What is the current and next Honkai Star Rail banner? If you’re looking to pick up the best five-star characters for your team, then wishing on banners is your best bet. HSR 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 2.3 update, as well as the banner due in the next update.
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 2.5 banners
The Honkai Star Rail 2.5 banners feature new five-star characters Feixiao (Wind, Hunt) and Lingsha (Fire, Abundance).
You can find the full details for the first banner phase below.
The second phase of version 2.5 includes a rerun banner for five-star character Topaz & Numby (Fire, Hunt) alongside increased drop 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 the signature light cones for all of the above five-star characters – including Scent Alone Stays True (Harmony) and Shadowed by Night (Hunt), the signature light cones for Lingsha and Moze in their respective phases.
The first phase of the 2.5 update is expected to run from Tuesday, September 10, 2024.
The next Honkai Star Rail banners
The next Honkai Star Rail banner features five-star character Feixiao (Wind, Hunt) on her Stormrider’s Bolt banner.
Feixiao is accompanied by five-star characters Robin (Quantum, Harmony), Black Swan (Wind, Nihilty), and Kafka (Lightning, Nihility) on their rerun banners.
All banners in this phase include increased drop rates for four-star characters Moze (Lightning, Hunt), Asta (Fire, Harmony), and Luka (Physical, Nihility).
The Honkai Star Rail weapon banner features I Venture Forth to Hunt (Hunt), Feixiao’s signature light cone. It also includes boosted drop rates for three four-star lightcones: The Birth of the Self (Erudition), Resolution Shines as Pearls of Sweat (Nihility), and Swordplay (Hunt).
Finally, the five-star signature light cones for Robin, Black Swan, and Kafka will also appear on the Bygone Reminiscence weapon banner. These light cones are Flowing Nightglow (Harmony), Reforged Remembrance (Nihility), and Patience Is All You Need (Nihility).
These banners are expected to run from Tuesday, September 10 to Tuesday, October 1, 2024 based on the usual three-week cadence for banner rollovers.
Current Honkai Star Rail event banners
The current Honkai Star Rail banner is Cauldron Contrivance featuring the five-star character Jiaoqiu (Fire, Nihility). He is joined by five-star character Sparkle (Quantum, Harmony) on her Sparkling Splendor rerun banner.
Both banners include increased drop rates for four-star characters Arlan (Lightning, Desutruction), Hook (Fire, Destruction), and Guinaifen (Fire, Nihility).
These banners comprise the second phase of Honkai Star Rail 2.4 and are scheduled to run from Wednesday, August 21 to Tuesday, September 10, 2024.
Honkai Star Rail weapon banners
The current Honkai Star Rail weapon banner features Those Many Springs (Nihility), Jiaoqiu’s signature five-star light cone. The Bygone Reminiscence rerun weapon banner include features Earthly Escapade (Harmony), Sparkle’s signature five-star light cone.
Both weapon banners run until Monday, September 9, 2024. These light cone banners also include increased drop rates for three additional four-star light cones: Poised to Bloom (Harmony), Eyes of the Prey (Nihility), and A Secret Vow (Destruction).
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.