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One of the most anticipated characters inHonkai: Star Rail, Ruan Mei, is finally gracing the Interstellar World as a playable character in the Version 1.6 update. Before this update, she was only seen in a few dialogues of the Simulated Universe and also one of the strongest Occurrences you could get.
Ruan Mei is a five-star Ice character following the path of Harmony. The characters from this path have always been broken in the game’s combat, which is no different for Ruan Mei. If you’re planning to pull for here, here’s everything you’ll need to farm for her upgrades.

Ruan Mei Ascension Materials
You have to ascend every character quite a few timesif you want to reach the maximum level with them, and here are all the materials you’ll need to do this with Ruan Mei:
1

20
-
4,000
2
30
8,000
3
40
16,000
4
50
40,000
5
60
80,000
6
70
160,000
65x Gelid Chitin
308,000
The Immortal mob drops can be acquired by defeating various mara-struck enemies all across the Xianzhou Luofu. You can easily getenough to fully upgrade Ruan Mei by simply farming for a couple of days. Moreover, you can get five Gelid Chitin every time you fight the Shape of Icicle Stagnant Shadow.
Every Stagnant Shadow runrequires you to spend 30 Trailblaze Power.
The materials you see in the table above are the requirements for the character’s ascension. However, you’llstill need some Credits and EXP materials to level them up.
Ruan Mei Trace Materials
Now that you’ve acquired everything to upgrade Ruan Mei to the next level,the next step is to start farming for her traces. The materials you need for her Basic Attack trace are different from those required for her Skill, Ultimate, and Talent.
5,000
10,000
20,000
45,000
240,000
2,500
30,000
7
8
9
10
300,000
2x Tracks of Destiny
652,500 Credits
You’ll need the above materials for one of Ruan Mei’s traces, which means thatyou’ll need thrice the amount for all of them.
Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster is a boss drop that can be acquired from the Echo of War released in the Version 1.6 update. You canonly get a maximum of nine drops every week, but you need more than that if you want to upgrade her Bonus Abilities as well.