Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Release Date, 1.6 Banner and Event Details

THE Honkai: Star Rail 1.6 release date And 1.6 Banner and Event Details have been officially announced for the latest patch, titled Crown of the Mundane and Divine.

It includes Trailblazer continuation missions, numerous updates to the simulated universe and Chaos Memory, and even a free 5-star character! We also get the usual two banner phases and new limited-time events – with the Honaki: Star Rail 1.6 banners including two new 5-star characters and one new 4-star character.

Below you can discover the exact detail Version 1.6 release date and timewho are the new characters and what are the 1.6 Calendar of banners and events is for the next patch.

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Honkai Star Rail 1.6 release date and time

Honkai Star Rail 1.6 will be released on Wednesday December 27. It should follow the usual maintenance schedule and be released at 3 a.m. (GMT). Due to time zone differences, version 1.6 will be released in the United States on Tuesday, December 26 at 10 p.m. ET.

For other time zones, the Honkai Star Rail 1.6 release date and time East:

• United States East Coast: Tuesday, December 26, 10 p.m. (ET)
• Central United States: Tuesday, December 26, 9 p.m. (CT)
• West Coast of the United States: Tuesday, December 26, 7 p.m. (PT)
• Australia: Wednesday December 27, 2 p.m. (AET)
• Japan: Wednesday, December 27, 12 p.m. (JST)
• Europe: Wednesday December 27, 4 a.m. (CET)
• UNITED KINGDOM: Wednesday December 27, 3 a.m. (GMT)

As this is only an approximate duration of how long the servers will be down, you may be able to play patch 1.6 a little before or after the times above, but based on HoYoverse’s track record, the times they provide are almost always accurate.

Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Banners

Three new playable characters debut in version 1.6 Banners: Ruan Mei, Dr. Ratio and Xueyiwith 5 stars Blade and Kafka to come back.

However, it is important to keep in mind for your Warping plans that Dr Ratio will be free for any player who unlocks the messaging system and logs in between the release of their Banner in version 1.6 and the end of version 2.1.

Phase 1 of the Banner 1.6 schedule begins with Ruan Mei and Blade, with 4-star Xueyi debuting on both of their banners. Ruan Mei is the new 5-star ice attacker from the Harmony path in her Floral Triptych banner, Blade is a returning 5-star wind attacker from the Destruction path in her A Lost Soul banner, and Xueyi is a new 4-star quantum attacker from the path of destruction.

These version 1.6 Phase 1 banners start on Wednesday, December 27 and are expected to end on Wednesday, January 17, 2024.

All the boosted 4 star characters on Ruan Mei and Blade’s banners are:

• March 7 (Ice, Preservation)
• Tingyun (Lightning, Harmony)
• Xueyi (Quantum, Destruction)

In phase 2 of version 1.6 we then have Dr. Ratio and Kafka. Dr. Ratio is a new fantasy 5-star attacker from The Hunt path in his Panta Rhei banner, and Kafka is a returning 5-star Lightning attacker from the Nihility path in his Nessun Dorma banner.

These version 1.6 Phase 2 banners should work from Wednesday January 17, 2024 to Tuesday February 6, 2024, and all boosted banners 4 star characters on the banners of Dr. Ratio and Kafka are:

• Sushang (Physics, Hunting)
• Natasha (Physics, Abundance)
• Hook (fire, destruction)

In summary, all new characters and 5 star feedback The characters you can Warp on during version 1.6 are:

• Ruan Mei (Floral Triptych Banner – Phase 1): New 5-star Ice character from The Harmony path.
• Blade (A Lost Soul Banner – Phase 1): Return of the 5-star Wind character from The Destruction path.
• Xueyi (Floral Triptych and Banners A Lost Soul – Phase 1): New 4-star Quantum character of the Destruction path.
• Dr. Ratio (Panta Rhei Banner – Phase 2): New 5-star imaginary character from The Hunt path.
• Kafka (Nessun Dorma Banner – Phase 2): Return of the 5-star Lightning character from The Nihility path.

In addition to these new characters, we get two new 5-star light cones in the Brilliant Fixation banner. Ruan Mei’s iconic weapon “The Self in the Mirror” of the path The Harmony will take place alongside his character Banner in phase 1 of version 1.6. Signature of Dr. Ratio “Baptism of Pure Thought”

The Bygone Reminiscence Light Cone Banner features a replay of Blades’ 5 Star. “The inaccessible side” Cone of light during phase 1 of version 1.6 and Kafka’s 5 stars “Patience is all you need” Cone of light during phase 2.

To keep up to date with all future characters and weapons, check out our regularly updated Banner Calendar page.

Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Events

Honkai Star Rail 1.6 update includes:

• Free 5-star character Dr. Ratio (available until the end of version 2.1).
• Trailblaze continuation mission.
• New Zone – Herta Space Station Isolation Zone.
• New War Echo: Swarm King Starcrusher Skaracabaz.
• Gift of Odyssey registration event.
• Simulated Universe Update – Gold and Gears (adds the path of scholarship to The Swarm and a new Intra-Cognition feature).
• Chaos memory auto clear function – up to step 7.
• Memory of Chaos permanent update – Added stages 11 and 12 with a new currency for the Forgotten Hall shop and an extended completion time to six weeks.
• Pure Fiction Combat Challenges – Rewards a free 4-star Lynx character, and Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction alternate every two weeks, overlapping.
• Daily training update to make tasks easier.
• Planar Fissure Event (Double Planar Ornament Drops).
• Uncanny Realm Event (Double Drops Corrosion Cavern).
• Updated materials so you can get higher level items even if you haven’t unlocked the story area their challenge is in.

In addition to this range of evergreen content, login events and double drop periods, we get three limited-time events during Honkai Star Rail update 1.6.

Here’s a quick summary of these limited-time events in Honkai Star Rail 1.6:

Choice of Creatures

In Critter Pick, you must cultivate and care for adorable little creatures on the Herta space station, and you can even create “mutated” versions under the right circumstances. You will also be able to take control of Peppy (Asta’s dog) at certain times during the event!

Critter Pick rewards include a chat box design, Stellar Jade, Tracks of Destiny, and character and Light Cone upgrade materials.

Virtual Scentventure

This strangely themed event allows you to use “scent plugins” to acquire buffs against illusory enemies as part of testing for the Ecology Department of the Herta space station. You’ll face familiar enemies, but their attacks and buffs are different this time.

Virtual Scentventure rewards include Stellar Jade, Tracks of Destiny, Relic Remains, and character and Light Cone upgrade materials.

Pure fiction

Pure Fiction is now a permanent addition to Honkai: Star Rail which rotates every two weeks with Memory of Chaos updates. However, each rendition of Pure Fiction and Memory of Chaos lasts six weeks, meaning you have more time to complete them, even if a new update has occurred.

In Pure Fiction, you must complete the stages by accumulating as many points as possible before the cycles end. Enemies constantly spawn until cycles run out, allowing you to rack up huge scores. The better you do, the more stars you earn at each stage.

You also have access to buffs, so you can build your teams around the selected buff to help you get a better score.

Just like Memory of Chaos after its next update, you can earn a total of 720 Stellar Jade by getting three stars in all stages of Pure Fiction during each update. Additionally, when you reach a certain level, you will get the 4-star Abundance character Lynx for free!

I hope you have fun with version 1.6!