Update 2.2 in Honkai: StarRail — the last spring patch, within which the completion of the main storyline of Mastery is expected Penaconia and the transition to its epilogical part. In addition to missions, in the May version players will be able to enjoy new temporary events, as well as test themselves in battles with unique opponents.
The article collected all the information about the innovations of update 2.2 in HSR: the release date of the patch, the composition of the banners, the features of the new characters, the proposed events and the expansion of the territories of the planet of festivities.
Honkai: Star Rail 2.2 release date
The release of update 2.2 in HSR is scheduled for 8 May 2024 years. Two weeks before the named date, a broadcast dedicated to the new patch will be held on the official developer sites, and a couple of days before the release, a pre-download of the version will become available.
When will the developers stream on update 2.2?
Developer broadcast on update 2.2 will take place 26 April в 14: 30 mcc on official platforms dedicated to the game. As part of the stream, they will present all the innovations planned for the patch, and will also share three gift promotional codes for star jade and other useful materials.
What will be the banners
Thanks to official announcements, it became known which Penaconia heroes will appear as part of the limited “Event Jumps: Character” in the first and second half of the patch:
You shouldn't expect any new epic heroes. The reason is that during the Mastery mission “Klutzes Always Call Twice” the Pathfinder will receive the powers of the next Path, namely Harmony. As for the return of “old” characters, a rerun is planned Topaz and the Accountant (Hunt: Fire) and Fu Xuan (Conservation: Quantum).
The first phase
Period: May 8 – May 28, 2024 inclusive.
During the first half, the chance of dropping Robin (Harmony: Physical), as well as Topaz and Accountant (Hunting: Fire) increases. Together with them in the “Event Jump: Character” you will be able to knock out:
"Sparkling Fixation" and "Gone Memories" will be represented by the following weapon "cards":
- “Fleeting Night Lights” (5⭐, Harmony);
- "Anxiety and Bliss" (5⭐, Hunting);
- "Fencing" (4⭐, Hunting);
- "Boundless Dance" (4⭐, Oblivion);
- “Perfect Timing” (4⭐, Abundance).
The second phase
Period: May 29 – June 18, 2024 inclusive.
The second phase involves a high chance of dropping Boothill (Hunt: Physical) and Fu Xuan (Save: Quantum), as well as such epic heroes as:
“Event Jump: Light Cone”, in turn, will allow you to get:
- “Sailing to a Second Life” (5⭐, Hunting);
- "She closed her eyes" (5⭐, Save);
- "Rest of geniuses" (4⭐, Erudition);
- "Secret Oath" (4⭐, Destruction);
- "Landau's Choice" (4⭐, Save).
New characters
The update will release two new heroes at once - the Galaxy Ranger Boothilla and the famous Galovian singer Robins. You will be able to get to know each of the characters better as part of the event. "Talent Showcase", valid for all banners.
Completing test runs, in addition to a better understanding of the mechanics and abilities of the heroes, will additionally bring a small gift of 20 star jade, as well as useful resources for leveling up.
Zaryanka
Robin is a famous singer and one of the members of the most powerful faction of Penaconia called "Family". The girl not only communicates with honored guests arriving on the planet of festivities, but is also the main face of the Harmony Festival - the most important holiday of the entertainment planner.
Boothill
Boothill is a faction-owned cyborg cowboy. "Galaxy Rangers", which also includes Acheron. Any obscene language of a man is transformed into kind and sweet words, since an unknown person has changed his synthesis beacon. For some reason he hates "Interstellar World Corporation". Boothill's visit to Penaconia is due to the fact that he wants to attract the attention of KMM and, possibly, take revenge on her.
New Light Cones
The release of new legendary heroes also involves the addition of 5⭐ to the list, as well as epic weapon “cards”:
- "Fleeting Night Lights" (Harmony, 5⭐) - Robin's signature weapon. Each time an ally makes an attack, the wearer gains 1 charge of Chant (max level 5). Each level of "Chant" increases the character's energy recovery by 3-5%. The use of a superpower by the bearer removes all levels of “Chant” and enters the “Cadence” state for 1 turn. "Cadence" increases the attack power of the carrier hero by 48-80% and damage caused by allies to 24-40%.
- "Sailing to a Second Life" (Hunting, 5⭐) - Boothill's signature weapon "card". Increases the owner's penetration effect by 60-100%, damage caused by breaking a vulnerability is ignored 20-32% target protection. After performing an attack on the selected enemy, the damage received by it increases by 1-1.6%. The Debuff can stack up to 6 times and is only applied to the last target attacked by the wearer.
- "For Thomaorrow's Journey" (Harmony, 4⭐) is a free light cone given as a reward for participating in the main event of the update “Chasik: Memoirs of Sweet Dreams.” Increases the wearer's attack power by 16-32%. After using a superpower, the owner's damage is increased by an additional 18-30% for 1 turn.
- "Boundless Dance" (Nothingness, 4⭐) is a new epic light cone that will become available to obtain in the first half of the patch. Increases crit. carrier's chance of 8-16%, and also gives the owner the ability to apply 24-48% more crit damage to enemies with reduced defense or the “Slowed” status.
New events
During the May patch “If you awaken, weep!” players will be able to take part in several game events, which will include both new events and reruns of already familiar ones. Completing them will allow you to win many valuable rewards: star jade, self-modeling resin, various upgrade materials, as well as other unique gifts.
Comet Gift
A standard event in which you can get 10 Special Star Passes for a seven-day login to the game.
An hour: Memoirs of sweet dreams
The main event of version 2.2, which will allow the Pioneer to participate in the filming of a film about Chasik. Complete certain objectives, as well as the adventure mission related to "An Hour: A Memoir of Sweet Dreams" to receive the Epic Rarity Light Cone "For Thomaorrow's Journey". Increase your event completion progress to earn overlay materials, as well as other resources - Fate Imprints, Self-Modeling Resin, Star Jades, new text message background.
The Legend of the Cosmic Baseball Player
A standard combat event, offering you to fight against dangerous opponents and test a number of trial legendary and epic heroes. The main reward is another self-modeling resin, which is an extremely rare resource. In addition, the list of prizes includes fragments of relics.
All about Boothill...
An intermediate event that will be simple and easy. The Pathfinder's main task is to complete daily tasks, and in return receive star jades, which are so necessary for purchasing Special Star Passes in the Pom-Pom in-game store.
planar split
During the event, earn double rewards for Virtual Universe immersive devices.
Garden of Sets
During the event, players can earn double rewards by completing the Sepal (Crimson) and Sepal (Gold) challenges.
New Exploration Missions
As part of the May version, a number of missions will be released that will be the final ones in the history of the planet of festivities. Narration of a new chain presented by a task "Klutzes always call twice", will focus on history Sunday и Robins. Some of the story missions can be completed from the perspective of the singer herself, as well as a cyborg cowboy Boothilla, who arrived in Penaconia following his colleague Acheron.
"Star Express" will reveal the secret of the "otherworldly" Penaconia, where those who die a violent death end up. Probably, the Nameless team will see with their own eyes how the Dream World is destroyed from the mistakes made Family, and the "harvest" begun Jasper и Topaz in retaliation for the loss Aventurina.
Expansion of Penaconia locations
With the release of missions and a weekly boss, Penaconia will be replenished three new locations, connected with the “otherworldly” part of the planet, the existence of which is carefully hidden by the Family. One of the places will become the site of the battle with the final boss - a giant mechanism, the emanator of Harmony. The second will turn out to be another amusemyont park with a stage for filming a talk show, and the last will be a collapsing border between the World of Dreams and reality. The names of the territories are as follows:
- Dream stream reef.
- Selection for the holiday “Delights”.
- Great Theater of Penaconia.
In total, in all three locations, players will be able to collect about 80 chests, which include both the treasuries themselves and space piggy banksand royal sideburns.
New enemies and bosses
With the advent of a large number of new locations and activities, the ranks of opponents on Penaconia will be replenished with many creatures with unusual abilities, as well as a final boss, the battle with which will complete the storyline of the planet.
New weekly boss
Sunday, one of the Family members, will become a new weekly boss, referred to as "Chorus of Balance" Septimius the Great. The battle with a man in the form of a giant mechanism powered by the energy of Harmony and the power of Spike will take place for the first time during the plot of the Conquest missions, after which the dungeon from the “Echoes of War” section will appear on the game map.
Ordinary opponents
Among elite opponents a new group will appear, similar in design to the weekly boss. Their feature will be a multi-layered vulnerability scale. To break through it, you will need to spend more effort and character attacks. Regular enemies will be replenished with another member of the “Nightmariki” troupe - a gum machine, as well as another Meme of the memory zone.
New dungeons
From the information presented at the official broadcast of the developers, it became known about the expansion of such activities as Echo of War, “Stagnate Shadow” and “Sepal (Crimson).”
Expansion of Echoes of War activity
With the release of the new weekly boss, a dungeon will appear in the “Echoes of War” tab "Day of Mortal Dreams Courtesy", located on the territory of Penaconia. For completing this test, players will be able to receive advanced trail materials, which will be useful for upgrading Boothill.
With some chance, you can knock out relics from sets for defeating the boss "The Burning Duke" и "The Watchmaker of Sleepy Shenanigans". An even rarer loot item will be one of the light cones added to the Hall of Oblivion store assortment in update 2.0.
Expansion of the activity “Sepal (crimson)”
To upgrade Boothill's skills and new light cones of the Path of the Hunt, a new “Sepal (crimson)” will appear on the planet of festivities. For passing the test, materials from the category are issued "Meteor Bullet Series".
Expansion of the Stagnant Shadow activity
Among other things, there will be a dungeon that will allow you to obtain new exaltation material - “KMM work permit”.
Other innovations
In addition to major innovations, the developers are implementing a number of minor fixes and improvements:
- Pumping limit Chasik statues в Golden moment will increase to 50.
- It will be possible to mark heroes as “Favorites”, which will move them to the top of the list of available heroes and make it easier to find to form a squad.
- In activities "Hall of Oblivion" и "Pure fiction" It will be possible to see which units the players from your friends list completed the tests with.
- A new set of stickers with images of Acheron, Aventurine and Gallagher will appear in the game chat.
- As a reward for participating in one of the game's update events, a new design for messages in the game chat will be available.
- For purchasing an extended "Honor of the Nameless" In update 2.2, players will be able to receive exclusive profile avatars featuring Acheron and Boothill.
- "Pass to the Dream World" will be replenished with several more pages and a whole series of stickers, which you can collect in new locations.
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Guys, will there be a new virtual universe? It seemed like a week or two ago I read about it here, but now there’s nothing about it
The material was updated after the official broadcast by the developers. Slivers spoke about the mode for the Virtual Universe at the office. this was not confirmed on the stream. Currently, the article provides up-to-date information about patch 2.2.
Got it, thanks for the answer)
Yes, thank you, some of the text was not changed after the official announcements. Corrected.
Robin was Russified as Zaryanka. Tough, and who did it?
This is because robin is literally a robin (bird). There is a hidden meaning in her name; the song of the robin (or robin) is considered one of the most beautiful among birds. It’s better to express your dissatisfaction towards Sparkle/Hanabi, they really unjustifiably localized the name from Japanese to Russian.
I think it’s better to leave the names original. they didn’t translate the boothill and thank God, there would have been a rofl))
Pzhpzhvphazhpzha, really, if they transferred him
Yeah, but what does Japanese Hanabi have to do with it when the original is in Chinese
She is from a planet inspired by Japan, the language of the game and nothing to do with it
Yes, yes, nothing to do with it. By your logic, she should be read as Hanabi in Chinese, but somehow there is no such thing. And in English she is not Hanabi either.
So the English-speaking community of the game was upset that Hanabi was not left for her, but was transferred to Sparkle.
Imagine if your name was, for example, Slava, and people speaking English called you Glory xD The authenticity of the name is lost, that’s all the logic..
In Chinese she 花火 Hanabi.
https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Sparkle
isn't it huāhuo? in all languages, her name is related to sparks/fireworks: sparkle (Russian), spark (English, Spanish, French, Thai, Vietnamese, German, Indonesian, Portuguese), fireworks (Chinese) , fireworks (Japanese), sparkle (Korean)
This is already unlikely to be her real name, and so it could be in Japanese, and sparkle could very well be a pseudonym that needs translation. They're klutzes in masks, what did you expect?
Yessss. It's a shame that in the game Zaryanka's song sounds like auto-tune bullshit.
I’m also disappointed... “Zaryanka” would be appropriate as a translation in Belobog if the character was inspired by Slavic culture. It was a shame they didn't leave Robin behind.
sam and skrullum in one patch...hard.
The second one is 4*, so it’s ok
There are so many characters of harmony already... And all of them are good - Armor, Tingyun, Ruan Mei is generally imbecile, Sparkle. Now also Zaryanka. I don’t plan to spin it at all) But Firefly.. You can save up for this on your anniversary