What is the current and next Honkai Star Rail banner? If you want to pick up the best five-star characters for your team, then wishing on banners is your best bet. HSR banners rotate regularly, 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 2.5 update, plus the banners slated to appear in the next update and beyond.
The Honkai Star Rail banner system allows you to 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.
Honkai Star Rail 2.6 banners
The Honkai Star Rail 2.6 banners are slated to feature the new five-star character Rappa (Imaginary, Erudition) following drip marketing on HoYoverse’s official social channels.
Each event banner also includes boosted pull rates for a limited selection of four-star characters. Meanwhile, the Brilliant Fixation and Bygone Reminiscence light cone banners will feature the signature light cones of all the characters that appear.
We’ll get full confirmation of the banner forecast in the Honkai Star Rail 2.6 livestream, which we expect to air on Friday, October 11, 2024. For now, we expect the first phase of the 2.6 banner update to arrive on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
The next Honkai Star Rail banners
The next Honkai Star Rail banner features the five-star character Lingsha (Fire, Abundance) on her Let Scent Sink In banner. She’ll be joined by Topaz & Numby (Fire, Hunt) on their Sunset Clause rerun banner.
Both banners include boosted pull rates for four-star characters Misha (Ice, Destruction), Natasha (Physical, Abundance), and Guinaifen (Fire, Nihility).
Meanwhile, the Brilliant Fixation and Bygone Reminiscence light cone banners will feature Scent Alone Stays True (Harmony) and Worrisome, Blissful (Hunt), the signature five-star light cones for Lingsha and Topaz & Numby. They also include boosted pull rates for Shadowed by Night (Hunt), Shared Feeling (Abundance), and Planetary Rendezvous (Harmony).
Based on the usual three-week cadence for banner rollovers, these banners are expected to run from Tuesday, October 1 to Tuesday, October 22, 2024.
Current Honkai Star Rail event banners
The current Honkai Star Rail banner is Stormrider’s Bolt, featuring the five-star character Feixiao (Wind, Hunt). She is accompanied by rerun banners five-star characters Robin (Quantum, Harmony), Black Swan (Wind, Nihilty), and Kafka (Lightning, Nihility) on their rerun banners.
All banners in this phase include boosted pull rates for four-star characters Moze (Lightning, Hunt), Asta (Fire, Harmony), and Luka (Physical, Nihility).
These banners comprise the first phase of Honkai Star Rail 2.5 and are scheduled to run from Tuesday, September 10 to Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
Honkai Star Rail weapon banners
The current Honkai Star Rail weapon banner features I Venture Forth to Hunt (Hunt), Feixiao’s signature five-star light cone. The Bygone Reminiscence rerun banner includes the signature light cones for Robin, Black Swan, and Kafka. These light cones are Flowing Nightglow (Harmony), Reforged Remembrance (Nihility), and Patience Is All You Need (Nihility).
Both light cone banners include boosted pull rates for three additional four-star light cones: The Birth of the Self (Erudition), Resolution Shines as Pearls of Sweat (Nihility), and Swordplay (Hunt).
These banners are also expected to run from Tuesday, September 10 to Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
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.
The standard banner includes the following five-star characters:
- Bailu (Lightning, Abundance)
- Bronya (Wind, Harmony)
- Clara (Physical, Destruction)
- Gepard (Ice, Preservation)
- Himeko (Fire, Erudition)
- Welt (Imaginary, Nihility)
- Yanqing (Ice, Hunt)
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’re up to speed with the Honkai Star Rail banners, you should have no trouble dishing out your most valuable currencies to net your favorite characters. 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 and Tingyun. Finally, our Honkai Star Rail review sheds some light on how we got on with HoYoverse’s interstellar adventure.