting an enemy's weakness.

Similar to Genshin, Honkai: Star Rail also incorporates an elemental alignment system (such as Fire, Ice, Quantum, and Imaginary from Honkai Impact 3rd), but with a twist - no element has an advantage over the others, and enemies have multiple elemental weaknesses to consider during a battle. During battles, players must make tactical decisions based on their character's abilities and the enemy's moves before taking any action.īoth games include regular attacks, special skills, and an ultimate move that charges up over time. While Genshin Impact is primarily an action-adventure game, Honkai: Star Rail entirely relies on a turn-based system.

Honkai: star rail vs genshin impact