Honkai Star Rail Update Schedule: Patch Release Schedule

Patch release calendar for 2026 with up-to-date information.

Elfemoe

05.05.20267

The main characters of the game and other significant characters of the story

Update schedule in Honkai: StarRail will allow you to find out the approximate release dates of patches in the HSR, which will introduce new legendary and epic characters into the game, as well as additional content in the form of temporary and permanent events, locations, missions from various categories, including companion tasks. This information will help not only prepare for the appearance of new heroes, but also give a general idea of upcoming innovations.

This article provides a calendar of updates to XSR, as well as brief information about the content that will be added by the developers. The material will be regularly updated with relevant information. Add the page to "Bookmarks" to stay up to date.

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What is the current update in Honkai: Star Rail (current version)

Update 4.2 "And They All Laughed" has been released. April 22, 2026. Main events of the version:

Limited Legendary Edition Release - Silver Wolf Lv. 999 (Joy: Imaginary) и Evanessa (Joy: Physical), as well as the new version Pioneer (Joy: Electric).
Time jumps Dahlias (Non-existence: Fire), Kastoria (Memory: Quantum), Firefly (Destruction: Fire), Tribbie (Harmony: Quantum), Sunday (Harmony: Imaginary) и Feixiao (The Hunt: Wind).
New additions to the weapon list: "Welcome to Space City" (5⭐ Joy), "Until the Flowers Bloom" (5⭐ Joy), "Future Together" (4⭐ Joy).
New Chapter of Exploration Missions And everyone laughed..
Expanding the list of Two-Dimensional locations - City of the Sea и Marine TV Tower.
Main event of the version - "Space Signal Wanderings" и "The dice are rolled again, gang!".

Honkai: Star Rail patch release calendar in 2026

HSR update schedule follows a clear sequence, developers say release patches every 6 weeks, to please the audience with a new portion of content, as well as to open up additional opportunities for receiving star jade.

Version	Release date	Major innovations
4.3	03.06.2026	The list of Two-Dimensional locations has been expanded. New characters. New Exploration missions. New enemies and bosses.
4.4	15.07.2026	The list of Two-Dimensional locations has been expanded. New characters. New Exploration missions. New enemies and bosses.
4.5	26.08.2026	The list of Two-Dimensional locations has been expanded. New characters. New Exploration missions. New enemies and bosses.
4.6	07.10.2026	The list of Two-Dimensional locations has been expanded. New characters. New Exploration missions. New enemies and bosses.
4.7	18.11.2026	The list of Two-Dimensional locations has been expanded. New characters. New Exploration missions. New enemies and bosses.
4.8	30.12.2026	The list of locations on other planets has been expanded. New characters. New missions to continue the Exploration. New enemies and bosses.

There is a possibility that the version numbers and their estimated release dates will change due to technical difficulties or other reasons. In this case, the table will be updated to reflect the current information.

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Already released patches in XCP

The paragraphs below contain brief information about already released versions.

2026 updates

Version	Release date	Major innovations
4.0	13.02.2026	"Full Moon Without Akha": New characters: Yao Guang, Sparxie. New Light Cones: "When She Decided to See", "Enchanted by the Kingdom of Lights", "The Adventures of Mushrooms", "Auspicious Day", "Mockery", "Uncontrollable Tears". Reruns: Darkness and "Starlight in the Darkness", Gisilence and "Why the Ocean Sings", Black Swan and "Altered Memories", Keridra and "The Age of Golden Blood", Rappa and "Ninja Scroll: Chaos Purification", and Twilight and "Worldly Mischief". New Exploration Missions: Welcome to Utopia. New locations: Flat City, Tavern World's End, Pigeon Creek area, Academy of Grafia. New boss: @ShowIskraOfficial. Main event: "The dice are thrown! Gang!".
4.1	25.03.2026	"Dedicated to the Mad Dawn": New characters: Ashveil. New Light Cones: "Epilogue of a Lie", "Joy Overflowing with Blessing". Reruns: Hyacinth and "Let the Rainbow Shine Forever", Boothill and "Sailing Away to a Second Life". New Exploration Missions: "Dedicated to the Crazy Dawn". New locations: Cloud Island Station и The Pearl Shine Corporation building. New boss: Metal Mechatron: Queen Pom-Pom. Main event: Chronicles of the War of Ephemerals.

2025 updates

Version	Release date	Major innovations
3.0	15.01.25	"Paean of the Resurrection Earth": New characters: The Herta, Aglaea, The Trailblazer (Remembrance). New Light Cones: "Towards the Undeniable", "Time Woven into Gold", "Greetings from Geniuses", "Quick Victory", "More Sweat, Less Tears", "Burnt Shadows", "Image of the Past". Reruns: Jasper and "But Hope Is Priceless", Feixiao and "I'm Going Hunting", Lingsha and "Only the Fragrance Remains", Robin and "Fleeting Night Lights", Boothill and "Sailing Away to a Second Life", and Silver Wolf and "The Rain That Never Stops". New Exploration Missions: Heroic Saga of Flame-Chase. New locations: The Eternal Sacred City of Ojema, The Bloody Battlefield of Castrum Kremnos, "Strife Ruins" Castrum Kremmnos, The Pool of Fate of Janusopolis, The Vortex of Genesis. New boss: Nicador "Spear of Fury". Main event: "The Mysterious Hypogeum".
3.1	26.02.25	"The gates are open, a shadow has fallen on the throne": New characters: Tribbie (Harmony: Quantum), Mydei (Destruction: Imaginary). New Light Cones: "If Time Were a Flower", "Fire of Blood, Ignite My Path", "The Curtain of Memory Will Not Fall" Reruns: Yunli and "Dance at Sunset", Hoho and "Fright Night". New Exploration Missions: "The gates are open, a shadow has fallen on the throne". New locations: The Sanctuary of the Prophecies of Janusopolis, The muttering thickets of the Grove of Muses. New boss: Deep Dark Flame Thief. Main event: "Our au-u-tryad".
3.2	09.04.25	"Flowers among the quiet valleys": New characters: Castorice (Remembrance: Quantum), Anaxa (Erudition: Windy). New Light Cones: "Let the farewell be beautiful", "Life thrown into the flames", The Great Cosmic Enterprise. Reruns: Acheron and Along the Fading Shore, Jiaoqiu and Countless Spring Days, Fugue and Home at the End of the Long Road, Dr. Ratio and Baptism of Pure Thought. New Exploration Missions: "Flowers among the quiet valleys". New locations: "Dragonbone City" Styxia, Chamber of the Demigods: Dawn Peak. New boss: Soul Ferryman, Remains of the Fallen Dragon, Polydeuxia. Main event: "Seal Massacre".
3.3	21.05.25	"Falling on the Threshold of Dawn": New characters: Hyacine (Remembrance: Wind) и Cipher (Nihility: Quantum). New Light Cones: "Let the rainbow shine forever", "A lie flying in the wind". Reruns: The Great Hertha and “Towards the Undeniable”, Aglaya and “Time Woven into Gold”. New Exploration Missions: "Falling on the Threshold of Dawn". New locations: Celestial Castrum Circadian Eye, Floating Fortress of the Circadian Eye. New boss: Sublime, Radiant, Avatar of the Sky. Main event: "The Legend of Space Baseball: Demon Lord".
3.4	02.07.25	"For the sun will go out": New characters: Phainon (Destruction: Physical), Archer (Hunt: Quantum) и Saber (Destruction: Wind). New Light Cones: Thus Burns the Dawn, The Hell Where Ideals Burn, A Thankless Coronation, "Meeting at the End of the Road", "Adventures in the Bathhouse", "Wheat Dreams", "Blood of the Past", "Flowers Don't Forget", "Chasing the Wind", "Until the Day After Tomorrow Comes", "May Your Path Always Be Peaceful", "The Next Page of History". Reruns: Sunday and "Landed Flight", Tribby and "If Time Were a Flower", Sparkle and "Worldly Mischief", Firefly and "Where Dreams Return", Blade and "The Inaccessible Side", Jingliu and "From Now on I Will Be a Sword Myself". New Exploration Missions: "For the sun will go out". New locations: Aedes Elysiae. Main event: "Fate: Stay Night".
3.5	13.08.25	While the heroes live: New characters: Hysilens (Nihility: Physical), Cerydra (Harmony: Wind). New Light Cones: "Why does the ocean sing" (Non-existence), "The Age of Golden Blood" (Harmony) and "The Eternal Labyrinth Restaurant" (Harmony). Reruns: Kafka (Nihility: Lightning) and "You just have to wait," Silver Wolf (Nihility: Quantum) and "The Rain That Never Stops". New Exploration missions: "While heroes live". New locations: Warbling Shores Styxia. Main event: "Memorial Labyrinth Restaurant".
3.6	24.09.25	"Darkness has returned to the wasteland": New characters: Evernight (Remembrance: Ice), Dan Heng Liberator of the Wasteland (Save: Physical). New Light Cones: "Starlight in the Darkness" (Memory), "Let the Space Be Endless" (Preservation). Reruns: The Herta (Erudition: Ice) and "Towards the Undeniable" Anaxa (Erudition: Wind) and "Life Thrown into Flames." New Exploration missions: "Darkness has returned to the wasteland". New locations: The Shining Scar of the Grove of Muses и The Matrix: Tomb of the Nameless Titan. Main event: "Raising a Geosaurus Together".
3.7	05.11.25	"Become yesterday's tomorrow": New characters: Cyrene (Remembrance: Ice). New Light Cones: “Like this moment, love is eternal” (Memory). Reruns: Hyacine (Remembrance: Wind) and "Let the rainbow shine forever," Castorice (Remembrance: Quantum) and "May the farewell be beautiful," Tribbie (Harmony: Quantum) and "If Time Were a Flower" Phainon (Destruction: Physical) and "So the dawn burns" Cipher (Nihility: Quantum) and "Lies Flying in the Wind" Mydei (Destruction: Imaginary) and "Bloodfire, ignite my path." New Exploration missions: "Become yesterday's tomorrow". New locations: Ruins of Time Shores of Buried Memories и Echoes of the Nightmare of the Tomb of the Nameless Titan. Main event: Ready! Settle! Treats!.
3.8	17.12.25	"Memory is like an overture in dreams": New characters: The Dahlia (Nihility: Fire). New Light Cones: "Do not forget her flame" (Non-existence). Reruns: Firefly (Destruction: Fire), Fugue (Nihility: Fire), Lingsha (Abundance: Fire), Aglaea (Remembrance: Lightning), Sunday (Harmony: Imaginary). New Mission of Completion: "Memory is like an overture in dreams". New locations: Dreams of rotten oaks. Main event: "Golden Olympiad".

2024 updates

Version	Release date	Major innovations
2.0	06.02.24	“Like in a midnight dream”: New characters: Black Swan, Sparkle, Misha. New Light Cones: Reforged Remembrance, "Worldly Pranks", Indelible Promise, "What is reality?", "The Adventures of Gresaville", "The Only Winner", "Flames Afar", "Weaving the Threads of Fate", The Day The Cosmos Fell, It's Showtime!. Reruns: Dan Heng: Moon Eater and Brighter Than the Sun, and Jing Yuan and Until Dawn. New Exploration Missions: "The Sound and the Fury". New Companion Missions: "Waltz at the Masquerade" (task from Sparkle and Black Swan). New locations: Hotel "Dreams" (reality) и Hotel "Dreams" (World of Dreams), Golden moment, Baby's sleep, Dream Border. New boss: Stellaron Hunters: Sam и Memory zone meme “Something to die for”. Main event: "Brother Han's Escape".
2.1	27.03.24	"To the Abyss": New characters: Acheron, Aventurine, Gallagher. New Light Cones: Along the Passing Shore, Inherently Unjust Destiny, "Concert for two". Reruns: Locha and “Echo from the Coffin”, as well as Jingliu and “From now on, I myself will be a sword.” New Exploration Missions: "Cat Among Pigeons". New locations: Dewlight Pavilion и Theme park Studio "Clock". New boss: Ten Hearts of Stone: Aventurine of Cunning. Main event: "Stories at the Bottom of a Glass".
2.2	8.05.24	“When you wake up, cry!”: New characters: Robin, Boothill, Pioneer (Imaginary). New Light Cones: Flowing Nightglow, "Sailing to the Second Life", Boundless Choreo, "For Tomorrow's Journey". Reruns: Topaz and the Accountant and "Anxiety and Bliss" and Fu Xuan and "She Closed Her Eyes." New Exploration Missions: "In our time". New locations: Dream Stream Reef, Penacony Grand Theater, Selection site for scorched sands from Uslada. New boss: Great Septimius "Chorus of Balance". Main event: "Chasik: Memoirs of Sweet Dreams"
2.3	19.06.24	"Farewell Penaconia": New characters: Firefly, Jade. New Light Cones: “Where Dreams Return,” “But Hope Is Priceless,” and “After the Calm of Harmony.” Reruns: Ruan Mei and “Reflection of the Past Me”, as well as Argenti and “Stop, Just a Moment.” New Exploration Missions: "Farewell Penaconia". New locations: Radiant spar. New modes: "The Divergent Universe: The Comedy of Life" и "Apocalyptic Shadow". Main event: "Paper Duel".
2.4	31.07.24	"Duel under the azure sky": New characters: Yunli, Jiaoqiu, March 7 (Imaginary). New Light Cones: "Dance at Sunset", "Those Many Springs", "The Bloom of Youth". Reruns: Hoho and Fright Night, and Sparkle and Worldly Mischief. New Exploration Missions: Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue (I). New Companion Missions: “They will beat their swords into ploughshares”. New locations: House of Shackles. Main event: "Chronicles of the Making of a Master: The Saga of the Swordmasters".
2.5	10.09.24	"The Winged Beast and the Wolf Hunt": New characters: Feixiao, Lingsha, Moze. New Light Cones: "I'm going hunting", "Only the scent will remain", "Hidden in the night shadows". Reruns: Black Swan and Altered Memories, Kafka and Just Have to Wait, Robin and Fleeting Night Lights, Topaz and Anxiety and Bliss. New Exploration Missions: Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue (I). New locations: Sky Splitter. New boss: Shadow of Feixiao. Main event: "Star Martial Arts Ceremony".
2.6	23.10.24	"The History of the Troubles in Punyakonia": New characters: Rappa. New Light Cones: "Ninjutsu Inscription: Dazzling Evilbreaker", Ninja Record: Sound Hunt, "Montage of Dreams". Reruns: Moon Eater and "Brighter than the Sun", Acheron and "Along the Fading Shore", Aventurine and "Unfair Fate". New Exploration Missions: "Banana Mayhem: Battles Without Ninjas and Mercy". New locations: Origami Academy. Main event: "Music Hunt: Ninja Scroll".
2.7	04.12.24	"And on the eighth day he set out on his journey": New characters: Sunday, Fugue. New Light Cones: "Grounded Flight", "Home at the End of a Long Journey". Reruns: Jing Yuan and Before Dawn, Firefly and Where Dreams Return. New Exploration Missions: "And on the eighth day he set out on his journey.". New locations: Party Car and Sleeping Car. Main event: "Space Home Decor Ideas".

2023 updates

Version	Release date	Major innovations
1.0	26.04.23	The starting version of the game with the main locations in the form of the Hertha space station, Yarilo-VI and Lofu Xianzhou, as well as legendary characters Seele и Jing Yuan and light cones In the Night и Before Dawn.
1.1	07.06.23	"Galactic Journeys": New characters: Silver Wolf, Luocha и Yukong. New Light Cones: Incessant Rain, Before the Tutorial Mission Starts и Echoes of the Coffin. New Companion Missions: "The Spirit of Panklord" (quest of the Silver Wolf), Frosty Blade's Trial (Yanqing's task), A Knight Stranger (Lochi's task), "Like the morning dew" (Bailu's task). Main event: "Book of rarities of the Museum of Local Lore".
1.2	19.07.23	“And immortality is not eternal”: New characters: Blade, Kafka и Luka. New Light Cones: The Unreachable Side и Patience Is All You Need. New Exploration Missions: Topclouded Towerthrust. New Companion Missions: "Letter from a Stranger" (Kafka's task) and "I've already touched the sky" (Yukun task). New locations: "Alchemy Commission" and "Scaly Gorge" on Luofu Xianzhou. New boss: Phantylia, activity "Echoes of War: Seed of Immortality". New modes: World 7 of the Virtual Universe and the Memory of the "Legacy of the Rising Citadel" of the Hall of Oblivion. Main event: "Wonderful Tales".
1.3	30.08.23	“Reflection of ruins in the sky”: New characters: Dan Heng: Imbibitor Lunae, Fu Xuan и LYNX. New Light Cones: Brighter Than the Sun, She Already Shut Her Eyes и Solitary Healing . New Exploration Missions: "The clouds of fate are scattered, the banners are lowered". New Companion Missions: "Remember all" (task March 7), "Further than the Snowy Fields" (Lynx task), "The Dragon Returns Home" (quest from Dan Heng: Moon Eater) and "Mo Cuishle" (Luke's task). New locations: "Aurumaton Lane" on Luofu Xianzhou. New modes: "Virtual Universe: Invasion of the Swarm". Main event: "Aurum Alley's Hustle and Bustle".
1.4	11.10.23	"Awakening from Winter Sleep": New characters: Topaz and Numby, Jingliu и Guinaifen. New Light Cones: I Shall Be My Own Sword и Worrisome, Blissful. Reruns: Zele and "In the Night". New Exploration Missions: Future Market (chain “Waking up from winter sleep”) and "Interstellar Festival-Tournament". New Companion Missions: "Clouds Leave No Trace" (Jingliu's task). New locations: “Pillars of Creation” and “Old Test Site” on Yarilo-VI. Main event: "Aether Wars".
1.5	15.11.23	"In the fog of illusion": New characters: Huohuo , Argenti и Hanya. New Light Cones: "Night of fear", "Hey, I'm here" и An Instant Before A Gaze. Reruns: Silver Wolf and "The Never-Ceasing Rain". New Exploration Missions: A Foxian Tale of the Haunted. New Companion Missions: "Night of Cosmic Hallucinations" (Argenti task). New locations: "Garden of Serenity" at Luofu Xianzhou. New boss: Argenti. New modes: World 8 of the Virtual Universe. Main event: A Foxian Tale of the Haunted.
1.6	27.12.23	"The Crown of Mortal and Divine": New characters: Ruan Mei, Dr. Ratio и Xueyi. New Light Cones: "Reflection of the past me" and Baptism of Pure Thought. Reruns: Blade and The Hidden Side, as well as Kafka and Just Gotta Wait. New Exploration Missions: "The Crown of Mortal and Divine". New locations: "Isolated area" on the Hertha space station. New boss: Skarakabaz, activity "Echoes of War: Old Wormhole Crater". New modes: "Virtual Universe: Gold and Gears" и "Pure fiction". Main event: "Hunt for Exotic Pets".

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Elfemoe

05.05.2026