50 Fun Facts About Honkai Impact 3rd

Which game, released worldwide in 2020, began development in 2017 under the working title Honkai 4th?

Genshin Impact took its open-world shape after producer Cai Haoyu played The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and its team grew from 150 people to 700.

Tesla's colleague Lieserl in Honkai Impact 3rd shares a name with which real physicist's daughter?

Albert Einstein's first child, Lieserl, stayed unknown to biographers until letters surfaced in 1986; the game's scientist carries his full name after her own.

The 'mi' in miHoYo, the studio behind Honkai Impact 3rd, was inspired by which virtual singer?

Hatsune Miku was picked for her popularity with otaku; the H and Y come from two founders' names, and the O was added because famous tech companies had one.

At the end of Honkai Impact 3rd's first story arc, where does Kiana stay to watch over humanity?

The Moon is also where her story began: the studio's first game, FlyMe2theMoon, sent an earlier Kiana flying there in 2011.

Which Evangelion pilot became the first crossover character playable in Honkai Impact 3rd?

Asuka fought beside Anti-Entropy against Angels and Honkai Beasts in a limited-time event, and she keeps her Japanese voice whichever dub a player picks.

Which St. Freya teacher in Honkai Impact 3rd dies saving Kiana from the Herrscher of the Void?

Murata Himeko was squad leader and mentor to the three leads, and an alternate version of her later serves as navigator of the Astral Express in Honkai: Star Rail.

The two written characters behind the name Honkai, as in Honkai Impact 3rd, literally mean what?

Collapse is the literal sense, but the English spelling Honkai was coined on purpose, avoiding the usual romanizations Hōkai and Houkai of the Japanese word.

Which Capcom action series, along with Bayonetta, shaped the fighting system of Honkai Impact 3rd?

Devil May Cry and Bayonetta both shaped the combat, in which players chain attacks by swapping between three Valkyries and a perfectly timed dodge briefly freezes time.

Herrscher, the title borne by Honkai Impact 3rd's superpowered beings, is a German word for what?

Ruler suits beings who each command a single concept; Schicksal, the game's oldest anti-Honkai organization, takes its name from the German word for fate.

In Honkai Impact 3rd, Mei's awakening as the Herrscher of what sets off the Third Eruption?

Thunder first woke in her in 2014 and was suppressed by Schicksal; later she reclaimed the power on purpose, to save a dying Kiana.

Which Honkai Impact 3rd heroine was raised as a child soldier and trained as an assassin?

Bronya Zaychik lost her family in the Second Eruption and first entered the Valkyrie academy as an infiltrator, sent by her adoptive mother Cocolia.

Which Honkai Impact 3rd character founded St. Freya High School and serves as its principal?

Theresa later takes charge of Schicksal itself; she was cloned from the genes of a medieval Valkyrie, yet she rejects the scheme behind her own creation.

Which World Serpent leader names himself humanity's ultimate trial at the climax of Honkai Impact 3rd?

Kevin, the very first Kaslana, survived from the Previous Era and once led the Flame-Chasers; his plan would have sacrificed most of humanity so that a few could evolve.

Which founder of the Flame-Chasers in Honkai Impact 3rd was born as the very first Herrscher?

Elysia gave her life so that later Herrschers could keep their humanity, and her love for humankind earned her the title Herrscher of Human.

Which equippable items in Honkai Impact 3rd are depicted as characters and boost attack or health?

Stigmata can be worn three at a time, and equipping a matching set of two or three unlocks extra bonuses.

What name does Honkai Impact 3rd give its gacha system, the main source of new Valkyries and weapons?

Supply banners come with safety nets: the first one a new player unlocks guarantees an A-rank battlesuit within every 10 drops.

Which premium currency sits beside Gold as one of the two main currencies in Honkai Impact 3rd?

Crystals are earned through story progress, missions and daily tasks, and they are the one currency of the pair that can also be bought with real money.

Which rank gives its name to the level that tracks a player's overall progress in Honkai Impact 3rd?

Captain Level rises through story progress and daily activities, and players themselves are addressed by the same title.

Which type completes Honkai Impact 3rd's combat triangle alongside Biologic and Psychic?

Mecha counters Biologic, Biologic counters Psychic and Psychic counters Mecha; these three were the only types when the game launched.

Under which Singapore-based brand, launched in 2022, is Honkai Impact 3rd's global version published?

HoYoverse is the trading name of Cognosphere, a company set up in 2021; inside mainland China the developer still publishes the game under its own name.

After defeating World Serpent's leader in Honkai Impact 3rd, Kiana becomes the Herrscher of what?

Finality is the title Kiana takes once the Cocoon of Finality, the entity tied to the Honkai's cycles of destruction, recognizes her after the battle is won.

Which Honkai Impact 3rd villain ruled Schicksal for roughly 500 years by hopping between bodies?

Otto Apocalypse did it all for one goal, reviving a childhood friend lost centuries earlier, and he finally succeeds at the cost of his own life.

Which medieval Honkai Impact 3rd Valkyrie was executed after defying Schicksal over her bond with Yae Sakura?

Kallen is remembered as the most legendary Valkyrie in Schicksal's history, and her death set a grieving friend on a centuries-long quest to bring her back.

Which Honkai Impact 3rd survivor of the Previous Era was deified as a legendary sage in Shenzhou?

Fu Hua spent millennia guarding humanity after guiding survivors into the Current Era, and her body was later seized for a time by the newborn Herrscher of Sentience.

Which Honkai Impact 3rd character, hailed as the strongest Valkyrie, turns out to be the original Kiana?

Durandal now goes by the name Bianka Ataegina and leads her own visual novel spin-off, while the Kiana players control is a clone designated K423.

Which Honkai Impact 3rd character, raised in Cocolia's orphanage, shares her body with a second persona?

Seele Vollerei is the lost friend one of the game's three leads hoped to save when she first infiltrated the Valkyrie academy.

Which head of Anti-Entropy in Honkai Impact 3rd later crosses over into Honkai: Star Rail?

Welt Yang inherited both his name and his Herrscher core from the first Herrscher of Reason, and a spin-off comic carries the very same man into the later game.

Which Mondstadt investigator from the Adventurers' Guild joined Honkai Impact 3rd as a playable guest?

Fischl brought a new weapon type, the bow, into the game, and unlike the earlier Evangelion guest she could still be obtained after her event ended.

What does Honkai Impact 3rd call its player guilds, each of which upgrades a shared ship?

Armada members build up a shared currency called Fame by playing battle stages, and it pays to raise the group's ship to the next tier.

Which flying battleship in Honkai Impact 3rd shares its name with a Titan of Greek myth?

Hyperion is commanded by the leader of Schicksal's Squad V, and it lends its name to Ai Hyperion Λ, the guide character who bridges the game world and its players.

Which Belarusian test subject of Schicksal became the Herrscher of the Void in Honkai Impact 3rd?

Sirin was defeated in the Second Eruption of 2000, but her lingering malice later resurfaces through Kiana and drives a fresh crisis.

Which Japanese actress voices Raiden Mei in Honkai Impact 3rd and the lookalike Raiden Shogun of Inazuma?

Miyuki Sawashiro voices both: the Shogun mirrors Mei in looks but has a very different personality. Anime fans also know her as Kurapika in Hunter × Hunter.

In Honkai Impact 3rd lore, which cosmic structure holds the stable worlds of the Honkai universe?

Imaginary Tree worlds keep a linear history; a world that fails drops off into the Sea of Quanta and lingers as a fragmentary bubble universe.

Which Previous Era creations in Honkai Impact 3rd were crafted from the cores of Herrschers?

Divine Keys let a wielder tap a portion of a Herrscher's power, so the Honkai's own strength could be turned against it.

In which city did Raiden Mei's first Herrscher awakening take place in Honkai Impact 3rd?

Nagazora is where the story's three leads were rescued together before they enrolled as Valkyrie students, and where the mercenary Raven later runs an orphanage called the Roost.

What title does the leader of Schicksal, Honkai Impact 3rd's oldest anti-Honkai organization, hold?

Overseer has usually been a member of the family that founded Schicksal, which began in medieval Europe as a religious organization.

Which insect names the Previous Era's global anti-Honkai organization in Honkai Impact 3rd?

Moth comes from the group's full name, The Moth Who Chases the Flames, and the letters also stand for Myrmidons of Taskforce Honkai.

Which weapon type does Kiana wield in Honkai Impact 3rd, starting with her White Comet battlesuit?

Pistols come with White Comet, the first battlesuit every player receives, which is built around slow but heavy combo attacks.

Which Flame-Chaser in Honkai Impact 3rd is a painter who expresses herself through colours and art?

Griseo is ranked eleventh of the group and codenamed Stars; her fellow Flame-Chaser Eden, by contrast, was a famous singer who lived in luxury.

What is the theme of the non-canon Honkai Impact 3rd spin-off that ran for 19 short episodes in 2020?

Cooking is the hook of Cooking with Valkyries, a slice-of-life series released in Mandarin on bilibili and in a Japanese-language broadcast version.

Honkai Impact 3rd is the spiritual successor to which earlier mobile game, also known as Houkai Gakuen 2?

Guns Girl Z was the studio's first commercial success, and the 3D follow-up reused many of its characters in a separate story.

Which Flame-Chaser in Honkai Impact 3rd can split her mind into eight distinct personas?

Vill-V ranks fifth among the Flame-Chasers under the codename Helix, and her separate personas let her take on a whole range of roles.

Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2, the 2024 expansion, shifted the game from mission-based stages to what?

A limited open world arrived on leap day, 29 February 2024, along with new characters, a reworked interface and an updated engine.

Which Japanese actress, nicknamed the Queen of Tsundere by fans, voices Kiana in Honkai Impact 3rd?

Rie Kugimiya earned the nickname through roles such as Taiga in Toradora and Louise in The Familiar of Zero, and she also voices Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist.

What are the autonomous helpers that fight beside Valkyries in Honkai Impact 3rd called?

ELFs stands for Equipment: Living Form, and the helpers starred in their own ten-episode animated spin-off, ELF Academy, in 2021.

Which weekly Honkai Impact 3rd mode pits players against recreated bosses from earlier encounters?

Memorial Arena rebuilds past bosses from data on a virtual battlefield, and it runs on a weekly cycle from Tuesday to Monday.

What term does Honkai Impact 3rd use for the concept-based power that each Herrscher commands?

Authority is a gift of the Honkai itself, and the arrival of a new Herrscher wielding one can set off a disaster known as an Eruption.

Which Masked Fools member from Honkai: Star Rail recruits Vita during a Honkai Impact 3rd crossover?

Sparkle belongs to a troupe that roams the cosmos causing chaos for fun, and by the end of the event Vita accepts her invitation to join it.

Which zombie anime inspired Zombiegal Kawaii, the first Honkai game and a forerunner of Honkai Impact 3rd?

Highschool of the Dead and the side-scrolling shooter Zombie Town shaped the 2012 debut, whose zombie outbreak was called the Houkai, the word that became the series name.

Honkai Impact 3rd began on mobile before an official version reached which platform in late 2019?

Windows PC players got an official client on 26 December 2019, more than three years after the original mobile release.