HoYoverse promises Honkai Star Rail character reworks for Kafka and some old fan favorites in version 3.4

A set of Honkai Star Rail character reworks designed to convey widespread, once-powerful characters again to some form of relevance is coming in HSR 3.4, HoYoverse introduced throughout the RPG’s newest livestream. Kafka, Silver Wolf, Blade, and Jingliu will get some form of overhaul in response to fan requests that these particular characters be revamped, HoYoverse mentioned, however the studio held again on what these modifications may encompass.

Assuming the sport’s replace schedule stays uninterrupted, HSR 3.4 ought to go reside in early July 2025.

Every of the 4 had been thought of among the many greatest characters in Honkai Star Rail once they debuted within the recreation throughout 2023, and Kafka discovered new relevance in 2024 when Acheron swept into the sport. Nevertheless, their injury output and crew compositions have pale over time. Jingliu requires heavy funding and nonetheless dishes out much less injury than others in her class; Kafka hasn’t had any new damage-over-time characters to work with in months, and up to date addition Mydei is actually Blade 2.0.

Outdated characters fading into irrelevance, colloquially known as “powercreep,” is nothing new for gacha video games like Honkai Star Rail, although HoYoverse’s trendy video games usually do not see their characters lose relevance so shortly. A few of Genshin Impact‘s excessive performers from the sport’s first few years nonetheless rank excessive on widespread tier lists and might see gamers by endgame challenges with out difficulty. Then there’s Zenless Zone Zero, the place it is possible to sort out bosses and different powerful opponents utilizing the identical three, free characters you begin the sport with. Whereas each video games have modified, they have not left their characters behind.

It appears unlikely that HoYoverse has comparable plans for different characters, although. Time has left Bailu, Yanqing, Natasha, Hook, and Welt within the mud, so to talk, and there isn’t any suggestion that’ll change anytime quickly.

Talking of older characters, you will have an opportunity to choose one of two free 5-star characters as soon as model 3.2 goes reside, both Ruan Mei or Luocha.