THE Honkai: Star Rail 2.2 banner and event details have been officially announced for the latest patch, titled Then Wake to Weep.
It includes a new Penacony Trailblazer mission finally taking us to the Charmony Festival. We also get the usual two banner phases and new limited-time events – with the Honkai: Star Rail 2.2 banners featuring two new 5-star characters.
Below you can discover the exact detail 2.2 release date and timewho are the new characters and what are the 2.2 Calendar of banners and events is for the next patch.
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Honkai Star Rail 2.2 release date and time
Honkai Star Rail 2.2 will be released on Wednesday May 8. It is expected to follow the usual maintenance schedule and be released at 4am (BST). Due to time zone differences, version 2.2 will be released in the United States on Tuesday, May 7 at 11 p.m. ET.
For other time zones, the Honkai Star Rail 2.2 release date and time East:
- United States East Coast: Tuesday, May 7, 11 p.m. (ET)
- Central United States: Tuesday, May 7, 10 p.m. (CT)
- West Coast of the United States: Tuesday, May 7, 8 p.m. (PT)
- Australia: Wednesday May 8, 1 p.m. (AET)
- Japan: Wednesday May 8, 12 p.m. (JST)
- Europe: Wednesday May 8, 5 a.m. (CEST)
- UNITED KINGDOM: Wednesday May 8, 4 a.m. (BST)
As this is only an approximate duration of how long the servers will be down, you may be able to play patch 2.2 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 2.2 Banners
Two new playable characters debut in version 2.2 Banners: Robin and Boothillwith 5 stars Topaz and Fu Xuan to come back.
Phase 1 of the 2.2 Banner calendar begins with Robin and Topaz. Robin is a new 5-star physical attacker from The Harmony path on her Just Intonation banner, and Topaz is a returning 5-star fire attacker from The Hunt path on her Sunset Clause banner.
These version 2.2 Phase 1 banners start on Wednesday, May 8 and are scheduled to end on Wednesday, May 29.
In phase 2 of version 2.2 we then have Boothill and Fu Xuan. Boothill is a new 5-star physical attacker from The Hunt path on his Lone Star banner from Dusty Trail, and Fu Xuan is a returning 5-star quantum attacker from The Preservation path on his Foreseen, Foreknown, Foretold banner.
These version 2.2 Phase 2 banners should work from Wednesday May 29 to Tuesday June 18.
In summary, all new characters and 5 star feedback The characters you can Warp on during version 2.2 are:
- Robin (Just Intonation Banner – Phase 1): New 5-star physical character of the Harmony path.
- Topaz (Sunset Clause Banner – Phase 1): Return of the 5-star fire character from The Hunt path.
- Boothill (Dusty Trail Lone Star Banner – Phase 2): New 5-star physical character from The Hunt path.
- Fu Xuan (Banner planned, known and announced – Phase 2): Return of the 5-star quantum character from the path of preservation.
In addition to these new characters, we get two new 5-star light cones in the shiny attachment banner in version 2.2. Robin’s signature, 5 Star Fluid Night Glow of The Harmony path, will work alongside his character Banner in phase 1 of version 2.2. Boothill’s signature Navigating towards a second life of the path The Hunt will then run alongside his banner during phase 2.
The Bygone Reminiscence light cone banner features a replay of Topaz. 5 stars Worrying, Happy Hunt Path Light Cone during phase 1 of 2.2 and 5 stars from Fu Xuan She already closed her eyes Preservation path Light cone during phase 2.
To keep up to date with all future characters and weapons, check out our regularly updated Banner Calendar page.
Version 2.2 with Robin and Boothill is almost here! Meanwhile, in version 2.1, Aventurine and Jingliu are running, so be sure to use these new codes for Stellar Jade if you want them or for future characters – and check out all the characters on our list regularly updated levels. For everything else, we’ve got pages on the next banner, Ministry of Education quiz answers, how to get more Star Rail Passes, and a list of English voice actors.
Honkai Star Rail 2.2 Events
The Honkai: Star Rail 2.2 update includes:
- New Trailblaze mission and end of the main Penacony storyline.
- New zones – Dreamflux Reef, Moment of Scorchsand and Penacony Grand Theater.
- New boss and Echo of War – ‘Harmonious Choir’ The Great Septimus.
- New enemies.
- Gift Of Odyssey Check-in Event – 10 special Star Rail passes.
- New Stagnant Shadow – With the new IPC work permit material.
- Garden of Abundance Event – Double drops of golden and crimson chalices.
- Planar Fissure Event – Double Planar Ornaments.
- Team Edit Update – A simpler way to view the status of all pre-made teams in the pre-battle interface.
- Character Tagging – You can mark your favorite characters to pin them to the top of the character bar.
- Improved presentation features: ability to see what activities your friends are doing, friend list view for Forgotten Hall and Pure Fiction, and ability to download end-of-scene queues to show to your friends. All of these updates can be disabled.
In addition to this range of evergreen content, double drop periods and login events, we get three limited-time events
Clockie: Memories of Dreamjoy
Clock Studios needs an incredible new director and editor to help them get out of a tough situation, and they happen to know a Nameless who will do anything for Stellar Jade.
In Dreamjoy Memoir, you need to choose different “Time Dice” to change the emotions of film and commercial scenes to achieve the key objective of each production. You even unlock bonus side character stories if you do well enough and can change the ending of their stories.
For reaching certain milestones, you get the new 4-star Harmony Path light cone, For tomorrow’s trip, and these are overlay materials. There’s also a new chatbox background to unlock as well as the usual rewards Stellar Jade, Self Modeling Resin and Tracks of Destiny.
The legend of the galactic baseball player
Giovanni returns with a new game, and it’s all about you! In The Legend of Galactic Baseballer, you take part in a game all about the Trailblazer and his quest to find the ultimate baseball bat.
This combat event requires you to defeat as many enemies as possible to earn points and advance your team. Weapon and accessory upgrades are earned throughout the event to help you defeat the next wave of enemies.
Legend of Galactic Baseballer rewards include Stellar Jade, Self Modeling Resin, Tracks of Destiny, level-up materials, and Relic Remains.
All about Boothill
All About Boothill is a mission event where you select characters to complete missions and earn rewards. Even if it’s just a case of picking characters and waiting, you’ll learn more about Boothill’s galactic antics.
During the All About Boothill event, you can earn Stellar Jade, Credits, Upgrade Materials, and Relic EXP Materials.
I hope you have fun with version 2.2!
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