Vignettes in a Cup is the latest Honkai Star Rail event, and instead of battling the Dreamjolt Troupe, you’re tasked with serving them drinks and solving their emotional troubles. It’s a chill, laid-back event with a ton of free Stellar Jades to earn (plus a free 4-Star character).
Vignettes in a Cup Event Schedule
Vignettes in a Cup is now live in Honkai Star Rail and the event will last for 38 days, ending on Monday, May 6 at 3:59 AM server time. That’s when Honkai Star Rail Version 2.2 is slated to launch, so you have the entire patch cycle to complete this limited-time event. Vignettes in a Cup will be permanently available in Honkai Star Rail after it ends via the Conventional Memoir though, so you’ll still be able to experience it if you miss out (just without all the rewards).
How to Complete Morose Monsters in Honkai Star Rail
Morose Monsters is the main questline for the Vignettes in a Cup event, and it’s fairly straightforward. Just mix drinks according to the customers’ preferences — whether that be bitter, sweet, refreshing, or whatever request — and then help them solve their problems with a bubble puzzle or a battle here and there when the quest calls for it.
There are only two things to watch out for. During Morose Monsters (III), you’ll be asked to recall the drink that Siobhan “specially” prepared. The bottom layer is black, the middle layer is blue, and the top layer is white.
Lastly, you’ll have to make some choices in Morose Monsters (V). Here are the correct doors and answers for that quest.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| “It’s always a pleasure to spend time with friends. Are you willing to give us this life?” | Yes |
| “Losing your freedom and being at the mercy of others is painful. Do you want to escape that kind of life?” | Yes |
| “Do you want to leave Siobhan?” | No |
Other than some battles here and there, that’s all there is to the Morose Monsters questline. The real meat of the event comes from mixing drinks and discovering recipes, though, so that’s the next step.
All 12 Drink Recipe Deductions in Vignettes in a Cup
There are 12 drink recipes to discover by freely mixing ingredients at the Mixing Workbench during the Vignettes in a Cup event. By completing all recipe deduction puzzles, you’ll earn a ton of Stellar Jades, Credits, and enhancement materials. Here’s a handy chart that you can use to figure out how to mix these dozen drinks.
| Drink | Recipe |
|---|---|
| Sweetened Mood | Ice SoulGlad x2, Soothing Soda x1, Stir, Practioner Pepper x1, Origami Bird |
| Ice Palace | Practitioner Pepper x1, Ice SoulGlad x1, Stir, Ice SoulGlad x1, Soothing Soda x1, Origami Bird |
| Resplendent Rendevouz | Ice SoulGlad x2, Soothing Soda x1, Stir, Practitioner Pepper x1, Sliced Lemon |
| Glorious Hour | Dream Jam x2, Felblood Energy x1, Stir, Mint Leaf |
| Let’s Be Real | Redsunset Sauce x1, Dream Jam x1, Stir, Soothing Soda x2, Origami Bird |
| Wintry Garden | Redsunset Sauce x1, Ultimate Syrup x1, Stir, Ultimate Syrup x2, Puffergoat Milk x1, Hamster Ball Knight Card |
| Beautiful Enemy | Practitioner Pepper x1, Soothing Soda x1, Stir, Puffergoat Milk x1, Pepeshi Fluff Ball |
| Station of Freedom | Dream Jam x1, Felblood Energy x1, Stir, Ice SoulGlad x2, Intellitron Ornament |
| Emotional Indigo | Ultimate Syrup x1, Soothing Soda x1, Stir, Soothing Soda x1, Brother Hanu Card |
| Rose in Rain | Odd Concoction x2, Ultimate Syrup x1, Practitioner Pepper x1, Soothing Soda x1, Robin Card |
| Imagined Sunrise | Rejuvenating Soda Water x1, Odd Concoction x1, Stir, Dream Jam x1, Stellar Champagne x1, Hamster Ball Knight Card |
| Prolonged Past | Ice SoulGlad x1, Felblood Energy x1, Stir, Ice SoulGlad x1, Ultimate Syrup x1, Clockie Card |
All Vignettes in a Cup Rewards
Outside of the Stellar Jades, the main reward for completing Vignettes in a Cup is a free 4-Star character of your choosing. There are quite a few characters on the list this time, and you can even get the new 4-Star Fire healer Gallagher if you want him. Here are all eight choices on offer.
- Gallagher
- Misha
- Xueyi
- Hanya
- Guinaifen
- Luka
- Lynx
- Yukong
If you ask me, Gallagher is the way to go with this choice since he’s new and he’s got a surprisingly decent kit. He pairs incredibly well with Acheron and other Nihility characters that feed off debuffs and DoT effects, plus good Abundance characters are hard to come by if you’re F2P. Xueyi is another solid option if you need a Quantum character, and you can’t go wrong with Guinaifen either.
In total, you’ll get the following rewards by completing everything during the Vignettes in a Cup event.
- 1,320 Stellar Jades
- Monster Tavern Chat Box
- Track of Destiny
- Self-Modeling Resin
- 1,000 Trailblaze EXP
- 57 Traveler’s Guides
- 24 Adventurer’s Logs
- 33 Refined Aether
- 32 Condensed Aether
- 40 Lost Crystals
- 16 Lost Gold Fragments
- 1,150,000 Credits
That’s all there is to the Vignettes in a Cup event! Other events are going on in Honkai Star Rail to celebrate the game’s first anniversary too, so make sure to jump into the Cosmodyssey event to earn even more free Stellar Jades!
