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Ever since the release ofHonkai: Star Rail, HoYoverse has made constant additions to Simulated Universe, sometimes in the form of new Worlds, while other times in the form of an entirely new game mode like the Swarm Disaster. However, nothing has been quite as big as the Divergent Universe released in the Version 2.3 update.
Apart from featuring a remarkably different play style, this mode also solves the issue of having to go through a 15-minute run just to get a few Planar Ornaments. However, if you want to beat this game mode, you’ll have to understand its mechanics.
How To Unlock Divergent Universe
If you want to take part in the Divergent Universe, there are essentially two requirements, but only one of them is necessary. The requirement that you absolutely have to fulfill is the one whereyou have to beat the third world of the Simulated Universeon any difficulty. This will unlock an event featuring the Divergent Universe.
However, this game mode is located at an area in Penacony thatonly unlocks during the Farewell, Penacony quest, which is the Prologue of the area. If you’re fairly new to the game, this can take you quite a while to reach. Thankfully, there’s a way for you to go around it using the Finality’s Vision mechanic.
This mechanic lets youskip all the pre-requisite questsfor specific game modes like Divergent Universe or Apocalyptic Shadow.
You also don’t get spoiled about a ton of things when you use this for Divergent Universe since the only thingyou’ll see is a small part of the areawhere the game mode is situated.
Divergent Universe General Walkthrough
As mentioned above, the Divergent Universe features theperfect blend of normal Simulated Universe and specific game modeslike Gold And Gears. If you’ve taken part in these game modes, the gameplay loop will feel similar. Much like the higher worlds of Simulated Universe, you have to beat 13 different rooms to get past one run in the Divergent Universe.
However, similar to Gold And Gears, you have to go through three planes, with thefirst and third plane being four floors and the middle one being five. At the end of each plane, which is on floors four, nine, and 13, you’ll have to fight and defeat a main boss to get to the next plane and continue the run.
In this mode, if you end up getting defeated or are about to get defeated in battle, you cansimply restart it from the main menu.
The game lets yourestart the battle as many times as you’d like, so you no longer have to close the game for it.
After defeating the first two bosses on the fourth and ninth floors,a mechanic called Excessive Conversion triggers. In this part of the battle, two Elite enemies spawn, and you’re able to get points of Conversion Data whenever you deal damage to them. You’ll get an extra chest after the battle for reaching 1,500, 4,000, and 10,000 Conversion Data respectively.
However, you canonly reach 10,000 points by defeating both enemies, and you have limited turns to do that. This is just a bonus battle, so your characters regenerate all their HP after it, and even if you get defeated in it, the game considers it a victory and you get to move forward in the run.
You can essentially consider the Excessive Conversion as areward battle for beating the bosswhere you have nothing to lose.
As you might notice, the game won’t ask you to select a specific path while entering the Divergent Universe. This system has been replaced by Equations, wheretwo paths can be combined to form a special effect(more on this below). Since the main system is replaced, you also get a new set of Blessings, Occurrence, Curios, and Weighted Curios in the Divergent Universe.
Weighted Curios are special Curios that give various buffsonly to the characters on specific paths and combat typesmentioned on the Curio.
Moreover, normal Curios are divided into various rarities in the Divergent Universe.
Some of them are the same as the Simulated Universe while others feature special effects involving the Equations. When you’re choosing blessings after a battle or an Occurrence in this game mode, you willsometimes see a special green-colored signwhen a blessing can contribute to your Equation.
Most of the rooms during a Divergent Universe run will be familiar, but some of them will have a little difference. For example, theOccurrence, Reward, and Encounter domains will now permanently feature two Occurrences, and you have to take both of them. Moreover, you may sometimes get three choices for the next room instead of the regular two.
You’ll also sometimes find Divergent Universe-exclusive domains like Wealth and Escapade. These rooms feature the Penacony gacha featurewhere you can try your luck at getting various rewardsusing Cosmic Fragments. The Wealth domain will also give you a bunch of Cosmic Fragments for free, and you can always ignore the gacha machines if you want.
You’ll also regularly encounter a new interactable NPC in the Divergent Universe called the Workbench of Creation. Using this, you canhave a chance to do three things:
You’d want to consume all four Heat for every Workbench of Creation that you encounter sincethis currency isn’t shared between them.
If you don’t enhance your Blessings with it, you’d essentially be wasting free upgrades.
Equations, Explained
If you want to have a chance at beating the different difficulties of the Divergent Universe, you’ll need to understand how Equations work. Essentially, instead of asking you to choose one path for the entire run, Equationslets you make a combination of multiple pathsby using small abilities from each of them.
Each Equation consists of two paths, and it requires acertain number of Blessings from both these paths to be activated. However, you may have multiple Equations in the same run, allowing you to create a unique effect for each one. You get to choose one Equation at the start of a normal run, while getting others as you progress.
In Divergent Universe, you have all the characters on your account available in each run, andyou can switch between them at any point.
This brings life to the Equation system. For example, if youstarted a run with Fireflythinking of making a Break-based run but end up getting Ultimate-based Equations,you can switch to an Acheron team at any point.
The game also upgrades all your characters and gives them recommended Relics and Light Coneswhen they’re not fully upgraded only for Divergent Universe. This makes it the perfect place to test out characters before you commit resources to upgrade them.
Ordinary And Cyclical Extrapolation, Explained
When you press the Start Game button in Divergent Extrapolation, you’re able to choose from two different modes:Ordinary and Cyclical Extrapolation. These are mostly the same with a few differences:
Ordinary Extrapolation
This is the main part of Divergent Universe as you have tobeat this at a certain difficulty to take partin the same difficultyof the Cyclical Extrapolation. However, the enemies and Equations in this mode are completely randomized.
Cyclical Extrapolation
This is a controlled version of Divergent Universe where you already learn the final boss from the beginning. You alsoget specific Equations to set you on a certain play stylefrom the start.
Cyclical Extrapolation gets reset every week with new enemies and play styles. You canget some extra Synchronicity Points(more on this below) by taking part in it every week.
When you’re entering Cyclical Extrapolation, it’s recommended to click on the enemyas you can see the recommended Weaknesses here. You can also check the initial Equations before entering the run, which gives you an idea of the team you’re supposed to use. For example, the first Cyclical Extrapolation was completely based on Break Effect due to Firefly’s release.
Inspiration Circuit Guide
If you’ve played the multiple Simulated Universe game modes, you’re probably already used to seeing anability tree that slowly gives you permanent booststo make these Roguelike modes a little easier. The Inspiration Circuit is the ability tree for Divergent Universe, and you may get Inspiration after finishing a run, which can be spent here.
The smaller nodes in the circuit give you variouspermanent boosts like ATK, Crit Rate, Crit DMG, Break Effect, and many more. On the other hand, the bigger nodes contain special abilities that can make your runs a lot easier, especially on higher difficulties.
Divergent Universe Rewards
Once you fully beat the Divergent Universe, you’re able to get a whopping 3,000 Stellar Jades among many other rewards. However, these rewards are divided into multiple mechanics:
Gallery Of Possibilities
Whenever you gain a new Occurrence, Blessing, Curio, Weighted Curio, or Equation, it gets tabulated here. You can claim Stellar Jadeswhen you have a certain number of any one of them.
During your run, you’ll see aspecial book icon on the top right of thesewhen you don’t have them documented yet.
Stable Computing Array
This area features a ton of tasks that you may finish toclaim Stellar Jades, Relic Fragments, Synchronicity Points, and many other EXP materials.
Synchronicity Level
You’ll gainSynchronicity points whenever you finish a run, take part in the Cyclical Extrapolation every week, or finish certain tasks in the Stable Computing Array. Getting a certain number of points will unlock rewards here.
Weekly Reset
The weekly reset from theSimulated Universe is also shared with the Divergent Universe, meaning you can easily get these rewards by taking part in this game mode as well.
After getting Herta: Collector’s Edition in Stable Computing Array or Road of the Mundanite in Synchronicity rewards, you’ll unlock the Probability Museumwhere you can put various items on display to get special buffsin the Divergent Universe.
Planar Ornament Extraction
Finally, the best feature in the Divergent Universe is the Planar Ornament Extraction, which you canfind on the bottom-left of your screen after clicking on Start Game. In this screen, you’ll see the final bosses of each Simulated Universe world along with the boss in the Divergent Universe with two Ornament sets.
Whenever you successfully beat a run in the Divergent Universe at any difficulty, you cansave every Equation, Blessing, and Curio you’ve acquired. These saves can be used in the Ornament Extraction to directly challenge the bosses and claim Planar Ornaments, reducing the time it takes by a lot.
