What is the current and next Honkai Star Rail banner? If you’re looking to acquire the best five-star characters for your team, then wishing on banners is your best bet. Banners rotate on a regular basis, so it can be difficult to decide whether to go all-in on the current banner or wait for the next one. Our banner schedule includes everyone you can pull during the 1.5 update, as well as a list of upcoming characters that are set to appear in later updates.
The Honkai Star Rail banner system almost entirely relies upon the luck of the draw, where you can trade in your hard-earned Star Rail passes for the opportunity to pull the best Honkai Star Rail characters. If you’re new to HoYoverse’s gacha-driven free PC games, our crash course to Honkai Star Rail Warps is invaluable for understanding banners and how they work, as well as the latest Honkai Star Rail codes to redeem currency. Now that we’ve got you up to speed, here’s the lowdown for the current and next banner in Honkai Star Rail updates.
The next Honkai Star Rail banners
The next Honkai Star Rail banner is ‘Thorns of Scented Crown’, featuring the debut of five-star character Argenti (Erudition, Physical). This banner is accompanied by a rerun of five-star character Silver Wolf’s banner, ‘Contract Zero’. Both banners run from Wednesday, December 27 to Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
Both banners also includes increased drop rates for four-star characters Hanya (Harmony, Physical), Lynx (Abundance, Quantum), and Asta (Harmony, Fire).
Upcoming Honkai Star Rail banners
Here are all of the characters expected to appear in upcoming Honkai Star Rail banners:
- Argenti (five-star character – Physical, Erudition)
- Hanya (four-star character – Physical, Harmony)
- Dr. Ratio (five-star character – Imaginary, The Hunt)
- Ruan Mei (five-star character – Ice, Harmony)
- Screwllum (four-star character – Imaginary, Erudition)
- Xueyi (four-star character – Quantum, Destruction)
- Black Swan (five-star character – Wind, Nihility)
- Acheron (five-star character – Lightning, The Hunt)
- Aventurine (five-star character – Imaginary, Preservation)
- Hanabi (five-star character – Quantum, Harmony)
Honkai Star Rail 1.6 banners
The Honkai Star Rail banners for the 1.6 update are likely to feature five-star characters Ruan Mei (Harmony, Ice) and Dr. Ratio (Hunt, Imaginary).
Four-star character Xueyi (Destruction, Quantum) is also set to make her debut according to Hoyoverse’s drip marketing. We’ll be sure to update this guide with any further announcements.
Current Honkai Star Rail event banner
The current Honkai Star Rail banner is ‘Bloom in Gloom’ featuring the five-star character Huohuo (Harmony, Wind). This banner runs from Wednesday, November 15 to Tuesday, December 26, 2023.
Huohuo’s banner appears in the first phase of the Honkai Star Rail 1.5 update, and includes increased drop rates for four-star characters Dan Heng (Hunt, Wind), Arlan (Destruction, Lightning), and Serval (Erudition, Lightning).
Current Honkai Star Rail Light Cone banner
The current Honkai Star Rail Light Cone banner is ‘Brilliant Fixation’, which includes Huohuo’s five-star Light Cone, Night of Fright. Like the event banner, this Light Cone banner runs until Tuesday, December 26, 2023.
Huohuo’s Light Cone banner also includes increased drop rates for three additional four-star Light Cones: Shared Feeling, Trend of the Universal Market, and Subscribe for More!
Generally, two limited-time event banners run concurrently over the course of a single phase, featuring a limited five-star character and their signature Light Cone. Three other four-star characters and Light Cones appear alongside them, and all have an increased drop rate – effectively, if you were to pull a five-star or four-star on either of these banners, there’s a 50/50 chance that it’ll be one of the characters or Light Cones that feature on the banner itself.
Honkai Star Rail standard banner
The Honkai Star Rail standard banner is called ‘Stellar Warp’, and is a permanent fixture that offers the chance to pull from the standard pool of characters and Light Cones.
Unlike the event banner, the Honkai Star Rail standard banner only requires regular Star Rail passes, which are far more common than their special counterparts. While you can’t pull limited characters like Seele or Imbibitor Lunae from this banner, there are still a variety of highly coveted five-star characters that you’re in with a chance to win – be sure to check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list to discover the best of the bunch.
Now that you know the current and next banner in Honkai Star Rail, you should have no trouble divvying up your most valuable currencies to net your favorite characters. If you’re looking to replenish your currency in record time, be sure to brush up on our Honkai Star Rail Stellar Jade farming guide. We’ve also used our own experience in the anime game to design the best Honkai Star Rail builds for stand-out characters you can pull, including Bronya, Yanqing, Clara, and Bailu. Finally, our Honkai Star Rail review sheds some light on how we got on with HoYoverse’s interstellar adventure.