Best Expansion Chips for Spirits in Honkai Star Rail

In Honkai: Star Rail expansion chips are equipment equipped on ethereal spirits as part of the event "Aether Wars". They allow you to give creatures unique abilities, significantly increasing their combat potential. Choosing the right chips can very well turn the tide of battle in your favor, so in this guide we'll tell you about the best chips for all spirits.

Best Ethereal Spirit Chips in Honkai: Star Rail

How to get expansion chips

You can obtain new expansion chips in several ways, namely:

• By completing Victory Zones during the quest chain "Interstellar Festival-Tournament". Be sure to fight with players to get new equipment.
• Participate in online matches. In addition to data for upgrading creatures, you will also receive new chips.
• Talk to Barry at the Old Proving Grounds after receiving two Mastery Badges to receive two chips from him.

How to choose expansion chips for ethereal spirits

Chips, like ethereal spirits, are divided into three main types: defense, support and attack. It would be logical to assume that attacking schemes are better suited for damage dealers, defensive ones for tanks, and supporting ones for supports. Use the filter in the chip selection menu to quickly find the options you need.

Note: Of course, you should also listen to the advice of the game itself, which highlights with the word “Recommended” those chips that are best suited for certain creatures.

At the same time, there is also a special type of chip that gives creatures unique abilities, for example, reducing the energy required to use an ult or giving an extra move. They can often significantly strengthen your overlord, so don't forget to use them.

Let’s add that with full pumping, you can only place two chips on ordinary spirits, three chips on overlords, and as many as four chips on a space piggy bank.

Another thing to keep in mind is that you'll be using different creatures in different battles, so don't be afraid to swap chips from a spirit you don't currently plan to use to an active fighter. Therefore, do not be surprised if you see in the table below that several ethereal spirits use the same set of chips.

Ethereal Spirit	Type	Chips
Fire from space	Inomorph	Panel System, Negative Load Algorithm and Fault.
Gunner of the Silvermanes	Anthropomorph	Morale Activation and Low Speed, High Load
Imaginary weaver	Inomorph	General Renewal and Shield Break (if enemies are using a shield; otherwise you can take Automatic Repair)
Silvermane Guardsman	Anthropomorph	Low Speed, High Load and Behind the Scenes Reinforcement
Lieutenant of the Silvermanes	Anthropomorph	Panel System, Firewall and Negative Load Algorithm
Glowing Dragon Fish	Mechomorph	Blocking Computations and Intercepting Attacks
Submissive lion dragon	Mechomorph	Activating Morale and Safe Mode
Timber wolf	Inomorph	Freeze Loophole and Faulty Suppression
	Mechomorph	Malfunction, Weather Loophole, and General Upgrade (or Filled Activation for Early Ultimate)
Invader	Inomorph	Productivity Allocation and Effective Overrun
Destroyer	Inomorph	Low speed, high load and Shield Break (if enemies are using a shield; otherwise you can take Automatic Repair or Emergency Overload)
Suppressor	Inomorph	Filled Activation (or Efficiency Optimization), Unexpected Interpolation, and Data Return (or Matrix Iteration)
Silvermane Guard Soldier	Anthropomorph	Safe Mode and Attack Interception
Spider Automaton	Mechomorph	Fault and Low Speed, High Load
Tramp	Anthropomorph	Morale Activation and Filled Activation
Frost Wanderer	Mechomorph	Efficiency Optimization, Unexpected Interpolation and General Update
Space piggy bank	Inomorph	Piggy Bank Patch, Deep Clean, Filled Activation and Emergency Overload
Shadow of Incineration	Inomorph	Firewall and Fault
Shadow of Everwinter	Inomorph	Firewall and Shield Break (if enemies use shield; otherwise you can take Filled Activation)

Again, we are talking about general recommendations, not strict rules. Much depends on the situation on the battlefield. For example, if you are fighting shield enemies, be sure to give one of your damage dealers Shield Break, even if it is not the recommended chip for it.