August update 4.5 in Honkai: StarRail The event will take place at the Zvezdograd resort, where the Star Express crew will be able to relax after the tough battles on Two-Dimensional Space. To celebrate, the game will feature summer SP versions of singer Zaryanka and KMM top manager Aventurine, and the main event will be held in the form of an engaging activity themed around the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
It has been officially announced that the patch will last 33 day, therefore the duration of banner phases will be shortened, and the schedule of end-game activities will be adjusted.
Honkai: Star Rail 4.5 release date
The release of version 4.5 in XSR is scheduled for 26 August 2026 yearPre-loading will become available on all platforms two days before the release. This will allow you to install most of the new content in advance and update the game faster on Wednesday.
Codes from the developers stream
The official broadcast has taken place 14 August 2026 yearThey showed three on it. promo code, which in total will bring 300 star jades:
- 2TKRKAR6YG2X (Pumpkin) — ×100 Star Jade, ×50,000 Credits.
- YAJQ2TR6ZY2P (Pumpkin) — ×100 star jade, ×4 purified ether.
- LSJ9JARPZH33 (Pumpkin) - ×100 Star Jade, ×5 Traveler's Guide.
What will be the banners
The update is expected to release SP versions of two characters:
- Robin: Brightheart summons Summer Songbirds, advances the target ally's action, restores energy, and increases damage. Her primary mechanic is accumulating "Mood" levels. Reaching 12 allows allied attacks to ignore enemy defenses. She's a versatile character, but is most effective in Memory-based squads. Golden Weaver Aglaya, reaper Kastoria и "Mrs. March 7" Darkness.
- Aventurine: Priboy acts as the core of the squad, relying heavily on her allies. During battle, she accumulates "Humor" and "Fury" to enhance her personal abilities, while also extending the duration of "True Hit." She thrives in teams with active fighters thanks to the bonus attack mechanic, and can also be used in Joy groups.
Information about other legendary heroes who will be rerun in the August patch was announced during the stream. Stay tuned. banner scheduleto stay updated on the lineups of future Event Jumps.
Phase One (August 26 – September 12)
With the launch of the version, Jumping events will begin Robins: Clearwings (Memory: Windy) и Hyacinths (Memory: Windy)Their signatures will appear in the weapons banner. "Rise and Sing" (Memory) and Long May Rainbows Adorn the Sky (Memory).
Second phase (September 12 – September 28)
The release will take place in the second half Aventurine: Priboy (Joy: Quantum) and rerun Eveila (Hunt: Electric)Their signals will appear in the parallel Jump. Summer in the Waves (Joy) and The Finale of a Lie (Hunting).
What content will be added?
In the new patch, the crew will make a hyperspace jump to Star City, where a racing tournament and festival will take place. The Nameless will get to know some of the representatives better. IPC and the Ten Stone Hearts, and will also be able to relax at a summer resort. The events in Ahatopia will also not be overlooked—a separate intermediate chapter and a series of collection achievements.
Plot
Chapter Continuation of Development "Through Hardship to the Stars: How to Get Rich from Scratch" will shed light on the behind-the-scenes intrigues PenaconyAs punishment, Aventurine must identify the traitor among the Ten Stone Hearts, and for now, his prime suspect is Sugilite. Robin, who has arrived at the resort as the head of the House, will search for the legacy of Gopher Tree.
Main Mission of Development "Bets in the City of a Thousand Stars" will be devoted to attempts to influence the Corporation's decisions regarding the crisis on Two-Dimensionality. While the Masked Fools and other Nameless are making every effort to evacuate the local residents, the Pathfinder, on behalf of Pearl will head to Zvezdograd.
KMM Zvezdograd Resort
Star City is the next stop on the Star Express, where the Nameless and their mentors can rest after a difficult battle against the Lord of Myriad Forms in the Void. Asata PramadaThe Star Trek map will be expanded with three new locations - Central district of Zvezdograd, Guiding Tower и Echo YardIn them, in addition to searching for chests, you can engage in passing Two-dimensional jumps и Two-dimensional rotation.
The area itself is designed in a resort style and is the headquarters of one of the departments. Interstellar World Corporations and is located in the Epsilon system.
light cones
They will add two epic "cards" and two signature ones for new characters.
- "Rise and Sing" (Memory, 5⭐) on HP - advances the owner's action and increases speed allies.
- Summer in the Waves (Joy, 5⭐) Critical Chance - Increases the wearer's speed and Joy stat.
- "Short Vacation" (Joy, 4⭐) — a banner weapon. Increases Joy and allows the character to ignore enemy defense.
- Race to the Horizon (Hunting, 4⭐) — a reward for the main event of this version. Grants a boost to attack power and increases critical damage when the hero uses a bonus attack.
Events in the version
The broadcast announced which temporary events will reward you with large amounts of Star Jades and Event Tickets:
- Traditional "The Comet's Gift" With a beach robin on the cover, log in for a total of seven days to earn 10 Event Jump Passes.
- Main event Transcendence: Interstellar Grand Prix — Take part in the races in Zvezdograd and top the rankings, becoming the "God of Traffic".
- Tiny Big Adventure — an arcade battle event with cards and buffs.
- Additionally, the update will feature repeating activities that give Pathfinders the opportunity to receive double drops of Cave Relics and Planar Jewelry. "Kingdom of Strangeness" и "Planar Schism".
Other innovations
The developers also announced minor improvements, upcoming collaborations, and highlighted updates to permanent modes:
- A function to speed up all dialogues will be added.
- "Diverging Universe" will receive an addition: they will add petitioner masks, curiosities, events and expand the levels of approximation.
- Due to the shortened duration of the patch "Forgotten Halls" will be reduced in version 4.6.
- A joint action was announced between Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai: Star Rail. It is scheduled for winter 2026.
- They'll add the "Oh, just look at this" Exploration outfit - a status emoji above the Explorer's head.
- On August 26, Zaryanka’s single “Only by Chasing the Wind” will be released.
- HoYoLab will now feature the ability to view your spin history.
Summer Patch Trailer "Bets in the City of a Thousand Stars":
Well... For me, this "filler patch" is a skip)
Well, I don't know, maybe it's just me, but it would be better if they just cancelled the 2D altogether. It turned out that they kept doing it, and then suddenly there was a scandal from Japan, and they started hastily reworking the entire 2D, removing as much emphasis as possible on Japanese design, they cut the plot and quickly finished it, they'll throw in an intermediate chapter just to roll out the Nigilux banner.
Was there a scandal on Japan's part? And where did the plot get cut? It was in two acts, Assat + the devourer.
By the way, the plot and biomes aren't written and created a month before release; they're ready and tested six months to a year in advance. And breaking them isn't difficult, especially when the game simply requires a reaction, rather than being tightly controlled. Hence Kuchiba, Japanese Toyotas, and mechatrons.
And how do you even imagine "cancelling" it? At least a quarter without updates, just limited to temporary events? The game would simply die in that time.
What do you mean, "where"? The same one where Evanesa's plot is completely absent, for example? The "phantasms" theme, referred to as "evil spirits" in 4.0, was simply buried? A trailer with a sausage instead of something important with the character? Who is this "master fox"? It doesn't matter anymore. Since 4.2, the patches have been crumpled and compressed to the limit. Why did they take a break in 3.8, hmm? For fun? A whole month of downtime without new characters just for fun? In the end, they cut the plot, changed its direction, and came up with one of the most shameful storylines. Do I even need to remind you that Nigiluxa was designed in the style of the manga artist, but there was zero manga in the plot, and now, according to leaks, her design will have a theme similar to the Queen of Hearts from Alice? Nothing was cut, nothing was changed, there were no scandals, yeah.
This also applies to Wolf's storyline. They glared at her on the stream and in the trailers, saying she'd finally use her cartridge because something truly important was about to happen, but in reality, she only pulled it out to show off to Asat (she didn't even know it was Asat yet), and ultimately didn't even participate in the battle against Zhelana. And when the disaster actually happened, she also didn't really do anything. They clearly didn't plan on making her a main pusher with her track record.
Well, because it wasn't planned as the main plot of the version; there was enough time to trim the plot, but not to write a new one. The absence of the story was compensated for by the advertising glaze.
Where did I write that "there were no scandals"? Letters form words and must be read in full.
The break was spent on something obvious. CHANGING, not cutting out. Changing the biggest and most prominent references, like the "Yokai" in the text and their models.
Need I remind you that Nigilyuksa is still the author of local manga, and the "rumors" about the design are just that, rumors, not evidence that the model is changing significantly. And even if so, what's the point? Don't you like the consequences of the scandal? Didn't you take enough downtime after the amphora? Or are we also pushing for cancellation?
If you don't like the consequences, you can discuss them with the Communist Party and their leader so that they don't go up the wall so much over words that aren't even actions.
"For CHANGE, not for cuttings"
Why are 4,0 and 4.1 longer than ANY subsequent patch? How did this happen? What kind of wondrous magic is this?
The manga, mind you, is black and white, as highlighted in her introduction as a participant in Fontana's games. And the comics in the game aren't hers. There were even some rooms stylized to resemble that in version 4.0, which never appeared anywhere else.
Because they will continue to produce the same amount of content.
Dude, if you decided to show off your understanding of the difference between manga/manhwa/comics, then I have to disappoint you, I’ve read all of this much more and I understand the difference.
In the fictional world of honkai, anything can be called manga, even the hieroglyphs on a toilet roll. Whether they were in black and white or colored in—I, and the vast majority of people, don't care.
And please, keep on pinning down every single word. Let me give you a term: "cherrypicking."
To clarify: time was spent editing/correcting/cutting content. Is that clearer?
And the main question: why are you telling me all this nonsense? I've been aware of the decline in content quality since the amphora. Or did you just think you noticed something and it's absolutely necessary to tell me about it?
All I see is a relentless wiggling of the ass, trying to justify the indefensible. You jump in with the retort, "Where did they cut anything?" They cite a specific patch with clear examples, but you haven't provided anything coherent. Did patches suddenly get shorter starting with 4.2, which is where the main push change occurred? Yes, they did, that's just a fact. It turns out you acknowledge the plot changes, but for some reason you've suddenly started trying to justify them by claiming that manga is still manga and nothing has changed, and that's how it was intended! You're a funny person. So, can we put two and two together and figure out what happens if a developer abruptly changes plans, changes character roles, changes marketing, and shifts plot points? A sausage ad will appear instead of the character, a planned concert will be cancelled, and the plot WILL HAVE to be changed and adjusted, which is why scissors were used, because simply repainting the trees wouldn't work. And naturally, all subsequent patches will suffer, due to a simple domino effect.
But why bother with the reasons? When you can simply declare, "It's bad and short because that's what happened!"
Justify what? Have you heard of a "straw man"?
Maybe I expressed myself incorrectly, but Dwemeria is still more rushed, faster, and feels like it's more than all the other planets. It feels like there were a lot of ideas, but at some point they decided to cut them out and glue together what was left. So, in the next patch, we're going to a resort, and then back to Dwemeria? I wonder how much time will be devoted to the awakening of Insatiability in the next patch if we ended the last one at the point where it kind of started to awaken for 5 minutes? Maybe 6, and then on to the resort, and not the implemented Nigilux, the incomprehensible gun in the form of Kutiba, and a bunch of other guns will they all cram into the final patch after the resort? Well, you can disagree, but even though I basically liked the stupidity of Dwemeria, I still think it was stupidly dumped and is now being finished in a hurry just to finish it faster and forget about it.
To be fair, the 4.4 trailer also featured a scene with the main character and Nigiluxa in a new resort location with TVs featuring Iskra making terrifying faces. The plot itself pushed the theme of Ahi's co-optation by Insatiability and the synthesis of the two paths. We also emphasized the involvement of Yashma, whose powers are also actually tied to Insatiability. The fact that Zaryanka will be digging under KMM was mentioned in the 4.0 teaser. In this regard, they are more or less consistent. But the plot is certainly clearly chopped and rewritten, but how far they've strayed from the original idea is anyone's guess, and it doesn't matter; the outcome is what matters.
How so? They start creating the planet and writing the plot at least a year before release. They wouldn't have time to create completely new models, write a new plot, and commission new promotional materials in just a couple of months.
Maybe I expressed myself incorrectly, but Dwemeria is still more rushed, faster, and feels like it's more than all the other planets. It feels like there were a lot of ideas, but at some point they decided to cut them out and glue together what was left. So, in the next patch, we're going to a resort, and then back to Dwemeria? I wonder how much time will be devoted to the awakening of Insatiability in the next patch if we ended the last one at the point where it kind of started to awaken for 5 minutes? Maybe 6, and then on to the resort, and not the implemented Nigilux, the incomprehensible gun in the form of Kutiba, and a bunch of other guns will they all cram into the final patch after the resort? Well, you can disagree, but even though I basically liked the stupidity of Dwemeria, I still think it was stupidly dumped and is now being finished in a hurry just to finish it faster and forget about it.
No, I agree that Two-Dimensional is crumpled and clearly cut, but what is, is. They wouldn't have had time to make a new planet anyway, that's a fact. And I think we'll spend a little more time in Two-Dimensional. It's not for nothing that they made two quests. One for Two-Dimensional, the other for Star City.
Let's see what the outcome will be. Maybe it will be such a great success that everything I wrote will simply be overshadowed by the epic nature of the ending.
I don't understand at all what they were cutting out there or what accents they cut out. Japan remains as it was. What a stupid scandal it turned out to be.
Someone wrote about yokai, but I'm a bit dubious. I think it's out of place, especially since the phantasms are almost the same thing. I'd like to understand what all the fuss is about, because it's just a bunch of words. Someone mentioned manga, but manga isn't anything super unique; the Chinese have been making their own for a while, and some of it is pretty good. So they were aggravated by something specific... I'd bet on something samurai-themed; it harks back to a historical legacy, which even China isn't particularly fond of. Most likely, even the edits were mostly minimal, like removing a word here, a model there, they just had to erase everything, and that's why it took so long. Correcting is sometimes harder than starting over. And if it was a samurai-themed story, then they probably cut out a couple of the historical-style locations.
The sea and the beach are great. The diving statistics are excellent.
But everything else is kind of pointless. From the worst planet to the worst organization, damn it...
Three locations? Wow. We'll see.
Well, here's another little patch regarding the Persians.
I should be happy, I got the e6s1 EVA, we're saving a lot of spins, and then we'll get (saving/abundance-joy), and support/sub_dd-joy). What's not so good, I just got the Liberator signature in this patch. I actually have a playable full memory (pink) and joy with EVA, just need to replace xoxo and gg, and that's good.
What's the point of all this nonsense above? Why? Who asked all this?