Honkai Star Rail model 2.1 “Into the Yawning Chasm” is almost right here, and there are a ton of occasions and quality-of-life adjustments coming to the sport very quickly. Should you’re enthusiastic about upcoming characters like Acheron and Aventurine, then there’s rather a lot to look ahead to on this replace.
Model 2.1 additionally marks the one-year anniversary of Honkai Star Rail, so there might be a ton of free rewards that may be earned by finishing particular anniversary actions. The anniversary rewards embody a bunch of free pulls, so make sure that to log in and take part within the festivities so you may attempt to pull one of many three new characters (or returning 5-stars) on this patch.
Honkai Star Rail Model 2.1 Launch Date
Honkai Star Rail model 2.1 will formally be launched on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Should you’re situated in the USA, you then’ll truly get to leap into the brand new replace round 8 PM PT/11 PM ET on Tuesday, March 26. Honkai Star Rail’s upkeep intervals often solely take a couple of hours, so the servers usually come again on-line earlier than the clock strikes midnight within the west.
As all the time, there might be a possibility to preload the patch earlier than it goes stay. The Honkai Star Rail launcher will notify you when the obtain turns into obtainable. On cell, you’ll want to go to the App Retailer or Play Retailer to start out downloading the replace. Should you’re on PlayStation, then the patch will mechanically begin to obtain when the preload interval begins.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Banner and Rerun Schedule
The primary section of Honkai Star Rail model 2.1 will characteristic the Phrases of Yore banner for Acheron, a brand new 5-star Lightning character on the Nihility Path. A Good Fixation banner may even be stay with Acheron’s signature Mild Cone “Alongside the Passing Shore.” Luocha’s banner might be getting a rerun alongside Acheron within the first section of model 2.1 as properly. The brand new 4-star Hearth Abundance character Gallagher may even debut on these banners. All of those banners might be obtainable from Wednesday, March 27 by means of Wednesday, April 17.
Within the second section of Honkai Star Rail model 2.1 starting on Wednesday, April 17, Acheron’s banner might be swapped out for Gilded Imprisonment that includes Aventurine. Aventurine is the sport’s first Imaginary Preservation character. His signature Mild Cone “Inherently Unjust Future” may even debut on the Good Fixation banner, and Jingliu might be getting a rerun banner alongside Aventurine. These banners will final from Wednesday, April 17 through the discharge of the following Honkai Star Rail replace on Wednesday, Could 8.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 Occasion Schedule
There are three main occasions going down throughout Honkai Star Rail model 2.1.
- Cosmodyssey
- Vignettes in a Cup
- Tides of Conflict: Untainted Childhood Reminiscences Passionate-Coronary heart Burning-Soul Final Assortment
As per normal, we’re getting one enjoyable occasion within the type of Vignettes in a Cup and a second combat-focused occasion within the type of Tides of Conflict. The Cosmodyssey occasion will have fun Honkai Star Rail’s first anniversary, so there are a ton of free rewards ready to be claimed.
Cosmodyssey Anniversary Occasion
The principle attraction of Honkai Star Rail model 2.1 is the Cosmodyssey occasion, which commemorates the sport’s one-year anniversary. This occasion enables you to play a board recreation with every day cube rolls that transfer you across the board to earn Trailblaze Funds which could be exchanged for rewards. The Cosmodyssey board additionally comprises a number of minigames and occasions to find, so make sure that to test in every day to see what occurs.
The Honkai Star Rail anniversary occasion may even dole out some free rewards only for logging in. A Festive Items occasion might be stay through the anniversary interval, granting you a complete of 20 Star Rail Particular Passes as a log-in bonus. On the sport’s anniversary on April 26, everybody may even get 1,600 Stellar Jades of their mailbox. That’s sufficient for a 10-pull!
On high of all that, the Oneiric Shard first-time top-up bonuses might be reset with the discharge of model 2.1. Plus, Trailblazers can take pleasure in triple Relic rewards from Caverns of Corrosion and triple Planar Decoration rewards from the Simulated Universe through the anniversary interval as properly.
Vignettes in a Cup Occasion
The subsequent main occasion going down throughout Honkai Star Rail model 2.1 is Vignettes in a Cup, which supplies you a free 4-star character. Throughout this occasion, you’ll combine drinks and earn income to obtain free rewards like Stellar Jades and enhancement supplies. Finally, you’ll be capable of select a free 4-star character from this checklist:
- Gallagher
- Misha
- Xueyi
- Hanya
- Guinaifen
- Luka
- Lynx
- Yukong
Tides of Conflict Occasion
The subsequent occasion (beginning later throughout model 2.1) is Tides of Conflict: Untainted Childhood Reminiscences Passionate-Coronary heart Burning-Soul Final Assortment. That’s a mouthful. This can be a fight occasion the place you battle by means of a collection of difficult fights with particular buffs and guidelines. It’s nothing that we haven’t seen earlier than.
New Options in Honkai Star Rail 2.1
Along with new Trailblaze Missions and a few small new spaces, Honkai Star Rail model 2.1 is including some much-appreciated quality-of-life adjustments and different new options. Firstly, World 9 of the Simulated Universe is opening up with new Planar Decoration units.
The primary is Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation and the second is Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm. The total results haven’t been revealed simply but, however we do know that Sigonia might be nice for DPS characters and Izumo Gensei will present bonuses to characters when their allies are on the identical Path as them.
New Ascension and Hint supplies are being launched in model 2.1 as properly, and these might be obtained from a brand new boss referred to as Ten Stonehearts: Aventurine of Stratagems. As you grind for brand spanking new supplies, Relics, and Planar Ornaments, you’ll be comfortable to know that model 2.1 can be rising the most relic stock capability to 2,000.
For lore nerds, there are new adjustments coming to Destiny’s Atlas that may present extra particulars on the storyline and world of Honkai Star Rail. You’ll be capable of see each character’s perspective at every stage of the story, and a brand new characteristic referred to as Destiny’s Ensemble will allow you to see the tales of characters that aren’t at the moment concerned with the primary Astral Categorical crew.
Lastly, there are some extra minor tweaks like the power to declare task rewards and instantly redeploy all of them with simply one button press as an alternative of a number of. New Dream Ticker puzzles and Dreamscape Cross pages are additionally being added for the brand new zones in model 2.1, and Hanu transformation puzzles will get a damaging new twist with the addition of a rocket launcher.
