Honkai Star Rail Anomaly Arbitration: Unlock, Rewards

Anomaly Arbitration in Honkai: Star Rail requires Equilibrium Level 6 and maximum stars on the highest level of Memory of Chaos, Pure Fiction and Apocalyptic Shadow. Those clears can come from different versions. This guide explains the unlock chain, the three Knight stages and King in Check, reward types, and the Version 4.6 theme, Return to Roots.

Optional prerequisite service: the Challenges starting price of $5.29 applies to One challenge, not all three unlock records. All current challenges is listed at $19.39; choose the required scope in the configurator. This does not include Equilibrium progression or Anomaly Arbitration itself.

Anomaly Arbitration is a permanent, periodically refreshed high-difficulty mode introduced in Version 3.6. Its tab appears under Treasures Lightward in the Interastral Peace Guide. The official Anomaly Arbitration Gameplay Guide confirms three Knight stages and one King in Check stage per phase.

Teams, retries and the Plight shortcut

Use three separate teams for the Knight stages, in any order. The King stage allows any team. Clearing the Knights first weakens the King; alternatively, a direct win against King in Check on Plight difficulty grants three-star credit and all rewards for the Knight stages.

Plan equipment before starting: moving a Light Cone or Relic out of another team’s recorded clear can reset that team’s stage progress. Reorganizing a cleared Knight lineup also resets its current progress. Your best battle record survives a reset, but stars from separate attempts at the same Knight stage cannot be combined.

Before the King fight, choose an Arbitral Quadrant buff and read the enemy traits. Each combat has a cycle limit; reaching the unlock requirements does not guarantee a clear.

The Version 3.6 update post sets two requirements: Equilibrium Level ≥6 and maximum stars in the highest level of the three modes. Community wikis add the in-game chain: finish the Trailblaze Mission “Trial of Equilibrium: Part Six”, hold the full-star records, complete the Adventure Mission “Knot-Tier Saga”, then speak to the Voice of the Arbitrator. That is the Fandom wiki’s description, so treat the mission names as community-reported details; this guide does not claim an independently tested in-game walkthrough. Equilibrium Level and the Challenges clears are separate gates, and one does not raise the other.

You do not have to earn all three qualifying records in the same version. If one record is missing, you can attempt that mode’s currently open phase. Missing an expired phase does not, by itself, force a wait until another reset. Whether your roster can earn maximum stars under the current enemy lineup is a separate question.

Version 4.6 snapshot, checked 28 October 2026: the official update details give the following windows. All times are server time.

All three prerequisite modes have an open phase on 28 October. The first 4.6 Memory of Chaos phase lasts five weeks; do not assume every phase lasts six weeks. These are prerequisite-mode dates, not a separate Arbitration timetable.

How the rewards are awarded

Knight clears and star milestones are separate reward conditions. The official gameplay guide lists Lone Stardust and Self-Modeling Resin for Knight progress, and frames, Interference Keys and Self-Modeling Resin for King in Check star ratings. The frame can be used only during the current Anomaly Arbitration period.

The official 3.6 and 4.6 update posts and gameplay guide do not publish a numerical reward table. Check the current in-game reward screen before budgeting a full clear; older community totals should not be treated as a verified 4.6 payout.

Gift of Stardust shop

The 3.6 announcement listed the pet Complainer, the Pom-Pom outfit Sweet Dreams! Pajamas Set, the AwooAwoo and Fast Furynuts avatars, the Skypillar namecard and Tears of Dreams. This is the launch list; check current shop stock before spending Lone Stardust.

The four-stage structure and Plight shortcut are documented in the official gameplay guide. Exact current reward quantities and shop stock still need the current game screen. Trailblaze Level 65, the Knot-Tier Saga mission and the NPC location above are community-reported unlock details; they have not been tested in the game client for this article.

“Three full-star clears are the only requirement”

You also need Equilibrium Level 6. Community unlock instructions additionally point to Knot-Tier Saga.

“All three records must be from the same version”

HoYoverse explicitly allows clears from different versions.

“Plight is a fifth stage”

Each phase has three Knight stages and one King stage. Plight is a difficulty of King in Check, with a direct-clear shortcut for Knight rewards.

“The avatar frame is permanent”

The official guide limits its use to the current Anomaly Arbitration period.

“It is another Stellar Jade farm”

The official sources checked here list cosmetics and relic-related rewards, without listing Stellar Jade. Do not plan pulls around an assumed Arbitration Jade payout.

Sources and Verification

• HoYoverse Version 3.6 update: unlock requirements, records across versions, launch rewards and shop.
• Official Anomaly Arbitration Gameplay Guide: three Knights plus one King, Plight shortcut, team and equipment records, and frame expiry.
• HoYoverse Version 4.6 update: Return to Roots and the dated prerequisite-mode schedule.
• Community wiki: Trailblaze Level, mission names and NPC instructions, separately attributed and not independently tested in the game client.
• HoYoverse Help Center: Self-Modeling Resin in Customized Synthesis.

Checked 28 October 2026. No timed clear, current reward-screen capture or roster-specific team testing was performed. Simulated Universe is separate content and is not an Arbitration unlock requirement.