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Honkai Star Rail Gallagher materials, kit, and Eidolons

Ascension and Trace materials for Gallagher.

Gallagher splash art on a dark galaxy background for Honkai Star Rail.
Image credit: Eurogamer/HoYoverse

Gallagher is a 4-Star Fire character of The Abundance path who debuted in Honkai: Star Rail during version 2.1.

While Gallagher is featured as one of the boosted 4-Star characters on Acheron and Luocha's Banners in version 2.1, he will eventually be added to the standard Banner in Honkai: Star Rail after 2.1, and also occasionally feature on future Banners as one of the boosted 4-Stars again.

If you want to prepare for if you Warp for him successfully, we've detailed Gallagher's Ascension materials and Trace materials so you can level him up to his full potential right away. To understand how you might play him, we've also detailed Gallagher's kit and Eidolons.

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Honkai Star Rail Gallagher kit

Gallagher is a 4-Star Fire character of The Abundance path who scales off attack and Break Effect and heals with his Skill, and by allies attacking enemies with his special Besotted state implanted in them. He also increases Break Effect, reduces enemes' attack, and takes an extra turn after using his Ultimate.

All of the percentages mentioned below are based on Level 1 Traces.

Here's a summary of Gallagher's kit in Honkai Star Rail:

  • Element: Fire.
  • Path: The Abundance.
  • Rarity: 4-Star.
  • Cropped Gallagher splash art for Honkai Star Rail.
    Image credit: HoYoverse
  • Normal Basic Attack: Corkage Fee - Deals Fire damage equal to 50% of Gallagher's attack to a single enemy.
  • Enhanced Basic Attack: Nectar Blitz - Gallagher deals Fire damage equal to 125% of his attack to a single enemy and reduces this enemy's attack by 10%, which lasts for two turns.
  • Skill: Special Brew - Gallagher immediately heals one ally for 200 HP.
  • Ultimate: Champagne Etiquette - Gallagher inflicts Besotted on all enemies, which lasts for two turns. At the same time, Gallagher deals Fire damage equal to 75% of his attack to all enemies, and enhances his next Basic Attack to Nectar Blitz.
  • Talent (passive ability): Tipsy Tussle - The Besotted state increases the Break Damage that targets receive by 6%, and every time a Besotted target is attacked by an ally, the attacker heals 80 HP.
  • Technique (overworld ability): Artisan Elixir - Gallagher immediately attacks the enemy and deals Fire damage equal to 50% of his attack to all enemies, inflicting Besotted on all enemies as well, lasting for two turns.
  • Bonus Trace 1: Novel Concoction - Increases Gallagher's Outgoing Healing by an amount equal to 50% of his Break Effect, up to a maximum increase of 75%.
  • Bonus Trace 2: Organic Yeast - Immediately advances Gallagher's Action Forward by 100% after he uses his Ultimate.
  • Bonus Trace 3: Bottoms Up - When Gallagher uses Nectar Blitz to attack enemies that are in the Besotted state, the HP Restore effect of his talent for this attack applies to other allies as well.

Honkai Star Rail Gallagher Ascension materials

Raging Heart material menu view for Honkai Star Rail.
Raging Heart. | Image credit: HoYoverse

You need to use Gallagher Ascension materials to upgrade stats like his health, attack, defence, and critical hit effectiveness.

You need to get a lot of Raging Heart and Dream-based materials for Gallagher to fully upgrade his capabilities. In total, the Gallagher Ascension Materials in Honkai: Star Rail are:

  • x12 Dream Collection Component
  • x13 Dream Flow Valve
  • x12 Dream Making Engine
  • x50 Raging Heart
  • 246,000 Credits

For more details, here's what Gallagher Ascension materials you need per level:

Gallagher Ascension level Gallagher Ascension materials Credit cost Reward
Level 20 x4 Dream Collection Component 3,200 x1 regular Star Rail Pass
Level 30 x8 Dream Collection Component 6,400 None
Level 40 x5 Dream Flow Valve, x2 Raging Heart 12,800 x1 regular Star Rail Pass
Level 50 x8 Dream Flow Valve, x5 Raging Heart 32,000 None
Level 60 x5 Dream Making Engine, x15 Raging Heart 64,000 x1 regular Star Pass
Level 70 x7 Dream Making Engine, x28 Raging Heart 128,000 None

Honkai Star Rail Gallagher Trace materials

Alien Tree Seed material menu view in Honkai Star Rail.
Alien Tree Seed. | Image credit: HoYoverse

Just like Ascension, to get the most out of using Gallagher you will have to level-up his attacks and passive abilities by using Trace materials, which vary from character-to-character.

For Gallagher, you need to use a lot of Alien Tree Seed and Dream-based materials to fully upgrade his capabilities.

In total, to upgrade all of his abilities, the Gallagher Trace Materials you need are:

  • x5 Tracks of Destiny
  • x12 Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
  • x12 Alien Tree Seed
  • x28 Dream Collection Component
  • x42 Dream Flow Valve
  • x42 Dream Making Engine
  • x54 Nourishing Honey
  • x105 Myriad Fruit
  • 2.4 million Credits

Version 2.2 with Robin and Boothill is nearly here! Meanwhile, in version 2.1 we have Aventurine and Jingliu running, so make sure to redeem those new codes for Stellar Jade if you want them or future characters - and check all characters out on our regularly updated tier list. For everything else, we have pages on the next Banner, Ministry of Education quiz answers, how to get more Star Rail Passes, and an English voice actors list.


Honkai Star Rail Gallagher Eidolons

By getting duplicates of Gallagher from Warping on Banners with him in it, you will receive his Eidolon. This material allows you to unlock Eidolon levels, with each upgrade either improving an existing attack or passive ability.

Official drip marketing for Gallagher in Honkai Star Rail.
Image credit: HoYoverse

Here are all of Gallagher's Eidolons in Honkai: Star Rail:

  • Salty Dog (E1): Gallagher regenerates 20 energy when he enters battle, and Effect Resistance increases by 50%.
  • Lion's Tail (E2): Gallagher's Skill removes one debuff from a target ally. Additionally, Effect Resistence is increased by 30% for two turns.
  • Corpse Reviver (E3): Increases the level of Gallagher's Skill by two with a maximum Upgrade Level of 15, and increases the level of his Basic Attack by one, with a maximum Upgrade Level of 10.
  • Last Word (E4): Increases turn duration for the Besotted state inflicted by Gallagher's Ultimate for one turn.
  • Death in the Afternoon (E5): Increases the level of Gallagher's Ultimate and Talent by two, with a maximum Upgrade Level of 15.
  • Blood and Sand (E6): Increases Gallagher's Break Effect by 20% and his Weakness Break Efficiency by 20%.

Good luck levelling up Gallagher in Honkai Star Rail!

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