Somehow we’re halfway through Honkai: Star Rail’s Amphoreus storyline already, and Kafka and Silver Wolf are finally back, alongside the debuts of Hysilens and Cerydra

Over the weekend, HoYoverse delivered some huge information for Honkai: Star Rail enjoyers. The most recent particular program livestream spells all of the beans on the sport’s subsequent replace, model 3.5. Dubbed Earlier than Their Deaths, the replace kicks off the second half of the Amphoreus Journey story, and it goes dwell on August 13.

After all, it wouldn’t be an enormous new HSR replace with out new characters, and this one is additional particular.

Probably the most-anticipated facets of Honkai: Star Rail’s model 3.5 is the arrival of Hysilens and Cerydra as playable characters. The 2 gained’t be accessible without delay, and their launch will as a substitute happen over two phases.

Hysilens, a 5-star / Bodily / Nihility character goes first with the replace’s arrival. The second section kicks off on September 3, which is when Cerydra (5-star/ Wind / Concord) can be accessible.

Hysilens is an efficient complement to damage-over-time characters. The zone created by her Final multiplies the injury performed by DoT assaults from different characters. Cerydra, however, can buff her allies to spice up their assault energy and permit them to deal extra injury. This buff grows the upper her Navy Benefit goes up in fight.

Model 3.5 additionally brings again two 5-star characters and in style members of the Stellaron Hunter faction, Kafka, and Silver Wolf, who will each be accessible for a restricted time. Kafka can be a part of section one alongside Hysilens, whereas Silver Wolf will arrive with Cerydra within the second section.

The brand new story chapter continues from the place issues left off, with you tagging together with Cyrene as they enterprise again by time, and into one other cycle of Everlasting Recurrence. They discover themselves within the historical metropolis of Okhema, a time when it was dominated by Imperator Cerydra.

Past the narrative content material, there’s going to be a brand new map set in Styxia, the place you’ll have a battle in opposition to the shape-shifting Lygus. You possibly can rely on new occasions, too, such because the Chrysos Maze Grand Restaurant, which is a restaurant managing mini-game. There’s additionally Previous Brews & New Pals, which is a cocktail-mixing, bar-managing mini-game.

Lastly, model 3.5 is including an choice to toggle voice traces between the in-game dub and the unique licensed voices. That is solely accessible for collaboration characters, nevertheless, such because the presently ongoing Fate/stay night collaboration.