Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.4 will finally introduce those Fate/stay night collab characters you’ve been hearing about

The large Honkai: Star Rail model 3.4 livestream befell earlier in the present day, proper on schedule. As with each main new iteration of the extremely widespread HoYoverse recreation, the principle factor individuals have been wanting ahead to has been, after all, the brand new characters. The livestream did, certainly, exhibit the brand new characters that might be arriving within the free-to-play RPG quickly.

The large information from this system is, after all, the approaching arrival of the Fate/stay night collab event. A collaboration between Honkai: Star Rail and genre-defining fantasy visible novel Destiny/keep night time was first introduced in August of final yr, similtaneously the latter acquired its long-overdue official English localisation and trendy remaster. It was obvious on the time that the Star Rail crossover was going to be within the oven for some time longer; and certainly, 10 months down the road, the wait is sort of over.

New characters launched in Model 3.4 will embody Destiny sequence favourites Saber (as a 5-Star Wind/Destruction character who’ll be receiving her personal banner within the gacha) and Archer (a 5-Star Quantum/Hunt character who might be claimable without cost by everybody who logs into HSR through the collaboration). Each are anticipated to be obtainable for longer than is common in HSR, with the collab confirmed as lasting from Model 3.4 proper by means of to the top of Model 3.6 (anticipated circa November of this yr).

Moreover, Phainon — who’s been a significant NPC since Model 3.0 launched early this yr and was the primary new character you met on Amphoreus — will lastly be added as a playable unit, an honour already granted to a number of of his fellow Chrysos Heirs over the previous few months. He’ll even be a 5-Star character, armed with a Bodily/Destruction equipment. For the reason that Destiny collab characters exist exterior of the same old banner cycle, all three new characters might be releasing in Part 1.

Not solely that, however the model will function a grand complete of six rerun banners, with Tribbie, Sunday, and Sparkle making a limited-time return to the gacha in Part 1, whereas Firefly, Jingliu, and Blade all return throughout Part 2. Which means the latter half of this replace might be a uncommon event when HSR receives no new characters, however contemplating how packed that line-up already is, I do not assume it is precisely honest to complain.

And final however not least, everybody’s favorite Stellaron Hunters are getting some love in V3.4, with enhancements coming to the battle mechanics and Eidolon results for Kafka, Silver Wolf, and Blade, in addition to a brand new various outfit for Firefly. Jingliu may even be getting a equipment enhancement of her personal, which hopefully does not imply this troubled Luofu loyalist is becoming a member of Elio’s morally-gray group of mercenaries now… though truly that may very well be moderately cool.

Honkai: Star Rail 3.4 is scheduled to go reside on July 2nd, with its changeover to the second banner part anticipated on July twenty third. You’ll be able to watch the entire particular program livestream on the VOD beneath:

Again in Might, Honkai: Star Rail’s model 3.3 replace introduced Hyacine to the game, and brought back The Herta for the first time as a part of its first part. The banner’s second part, alternatively, kicked off simply final week and introduced new character – Cipher – to the sport, alongside a number of returning favourites.

It additionally featured the controversial recasting of the English-language voice actors for the playable protagonists, the feminine and male Trailblazers (canonically named Stelle and Caelus). This adopted the actors’ participation in solidarity motion with SAG-AFTRA, who lately suspended their long-running online game voice actor strike after the association of a tentative settlement with a number of main studios. The standing of a number of different characters whose actors have been taking part within the motion — which incorporates two different major characters, Dan Heng and Himeko — stay unclear.